October 2002 - cypherpunks-legacy

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by WALL STREET BULLETIN..46812 30 Oct '02

30 Oct '02

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A non-political issue
by Anonymous via the Cypherpunks Tonga Remailer 30 Oct '02

30 Oct '02

(possible duplicate message) What technology is available to create a 2048-bit RSA key pair so that: 1 - the randomness comes from quantum noise 2 - no one knows the secret part, 3 - The secret part is kept in the "box" and it is safe as long as the box is physically secured (expense of securing the box is a don't care). 4 - "box" can do high-speed signing (say, 0.1 mS per signature) over some kind of network interface 5 - you can reasonably convince certain people (that stand to lose a lot and have huge resources) in 1, 2, 3 and 4. 6 - The operation budget is around $1m (maintenance not included). 7 - attacker's budget is around $100m 8 - the key must never be destroyed, so backup is essential. In other words, convincing translation of a crypto problem into physical security problem. It looks like the key gets created on the same box(es) on which it is stored, which all interested parties inspected to any desireable level. Once everyone is comfortable the button gets pressed to create/distribute the key, and then you put goons with AKs around the boxes and pray that no one fucked with the microprocessor ... this may mean buying the components at random.

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30 Oct '02

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Girls Getting It On With Animals!?!
by Exxxtremely Dirty 29 Oct '02

29 Oct '02

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patent free(?) anonymous credential system pre-print
by Jason Holt 29 Oct '02

29 Oct '02

I've submitted a pre-print of my anonymous credential system to the IACR ePrint server. Thanks to all of you who responded to the questions I posted here while working on it. I'd love to hear feedback from any and all before I sumbit it for publication; particularly, I want to make sure I haven't forgotten to give proper attribution for any previous work. http://eprint.iacr.org/2002/151/ It mentions how to use the blinding technique Ben Laurie describes in his Lucre paper, which I don't think has been mentioned in the formal literature, and also describes what I call a non-interactive cut and choose protocol which is new AFAICT. Thanks again! -J

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Re: Is password guessing legal?
by Brian McWilliams 29 Oct '02

29 Oct '02

At 04:34 PM 10/28/2002, Major Variola (ret) wrote: > >The e-mails sent to press(a)uruklink.net were obtained earlier this month >by first clicking on a link labeled "Check your e-mail in Uruk" on the >homepage of Iraq's state-controlled ISP, Uruklink.net, then guessing the >login name and password -- both of which were the same five-letter word. >< > >Did that Wired reporter just admit to a crime? > >http://wired.com/news/conflict/0,2100,55967,00.html What if he did? B.

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Re: Is password guessing legal?
by David Howe 29 Oct '02

29 Oct '02

at Monday, October 28, 2002 9:34 PM, Major Variola (ret) <mv(a)cdc.gov> was seen to say: > Did that Wired reporter just admit to a crime? Does it matter that > the site is overseas? That they're "Evil(tm)"?? nope, hacking into overseas servers is officially not a crime in the US - after that fbi-russia thing. well, you have a precident anyhow :)

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Re: Warning.. Warning.. *bleep*
by Major Variola (ret) 29 Oct '02

29 Oct '02

At 10:23 PM 10/28/02 -0000, Axolotl2 wrote: >On Sat, 26 Oct 2002 17:59:17 +1300 (NZDT), you wrote: >> > >> >Next in the series: >> >"FBI warns bouncy castles may be targeted" >> >> Nahh, "FBI warns buses may be targeted, leading to late or missed buses". >> > >The primary targets will likely be places where citizen concealed carry is prohibited, for citizen >safety, of course. And video cameras are present. I'm voting for simultaneous explosions (on rides?) in 2 or more DisneyUniversalAdNauseum Parks. A week after the bombings start, eh? --- We have always been at war with... whoever

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The Multiple Dave Emerys
by Major Variola (ret) 29 Oct '02

29 Oct '02

At 10:19 PM 10/28/02 -0500, Dave Emery wrote: >On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 09:32:48PM -0500, Tyler Durden wrote: >> Any chance this is the same Dave Emery who does the radio broadcasts? (I >> listen from WFMU). If so, man! If a tiny fraction of the stuff you have >> said over the years is true, well...brrr. > > Sorry, a completely unrelated east coast David Emery. Never >met the west coast radio personality, though it is possible we share >some opinions... And probably are on some of the same Lists... which confuses the Listmakers no end... :-)

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Re: Confiscation of Sensitive Video
by Major Variola (ret) 29 Oct '02

29 Oct '02

At 10:44 PM 10/28/02 -0800, Charles Lucas wrote: >Goal: > >To capture and distribute video in such a fashion that confiscation of the >camera and other equipment will not result in confiscation of captured >video. I dare you to call your system "E-Jazeera"

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