August 2002 - cypherpunks-legacy

ZIMMERMAN DEAD SHOCK!
by Matthew X 09 Aug '02

09 Aug '02

http://www.sportsshooter.com/news_story.html?id=745 "My what big ears you have." Last weekend in Monterey, Calif. Zimmerman, who is known as one of the true pioneers of sports photography and recognized by everyone as one of the greatest sports photographers of all time grew up in Los Angeles. He got his start in the business after leaving the Navy in the late 1940's. Zimmerman then took odd jobs working for International News and the LIFE Los Angeles bureau. When a job opened up as a LIFE darkroom technician in Washington D.C. Zimmerman headed east.Before finally heading South. I hear Declan is available to serve if called upon,in the interests of national security.

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AU universities cracked,"Why do you think I'm a proffr."
by Matthew X 09 Aug '02

09 Aug '02

AN anti-corruption authority yesterday raised the alarm on security of computerised student records at universities around the nation after it spotted weaknesses at all 10 public universities in NSW. The NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption report on university security was based on an inquiry into the unauthorised cancellation of students' failed subjects in their academic records at the University of Technology Sydney. All other NSW universities were surveyed as part of the inquiry into 21 academic record changes for 11 fee-paying Indonesian students, which found corruption in the cases of nine of the students. Deficiencies such as "too many staff with access to modify or create records", infrequent checks of access and removing ex-employees' access were found in the universities in NSW. ICAC recommended that state prosecutors consider charging a former employee of the UTS Graduate School of Business, Toto Sujanto, with bribery and unlawfully altering computer records. He allegedly obtained $8000 in cash for changing subject failures to cancellations. ICAC commissioner Irene Moss said the report "does raise questions for other Australian universities". http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,4854053%5E15306%5E%5Enbv%5E… Overt corruption involves honorary degree's to the likes of lyman Nemnitzer,kurt Waldheim,arnie Swarzeneggar,henry Kissinger,HIH chairman X,etc,etc.

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China coal toll.
by Matthew X 09 Aug '02

09 Aug '02

A COAL miner has been pulled alive from a pit in northern China after surviving five days underground in appalling conditions, but 18 of his co-workers have been found dead, state media said. The man was rescued from the Chiyu mine in Huozhou city, Shanxi province, in the early hours of this morning, the state Xinhua news agency said. The miner was taken to hospital and was in a critical condition, the report said. Only hours before, officials had told the agency that hope was fading fast for all 19 miners, who were trapped 60m underground early last Sunday after faulty electrical wiring in the main shaft ignited a fire. Rescuers and doctors entered the shaft as early as Wednesday but were unable to advance because of high temperatures, dense smoke and large amounts of poisonous carbon monoxide, Xinhua reported. The bodies of the 18 other miners, who died from suffocation and carbon monoxide poisoning, have been removed from the mine. Police on Wednesday arrested eight people in connection with the accident, including the mine's manager, Xinhua reported. "Initial investigations showed that the mine had no adequate safety systems and its owner, in order to evade safety checks, had ordered the miners to work secretly at night," it said. Efforts by officials to reduce the appalling death toll in China's mines are greatly hampered by the existence of huge numbers of small pits, often illegally operated. Foreign experts, backed by some state statistics, put the annual toll in Chinese mines at more than 10,000. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,4869392%255E4…

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Pool full of Sharks.
by Matthew X 09 Aug '02

09 Aug '02

Today," "GMA" booking wars have gotten "insane," says TV veteran While one source says the situation is "insane," Verne Gay describes the morning show feud as "nutty." Producers at the ABC and NBC morning shows have accused the other of lying, cheating and breaking -- or at least twisting -- established rules. Gay writes: "In case you're wondering, 'Today' despises 'GMA,' and the feeling is mutual." (Newsday) > SLEAZY OR MERELY COMPETITIVE?: "One producer [involved in trying to book the kidnap victims] was said to have swerved into another on the highway; one was said to have sobbed to the girls that she would be fired if the interview didn't take place. Another was alleged to have called the police to complain that the competition was stalking the girls, in order to keep them away." (Los Angeles Times) > TV show bookers tell victims they'll feel better after telling their tales http://www.poynter.org/medianews/

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Faith based education,shrub approved madrasses coming soon.
by Matthew X 09 Aug '02

09 Aug '02

'Terrorist School' Head Aquitted Associated Press Print this 8:55 a.m. Aug. 9, 2002 PDT LONDON -- A chef who promoted "The Ultimate Jihad Challenge" on an Internet site, inviting people to take weapons training in the United States, was found innocent of terrorist charges Friday. A jury at London's Old Bailey criminal court found Sulayman Balal Zainulabidin, 44, innocent of violating the Terrorism Act. http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,54440,00.html Faith-Based and Community Initiatives: Rallying the Armies of ... ... US Department of Labor Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives; Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives at the US Department of Education; ... Description: Promoting the President's vision to enlist, equip, enable, empower and expand the heroic works of... Category: Regional > North America > ... > Domestic Policy Council www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/faith-based/ - 42k - 8 Aug 2002 - Cached - Similar pages How can one president be so fucking stupid?

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Bad Gorilla! Dont do that again!
by Matthew X 09 Aug '02

09 Aug '02

Another Day, Another No-Penalty Microsoft Settlement ZDNet: Microsoft, FTC, Settle over Passport. "We believe that Microsoft made a number of misrepresentations, dealing with, one, the overall security of the Passport system and personal information stored on it; two, the security of online purchases made with Passport Wallet; three, the kinds of personal information Microsoft collects of users of the Passport service; and four, how much control parents have over the information collected by Web sites participating in the Kids Passport program," Muris said during the conference call. Remember Microsoft's squeals of angst when privacy advocates complained about Passport? Once again, Microsoft is found not to be telling the truth about serious issues. And, once again, the governmental agency with the power to do something realistic fades away on contact. The FTC hasn't even issued a slap on the wrist here. It merely got Microsoft to agree not to do it again. http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/columnists/dan_gill… Scroll down for encrypted mac option. Was CJ way ahead of the curve in threatening to kill Bill? Answers on the back of a stamp to sam adams... Neither the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally corrupt. Samuel Adams

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Encrypted DNA.
by Matthew X 09 Aug '02

09 Aug '02

Our meme shears technology is pressing ahead here at chez rat.One of the most fascinating and controversial aspects of WILE,(the remailer part of cryptoS),is the use of encrypted DNA.Solutions that work across multiple locations, and are flexible enough to handle new security concerns, depend upon the prior development of a common biometric trust infrastructure. That this can only happen under cryptoanarchy is a given.Varying levels of access to the DNA information are assumed in the acceptance statement of WILE.Beta testing revealed a high uptake,most being click throughs,not even reading the agreement.Once in remailer motion the fully identifying DNA can only be pulled down in several clearly specified events and based on a protocol that consists of zero-knowledge proofs, undeniable signatures and oblivious transfers. a) Life threatening disease/illness by the users Dr.(s) b) APster contracts seeking confirmation of nominee and their demise. c) Abusers of the CJD Mint technology.Much of this is fully automated relying on random audits of large transfers and culling high and low samples of users.This technology requires the user to literally 'use it or lose it.' Collapse of Govts MUST occur before full release of CryptoS,that CS is itself possibly the best way to bring them all down is the irony of our time.APster alone or with widespread social revolution in the streets may not do the job.Please send money so we can bring the international GUI to version 1.Become a part of Hirstory. You know it makes sense.$$ to unit 8/59 Baynton st.Kyneton.Vic.3444. http://abc.net.au/news/justin/weekly/newsnat-8aug2002-69.htm

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[ANNOUNCE] OpenSSL 0.9.6g released
by Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker 09 Aug '02

09 Aug '02

OpenSSL version 0.9.6g released =============================== OpenSSL - The Open Source toolkit for SSL/TLS http://www.openssl.org/ The OpenSSL project team is pleased to announce the release of version 0.9.6g of our open source toolkit for SSL/TLS. This new OpenSSL version is a bugfix release. The most significant changes are: o Important building fixes on Unix. o Fix crash in CSwift engine. [engine] We consider OpenSSL 0.9.6g to be the best version of OpenSSL available and we strongly recommend that users of older versions upgrade as soon as possible. OpenSSL 0.9.6g is available for download via HTTP and FTP from the following master locations (you can find the various FTP mirrors under http://www.openssl.org/source/mirror.html) o http://www.openssl.org/source/ o ftp://ftp.openssl.org/source/ [1] OpenSSL comes in the form of two distributions this time. The reasons for this is that we want to deploy the external crypto device support but don't want to have it part of the "normal" distribution just yet. The distribution containing the external crypto device support is popularly called "engine", and is considered experimental. It's been fairly well tested on Unix and flavors thereof. If run on a system with no external crypto device, it will work just like the "normal" distribution. The distribution file names are: o openssl-0.9.6g.tar.gz [normal] MD5 checksum: 515ed54165a55df83f4eb4e4e9078d3f o openssl-engine-0.9.6g.tar.gz [engine] MD5 checksum: 87cb788c99e40b6e67268ea35d1d250c The checksums were calculated using the following commands: openssl md5 < openssl-0.9.6g.tar.gz openssl md5 < openssl-engine-0.9.6g.tar.gz Yours, The OpenSSL Project Team... Mark J. Cox Ben Laurie Andy Polyakoff Ralf S. Engelschall Richard Levitte Geoff Thorpe Dr. Stephen Henson Bodo Möller Lutz Jänicke Ulf Möller --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to majordomo(a)wasabisystems.com

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AdCouncil PSAs.ChuckO agree's.
by Matthew X 09 Aug '02

09 Aug '02

>>Holy fuck, I can't believe these new TV PSAs from the AdCouncil: http://www.adcouncil.org/campaigns/campaign_for_freedom << "These PSAs are really wacked out. They are supposed to be fictional depictions of life in a country other than the U.S., but they are incredibly hypocritical! For example, the "Library" PSA shows a young guy asking for a book from a librarian, who informs him that it is no longer available and then asks him why he wants to read it. They pan the library and all these government agents pop out of hiding. Of course, as many of you know, the U.S. government would like to see this become a reality, with some kind of TIPS programs for libraries. The FBI is already requesting information from libraries and libraries have this annoying habit of monitoring and controlling the surfing habits of patrons at library terminals. I looked at another PSA, "Arrest," which shows some guy being pulled over by the police and then being arrested for having the wrong reading material. Fact it, activists and other people have routinely been detained at airports for having the wrong reading material. Having radical books in your car has frequently been a pretext for arrest and, at the least, harassment."ChuckO. ChuckO runs an excellent anarchist site at www.infoshop.org I recommend the interactive news highly.

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Arbusto news.
by Matthew X 09 Aug '02

09 Aug '02

Genetically modified crops may pass helpful traits to weeds, study finds 'For the first time, researchers have shown that a gene artificially inserted into crop plants to fend off pests can migrate to weeds in a natural environment and make the weeds stronger. Scientists studied genetically engineered sunflowers - those modified with a gene that produces a chemical toxic to certain insects - to see what happened when these foreign genes, called transgenes, were inadvertently passed along to weedy relatives' ( Ohio State ) See also this abstract, and this blog entry from last month.LINKS http://www.hullocentral.demon.co.uk/site/anfin.htm

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