August 2002 - cypherpunks-legacy

AdCouncil PSAs
by Greg Newby 08 Aug '02

08 Aug '02

Holy fuck, I can't believe these new TV PSAs from the AdCouncil: http://www.adcouncil.org/campaigns/campaign_for_freedom I thought they were going to be rah-rah patriotic and stuff. In fact, they use scare tactics -- way beyond "this is your brain on drugs." I think these are to urge conformity and quell dissent, not celebrate freedom. Check out the "library," "church," "arrest" & "diner" PSAs especially. >From the PSA's descriptive text, "This first round of PSAs for the campaign has been created to celebrate our nation's freedom and remind Americans about the importance of freedom and the need to protect it for future generations." In fact, though, that's not the message I saw at all. The message I saw was scenes from one step -- a baby step -- beyond where we are now: reduced freedoms, neighbors monitoring and distrusting each other, overzealous and barely constrained law enforcement. Fear. The Web page says the PSAs are designed based on market research to "assist Americans during the war on terrorism." I don't understand why they used scare tactics in these but the outcome, for me, is a different interpretation of the PSA's tag-lines, "Freedom. Appreciate it. Cherish it. Protect it." What I hear is "what you have IS freedom, despite how it appears. See, we can show you how much worse it could be." Whew....Greg PS: I did a search in their calendar to see when these are supposed to air. Result: "'freedom' not found."

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Toffler scofflaw.
by Matthew X 08 Aug '02

08 Aug '02

World economies will increasingly be based on information, reorganizing the nature of work and increasing the gap between rich and poor; the globalization of world trade, economic activity, and communication will be met by a simultaneous rise in tribalism, and Mazarr predicts the conflict between the two will be "one of the major hallmarks of the coming decade." He also projects that a transformation of authority may result in a collapse of public confidence in all social authorities, and suggests that all of these trends will result in a worldwide feeling that things have never been so good, yet also leave people decidedly negative and pessimistic about the future. The first decade of the 21st century, Mazarr writes, will see "the most profound transition in human history," a period of both opportunity and risk. "Fate has provided us with the raw material of a new renaissance in human society, but it is up to us to make that renaissance a reality." http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312218990/o/qid%3D971378884/sr%3D2-…

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Terrorist Accountants Alert.
by Matthew X 08 Aug '02

08 Aug '02

"If you look at the likely targets of an attack by an adversary against the United States, it's not going to be the military computers. It's going to be the private sector infrastructure targets, the major telecommunications switches, the major public power grids." Devost,guy kills me.CNN in January 2000: Must be a freakin' psychic.(Eligible Receiver!?) "I would implore people to go out and read this document by two Chinese colonels called Unrestricted Warfare [see related link below]. It talks about the migration of nation-states to tactics such as information warfare, or financial sector attacks, or conventional terrorism attacks using asymmetrical cells a la Osama bin Laden. So there's definitely this fundamental thinking-- a lot of people have referred to it as a revolution in military affairs, the Gulf War being the first information war. I think it goes above and beyond that, in that the nation-states are now having to resort to these sort of unrestricted methods in order to achieve their objectives." Unrestricted Warfare (report by senior colonels of People's Liberation Army, China): Part I: http://sun00781.dn.net/nuke/guide/china/doctrine/unresw1.htm Part II: http://sun00781.dn.net/nuke/guide/china/doctrine/unresw2.htm FEB 2000.

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My cities in ruins.
by Matthew X 08 Aug '02

08 Aug '02

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Planning a summer school shooting rampage?
by Matthew X 08 Aug '02

08 Aug '02

http://www.totalsecurityservices.com/ "...As recent events demonstrated, increased safety devices are needed to protect our pilots, children, teachers, managers, doctors, and government employees. The Insta-Brace is a secure, low cost, low visibility, and highly effective tool which provides a true physical barrier to attackers. At the first sign of trouble, only the Insta-Brace, with its stainless steel, aircraft strength cable and unique "occupant key," preserves people from harm until help arrives..." Remember to plan ahead,plenty of ammo,plenty of water.

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Say goodnight to maddie.
by Matthew X 08 Aug '02

08 Aug '02

"TechTV's Cybercrime show interviewed me regarding Jim Bell's "Assassanitation Politics" essay. This was a tough interview as elements of the Bell case walk a fine line between civil liberties and civil security." Matt devost.Cute kid matt,yours? http://www.devost.net/archives/cat_obscurity.html Take a hard line.

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[ANNOUNCE] OpenSSL 0.9.6f released
by Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker 08 Aug '02

08 Aug '02

OpenSSL version 0.9.6f 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 0.9.6f of our open source toolkit for SSL/TLS. This new OpenSSL version is a security and bugfix release and incorporates several changes to the toolkit (for a complete list see http://www.openssl.org/source/exp/CHANGES) The most significant changes are: o Various important bugfixes. We consider OpenSSL 0.9.6f to be the best version of OpenSSL available and we strongly recommend that users of older versions upgrade as soon as possible. OpenSSL 0.9.6f 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-0.9.6f.tar.gz [normal] MD5 checksum: 160ac38bd2784e633ed291d03f0087d4 o openssl-engine-0.9.6f.tar.gz [engine] MD5 checksum: 26f4b7189fb3ef9c701e961ffe101a95 The checksums were calculated using the following commands: openssl md5 < openssl-0.9.6f.tar.gz openssl md5 < openssl-engine-0.9.6f.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 -- Richard Levitte levitte(a)openssl.org OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org/~levitte/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to majordomo(a)wasabisystems.com

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FREE LEONARD HATTON!
by Matthew X 08 Aug '02

08 Aug '02

Sorry,I think my computers being hacked by the victorian police computer squad. That should read,FREE LEONARD PELTIER!. http://www.freepeltier.org/ Leo and I were in the same pen in BC in the 70's.I cant believe he's still inside after all these years I've spent fucking around and taking drugs.I feel a bit guilty for some reason event though its the criminal evil great satan state thats done it.And then clinton the rat, pardons mark rich! If I was in a room with him then he would never rape again,or talk,or walk.Also in with LP is chris Boyce,a C/punk who loved the great outdoors.Its cruel and unusual whats being done to those guys.FUCK the GOVT.

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Cryptosporidium;a new Palladium Remailer/Mint/APster application.
by Matthew X 08 Aug '02

08 Aug '02

I anticipate my Remailer/Mint/APster application,Cryptosporidium will be IPO ready soon as GUI detail tidy up the interface.My upcoming trial next week will not delay this as I've delegated the task of bringing the project up to speed on Mongo.Thats why you haven't heard from him for a while.Betas of the separate components,known as WILE for the remailer,CJD for the Mint and Eblola gay for the APster,checked out and the bolted together CryptoS 1.0 is humming.(command line only at the moment) The GUI is taking time as we are having problems in the VC arena.Thats where C/punks comes in,for a modest investment,you too can take part in the biggest float since MS got their hooks into IBM.Send cash to 8/59 baynton st,Kyneton.3444.

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The great shame is I'm all out of Guiness.
by Matthew X 08 Aug '02

08 Aug '02

The "Young Ireland Movement," was led by William Smith O'Brian, Thomas O'Meagher, John Michell, Terence McManus and Patrick O'Donohue. In the heat of the revolutionary year of 1848, their country beset by famine and official neglect, they attempted a peaceful coup against British rule. They failed, of course, as did others - on both sides of the Anglo-Celtic divide - who sought Irish home rule. But one of their lasting achievements was the adoption of the tricolor Irish flag - originally given them during a visit to Paris as a present by their French sympathizers. These were not the first revolutionaries - Irish rebellions date back way before Oliver Cromwell. But they were the best educated and the most articulate of their day, and as "The Great Shame" reveals, the loss of their leadership was profound. Transported as state prisoners to Van Diemens' Land (modern Tasmania), many of them - most notably Michell and Meagher - escaped to the United States. Meagher was the star, rising to a Union General during the Civil War, distinguishing himself at Fredericksburg and later becoming Governor of Montana. Michell, as if to prove that seemingly reasonable people can choose a radically different course, plunged into Confederate politics and became a die-hard secessionist. Hugh Larkin's story serves as something of a prologue to the "Great Shame." A "Ribbonman," he was one of the many blue-collar Irishmen whose campaigns against the British, however passionate, remained localized to their particular home towns. When he journey to Australia, unlike the Young Irelanders, was permanent: he became a successful farmer and, after earning his freedom, a relatively prosperous New South Wales country merchant. Kenneally's own family is descended from him. Even Larkin's story, however, has its tragedies, with a wife and a little daughter left behind - there is simply no historic trace of the little girl's fate. The closing chapters of The Great Shame deal with the Fenian Movement, its transportation to Western Australia and its own leaders' daring escape to America. Keneally also explores the collapse of Gladstone's Home Rule bill - and with it the last best hope for a peaceful settlement of Irish independence. This is not only a terrific history of the time, it is a celebration of the links which bind four great English-speaking countries: Australia, Ireland, Britain and America. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0385720262/ref=pd_sim_books/104-0188…

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