December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Re: Add-in encryption module to Netscape
by frantz＠netcom.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 10:04 PM 4/21/96 -0700, Bill Stewart wrote: >At 09:55 PM 4/20/96 -0700, frantz(a)netcom.com (Bill Frantz) wrote: >>I have thought about the sources of entropy available to a Java applet, and >>there aren't many. You should design your protocol so entropy is not >>needed on the applet side. Entropy is normally used to pick symmetric >>encryption keys, and Initialization vectors > >If your applet wants to set up a Diffie-Hellman connection, it'll need >a random number to set its half-key; a scribble window may be good enough. Indeed, Bill Stewart (and someone else whose name I forget) are right. I had it in the back of my head that you don't want to harass the user. If you are willing, as in PGP, to ask the user to enter some entropy, then there you can get some sources of randomness which may be good enough. However, do be conservative. After being conservative, gather 10 times as much as you thought you needed. The models of entropy in scribbling are none too good. Regards - Bill ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bill Frantz | The CDA means | Periwinkle -- Computer Consulting (408)356-8506 | lost jobs and | 16345 Englewood Ave. frantz(a)netcom.com | dead teenagers | Los Gatos, CA 95032, USA

1 0

Re: Anonymnity at teleport
by Duncan Frissell 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>>>Our users can have a P.O. Box as their address (or a false address), >>>whatever they want as their 'real name', and can pay for their accounts by >>>mailing in cash. All they need to do is be close to a phone that isn't >>>theirs for an hour or so. >> >>>The can put in a phone# when they set up, then call in from that phone (even >>>if it isn't their own) and have one of us call them back with a few >>>minutes...all set. Of course, you can also do this with CompuServe or any service that uses phone verification. I opened my CompuServe account in my True Name but with the phone number of one of my mail receiving services. They wanted a similar callback scheme as above. I went to my mail receiving service, called the CIS 800 number and they called me right back. I was friendly with my mail services so had no trouble. DCF

1 0

Re: CoS and anon remailers
by Duncan Frissell 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 02:49 PM 4/10/96 -0400, Jim Byrd wrote: >My feeling is that they will be doing anything they can >to attempt to produce "hard evidence" that I am part of >the Grand Conspiracy. I would say it is virtually certain >that U.S. anon remailers will be subpoenaed as well as any >foreign ones in which they can handle the authorities. Isn't it a bit difficult to subpeona an anonymous remailer? If run on a large enough system, a remailer can be shut down but not siezed. (I can imagine the marshalls hauling off the Cal Tech mainframes.) If a remailer operator has an accomodation address and/or a false name effective service of process also becomes difficult. Usually in life I've noticed that if you just ignore stuff it goes away. Occaisionally you will be hassled but if you ignore many of the orders of others for your whole life, you will find that your net amount of what we might call "autonomous activity" will be greater than if you slavishly obey every order. DCF

1 0

Re: Was the clause for Biometric ID Cards dropped?
by Duncan Frissell 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 07:20 PM 4/21/96 -0700, Lucky Green wrote: >At 17:12 4/21/96, E. ALLEN SMITH wrote: >> As the subject line says, was the proposal for Biometric ID Cards >>dropped? I saw something about it on here and forwarded it; my respondent >>(Phil Agre of the RRE news service) says he thought that clause had been >>dropped. > >If it passes this year, next year, or five years from now, pass it will. >With the customary >90%. Presumably after a suitable Reichstag Brand. But since they are unlikely to imprison you for not having them. And you will be able to be self employed and drive cars (with foreign or no licenses) and everything without them. What good are they? DCF "Note to commentators about little Jessica's tragic crash. It *is* legal for 7 year olds to drive cars as long as they don't do so on the public streets and highways."

1 0

Re: Bad news from Judge Richey
by nobody＠tjava.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 11:33 PM 3/25/96 tcmay wrote: ------------------- jim bell: >talk to Jim Bell about implementing a program using encryption that doesn't >_need_ to be exported...legally anyway. tcmay: You're coming perilously close to actually calling for the killing of a federal judge. My recollection is that a couple of folks have been arrested and charged for calling for the killing of judges. ------------------- Any half-wit falling for agent provocateur Bell's rap will do hard time, or maybe get popped "in self-defense" by his TLA watchers. The son-of-a-bitch's baiting pigeon traps, no question. He's too myopic to see how he's luring falcons for attack by high-circling eagles. Bell's going down blind-sided with his gulls.

1 0

Re: Dictionary searching code
by Paul_Koning/US/3Com%3COM＠smtp1.isd.3com.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 08:02 PM 4/19/96 -0500, Adam wrote: > Does anyone have some code that will search a dictionary, and >tell me *quickly* if an arbitrary chunk of text is in the dictionary? >Pre-indexing steps are fine, as is using big chunks of disk for hash >tables. The point of course, is to check arbitrary possible plaintext >that a test decryption produces. If you want to do string matching (search for an exact match on a string -- as opposed to checking whether a set of words is in a database) a good choice would be the Boyer-Moore algorithm. It has the nice property that worst case it requires O(n) time (n = dictionary byte count) but on average it is quite a lot better -- and furthermore, the longer the string you're looking for, the faster it gets... paul !----------------------------------------------------------------------- ! Paul Koning, NI1D, C-24183 ! 3Com Corporation, 1-3A, 118 Turnpike Road, Southborough MA 01772 USA ! phone: +1 508 229 1695, fax: +1 508 490 5873 ! email: paul_koning(a)isd.3com.com or paul_koning(a)3mail.3com.com ! Pgp: 27 81 A9 73 A6 0B B3 BE 18 A3 BF DD 1A 59 51 75 !----------------------------------------------------------------------- ! "Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors ! -- and miss!" ! -- Robert A. Heinlein, "The Notebooks of Lazarus Long" ! in "Time Enough for Love"

1 0

Re: Unsubsrive
by MBSFT-0K 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> > > unsubscribe cypherpunks Lorca Kelly MBSFT-0K(a)carraig.ucd.ie

1 0

Re: java security
by Mike Fletcher 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> >A couple of glitches I've gotten from Javascripts are poorly > >(purposely?) written applets that crash. One kept printing a modal > >dialog box continuously, the result being a need to reboot the > >computer because there was no way to exit Netscape or Windows. > > I can confirm this. Under Win95, I have seen applets that keep running > after the browswer instance that loaded has been closed. Even run over > other applications windows, leaving aninmated artifacts on the screen. > Sometimes only the power switch will do. I thought that the applets weren't > supposed to be able to wander out of their memory space... Applets (let alone javascript) should have no way to exist once you kill the Netscape that is running the Java interpreter. It is possible for applets to keep running in their own thread even after you've left the page they're loaded from, but once you kill the browser the VM should get shut down (the whole browser, not just a particular window). I can't think of any way that an applet could keep going once the VM stops. As for the original dialog thing, couldn't you C-A-Del it to get the task window up and then shutdown the offending NS task? --- Fletch __`'/| fletch(a)ain.bls.com "Lisa, in this house we obey the \ o.O' ______ 404 713-0414(w) Laws of Thermodynamics!" H. Simpson =(___)= -| Ack. | 404 315-7264(h) PGP Print: 8D8736A8FC59B2E6 8E675B341E378E43 U ------

1 0

Re: Add-in encryption module to Netscape
by Peter Trei 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

runner(a)asiapac.net > Hi, > > Lurking here for quite some time until now a real problem has come up and I > need help here. > > I'm not in the US of A and the Netscape commerce server that my employer > recently purchased has only 48bit key (as told by the salesman). My question is > whether it is possible to add-in my own security module (RSA) and secondly, how > difficult is it? The salesman cannot answer me. > > Thanks a lot. Funny, this looks an awful lot like a query (with an apparently real name attached) which appeared in www-security last week from Malaysia. I'm aware of the following servers, available outside the US, which claim to offer 128 bit SSL encryption: Apache-SSL Unix see http://www.algroup.co.uk/Apache-SSL free, commercial support available. supports client authentication Available from British sites Sioux Unix (solaris) see ftp://ftp.inect.co.za/pub/products/sioux/ANNOUNCE support client authentication Based on Apache 2500 Rand Available from South Africa Alibaba NT/Win95 see http://alibaba.austria.eu.net/ Available from Austria US $599 Zeus Very nice website at http://www.zeus.co.uk/ Unix 999 UK # Available from Britain COSMOS Unix Nice site at http://www.ristech.com/SOMMAIRE/B_PRODUITS/INTERNET/ WebCompare claims this has SSL2, but I can't find a mention of their Website. US $2000 and up. Available from France. For a survey of web servers, I strongly recommend WebCompare: http://www.webcompare.com Peter Trei

1 0

Micro$oft Crypto API
by Eric Anderson 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Has anyone heard anything about the crypto API M$ is working on? Will it work W/ RSA? and will it support GAK? Sorry if this ?? is redundant, I havent' read my mail for a week.

1 0

Entropy
by Jed Liu 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I've heard a lot of discussion here about "entropy tests" and "tests for randomness". Could somebody please explain to me one of these tests (or would that take too long?) ? Thanks. -=[###########################]=- -=[## Jed Liu ##]=- -=[## ljt(a)fs3.ucc.on.ca ##]=- -=[###########################]=- Things are entirely what they appear to be--and behind them...there is nothing. --Jean-Paul Sartre, "Nausea" SignaQuote v1.00 by Jed Liu

1 0

List of reliable remailers
by Raph Levien 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I operate a remailer pinging service which collects detailed information about remailer features and reliability. To use it, just finger remailer-list(a)kiwi.cs.berkeley.edu There is also a Web version of the same information, plus lots of interesting links to remailer-related resources, at: http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~raph/remailer-list.html This information is used by premail, a remailer chaining and PGP encrypting client for outgoing mail. For more information, see: http://www.c2.org/~raph/premail.html For the PGP public keys of the remailers, finger pgpkeys(a)kiwi.cs.berkeley.edu This is the current info: REMAILER LIST This is an automatically generated listing of remailers. The first part of the listing shows the remailers along with configuration options and special features for each of the remailers. The second part shows the 12-day history, and average latency and uptime for each remailer. You can also get this list by fingering remailer-list(a)kiwi.cs.berkeley.edu. $remailer{"extropia"} = "<remail(a)miron.vip.best.com> cpunk pgp special"; $remailer{"portal"} = "<hfinney(a)shell.portal.com> cpunk pgp hash"; $remailer{"alumni"} = "<hal(a)alumni.caltech.edu> cpunk pgp hash"; $remailer{"bsu-cs"} = "<nowhere(a)bsu-cs.bsu.edu> cpunk hash ksub"; $remailer{"c2"} = "<remail(a)c2.org> eric pgp hash reord"; $remailer{"penet"} = "<anon(a)anon.penet.fi> penet post"; $remailer{"hacktic"} = "<remailer(a)utopia.hacktic.nl> cpunk mix pgp hash latent cut post ek"; $remailer{"flame"} = "<remailer(a)flame.alias.net> cpunk mix pgp. hash latent cut post reord"; $remailer{"rahul"} = "<homer(a)rahul.net> cpunk pgp hash filter"; $remailer{"mix"} = "<mixmaster(a)remail.obscura.com> cpunk mix pgp hash latent cut ek ksub reord ?"; $remailer{"ford"} = "<remailer(a)bi-node.zerberus.de> cpunk pgp hash ksub ek"; $remailer{"robo"} = "<robo(a)c2.org> cpunk hash mix"; $remailer{"replay"} = "<remailer(a)replay.com> cpunk mix pgp hash latent cut post ek"; $remailer{"rmadillo"} = "<remailer(a)armadillo.com> mix cpunk pgp hash latent cut ek"; $remailer{"ecafe"} = "<cpunk(a)remail.ecafe.org> cpunk mix"; $remailer{"wmono"} = "<wmono(a)valhalla.phoenix.net> cpunk mix pgp. hash latent cut"; $remailer{"shinobi"} = "<remailer(a)shinobi.alias.net> cpunk mix hash latent cut ek reord"; $remailer{"amnesia"} = "<amnesia(a)chardos.connix.com> cpunk mix pgp hash latent cut ksub"; $remailer{"gondolin"} = "<mix(a)remail.gondolin.org> cpunk mix pgp hash latent cut ek reord"; $remailer{"tjava"} = "<remailer(a)tjava.com> cpunk mix pgp hash latent cut"; $remailer{"pamphlet"} = "<pamphlet(a)idiom.com> cpunk pgp hash latent cut ?"; $remailer{'alpha'} = '<alias(a)alpha.c2.org> alpha pgp'; $remailer{'gondonym'} = '<alias(a)nym.gondolin.org> alpha pgp'; $remailer{"lead"} = "<mix(a)zifi.genetics.utah.edu> cpunk pgp hash latent cut ek"; $remailer{"treehole"} = "<remailer(a)mockingbird.alias.net> cpunk pgp hash latent cut ek"; $remailer{"nemesis"} = "<remailer(a)meaning.com> cpunk pgp hash latent cut"; $remailer{"exon"} = "<remailer(a)remailer.nl.com> cpunk pgp hash latent cut ek"; $remailer{"vegas"} = "<remailer(a)vegas.gateway.com> cpunk pgp hash latent cut"; $remailer{"haystack"} = "<haystack(a)holy.cow.net> cpunk pgp hash latent cut ek"; $remailer{"ncognito"} = "<ncognito(a)gate.net> mix cpunk latent"; catalyst(a)netcom.com is _not_ a remailer. lmccarth(a)ducie.cs.umass.edu is _not_ a remailer. usura(a)replay.com is _not_ a remailer. Groups of remailers sharing a machine or operator: (c2 robo alpha) (gondolin gondonym) (flame hacktic replay) (alumni portal) Use "premail -getkeys pgpkeys(a)kiwi.cs.berkeley.edu" to get PGP keys for the remailers. Fingering this address works too. Note: The remailer list now includes information for the alpha nymserver. Last update: Mon 22 Apr 96 6:46:30 PDT remailer email address history latency uptime ----------------------------------------------------------------------- exon remailer(a)remailer.nl.com ++****+****# 3:56 99.98% shinobi remailer(a)shinobi.alias.net +*#-+-*+*--* 1:21:52 99.97% alpha alias(a)alpha.c2.org + *+*+++-*++ 44:07 99.88% portal hfinney(a)shell.portal.com ###*#-# *### 2:35 99.80% hacktic remailer(a)utopia.hacktic.nl *+* +*****+* 9:33 99.73% amnesia amnesia(a)chardos.connix.com -+---+----- 2:41:12 99.60% treehole remailer(a)mockingbird.alias.net --+-+ --.--+ 5:09:41 99.40% alumni hal(a)alumni.caltech.edu ## * * *### 3:58 99.38% replay remailer(a)replay.com *+* ****** 6:37 99.36% extropia remail(a)miron.vip.best.com --- --.---- 6:42:44 99.09% haystack haystack(a)holy.cow.net #*#++#*#*#++ 4:30 99.08% lead mix(a)zifi.genetics.utah.edu ++++++++++++ 42:08 98.55% c2 remail(a)c2.org ++++++ +-*** 36:14 98.49% ecafe cpunk(a)remail.ecafe.org *+---+*-#*+ 22:24 98.25% flame remailer(a)flame.alias.net --- _.----- 7:26:44 97.13% penet anon(a)anon.penet.fi -__...__ -- 32:56:37 96.98% vegas remailer(a)vegas.gateway.com +*##*+*+ 1:03:31 57.66% ncognito ncognito(a)gate.net *## :58 24.27% mix mixmaster(a)remail.obscura.com ----+ 2:24:40 22.82% History key * # response in less than 5 minutes. * * response in less than 1 hour. * + response in less than 4 hours. * - response in less than 24 hours. * . response in more than 1 day. * _ response came back too late (more than 2 days). cpunk A major class of remailers. Supports Request-Remailing-To: field. eric A variant of the cpunk style. Uses Anon-Send-To: instead. penet The third class of remailers (at least for right now). Uses X-Anon-To: in the header. pgp Remailer supports encryption with PGP. A period after the keyword means that the short name, rather than the full email address, should be used as the encryption key ID. hash Supports ## pasting, so anything can be put into the headers of outgoing messages. ksub Remailer always kills subject header, even in non-pgp mode. nsub Remailer always preserves subject header, even in pgp mode. latent Supports Matt Ghio's Latent-Time: option. cut Supports Matt Ghio's Cutmarks: option. post Post to Usenet using Post-To: or Anon-Post-To: header. ek Encrypt responses in reply blocks using Encrypt-Key: header. special Accepts only pgp encrypted messages. mix Can accept messages in Mixmaster format. reord Attempts to foil traffic analysis by reordering messages. Note: I'm relying on the word of the remailer operator here, and haven't verified the reord info myself. mon Remailer has been known to monitor contents of private email. filter Remailer has been known to filter messages based on content. If not listed in conjunction with mon, then only messages destined for public forums are subject to filtering. Raph Levien

1 0

Re: Nazis on the Net
by tallpaul＠pipeline.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

On Apr 21, 1996 17:23:00, '"E. ALLEN SMITH" <EALLENSMITH(a)ocelot.Rutgers.EDU>' wrote: > In view of the Zundelsite business, I thought people might find the >following of interest. Unfortunately, the author is either leaving >some critical information out or is misinformed. Specifically, the actual >history on the Zundelsite business, and the actual circumstances at Ruby Ridge; > >on the latter, Randy Weaver was neither a neo-Nazi nor a racist. He was (and, >so far as I know, still is) a white separatist. (One would think liberals >would >tolerate this - they tolerate the equally offensive black separatists, after >all...). The Zundelsite reference is incomplete in that it fails to describe >the motivations of the mirrorsites. > -Allen Since E.A. Smith wants completeness re the Zundelsite issue, I am curious about his assertion about Weaver. Might we know the source of his complete info on Weaver's political and racial beliefs. I see, in essence, three hypothesis: 1) Cover the ass of a potential neo-Nazi or racist (or both) without any reference to what is really true; 2) Get information from outer space; 3) Base the conclusion on hard evidence. If the answer is 3) I'd like to get a real pointer to the real evidence. By real evidence I mean just that, not wishful thinking or advertising jingles for points 1) or 2). --tallpaul PS: Cypherpunks seems to be getting very wiggy these days.

1 0

OFF Topic: MS-Exchange bug (winmail.dat)
by Sentiono Leowinata 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I need help to disable the long-trailer from MS-Exchange. Everytime my friend sends me an e-mail, the "trailer" (winmail.dat) always there. How to disable it or turn it off? I believe someone mention about this "feature" in this mailing list long time ago, but I can't find it in my archive. Thank you. Sent. ps. can Winmail.Dat be considered as cryto-useless? <grin>

1 0

Re: OS/2 encryption
by JonWienke＠aol.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

In a message dated 96-04-21 22:11:06 EDT, Lucky Green wrote: >Back up the HD to tape (encrypt the data on the tape). Move the tape out of >reach. And don't tell anyone, especially not this list, that you did that. Personally, I recommend the Syquest EZdrive over tape. The EZ is a fully functional (bootable, too) 130 MB hard drive ($200 for an IDE internal model, also available in SCSI and parallel port versions) that uses removable cartridges ($20 each) for storage. Most backup programs let you back up to a hard drive, which is much faster than tape, and more reliable as well. Ditto the bit about storing the backups (whatever media) somewhere the CO$ will never find them, and keeping your mouth shut about it.

1 0

Draft paper on law of digital signatures, CAs
by Michael Froomkin 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

[cross-posted to Cyberia-L, Cypherpunks & Cyberprof; apologies for duplication] A preliminary draft of my paper on Digital Signatures, Certification Authorities, and a few of the legal problems they (may) create can be found under the title, "The Essential Role of Trusted Third Parties in Electronic Commerce" at this URL: http://www.law.miami.edu/~froomkin/articles/trusted.htm A. Michael Froomkin | +1 (305) 284-4285; +1 (305) 284-6506 (fax) Associate Professor of Law | U. Miami School of Law | froomkin(a)law.miami.edu P.O. Box 248087 | http://www.law.miami.edu/~froomkin Coral Gables, FL 33124 USA | It's warm here.

1 0

Re: java security
by shamrock＠netcom.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 23:35 4/21/96, Bill Stewart wrote: >Were they Java, or JavaScript? Much different. Among other things, >JavaScript runs on Win3.1, and Netscape doesn't let you turn it off. >I've had at least one event of JavaScript crashing Netscape; the part >of the script I noticed was scrolling lots of stuff along the bottom Javascript started the new browser. The renegade applet was Animator, which is Java, I believe. I didn't spend much effort investigating it, since I try to stay away from doing things over that have hosed my system twice in a row. Win95, Atlas beta. The offending page was http://www.dippybird.com/java.html Disclaimer: My opinions are my own, not those of my employer. -- Lucky Green <mailto:shamrock@netcom.com> PGP encrypted mail preferred.

1 0

Re: java security
by Alan Olsen 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 01:26 PM 4/22/96 -0700, Lucky Green wrote: >At 23:35 4/21/96, Bill Stewart wrote: > >>Were they Java, or JavaScript? Much different. Among other things, >>JavaScript runs on Win3.1, and Netscape doesn't let you turn it off. >>I've had at least one event of JavaScript crashing Netscape; the part >>of the script I noticed was scrolling lots of stuff along the bottom > >Javascript started the new browser. The renegade applet was Animator, which >is Java, I believe. > >I didn't spend much effort investigating it, since I try to stay away from >doing things over that have hosed my system twice in a row. Win95, Atlas >beta. The offending page was http://www.dippybird.com/java.html The one advantage to Netscape 3.0 is that you can turn Javascript off. (You may be able to do that in 2.01 as well...) 3.0 has some pretty nasty bugs. There appears to be a memory leak dealing with forms, as well as a number of nasty little gotchas. (I have been getting crashes that seem to be assocaited with one of the plug-ins.) Hopefully the next beta is out for 3.0. (I have not checked in the last couple of days, so it may be... Sunday night seems to be the favored time of posting.) --- Alan Olsen -- alano(a)teleport.com -- Contract Web Design & Instruction `finger -l alano(a)teleport.com` for PGP 2.6.2 key http://www.teleport.com/~alano/ "We had to destroy the Internet in order to save it." - Sen. Exon

1 0

[Laffs] Citizen in need of correction
by Robert Hettinga 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

--- begin forwarded text Date: 21 Apr 1996 03:25:13 +0200 From: anon-remailer(a)utopia.hacktic.nl (Anonymous) (by way of rah(a)shipwright.com (Robert A. Hettinga)) To: rah(a)shipwright.com Subject: Citizen in need of correction Organization: Hack-Tic International, Inc. Path: news-central.tiac.net!news-in.tiac.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!how land.reston.ans.net!EU.net!sun4nl!xs4all!utopia.hacktic.nl!not-for-mail Newsgroups: talk.politics.crypto,talk.politics.libertarian,alt.politics.libertarian,alt.soci ety.anarchy,alt.privacy,alt.security.pgp,alt.activism,alt.anarchism,alt.cyberpun k,alt.politics.datahighway Lines: 4 Sender: remailer(a)utopia.hacktic.nl NNTP-Posting-Host: utopia.hacktic.nl Comments: <postmaster(a)utopia.hacktic.nl> Xref: news-central.tiac.net talk.politics.crypto:205 talk.politics.libertarian:3955 alt.politics.libertarian:5165 alt.society.anarchy:606 alt.privacy:251 alt.security.pgp:802 alt.activism:3485 alt.anarchism:116 alt.cyberpunk:492 alt.politics.datahighway:297 X-Newsreader: Yet Another NewsWatcher 2.1.2 We seem to have a problem with an inconsiderate citizen. This is a call for bids on the case of jimbell(a)pacifier.com (jimbell) -- Please send your bids to getjim(a)blacknet.net by midnight GMT, April 25th, 1996. --- end forwarded text ----------------- Robert Hettinga (rah(a)shipwright.com) e$, 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "If they could 'just pass a few more laws', we would all be criminals." --Vinnie Moscaritolo The e$ Home Page: http://thumper.vmeng.com/pub/rah/

1 0

Biometric ID
by Duncan Frissell 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Someone asked about biometric ID requirements in HR 2202 "Immigration in the National Interest Act of 1996". This passed the House a few weeks ago. The Senate may pass it this week or next. Watch out for stuff to slip back in in the Conference Committee. The whole "pilot program" to develop a forge resistant biometric ID card has been removed from the bill. The Border Crossing Cards that speed crossings from Mexico are supposed to have machine readable finger prints or hand prints added but those can probably be duped by the forgers. The online SS# verification program is reduced to a voluntary (for the employer) pilot. DCF

1 0

Save 50% on Office Pro 97 & 40% on NT 4.0 !!!
by gsmith＠ultragrafix.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Special #1 - Save over 50% on Microsoft Office Professional 97 (FULL Version) These are brand new Full Versions that we are selling for $285.00 (USD) This product usually retails for $585.00 in popular stores such as Comp USA and Computer City. Please call us at (817) 557-4945 for more information. Microsoft Office 97 includes new versions of each of the component applications, including Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, the PowerPoint® presentation graphics program and Microsoft Access, as well as the new Microsoft Outlook. Common to these Office 97 applications is the integration of new Internet technologies. Please call us at (817) 557-4945 for product availability and to order by all major credit cards. Please stop by our web site at http://www.globaltech2000.com for more great deals on software! Shipping is $6.00 (USD)for U.S. orders Shipping is $20.00 (USD)for Canada, Great Britain, Australia Shipping is $24.00 (USD) for all other International orders ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Special #2 - 40% OFF Windows NT Workstation (Full Version) ! This product normally sells for over $300 but we are selling our remaining inventories for $175 Due to our limited supply, please call us at (817)557-4945 if you are interested in this product! Shipping is $6.00 (USD)for U.S. orders Shipping is $20.00 (USD)for Canada, Great Britain, Australia Shipping is $24.00 (USD) for all other International orders Please call us at (817) 557-4945 for product availability and to order by all major credit cards. PLEASE be sure to check out our web site at http://www.globaltech2000.com for other great software deals! ******************************************************************* Please Note - All remove requests will be honored and enforced by our postmaster. If you'd rather not receive offers for large discounts on software in the future (usually about 1 per month) simply send an email to remove(a)ultragrafix.com and you will automatically deleted from any future mailings. Thank You *******************************************************************

1 0

[NOISE]: Test, please ignore.
by Laszlo Vecsey 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Just bouncing a message off the server in the hopes that cypherpunks messages begin to flow again... (define(RSA m e n)(list->string(u(r(s(string->list m))e n))))(define(u a)(if(> a 0)(cons(integer->char(modulo a 256))(u(quotient a 256)))'()))(define(s a)(if (null? a)0(+(char->integer(car a))(* 256(s(cdr a))))))(define(r a x n)(cond((= 0 x)1)((even? x)(modulo(expt(r a(/ x 2)n)2)n))(#t(modulo(* a(r a(1- x)n))n))))

1 0

Searching
by Sean T Carnes 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Is anyon eon this list who recently went or is currently attending Purdue University in Indiana??

1 0

Re: java security
by Bill Stewart 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 10:24 PM 4/21/96 -0700, Lucky Green wrote: >>A couple of glitches I've gotten from Javascripts are poorly >>(purposely?) written applets that crash. One kept printing a modal >>dialog box continuously, the result being a need to reboot the >>computer because there was no way to exit Netscape or Windows. > >I can confirm this. Under Win95, I have seen applets that keep running >after the browswer instance that loaded has been closed. Even run over >other applications windows, leaving aninmated artifacts on the screen. >Sometimes only the power switch will do. I thought that the applets weren't >supposed to be able to wander out of their memory space... Were they Java, or JavaScript? Much different. Among other things, JavaScript runs on Win3.1, and Netscape doesn't let you turn it off. I've had at least one event of JavaScript crashing Netscape; the part of the script I noticed was scrolling lots of stuff along the bottom (Hail Eris! All Hail Discordia! Etc. Etc.) but maybe there was more. # Thanks; Bill # Bill Stewart, stewarts(a)ix.netcom.com, +1-415-442-2215

2 1

Save 50% on Office Pro 97 & 40% on NT 4.0 !!!
by gsmith＠ultragrafix.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Special #1 - Save over 50% on Microsoft Office Professional 97 (FULL Version) These are brand new Full Versions that we are selling for $285.00 (USD) This product usually retails for $585.00 in popular stores such as Comp USA and Computer City. Please call us at (817) 557-4945 for more information. Microsoft Office 97 includes new versions of each of the component applications, including Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, the PowerPoint® presentation graphics program and Microsoft Access, as well as the new Microsoft Outlook. Common to these Office 97 applications is the integration of new Internet technologies. Please call us at (817) 557-4945 for product availability and to order by all major credit cards. Please stop by our web site at http://www.globaltech2000.com for more great deals on software! Shipping is $6.00 (USD)for U.S. orders Shipping is $20.00 (USD)for Canada, Great Britain, Australia Shipping is $24.00 (USD) for all other International orders ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Special #2 - 40% OFF Windows NT Workstation (Full Version) ! This product normally sells for over $300 but we are selling our remaining inventories for $175 Due to our limited supply, please call us at (817)557-4945 if you are interested in this product! Shipping is $6.00 (USD)for U.S. orders Shipping is $20.00 (USD)for Canada, Great Britain, Australia Shipping is $24.00 (USD) for all other International orders Please call us at (817) 557-4945 for product availability and to order by all major credit cards. PLEASE be sure to check out our web site at http://www.globaltech2000.com for other great software deals! ******************************************************************* Please Note - All remove requests will be honored and enforced by our postmaster. If you'd rather not receive offers for large discounts on software in the future (usually about 1 per month) simply send an email to remove(a)ultragrafix.com and you will automatically deleted from any future mailings. Thank You *******************************************************************

1 0