December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

TEMPEST open-source definition version 0.1alpha (fwd)
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > Subject: TEMPEST open-source definition version 0.1alpha > Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 20:19:46 EST > From: Ryan Lackey <rdl(a)MIT.EDU> > time to reverse engineer the practical TEMPEST systems (and in so doing > perhaps the classified TEMPEST spec) out there. Next time I find a > TEMPEST case at swapfest, or at a con, I'll pick it up (if someone wants to > ship me one, so much the better). You *can* buy them from some vendors, Are you possibly confusing Tempest with a NEMA certified case? Educalc used to sell a case for the HP-41C calculator that they touted as NBC certified. I would suggest looking for one of the NIST certified environmental test cases that are available. They'll cook or chill your electronics and block the emissions quite handily. Be shure to get a supply for the copper door gaskets, they wear out under daily use about 3-4 times a year. ____________________________________________________________________ | | | The obvious is sometimes false; | | The unexpected sometimes true. | | | | Anonymous | | | | | | _____ The Armadillo Group | | ,::////;::-. Austin, Tx. USA | | /:'///// ``::>/|/ http://www.ssz.com/ | | .', |||| `/( e\ | | -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- Jim Choate | | ravage(a)ssz.com | | 512-451-7087 | |____________________________________________________________________|

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Someone find Jim Choate a job!
by David Miller 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Sensory deprivation has caused Mr.Choate to finally go haywire. I suggest that someone from the state of TX (who have IDs from Hell) transport him to the nearest University. --David Miller middle rival devil rim lad

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re: Driver Licenses
by Uhh...this is Joe [Randall Farmer] 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> > Either should work...I'll bet that scratching the shit off with his keys > worked too ;) > I'll have to remember that when it's time to get mine done. Shouldn't take much if all you need is to stop regular folks from scanning it -- if it's like some other systems, changing a couple bits will keep the checksum from checking and the reader will report the card as invalid. > > That was a good question, though, does anyone know how much data those > little stripes can hold? It can (emphasis on can; most stripes don't) store 300 bytes according to some -- 1846 characters of English in theory, 600 in practice, 480 uncompressed, 300 ASCII. 300 bytes is six monochrome compressed mugshots or a 2400-pixel (about 50x50) uncompressed monochrome photo, or it could hold 33 military-grade biometric IDs. A study of el33t h@qu3r ph1|ez show that actual credit and ATM cards don't use nearly 300 bytes. That might be because error rates would be astronomical, or it might just be because they can't use all the extra space. [After writing this, I saw another web site with a figure of 226 bytes, not 300. Don't know who's right, so I'm going with the paranoid estimate...] > > Scott R. Brower > http://www.infowar.com > http://www.efflorida.org --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Randall Farmer rfarmer(a)hiwaay.net http://hiwaay.net/~rfarmer

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Test [No Reply]
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Loop Test [No Reply] ____________________________________________________________________ | | | The obvious is sometimes false; | | The unexpected sometimes true. | | | | Anonymous | | | | | | _____ The Armadillo Group | | ,::////;::-. Austin, Tx. USA | | /:'///// ``::>/|/ http://www.ssz.com/ | | .', |||| `/( e\ | | -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- Jim Choate | | ravage(a)ssz.com | | 512-451-7087 | |____________________________________________________________________|

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[Fwd: Russia/Iraq]
by WebWarrior3＠InfoWar.Com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

A bit off of our regularly scheduled program, but with Yeltsin saying that Clinton might be starting a 3rd World War last week, I thought I would pass this on. To: webwarrior3(a)infowar.com Subject: Russia/Iraq From: alert(a)stratfor.com Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 19:59:26 -0600 (CST) ______________________________________ Check out our newest product: Santizer Give away your computer, not your data ______________________________________ Global Intelligence Update Red Alert February 11, 1998 Russia Threatens to Arm Baghdad But will Saddam Remain in Power? According to a report on Tuesday in the online edition of the Egyptian newspaper Al-sha'b, the Russian government has warned Washington that Russia will supply arms and humanitarian aid to Iraq if the United States chooses to abandon diplomatic efforts and attacks Iraq. Al-Sha'b reported that Baghdad requested 20 billion dollars in urgent military and humanitarian aid from Russia. Baghdad, which already owes Russia 80 billion dollars, hopes to be able to pay off its debt once sanctions are lifted. Al-Sha'b went on to report that Washington has monitored heightened states of alert and increased military preparedness throughout the Middle East, and has warned neighboring Arab states against providing Iraq with military support. If the Egyptian report is factual, then Russia has just moved even closer to confrontation with the United States. Its previous threats of world war are clearly not credible. Sending aid to Iraq is, on the other hand, quite credible and therefore is in many ways more dangerous. The question is, will Hussein be there after the U.S. attack to receive the arms? We have noticed a curious juxtaposition of official U.S. statements on the crisis in Iraq with the emerging balance of U.S. forces in the region, suggesting that Washington may be expecting an Iraqi coup d'etat. U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright testified before the Senate on Tuesday that, in the event U.S. air strikes contributed to toppling Saddam Hussein, "it would create a situation which, for a time, would require the presence of troops." The United States has accelerated its deployment of ground troops to the region. Three thousand troops from Ft. Stewart are being deployed to reinforce the 1,500 U.S. ground troops already in Kuwait. The USS Tarawa and the USS Guam, amphibious assault ships each carrying a 2,000-man Marine Expeditionary Unit, are headed for the Persian Gulf. Other U.S. ground forces in the region include 6,000 soldiers at the Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia and 10,000 soldiers engaged in military exercises in Egypt. Additionally, the list of potential U.S. targets has grown from suspected chemical and biological agent sites to include command and control installations, the Iraqi air force, and the Republican Guard. This suggests a decapitation strike, aimed at disrupting Hussein's capability to coordinate a defense of his hold on power. Iraqi opposition forces also appear to be preparing for an altered post-air strike environment. The rival Kurdish Democratic Party and Patriotic Union of Kurdestan are planning a meeting on February 12 to settle outstanding differences and stabilize their cease-fire. Iraqi Kurdestan's Conservative Party public relations officer, Aram Muhammad Sa'id, declared in an interview on Monday with the Iranian News Agency that Turkey's latest entry into northern Iraq had the "green light" from the United States, and was part of a U.S. plan to use air strikes to topple Hussein and dismember Iraq. Finally, the Iraqi National Congress has reported that Baath Party and military officials have begun evacuating southern Iraq, lest an uprising follow U.S. air strikes. Many in the U.S. Congress have asserted the need for an "end game" that removes Saddam Hussein from power, but thus far the U.S. has been unable to foment or coordinate an overthrow of Hussein. If it is to be successful, we will not know for certain about a coup plot's existence until it is underway. But circumstances do hint that something may be in the works. Baghdad has evidently noticed this, as Iraqi Foreign Minister Saeed al- Sahhaf asserted on Tuesday that the U.S. would fail to topple the Iraqi regime, since Hussein had the support of the Iraqi people. The question is this: is there a real possibility of a coup in Baghdad or is this part of U.S. psychological warfare against Iraq? In a way, the possibility of a coup is more reasonable an explanation for U.S. behavior than the idea that the U.S. is going to mount an air campaign against chemical and biological weapons. What is not clear is whether a coup has a real chance or whether this is just wishful thinking on the part of the United States. And it is not clear what Russia would do if the coup turned into a protracted internal struggle. ___________________________________________________ To receive free daily Global Intelligence Updates or Computer Security Alerts, sign up on the web at http://www.stratfor.com/mail/, or send your name, organization, position, mailing address, phone number, and e-mail address to info(a)stratfor.com ___________________________________________________ STRATFOR Systems, Inc. 3301 Northland Drive, Suite 500 Austin, TX 78731-4939 Phone: 512-454-3626 Fax: 512-454-1614 Internet: http://www.stratfor.com/ Email: info(a)stratfor.com

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Re: Deriving economic profits from writing FREE software?
by Zooko Journeyman 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I have an idea for a model for deriving economic profits from writing free software. It requires dcash (specifically, some money that is cheaply and easily transferrable in small amounts). People submit requests for changes to a "wishlist"/"bug report list". Along with these requests they send dcash. Various mechanisms of market and/or trusted intermediary ensure that, on the whole, the hackers who satisfy the most highly valued wishes get the most money. See Grigg 1997 for one good idea of how such a market could operate. We already have extensive networks of wishlists, bug tracking systems, and the rest of an integrated open, distributed software development system (e.g. Linux, Debian, many others). Given the ability to pay (perhaps credit cards could be made to work here? Low cost credit card transactions? Cybercash?), we could start trying to add this kind of flow of cash to some such systems. Unfortunately, i fear that such attempts may fail and disrupt currently working systems... --Zooko P.S. Hi, y'all. I've switched continents, contexts, CPUs, sensitivities and perhaps more, but i'm fine. Thanks for missing me. p.p.s. as per <a href="http://www.slashdot.org/slashdot.cgi?mode=article&artnum=685"> this slashdot.org article</a>, it is called "Open Software" from now on, not "Free Software". Tell the kids.

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Re: TEMPEST open-source definition version 0.1alpha (fwd)
by Ryan Lackey 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> confusing TEMPEST with NEMA No, I am certain they're TEMPEST cases; they're government security vendors, with names that include the word TEMPEST or Security or whatever, and their prices are huge. And when I said "I'd like to pay COD", they said "we only accept government purchase forms." I have a plain NEMA 19" rack with power and fans, it's quite different. Black Unicorn's post about the demise of cash is particularly true when dealing with vendors who want government POs :) The people at hacking cons who are selling TEMPEST cases are selling what I believe are the real thing acquired through a variety of methods, some legal, others perhaps not. Usually they contain crufty old PCs, but one guy had some really nice fully-enclosed TEMPEST-compliant racks. They had serious power filters at the bottom, massive fans, and shielded fan i/o. They were basically free (a few hundred dollars), but I couldn't motor freight them from the location to my home, since I didn't have anything but cash at the time. ObNonCrypto: Waiting until 10 days before fc98 to buy airline tickets when the cheap fare expired an hour ago was SO SO SO stupid. Like taking 4 c-notes and lighting them on fire. Oh well. -- Ryan Lackey rdl(a)mit.edu http://mit.edu/rdl/

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Transcript of Hillary Clinton's comments on Net-regulation
by Declan McCullagh 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 14:54:55 -0800 (PST) From: Declan McCullagh <declan(a)well.com> To: politech(a)vorlon.mit.edu Subject: Transcript of Mrs. Clinton's comments on Net-regulation Here's what Hillary Clinton said this afternoon about regulation of the Internet during an otherwise routine press conference in the Map Room about the "Millenium Evenings." Tonight at 7 pm EST she and the president will cybercast the first one from the east room of the White House. It's hardly surprising that our elected officials don't like the ability of the Internet to provide everyone with a platform. Even Thomas Jefferson kvetched about the excesses of the press of his day and in 1783 and 1788 endorsed laws that permitted government prosecutions of the press for printing "false facts." Though I somehow suspect that the first lady has recently been more worried about media reporting facts that may turn out to be true... -Declan === Q I just wanted to ask you about something that Gregg said. He's obviously an Internet enthusiast. But when he talked about some of the aspects of the system -- the fact that you could say something and you can't take it back, how it's so available to everyone and instantaneous, he's raised some issues that have been issues for us in the last few weeks in our business. And I wonder if you think that this new media is necessarily an entirely good thing. And also, as somebody who has been through this crucible, in the next millennium how would you like to see this new and ever more interesting -- (laughter) -- handled of things like the issues like the personal lives of public figures. MRS. CLINTON: Well, Kathy, I think that's one of these issues that Dick was referring to, that we're going to have to really think hard about. And I think that every time technology makes an advance -- when you move to the railroad, or you move to the cotton gin, or you move to the automobile, or the airplane, and now certainly as you move to the computer and increasing accessibility and instantaneous information on the computer, we are all going to have to rethink how we deal with this, because there are always competing values. There's no free decision that I'm aware of anywhere in life, and certainly with technology that's the case. As exciting as these new developments are -- and I think Gregg's enthusiasm is shared broadly by Americans and people around the world -- there are a number of serious issues without any kind of editing function or gate-keeping function. What does it mean to have the right to defend your reputation, or to respond to what someone says? There used to be this old saying that the lie can be halfway around the world before the truth gets its boots on. Well, today, the lie can be twice around the world before the truth gets out of bed to find its boots. I mean, it is just beyond imagination what can be disseminated. So I think we're going to have to really worry about this, because it won't be just public elected officials. We've seen some cases where somebody who had a grudge against a girl's mother because the family wouldn't let him date her put out on the Internet that the family were child abusers. Totally private people, never stuck their toe in public life. It can be done to anybody, and it can get an audience, and it can create a falsehood about somebody. And certainly it's multiplied many times over if you happen to be in public life. I don't have any clue about what we're going to do legally, regulatorily, technologically -- I don't have a clue. But I do think we always have to keep competing interests in balance. I'm a big pro-balance person. That's why I love the founders -- checks and balances; accountable power. Anytime an individual or an institution or an invention leaps so far out ahead of that balance and throws a system, whatever it might be -- political, economic, technological -- out of balance, you've got a problem, because then it can lead to the oppression people's rights, it can lead to the manipulation of information, it can lead to all kinds of bad outcomes which we have seen historically. So we're going to have to deal with that. And I hope a lot of smart people are going to -- Q Sounds like you favor regulation. MRS. CLINTON: Bill, I don't know what -- that's why I said I don't know what I'm in favor of. And I don't know enough to know what to be in favor of, because I think it's one of those new issues we've got to address. We've got to see whether our existing laws protect people's right of privacy, protect them against defamation. And if they can, how do you do that when you can press a button and you can't take it back. So I think we have to tread carefully. Q -- one of the balances, though, in this new digital age is that you can have direct communication. You're celebrating that tonight -- people can log on from anywhere. In that spirit, have you thought any more about a direct and frank conversation by the President with the country about these allegations? MRS. CLINTON: I'm not going to add anything to what the President has already said. And I think that any of you who think hard about this issue would have to agree that he's taken the right position. So I'm not going to add to that. ===

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Re: Anti-Asian E-Mail
by Mixmaster 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

"Gennaco said prosecutors may suggest that Machado attend a racial awareness program as part of his sentence." Political re-education, anyone? Take names, take names, take names.

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[Fwd: SpookTech98]
by sunder 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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PGP 5.5 BS upgrade
by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Has anyone got the upgrade/bugfix for PGP 5.5 Business Security? I think it's 5.5.2 (?) I'm looking for the Win platform upgrade if anyone can help. Perhaps someone could upload it to a c'punk FTP site or post the URL. Thanks in advance!

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UK Crypto Ban?
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

From: Campaign Against Censorship of the Internet <cacib(a)liberty.org.uk> To: ukcrypto(a)maillist.ox.ac.uk Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 18:18:28 +0100 Subject: Key escrow announcement A source who is a lobbyist in a non-computer sector has just called me to say that Margaret Beckett will be announcing a (compulsory?) key escrow program next Tuesday. So far I don't have independent confirmation, although Nigel Hickson recently said here that he was expecting an announcement "soon". Here's hoping we can get it out before the gvt machine controls the spin. Regards, Malcolm Hutty. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Campaign Against Censorship Tel: 0171 589 4500 of the Internet in Britain Fax: 0171 589 4522 e-mail: cacib(a)liberty.org.uk Say NO to Censorship Web: http://www.liberty.org.uk/cacib ---------- Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 23:57:32 +0000 To: ukcrypto(a)maillist.ox.ac.uk From: T Bruce Tober <octobersdad(a)reporters.net> Subject: More rumours? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Free Life Commentary Editor: Sean Gabb Issue Number Ten Tuesday 10th February 1998, 11:20pm ========================== "Over himself, over his own mind and body, the individual is sovereign" (J.S. Mill, On Liberty, 1859) ========================== Next Week's British Encryption Ban by Sean Gabb Earlier this evening, I was given confidential information by someone close to a British Cabinet Minister. I am not in the habit of speaking to such people, let alone having them leak state secrets to me. But that is what happened. In publishing what I heard, I am now risking a prosecution under the Official Secrets Acts - or, more likely, being made to look ridiculous if what I predict does not happen. These risks being accepted, here is the leak. Next Tuesday, the 17th February 1998, the Department of Trade and Industry will announce plans to outlaw the use of strong encryption software within the United Kingdom. We are to be encouraged - and ultimately forced - to encrypt our e-mail only in ways that will allow the authorities to read it. My source was vague about the details of the scheme, saying that they had not yet been circulated to the full Cabinet. But I imagine that it will be more or less a reprint of the Conservative Government's public consultation paper of March 1997. This came to nothing because of the change of Government, and it was even hoped that Labour would have a more liberal policy on Internet regulation. However, Margaret Beckett, the Minister now responsible for trade and industrial policy, is neither bright nor forceful; and she was early captured by the officials who in theory are supposed to do her bidding. If next Tuesday's consultation paper differs at all from the last one, it will be only in matters of small detail and presentation. For this reason, it is probably safe to take the last paper as a guide to what we can expect. The Government will propose creating a network of what are called Trusted Third Parties, or TTPs. These are to be organisations licensed to provide encryption services to the public - that is, software, consultancy and other support. Because they have been licensed by the State, we are to be encouraged to believe that they really are trustworthy - that they are not distributing bad encryption software, or robbing their clients in other ways. But just in case we decide not to believe any of this, it will be made illegal for any unlicensed person to offer encryption services. Here, it is worth quoting from last year's consultation paper: The legislation will prohibit an organisation from offering or providing encryption services to the UK public without a licence. Prohibition will be irrespective of whether a charge is made for such services. The offering of encryption services to the UK public (for example via the Internet) by an unlicensed TTP outside of the UK will also be prohibited. For this purpose, it may be necessary to place restrictions on the advertising and marketing of such services to the public. Enacted into law, this would make it illegal for me to copy encryption software from my hard disk for a friend, and for computer magazines to include it on their free cover disks. It would also allow a strict supervision of the material and the links given access to by British sites on the World Wide Web. The paper never clarifies why we need TTPs in the first place, or why - their need granted - they can only be trusted if licensed by the State. But it does say a lot about law enforcement and national security. Or, to be more accurate, it does say a lot in the usual code about the need to fill in any last potholes on the road to a British police state. Starting with the Interception of Communications Act 1985, the British State has given itself powers of surveillance that a Third World dictator might envy. It can tap our phones on the word of a Minister. It can burgle our homes and leave recording devices behind on the word of a senior policeman. It can trawl through and inspect any records on us held by any organisation. It can do all this without our knowledge, and without any effective system of appeal and redress. The relevant laws are careful to describe the permissions for this as "warrants". But they really are no more than what in France before the Revolution were called Lettres du Cachet - things that our ancestors boasted did not and could not exist in the freer air of England. The spread of personal computers seemed likely at first to extend the scope of surveillance still further. This had until then been limited by cost. For all the theoretical risks, sending letters in sealed envelopes through the post has always been reasonably secure: the costs of interception can only be justified in exceptional cases. For the same reason, most private papers are safe. But the routing of an increasing amount of mail through the Internet promised to bring down the costs of surveillance to the point where everyone could be watched. The storage of records on computers connected to the Internet promised to make it possible for the authorities to spy on people by remote control. The problem is the development of strong encryption software like pgp, and its growing popularity among millions of ordinary people who, though not criminals, have a strong regard for privacy. It allows us to keep our e-mail and private records secret to all but the most determined and expensive attacks. It gives to us the benefits of instant communication and mass data storage, but keeps the authorities - despite their new powers of surveillance - no better informed than in the old days of due process and envelope steaming. Therefore all the talk of Trusted Third Parties. The terms of their licences will require them to sell encryption software with keys that cannot be modified by their clients, and to collect and store copies of these keys for handing over to the authorities. Last year's document is full of promises about "strict safeguards" and the like. But the reality is this: The legislation will provide that the Secretary of State may issue a warrant requiring a TTP to disclose private encryption keys... or a body covered by that warrant. No mention of judicial involvement at the time, or judicial review afterwards - just more police state commands. We can ignore anything the Government parrots next week about law enforcement and national security - or, for that matter, child pornography and complex fraud. These really are just code words. If I were a criminal, or a terrorist, or a foreign spy, the last encryption software I would use would come from a Trusted Third Party. Strong encryption packages are available all over the Internet, or can pass from hand to hand on a single floppy disk. Nor would I worry much about laws against the transmission of data encrypted with unlicensed software. There are ways of keeping the authorities from even knowing that an Internet message contains encrypted data. Somewhere, I have an early version of a program called Steganography, created by Romana Machado. This takes an encrypted text and merges it into a graphics file. My version produces a visible degradation of picture quality. Almost certainly, the newer releases have solved this problem. Assuming I had them, and were sufficiently unpatriotic - neither applies in my case, let me add - I could e-mail this country's battle plans straight off to Saddam Hussain merged invisibly into a picture of my dog. GCHQ would never notice until the Scud missiles began landing on Cheltenham. No - the encryption ban will be aimed at us, the honest public. We are the people who tend to respect the law - or at least to be afraid of it enough to comply in most cases. It is our privacy that is to be stripped away. It is we who are to become like Winston Smith, living for every moment when the telescreens are not monitoring our facial expressions. Why this is desired I cannot say. But we are living though an age of withering trust in the common people. In this country, we are not trusted to possess guns for our self-defence - or indeed to carry carpet knives locked inside our cars. We are not trusted to choose and administer our own medicines, or to bring up our own children in the manner of our choice, or to decide whether or not oxtail soup might be bad for us. Plugging in the telescreens is only a logical next step. Normally, when I write on these issues, I work myself into a frenzy of pessimism. At the moment, though, I feel rather optimistic. Next Tuesday's proposals will cause an uproar. This will not come from the so-called civil liberties groups like Liberty - excepting a few small bodies like the Libertarian Alliance, they have all been taken over by New Labour apparatchiks who can be trusted to keep their mouths shut. It will come from the big business interests. British Telecom is the third or fourth largest telecommunications company in the world. If operates in more than 40 markets, often needing to provide its clients with very secure networks. In the City of London there are more representative offices of foreign banks than in the rest of the European Union combined. These have a taste for confidentiality. There are many other large interests - all paying billions in taxes, all likely to be very hostile to any scheme that will make them appear less useful to foreign clients. We have a Labour Government that still needs to establish itself in the public mind as a party friendly to business. These facts can surely be trusted to ensure the dropping of a scheme that would not merely turn the country into a full police state, but also do the greatest damage to British business since nationalisation. Or so I hope. ========================== Free Life Commentary is an independent journal of comment, published on the Internet. To receive regular issues, send e-mail to Sean Gabb at old.whig(a)virgin.net Issues are archived at <http://freespace.virgin.net/old.whig/> Contact Address: 25 Chapter Chambers, Esterbrooke Street, London, SW1P 4NN; Telephone: 0181 858 0841 If you like Free Life Commentary, you may also care to subscribe to my longer, hard copy journal, Free Life, subscription details for which can be obtained by writing to me at the above address. ========================== Legal Notice: Though using the name Free Life, this journal is owned by me and not by the Libertarian Alliance, which in consequence bears no liability of whatever kind for the contents. - -- Sean Gabb | "Over himself, over his own | E-mail: old.whig(a)virgin.net | mind and body, the individual| <http://freespace.virgin.net/old.whig/> | is sovereign" | Mobile Number: 0956 472199 | J.S. Mill, On Liberty, 1859 | -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBNOI4cDzmzFmU9IJVAQFOFAQAlLgKRAM6wTztCSVvUAAUY/g8k0iOKCGY 4s8O7c+axQUcf3e3RTxKbIPqoIeb81uIcKwv86havRuUsm2r2OHADuRBlWT7VgrR RKKCuuvrF19G4/hLTn7094NqUvnp5LAZpKOX7ITYQC/grQL8gnkd/xvpj55Z9oek idz0EU18xJo= =cNRU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- tbt -- -- |Bruce Tober, octobersdad(a)reporters.net, Birmingham, England +44-121-242-3832| | Freelance PhotoJournalist - IT, Business, The Arts and lots more | |pgp key ID 0x94F48255. Website - http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/crecon/ |

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Anguilla and Ricochet
by Lucky Green 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Folks, I would like to coordinate the wireless communication efforts for FC'98 in Anguilla. If you were there last year, you know that the lack of a meaningful communication infrastructure is the number one problem on the island. If you intend to bring, or have access to, wireless modems [Ricochet], satellite ground stations [VSAT, INMARSAT], or the like, please get in touch with me immediately. Thanks, -- Lucky Green <mailto:shamrock@netcom.com> PGP encrypted mail preferred "I do believe that where there is a choice only between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence." Mahatma Gandhi

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Re: Me & Louis Freeh
by dlv＠bwalk.dm.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Declan McCullagh <declan(a)well.com> writes: > Just got mail -- > > >Have some friends in the FBI and I just thought that you would like to > >know that Louis Freeh personally considers you, and I quote, and > >"radical". Amazing, isn't it? > > > >Just thought you would like to know what the great Louis Freeh thinks of > >you... > > Somehow I get the impression that FBI directors don't like "radicals" much... I don't like people who forge quotes from me in their netly news "exposes", as Declan has done. Center for Democracy in Technology doesn't like Declan either - they've even complained to Declan's editors at Time Warner about his lies and fabrications. What does it mean when the Vulis, CDT, and the FBI all agree? P.S. Declan, are you an alcoholic? --- Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps

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www.lanl.gov
by Information Security 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Bleep! I pulled up www.lanl.gov (for whatever reason), flipped back to my ISP shell account, did some stuff, logged out. Five minutes later, my PPP connection timed out, and so the line dropped. Two minutes after that, my computer dialed up my ISP and connected to the Net again: it was the LANL page. I hit 'STOP', and the connection timed out again, and that was that. I hate the way there isn't some choice about allowing (JAVA?) to NOT do that unless expressly allowed. I wonder what LANL loaded into my system that needed Net connectivity after seven minutes??? ---guy Vulgersauris is a shadow of his former self.

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by tihu＠wvz.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Re: Me & Louis Freeh
by Information Security 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> To: cypherpunks(a)toad.com > Subject: Re: Me & Louis Freeh > From: dlv(a)bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM) > I don't like people who forge quotes from me in their netly news "exposes", > as Declan has done. Huh? > What does it mean when the Vulis, CDT, and the FBI all agree? Didn't happen. > Declan, are you an alcoholic? No, he's a free radical. ---guy h'yuk h'yuk h'yuk

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Re: "Corporations selling your ass down the road for a dollar"
by Michael Sims 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Declan wrote: [to cypherpunks for no apparent reason] > >None of this is news to Declan of course. I just get disappointed > >when I see industry mouthpiece after industry mouthpiece without a > >single goal in mind except maximum profit. Libertarianism in > >action - corporations sell your ass down the road for a dollar and > >some stock options. > > I'm sure Michael was upset and not typing clearly. He knows as well > as anyone that libertarians are not pro-business; they're > pro-individual rights. Except, of course, that *businesses* count as individuals in a libertarian world. Yes, the corporation, that creation wholly of government, becomes a sort of super-individual - and of course all individuals are equal, but some are just a bit more equal. When I see a libertarian calling for an elimination of all forms of corporations and a return to sole proprietorships and straight partnerships as the only form of business, then I'll know he's ideologically consistent. Until then, pro-business is the only reasonable way to describe the twisted rationale behind libertarianism. Which brings me back to my original point - the AIM representation at the aforementioned hearings. In Libber-land, there's nothing reprehensible there. Corporations are lobbying for their "individual rights", one of them being the right to make maximum profit by eliminating/marginalizing competitors. Of course the rights they are lobbying for may infringe on some others' rights, perhaps in schools or libraries which receive federal funds, but hey, that's life for you. Every individual has an equal chance. And after all, freedom to speak and receive information is just a preference - some people prefer to receive more of it than others. > Libertarians spend quite a bit of time > complaining about the Republican habit of funding corporate > subsidies. But very very little time complaining about the *existence* of corporations whose primary function is to shield the important folks who run and fund the corporation from the consequences of their actions. Come on! This should be a primary offense! Individuals with no responsibility! > The pursuit of profit in the free market is not to be discouraged -- > without it, we wouldn't have the Internet we have today. Heavens, Declan, you're right! All those companies selflessly creating a network between universities and defense sites, not seeking a return in five years but looking well into the future..... Let us praise the foresight of those companies. What were their names again? -- Michael Sims

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Re: www.lanl.gov
by Information Security 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> From hedges(a)infonex.com Wed Feb 11 23:05:14 1998 > > I hope you'll endure a product endorsement.. use Anonymizer Surfing > when trolling for "sensitive" information on web sites you don't trust. > Stops Java, Javascript, and cookies, hides your IP address, etc. I don't trust any sites. And, I hear the anonymizer blocks some highly useful sites like DejaNews, which would have been a handy way to post anonymously. And I can turn off Java and cookies. What I really should do is take the time to run Netscape under 'chroot'. ---guy

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Legality of *non*-encryption
by Sparkes, Ian, ZFRD AC 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I heard an interesting new slant on the legality of encryption today. I was talking to a colleague who is employed in a law firm here in Germany. It appears that under the current interpretation of German law, communications of a confidential nature (for example, contracts, medical records and so forth) over an insecure network *MUST* be encrypted to protect the Client. It is therefore a breach of German law to send unencypted eMail, unless it can be proved that every stage of the transmission happens over internal (secure?) paths. I will dig further on this - perhaps there is a useful precedent to be established here. At very least we might be able to keep lawers (and doctors) off the net ;-)

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Re: VanEck, Noise, & Palmtops... (fwd)
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 22:08:06 -0800 > From: Bill Frantz <frantz(a)netcom.com> > Subject: Re: VanEck, Noise, & Palmtops... > To defeat the integrating attacks you have described, you want to repeat > the same noise frame after frame. It must be loud enough to swamp the > signal going to the display, so the output of the integration is the noise > and not the signal. True, but then we aren't talking about standard PC's and monitors are we... *NO* method of eavesdropping can't be defeated. ____________________________________________________________________ | | | The obvious is sometimes false; | | The unexpected sometimes true. | | | | Anonymous | | | | | | _____ The Armadillo Group | | ,::////;::-. Austin, Tx. USA | | /:'///// ``::>/|/ http://www.ssz.com/ | | .', |||| `/( e\ | | -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- Jim Choate | | ravage(a)ssz.com | | 512-451-7087 | |____________________________________________________________________|

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NEW TRAVEL INFO -- Kuwait (fwd)
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: >From owner-travel-advisories(a)stolaf.edu Wed Feb 11 04:13:44 1998 Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 14:37:33 -0500 From: owner-travel-advisories <owner-travel-advisories(a)stolaf.edu> Subject: NEW TRAVEL INFO -- Kuwait Sender: "U.S. Department of State" <76702.1202(a)compuserve.com> To: travel-advisories(a)stolaf.edu Message-ID: <199802061439_MC2-3241-E30(a)compuserve.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Precedence: bulk STATE DEPARTMENT TRAVEL INFORMATION - Kuwait ============================================================ Kuwait - Public Announcement February 6, 1998 On February 5, 1998, the American Embassy in Kuwait was authorized to issue the following warden message: "We are monitoring the situation with Iraq closely. Although we see no direct threat to the safety of American citizens in Kuwait at this time, we believe it would be prudent now for all citizens to heed the standing preparedness advice for American citizens living abroad. Specifically, you should: --assemble all vital documents such as passports, birth and marriage records, vaccination, insurance and bank records in one readily accessible location; --check to be sure that your passport and any necessary visas are valid and that you are registered at the Embassy with your current address and phone number. If you need to obtain a new passport or to update your registration, please do so at the Embassy as soon as possible, any working day from 8:30 to 11:30 am or 1:00 to 3:00 pm; --make or update as necessary a complete inventory of your household effects, in duplicate; --maintain an adequate supply of food and water in your home. Make sure your car is in good working order. Keep the gas tank full and check oil, coolant, tires and battery. We do not want American citizens in Kuwait to become unduly alarmed. These are precautionary measures only. We are not advising Americans to leave. However, given the potential seriousness of the current situation we believe it is important for all citizens to maintain readiness in case of an emergency. We will promptly inform you of any significant developments and advise you accordingly." For further information on travel to Kuwait, please consult the latest Consular Information Sheet for Kuwait or contact the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait. This Public Announcement expires May 6, 1998. Kuwait - Consular Information Sheet August 28, 1996 Country Description: Kuwait is a constitutional monarchy with a modern economy. Day-to-day life has returned to normal after the 1991 Gulf War, and facilities for travelers are widely available. The workweek in Kuwait is Saturday through Wednesday. Entry Requirements: Passports and visas are required for U.S. citizens traveling to Kuwait. For more information concerning entry requirements, travelers may contact the Embassy of Kuwait at 2940 Tilden St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20008, telephone (202) 966-0702, or the Kuwaiti Consulate in New York City, telephone (212) 973-4318. Areas of Instability: Travel to and near the Iraq-Kuwait border is very hazardous. U.S. citizens having legitimate work-related business near the border may receive updated information from the U.S. Embassy, and may also wish to consult with their employer's security personnel. Unexploded bombs, mines, booby traps, and other items remain in open areas and beaches throughout Kuwait. U.S. Embassy personnel have been forbidden to travel off paved surfaces outside Kuwait City. Medical Facilities: The health care delivery system continues to rebuild, with many medical facilities, both government and private, available in Kuwait. Medical care at government-run clinics and hospitals is generally provided free of charge or at low cost to residents of Kuwait, while private physicians and hospitals charge a fee for services. Non-residents have found that private doctors, hospitals and clinics expect immediate cash payment for their services. U.S. medical insurance is not always valid outside the United States. Medevac insurance, for emergencies requiring treatment outside Kuwait, and supplemental medical insurance with specific overseas coverage have proven useful. Additional information on health matters can be obtained from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's international travelers hotline, telephone (404) 332-4559 or visit the CDC Home Page on the Internet at http://www.cdc.gov. Crime Information: The crime rate in Kuwait is moderate. However, weapons left over from the 1991 Gulf War remain in the hands of the populace, and shooting incidents have occurred, Both physical and verbal harassment of women is a continuing problem. The loss or theft of a U.S. passport abroad should be reported immediately to local police and the nearest U.S. embassy or consulate. Useful information on safeguarding valuables, protecting personal security, and other matters while traveling abroad is provided in the Department of State pamphlets, "A Safe Trip Abroad" and "Tips for Travelers to the Middle East and North Africa." They are available from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. Currency Regulations: Travelers checks and credit cards are widely acceptable. Kuwaiti currency is readily convertible to U.S. dollars. Drug and Crime Penalties: U.S. citizens are subject to the laws of the country in which they are traveling. Alcohol, pork products, and pornography are illegal in Kuwait. Penalties for importation, possession, use, manufacture or sale of illegal drugs, alcohol, or pornography are severe, and convicted offenders can expect jail sentences and fines. Religious proselytizing is not permitted. Terrorist Activities: Americans in Kuwait should be alert to their surroundings and take prudent security precautions. U.S. citizens may wish to consult the Department of State or the U.S. Embassy for updated information. Child Custody: In Kuwait, child custody decisions are based on Islamic law. It is extremely difficult for an American woman, even a Muslim, to obtain custody of her children through a Kuwaiti court decision. Regardless of their parents' marital status, minor children of a Kuwaiti father may not leave Kuwait without the father's permission. Traffic Safety and Road Conditions: Driving in Kuwait can be hazardous. Although Kuwait has an extensive and modern system of well-lighted roads, excessive speeding on both primary and secondary roads, coupled with lax enforcement of traffic regulations, lead to frequent and often fatal accidents. Embassy Location and Registration: U.S. citizens are encouraged to register at the Consular Section of the U.S. Embassy and to enroll in the Embassy's emergency alert network, and to obtain updated information on travel and security in Kuwait. The U.S. Embassy in Kuwait is located at Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa Street, Plot 14, Block 14, Bayan, Kuwait. The mailing address is P.O. Box 77, Safat 13001, Kuwait; telephone (965) 242-4151 through 9. No. 96-150 This replaces the Consular Information Sheet for Kuwait dated September 20, 1994, to update information on areas of instability, drug and crime penalties, terrorist activities, and the address of the U.S. Embassy, and to add information on child custody and traffic safety and road conditions. ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- The "travel-advisories(a)stolaf.edu" mailing list is the official Internet and BITNET distribution point for the U.S. State Department Travel Warnings and Consular Information Sheets. To unsubscribe, send a message containing the word "unsubscribe" to: travel-advisories-request(a)stolaf.edu Archives of past "travel-advisories" postings are available at the URL: "http://www.stolaf.edu/network/travel-advisories.html" or via Gopher: gopher.stolaf.edu, Internet Resources/US-State-Department-Travel-Advisories

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ANNOUNCE: Cypherpunks February SF Bay Area Meeting
by Hugh Daniel 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

What: Cypherpunks San Francisco Bay area Phyical meeting When: Saturday February 14th, 1998 at 12:00 noon Where: Network Associates, Inc Total Network Security division (formerly PGP, Inc) 4500 Bohannon Drive, Menlo Park, California Map: http://maps.yahoo.com/yahoo/yt.hm?CMD=GEO&GMI=1&FAM=yahoo&SEC=geo&AD2=4500+… (More directions at end of email.) Agenda: 12:00 Random Access, Bag Lunch, Bad jokes etc. 13:00 Linux FreeS/WAN _Tutorial_, Hugh Daniel 15:00 Break, announcements 15:30 OpenPGP, DDT & other NA/PGP folks 16:30 Cypherpunks & CFP'98, group DDT's Directions: Take 101 (from North or South) Exit at "Marsh Road/Atherton" Go West (young man) off exit (right exit lane coming south from SF). Turning to the West (away from the Bay / freeway) Get in Left lane immediately. Turn Left at very first light (Scott Drive, not far from freeway exit) (landmark: Shell gas station is on your right as you turn left) Go South on Scott ~2/3 mi (parallel to 101 freeway fence). Pass one Stop sign (do not turn yet). (landmark: Sun Microsystems has an office on the right) Scott curves to right, becomes Bohannon Drive. Turn left into first driveway: "Menlo Oak" Business Park Go straight through parking lot ~2-300 yds Curve 270 degrees around Fountain (effective left turn) #4500 is on left as you curve around fountain. Go down ~50 yds to main lobby entrance (south side of building). Ask reception for Dave Del Torto (call 415.730.3583 cel if any problem). Meeting room is behind reception area through first door on left.

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No Subject
by Mix 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Timothy Mayhem will fuck anything that moves, but he'd rather be fucking his own mother's dead body. <<<< o(0-0)o -ooO-(_) Ooo-- Timothy Mayhem

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Dr. Dimento again
by Information Security 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

It's time for "ASK GUY ANYTHING"! > From Doctor Net Twinkie <dlv(a)bwalk.dm.com> Thu Feb 12 08:23:31 1998 > To: cypherpunks(a)toad.com > > I am a pathetic old fart who is outwitted even by "retards" these days. > > What is wrong with me? > > --- > > Dr. Doctor Net Twinkie KOTM > Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps GUY RESPONDS: Dear Twinkie, The problem is you no longer have all that good white creamy stuff. It's solidified...you are literally hard-headed now. You can't even... : Subject: Re: Changing to Moderated Cypherpunks -- How? : From: dlv(a)bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM) : Date: Thu, 05 Feb 98 19:25:52 EST : : Guy Polis thinks that anyone smarter than him (and that's 99.99% of the : population) is my tentacle. ...think of a new insult... : Subject: Re: Homosexual anti-Semite Peter Vorobieff is forging cancels for our articles again!!1! : From: Rabbi Shlomo Ruthenberg <shlomo(a)bwalk.dm.com> : Date: 1997/05/06 : Newsgroups: news.admin.net-abuse.policy : : To homosexual anti-semites like Peter Vorobieff and Dan Koroleff, : anyone smarter than them must be a "kike" - and this means 99.99% : of the population. You haven't had an original thought in a decade. To get things CRANKing again, take a sledgehammer and pound yourself in the head until it is a nice soft consistency. You'll feel much better. YOU'RE WELCOME! ---guy Traffic analysis confirms Dimitry is Shlomo - have a great Shabbos! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA cough cough HA HA HA HA HA

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