December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

2 new MixMasters
by John Perry 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hello Everyone! There are two new type-II remailers that just started in operation today. These are type-II only remailers. There is no type-I support. I vouch for these two remailers as I know the individuals running them personally. Below are the public keys for these sites. As a matter of fact, here is the type2.list and pubring.mix that mixmaster(a)vishnu.alias.net uses. John Perry - KG5RG - perry(a)alpha.jpunix.com - PGP-encrypted e-mail welcome! WWW - http://www.jpunix.com PGP 2.62 key for perry(a)jpunix.com is on the keyservers. type2.list: vishnu mixmaster(a)vishnu.alias.net bb460f08811a98682def423d30852d11 2.0 spook remailer(a)spook.alias.net ca8c8679f7b1cbdcff46d780fba97673 2.0 mix mixmaster(a)obscura.com db91418edac3a4d7329feaee0b79c74f 2.0.1 crown mixmaster(a)kether.alias.net 409deae815e07f4c40188de1148c1499 2.0b11 knight mixmaster(a)aldebaran.armory.com 6bb0d89a29fd188c67b8e04516b5af33 2.0 robomix robo(a)c2.org 3d523f1fd30b5a1c57214960a00f1c4e 2.0b11 hroller hroller(a)c2.org 0b7e31bbfbb0159eea07144ab15b45f3 2.0b11 syrinx syrinx(a)c2.org 6c4e7372e84d7092e0d0e69c20d5be46 2.0b11 rebma mixer(a)rebma.mn.org e7d84921298b0aadaf8f050d145ccf03 2.0b11 replay remailer(a)replay.com e3e2b4d67314b6165ee03b0b0ae07a7f 2.0b11 hacktic remailer(a)utopia.hacktic.nl bf61835a7b3cfa59c409caeab4e8a222 2.0b11 crynwr remailer(a)crynwr.com 64c62de6b347b3050fbb6e94c649112d 2.0b11 flame remailer(a)flame.alias.net 64bbf500097b541a8ddcb2dd80373238 2.0b11 gondolin mixmaster(a)gondolin.org 1d767b08fefa0a79d508be73e472d326 2.0.1 q q(a)c2.org c44e1cb0f0709465c21b07ac972bf973 2.0.1 Armadillo remailer(a)armadillo.com 7251877ae6fed509ebf7567715974d1b 2.0.1 precipice mixmaster(a)mix.precipice.com 05fef5887ac55dfe7379d0ef4a2a0c4b 2.0.1 anon mixmaster(a)anon.alias.net e3ca4cc5beb9934ae6d52dd27da80332 2.0.2b secrets secret(a)secret.alias.net bc2e4251dbddfa74dfae8b274904c2be 2.0.2b pubring.mix mix mixmaster(a)obscura.com db91418edac3a4d7329feaee0b79c74f 2.0.1 - 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Not key escrow, key recovery
by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>It is quite probable that this has been said before. In case it hasn't, >however, I feel compelled to point out that mandatory key escrow/recovery >could likely mean an economic disaster of unimaginable proportions. (Underpaid clerk steals secret keys, etc.) Wake up. It's not key escrow, it's key recovery. Every message will be encrypted with a LEAF (law enforcement access field). This is an additional recipient who can decrypt the message. No user or corporate secret keys are escrowed. You're working with yesterday's scenario. Anon

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MS Word Virus
by anonymous＠freezone.remailer 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

For info and helpful links on the MS Word macro virus, see: URL: http://csrc.ncsl.nist.gov/first/resources/word.html --------- Information on the Microsoft Word Virus Reports Comments welcomed: first-sec(a)first.org This page contains links to information and related utilities for the Microsoft Word Macro Virus. The links and text on this page were mostly donated by a fellow FIRST member. The FIRST Secretariat would like to express its appreciation to this member and others who have contributed information. Microsoft's Writeup Microsoft has a writeup on the virus-like macro and has a scanning tool to remove the problem. Macintosh advisory DataFellows Web page DataFellows (the people who produce FProt) has an excellent informational web page, including images of what you would see if you had the virus. Also, you can download DataFellows' utility, which works on both PC's and Macintoshes. Download DataFellows Utility IBM Writeup An excellent write up by IBM. NCSA page The National Computer Security Assiciation has a page which contains images of what you'd see if you had the virus. S&S Writeup A writeup by S&S, the makers of Dr. Solomon's Antivirus Toolkit Sophos Plc A page written by Sophos Plc. AVP Page Eugene Kaspersky of the AVP Computer Virus Research Lab, wrote this excellent web page on the virus. Dave Phillips Information page. A page written by Dave Phillips. NH&A</a> A page consisting of an announcement and email traffic, written by NH&A. Datawatch Virus Definition Update Datawatch, (Virex), present a virus definition update to their product to find this virus on Macintoshes.

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9-12-97 Cybertimes on crypto
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

September 12, 1997 Cybertimes "House Committee Casts Wide Net With Encryption Vote" by Jeri Clausing "Mockery and Fear Greet Encryption Plan" by Peter Wayner

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test
by anon-remailer＠utopia.hacktic.nl 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-- sameer Voice: 510-601-9777 Community ConneXion FAX: 510-601-9734 An Internet Privacy Provider Dialin: 510-658-6376 http://www.c2.org (or login as "guest") sameer(a)c2.org

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In Defense of Libertarianism, from HotWired's Synapse
by Declan McCullagh 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

--- http://hotwired.com/synapse/feature/97/36/mccullagh4a_1.html HotWired - Synapse (http://hotwired.com/synapse/) 12 September 1997 In Defense of Libertarianism by Declan McCullagh (declan(a)well.com) and Solveig Singleton (sberns(a)cato.org) Libertarianism, as a rule, attracts the most strident criticism from those who understand it the least. Expending little or no effort on research, critics barely familiar with libertarian ideas concoct an unappetizing stew of ideas - anarchism, egoism, and plain selfishness and greed - and mistakenly dub it libertarianism. Small surprise, then, that this ideological bouillabaisse tastes revolting. Such critics aren't describing libertarianism, but their own fanciful creation. Libertarianism is not about anarchy, utopia, or selfishness. Instead, libertarians simply are skeptical of "nanny government," and recognize the many ways state power has been abused in the past. They believe that government programs like health assistance, Social Security, foreign aid, and corporate welfare do more harm than good. They argue that everyone must be equal before the law, and everyone has human rights to personal security, to property, and to free speech that the government must protect, not violate. Synapse columnist Brooke Shelby Biggs recently suggested that such skepticism about authority is a sign of immaturity, asking us to remember how we felt about authority when we were 12. "Despite the fact that you knew exactly where everything was in your, uh ... alternatively organized bedroom, Mom still insisted you clean it up," she writes. Eventually you grew out of it. Now you're an adult and can think for yourself. Or can you? Not according to nanny government. Together the left and the right conspire to dictate what you can eat, see, read, smoke, and talk about. Leftists contend that the state should regulate the economy (and technology), but not morality. Conservatives claim that the government should leave the economy alone, but should legislate what you're allowed to do online or in your bedroom. Only libertarians have a consistent philosophy: The state can't be trusted to screw around with the economy, to control your private life, or to police the Internet. Consider the recent bipartisan onslaughts against the Net. Democrats have been particularly unrelenting in their attacks. President Clinton endorsed the Communications Decency Act, signed it into law, then dragged the fight all the way to the Supreme Court. Ridiculously, he insists that Cold War-era restrictions on overseas shipments of encryption products are a good idea. Adding insult to injury, Clinton has backed copyright laws that would require Internet providers to police what their users talk about online. Then there are Clinton's demands for more and more wiretapping authority for the FBI - a plan that might have made even J. Edgar Hoover blush. (And this president once taught constitutional law?) Republicans have been just as censorship-happy. They, too, supported the CDA, which the Senate approved overwhelmingly. Even after the nation's highest court ruled such broad censorship unconstitutional, some GOP senators pledged to try again. Others are teaming up with the White House to make the Internet easily snoopable by spooks, expand government databases, issue national ID cards, and wrest away your privacy and freedom, one Social Security number at a time. [...]

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Re: The Next Hack
by liberty＠gate.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Al writes: <snip> >Maybe a good tactic would be to crack a "secure" server, and send the results >ONLY to the server operators, along with a description of machine-time involved. > >Put out a public press release, describing the machine-time involved, how it was >possible due to weak crypto imposed by the government, and the possible >economic and commercial implications of said weak crypto. > I'm with Lucky, let's go after Netscape itself. They deserve it more than their customers do, and they would then have a strong motivation <evil grin> to fix it. The press release would then *only* involve Netscape, and maybe a few C-punks could buy a few Netscape puts ;) and donate the bucks made for something like Tim's stable remailer. JMR -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 Comment: Freedom isn't Freeh iQCVAwUBMGNU321lp8bpvW01AQEtBQP7BdcB2W5bkCel56eUkZVSkPxJv4hPZren 3P/QtZAAVyF8Xt8692m4lPLVMqtgKqkrtzoqVg7zi/56tqwnLmUcv+TnqSxNdctb H7durUUVgK+yqsz2Jd8pc0dPBFzT5c1IeZFjVmhG4+ChjzeAnd8WRoqy8BYfHr+w 5s8Tk2XlJF0= =6CRC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Regards, Jim Ray "People are deceived in masses, but enlightened one at a time." -- Dick Boddie. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- PGP key Fingerprint 51 5D A2 C3 92 2C 56 BE 53 2D 9C A1 B3 50 C9 C8 Key id. # E9BD6D35 James Milton Ray <liberty(a)gate.net> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Help Phil! email zldf(a)clark.net or see http://www.netresponse.com/zldf _______________________________________________________________________

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Re: Netscape sub rosa?
by tcmay＠got.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 10:30 AM 9/21/95, Matthias Jordan wrote: >Hello, Tim! > >> Gee, where's that "Cypherpunks logo" when you really need it? >> >> A rose covering the Netscape "N" logo? A crypto eagle swooping down and >> pecking at weak keys? > >How about an anarchism-A (an A in i circle) whith the circle not >being totally closed thus describing a C? That was actually done by someone in Monte Carlo when I was giving a talk on crypto anarchy. Somebody drew in this anarchy-in-a-C on an announcement of my talk. I still have this. ObCypherpunks Relevance: This is "coding in C," isn't it? --Tim May BTW, to set the record straight, my "Gee, where's that "Cypherpunks logo" when your really need it?" was tongue-in-cheek (a kind of irony, for you foreigners). Notice: Don't expect me to reply to trivial questions and complaints. ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay(a)got.net 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Higher Power: 2^756839 | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders are just speed bumps on the information superhighway."

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RE: Soldiers
by Conor Lillis 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I LIKE it ! >---------- >From: nobody@REPLAY.COM[SMTP:nobody@REPLAY.COM] >Sent: 12 September 1997 06:49 >To: cypherpunks(a)toad.com >Subject: Soldiers > >Is there a small country that a thousand of us could go to and get >citizenship and then have the country declare war on the U.S. after >we are all back in the country? >If a thousand of us could kill as many people as we could until we got >caught, then we could kill a lot of people who are bad for the country >and then once we're all caught the small country could surrender and >we would all have to be released as prisoners of war, right? >We could all be privates. They can't blame privates because they have >to follow orders. >The guys in the small country could make old guys who were dying soon >the leaders, and then when it was time to quit, they could overthrow >them and get US government aid. They could set the old guys trial dates >for two years down the road and then send them home to die. >I saw a guy get killed once and they told the guy who killed him that >he shouldn'a done it and they sent him home and said we'll call you >and then they took the dead guys sister to jail because she wouldn't >stop saying fuck. >When they were taking her away I told her she should kill the cops and >then go home and wait for them to call. >How about if we made a law that you had to kill the president and your >congressmen and senators and if you didn't you had to pay a $500.00 fine >every year? Do you think they would make sure we all made some money? >How about a law here you could kill any politician that forgot to call >you sir or ma'am? Or who forgot your birthday? >We could save a lot of money just by putting all the politicians who are >running for office on a stage and then killing them at random until we >had the right number left. Then they would have to think about if they >really wanted it. >How about if we let people be elected on a first-come first-serve basis >but then we could vote to kill them any time we wanted. Think they >would do things to make us not want to kill them instead of the other >way around like it is now? >How about if we killed all of them and just pretended there was someone >running the country. Is that a good idea? > >

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RE: RNG Resource FAQ (was Re: "random" number seeds vs. Netscape)
by David Van Wie 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Perry Metzger writes: # You might want to read RFC 1750, Phil Karlton writes: > Did that. It talks about a lot of the pitfalls. Unfortunately it does not > address (nor can it realistically be expected to address) details of what > to look for on a particular version of an OS running on some particular > platform. Can someone point me to a compilation of such information ? If not, I'm definitely interested in starting a Web page to chronicle recommendations about good, bad, and questionable random and pseudo-random sources for specific architectures and operating systems. (It could also include information on special-purpose plug-in hardware RNGs.) -Futplex <futplex(a)pseudonym.com> Having overcome my initial skepticism on the entire topic of entropy, based on the useful pointers to the literature I have received, I agree wholeheartedly with the need for _positive_ design criteria against which designs may be evaluated. For initial consideration, I recommend the following: The entropy E is defined by the sum across n states of -P_i log_2(P_i), where i ranges from 1 to n, and P_i is the probability of state i. In order for this expression to have meaning, the all four criteria of the following must be met: 1) The states exist and can be identified. 2) The number of states n is known. 3) The index value i uniquely identifies a state. 4) The function P_i is known and well-behaved. The designer should disprove the negative of each of these to arrive at a _concise_ statement of their "proof" of measured entropy equating to predicted entropy. For example, the designer should "disprove" the statements: "The states do not exist. Even if the states exist, they cannot be identified." by clearly stating the factors that lead to the existence of the states, and precisely why they can be identified. This provides a list of requirements (in effect) for a deployment to meet the expected entropy. I think that application of these criteria can rigorously explain the difficulties in using mouse movements, for example, as a source of entropy. In addition, the problems with clocks in PC emulations on Macs also speak to these criteria. Certainly the entropy available from pid is also explained here in a rigorous way. I would appreciate feedback on this as a foundation for a set of _positive_ design criteria for sources of entropy. If I have missed information in the literature that provides design guidance (not anecdotal pitfalls, which are very valuable but lack rigor in the cases I have seen), I would very much appreciate that as well. A special thanks to Tim May for his references. dvw

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Re: netscape bug
by tomw＠orac.engr.sgi.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I said: In article <DFALB4.A5u(a)sgi.sgi.com>, "Perry E. Metzger" <perry(a)piermont.com> writes: >> I can tell you in general terms -- I don't write MIPS assembler >> myself. However, I will point out to you that you use an ancient >> Sendmail, and that it uses syslog(3) on user produced data, and that >> syslog uses a static buffer. Trick sendmail into logging something >> very big, and you can do what you like. The 8lgm people wrote a demo >> for Sparc as a proof of concept. > Hmm, after having looked at the syslogd code, it looks like this > particular bug has been fixed for at least several years. However, > there sure are a hell of a lot of fixed size buffers being alocated off > the stack and some of them are being used in unsafe ways. Whoops. Having done a little more checking, it appears that this bug does indeed occur in all current version of Irix. There's a patch for it (patch 825) that will be out imminently. -- Sure we spend a lot of money, but that doesn't mean | Tom Weinstein we *do* anything. -- Washington DC motto | tomw(a)engr.sgi.com

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SAFE
by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Bible Revelations 13:17: "And no man shall be able to buy or sell without the mark of the beast..." God

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Re: Pitfall in producing random numbers
by crocker＠cybercash.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 2:20 AM 9/22/95, Norman Hardy wrote: >The virtual PC clock proceeded forward by very predictable >manner. Perhaps the details were different but the nature of the pitfall is >clear. I did not notice that pitfall mentioned in RFC 1750. (Its the only >hazard that I know of that they missed.) Neat! I often talk about what happens if inter-keystroke timingis used but the program is driven by a script. In essence, running a program under simulation amounts to running the clock under a script. Next version. Thanks, Steve -------------------- Steve Crocker Main: +1 703 620 4200 CyberCash, Inc., Suite 430 Desk: +1 703 716 5214 2100 Reston Parkway Fax: +1 703 620 4215 Reston, VA 22091 crocker(a)cybercash.com

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unSAFE won't pass?
by John Smith 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

So, does anybody besides me think these crypto bills aren't going anywhere? I still think it's just a trick to get the original bill killed. No way are most congresscritters going to vote for this with all the opposition that's coming out. Just my opinion... "John ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

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More Drug Raids
by Tim May 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Every day there are news reports like this. Sometimes the targets of the raid die, as in Malibu, sometimes they shoot back and kill some narcs, sometimes the story gets downplayed, sometimes a new libertarian is made. In this story, note especially the line about: "They were told that if they refused, they would be put in handcuffs, a search warrant would be issued, and their belongings would be tossed into the middle of their rooms." In these Beknighted States of Amerika, any assertion of Constitutional rights is met with toilet plungers. Meanwhile, the LEAs scream for more helicopters, more drug-sniffing dogs, more Bradley fighting vehicles, more Nomex ninja suits, more M-16s, and more toilet plungers. ==begin article== ".c The Associated Press LEE, Mass. (AP) - A federal drug agent publicly apologized Thursday for raiding the home of a local building inspector on the mistaken suspicion he was a marijuana trafficker. A spokesman for the couple said, however, they were awaiting a personal apology and intended to press forward with complaints. "This is the all-American family. If it could happen to them, it could happen to anybody," said state Rep. Chris Hodgkins, a relative who acted as their spokesman Thursday. "They are law-abiding citizens, and I'm very, very sorry this happened," said George Fester, the agent in charge of the federal Drug Enforcement Administration's operations in New England. Daniel Keenan, who serves as building inspector in Lee and neighboring Stockbridge, said he was reading the newspaper in his front yard on Sept. 5, with his son playing nearby, when six state and federal officers drove up in separate cars. The agents told him they had reason to believe that 300 pounds of marijuana had been in his garage. Keenan said the agents didn't have a search warrant, but he signed a consent form allowing the house and garage to be searched. They were told that if they refused, they would be put in handcuffs, a search warrant would be issued, and their belongings would be tossed into the middle of their rooms, Hodgkins said. The agents claimed to have video showing a drug delivery to the house. As neighbors and the couple's three young children gathered to watch, the agents used a drug-sniffing dog to search the house and garage. After a fruitless two-hour search, they left. But the agents said they might return for further interrogation. Festa said an internal investigation was under way to determine just how the Keenans came to be targeted. He said he was sending a regional supervisor to talk to the family and also planned to make a personal visit to apologize. Hodgkins acknowledged that two agents had returned earlier to the house to discuss the raid with the family, but he said they refused to apologize in front of the children. "I want to know how they came to the conclusion this house was the house, how they came to be so wrong," Keenan's wife, Laurie, said Thursday. "We're concerned about the shadow of doubt this has created around us." "We had these cowboys of DEA agents violating their rights," Hodgkins said. "The kids were terrified. Everybody's still terrified." He said he was writing complaints on behalf of the family to U.S. Attorney Donald Stern and state Attorney General Scott Harshbarger. AP-NY-09-11-97 1835EDT ==end article==

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WordBasic and other macro languages
by herbs＠interlog.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 15:47 1995.09.22 -0400, dmandl(a)panix.com wrote: >On Fri, 22 Sep 1995, Adam Shostack wrote: >> I keep hearing this thought. Isn't Win95 with its >> 'executables in email' much more dangerous than Java, which at least >> tries to address security? > >Is that the new MS-Word you're thinking of? I hear that it lets you >imbed macros containing executable code in documents. That's got to >be one of the most dangerous ideas ever cooked up. It's no worse than the other hundreds of products that have macro languages that can write files (even the ones that can't execute other programs are dangerous if they can write a real executable to a file and, say, add a corresponding RUN= line in a WIN.INI or the equivalent to get it executed later). Word's is just more visible because the macro itself can behave like a virus, because of Word's autoexec-macro feature that can make the macro run automatically unless they user disables those options on his copy. Many versions of PostScript have this kind of hole, I understand; some disable the file-manipulation commands to be more secure. I remember hearing recently that Ghostscript, popular on PCs, is one that does have the file-manips, but all of this is hearsay so I can't say for sure. Herb ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Herb Sutter 2228 Urwin, Suite 102 voice (416) 618-0184 Connected Object Solutions Oakville ON Canada L6L 2T2 fax (905) 847-6019

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Sorry to bother
by Remo Pini 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

what's the adress to send subscriptions to? Greets, Remo Pini ----------------------------------------------------- Fate favors the prepared mind. (from "Under Siege 3") ----------------------------------------------------- Remo Pini T: +41 1 350 28 88 Pini Computer Trading N: +41 79 216 15 51 http://www.rpini.com/ E: rp(a)rpini.com key: http://www.rpini.com/crypto/remopini.asc -----------------------------------------------------

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More on "Entropy"
by tcmay＠got.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 6:46 PM 9/22/95, David Van Wie wrote: >Having overcome my initial skepticism on the entire topic of entropy, based >on the useful pointers to the literature I have received, I agree >wholeheartedly with the need for _positive_ design criteria against which >designs may be evaluated. For initial consideration, I recommend the >following: > >The entropy E is defined by the sum across n states of -P_i log_2(P_i), Hah! Another physicist converted to the information-theoretic view of entropy! I should've pointed out in my reading list that several names stand out in this interpretation: - Charles Bennett - Rolf Landauer - John Wheeler Just so you know. ObNetscapeHack: None. --Tim May Notice: Don't expect me to reply to trivial questions and complaints. ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay(a)got.net 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Higher Power: 2^756839 | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders are just speed bumps on the information superhighway."

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Re: Council of Europe proposes to outlaw strong encryption (fwd)
by Duncan Frissell 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>The proposal would make telecoms operators responsible for decrypting >traffic and supplying it to governments when asked. It would also >`change national laws to enable judicial authorities to chase hackers >across borders'. > >However, `it remains possible that cryptography is available >to the public which cannot be deciphered,' his document says. `This >might lead to the conclusion to put restrictions on the possession, >distribution, or use of cryptography.' This should prove about as effective as the current French or Russian bans. What are they going to do when they figure out that there need no longer be such a thing as a telecoms operator. We do most of the message packaging ourselves. It will be a bit difficult for any connectivity supplier to tell what's going out via one of our encrypted IP sessions. Question for Perry -- I'm assuming that it will soon be possible to originate encrypted TCP/IP sessions with a distant "process" somewhere. Do you see technical problems with a TCP/IP laundry being established "somewhere" that strips trace info from one of my processes and prevents back tracing beyond the mouth of this encrypted pipe? Also Perry, what did you think of the article "How Anarchy Works" in the latest Wired on the IETF? DCF

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Re: The problem of playing politics with our constitutional rights
by John Smith 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>I'm just pointing out that we saw this situation several years ago with >Clipper. The list was, predictably, sidetracked with literally thousands of >suggestions about how best to recruit more public supporters. T-shirts, >gimmicks, and suggestions for songs about crypto, for getting t.v. >producers to put crypto, pro-privacy themes in their t.v. shows, and so on. >All pretty hopeless, wouldn't you say? Why do you say that? Clipper was defeated. People all over the net united and opposed it. Now there is this new threat, but at least defeating Clipper bought some time. There is no reason the same thing can't happen again. Sometimes I think cypherpunks *want* crypto to be outlawed. "John ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

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T-Shirt Spams
by tcmay＠got.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 3:42 PM 9/22/95, Don Henson wrote: >By now, everyone knows about the TSHIRT that has been classified as a >MUNITION by the US Goverment. If you don't know, just send email to Oh, really? Which government agency declared this t-shirt to be a munition? Inquiring minds want to know. (I wouldn't say more, except these t-shirt spams are getting wearisome.) --Tim May Notice: Don't expect me to reply to trivial questions and complaints. ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay(a)got.net 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Higher Power: 2^756839 | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders are just speed bumps on the information superhighway."

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another net phone (crypto)
by Mark Hittinger 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I haven't seen this on the cypherpunk list so I thought I would forward it as an FYI. Interesting that source code is available! >Subject: FWD: Free secure Internet voice communication >From: John Walker <kelvin(a)fourmilab.ch> >Subject: Free secure Internet voice communication > > I've just released to the public domain Release 5 of Speak Freely for > Windows and its Unix counterpart, Netfone for Sun and Silicon Graphics > workstations. Assuming you have a fast enough connection to the > Internet (with reasonably consistent packet delivery time) and/or a > fast enough CPU to perform audio compression in real time, you can > talk to anybody on Earth connected to the Internet who's also running > the program. The Windows and Unix versions have entirely different > user interfaces, but can intercommunicate. Complete source code is > available. > > For communications security, IDEA, DES (less initial and final > permutations), and one-time pad (re-used for each sound packet) > encryption are available. The intensely paranoid can enable any > combination of these. The documentation explains how to use PGP to > securely exchange session keys before a conversation; an automatic > session key generator is provided. DES is included for commercial > users who don't have a license to use the IDEA patent. One-time pad > encryption is for those with machines too slow to run IDEA or DES in > real time. > > I didn't include a public key mechanism because I wanted to avoid all > the confusion. If somebody wants to navigate the narrow strait > between the RSA patent Scylla and Charybdis of export controls, the > programming work to implement public keys is straightforward and the > source code is yours to hack. > > For further information, see: > > http://www.fourmilab.ch/netfone/windows/speak_freely.html > > which describes the Windows version in detail and contains pointers to > the Sun and SGI editions, as well as links to download source code and > a ready-to-run executable for Windows. You can also obtain the > program by anonymous binary FTP: > > Unix source code: > ftp://ftp.fourmilab.ch/pub/kelvin/netfone/netfone5.tar.gz > > Windows executable: > ftp://ftp.fourmilab.ch/pub/kelvin/netfone/windows/speakfb.zip > > Windows source code (for Visual C 1.5): > ftp://ftp.fourmilab.ch/pub/kelvin/netfone/windows/speakfs.zip > > Have Fun! Regards, Mark Hittinger Internet Manager WinNET Communications, Inc. bugs(a)win.net bugs(a)ritz.mordor.com

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The Bad Lie / Re: in defense on Lon Horiuchi
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Chief Cypherpunks Spokesperson, Anonymous wrote: > In any case, it wasn't really my intention to "compare" the deeds of > Horiuchi and McVeigh. I was merely noting that the defense of > Horiuchi by Herr Direktor Freeh could have been used nearly > verbatim in McVeigh's behalf. As you've pointed out, though, there > /is/ that crucial difference though, isn't there? One of them has a > badge and gets paid by the taxpayers, which makes him a "policeman." My other brother, Anonymous, points out something obvious but often forgotten, since "respect for authority" has been ingrained in us much more than we are generally aware of. "The winner makes the rules." is a truism, and it has a corollary: "So does the tyrant." But nobody ever seems to 'announce' that they are a tyrant. Chairman Mao wasn't a tyrant. Abraham Lincoln wasn't a tyrant. Sadaam Hussein isn't a tyrant. Bill Clinton isn't a tyrant. Well, OK, maybe _some_ of them are tyrants, but only after they are gone, and even then, it depends on who the next winner is. If the winner is, "My other brother, Sadaam." then there is a difference, not just in history, but in the present, from what officially recognized reality is when "My other brother, the-US-backed-shill." is the winner. Many people are impressed with themselves for their brilliance in being able to recognize the truth someone else pointed out, "The winners write history." I am more impressed with people who realize that the winners also write the present. And even more impressed with those who realize that one of the great scourges of our age is that winners *rewrite* the present. We live in the age of the Spin Doctor. Our generation has evolved past the Big Lie, to the 1/2 Lie, to the Bad Lie. We used to be content to smear our enemies with the Big Lie, so that we could round up the Communists and not let them work to feed themself and their families. Then we advanced to the 1/2 Lie, where we would give lip service to freedom of religion/politics and merely subtly discriminate against Communists if they applied for a job. Now we have graduated to the Big Lie, where there are no Communists. A test you can take in the comfort of your own home: Question #1: Yoo hoo! Anybody know what that huge country over there with the billions of people and the nuclear warheads is called? Can you say 'China?' Sure you can... Why is Communist nuclear power, China, not a threat, as the Russians were? Because those in power don't _need_ them to be a threat, right now. How can a country with that many potential consumers possibly be a threat? Look for them to *become* a threat very quickly if they nationalize the McDonald's franchises. Question #2: Who are the 'good' guys? Right! *Our* guys! <trumpets blare> <crowd cheers> <banners fly> Moments In History: WacoShima & RubySaki Remember? When all those Japanese committed suicide when they saw the nuclear bombs coming? For those of you too young to remember this event, it was similar to when all of those Branch Davidians committed suicide when the military tanks sent to 'save' them began firing chemicals and explosives into the Waco complex to get rid of the mosquitos so that the rescue team wouldn't get bitten. The Bad News: DoubleSpeak has come and gone, replaced by the Bad Lie. The Bad Lies: "I didn't inhale." "I don't recall." (dropping the bomb/shooting the child/seeing the money) "It is a 'Police Action,' not a War" "Peace Keeping Force" "It's a 'PeaceMaker', not an 'Instrument of Doom.'" "I promise not to cum in your wallet." "Democracy." And Even As We Speak: Newsworld - CBC (TV) - "Four federal inquiries have found no evidence of price-fixing in the gasoline industry." News Flash!!! New study finds Big Oil Executives psychic! All change prices at the same time, with no collusion. [Please excuse me for a moment, while I PgUp to remind myself what this post is about.] Oh, yeah... > In any case, it wasn't really my intention to "compare" the deeds of > Horiuchi and McVeigh. I was merely noting that the defense of > Horiuchi by Herr Direktor Freeh could have been used nearly > verbatim in McVeigh's behalf. As you've pointed out, though, there > /is/ that crucial difference though, isn't there? One of them has a > badge and gets paid by the taxpayers, which makes him a "policeman." Kevin McHale, Boston Celtic, replying to comment by reporter that his teammate, Danny Ainge, was considered the biggest asshole on the pro basketball circuit: "Yeah...but he's *our* asshole." Say what you want about Waco, but parking ticket payments skyrocketed after the event. Say what you want about Ruby Ridge, but fewer people have missed court appearances for their parking tickets, since then. Say what you want about Jim Bell, but now there is hardly anyone on the Cypherpunks mailing list running around, saying, "NUKE DC! NUKE DC! NUKE DC! NUKE DC! NUKE DC! NUKE DC! NUKE DC! NUKE DC! NUKE DC! NUKE DC! NUKE DC! NUKE DC! NUKE DC! NUKE DC! NUKE DC! NUKE DC! NUKE DC! NUKE DC! NUKE DC! NUKE DC! NUKE DC! NUKE DC! " NON-APOLOGY FOR LONG POSTS -------------------------- 80's Rocker, on the 'new music': "People don't have time for twenty minute guitar solo's anymore, man. They've gotta *be* somewhere." Note to Zooko: My other brother, Anonymous, may be a "vile slander", but he is *our* vile slanderer. Note to 'my other brother, Anonymous': But if Zooko hadn't ripped into you, one of us would have. We're Cypherpunks! The Bad Lie ~~~~~~~~~~~ "Hand me the nine-iron."

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speak freely
by Bob Smart 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

"One Time! This must be some new meaning of `one time' that I'm not acquanted with." - apologies to Douglas Adams. ------- Forwarded Message Date: Fri, 22 Sep 95 16:11:20 PDT From: ari(a)es.net (Ari Ollikainen) Message-Id: <9509222311.AA27810(a)viipuri.nersc.gov> To: RCWG(a)nic.hep.net, ESCC(a)viipuri.nersc.gov Subject: FWD: Free secure Internet voice communication Cc: rem-conf(a)es.net, videophone(a)es.net Found in my mailbox... From: John Walker <kelvin(a)fourmilab.ch> Subject: Free secure Internet voice communication I've just released to the public domain Release 5 of Speak Freely for Windows and its Unix counterpart, Netfone for Sun and Silicon Graphics workstations. Assuming you have a fast enough connection to the Internet (with reasonably consistent packet delivery time) and/or a fast enough CPU to perform audio compression in real time, you can talk to anybody on Earth connected to the Internet who's also running the program. The Windows and Unix versions have entirely different user interfaces, but can intercommunicate. Complete source code is available. For communications security, IDEA, DES (less initial and final permutations), and one-time pad (re-used for each sound packet) encryption are available. The intensely paranoid can enable any combination of these. The documentation explains how to use PGP to securely exchange session keys before a conversation; an automatic session key generator is provided. DES is included for commercial users who don't have a license to use the IDEA patent. One-time pad encryption is for those with machines too slow to run IDEA or DES in real time. I didn't include a public key mechanism because I wanted to avoid all the confusion. If somebody wants to navigate the narrow strait between the RSA patent Scylla and Charybdis of export controls, the programming work to implement public keys is straightforward and the source code is yours to hack. For further information, see: http://www.fourmilab.ch/netfone/windows/speak_freely.html which describes the Windows version in detail and contains pointers to the Sun and SGI editions, as well as links to download source code and a ready-to-run executable for Windows. You can also obtain the program by anonymous binary FTP: Unix source code: ftp://ftp.fourmilab.ch/pub/kelvin/netfone/netfone5.tar.gz Windows executable: ftp://ftp.fourmilab.ch/pub/kelvin/netfone/windows/speakfb.zip Windows source code (for Visual C 1.5): ftp://ftp.fourmilab.ch/pub/kelvin/netfone/windows/speakfs.zip The Sun and SGI versions of this program are quite stable, and should work for just about anybody with an adequate network connection. Porting the code to other Unix workstations with audio hardware should be relatively straightforward. The Windows version has just been finished and until it's shaken down on a variety of machines, networks, sound cards, etc. may not work for everybody. The Windows version requires a sound card with Windows Multimedia drivers (I've tested it on a variety of Sound Blasters of various generations) and a TCP/IP stack that supports WINSOCK (I'm using NetManage Chameleon NFS). Since multimedia and network hardware and drivers vary tremendously from machine to machine, I wouldn't be surprised if some tweaking were needed for various configurations. The CPU speed required interacts with the speed of your network connection; if you have a high-bandwidth connection to the Internet, or you're talking to another person on a high-speed LAN, there's no need to compress sound and the CPU load is minimal; just about any machine will do. If you need to compress in order to squeeze 8000 samples per second into a dial-up connection, then you need a CPU fast enough to run GSM compression in real time: basically we're talking a very fast 486 or Pentium. If you turn on IDEA and/or DES encryption, that also consumes CPU time. Based on my experience with other Windows programs, it will probably take months to track down misbehaviour due to strange hardware and software configurations. Complete, detailed bug reports are welcome. I may not be able to respond individually, but the Web page will track updates as they're released. I have tested the program only on vanilla 16 bit Windows 3.1. The Windows version contains preliminary code to support direct dial-up modem connections, acting as a phone scrambler. Serial port support in most Windows machines is so poor (unless you have a 16550A UART and appropriate drivers, which most people don't) that this feature isn't usable at present. I've left the code in just in case somebody with suitable hardware wants to bash it into working form. If you add features, port the program to 32 bits, fix bugs, etc., let me know so I can make your contributions generally available. -------------------- <http://www.fourmilab.ch/> ------------------- John Walker | A sufficiently advanced Internet: kelvin(a)fourmilab.ch | technology is indistinguishable | from a rigged demo. ------- End of Forwarded Message

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Thanks from NIST
by Declan McCullagh 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 13:05:56 -0600 From: someone(a)somewhere.nist.gov To: declan(a)well.com Subject: Thanks Thanks for the warning about SAFE. I was too suspicious of the way government works to send any supporting mail and now you have confirmed my reasoning.

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