December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

List of reliable remailers
by Raph Levien 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I operate a remailer pinging service which collects detailed information about remailer features and reliability. To use it, just finger remailer-list(a)kiwi.cs.berkeley.edu There is also a Web version of the same information, plus lots of interesting links to remailer-related resources, at: http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~raph/remailer-list.html This information is used by premail, a remailer chaining and PGP encrypting client for outgoing mail. For more information, see: http://www.c2.org/~raph/premail.html For the PGP public keys of the remailers, finger pgpkeys(a)kiwi.cs.berkeley.edu This is the current info: REMAILER LIST This is an automatically generated listing of remailers. The first part of the listing shows the remailers along with configuration options and special features for each of the remailers. The second part shows the 12-day history, and average latency and uptime for each remailer. You can also get this list by fingering remailer-list(a)kiwi.cs.berkeley.edu. $remailer{"extropia"} = "<remail(a)miron.vip.best.com> cpunk pgp special"; $remailer{"mix"} = "<mixmaster(a)remail.obscura.com> cpunk mix pgp hash latent cut ek ksub reord ?"; $remailer{"replay"} = "<remailer(a)replay.com> cpunk mix pgp hash latent cut post ek"; $remailer{'alpha'} = '<alias(a)alpha.c2.org> alpha pgp'; $remailer{'nymrod'} = '<nymrod(a)nym.jpunix.com> alpha pgp'; $remailer{"lead"} = "<mix(a)zifi.genetics.utah.edu> cpunk mix pgp hash latent cut ek"; $remailer{"exon"} = "<remailer(a)remailer.nl.com> cpunk pgp hash latent cut ek"; $remailer{"haystack"} = "<haystack(a)holy.cow.net> cpunk mix pgp hash latent cut ek"; $remailer{"lucifer"} = "<lucifer(a)dhp.com> cpunk mix pgp hash latent cut ek"; $remailer{"jam"} = "<remailer(a)cypherpunks.ca> cpunk mix pgp hash latent cut ek"; $remailer{"winsock"} = "<winsock(a)rigel.cyberpass.net> cpunk pgp pgponly hash cut ksub reord"; $remailer{'nym'} = '<config(a)nym.alias.net> newnym pgp'; $remailer{"balls"} = "<remailer(a)huge.cajones.com> cpunk pgp hash latent cut ek"; $remailer{"squirrel"} = "<mix(a)squirrel.owl.de> cpunk mix pgp pgponly hash latent cut ek"; $remailer{"middle"} = "<middleman(a)jpunix.com> cpunk mix pgp hash middle latent cut ek reord ?"; $remailer{'cyber'} = '<alias(a)alias.cyberpass.net> alpha pgp'; $remailer{"dustbin"} = "<dustman(a)athensnet.com> cpunk pgp hash latent cut ek mix reord middle ?"; $remailer{'weasel'} = '<config(a)weasel.owl.de> newnym pgp'; $remailer{"death"} = "<x(a)deathsdoor.com> cpunk pgp hash latent post"; $remailer{"reno"} = "<middleman(a)cyberpass.net> cpunk mix pgp hash middle latent cut ek reord ?"; catalyst(a)netcom.com is _not_ a remailer. lmccarth(a)ducie.cs.umass.edu is _not_ a remailer. usura(a)replay.com is _not_ a remailer. remailer(a)crynwr.com is _not_ a remailer. There is no remailer at relay.com. Groups of remailers sharing a machine or operator: (cyber mix) (weasel squirrel) The alpha and nymrod nymservers are down due to abuse. However, you can use the nym or weasel (newnym style) nymservers. The cyber nymserver is quite reliable for outgoing mail (which is what's measured here), but is exhibiting serious reliability problems for incoming mail. The squirrel and winsock remailers accept PGP encrypted mail only. 403 Permission denied errors have been caused by a flaky disk on the Berkeley WWW server. This seems to be fixed now. The penet remailer is closed. Last update: Mon 13 Jan 97 6:48:59 PST remailer email address history latency uptime ----------------------------------------------------------------------- lucifer lucifer(a)dhp.com ++++++++++++ 37:22 99.99% nym config(a)nym.alias.net **#*#*++#+-# 20:08 99.99% weasel config(a)weasel.owl.de ++++++-++++ 1:15:41 99.96% mix mixmaster(a)remail.obscura.com +++++++.-++* 2:25:45 99.91% replay remailer(a)replay.com *+* +--+*+** 35:43 99.87% winsock winsock(a)rigel.cyberpass.net ------+---- 2:54:30 99.81% balls remailer(a)huge.cajones.com *+******+ ** 4:00 99.67% cyber alias(a)alias.cyberpass.net +++*+ +* +*+ 35:01 99.61% middle middleman(a)jpunix.com ----+++++ -+ 53:56 99.60% exon remailer(a)remailer.nl.com #**#**** ++# 2:26 99.24% squirrel mix(a)squirrel.owl.de ++++ +-++ + 1:18:06 99.21% dustbin dustman(a)athensnet.com +_.--++-++- 4:39:11 99.18% extropia remail(a)miron.vip.best.com --- ------- 4:46:40 98.01% reno middleman(a)cyberpass.net - --++++ + 1:05:02 97.84% lead mix(a)zifi.genetics.utah.edu ++++++ 35:13 95.73% haystack haystack(a)holy.cow.net + ####++* 39:45 74.33% History key * # response in less than 5 minutes. * * response in less than 1 hour. * + response in less than 4 hours. * - response in less than 24 hours. * . response in more than 1 day. * _ response came back too late (more than 2 days). cpunk A major class of remailers. Supports Request-Remailing-To: field. eric A variant of the cpunk style. Uses Anon-Send-To: instead. penet The third class of remailers (at least for right now). Uses X-Anon-To: in the header. pgp Remailer supports encryption with PGP. A period after the keyword means that the short name, rather than the full email address, should be used as the encryption key ID. hash Supports ## pasting, so anything can be put into the headers of outgoing messages. ksub Remailer always kills subject header, even in non-pgp mode. nsub Remailer always preserves subject header, even in pgp mode. latent Supports Matt Ghio's Latent-Time: option. cut Supports Matt Ghio's Cutmarks: option. post Post to Usenet using Post-To: or Anon-Post-To: header. ek Encrypt responses in reply blocks using Encrypt-Key: header. special Accepts only pgp encrypted messages. mix Can accept messages in Mixmaster format. reord Attempts to foil traffic analysis by reordering messages. Note: I'm relying on the word of the remailer operator here, and haven't verified the reord info myself. mon Remailer has been known to monitor contents of private email. filter Remailer has been known to filter messages based on content. If not listed in conjunction with mon, then only messages destined for public forums are subject to filtering. Raph Levien

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Re: Why are 1024 bit keys the limit right now?
by paul＠fatmans.demon.co.uk 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> I am just starting at this. I know that part of RSA/PGP's strength comes from > the size key you choose. What prevents someone from writting a 2048 bit key? > Is it because computers can't handle it? Is 1024 top of the prime number > size right now? Am I way off track? 2048 bit keys are quite commonly used but the reason that arbitrarily large keys are not good is because of the amount of time taken to generate the keys then encrypt and decrypt messages with them, PGP uses a hybrid system whereby the rsa algorithm encrypts a one time session IDEA key, a longer RSA key would result in unacceptably long waits for most users when encrypting and decrypting messages. In the end it comes down to a trade off between speed and security and 1024 bits is a sensible compromise for most uses. Datacomms Technologies web authoring and data security Paul Bradley, Paul(a)fatmans.demon.co.uk Paul(a)crypto.uk.eu.org, Paul(a)cryptography.uk.eu.org Http://www.cryptography.home.ml.org/ Email for PGP public key, ID: 5BBFAEB1 "Don`t forget to mount a scratch monkey"

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Re: IMDMP: SOURCE CODE RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENT
by paul＠fatmans.demon.co.uk 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> Comment: "What do you mean by 'extensive research'." > Reply: Benchmark tests. Source code comparisons. Documentations of other > algorithms. "Applied Cryptography". So you have read applied cryptography and decided that qualifies you as a cryptographer? > Comment: "I've never even heard of IMDMP before. Is this a joke?" > Reply: UDCM (IMDMP) came out January 1st, 1997. How do you think successful > companies start anyway, with millions of dollars upfront? DataET Research is > a relatively new company. No new company should be dabbling with new algorithms, an assurance of a high probability of security comes with years of attempted cryptanalysis. > Comment: "What kind of industry standard is IMDMP above?" > Reply: 128-bit encryption. Average DES is 128. PGP tops 1024. IDEA goes at > 128. RSA the same. Full security IMDMP is 2048-bit. Any other questions? This is irrelevant rubbish, if there is a cryptanalytic attack on your algorithm a brute force attack becomes unecessary and key size is not of consequence. Datacomms Technologies web authoring and data security Paul Bradley, Paul(a)fatmans.demon.co.uk Paul(a)crypto.uk.eu.org, Paul(a)cryptography.uk.eu.org Http://www.cryptography.home.ml.org/ Email for PGP public key, ID: 5BBFAEB1 "Don`t forget to mount a scratch monkey"

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Re: encryption program
by paul＠fatmans.demon.co.uk 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> > > > I'm looking for ciphertext analysis tools -- > > > > What analysis tools did you use? Where can I get a publicly available copy? > > > > I just wrote a little c program for frequency analysis, but would > also be interested if such set of tools existed. > > - Igor. The DIEHARD battery of tools, as seen on the Marsaglia random number cd published by Dr. Marsaglia of Florida university, a notable figure in PRNG design and analysis sounds appropriate for your purposes. It performs a number of statistical tests which may be useful, though I personally happen not to trust statistical tests to a great extent under most circumstances. If you cannot find these tools after a web search for DIEHARD or Marsaglia email me and I will send you a copy... Datacomms Technologies web authoring and data security Paul Bradley, Paul(a)fatmans.demon.co.uk Paul(a)crypto.uk.eu.org, Paul(a)cryptography.uk.eu.org Http://www.cryptography.home.ml.org/ Email for PGP public key, ID: 5BBFAEB1 "Don`t forget to mount a scratch monkey"

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Re: RSA over Rubiks Cube
by Scottauge＠aol.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

This problably wouldn't be to cool a thing to do. A fella named Douglas Hopstader(?) wrote a book called Meta-Mathematics (same guy who wrote The Golden Knot). In this book he developed (or showed, forget who should get credit) an algorithm to solve Rubiks cube from any beginning state. It makes for interesting reading, but kills any attempt to use the cube as a cipher machine.

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Re: encryption program
by paul＠fatmans.demon.co.uk 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> > * The two 'e's in the first word have different ciphertext equivalents, > > so it's not a single-alphabet substitution > yes Could be homophonic substitution or possibly (more probably, in my estimation, polygram substitution. There is also the possibility of a polyalphabetic cipher... > I also likes "follows": "vkbcjtp" note how ll gets translated to "bc". > That suggest that after some encryption of each letter from the plaintext > there is a consecutively increasing number added. This tends to suggest polyalphabetic substitution. Datacomms Technologies web authoring and data security Paul Bradley, Paul(a)fatmans.demon.co.uk Paul(a)crypto.uk.eu.org, Paul(a)cryptography.uk.eu.org Http://www.cryptography.home.ml.org/ Email for PGP public key, ID: 5BBFAEB1 "Don`t forget to mount a scratch monkey"

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Re: ok, htf do I get off this list?
by paul＠fatmans.demon.co.uk 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> OK, I've now sent THREE requests to majordomo to get off this list.. I got > a reply back 4 hours ago saying I was off, and the next two said I wasn't > a member of the list. Interesting list (minus the spamcrap obviously) and > I think the moderation will be a good thing Just wait a few hours more, I would expect it`s just a backlog and you will be properly unsuscribed soon. If you want to subscribe try filtering your mail to remove things you don`t want to read, this can cut the list down to a more manageable 20 or 30 messages a day although I read nearly all of the 100 or so messages a day passing through here. > , BUT the 20 emails I've received > in the last 4 hours (since I 'officially' unsubbed) is (to say the least) far > more than I (or any reasonable mortal) can deal with. Absolutely, you will find all of the long term suscribers on this list are immortal. Datacomms Technologies web authoring and data security Paul Bradley, Paul(a)fatmans.demon.co.uk Paul(a)crypto.uk.eu.org, Paul(a)cryptography.uk.eu.org Http://www.cryptography.home.ml.org/ Email for PGP public key, ID: 5BBFAEB1 "Don`t forget to mount a scratch monkey"

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RE: spamming
by Blanc Weber 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

From: MOESCH(a)aol.com I saw your posting. What is your feelings about spamming? ..................................................... It is presumptuous and annoying. This list is aimed at discussions of a distinct subject, and not intended to be available, like Usenet, to random disturbances from disinterested parties. .. Blanc >

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Re: New Carmen Sandiego shows announced
by dlv＠bwalk.dm.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Path: perun!news2.panix.com!panix!news.columbia.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.erols.net!news.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.idt.net!enews.sgi.com!lll-winken.llnl.gov!fugue.clari.net!funny-request From: verax(a)mindspring.com (Serenleono, the Serene Lion) Newsgroups: rec.humor.funny Subject: New Carmen Sandiego shows announced Keywords: chuckle, swearing, racial stereotypes Message-ID: <Sa90.6d7a(a)clarinet.com> Date: Fri, 10 Jan 97 19:30:03 EST Organization: Lord Tower Productions (USA) Lines: 57 Approved: funny-request(a)clari.net BOSTON, M. A. (Freuder) - The two most popular children's educational game shows -- "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?" and "Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?" -- now have two new siblings, according to an announcement made today by WGHB Boston, one of the production entities that owns the popular programs. "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?" is a game show which challenges young contestants on their knowledge of world geography while they "track down" the infamous villain Carmen Sandiego. Similarly, "Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?" quizes children about ancient and modern history. Because of the enormous positive response received from educators, parents' groups, and kids alike, WGHB Boston, WPED Pittsburgh, and the Incorporation for Public Broadcasting this week announced a new set of television programs to expand their children's educational programming group. The two new incarnations will be entitled "Where Dat Carmen Bitch At?" which challenges contestants on their knowledge of racial stereotypes, and "Where the Fuck is Carmen Sandiego?" which quizes young contestants on their knowledge of the human reproductive system. from the first broadcast of: WHERE DAT CARMEN BITCH AT? QUERIST: "Okay, contestants, the next question is, 'What do you call the white man when he oppresses your people?" CONTESTANT TIMMY: "A 'honkey'?" CONTESTANT TRISHA: "I answer, 'a jive-ass mother fucker'?" CONTESTANT LAWANDA: "I also say, 'a jive-ass mutha fucka.'" QUERIST: "Right you are, Trisha and Lawanda! And may the white man never forget what he has wrought against the tribe of Shabaaz." from the first broadcast of: WHERE THE FUCK IS CARMEN SANDIEGO? QUERIST: "Okay, contestants, here's the next question in our 'testosterone teaser round': What is the name for fellatio during which the penis is taken into the throat?" CONTESTANT TIMMY: "Uh, I answer a 'Madonna mouthwash'?" CONTESTANT TRISHA: "The 'mother of all blow jobs'?" CONTESTANT LAWANDA: "That's nasty! Momma, get me off this show!" -- Selected by Jim Griffith. MAIL your joke to funny(a)clari.net. Attribute the joke's source if at all possible. A Daemon will auto-reply. Remember: Only ONE joke per submission. Extra jokes may be rejected. For the full submission guidelines, see http://comedy.clari.net/rhf/

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OTA papers
by azur＠netcom.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I came across a couple of very good Office of Technology Assessment papers, "Electronic Surveillance in a Digital Age (July 1995)." Download the .pdf at: http://www.wws.princeton.edu/~ota/disk1/1995/9513_n.html Another paper sure to be of interest to many CPs is the excellent "Information Technologies for the Control of Money Laundering (September 1995)." Get the .pdf at: http://www.wws.princeton.edu/~ota/disk1/1995/9529_n.html Its too bad OTA got the budgetary ax. I met several of the staff and I regarded them highly. -- Steve

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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] U.S.S. Liberty
by nobody＠replay.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Re: If guilty of a lesser crime, you can be sentenced for a greater
by Sean Roach 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 06:04 PM 1/9/97 -0500, Black Unicorn wrote: >On Wed, 8 Jan 1997, Mark M. wrote: > ... >Sentencing enhancements: > >There is a big book called the Federal Sentencing Guidelines Handbook (or >some such). To arrive at the appropriate sentence range, you add up the >points of all the offenses the defendant was convicted of (Assume Bank >Fraud is 18 points, Murder 35 or whatever- I dont remember them offhand) >and run across a chart which has "criminal history catagory" on the >vertical axis. Where the two meet gives you the sentence range. I'm not >near my office right now, but if there is enough interest I will dig up >the current handbook and run a sample sentencing through. > >The most common one I see is "Victims helpless or infirm" which usually >boosts 2 to 5 points. > >Sentencing enhancements are not double jeapordy either. I don't see how >you can argue they are. For example, there is a provision in bank fraud >sentencing guidelines which enhances the sentence according to the size of >the loss, and I believe there is a kicker if the financial institution >folds. > >I believe the highest base offense level was "Espionage" or some such. > >There are also sentencing limiters. "Defendant displays clear remorse." >I think is one. > >Go out to a law book store and take a look at the guideline book. It's >actually a lot of fun. "Ok, say I killed my wife for her coke stash and >recruited my brother to dump the body..." > ... >> In one case, the defendant was convicted of possession of cocaine with intent >> to distribute but was found not guilty of possession of a firearm related to >> a drug charge (apparently, this is a crime). > >It's both a crime and an enhancement for most federal drug offenses. > I have seen in the paper where a person has been convicted of using a scanner in the commition of a felony. In my opinion, this is exactly how crypto would be a crime, when using it in the commission of another crime. In most cases, it seems, the scanner is used to monitor the police bands so that the criminals will have advance warning when to hide thier actions. Of course, around here, a person owning a scanner for monitoring the police and fire bands is normal. It is just one more way of gathering news. Please correct me if any of my facts are in error.

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Re: It's a great new year! telemarketers and solicitors
by Sean Roach 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 11:06 PM 1/9/97 -0500, relia(a)juno.com wrote: ... > You have the RIGHT to have negative >information removed in many instances. My partner and I have put together >an easy to read, easy to use manual that will explain your rights and may help >you restore your credit to A+ status. Why pay an attorney $2,000 or some >credit counselor $500 or more to do exactly what you can do for yourself? > >For less than $15, you can help yourself to better credit. We'll give you >all the tools you need and explain exactly what to do. ... >You've probably seen other offers or similar credit repair packages that >promise overnight results. Anyone who promises a quick overnight fix is >*lying* to you. It takes time and perseverance to fix your bad credit. >But, it can be done! ... >Don't get ripped off and don't take bad advice that encourages you to break >the law! Our system WORKS! Our credit repair manual will show you step by >step how to do it yourself - and it's not hard to do! ... > We purchased a >mailing list of folks who should be interested in various products that >we produce, but mailing lists can be wrong, and we don't want to take your >time again unnecessarily. Thanks for your help! > I understand that freedom of speech is a basic right, and I understand the nature of public discourse which is unhindered being more valuable, even if the signal to noise ratio is higher. I also subscribe to the idea that in a forum where only speech is possible, a persons use of that speech is the representation of that person. (Not that it never is otherwise.) What I'm trying to get at is, when does freedom of speech in a "speech only" environment" become soliciting? To me, though it is only my opinion, it seems that a telemarketer wishing to offer wares to a group on a mailing list should get permission from the lists maintainer. I apologize if this is already the case, as my accusations would be pointless. To me, it seems to be a breach of conduct for a company to use a mailing list that is not thier own as a mass mailing technique. Again, these are only my personal opinions.

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17 Dec '03

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Re: encryption program
by ed.falk＠Eng.Sun.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I ran a quick Kappa test on it. There was a nice fat spike at key length 25, as somebody else suggested, but an almost perfect correlation at 100. The message is almost certainly a simple polyalphabetic cipher with keylength 100. I've been playing with it, and have maybe 5% of it decoded. It's full of really blatent clues. Kind of fun.

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Re: encryption program
by ed.falk＠Eng.Sun.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> what do you mean, polyalphabetic substitution? Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe it refers to a cipher where each character is encrypted individually, using a different monoalphabetic cipher for each one. The ciphers repeat after a certain period, usually the key length. Vigenere is the simplest polyalphabetic cipher of them all, with the individual ciphers simply being ROT-n.

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Re: sendmail-type thing for Windows
by Sean Roach 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 12:00 PM 1/10/97 -0600, Igor Chudov wrote: >Hi, > >Does anyone know of a simple program for windows that can, like >sendmail, work as a mail agent ans send mail messages from its stdin? I >am interested in sending email messages from Windoze boxes as part of >some automated process driven by .BAT files. > >i.e., what I need is a program that I could invoke like this > >DOS> sendmail some(a)address.com >From: sender(a)originator.com >To: some(a)address.com >Subject: hello > >hello > I don't know if this will help you, but, I have found that by typing win winmine.exe at the dos prompt, I am taken straight to minesweeper. The program manager window is minimized in this example. It seems that most of windows programs, when accessed from File/Run act like command line programs, this is how the File Manager can bring up a text file in the Write program. I haven't tried it, but you might try nesting arguments, for instance WIN WRITE FILE.TXT to see if it comes right up into Write, working on file.txt. I will have to get back to you on rather or not this works, but if it does, and someone has cracked the windows macro Recorder, such as what you described should be possible from a batch file.

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[NOISE] Re: IMPORTANT: Additional information about UDCM.
by Sean Roach 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 02:13 PM 1/10/97 -0600, Igor Chudov wrote: ... >I am also wondering, I am listed as visitor 189 on his web site. Under >most optimistic assumptions, if *every* visitor bought his product, he would >have made $40*188 = $7520. Of course, it is possible that so many people visited his site that the counter started over. For instance, if the counter had 8 digits, perhaps you were visitor number 10000189. Just a thought.

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17 Dec '03

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Re: PBS program - Turing/Enigma
by dlv＠bwalk.dm.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

dave_gellerman(a)newbridge.com (Dave Gellerman) writes: > In article <01bbfde7$950f4820$fb1093cf(a)worldnet.worldnet.att.net>, "Tech" > <TIER-1(a)worldnet.att.net> wrote: > > > Feb 2,1997 (one 90 minute show) ref: www.pbs.org > > > > bill_h <bill_h(a)azstarnet.com> wrote in article > > <32D1F2C1.9B1(a)azstarnet.com>... > > > Just caught a teaser on Public Television for an upcoming Mobile > > > Masterpiece Theatre presentation billed as "the true story of > > > Alan Turing" titled 'Breaking The Code'. > > > > > > The little bit of clips they showed looked fascinating. > > > > > > Is this a 'new' show or a re-run? Anybody know anything about it? > > > > > From the pbs web site: > > > "Breaking the Code" (2/2) Based on the play by Hugh Whitemore and > the book Alan Turing: the Enigma by > Andrew Hodges, this program tells the story of Turing (Derek > Jacobi), the mathematical genius who was > responsible for designing the computer that enabled the allies to > crack the German Enigma code and, some would > argue, win the war. On Churchill's specific instructions, Turing was > given all the resources he required and his > personal behavior was tolerated - Turing was an active homosexual at > a time when homosexuality was illegal. > Amanda Root, Prunella Scales, Harold Pinter, Alun Armstrong and > Richard Johnson also star. > > > Dave Homosexuality was pretty well accepted in GB in 1930's, as evidenced by the success of Comrade Philby and his friends. Homosexuals have a strange attraction to cryptography, perhaps because of its connection to privacy and anonymity. But they haven't made any contribution to it (or to any other area of human knowledge). They ascribe to Turing the results of heterosexual cryptographers; they libel prominent heterosexuals like Leonardo da Vinci to argue that their perversion somehow leads to intellectual superiority. While homosexuality used to be a detriment to obtaining a security clearance, being gay at NSA was a big plus under Inman. Of course now being gay is a big plus anywhere in the KKKlintoris administration. ObHomophobocReference: cocksucker John Gilmore is full of shit. --- Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps

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Crypto site move http://www.sni.net/~mpj/usa/warning.htm
by Michael Johnson 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- The method for accessing my strong crypto library ftp site has changed to one that I hope is easier for those of you who are in the USA or Canada. Simply point your browser to http://www.sni.net/~mpj/usa/warning.htm and follow the instructions. This should work even with text-based browsers, like lynx, and should be easier to navigate for AOL customers. You may be amused that the President of the United States has determined that cryptographic software export controls are necessary for U. S. "National Security" even though the same software is available "or appears to be available" from outside of the USA. For a partial list of cryptographic software sites outside of North America, see http://www.sni.net/~mpj/freecryp.htm -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.7.1 iQEVAgUBMtrB/G+Iqt/O4EnZAQGUVwf7BP3gqjQ5Ur1ymToHdMs2ctf8wLmrf1mS Pw4xr5QGKYMzPP4cK1dnqXSiWI4vxOTK+/WC+ZxH1Cvxrw6+3qlKp1o005qsAAY5 AetqLP6skW7hEesT27bGzwtKBEWrnFRa3YLc6vC+opu78Kz9myAQPdPcQ0tuI8mI +eD0EIiBVWEoWyvxuvW/vN/6bsqLsXZswGVV2+i3kv4HmOEBMVPwzounoA3P7L73 b7wLxiJvbIF3fld9Dcyy577U+pJ/qhXla8yss/Vs9Wmfc7id7GtVoJtrcQ7qqxm2 JiRn7W1A2YIvNQqMizUxOnoGnazkp6rMBCYvV6wTb2MCbQ8U/BLBGw== =X33F -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: A vote of confidence for Sandy
by Sean Roach 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 01:18 AM 1/11/97 -0600, Igor Chudov wrote: >Bill Frantz wrote: ... >> Let me rant a bit about the "ideal" moderation structure. Igor Chudov's >> software lets people like Matt Blase and Bruce Schneier post whatever they >> want. (I would add people like Black Unicorn as well. YMMV) Other posts >> go into a pool accessible to all moderators. If one moderator approves, >> the message goes out. If N reject, it is rejected. These rejections could >> either be anonymous or be included in an x-moderators-rejecting: header for >> the "worst of cypherpunks" list. > >I think that Bill proposes a very interesting idea. His suggestion would >eliminate a lot of [well-grounded] suspicion about arbitrary rejections >at a "whim" of moderators. > >My only concern is that there will be more work for moderators, because >in his scheme each "bad" message has to be reviewed by N people instead >of 1. > >It is a tradeoff between a more liberal policy and efficient use of >moderators' time. As long as a number of moderators have access, then why not also include in the header information the number of available moderators that gave the content a "thumbs up". If this were tacked on to the front of the subject field, (for people like me whor are using Eudora Lite), then messages could be chosen, by the readers, based on the number of moderators that gave it approval. Ideally, a relatively large number of moderators would be on hand so that the scale would be an accurate cross-reference of the groups opinions.

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Re: Comments on moderation
by Sean Roach 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 09:28 AM 1/11/97 -0800, Dale Thorn wrote: >Alan Olsen wrote: ... >> I >> have seen little evidence that the doom they predict is going to happen. > >Did you really want to say "no evidence", but were just hedging your bet? This is not intended to place me on either side of this issue, but, by referring to personal experiences, he does not need to hedge his bet. Just an observation.

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Newt's phone calls
by Clay Olbon II 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I just caught the news reports of Newt Gingrich's cell phone calls being taped by "a little old retired couple" with a scanner. These were then given to a congressman, who gave them to a newspaper. The take on this that we won't hear is: "This is outrageous! Why don't cell-phones offer encryption to ensure our privacy?" Unfortunately, I think crypto is still so far beneath the public consciousness that the obvious solution to these sorts of problems is ignored in favor of the "there oughta be a law" non-solution. (Of course, in this case there is a law!) What I really hope this incident spawns is a market ... Clay ******************************************************* Clay Olbon olbon(a)ix.netcom.com sys-admin, engineer, programmer, statistitian, etc. **********************************************tanstaafl

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Diehard can be found at.
by AaronH4321＠aol.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I found this address for it after a couple of tries getting to the "Diehard.html" site. I couldn't connect to that. This FTP site works though. I found it at http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/bob_jenkins/testsfor.htm To qoute, "An excellent test of random sequences is DIEHARD, maintained by George Marsaglia. You get it by ftp from stat.fsu.edu, login anonymous, cd pub, cd diehard, then get what you want. NOTE: George needs you to send him mail at geo(a)stat.fsu.edu when you download it so he can keep getting grants to support his excellent work." Aaron.

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