December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

[NTSEC] NT Displays Plain-Text Netware Passwords (fwd)
by Ray Arachelian 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

=====================================Kaos=Keraunos=Kybernetos============== .+.^.+.| Ray Arachelian | "If you're gonna die, die with your|./|\. ..\|/..|sunder(a)sundernet.com|boots on; If you're gonna try, just |/\|/\ <--*-->| ------------------ |stick around; Gonna cry? Just move along|\/|\/ ../|\..| "A toast to Odin, |you're gonna die, you're gonna die!" |.\|/. .+.v.+.|God of screwdrivers"| --Iron Maiden "Die With Your Boots on"|..... ======================== http://www.sundernet.com ========================= For with those which eternal lie, with strange eons even death may die. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 01:37:49 -0500 From: Patrick Hayden <patrick.hayden(a)ibm.net> To: ntsecurity(a)iss.net Subject: [NTSEC] NT Displays Plain-Text Netware Passwords Windows NT 4.0, with Microsoft's Client Services for Netware, or Novell's IntraNetware Client for Windows NT, writes plain-text user-id and password information to PAGEFILE.SYS. The user-id and password apply to Netware, however, users commonly use the same logon information for both NT and Netware. It is possible to then recover the plain-text information by using a disk editor. Tests have been performed (with more pending) on these systems: Windows NT Workstation 4.0 w/SP1 and IntraNetware Client for NT (970214) Pent. 133 Laptop 24MB RAM 50MB PAGEFILE.SYS Windows NT Workstation 4.0 w/SP1 and Microsoft Client Services for Netware Dual Pent 166 64MB RAM 80MB PAGEFILE.SYS Novell Netware 4.11 Server 1. Set /MAXMEM=12 in BOOT.INI so as to force swapping. 2. Load NT; Authenticate to NT and Netware (I used the same ID and Password for both systems.); Verify connection by mapping a drive. 3. To ensure that sufficient swapping takes place, run a large program (this forces the user-id and password information stored in RAM to be placed into PAGEFILE.SYS.) 4. Exit NT; Boot to DOS; diskedit PAGEFILE.SYS 5. Search for one of the following strings (do NOT include the "" items): IntraNetware Client: NWUserName="user-id" WlMprNotifyPassword="password" "UserName" (if the username is alone, the password will follow very closely) Client Services for Netware nwcs"password" (the password is all CAPS and will immediately follow nwcs) In a "real-life" environment, most likely there will be enough swapping on the system that setting the /MAXMEM switch will be unnecessary. The switch is only to help confirm that this hole exits. If anyone has any knowledge of this, please post it to the list. Patrick Hayden Security Consultant Ernst & Young, LLP patrick.hayden(a)ibm.net

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Re: The Net is Closing, the U.S. is becoming a Terror State
by dlv＠bwalk.dm.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Tim May <tcmay(a)got.net> writes: > cyberpass.net is an unacceptable replacement for toad.com.] Why, because your Cocksucker pal John Gilmore can't pull plugs? > We're in a terror state when the War on Drugs, the War on Pornography, the > War on Terrorism, the War on Guns, and the War on Unlicensed Cryptography > makes us all criminals. I've been saying this for some time now. Any ideas where to emigrate to? --- Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps

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Re: Do government employees have freedom of speech?
by dlv＠bwalk.dm.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Tim May <tcmay(a)got.net> writes: > At 8:53 PM -0800 4/23/97, Bill Frantz wrote: > >I guess I have to defend my view. In general, people on this list believe > >that freedom of speech includes the freedom to lie. (I seem to remember > >having an exchange with Tim on the subject of truth in commercial speech a > >year or so ago.) > > I don't recall that. In any case, I am not arguing that the government has > any responsibility to stop lying, per se, I am saying that _employees_ of > the U.S. Justice or Treasury or State or Defense Departments are no more > free to "say whatever they wish" as employees of Apple or Intel or Sun are. Employees of C2Net don't mind. --- Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps

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Crypto moves forward: Commerce Dept panel and SAFE markup
by Declan McCullagh 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

X-POP3-Rcpt: declan(a)relay.pathfinder.com X-Sender: declan(a)mail.pathfinder.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 18:17:09 -0400 To: fight-censorship-announce(a)vorlon.mit.edu From: Declan McCullagh <declan(a)well.com> Subject: FC: Crypto moves forward: Commerce Dept panel and SAFE markup Sender: owner-fight-censorship-announce(a)vorlon.mit.edu Reply-To: declan(a)well.com X-FC-URL: Fight-Censorship is at http://www.eff.org/~declan/fc/ Encryption is again bubbling to the surface of Washington politics. Today the Department of Commerce announced that it was creating a new committee to advise it on crypto-issues. A department official told me it would be composed of "businesses that export encryption," and interested parties have 15 working days to file comments. A way for the White House to split industry opposition and persuade high tech firms to buy into key escrow? Hmm... On the Hill, crypto legislation that would lift export controls is about to advance farther than ever before. (Last fall, Sen. Exon killed any chance that pro-crypto legislation had in the 104th Congress.) Rep. Bob Goodlatte's crypto bill (SAFE) will move to subcommittee markup next Tuesday at 2 pm in Rayburn 2237. After the full committee reports the bill, it moves to the international relations committee. Sen. Conrad Burns also would like to move forward with his Pro-CODE bill in May. Problem is, Goodlatte's SAFE bill, which has about 70 cosponsors, does more than just relax export controls and prohibit mandatory key escrow. It also creates new criminal penalties for using encryption to further a criminal act. Now, some say that it's innocuous -- and a good tradeoff for getting export controls lifted -- but I'm not convinced. When encryption is widespread and present in telephones, radios, cell phones, wireless modems, web browsers, televisions, and maybe light switches, *any use* of any electronic appliance will involve encryption. (Who wants a hacker playing with your toaster?) Remember that Maryland bill that would criminalize sending "annoying" or "harassing" email? If the Goodlatte bill became law, Marylanders who signed their messages with PGP or telnetted to local ISPs could be slammed with an all-expenses-paid trip to the Federal pen for five years. In other words, SAFE would turn state misdemeanors into Federal felonies. This is not good. A coalition of groups is sending a letter to Goodlatte tomorrow supporting the bill but expressing concern over the criminalization provision. Interested in signing on? Email David Sobel: sobel(a)epic.org. -Declan ***************** Security and Freedom Through Encryption (SAFE) Act (Introduced in the House) `Sec. 2805. Unlawful use of encryption in furtherance of a criminal act `Any person who willfully uses encryption in furtherance of the commission of a criminal offense for which the person may be prosecuted in a court of competent jurisdiction-- `(1) in the case of a first offense under this section, shall be imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or fined in the amount set forth in this title, or both; and `(2) in the case of a second or subsequent offense under this section, shall be imprisoned for not more than 10 years, or fined in the amount set forth in this title, or both.'. ***************** Federal Register, April 24, 1997: DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE President's Export Council Subcommittee on Encryption; Notice of Establishment The Secretary of Commerce has determined that the establishment of the President's Export Council Subcommittee on Encryption is in the public interest in connection with the performance of duties imposed on the Department by law. The Subcommittee will advise the Secretary, through the Assistant Secretary for Export Administration, on matters pertinent to the implementation of an encryption policy that will support the growth of commerce while protecting the public safety and national security. The Subcommittee will consist of approximately 25 members to be appointed by the Secretary to assure a balanced representation among the exporting community and those Government agencies with a mandate to implement policy regarding encryption. The Subcommittee will function solely as an advisory body. Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding the establishment of the Subcommittee to Lee Ann Carpenter, Committee Liaison Officer, OAS/EA/BXA, U.S. Department of Commerce, MS: 3886C, Washington, D.C., 20230. Telephone: 202-482-2583. FAX: 202-501-8024. Dated: April 18, 1997. Sue E. Eckert, Assistant Secretary for Export Administration. [Thanks to JYA. --Declan] ------------------------- Time Inc. The Netly News Network Washington Correspondent http://netlynews.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is public. To join fight-censorship-announce, send "subscribe fight-censorship-announce" to majordomo(a)vorlon.mit.edu. More information is at http://www.eff.org/~declan/fc/

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Censorware battle heats up; CyberSitter blacklist now public
by Declan McCullagh 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

X-POP3-Rcpt: declan(a)relay.pathfinder.com X-Sender: declan(a)mail.pathfinder.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 18:43:35 -0400 To: fight-censorship-announce(a)vorlon.mit.edu From: Declan McCullagh <declan(a)well.com> Subject: FC: Censorware battle heats up; CyberSitter blacklist now public Sender: owner-fight-censorship-announce(a)vorlon.mit.edu Reply-To: declan(a)well.com X-FC-URL: Fight-Censorship is at http://www.eff.org/~declan/fc/ You probably know about Brian Milburn. The irascible and foul-mouthed president of Solid Oak Software, which sells CyberSitter censorware, Milburn is best known for threatening journalists with criminal prosecutions, blocking the web sites of his critics, and calling writers a "trickle of piss." He's so obnoxious that even his fellow censorware vendors distance themselves from him. One of my articles about his exploits is at: http://cgi.pathfinder.com/netly/editorial/0,1012,453,00.html Now he's on the warpath again. His latest target: one Bennett Haselton, a college student and outspoken critic of CyberSitter's blocking policies. (Milburn blocks the National Organization for Women and New York's echo.com, among other university sites and Internet providers.) Haseleton earlier this week posted a short DOS program that decrypts CyberSitter's secret blacklist. Milburn was enraged. He accused Hasleton of various crimes and today demanded that Haselton stop *linking* to CyberSitter's pages. Read on for more... -Declan ********* >Return-path: <bennett(a)www.media3.net> >Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 09:59:10 -0700 >From: Brian Milburn <bmilburn(a)solidoak.com> >Subject: Demand letter >X-Sender: Brian Milburn >To: bennett(a)peacefire.org >Organization: Solid Oak Software, Inc. > >The following is a copy of a certified letter mailed to you on April 24, 1997. > >------------------------------ > >Bennett Haselton >Vanderbuilt University >Box 1161, Station B >Nashville, TN 37235 > >Re: www.peacefire.org > > >Dear Mr. Haselton: > >Please let this letter serve as notice of the following: > >1. You have posted a program on your web site called "CYBERsitter filter file >codebreaker". This program illegally modifies and decodes data and source >code >protected by U.S. and International intellectual property laws. > >This program performs this action without permission of the copyright owner. We demand >that this program be removed immediately. > >2. You have placed links on your web site to various locations on servers owned and >operated by Solid Oak Software, Inc., a private corporation. These include, but are >not limited to, HTTP links, FTP links, and e-mail links and private e-mail addresses. > >You have done this without permission of Solid Oak Software, Inc. Further use of >these links to our private facilities will be viewed as trespassing and intentional >harassment. We demand that these links be removed immediately. > >Your failure to comply with these demands immediately upon receipt of this letter will >be met with appropriate action. > > >Sincerely, >Brian Milburn, President >Solid Oak Software, Inc. > > > >____________________________________________ > >Brian Milburn >Solid Oak Software,Inc. - Santa Barbara, CA >bmilburn(a)solidoak.com - CIS: 74774,551 >http://www.solidoak.com - CIS: "GO SOLIDOAK" > *********** http://www.wired.com/news/politics/story/3355.html Teen Offers Way to Crack Blocking Software by Rebecca Vesely 3:03pm 23.Apr.97.PDT A Tennessee college student has posted a software program on the Web that can be used to decrypt a list of sites blocked by the prominent blocking software Cybersitter. The company that makes the program is furious, and an attorney versed in Net law says the student could face legal action. Bennett Haselton, co-founder of the teen Web site Peacefire, on Monday posted a program that he wrote specifically to crack the "filter file" that comes with Cybersitter. The 18-year-old junior at Vanderbilt University says it took him two days to write the software. The filter file is frequently updated by Solid Oak Software, the company that owns Cybersitter, but was taken offline Tuesday by the company. "He is violating every intellectual property law ever written," said Solid Oak president Brian Milburn. "It costs us tens of thousands of dollars to maintain that list. It's none of his business what is on that list or what we do with it." Milburn would not say whether the company planned to take legal action, but did say that Solid Oak "does not condone any kind of crime." A recent list of sites blocked by Cybersitter - pulled before the company took the filter file offline - was posted anonymously to Declan McCullagh's fight-censorship email discussion list Monday. The decrypted file shows that while most of the sites blocked by Cybersitter are pornographic in nature, a number are not. Among the sites blocked by Cybersitter on Monday were Cyborganic Gardens; the National Organization for Women; the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation; several regional ISPs; Peacefire; the Ethical Spectacle, which has criticized Solid Oak's blocking practices; and the chocolatier Godiva. "I think they are misrepresenting their product," Haselton said. "It's not just the fact that they are blocking Peacefire, it's that they are violating truth-in-advertising practices." Solid Oak says it blocks sites that focus on "topics such as adult or sexual issues, illegal activities, bigotry, racism, drugs, or pornography...." This is not Haselton's first run-in with Solid Oak. In December, he posted a list of Web sites blocked by Cybersitter, which at the time included The Well and Mother Jones magazine. Haselton maintained that he got the partial list by surfing the Web with Cybersitter installed on his computer. Solid Oak threatened to sue, saying that Haselton had cracked into their computers to get the list, and also threatened to block Peacefire's ISP, Media3. The company never acted on the threats. But Haselton could now face prosecution for violating copyright laws. He maintains that he skirted the law because he did not post the list of blocked sites, just information on how to access the list. He also noted that he accessed the Cybersitter list using an old version of the software that does not carry a copyright warning. However, one lawyer said she wasn't sure Haselton's reasoning will hold up if the case goes to court. "[Solid Oak] went to the trouble of compiling the list. From a competitive standpoint, someone else could use Haselton's software to get the list and start their own blocking software company," said Shari Steele, staff counsel for the Electronic Frontier Foundation. "There is an ownership interest here." Steele said that although someone who used the list for competitive purposes would be more likely to face legal ramifications than Haselton, it is not out of the realm of possibility that a court would side with Solid Oak. ------------------------- Time Inc. The Netly News Network Washington Correspondent http://netlynews.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is public. To join fight-censorship-announce, send "subscribe fight-censorship-announce" to majordomo(a)vorlon.mit.edu. More information is at http://www.eff.org/~declan/fc/

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Cato forum on liquor advertising and electronic media
by Declan McCullagh 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 16:32:35 -0700 (PDT) From: Declan McCullagh <declan(a)well.com> To: fight-censorship-announce(a)vorlon.mit.edu Subject: Cato forum on liquor advertising and electronic media It was about a year ago when I wrote that just about every Federal agency was scheming to regulate the Net. I take no pleasure in saying I was right: we've seen agencies from the FDA to the FTC to the PTO try to grab a piece of cyberspace. Indeed, last Friday at an Internet Caucus briefing, FTC Commissioner Christine Varney said new regulations and laws were necessary; she predicted FTC regulations would be forthcoming later this year. The Center for Media Education is trying to accelerate this process. In a fearmongering report earlier this year, the group demanded that a slew of government agencies -- the FCC, FDA, FTC, CDC, NCI, and the WHO -- take "urgent agction" to "protect" America's children from tobacco and liquor advertising online. Sound familiar? It should. Net-nemesis Sen. Exon and conservative activists like Bruce Taylor and Donna Rice-Hughes trotted out the same lines two years ago when arguing for the Communications Decency Act. The Cato Institute is holding a forum next month on just this issue. Attached is the announcement and an excerpt from the CME report. -Declan ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 10:44:06 -0400 (EDT) From: Robin Hulsey <rhulsey(a)cato.org> The Cato Institute invites you to a Policy Forum Liquor Advertising and the Electronic Media featuring Fred Meister Distilled Spirits Council of the United States Dan Troy Wiley, Rein & Fielding Sam Kazman Competitive Enterprise Institute Heather Mizeur Rep. Joseph Kennedy Tom Howarth * Mothers Against Drunk Driving For years makers of "hard" liquor refrained from advertising their products over radio and television, but last year some companies began doing so. Some companies have also established an advertising presence on the Internet. Is this free speech protected by the First Amendment, or is it a new health threat that should be subject to regulation? Tuesday, May 6, 1997 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. (Reception to follow) Cato Institute 1000 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington, DC 20001 To register, news media please call Robin Hulsey at (202) 789-5293 or E-mail to rhulsey(a)cato.org. * invited **************** Excerpt from: Center for Media Education Report http://tap.epn.org/cme/execsum.html Alcohol and Tobacco on the Web: New Threats to Youth Executive Summary The combination of these new Web marketing technologies gives marketers of alcohol and tobacco an arsenal of powerful new weapons. Urgent action is needed to ensure that effective safeguards are put in place to protect young people from the harmful effects of online marketing of alcohol and tobacco. Because of the unique nature of the interactive media, many of these new forms of advertising, of particular appeal to youth, appear to be inherently unfair and deceptive. Some of these practices may already be violating the law. The Cigarette Act, which has since 1971 kept advertising of cigarettes off radio and television, applies to "any medium of electronic communication subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Communications Commission" and thus would be applicable to the Internet as well. The alcohol industries have not been subjected to the same kinds of legal barriers to advertising as tobacco. However, all advertising, including online advertising, is subject to the current laws against deceptive, unfair, or other illegal practices. [...] Among the recommendations for action, the Center for Media Education calls for the following steps to combat the online promotion of alcohol and tobacco products to young people: 1. Congress should conduct hearings on the online marketing of alcohol and tobacco to the nation's children. 2. The Federal Trade Commission should use its authority over unfair and deceptive advertising to immediately launch an investigation into these practices. The FTC should also expand its current inquiry on online privacy to include alcohol and tobacco marketing data-collection practices. 3. The Food and Drug Administration should carefully monitor online tobacco promotion developments and develop any additional safeguards needed to protect youth that are not already covered by the Cigarette Act. 4. Federal agencies responsible for the public health, including the National Cancer Institute and the Centers for Disease Control, should examine the implications for public health of online marketing of alcohol and tobacco products. 5. The national public health community, including professional medical organizations, should launch initiatives to educate their members and the public about this issue. 6. The international health community, including the World Health Organization, should launch similar inquiries. Special attention should be given to the negative consequences of new media marketing in the developing world. The U.S. should play a leadership role in the international arena to create effective global safeguards. 7. Parents and educators should help educate our nation's youth about these new dangers. They should establish policies in the schools to limit exposure of underage youth to these sites. 8. Alcohol industries should abide by their own self-regulatory codes and stop targeting youth in all media, including online. 9. Cigarette companies should refrain from moving onto the Internet to market and promote their products. If companies fail to comply with the Cigarette Act, appropriate legal action should be taken. ###

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PGPSteps
by harka＠nycmetro.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-------------< COMMENTS BY Harka >-------------- Since there was a quite surprising interest, when I announced the draft-version of "PGPSteps", I'll post it this time straight to the list. If somebody would like to give it a WWW-home, go for it (please let me know the URL). Harka ----------< END OF COMMENTS BY Harka >---------- Here is "PGPSteps", a brief installation guide for PGP 2.6.2/2.6.3i for DOS/Windows. I started writing it, cause it seemed, that a lot of people were getting turned off by the sheer amount of homepages, front-ends, 150-pages+ FAQ's etc.. All of these things are great, but were usually only mastered by the most of the determined. The majority of potential users though didn't want to go through all that trouble. Hence "PGPSteps", an attempt to provide an easy starting ground, that let's newbies know, where to get PGP, how to install it, answers the most important questions and gives pointers to other resources. All that in a short and easily understandable form, that even not-so-technical people might be able to deal with. I hope, I have failed not too miserably... Comments to "PGPSteps" are welcome. Harka PGPSTEPS.ASC

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Re: Cato forum on liquor
by harka＠nycmetro.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- -=> Quoting In:declan@well.com to Harka <=- In> The Center for Media Education is trying to accelerate this process. In> In a fearmongering report earlier this year, the group demanded that a In> slew of government agencies -- the FCC, FDA, FTC, CDC, NCI, and the WHO In> -- take "urgent agction" to "protect" America's children from tobacco In> and liquor advertising online. Shesh, such garbage one can only read with a whisky and a cigarette... The only way to "enforce" that would be censorship from ISP-side, because any reasonable tobacco/liquor company would/will just set up a server outside the US. Ciao Harka -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQEVAgUBM1/8/zltEBIEF0MBAQFcngf/TbFmBb7/Dval5nF3q2uOF9mcedvOrV/H XGXt1Dunh9U+jF/P7qskTKgvIxOic106rmXzG+OBE4FAF8Iec8wr+8AP1drkNxQw RV3oyH/5xm1s7lNoaCDdMumcanO6254wZhF1m5pc8KlY8LWCOmU5vhZlvlVM076E bvVGdy+GpSL7wG7NdwspuPIWFN/O0TEO5y4snbdRqrDNWsfciCBO/WM5I6ojiQ+j zzF4tGwZECfHFmuoNWOlBEN/PZyFi4EJldyDY0U7CIYl6hxL0nMemg4iB5zK3z6E BW1PbScYBeCmR+fk/XGOHNxmBA1ShpqIue7WWaIeDhC3yrxfT/nYvQ== =t4Ve -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- If encryption is outlawed, only outlaws will have encryption...

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Re: Downloading Software + viruses (HOAX)
by lucifer＠dhp.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

This guy is scaring me. It's not real, right? On 24 Apr 97 at 18:28, Scott Shrader wrote: > I know You can get a virus this way. Do you want me to send you one > this way?!?! That sound's like a threat. I am going to have to report you to your ISP. Sorry. Abuse or Root: Your user is threating to send me a virus through e-mail. Can you stop him, please? See headers at bottom of message. Thanks. > > Yours, > Scott > > > At 04:03 PM 4/23/97 -0700, you wrote: > >Scott, > > > >Get off it. You can't get a virus from reading an e-mail file. > >We've been all over this, up and down. You must open a file and > >run it to get a virus. Now you *may* be able to get a virus from > >reading 'web based' e-mal like hot mail, but using a regular e-mail > >software it WILL NOT happen. No way, no how, so put up a copy of > >this "microsoft letter" on your web site you claim to have and post > >some verifiable information or just go away and shut up. > > > > > > > >On 23 Apr 97 at 17:58, Scott Shrader wrote: > > > >> The another reason I know this can happen is I got a letter from > >> Microsoft and on C-net(on the TV), talking about a virus that > >> once you opened it. Could curruped you e-mail program(only work > >> on internet Exsplore and microsoft e-mail programs). > >> > >> Yours, > >> Scott Shrader > >> > >> >On Sun, 20 Apr 1997, Scott Shrader wrote: > >> > > >> >> Sorry to burst your bubble, but I know for a fact that you can > >> >> get a virus from a e-mail. I've heard from other people how > >> >> have gotten viruses this. I even heard of how to do it. You > >> >> can't get the virus, unless your open it and/or get it from > >> >> your e-mail server. > >> >> > >> >> Yours, > >> >> Scott Shrader > >> >> > > > > > > > _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ > _/ Scott Shrader _/ > _/ shrader(a)scsn.net _/ > _/ http://www.scsn.net/users/shrader/ _/ > _/ or _/ > _/ http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/2352/ _/ > _/ Columbia, SC _/ > _/ 29223 _/ > _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ > > Received: from rosie.scsn.net (scsn.net [206.25.246.12]) by

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Re: Censorware battle heats up; CyberSitter blacklist now public
by geeman 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> >http://www.wired.com/news/politics/story/3355.html > >Teen Offers Way to Crack Blocking Software >by Rebecca Vesely > >3:03pm 23.Apr.97.PDT A Tennessee college student has posted a software >program on the Web that can be used to decrypt a list of sites blocked >by the prominent blocking software Cybersitter. The company that makes >the program is furious, and an attorney versed in Net law says the >student could face legal action. > >Bennett Haselton, co-founder of the teen Web site Peacefire, on Monday >posted a program that he wrote specifically to crack the "filter file" >that comes with Cybersitter. The 18-year-old junior at Vanderbilt >University says it took him two days to write the software. The filter >file is frequently updated by Solid Oak Software, the company that >owns Cybersitter, but was taken offline Tuesday by the company. > >"He is violating every intellectual property law ever written," said >Solid Oak president Brian Milburn. "It costs us tens of thousands of >dollars to maintain that list. It's none of his business what is on >that list or what we do with it." /\/\/\/\/ And this genius Milburn protects it with some bullshit that can be cracked in 2 days!?!?! He deserves everything he gets and more. Should be a lesson. I look forward to more fireworks! > >------------------------- >Time Inc. >The Netly News Network >Washington Correspondent >http://netlynews.com/ > > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------- >This list is public. To join fight-censorship-announce, send >"subscribe fight-censorship-announce" to majordomo(a)vorlon.mit.edu. >More information is at http://www.eff.org/~declan/fc/ > > > >

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Re: [CRYPTO] e$
by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Now is the time for all good little boys to cum in Tim May's big mouth. \|/ @ @ -oOO-(_)-OOo- Tim May

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Re: Cato forum on liquor advertising and electronic media
by Blanc 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Bill Frantz wrote: >What is highly amusing is the mounting evidence that alcoholic beverages in >moderation are good for your health. Of course, if you are one of the >small percent of the population who can't be moderate, then you should not >use alcoholic beverages. But many people have bad reactions to various >foods. That's no reason to forbid them or their advertising. ............................................... Well, of course I was taking aim not specifically against the mentioned vices, but to the attitude of people who wish to protect children from themselves in their forays into "dangerous" advertising territory. That is, to the attitude of calling for restriction and the setting of boundaries, rather than of providing some explanations on life and what can happen and how a person can deal with consequences. But that would take a lot of work and wisdom that they apparently don't feel they can offer. I have envisioned a time in the distant future, perhaps in a distant galaxy, where static data is not a source of fear and children grow with an open attitude to information - to the fact that it is they themselves, who determine what shall be done, not bits of data. I have always read so many things since growing up, curiously poking into everything that was available (my Mother would have cringed), and never was automatically affected by it, but developed a total respect for a Universe of All Possible Things, even if I never intended to involve or indulge myself in trying out all that I encountered (in the library, bookstores, etc.) These people have this idea that because you look at a black hole you inevitably must fall into it. I guess it comes from their own lack of self confidence. Were they to have the aim of ascending from fear and doubt into the expansion of their worldly perspective and development of intelligent judgment about Reality, they wouldn't have to think of calling upon intermediaries to put limits on their activities (or that of their children) for them. One should look for intermediaries only when one is clearly helpless. It's incredible to think that there is no self-defense against fatuous advertising. -- end of rant -- .. Blanc

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Re: Cato forum on liquor advertising and electronic media
by Blanc 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Greg Broiles wrote: >Indeed - I frequently find myself wondering who really won the cold war. The >"free world" seems to be adopting the totalitarian/surveillance-state tactics >and behaviors usually ascribed to the nations which "lost" the cold war; but >the "losers" seem to have a much better grasp of the importance of human >freedom than the "winners" do. ..................................................... I think it's because, having suffered through many years of totalitarian beneficence, they know first-hand what it really means to live that way: whereas our friends & neighbors over here can only imagine the good things and "benefits" that they envision for everyone, the ones who have lived through it know what it really looks like and how it really feels to be on the receiving end. It is unfortunate that our innocence can be a drawback to realizing the effects or consequences of blanket policies, those one-size-fits-all arrangements which are supposed to "help us" into becoming better persons against our will. Reading history apparently doesn't make an impact on some people, sometimes they just have to be there, to see first-hand what it means to experience their grand designs. That's why I really wish that these people would get what they wish for - that they could live, with all voluntary parties in full consent, the kind of restrictive setups they are always calling for. I guess Singapore is the closest thing to that at this time, where they appear to live pretty much a pre-determined existence and don't leave, although they are free to do so. Too bad it's a small island and can't fit many more similarly minded types. Maybe one day in the future all the control freaks and their submissive followers will gravitate to certain parts of the world and everyone else to others, and there will be peace & happiness throughout the planet. :-) .. Blanc

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Re: Cato forum on liquor advertising and electronic media
by Blanc 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Tim May wrote: >By the way, the conventional (if flaky) wisdom in the 1950s was that >cigarette smoking was good for one's health (a "digestive"). Had the FCC >and FDA had the powers then that they have now, cigarette ads would have >been _required_. ...................................................... Just as the govt is inclined to keep databases of our sins, would it be nice to also have a long account of their faults, for posterity. Something to display in arguments and debates, to present to a candid world (in the words of the Declaration of Independence) just cause for our grievances against it and convincing proof why it is not wise to blindly follow leaders, for yay - sometimes they err, and sometimes one gets the shaft. There are many books presenting detailed accounts of govt follies, but had I the time & inclination I would arrange them into a database table for ease in appreciation, with categories like: Policy/Law Purpose Date Instigated Actual Effects/Consequences Date Retracted Results Not that I would want to create a dark picture of govt, but only to create a dark picture of the logic of those who would give us no choice in these matters.

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Latest info on new Microsoft Visual Tools
by VTDirector 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Hey developers, Don't miss out on the new capabilities of Microsoft's latest versions of the Visual Tools you depend on--including a brand new suite of tools called Visual Studio 97 development system. Microsoft has just introduced the following tools, each with new features and enhancements that can improve both your efficiency and integration with the Internet: * Microsoft Visual Basic programming system 5.0 -- Combine fast development and execution with the new Native Code compiler. Visual Basic is the most efficient tool for creating high-performance applications that integrate client/server technology with Internet technology. * Microsoft Visual C++ development system 5.0 -- This is the most powerful language for developing high-performance applications and components. Now, run everything faster, including existing code, with this version. * Microsoft Visual InterDev Web development system -- The newest member of the Visual Tools family, this integrated development tool for building Active Server Web applications increases Web developers' productivity and makes it easy to develop dynamic, database-driven Web sites. * Microsoft Visual J++ development software -- Create great 100% cross-platform Java code, or integrate it with your databases and existing applications. Put the powerful Java debugger and the fastest Java compiler to work for you. All this in a flexible, familiar IDE that is shared with Visual C++ and Visual InterDev. * Microsoft Visual FoxPro database management system 5.0 -- With improved performance, existing applications run up to 40% faster. This object-oriented development tool is the best way to build all types of database applications. But that's just the beginning -- Microsoft has even better news. If you use more than one Microsoft Visual Tool, you can get a value-priced suite of all five products for just about the price of two: Visual Studio 97. With it, you'll be prepared for any development challenge, from Windows-based solutions to Internet development to the most complex client/server applications.. Not yet sure? Then visit www.microsoft.com/visualtools/ for multimedia demos, white papers, and other fact-packed information. If you're ready to purchase, you can buy online at http://www.developstore.com/, or call (800) 621-7930 and ask for "Department V5 Tools" to order by phone or to find the name of a reseller in your area. --Tom Button Director, Developer Product Marketing

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Crypto '97: Information and Registration Form
by Bruce Schneier 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

CRYPTO '97 General Information 17-21 August 1997 Santa Barbara, California, USA Crypto '97 is the 17th international conference on cryptology held at the University of California Santa Barbara. The academic program covers all aspects of cryptology; specific papers will be announced on 1 May. Formal proceedings, published by Springer-Verlag, will be provided to all attendees at the conference. Crypto '97 is sponsored by the International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR), in cooperation with the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Security and Privacy, and the Computer Science Department of the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). Program Chair is Burt Kaliski, Jr., and General Chair is Bruce Schneier. In addition to selected and invited papers, there will be a rump session on Tuesday evening for selected informal presentations. Facilities are available for attendees to demonstrate hardware, software, and other items of cryptologic interest. If you are interested, contact the General Chair by 12 June 1997. The social program will include hosted dinner receptions on Monday and Tuesday nights, and a beach barbecue on Wednesday evening. Breakfasts and lunches will be served at the university dining hall. Conference Facilities: The workshop will be held on the campus of the University of California, Santa Barbara. The campus is located adjacent to the Santa Barbara airport and the Pacific Ocean; free shuttle bus service from the airport is available. Reasonably priced accommodations are available in the university dormitories for participants and their registered guests. Children under the age of 13 are not allowed to stay in the dormitories, so those bringing younger children will need to make separate arrangements in one of the nearby hotels (see Hotels, below). Parking on campus is available at no cost to participants, but a permit must be requested on arrival. Smoking inside campus buildings is prohibited. The food is good. Registration: The conference is open to all interested parties, but the number of attendees at the workshop is limited to 500; pre-registration is strongly advised. To register, fill out the accompanying registration form and return it to the address on the form along with payment in full before 12 July 1997. Those bringing a guest are also required to submit the guest registration form. Campus accommodations will be available on a first come, first served basis for attendees who register by 12 July 12 1997. Registrations received after 12 July 1997 may be accepted if space is available but cannot be guaranteed. The conference fee includes participation in the program and all social functions, as well as membership in the IACR and a subscription to the Journal of Cryptology. The room and board charges include dormitory lodging Sunday night through Wednesday night, and breakfast and lunch on Monday through Thursday. Technical sessions will run from Monday morning to Thursday noon, with a free half day on Tuesday afternoon. A limited number of stipends are available to students unable to obtain funding. Students are invited to apply if such assistance is needed. Requests for stipends should be received by the General Chair before 14 June 1997. Students registering for the conference need to provide verification of their student status with a letter from their Supervisor or Department Chair and a photocopy of their student ID card. Preference will be given to students whose papers are accepted and who will present the papers themselves Cancellations received, in writing, by the General Chair by 15 July 1997 will be considered for a refund in full minus $75 for a copy of the Proceedings and handling costs. No refunds will be made for cancellations received after 15 July 1997, but a copy of the conference Proceedings will be mailed to those registered but unable to attend. Travel Information: The campus is located approximately two miles from the Santa Barbara airport, which is served by several airlines including American, American West, Delta, United, and US Air. Complimentary shuttle bus service will be provided between the Santa Barbara airport and the campus on Sunday and Thursday afternoons. All major rental car agencies are represented in Santa Barbara. AMTRAK also has rail connections from both San Francisco and Los Angeles. Santa Barbara is approximately 100 miles (160 km) north of the Los Angeles airport and 350 miles (560 km) south of San Francisco. Hotels: For those who choose not to stay in the dormitories, the following is a partial list of hotels in the area. Those who choose to stay off campus are responsible for making their own reservations, and early reservations are advised since August is a popular season in Santa Barbara. Note that Goleta is closer to UCSB than Santa Barbara is to UCSB, but a car will probably be required to travel between any hotel and the campus. All prices are subject to change: prices should be confirmed by calling the hotels directly. However, mention Crypto '97 at UCSB when you are making your reservations, since at several of the hotels you will be eligible for the university rate, which can be a significant savings. We are not able to book block rooms in these hotels, so please make reservations as early as possible. The quality of the hotels ranges from rather expensive beach-front resorts to basic inexpensive accommodations. For further information, try contacting the Santa Barbara Convention and Visitors Center, +1 805 966 9222, or see http://www.iacr.org. South Coast Inn: 5620 Calle Real, Goleta, CA 93117. Single rate $89; double rate $94. Contact Ms. Murrill Forrester at +1 805 967 3200. Cathedral Oaks Lodge (formerly Turnpike Lodge): 4770 Calle Real, Santa Barbara, CA, 93110. Single rates $75 and up; double rates $85 and up. No university rates available. Prices include breakfast. Telephone +1 805 964 3511; fax +1 805 964 0075. Motel 6: 5897 Calle Real, Goleta, CA 93117. Single rate $36.99; double rate $42.99. Telephone +1 805 891 6161 or the national reservations number. The Sandman Inn: 3714 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. Rates start at $79. Telephone: +1 805 687 2468; fax +1 805 687 6581. Miramar Hotel (Beachfront): Three miles south of Santa Barbara on U.S. 101 at San Ysidro turnoff. No specific single or double rates. Rooms begin at $75. Telephone +1 805 969 2203; fax +1 805 969 3163. Pepper Tree Inn: 3850 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. Single rate $114; double rate $124. Telephone +1 805 687 5511; fax +1 805 682 2410. Encina Lodge: 2220 Bath Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. Single rate $120; double rate $124. Telephone +1 805 682 7277; fax +1 805 563 9319. Pacifica Suites: Located close to the campus (just down Ward Memorial Blvd./Highway 217), 5500 Hollister Avenue, Santa Barbara, CA 93111. Normal rates begin at $135 for a suite. Includes full cooked breakfast. Telephone +1 805 683 6722; fax +1 805 683 4121. Upham Hotel: This is a bed-and-breakfast in downtown Santa Barbara. 1404 De La Vina Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Rates begin at $110. (You must mention that you are attending the Crypto conference.) Telephone +1 805 962 0058; fax +1 805 963 2825. The El Encanto Hotel: This renovated hotel is located in the foothills near downtown Santa Barbara. 1900 Lasuen Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. Rates begin at $140. Telephone +1 805 687 5000; fax +1 805 687 3903. To register, print and mail the following form: --------------------------------------------------------------------- CRYPTO '97 Registration Form Registration deadline: July 12, 1997 Last Name: ________________________________________________________ First Name: ____________________________________ Sex: M or F _______ Affiliation: _______________________________________________________ Mailing Address: ___________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ Phone: ___________________________ Fax: ____________________________ Electronic Mail: ___________________________________________________ ___ Check here if you wish to have your name and address excluded from the list of delegates. Payment of the conference fee entitles you to membership in the International Association for Cryptologic Research for 1998 at no extra charge, including a subscription to the Journal of Cryptology, published by Springer-Verlag, at no extra charge. Do you wish to be an IACR member? ___ YES ___ NO ___ Check here if you with to have your name and address excluded from the IACR membership listing. Conference Registration Fee (check first line that applies): Paid by July 12 After July 12 ___ Full-Time Student $211 $291 ___ Attended Eurocrypt '97 $350 $430 ___ Regular Registration $422 $502 $ _________ ___ Guest Attendance (social program only) $60 Guest's Name________________________ $ _________ Room Sunday to Thursday (non-smoking) with breakfast and lunch Monday through Thursday ___ Single room $290 ___ Double room $230 Roommate's name: _____________________ $ _________ Extra nights at $70 single, $55 double, per person, per night ___ Saturday night $ _____ ___ Thursday night $ _____ $ _________ TOTAL ENCLOSED OR PAID BY CREDIT CARD: $ _________ Enclosed payments must be in U.S. funds: by check drawn on a U.S. bank, by U.S. money order, or by U.S. bank draft, payable to CRYPTO '97. Credit card payments are accepted by either mail or fax. Check one: __ VISA ___ MasterCard ___ American Express Name on card: ___________________________________________ Card number: ___________________________ Expires: ______ Cardholder's signature: _________________________________ Send forms and enclosed payments to: For more information: Bruce Schneier, Crypto '97 Email: crypto97(a)iacr.org Counterpane Systems WWW: http://www.iacr.org 101 E Minnehaha Parkway Phone: +1 612 823 1998 Minneapolis, MN 55419 USA Fax: +1 612 823 1590 ************************************************************************** * Bruce Schneier For information on APPLIED CRYPTOGRAPHY * Counterpane Systems 2nd EDITION (15% discount and errata), * schneier(a)counterpane.com Counterpane Systems's consulting services, * http://www.counterpane.com/ or the Blowfish algorithm, see my website. **************************************************************************

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17 Dec '03

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Fraud Without Frontiers
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

FT reports on a new Deloitte & Touche report, "Fraud Without Frontiers" on the EU "fraud paradise." It sees 10 areas of concern: "Computer abuse, banking frauds, counterfeiting, investment fraud, confidence tricks, public sector fraud, fraudulent bankruptcy, insurance fraud, smuggling and money laundering. The largest single threat comes from fraud through the Internet. The potential for abuse of computer systems is huge, particuarly since encryption technology is vulnerable to sophisticated computer users. The Internet is now being used to manipulate financial markets. Fraudsters are becoming more sophisticated. Inside dealers are making more use of offshore havens to avoid detection while criminal syndicates with knowlege of banking practice have cheated banks. 'Offshore havens', some inside the EU, remains a common feature of fraud. But with some EU economies closely linked to the offshore world, the incentive to push for reform in this area is limited" The report is available from D&T-UK for L95. (Hint, send) http://www.deloitte-touche-consulting.co.uk/main.html ----- D&T has a Web page, "Taking the Mystery Out of ..." which gives solace about encryption, passwords, firewalls, kerberos, and such: http://www.dttus.com/dttus/publish/mystery/mystery1.htm

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Deloitte-Touche: Fraud and the Net
by Robert Hettinga 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

--- begin forwarded text X-Sender: oldbear(a)pop.tiac.net Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 19:06:41 -0400 To: Digital Commerce Society of Boston <dcsb(a)ai.mit.edu> From: The Old Bear <oldbear(a)arctos.com> Subject: Deloitte-Touche: Fraud and the Net Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: bounce-dcsb(a)ai.mit.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: The Old Bear <oldbear(a)arctos.com> FRAUD AND THE NET A Deloitte & Touche report commissioned by the European Union says that cross-border fraud involving Internet abuse, banking and investment frauds, and smuggling is costing society $77 billion a year. The report suggests that perhaps the largest single threat comes from fraud through the Internet, because encryption technology remains vulnerable to sophisticated computer vandals. source: Financial Times April 24, 1997 Anyone have a pointer to the full report or a more detailed abstract? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To unsubscribe from the dcsb list, send a letter to: Majordomo(a)ai.mit.edu In the body of the message, write: unsubscribe dcsb Or, to subscribe, write: subscribe dcsb If you have questions, write to me at Owner-DCSB(a)ai.mit.edu --- end forwarded text ----------------- Robert Hettinga (rah(a)shipwright.com) Philodox e$, 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "...Wells Fargo's on-line banking sucks dead gerbils through a dirty garden hose." -- Eric Murray The e$ Home Page: http://www.shipwright.com/

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Tim's Tag Bi-Line
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>--Tim May > >There's something wrong when I'm a felon under an increasing number of laws. ---------- In response to Tim's tag line and to BXA's claim (twinned by NSA, FBI, CIA and DoJ) of training Janus crypto-narcs to snare dual-use miscreants: http://guru.cosc.georgetown.edu/~denning/cosc511/ Information Warfare: Terrorism, Crime, and National Security Prof. Dorothy E. Denning This course will study the nature of information warfare, including computer crime and information terrorism, in the global information infrastructure as it relates to national security, defense policy, economic security, organizational security, and personal security. Students will gain an understanding of the threats and vulnerabilities, including military and economic espionage, denial of service, destruction and modification of data, distortion and fabrication of information, forgery, control and disruption of information flow, electronic bombs, and psyops and perception management. They will learn about attacks and countermeasures, including authentication, encryption, auditing, monitoring, and firewalls, and the limitations of those countermeasures. They will learn about cyberspace law enforcement and investigations, information warfare and the military, and intelligence in the information age. Information technology policy and ethics will be examined. ----- This is not to single out the duality of Professor Denning/Mr. Denning. There are several similar dual-use courses being taught at civ-mi schools as market-wise institutions-governments scramble for funds-taxes by promising results to job-needy scientists-engineers and students-citizens. Heed the dual-use market/cartel, be an infoartist/informer, an inside-lawyer/outlaw; practice selfless public archy, greedy secret anarchy. That's the ticket for wise guys-gals, go either way as the bi-wind blows and stills.

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Re: Deloitte-Touche: Fraud and the Net
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Declan wrote: >I'd be happy to contribute towards the cost if someone else wants to take >up a collection and buy the report. (If it goes online, as I assume it >will, is this an example of a cypherpunkish "public good?") > >Or I can try to call up and get 'em to send me a copy as a journalist. ---------- Praps a local bloke can help us out: The source is given as the D&T office in London: http://www.deloitte-touche-consulting.co.uk/about-us.html Deloitte & Touche Consulting Group, Stonecutter Court, Stonecutter Street, London EC4A 4TR. Tel: 0171 303 3000 Sure, I'll buy it and pay for Fedex too; got my Amex and FX numbers ready. John ---------- Financial Times, April 24, 1997, p. 3. EU fraudsters 'revel in fiscal paradise' Report urges Brussels authorities to crack down on $77bn cross-border corruption By John Mason in Brussels International fraud in the European Union could be costing governments, companies and individuals up to $77bn a year, a report commissioned by the European Commission has concluded. Crimes such as Internet abuse, counterfeiting, banking and investment frauds and smuggling pose an increasing threat which can only be countered by further international action, said Deloitte & Touche, the accountancy firm. Harmonisation of laws and regulations, improved co-operation between states and a greater stress on fraud prevention are needed if EU economies are not to be undermined by international criminals, the report said. Mr Will Inglis, the Deliotte & Touche partner responsible for the report, said: "There is clear evidence that determined fraudsters deliberately and cynical]y manipulate and take advantage of the different regulatory and monitoring regimes across the EU to perpetrate their frauds. In particular, we see the fraudsters taking advantage of havens of secrecy and fiscal paradises. Fraudulent activity in the Union has the potential to seriously distort competition and harm the citizens of the EU who end up paying the cost." The report identified 10 areas of concern: computer abuse, banking frauds, counterfeiting, investment fraud, confidence tricks, public sector fraud, fraudulent bankruptcy, insurance fraud, smuggling and money laundering. The type of crime varies considerably between countries. In the UK, financial services fraud is a problem because of the size of the industry, France suffers particularly from counterfeiting of luxury goods, while in Greece the smuggling of antiquities is second only to the drugs trade in terms of crime. However, across the EU, the removal of restrictions following the creation of the single market and technological advances have opened up opportunities for fraudsters, the report said. Perhaps the largest single threat comes from fraud through the Internet, Mr Inglis said. The potential for abuse of computer systems is huge, particularly since encryption technology is vulnerable to sophisticated computer abusers. The Internet is now also being used to manipulate financial markets. In other areas, fraudsters are becoming more sophisticated. Insider dealers are making more use of offshore havens to avoid detection while criminal syndicates with knowledge of banking practice have cheated banks. Not that frauds all need to be sophisticated. Italian investigators discovered that Libyan dinars were being taken to Naples to be literally "laundered" with a solvent and re-printed as D-Marks. The incidence of cross-border frauds is increasing faster than those which take place only within one country, with organised crime playing a substantial role, the report said. Other perpetrators of fraud, although on a lesser scale, include senior company managers. The report points to lack of legal harmonisation: In some EU states it is not even an offence to bribe somebody in a different country. Action against fraud can also damage a member state's economy. The use of "offshore" havens, some inside the EU, remains a common feature of fraud. But with some EU economies closely linked to the offshore world, the incentive to push for reform in this area is limited. Fraud, especially crossborder fraud, tends also to be given low priority compared to other crimes. There is also less political will to tackle money laundering when this involves fraud rather than drugs. The report concludes there are four priority areas - increased legal harmonisation, improved co-operation between member states, a greater concentration on confiscating fraudsters' assets and developing awareness of fraud prevention. [Bar chart] Corporate Fraud. Countries involved, with two bars for each showing: Number of cases involving each region and number of times countries in this region were mentioned as being of concern. EU countries Tax havens/fiscal paradises Eastern European countries Others (including US and Asia) -- "Fraud without Frontiers", L95, Deloitte & Touche, 1, Stonecutter St, London EC4A 4TR. [End]

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Alternative Reality
by Shift Control 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Introducing... the Alternative Reality Issue of Shift Control. This week: "Inject it a number of times over a period of several hours and you will experience what psychology textbooks refer to as an "out-of-body experience". This is a recurrent theme in descriptions of the ketamine experience - the mind, spirit or soul leaving the body... Ketamine has similar mental effects on some animals - especially monkeys, who have been observed trying to swot non-existent flies while under its influence." - Alex Bellos on ecstasy's latest rival "Only sleep, books and disk storage mechanisms, with computers becoming our third lobe, allow us to cope with a world of accelerating travel and electronic communication. But these extensions to the human brain capacity will ultimately become inadequate, and so we might consider something new: the prospect of an implanted third lobe." - Peter Cochrane on building alternative human realities through technology "'Bud Hopkins, psychiatrist and expert on alien abductions' - just the man's name got me salivating. My brain whirred with associations. Bud equals Yank, Yank equals alien, alien equals cool... 'Did you see that bit in episode 27 when you could see Scully's cleavage as she e-mailed Mulder?' a voice whispered near to me. It was clear that experts in alien abduction were not to be messed with." - Leo Hickman on the fourth annual UnConvention of paranormal phenomena Also this week: a squeaky clean way to play with yourself in the bath, a chance to write your own film reviews, more memoirs from Freebee the bee, £200 up for grabs in another short story competition, and a chance to win dinner for two at your favourite curry house. Shift Control: altering your perceptions of the net and waiting for you now at http://www.shiftcontrol.com -------------------------------- Shift Control is produced by the Guardian's New Media Lab with help from Boddingtons and Stella Artois Dry. To unsubscribe from this mailing list send e-mail to shiftcontrol-request(a)nml.guardian.co.uk with the following text in the body of the mail message: unsubscribe

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Re: Crypto moves forward: Commerce Dept panel and SAFE markup
by jimbell＠pacifier.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 11:13 4/25/97 -0700, Ernest Hua wrote: >> Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 18:17:09 -0400 >> To: fight-censorship-announce(a)vorlon.mit.edu >> From: Declan McCullagh <declan(a)well.com> >> Subject: FC: Crypto moves forward: Commerce Dept panel and SAFE markup > >> It also creates new criminal penalties for using encryption to >> further a criminal act ... Remember that Maryland bill that would >> criminalize sending "annoying" or "harassing" email? If the >> Goodlatte bill became law, Marylanders who signed their messages >> with PGP or telnetted to local ISPs could be slammed with an >> all-expenses-paid trip to the Federal pen for five years ... In >> other words, SAFE would turn state misdemeanors into Federal >> felonies. This is not good. > >Ok. So it's kind of bad in this respect, but let's face it ... we >can't have everything OUR way, the FIRST time around. Washington >politics is just not that way (not that you need such a reminder). I think you misunderstand the situation. The government is in somewhat of a disadvantage by virtue of the fact that there is relatively little pro-censorship and anti-encryption legislation. Absent such legislation, the status-quo moves in a relatively free fashion, which is why the Internet is mostly unregulated today. >> A coalition of groups is sending a letter to Goodlatte tomorrow supporting >> the bill but expressing concern over the criminalization provision. >> Interested in signing on? Email David Sobel: sobel(a)epic.org. > >Let's let the legislative process (whatever you think of it) take its >course. That's precisely what they want us to allow, and that's exactly why we shouldn't accept it. As Tim May has repeatedly pointed out, we are probably better off with NO legislation than bad legislation, and all we've been offerred so far this year is bad legislation. Jim Bell jimbell(a)pacifier.com

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Re: New Crypto Panel
by jimbell＠pacifier.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 12:34 4/24/97 -0400, John Young wrote: >Federal Register, April 24, 1997: > >DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE > >President's Export Council Subcommittee on Encryption; >Notice of Establishment > > The Secretary of Commerce has determined that the >establishment of the President's Export Council >Subcommittee on Encryption is in the public interest in >connection with the performance of duties imposed on the >Department by law. > > The Subcommittee will advise the Secretary, through the >Assistant Secretary for Export Administration, on >matters pertinent to the implementation of an encryption >policy that will support the growth of commerce while >protecting the public safety and national security. > > The Subcommittee will consist of approximately 25 members >to be appointed by the Secretary to assure a balanced >representation among the exporting community and those >Government agencies with a mandate to implement policy >regarding encryption. Notice how the not-so-subtle biases sneak in. "Balanced representation"? What about the representation of the citizenry of this country? And identifying something called "the exporting community" is also biased: Implicitly, it means those firms which _do_ export crypto, which by definition means those companies which are COMPLYING with the current crypto export rules. Naturally, that is a biased segment of the total potential membership of that group, and will tend to skew the product of that group to reinforcing the status quo as defined by government. Jim Bell jimbell(a)pacifier.com

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