December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Re: PGP for Windows 95
by Arunas Norvaisa 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

On 08:55 AM 97.06.17 +0000, Silvakow wrote (and I quoted): > >Has anyone yet checked out PGP for Windows 95? It's $50 at stores >right now. Information from pgp.com, but I want to know more before >I buy it. Is it worth it? Should I stick with PGP for DOS? And >does anyone know if those PGP public keys are compatible with DOS >PGP? What d'ya mean??? PGP 5.0 is much more (not USD 50 in any case); freeware PGP (latest version 2.6.2 for USA and 2.6.3i outside US) is working just fine in MS-Dos shell under windoze'95... If you mean specific shell (what I doubt), it's not PGP itself and you'll still will get those dos windows anyway... -- greetz... Arunas Norvaisa - little guy, The Masses Inc. <mailto:arunas@post1.com> with subject: 'send key' to get PGP key PGP for idiots page <http://www.a-vip.com/an> and a mirror site <http://www.post1.com/~arunas> Programming Department: Mistakes made while you wait.

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Recipient Anonymity
by ghio＠temp0097.myriad.ml.org 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

A group of servers collects messages of equal length for anonymous recipients. All servers exchange messages so that each has copies of all messages. A recipient wishes to retrieve a message from the servers without any server knowing which message he is receiving. The recipient selects a group of n servers. From each server, S_1...S_n-1, he requests a random selection of messages, with a 50% probability that any particular message will be selected. The server returns the xor of all messages requested. He sends the final server a request which is the xor of all the previous requests and the one single message that he wants. The xor of all the responses is the desired message. It is impossible to determine which message was received unless all servers collude. A variant of this scheme where there is only one server and a number of anonymizing proxies will also work, however in this case there must be sufficient delay to obscure the time correlations or the server will know which message was received, and collusion with any one of the proxies could reveal the recipient. It is also possible to eliminate the need for real-time communication and operate the system on a store-and-forward network. The recipient generates a one time pad and sends it to a remailer/messageserver along with a reply-block which is a nested series of encrypted message requests and next-hop addresses. Each remailer along the way xors the requested messages onto the existing message data before forwarding it to the next hop. When the recipient gets his message back, he decrypts it using the one time pad. To account for the situation where first and last remailer collude, it is desireable to have some of the intervening remailers apply a stream cipher to the message using a supplied key. The server-to-server broadcast eliminates the need for cover traffic, but the anonymizing proxy system does not. However, there is no reason that both schemes could not be used concurrently in the same network, and in fact they would look the same to the end-user. Except for the additional server-to-server communications necessary to broadcast new messages into the system, the bandwidth utilization is comparable to sender-anonymous remailers; it scales linearly as the number of parties involved in the delivery of a particular message. The failure rate is also the product of the failure rate for each server; if one server delivers corrupt data, the message is unreadable, and the recipient must identify the bad server and eliminate it from future requests.

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signup
by Karl Deardorff 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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New PGP Key
by Mike Duvos 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Just a brief note to say that I have generated a new 1024 bit PGP key for my new ISP, zipcon.net. I have signed this key with itself, and with my Netcom key. Unlike my Netcom key, whose passphrase is only typed when I am alone with my PC, the Zipcon key will be used on a multi-user Linux system for signing posts and other such things, and will not be secure against having its passphrase sniffed. Feel free to use the Zipcon key for casual commuication, but "Eyes Only" stuff should ONLY be encrypted with the Netcom key. - -- Mike Duvos $ PGP 2.6 Public Key available $ enoch(a)zipcon.com $ via Finger $ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBM6b9g8A6o0SuPU79AQGF9gP+MhGUUv6dL6T6gETgujfI61s52AFzrO8a /akS0492PdLoGLMvKbco+icnkQ6BQyJQw2lrV3G3mghQxXOBpJojW8z5mxD/eTUm QpaTO+AxiEnEQQcWb5X9PGGlJ/LLiJIo3Tc99DJhTIYgSTIkgNtYD7IgvAhziMwr jMHQjq9R/j8= =3UMb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6.2 mQCNAzOm9YkAAAEEANXQ12uCbPMlbON1kwbHfaLZ79MaSQCmB1AJ399gmt6LhYR5 aWtbeuRzDw1m5lF0hDveWDga1WG9PY7WQ0nq/W+Ww9SrrTPCI055rUW5RcAeKUNS Y6udUoCojMRT5bHMi/7CUm3OYtCw2T9DAE9NerOJ8IVpusqeVMA6o0SuPU79AAUR tB1NaWtlIER1dm9zIDxlbm9jaEB6aXBjb24ubmV0PokAlQMFEDOmlcY1TNKt+Wg9 AQEBKygD/ih1A1mjYcq8mrMmcBgDIAzu3RCbBv/uYGRXXherjKhrpdvHNTzd/LFF Z/Akg3owYhMJbHa9cbu4pCe1U+YgmGWqrsoXsuF87KrwUoO/HYI6ggosRhMazhdT 0H/zudqIMlyxXwLZqMiGI5XEkyHmkX4Jodh+SC7u7i1SjWTvYhCziQCVAwUQM6b1 8sA6o0SuPU79AQF+XAQAxKBswtbUe1/dforndHQ0+Fh6oRjdrfod3X/UQp3WIO+t cdSd0Vk2zVklECSV/vDjwEI46W9ZK/LVWhLuxVsGNJOnEYUFHfm89QIA7h8BkiIf iwRYdbrA32mHiogyy552Rq2YMOtQxa5T0/LrNSgOesXNV1UYBNC7bLkj3iA7gag= =f3h5 -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

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Anon E-mail article in WSJ
by Alan 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

In today's (06/18/97) Wall Street Journal there is an article on Anonymous e-mail in the corporate environment. Talks about companies who have set up systems to recieve anonymous e-mail from employees to deal with specific situations in the workplace. Interesting stuff and very positive. (A few negatives were listed, but more as sidenotes than anything.) Page B-1 has the article. This time I will be making a copy... alano(a)teleport.com | "Those who are without history are doomed to retype it."

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*** FREE Airfare Quotes from The World's Best Travel Agents
by ETN Head Office 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Kerrey bill introduced in Senate
by Greg Broiles 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Sen. Kerrey's evil "Secure Public Networks Act" was introduced in the Senate today, cosponsored by Sen. McCain. The bill, if passed, would: Criminalize the knowing use of crypto to encrypt data or communications in furtherance of a crime; (s. 104) Criminalize breaking another person's ciphertext for the purpose of violating their privacy, security, or property rights; (goodbye, Netscape bugs bounty and DES/RC4 cracks) (s. 105(3)) Criminalize intercepting another's intellectual property for the purpose of violating intellectual property rights (s. 105(4)) Criminalize issuing a key to another person in furtherance of a crime (s. 105(6)) Require federal government purchasers of crypto equipment to buy GAK crypto; (s. 202, 204) Require crypto products purchased with federal funds for use on a public network to employ GAK crypto; (s. 203, 205) Legalize the export of 56-bit DES crypto; (s. 302) Criminalizes the issuance of signature certificates by registered CA's for encryption keys if the user has not complied with GAK procedures; (s. 407(a)(4)) Criminalizes requesting a signature certificate for an encryption key from a registered CA if the user has not complied with GAK procedures; (s. 407(a)(5)) Allows the Secretary of Commerce to "make investigations, obtain information, take sworn testimony, and require reports or the keeping of records by .. any person", to the extent necessary to enforce the Act; (s. 701(a)) Allows the Secretary of Commerce to subpoena witnesses and documents in any State at any designated place; (s. 701(b)(3)(A)) Allows the Secretary of Commerce to impose civil/adminstrative penalties of up to $100K for violations of the Act; (s. 702(1)) Ugh. The original is online at <http://www.senate.gov/~kerrey/encrypt/encrypt2.html>, mirrored at <http://www.parrhesia.com/kerrey.html>. -- Greg Broiles | US crypto export control policy in a nutshell: gbroiles(a)netbox.com | http://www.io.com/~gbroiles | Export jobs, not crypto.

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4471.html
by Damaged Justice 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Web Anglais? Non, S'il Vous Plait --> Ashley Craddock --> [1]arrow Web Anglais? Non, S'il Vous Plait by [2]Ashley Craddock 9:02am 17.Jun.97.PDT When Quebec computer-store owner Morty Grauer got a letter telling him to get rid of his Web page, change it, or else, he rolled over. But he wasn't happy about it. "I don't need subpoenas, fines, or going to court," Grauer told the [3]Montreal Gazette. "But what gets my goat is when they make me do something. I'm enraged right now. How can they tell you what to do on the Internet?" But according to the Quebec's Office de la Langue Francaise, they can do it pretty easily - jurisdictional issues notwithstanding. Because Grauer's Web site was in English, because it was on a Quebecois server, and because it had no French component, his [4]microbytes.com was illegal, plain and simple. "The Micro-Bytes Web page violated the Charter of the French Language," spokesman Gerald Paquette said Monday. So on 29 May, the OLF sent Grauer a letter, threatening to revoke his certificate of "francization," a legal necessity for businesses with 50-plus employees. Grauer has said he will comply as of 1 July. Crafted in the pre-Internet 1970s, Quebec's Charter of the French Language stipulates that commercial publications such as catalogs, brochures, leaflets, and commercial directories must be available in French. It also denies English-language education to immigrants, even those from English-speaking countries. (A separate Canadian federal law on bilingualism has a much more limited scope, requiring the government to publish information in both English and French.) In the separationist furor that has raged over Quebec for decades, the charter has been a highly controversial bulwark against anglicization and cultural dilution. In Montreal, large businesses are bilingual. On the streets, English words are no longer displayed. In homes and schools, the phrase, "le weekend," common parlance in France, is almost never heard. But whether or not the 20-year-old charter will have any teeth in the age of the Internet and free trade remains unclear. Although the charter has been relatively successful in terms of maintaining linguistic purity, its economic effects have been harsh: An estimated 300,000 residents and 1,000 businesses have left the province since the law was passed. And the Internet is expected to exact a high toll for such linguistic balkanization: An estimated 90 percent of online communications are in English, only 2 percent in French. In France itself, where linguistic purity campaigns have recently taken on some degree of political chic, language activists have sued three sites under a 1994 law that bans single-language advertising in any language but French. The suits, which would have tested the law's application to Web sites for the first time, were dismissed last week on a technicality. In the free-speech-happy Internet, however, a four-year-old United Nations ruling may prove the most ominous indicator for attempts to enforce language purity: After reviewing the case of an English-speaking Canadian forced to call his funeral home a "salon funeraire," The UN's Human Rights Council found that the Canadian charter was in violation of the free-speech provision of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Still, the Office de la Langue Francaise is determined to hold the linguistic line. "Quebec wants to be a player in the global market, but there's a real chance it will erode our sense of language, of identity," Paquette said. "It's the same thing with the Internet: We feel threatened by it. It gives us the possibility of communicating with French speakers in France, Belgium, Switzerland, and North Africa, but English is the lingua franca of the Web. If we don't enforce this law, that'll only be more true in the future." Related Wired Links: [5]Web Sites Foil Canada's Election Poll Ban 3.Jun.97 [6]Canadian Election Law Prompts Web Site Battle 27.May.97 [7]arrow [8]Find Read a story in the Wired News archive. [9]Feedback Let us know how we're doing. [10]Tips Have a story or tip for Wired News? Send it. [11]Copyright © 1993-97 Wired Ventures, Inc. and affiliated companies. All rights reserved. References 1. http://www.wired.com/news/top_stories/ 2. mailto:craddock@wired.com 3. http://www.montrealgazette.com/ 4. http://www.microbytes.com/main.html 5. http://www.wired.com/news/topframe/4221.html 6. http://www.wired.com/news/topframe/4081.html 7. http://www.wired.com/news/top_stories/ 8. http://www.wired.com/news/search.html 9. mailto:newsfeedback@wired.com 10. mailto:tips@wired.com 11. http://www.wired.com/wired/full.copyright.html

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Kerrey bill introduced in Senate
by Robert Hettinga 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

--- begin forwarded text X-Sender: gbroiles(a)mail.io.com (Unverified) Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 14:41:46 -0700 To: cypherpunks(a)cyberpass.net From: Greg Broiles <gbroiles(a)netbox.com> Subject: Kerrey bill introduced in Senate Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-cypherpunks(a)cyberpass.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Greg Broiles <gbroiles(a)netbox.com> X-Loop: cypherpunks(a)cyberpass.net Sen. Kerrey's evil "Secure Public Networks Act" was introduced in the Senate today, cosponsored by Sen. McCain. The bill, if passed, would: Criminalize the knowing use of crypto to encrypt data or communications in furtherance of a crime; (s. 104) Criminalize breaking another person's ciphertext for the purpose of violating their privacy, security, or property rights; (goodbye, Netscape bugs bounty and DES/RC4 cracks) (s. 105(3)) Criminalize intercepting another's intellectual property for the purpose of violating intellectual property rights (s. 105(4)) Criminalize issuing a key to another person in furtherance of a crime (s. 105(6)) Require federal government purchasers of crypto equipment to buy GAK crypto; (s. 202, 204) Require crypto products purchased with federal funds for use on a public network to employ GAK crypto; (s. 203, 205) Legalize the export of 56-bit DES crypto; (s. 302) Criminalizes the issuance of signature certificates by registered CA's for encryption keys if the user has not complied with GAK procedures; (s. 407(a)(4)) Criminalizes requesting a signature certificate for an encryption key from a registered CA if the user has not complied with GAK procedures; (s. 407(a)(5)) Allows the Secretary of Commerce to "make investigations, obtain information, take sworn testimony, and require reports or the keeping of records by .. any person", to the extent necessary to enforce the Act; (s. 701(a)) Allows the Secretary of Commerce to subpoena witnesses and documents in any State at any designated place; (s. 701(b)(3)(A)) Allows the Secretary of Commerce to impose civil/adminstrative penalties of up to $100K for violations of the Act; (s. 702(1)) Ugh. The original is online at <http://www.senate.gov/~kerrey/encrypt/encrypt2.html>, mirrored at <http://www.parrhesia.com/kerrey.html>. -- Greg Broiles | US crypto export control policy in a nutshell: gbroiles(a)netbox.com | http://www.io.com/~gbroiles | Export jobs, not crypto. --- end forwarded text ----------------- Robert Hettinga (rah(a)shipwright.com) Philodox e$, 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' The e$ Home Page: http://www.shipwright.com/

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Dateline=FUD / Witness=Reality
by nobody＠huge.cajones.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

It is interesting to note the differences between the U.S. media and the Canadian media in the wake of the McVeigh trial. Dateline NBC is milking the remaining viewer interest by doing a fear-piece on the dangerous threat to the country that militia groups pose, despite the fact that the McVeigh=Militia mental construct is a total government fabrication. Dateline promotes great fear over the danger posed by the existence of citizens who "resist government control." Apparently, any citizens who wish for freedom from government control are an enemy of the government. Any citizens who wish to take steps to be able to defend their own personal freedom are an enemy of the government. Following Dateline was Witness, a Canadian show, running a production called "Surviving Waco." "Surviving Waco" was a straight documentary with little "spin" to its theme. It reviewed the Waco tragedy without placing large amounts of blame or adding imaginary conspiracy theories. What made the show startling was the fact that without all of the hype and hoopla of spin-doctored media coverage the whole affair turned out to be a simple case of government agencies launching an assault against a group of people who held unusual religious beliefs. When you strip the hype and hoopla away from the OKC bombing, what is really left? A former member of the U.S. military decided that the U.S. government is an enemy of the citizens and should be subjected to armed assault. Those who made the decisions resulting in the deaths of men, women and children in Waco are drawing government paychecks while the victims who survived the assault are in jail. The person who made the decision resulting in the deaths of men, women and children in OKC faces death and the victims who survived are heros. The true tragedy surrounding these events is the fact that the media gets away with feeding the public hype and hoopla because that is all the public really wants to hear. Reality is just too damn scary. Reality is that when the government screws up an operation so badly that it gets totally out of hand and results in the deaths of a multitude of citizens, the survivors will be imprisoned in order to accentuate their guilt and the government's innocence. Reality is that a single person with no connections to any (perceived) radical group can commit an act of destruction against government buildings and their occupants, and the government can confiscate all the weapons and do all the wiretaps they want without making the public any more secure against this possibility. The public wants to be told that the "danger" can be removed if this-or-that group is neutralized. The public wants the media to name an enemy that we can be protected from--militia, drug dealers, pornographers, cryptologists. Reality is too scary. Reality is that I can pick up the garden hoe outside and walk over to my neighbor's house and whack his whole family over the head, and he can do the same. (Reality is the fact that I would spend 5 more years in prison than he, because I have PGP on my computer.) Reality is that if government takes away all the guns and crypto, and taps all the phones, and even takes away my garden hoe, I can break off a good, thick tree branch and go whack the public over the head. (even innocent children!) We live in a Media Reality where the slaughter of men, women and children is given a spin to provide whatever illusion the media and the polls deem will sell the most Pepsi to the public. The public doesn't want to hear that the 800 law enforcement agents surrounding Waco are monsters. They don't want to hear that people can be slaughtered for their religious beliefs by government forces. They do want to believe that a single monster is responsible for OKC and that killing him will remove the threat. And most of all, the public wants to believe that the Branch Davidians "had it coming," because, if they didn't, then the possibilities it raises are too frightening to imagine. The problem, of course, is that the greater the number and the more varied the groups of people who resist increasing government control, then the greater and the more varied will be the list of people who "have it coming." Currently, cryptographers are being added to the list of those who "have it coming." The media reports of the government assault on the meeting place for the Bay Area Cypherpunks meeting will be accompanied by government proof of the Cypherpunks having started the fire in which they died. There will be great media coverage of the Cypherpunks' conspiracies to poison water supplies, make drugs and deal in child pornography (under their "leader," Jim Bell, of course). Oh, I forgot about Cypherpunks' plans to "nuke D.C." If that isn't enough to make us all "monsters" then what is? Of course, while we are sitting in jail (or walking toward the gas chamber) we can take consolation in the fact that perhaps somewhere there is a country showing a documentary which reflects the reality of our lives and our actions, instead of the hype and hoopla needed to sell more Pepsi. TruthMonger

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Re: Regulating the Net
by 3umoelle＠informatik.uni-hamburg.de 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> Note the privacy protections being written into law in Germany: > > "Privacy protection: Personal data can be gathered only to the > extent that is necessary to perform the requested service (like > connecting to the Internet) or for accounting purposes, and must be > erased immediately thereafter. The consumers must be forewarned of > the type, scope and place of the data collection and have the right > to access their personal information at any time." > > Since this bill is now passing into law, I will expect an immediate > exodus of corporations from the country in order to avoid these > draconian laws. Better start selling my deutschemarks, huh? There is nothing much new in that law. Internet service providers have always been subject to the general Privacy Law. Also have a look at the EU privacy directive, which is similar in spirit: http://www.echo.lu/legal/en/dataprot/directiv/directiv.html You'll probably not be very surprised to learn that e.g. many credit card companies operate from Denmark or the Netherlands, and that even the state-owned railway company has orders for their customer cards processed in the US and the cards mailed from Holland.

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None Re: Recipient Anonymity
by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Matt Ghio wrote: > A group of servers collects messages of equal length for anonymous > recipients. All servers exchange messages so that each has copies of all > messages. > > A recipient wishes to retrieve a message from the servers without any > server knowing which message he is receiving. The recipient selects a > group of n servers. From each server, S_1...S_n-1, he requests a random > selection of messages, with a 50% probability that any particular message > will be selected. The server returns the xor of all messages requested. > He sends the final server a request which is the xor of all the previous > requests and the one single message that he wants. > > The xor of all the responses is the desired message. It is impossible to > determine which message was received unless all servers collude. So what you're saying is: - Messages - A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Server 1: 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 Server 2: 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 Server 3: 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 So server 1 sends back the xor of messages A,C,D,F...Z; server 2 sends back the xor of B,C,E,F,G...etc. The xor of all of that cancels out everything except Message Q. But as long as at least one of the servers doesn't keep logs then nobody will know that except the person who downloaded it. Clever. It sure beats reply-blocks. :)

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Announcing E3News.Com!
by announce＠lists.zdnet.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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ALERT: Senate to vote on mandatory key escrow as early as Thu June 19!
by Shabbir J. Safdar 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

============================================================================= ____ _ _ _ / ___|_ __ _ _ _ __ | |_ ___ | \ | | _____ _____ | | | '__| | | | '_ \| __/ _ \ _____| \| |/ _ \ \ /\ / / __| | |___| | | |_| | |_) | || (_) |_____| |\ | __/\ V V /\__ \ \____|_| \__, | .__/ \__\___/ |_| \_|\___| \_/\_/ |___/ |___/|_| SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE SET TO VOTE ON MANDATORY KEY ESCROW LEGISLATION AS EARLY AS THURSDAY JUNE 19TH! CALL NOW! Date: June 17, 1997 Expires July 1, 1997 URL:http://www.crypto.com/ crypto-news(a)panix.com Redistribution of crypto-news is allowed in its entirety. _____________________________________________________________________________ Table of Contents ALERT - Senate Committee Set to Vote on Key Escrow What YOU CAN DO NOW! Background On The Encryption Issue How to start or stop receiving crypto-news About This Alert _____________________________________________________________________________ ALERT - SENATE COMMITTEE SET TO VOTE ON BILL TO GUARANTEE GOVERNMENT ACCESS TO YOUR PRIVATE ONLINE COMMUNICATIONS On Tuesday June 17, Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Bob Kerrey (D-NE) introduced legislation which would all but mandate that Americans provide guaranteed government access to their private online communications and stored files. The bill, known as "The Secure Public Networks Act of 1997" (S.909) represents a full scale assault on your right to protect the privacy and confidentiality of your online communications. Please take a moment to read the instructions below and, if your Senator is a member of the Commerce Committee, please take a moment to call your Senator TODAY! Though offered on Capitol Hill as a compromise, the McCain-Kerrey bill is virtually identical to draft legislation proposed earlier this year by the Clinton Administration while doing nothing to protect the privacy and security of Internet users. The bill closely mirrors draft legislation proposed by the Clinton Administration earlier this Spring. Specifically, the bill would: * Compel Americans to Use Government-Approved Key Recovery Systems * Make Key Recovery a Condition Of Participation in E-Commerce * Allow Government Carte Blanche Access to Sensitive Encryption Keys Without a Court Order * Create New Opportunities for Cybercrimes * Codify a low 56-bit Key Length Limit on Encryption Exports * Create Broad New Criminal Penalties for the Use of Encryption The full text of the bill, along with a detailed analysis, is available online at http://www.cdt.org/crypto/ ________________________________________________________________________ WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW On Thursday June 19, the Senate Commerce Committee is scheduled to hold a vote on S. 377, the Promotion of Commerce Online in the Digital Era (Pro-CODE) Act - an Internet-friendly encryption reform bill sponsored by Senators Burns (R-MT) and Leahy (D-VT). Senator McCain, the Commerce Committee Chairman, is expected to try and substitute his proposal for Pro-CODE - gutting the proposal and inserting provisions which would all but mandate guaranteed government access to your private communications. Please take a few moments to help protect your privacy and security in the Information Age by following the simple instructions below. ________________________________________________________________________ WHAT YOU CAN DO NOW ** THE COMMITTEE IS EXPECTED TO VOTE AT 9:30 AM Eastern JUNE 19 ** ** IT IS CRITICAL THAT YOU CALL YOUR SENATOR TODAY ** A list of Senate Commerce Committee members is printed below. If your Senator is on the list, please call TODAY. NOTE - If your Senator is not on the list, please visit http://www.crypto.com/adopt and ADOPT YOUR LEGISLATOR. You will receive targeted alerts next time your Representatives or Senators are poised to vote on this and other critical Internet Related issues. 1. If your Senator's name is on the list below, pick up the phone and call them at 202-224-3121. Ask for your Senator's office. Order: Frist, Abraham, Snowe, Stevens, Browe, Bryan. * = has publicly stated opposition to the McCain-Kerrey bill. + = has publicly stated support to the McCain-Kerrey bill. William Harrison Bill Frist, R-TN Spencer Abraham, R-MI ALL THESE SENATORS ARE Olympia Snowe, R-ME TELEPHONABLE AT 202-224-3121 Ted Stevens, R-AK John B. Breaux, D-LA Richard H. Bryan, D-NV +John McCain, R-AZ, Chairman *Conrad R. Burns, R-MT Slade Gorton, R-WA *Trent Lott, R-MS Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-TX *John Ashcroft, R-MO *Sam Brownback, R-KS +Ernest F. Hollings, D-SC, Ranking minority member Daniel K. Inouye, D-HI Wendell H. Ford, D-KY +John D. Rockefeller, IV, D-WV +John F. Kerry, D-MA *Byron L. Dorgan, D-ND *Ron Wyden, D-OR 2. Ask for the staffer that handles the encryption issue 3. Urge your Senator to OPPOSE THE McCAIN-KERREY BILL (S. 909) at the Commerce Committee Markup on June 19: SAY THIS -> I am a constituent calling to urge the Senator to oppose the McCain-Kerrey "Secure Public Networks Act" at the Committee markup on June 19. The bill all but mandates key-recovery encryption and represents a grave threat to privacy and electronic commerce on the Internet. We need a solution to this issue that protects privacy and security on the Internet, and the solution being offered by Senators McCain and Kerrey isn't it. I hope you will take a strong stand on this important issue. 4. IMPORTANT! -- PLEASE LET US KNOW HOW IT WENT! Go to the feedback page for your member of Congress at http://www.crypto.com/feedback/ and let us know how it went. This will help us coordinate our strategy on the ground in DC. 5. Please forward this alert to your friends and colleagues who live in your congressional district (do not forward after June 25) 6. Finally, relax! You have done more to help fight for privacy and security on the Internet in 5 minutes than most people do in a year! We appreciate your support! ________________________________________________________________________ BACKGROUND ON THE ENCRYPTION POLICY ISSUE Complete background information, including: * A down-to-earth explanation of why this debate is important to Internet users * Analysis and background on the issue * An analysis of the Risks of Key-Recovery by leading cryptographers * Text of the Administration draft legislation * Text of Congressional proposals to reform US encryption policy * Audio transcripts and written testimony from recent Congressional Hearings on encryption policy reform * And more! Are all available at http://www.crypto.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ WHAT'S AT STAKE Encryption technologies are the locks and keys of the Information age, enabling individuals and businesses to protect sensitive information as it is transmitted over the Internet. As more and more individuals and businesses come online, the need for strong, reliable, easy-to-use encryption technologies has become a critical issue to the health and viability of the Net. Current US encryption policy, which limits the strength of encryption products US companies can sell abroad, also limits the availability of strong, easy-to-use encryption technologies in the United States. US hardware and software manufacturers who wish to sell their products on the global market must either conform to US encryption export limits or produce two separate versions of the same product, a costly and complicated alternative. The export controls, which the NSA and FBI argue help to keep strong encryption out of the hands of foreign adversaries, are having the opposite effect. Strong encryption is available abroad, but because of the export limits and the confusion created by nearly four years of debate over US encryption policy, strong, easy-to-use privacy and security technologies are not widely available off the shelf or "on the net" here in the US. A recently discovered flaw in the security of the new digital telephone network exposed the worst aspects of the Administration's encryption policy. Because the designers needed to be able to export their products, the system's security was "dumbed down". Researchers subsequently discovered that it is quite easy to break the security of the system and intrude on what should be private conversations. This incident underscores the larger policy problem: US companies are at a competitive disadvantage in the global marketplace when competing against companies that do not have such hindrances. And now, for the first time in history, the Clinton Administration and members of the US Senate have proposed DOMESTIC RESTRICTIONS on the ability of Americans to protect their privacy and security online. All of us care about our national security, and no one wants to make it any easier for criminals and terrorists to commit criminal acts. But we must also recognize encryption technologies can aid law enforcement and protect national security by limiting the threat of industrial espionage and foreign spying, promote electronic commerce and protecting privacy. What's at stake in this debate is nothing less than the future of privacy and the fate of the Internet as a secure and trusted medium for commerce, education, and political discourse. ________________________________________________________________________ HOW TO START OR STOP RECEIVING CRYPTO-NEWS To subscribe to crypto-news, sign up from our WWW page (http://www.crypto.com) or send mail to majordomo(a)panix.com with "subscribe crypto-news" in the body of the message. To unsubscribe, send a letter to majordomo(a)panix.com with "unsubscribe crypto-news" in the body. Requests to unsubscribe that are sent to shabbir(a)vtw.org will be ignored. ________________________________________________________________________ ABOUT THIS ALERT This message was brought to you by the Center for Democracy and Technology (http://www.cdt.org) and the Voters Telecommunications Watch (http://www.vtw.org/) who have joined together to create the Adopt Your Legislator Campaign - a unique and effective way of creating dialogue between members of Congress and their Constituents on critical Internet-related issues. For more information on the Adopt Your Legislator Campaign, please visit http://www.crypto.com/adopt/ ______________________________________________________________________________ end alert 06.17.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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RE: Digiweb.com's Movie Boys
by Paul Bradley 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

CC list cut from huge chain of people to just cpunx. > Explain to me how distributing JPEGS's of nude boys is an exercise of > personal freedom. I would have thought this was obvious, clearly not. Distributing any information is exercising ones right to free speech. Just because the speech happens to offend you does not make it wrong, I also find that often it is the most censorous that are the most repressed, I`m sure the poster probably has a collection of child pornography, or maybe just sits on the beach watching small boys? Datacomms Technologies 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: FC76DA85 "Don`t forget to mount a scratch monkey"

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Re: keeping secrets and knowing when they're compromised
by Paul Bradley 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> > I also want to know, if I'm still around, when and if those documents > > are decrypted. I.e. In the event that my friend isn't as trustworthy > > as I presume, I want to find out if s/he decrypts the files while I'm > > still around. There is a solution, a simple one, that can split the repsonsibility. Encrypt the documents with a normal symmetric cryptosystem, something strong and unlikely to be compromised in the near future, say LOKI or IDEA, or maybe 3DES if you trust it. XOR the key with a random value, give the result to your friend and print out the random value, sign it and give it to a bank or solicitor as a bequest in your will to your friend. If and when something does happen the friend proves your death to the bank using probate or a death certificate, gets the random value, XORs it with the string you gave her and she has the key. She can then easily decrypt the data. Yes, it does involve a third party, but it is unlikely your friend could collude with a respected bank or solicitor/notary to recover the key... Really all depends how paranoid you are. Datacomms Technologies 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: FC76DA85 "Don`t forget to mount a scratch monkey"

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Re: [?????] PGP 5.0 Freeware is available from ???
by imran 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Does Any body know if the PGP 5.0 program can be found outside US and Canada,or how can the users from rest of the world have access to it. please reply in person if possible. _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ ..o0O""O0o.. I see this world with a pessimist's eye not to grieve ( | | ) upon the misery of the Adam's children but to wait ) / \ ( in vain for the blissful years yet to come... (_) (_)

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[PGP-USERS] ANNOUNCING: Georgia Cracker Anonymous Remailer
by Fred B. Ringel 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Hi all- Here is Andy Dustbin's replacement for the dustbin remailer, one which was quite reliable during the time it was up. Add this one to your lists. You can get the keys from the remailer. The good news is Andy intends to eatablish another nym remailer. We need more of these. Fred /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ Fred B. Ringel -- Rivertown.Net Internet Access Systems Administrator -- Voice/Fax/Support: +1.914.478.2885 PGP- Public Key -- email: fredr-pgpkey(a)joshua.rivertown.net Although in theory, there's no difference between theory and practice, in practice, there is. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 00:42:49 -0400 (EDT) From: Andy Dustman <andy(a)CCMSD.chem.uga.edu> Subject: ANNOUNCING: Georgia Cracker Anonymous Remailer Dustbin is dead; long live Cracker! ("Cracker" means more than you think; get out your dictionaries and look up the term as it applies to the SE US, or specifically GA. ;) Here is the vital data: $remailer{"cracker"} = "<remailer(a)anon.efga.org> cpunk pgp hash latent cut ek mix reord middle"; Cracker runs ghio-2 and Mixmaster 2.0.4b1. You may notice an extra key stashed in here. It is for the forthcoming nymserver (which I am having a nasty problem with PGPPATH, ARGH!). Don't use it yet; I hopefully will make the announcement tommorrow. Andy Dustman / Computational Center for Molecular Structure and Design / UGA To get my PGP public key, send me mail with subject "send file key". For the ultimate anti-spam procmail recipe, send me mail with subject "spam" "Encryption is too important to leave to the government." -- Bruce Schneier http://www.ilinks.net/~dustman mailto:andy@CCMSD.chem.uga.edu <}+++<

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Can You Handle $50,000?
by Anne 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

<HTML><PRE>CAN YOU HANDLE $50,000? First, please accept my apology if this was sent to you in error! You could possibly make at least $50,000 - In less than 90 days! Read the enclosed program ....THEN READ AGAIN.... The enclosed information is something I almost let slip through my fingers. Fortunately, sometime later I re-read everything and gave it serious thought and study to it. So glad I did! Here's my story! My name is Christopher Erickson. Two years ago, the corporation I worked at for the past twelve years down-sized and my position was eliminated. After unproductive job interviews, I decided to open my own business. Over the past year, I incurred many unforeseen financial problems. I owed my family, friends, and creditors over $35,000. The economy was taking a toll on my business and I just couldn't seem to make ends meet. I had to refinance and borrow against my home to support my family and struggling business. I truly believe it was wrong for me to be in debt like this. AT THAT MOMENT something significant happened in my life and I am writing to share my experience in hopes that this will change your life FOREVER .... FINANCIALLY!!!!!!! In mid-December, I received this program via email. Six months prior to receiving this I had been sending away for information on various business opportunities. All the programs I received, in my opinion, were not cost effective. They were either too difficult for me to comprehend or the initial investment was too much for me to risk to see if they worked or not. One claimed I'd make a million dollars in one year ..... it didn't tell me I'd have to write a book to make it. But like I was saying, in December of '92 I received this program. I didn't send for it, or ask for it, they just got my name off a mailing list. THANK GOODNESS FOR THAT!!! After reading it several times, to make sure I was reading it correctly, I couldn't believe my eyes. Here was a MONEY-MAKING PHENOMENON. I could invest as much as I wanted to start, without putting me further in debt. After I got a pencil and paper and figured it out, I would at least get my money back. After determning that the program is LEGAL and NOT A CHAIN LETTER, I decided "WHY NOT". Initially I sent out 10,000 emails. It cost me about $15.00 for my time on-line. The great thing about email is that I didn't need any money for printing to send out the program, only the cost to fulfill my orders. I am telling you like it is, I hope it doesn't turn you off, but I promised myself that I would not "rip-off" anyone, no matter how much money it cost me! In less than one week, I was starting to receive orders for REPORT #1. By January 13th, I had received 26 orders for REPORT #1. When you read the GUARANTEE in the program, you will see that "YOU MUST RECEIVE 15 TO 20 ORDERS FOR REPORT #1 WITHIN TWO WEEKS. IF YOU DON'T, SEND OUT MORE PROGRAMS UNTIL YOU DO!". My first step in making $50,000 in 20 to 90 days was done. By January 30th, I had received 196 orders for REPORT #2. If you go back to the GUARANTEE, "YOU MUST RECEIVE 100 OR MORE ORDERS FOR REPORT #2 WITHIN TWO WEEKS, IF NOT, SEND OUT MORE PROGRAMS UNTIL YOU DO. ONCE YOU HAVE 100 ORDERS, THE REST IS EASY. RELAX, YOU WILL MAKE YOUR $50,000 GOAL". Well, I had 196 orders for REPORT #2, 96 MORE THAN I NEEDED. So, I sat back and relaxed. By March 19th, of my emailing of 10,000, I received $58,000 with more coming in every day. I paid off ALL my debts and bought a much needed new car. PLEASE take time to read the attached program, IT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE FOREVER! Remember, it won't work if you DON'T try it! This program DOES WORK, but you must follow it EXACTLY! Especially the rules of not trying to place your name in a different place. THAT DOESN'T WORK, you'll lose out on a lot of money! REPORT #2 explains this. Always follow the guarantee, 15 to 20 orders for REPORT #1, and 100 or more orders for REPORT #2 and you will make $50,000 or more in 20 to 90 days. I AM LIVING PROOF THAT IT WORKS!!!!! If you choose not to participate in this program, I'm sorry. It really is a great opportunity with little cost or risk to you. If you choose to participate, follow the program and you will be on your way to financial security. If you are a fellow business owner and you are in financial trouble like I was, or you want to start your own business, consider this a sign. I DID! Sincerely, Christopher Erickson P.S. Do you have any idea what 11,700 $5 bills ($58,000) look like piled up on a kitchen table? IT'S AWESOME! "THREW IT AWAY" I had received this program before. I threw it away, but later wondered if I shouldn't have given it a try. Of course, I had no idea who to contact to get a copy, so I had to wait until I was emailed another copy of the program. Eleven months passed, then it came. I DIDN'T throw this one away. I made $41,000 on the first try". Dawn W., Evansville, IN "NO FREE LUNCH" "My late father always told me, remember, Alan, there is no free lunch. You get out of life what you put into it". Through trial and error and a somewhat slow frustrating start, I finally figured it out. The program works very well, I just had to find the right target group to email it to. So far this year, I have made over $63,000 using this program. I know my dad would have been very proud of me. Alan B., Philadelphia, PA A PERSONAL NOTE FROM THE ORIGINATOR OF THIS PROGRAM By the time you have read the enclosed information and looked over the enclosed program and reports, you should have concluded that such a program, and one that is legal, could not have been created by an amateur. Let me tell you a little about by myself. I had a profitable business for ten years. Then in 1979 my business began falling off. I was doing the same things that were previously successful for me, but it wasn't working. Finally, I figured it out. It wasn't me, it was the economy. Inflation and recession had replaced the stable economy that had been with us since 1945. I don't have to tell you what happened to the unemployment rate .... because many of you know from first hand experience. There were more failures and bankruptcies than ever before. The middle class was vanishing. Those who knew what they were doing invested wisely and moved up. Those who did not, including those who never had anything to save or invest, were moving down into the ranks of the poor. As the saying goes, "THE RICH GET RICHER AND THE POOR GET POORER". The traditional methods of making money will never allow you to "move up" or "get rich", inflation will see to that. You have just received information that can give you financial freedom for the rest of your life, with "NO RISK" and "JUST A LITTLE BIT OF EFFORT". You can make more money in the next few months than you have ever imagine. I should also point out that I will not see a penny of your money, nor anyone else who has provided a testimonial for this program. I have already made over FOUR MILLION DOLLARS! I have retired from the program after sending out over 16,000 programs. Now I have several offices which market this and several other programs here in the US and overseas. By the Spring, we wish to market the 'internet' by a partnership with AMERICA ON LINE. Follow the program EXACTLY AS INSTRUCTED. Do not change it in any way. It works exceedingly well as it is now. Remember to email a copy of this exciting program to everyone that you can think of. One of the people you send this to may send out 50,000 .... and your name will be on every one of them! Remember though, the more you send out, the more potential customers you will reach. So my friend, I have given you the ideas, information, materials and opportunity to become financially independent, IT IS UP TO YOU NOW! "THINK ABOUT IT" Before you throw this away or delete it from your mailbox, as I almost did, take a little time to read it and REALLY THINK ABOUT IT. Get a pencil and paper and figure out what could happen when YOU participate. Figure out the worst possible response and no matter how you calculate it, you will still make a lot of money! Definitely get back what you invested. Any doubts you have will vanish when your first orders come in. IT WORKS! Paul Johnson, Raleigh, NC HERE'S HOW THIS AMAZING PROGRAM WILL MAKE YOU $$$$$$$$$$$ Let's say that you decide to start small, just to see how it goes, and we'll assume that the mailing receives a 5% response. Using a good list the response could be much better. Also, many people will send out hundreds of thousands of programs instead of 2,000. But continuing with this example, you send out only 2,000 programs. With a 5% response, that is only 10 orders for REPORT #1. Those 10 people respond by sending out 2,000 programs each for a total of 20,000. Out of those 5%, 100 people respond and order REPORT #2. Those 100 mail out 2,000 programs each for a total of 200,000. the 5% response to that is 1,000 orders for REPORT #3. Those 1,000 send out 2,000 programs each for 2,000,000 total. The 5% response to that is 10,000 orders for REPORT #4. That's 10,000 five dollar bills for you. CASH!!!! Your total income in this example of $50 + $500 + $5000 + $50,000 for a total of $55,500!!!!!! REMEMBER FRIEND, THIS IS ASSUMING 1,990 OUT OF 2,000 PEOPLE YOU MAIL TO WILL DO ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.....AND TRASH THIS PROGRAM! DARE TO THINK FOR A MOMENT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF EVERYONE OR HALF SENT OUT 100,000 PROGRAMS INSTEAD OF ONLY 2000. Believe me, many people will do that and more! By the way, your cost to participate in this is practially nothing if you go the email route. Email is FREE! REPORT #3 will show you the best methods for bulk emailing and purchasing email lists. If you go the regular mail route, that also will provide you with a very nice income. The costs for regular mail are higher. THIS IS A LEGITIMATE, LEGAL, MONEY MAKING OPPORTUNITY. It does not require you to come in contact with people, do any hard work, and best of all, you never have to leave the house except to get the mail. If you believe that someday you'll get that big break that you've been waiting for, THIS IS IT! Simply follow the instructions, and your dreams will come true. This multi-level order marketing program works perfectly .... 100% EVERY TIME. If you have a computer, email is the sales tool of the future. Take advantage of this non-commercialized method of advertising NOW!!! The longer you wait, the more people will be doing business using email. Get your piece of this action now!!! MULTI-LEVEL MARKETING (MLM) has finally gained respectability. It is being taught in the Harvard Business School, and both Stanford Research and The Wall Street Journal have stated that between 50% and 65% of all goods and services will be sold throughout Multi-Level Methods by the mid to late 1990's. This is a Multi-Billion Dollar industry and of the 500,000 millionaires in the US, 20% (100,000) made their fortune in the last several years in MLM. Moreover, statistics show 45 people become millionaires everyday through Multi-Level Marketing. INSTUCTIONS We at Erris Mail Order Marketing Business, have a method of raising capital that REALLY WORKS 100% EVERY TIME. I am sure that you could use $50,000 to $125,000 in the next 20 to 90 days. Before you say "Bull", please read the program very carefully! This is not a chain letter, but a perfectly legal money making opportunity. Basically, this is what we do: As with all multi-level business, we build our business by recruiting new partners and selling our products. Every state in the USA allows you to recruit new multi-level business partners, and we offer a product for EVERY dollar sent. YOUR ORDERS COME AND ARE FILLED THROUGH THE MAIL, so you are not involved in personal selling. You do it privately in your own home, store or office. This is the GREATEST Multi-level Mail OrderMarketng anywhere: Step (1) ORDER ALL FOUR (4) REPORTS LISTED BY NAME AND NUMBER. Do this by ordering the REPORT from each of the four (4) names listed. For each REPORT, send $5 CASH and a SELF-ADDRESSED, STAMPED envelope (BUSINESS SIZE #10) to the person LISTED for the SPECIFIC REPORT. International orders should also include $1 extra for postage. It is essential that you specify the NAME and NUMBER of the report requested to the person you are ordering from. You will need ALL FOUR REPORTS because you will be REPRINTING and RESELLING them. DO NOT alter the names or sequence other than what the instructions say. IMPORTANT: Always provide same-day service on all orders. Step (2) REPLACE THE NAME AND ADDRESS UNDER REPORT #1 WITH YOURS, moving the one that was there down to REPORT #2. Drop the name and address under REPORT #2 to REPORT #3, moving the one that was there to REPORT #4. The name and address that was under REPORT #4 is dropped from the list and this party is no doubt on the way to the bank. When doing this, make certain you type the names and addresses ACCURATELY! DO NOT MIX UP MOVING PRODUCT/REPORT POSITIONS!!!! Step (3) HAVING MADE THE REQUIRED CHANGES IN THE NAME LIST, save it as Text (.txt) file in its own directory to be used with whatever email program you like. Again, REPORT #3 will tell you the best methods of bulk emailing and acquiring email lists. Step (4) EMAIL OR MAIL A COPY OF THE ENTIRE PROGRAM (ALL OF THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT) TO EVERYONE whose address you can get your hands on. Start with friends and relatives since you can encourage them to take advantage of this fabulous money-making opportunity. That's what I did. And they love me now, more then ever. Then, email to anyone and everyone! Use your imagination! You can get email addresses from companies on the internet who specialize in email mailing lists and services, mailing them for you. These are very inexpensive, 100,000 addresses for around $50.00 up. IMPORTANT: You won't get a good response if you use an old list, so ALWAYS request a FRESH, NEW list. You will find out where to purchase these lists when you order the four (4) reports. ALWAYS PROVIDE SAME-DAY SERVICE ON ALL ORDERS!!! REQUIRED REPORTS **** Order each REPORT by NUMBER and NAME **** ALWAYS SEND A SELF-ADDRESSED, STAMPED ENVELOPE AND $5 CASH FOR EACH ORDER REQUESTING THE SPECIFIC REPORT BY NAME AND NUMBER. **** REPORT #1 "HOW TO MAKE $250,000 THROUGH MULTI-LEVEL SALES" ORDER REPORT #1 FROM: THE "Z" COMPANY 1506 Audubon Place Shreveport, La. 71105 **** REPORT #2 "MAJOR CORPORATIONS AND MULTI-LEVEL SALES" ORDER REPORT #2 FROM: KZT 1013 Speed Monroe, La. 71201 **** REPORT #3 "SOURCES FOR THE BEST MAILING LISTS" ORDER REPORT #3 FROM: SOUTHERN S. S. 1324 Chopin Bossier City, La. 71112 **** REPORT #4 "EVALUTING MULTI-LEVEL SALES PLANS" ORDER REPORT #4 FROM: PREMIER CO. 115 Fielder Lane Shreveport, La. 71105 CONCLUSION! I am enjoying my fortune that I made by sending out this program. You, too, will be making money in 20 - 90 days, if you follow the SIMPLE STEPS outlined in this mailing. To be financially independent is to be FREE. Free to make financial decisions as never before. Go into business, get into investments, retire or take a vacation. No longer will a lack of money hold you back. However, very few people reach financial independence, because when opportunity knocks, they choose to ignore it. It is much easier to say "NO" than "YES", and this is the question that you must answer. WILL YOU ignore this amazing opportunity or will you take advantage of it? If you do nothing, you have indeed missed something and nothing will change. PLEASE re-read this material, this is a special opportunity. If you have questions, please feel free to write to the sender of this information. You will get a prompt and informative reply. My method is simple. I sell thousands of people a product for $5 that costs me pennies to produce and email. I should also point out that this program is legal and everyone who participates WILL make money. This is not a chain letter or pyramid scam. At times you have probably received chain letters, asking you to send money, on faith, but getting NOTHING in return, no product what-so-ever! Not only are chain letters illegal, but the risk of someone breaking the chain makes them quite unattractive. You are offering a legitimate product to your people. After they purchase the product from you, they reproduce more and resell them. It's simple free enterprise. As you learned from the enclosed material, the PRODUCT is a series of four (4) FINANCIAL AND BUSINESS REPORTS. The information contained in these REPORTS will not only help you in making your participation in this program more rewarding, but will be useful to you in any other business decisions you make in the years ahead. You are also buying the rights to reprint all of the REPORTS, which will be ordered from you by those to whom you mail this program. The concise one and two page REPORTS you will be buying can easily be reproduce at a local copy center for a cost of about 3 cents a copy. Best wishes with the program and GOOD LUCK! "IT WAS TRULY AMAZING" "Not being the gambling type, it took me several weeks to make up my mind to participate in this program. But conservative as I am, I decided that the initial investment was so little that there was no way that I could NOT get enough orders to at least get my money back. BOY, was I ever surprised when I found my medium sized post office box crammed with orders! I will make more money this year than any ten years of my life before". Mary Riceland, Lansing, MI TIPS FOR SUCCESS Send for your 4 REPORTS immediately so you will have them when the orders start coming in. When you receive a $5 order, you MUST send out the product/service to comply with US Postal and Lottery laws. Title 18, Sections 1302 and 1341 specifically state that: "A PRODUCT OR SERVICE MUST BE EXCHANGED FOR MONEY RECEIVED". WHILE YOU WAIT FOR THE REPORTS TO ARRIVE: 1. Name your new company. You can use your own name if you desire. 2. Get a post office box (preferred). 3. Edit the names and addresses on the program. You MUST remember, your name and address go next to REPORT #1 and the others all move down one, with the fourth one being bumped OFF. 4. Obtain as many addresses as possible to send until you receive the information on the mailing list companies in REPORT #3. 5. Decide on the number of programs you intend to send out. The more you send out and the quicker you send them, the more money you will make. 6. After mailing the programs, get ready to fill the orders. 7. Copy the four 4 REPORTS so you are able to send them out as soon as you receive an order. IMPORTANT: ALWAYS PROVIDE SAME-DAY SERVICE ON ORDERS YOU RECEIVE! 8. Make certain the letter and reports are neat and legible. YOUR GUARANTEE! The check point which GUARANTEES your success is simply this: you must receive 15 to 20 orders for REPORT #1. This is a MUST!!!! If you don't within two weeks, email out more programs until you do. Then a couple of weeks later you should receive at least 100 orders for REPORT #2, IF YOU DON'T, send out more programs until you do. Once you have received 100 or more orders for REPORT #2, (TAKE A DEEP BREATH) you can sit back and relax, because YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE AT LEAST $50,000. Mathematically it is a proven guarantee. Of those who have participated in the program and reached the above GUARANTEES - ALL have reached their $50,000 goal. Also, remember, every time your name is moved down the list you are in front of a different REPORT, so you can keep track of your program by knowing what people are ordering from you. IT'S THAT EASY, REALLY, IT IS!!!! REMEMBER: "HE WHO DARES NOTHING, NEED NOT HOPE FOR ANYTHING". "INVEST A LITTLE TIME, ENERGY AND MONEY NOW OR SEARCH FOR IT THE REST OF YOUR LIFE". GOOD LUCK! </PRE></HTML>

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Re: [?????] PGP 5.0 Freeware is available from ???
by Arunas Norvaisa 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

On 09:29 PM 97.06.18 +0700, Peng Chiew wrote (and I quoted): > where is .tr in the first place? >Will you pay for my airticket?? ;) tr is for Turkey and yes, you'll need airticket to get there from .my !!! :) > >Seriously, you can get it at: > > ftp.hacktic.nl > pub/replay/pub/incoming/pgp50trial.exe > Will this be legal??? <= This is the question. BTW, when this 'trial' version will cease to work? -- greetz... Arunas Norvaisa - little guy, The Masses Inc. <mailto:arunas@post1.com> with subject: 'send key' to get PGP key PGP for idiots page <http://www.a-vip.com/an> and a mirror site <http://www.post1.com/~arunas> To understand a program you must become both the machine and the program.

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17 Dec '03

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Recycling your unwanted junk email
by Bill Stewart 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Got any SPAM you're not using? Want to find a good home for it? A friend of mine passed along this request for spam, which can be beneficially recycled... Bill -------------- please forward your spam to junk(a)thehouse.org (or subscribe junk(a)thehouse.org to spam lists) ------- Forwarded Message Return-Path: dc-stuff Message-Id: <3.0.32.19970618085725.008b69d0(a)mail.ctp.com> X-Sender: ybenja(a)mail.ctp.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 (32) Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 08:57:28 -0700 To: dc-stuff(a)merde.dis.org From: Yobie Benjamin <ybenja(a)ctp.com> Subject: Spaminator II Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-dc-stuff Precedence: bulk X-forward-loop: dc-stuff Reply-To: Yobie Benjamin <ybenja(a)ctp.com> X-Comment: TO UNSUBSCRIBE: email "unsubscribe dc-stuff" to majordomo(a)dis.org X-Comment: Lonely? Need a friend and lover? email dtangent(a)defcon.org X-Comment: tired of typing? call the Defcon Voice Bridge 801-855-3326 X-Copyright: This message is Copyright all rights reserved unless expressly limited Status: O A few of you have been kind enough to send some spam to junk(a)thehouse.org. Unfortunately, much of it has been significantly altered, which makes it less useful. If you send any junkmail, please leave the headers and body as intact as possible. IMPORTANT!!! That means you shouldn't make a new message and include the junk mail in it, you shouldn't send the junk as an attachment, you shouldn't send more than one piece of junk in a single message, and you shouldn't quote the message text by insterting characters at the beginning of each line. Most of these things aren't that hard to undo, but everyone does them a bit differently and we'd rather not have to go through and fix them all. The best way to do it: sendmail junk(a)thehouse.org < onemessage or formail -ds sendmail junk(a)thehouse.org < manymessages If you use Emacs and VM, the following code will bind J in the summary window to do the Right Thing. (defvar flan-junkmail-address "junk(a)thehouse.org" "The address to forward all junkmail to.") (defun flan-junk-junkmail (prefix-arg) "Send all junkmail to 'flan-junkmail-address and delete it." (interactive "p") (if (interactive-p) (vm-follow-summary-cursor)) (vm-delete-message 1) (vm-pipe-message-to-command (concat "/usr/lib/sendmail " flan-junkmail-address) prefix-arg)) (define-key vm-mode-map "J" 'flan-junk-junkmail) ------- End of Forwarded Message

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Federal Websites
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

The General Accounting Office has published an astonishing list of over 4,000 Federal Websites, many not well-known, with hyperlinks for easy access: - World Wide Web Sites: Reported by 42 Federal Organizations. GGD-97-86S. June 1, 1997. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/gg97086s.pdf It's a supplement to an assessment of federal electronic information systems: - Internet and Electronic Dial-Up Bulletin Board System Activities: Information Reported by Federal Organizations. GGD-97-86. June 16, 1997. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/gg97086.pdf We note the also amazingly-revealing GovBot Database of Government Websites which provides search and access to 308,000 government and military web pages: http://cobar.cs.umass.edu/ciirdemo/Govbot/

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House Science hearing TOMORROW on NIST computer security act (fwd)
by Declan McCullagh 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 09:59:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Declan McCullagh <declan(a)well.com> To: fight-censorship(a)vorlon.mit.edu Subject: House Science hearing TOMORROW on NIST computer security act ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 17:11:03 -0400 From: "Farmer, Donna" <Donna.Farmer(a)mail.house.gov> To: declan Subject: Computer Security Enhancement Act of 1997 Subcommittee on Technology Legislative Hearing on the Computer Security Enhancement Act of 1997 Thursday, June 19th 1997 10:00 AM to 12:00 Noon 2318 Rayburn House Office Building The Honorable Gary Bachula Stephen T. Walker Acting Under Secretary for Technology President and CEO Technology Administration Trusted Information Systems, Inc. Department of Commerce Glenwood, MD Washington, DC James Bidzos Whitfield Diffie President & CEO Distinguished Engineer Redwood City, CA Sun Microsystems Mountain View, CA Marc Rotenberg Director Electronic Privacy Information Center Washington, DC .. Hearing Purpose: The Hearing will focus on the provisions of the Computer Security Enhancement Act of 1997. The bill amends the Computer Security Act of 1987 (P.L. 100-235). The Computer Security Act 1987of gave NIST the lead responsibility for computer security for Federal civilian agencies. The act requires NIST to develop the standards and guidelines needed to ensure cost-effective security and privacy of sensitive information in Federal computer systems. Background: The Computer Security Enhancement Act will strengthen the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST's ) historic role in computer security established by the Computer Security Act. The bill updates the decade-old act while giving NIST the tools it requires to ensure that appropriate attention and effort is concentrated on securing our Federal information technology infrastructure. What the Bill Does: The Computer Security Enhancement Act updates the Computer Security Act to take into account the evolution of computer networks and their use by both the Federal Government and the private sector. Specifically, the security enhancement act: 1. Requires NIST to promote the acquisition of off-the-shelf products for meeting civilian agency computer security needs. This measure should reduce the cost and improve the availability of computer security technologies to Federal agencies. 2. Increases the input of the independent Computer System Security and Privacy Advisory Board into NIST's decision-making process. The board, which is made up of representatives from industry, federal agencies and other outside experts, should assist NIST in its development of standards and guidelines for Federal systems. 3. Requires NIST to develop standardized tests and procedures to evaluate the strength of foreign encryption products. Through such tests and procedures, NIST, with assistance from the private sector, will be able to judge the relative strength of foreign encryption, thereby defusing some of the concerns associated with the export of domestically produced encryption products. 4. Limits NIST's involvement to the development of standards and guidelines for Federal civilian systems and not for the private sector. The bill clarifies that NIST standards and guidelines are to be used for the acquisition of security technologies for the Federal government and are not intended as restrictions on the production or use of encryption by the private sector. 5. Updates the Computer Security Act to address changes in technology over the last decade. Significant changes in the manner in which information technology is used by the Federal government have occurred since the enactment of the Computer Security Act. The bill updates the Act, taking these changes into account. 6. Establishes a new computer science fellowship program for graduate and undergraduate students studying computer security. The bill sets aside $250,000 a year, for each of the next two fiscal years, to enable NIST to finance computer security fellowships under an existing NIST grant program. 7. Requires the National Research Council to conduct a study to assess the desirability of, and the technology required to, support public key infrastructures.

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DESCHALL Press Release (fwd)
by Jeff Simmons 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: >From owner-deschall-announce(a)gatekeeper.megasoft.com Wed Jun 18 13:43:46 1997 Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 14:09:11 -0600 From: Rocke Verser <rcv(a)dopey.verser.frii.com> Message-Id: <199706182009.OAA06697(a)dopey.verser.frii.com> To: deschall(a)gatekeeper.megasoft.com Subject: DESCHALL Press Release Sender: owner-deschall(a)gatekeeper.megasoft.com Precedence: bulk INTERNET-LINKED COMPUTERS CHALLENGE DATA ENCRYPTION STANDARD LOVELAND, COLORADO (June 18, 1997). Tens of thousands of computers, all across the U.S. and Canada, linked together via the Internet in an unprecedented cooperative supercomputing effort to decrypt a message encoded with the government-endorsed Data Encryption Standard (DES). Responding to a challenge, including a prize of $10,000, offered by RSA Data Security, Inc, the DESCHALL effort successfully decoded RSADSI's secret message. According to Rocke Verser, a contract programmer and consultant who developed the specialized software in his spare time, "Tens of thousands of computers worked cooperatively on the challenge in what is believed to be one of the largest supercomputing efforts ever undertaken outside of government." Using a technique called "brute-force", computers participating in the challenge simply began trying every possible decryption key. There are over 72 quadrillion keys (72,057,594,037,927,936). At the time the winning key was reported to RSADSI, the DESCHALL effort had searched almost 25% of the total. At its peak over the recent weekend, the DESCHALL effort was testing 7 billion keys per second. Verser considers this project to be remarkable in two ways: One. This is the first time anyone has publicly shown that they can read a message encrypted with DES. And this was done with "spare" CPU time, mostly from ordinary PCs, by thousands of users who have never even met each other. U.S. government and industry will have to take a hard look at their cryptographic policies. "DES can no longer be considered secure against a determined adversary", Verser said. Two. This project demonstrates the kind of supercomputing power that can be harnessed on the Internet using nothing but "spare" CPU time. "Imagine what might be possible using millions of computers connected to the Internet!" Aside from cryptography and other obvious mathematical uses, supercomputers are used in many fields of science. "Perhaps a cure for cancer is lurking on the Internet?", said Verser, "Or perhaps the Internet will become Everyman's supercomputer." Under current U.S. government export regulations, and underscoring a problem faced by the U.S. software industry, the program that searched the keys could not be exported, except to Canada. A competitive effort, based in Sweden, sprang up well after the DESCHALL effort began. Able to "market" their keysearch software around the world, the Swedish effort caught up quickly, and had searched nearly 10 quadrillion keys by the end of the contest. ------------------------------------ Verser agrees with the sentiment voiced in RSADSI's secret message: "Strong cryptography makes the world a safer place." Use of strong cryptography, both domestically and internationally, is essential in today's electronic world. "But not at the expense of a citizen's right to privacy." Verser adds, "Recent proposals for 'key-recovery' and for criminalization of the use of cryptography have no place in a free society." Information about the DESCHALL effort is available from the official DESCHALL Web site at: <http://www.frii.com/~rcv/deschall.htm> MEDIA CONTACTS: Matt Curtin, (908) 431-5300 x 295, <cmcurtin(a)research.megasoft.com> ALTERNATE: Rocke Verser, (970) 663-5629, <rcv(a)dopey.verser.frii.com> ALTERNATE: Justin Dolske, (614) 459-5194, <dolske.1(a)osu.edu> - 30 - INTERNET LINKED COMPUTERS CHALLENGE DATA ENCRYPTION STANDARD Background / Sidebar, for Release dated June 18, 1997 The Data Encryption Standard, DES, is a national standard, adopted in 1977. Use of DES is mandatory in most Federal agencies, except the military. DES is very widely used in the private sector, as well. Interbank wire transfers, Visa transactions, your medical and financial records, and your employer's financial data are some of the many things secured against prying eyes or against modification by DES. When the Data Encryption Standard was adopted in 1977, there was some question as to whether or not the Standard was adequate to protect confidential data. Matt Curtin, Chief Scientist for Megasoft, Inc. says, "This is proving by example, not by mathematical calculation, that DES can be broken with little or no cost." Curtin added, "Others could just as easily be attempting to gain access to multibillion dollar wire transfers." MEDIA CONTACTS: Matt Curtin, (908) 431-5300 x 295, <cmcurtin(a)research.megasoft.com> ALTERNATE: Rocke Verser, (970) 663-5629, <rcv(a)dopey.verser.frii.com> ALTERNATE: Justin Dolske, (614) 459-5194, <dolske.1(a)osu.edu> - 30 - INTERNET LINKED COMPUTERS CHALLENGE DATA ENCRYPTION STANDARD Background for Release dated June 18, 1997 DESCHALL DATA SHEET DESCHALL Web site: <http://www.frii.com/~rcv/deschall.htm> Principal Organizer: Rocke Verser, self-employed contract programmer, Loveland, Colorado Team Leaders - Did "everything" Rocke didn't have time to do Matt Curtin, Chief Scientist, Megasoft Online Justin Dolske, Graduate Fellow / Research Associate, Ohio State Universtiy Team Contributors: Guy Albertelli, several "ports" Kelly Campbell, original Mac port Darrell Kindred, blazing fast bitslice clients Andrew Meggs, blazing fast Mac client Karl Runge, statistics and rankings Team Members: Dozens of people who contributed "shareware". Thousands of ordinary folks, who contributed "spare" CPU cycles. Project statistics: Start of contest: January 29, 1997 Announcement of DESCHALL project: February 18, 1997 End of contest: June 17, 1997 Size of keyspace: 72,057,594,037,927,936 Keys searched: 17,731,502,968,143,872 Peak keys/day: 601,296,394,518,528 Peak keys/second: 7,000,000,000 (approx) Peak clients/day: 14,000 (approx, based on IP address) Total clients, since start: 78,000 (approx, based on IP address) The computer that found the key: CPU: Pentium 90 RAM: 16 megabytes Operating System: FreeBSD 2.2.1 Speed (keys/second): 250,000 (approx) Client: FreeBSD v0.214, built March 12, 1997 Owner: iNetZ Corporation, Salt Lake City, Utah Operator: Michael K. Sanders MEDIA CONTACTS: Matt Curtin, (908) 431-5300 x 295, <cmcurtin(a)research.megasoft.com> ALTERNATE: Rocke Verser, (970) 663-5629, <rcv(a)dopey.verser.frii.com> ALTERNATE: Justin Dolske, (614) 459-5194, <dolske.1(a)osu.edu> -- Jeff Simmons jsimmons(a)goblin.punk.net Hey, man, got any spare CPU cycles? Help crack DES. http://www.frii.com/~rcv/deschall.htm

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