December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Question about 'TEMPEST'
by Tiny 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I`m sorry to ask such a stupid question. Is 'TEMPEST' an acronym, and if so, what exactly does it represent? Thank you, T -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 5.5.3i for non-commercial use <http://www.pgpi.com> iQA/AwUBNoBpaEiyQsorYRwzEQJFcgCghbCaE79bC5GeMtImqlmHmbs+aBUAnRZf ybJguQDd6XMo7g3YeBhTkCNB =RN0b -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Erik P. Sonnwald <hermit(a)citrus.infi.net> Public key available via public keyservers. Fingerprint: 6205 7AF1 1874 6CA5 F705 6C40 48B2 42CA 2B61 1C33

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Re: Good archive of AES algorithms?
by jim finder 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Thanks to everyone who responded to me on the AES archive. Most people pointed me to the counterpane.com web site, which is very nice and well done, and answers most of my questions. Unfortunately, though, Counterpane itself is one of the candidates, so the site may not exactly be unbiased. Is there any site with a similar scope being run by a disinterested party? Thanks again! ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

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No Subject
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

"kryz" <chrisharwig(a)hetnet.nl> crapped: > > Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name="YEAR.EXE" > *STOP* sending such *RATSHIT* to this mailing list you unforgivable dickheaded *SACK OF SHIT* Keep your fucking .EXE files to yourself. *SMASH YOURSELF* on the head with your nice little m$-windoze manuals. At least that would knock you unconscious and you won't be bothering us with your *BLATHERING CRAP*. *WE DO NOT WANT WINDOZE CRAP* on this list, you *RABIDDOGWHOREMONGER* can you get that through that *FUCKIN THICK* skull of yours?

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RE: Question about 'TEMPEST'
by Brown, R Ken 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Tim May wrote: > The full TEMPEST specs are more or less classified, as might > be expected. (Because one does not lightly tell one's enemies > what one is measuring for.) > Contrary to popular rumor, it is not "illegal" to shield > computers, to "use TEMPEST methods," as it were. Rather hard to see how it could be, given that the details are supposed to be secret! If all of a sudden you got arrested for wrapping wet towels around screens that would be a Big Clue.... (of course that assumes you live in a country where you get told what you;ve been arrested for. Hmmmm....) Ken

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Polish Telecommunications
by Jan Dobrucki 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Polish Telecommunications [Telekomunikacja Polska, TP S.A..] I went to Polish Telecommunications on the 21/12/1998 [na ul. Zamenhoffa w Warszawie - on Zamenhoff St. in Warsaw] and inquired what was being done about the Millennium Bug. What I got from a medium important chief was that there was an article not long ago about it, the name of the journal escapes me. She seemed pretty angry that I even asked about it. What made me angry was that she didn't know what was the bloody problem. Total ignorance. But I guess Polish Telecommunications are going to get a kick out it when the year 2000 finally does arrive. Later, Jan Dobrucki a.k.a. jdo -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Cyber-Knights Templar build 5.5.3ckt Comment: "Information is Ammunition" Comment: KeyID: 0x49281659 Comment: Fingerprint: F220 3529 2B65 FA9C F4DF 5F02 11ED D8BB iQEVAwUBNn+aCGiR2plJKBZZAQH3twf7BohEfDHGV+mpMILXcY9xGg3E7ZQJrYIz rLqVDFXwBjmxu+dyGetY05fsUSZRM/uWLpUcyY8rnIoQ/EngXfycrQ8iIHrUVQxD Jtbfd7JDV1h3XzM0s90LINTvVlCtHCcWTpjzqsOpkMKHiA9NjdpWO+lKphgekHAH gB15//qPDdtjOv9f4uzs1wonaGWU+sco8EZozGgO3NDZ3qW/rUtl+TmnmvnLXpFi xPgaZnozQajAO/Bls7SH7oT9BJSEV4+JMUQmNRi61BolOvFE1Io2MUpBjHuCOCii bHIX+9r3yAfJv+LmVgV61dSIWZIi3npo2yMD72nFtQFTwDrB+cLjTg== =7cUG -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Jury Duty
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

In 22 years of being qualified, I am facing my first jury duty summons as a regular employee and see no way out except to report. The old self-employment, financial burden exemption no longer applies. Is there a good web site where I can find other legal means to recuse myself (I live in AZ), or if I do decide to report and get on a trial, a web site on my rights to vote my conscious, aka jury nullification? The other option is to just lie, it says the penalty is that of perjury and it seems we shall soon have case law that perjury is no longer a crime. Not a facetious post, I have seen posts here on this before, but never really paid attention because it didn't affect me. If no answers, I will resort to a search engine. But I thought this letter would get me better quality advice. Thanks

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New synonym for GAK
by pgut001＠cs.auckland.ac.nz 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Another one to add to the list: >U.S. approves export of crypto product without key recovery > >EE Times >(12/22/98, 4:13 p.m. EDT) > >RICHARDSON, Texas. Network security specialists ODS Networks Inc. has won >government approval to export its strong encryption products to companies in >42 countries without a government-backed key recovery feature. > >ODS said it is the first U.S. company to receive a blanket export license >from the Department of Commerce to ship its crypto product. The government >strictly controls the export of encryption products with a key-recovery >feature and key lengths of 112, 128 or 1,024 bits. > >The ODS products use an alternate "stream recovery" feature that allows users >to protect encrypted data. The company said its stream recovery scheme helps >resolve conflicting requirements for privacy and monitoring. > >ODS said its objective was to introduce a monitoring capability that protects >the rights of innocent third parties in criminal investigations. Their PR which was sent to several crypto mailing lists earlier today was conveniently cut off just before the GAK paragraph (and in any case they weren't lying, just being economical with the truth). Peter.

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Context Magazine interviews with Moore, Metcalfe, and Coase
by Robert Hettinga 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Well, I don't know about *heroes*. I mean, Tom Swift, or the Grey Lensman, were *heroes*, right? ;-). Still these are some good interviews, in complete keeping with the topic of my last pico-rant. Metcalfe talks about micromoney, even what looks, facially, like a georecursive market. Sans digital bearer transaction settlement, of course, but they'll all learn... :-). Also note where Coase guess that transaction costs (not just settlement and clearing, but the whole information enchelada of finding products, etc.) might come to 45% of GDP, or $4.5 trillion for the US alone. Stuff like that is why I say that digital bearer transactions will be the dominant value transfer technology of the coming geodesic economy. Cheers, RAH --- begin forwarded text From: Somebody To: Bob Hettinga <rah(a)shipwright.com> Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 02:11:14 "GMT" Subject: Somebody has recommended a CONTEXT Magazine article to you Somebody sent you this article from CONTEXT Magazine (http://www.contextmag.com) Note: ----------------------------- A short interview with three of your heroes. Merry Christmas! <Somebody's .sig> ----------------------------- http://www.contextmag.com/archives/199809/lawAndDisorder.asp We hope you enjoy it. CONTEXT Magazine --- end forwarded text ----------------- Robert A. Hettinga <mailto: rah(a)philodox.com> Philodox Financial Technology Evangelism <http://www.philodox.com/> 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'

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"U.S. Allows Export Of Crypto Product ... strong-encryption productto 42 countries, without government-backed key-recovery"
by Ken Williams 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB19981222S0016 U.S. Allows Export Of Crypto Product (12/22/98, 5:38 p.m. ET) George Leopold, EE Times, http://www.eetimes.com Network security specialists ODS Networks has won government approval to export its strong-encryption product to companies in 42 countries, without a government-backed key-recovery feature. ODS, in Richardson, Texas, said it is the first U.S. company to receive a blanket export license from the Department of Commerce to ship its encryption product. The government strictly controls the export of encryption products with a key-recovery feature and key lengths of 112, 128, or 1,024 bits. The ODS products use an alternate "stream recovery" feature that lets users protect encrypted data. The company said its stream-recovery scheme helps resolve conflicting requirements for privacy and monitoring. ODS said its objective was to introduce a monitoring capability that protects the rights of innocent third parties in criminal investigations. - ----- Ken Williams Packet Storm Security http://www.Genocide2600.com/~tattooman/ E.H.A.P. Head of Operations http://www.ehap.org/ ehap(a)ehap.org NC State CS Dept http://www.csc.ncsu.edu/ jkwilli2(a)unity.ncsu.edu PGP DSS/DH/RSA Keys http://www4.ncsu.edu/~jkwilli2/pgpkey/ ___________________________________________________________________ Get Your Email Sniffed and Decrypted for Free at http://www.nsa.gov -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use Charset: noconv iQEVAwUBNoEMeZDw1ZsNz1IXAQEqJgf6AnDNmzgTEOpTRzjtcTdh0qpMH94HssYl Jo+YfCjc/zcd5mEscnX+CtBrKKggODzzl5LoXiwuJ6BShJqpj8MdAZtah1PAG5NS N6pC3/JLr0lSqGeRcRo0NiVMdizv/78wbIFMXIOWk0e9v5Dts41r9THptHkfZqmA Zae4P63jBh/9DQtEwLwN6Vuj2gkRUZsfDPRbLeRjYzMMfosLdixZTPRbm/cY0KMD bZhn/KyH10UeLE9YFhkIffPw/UThzcDhX2IxQjzoX1QoWDVSlqJSdN0Q07LJsRvz pabhYr2oYq+TGc4SH3FN/qTuI0eNu1gmP2G42zemcAt43NoQwyWOFg== =kzlM -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Break the code...from RSA [CNN]
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > X-within-URL: http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9812/23/codecrack.idg/ > RSA WANTS YOU TO CRACK THIS CODE > > [INLINE] > > December 23, 1998 > Web posted at: 10:30 AM EST > > by Rebecca Sykes > > (IDG) -- RSA Data Security will host another contest to break the U.S. > government's Data Encryption Standard at the RSA Data Security > Conference in San Jose, Calif., in January. > > The 56-bit DES encryption algorithm is widely used and has been broken > in the contest before, most recently in July in a record three days. [text deleted] ____________________________________________________________________ What raises the standard of living may well diminish the quality of life. The Club of Rome The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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Roast pesky car theives with a flame thrower!
by Sunder 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/africa/9812/11/flame.thrower.car/ Don't you wish these were legal in the USA? :) -- ---------------------------- Kaos Keraunos Kybernetos ------------------- + ^ + Sunder "The real aim of current policy is to /|\ \|/ sunder(a)sunder.net ensure the continued effectiveness of /\|/\ <--*--> ALLOW FREE EXPORT OF US information warfare assets against \/|\/ /|\ STRONG CRYPTOGRAPHY! individuals,businesses and governments \|/ + v + PROTEST WASSENAAR!!! in Europe and elsewhere" -- Ross Anderson ------------------------------ http://www.sunder.net ---------------------- RESTRICTED DATA - This material contains RESTRICTED DATA as defined in the Atomic Energy Act of 1954. Unauthorized disclosure subject to administrative and criminal sanctions. NOFORN ORCON WNINTEL SIOP-ESI CNWDI

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Koop's Crypto Law Survey updated - v. 14.1 (FW)
by Vin McLellan 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

From: "Bert-Jaap Koops" <E.J.Koops(a)kub.nl> Organization: Tilburg University Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 16:04:37 MET Subject: Crypto Law Survey updated - version 14.1 I have updated my Crypto Law Survey to version 14.1. http://cwis.kub.nl/~frw/people/koops/lawsurvy.htm INTERNATIONAL Wassenaar Arrangement (December 1998 changes) ASIA & PACIFIC China (no use restrictions) Indonesia (use restrictions?) Kyrgyzstan (no export controls) Vietnam (import controls) EUROPE EU (to implement Wassenaar changes?) Poland (free GSN import) Slovenia (no domestic controls) Spain (Telecoms Law may forebode key recovery) NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA Chile (no controls) Colombia (no controls) Costa Rica (no domestic controls) Mexico (no use restrictions) Puerto Rico (no controls) United States (new export relaxations; Junger dismissed; TACDFIPSFKMI charter extended; copyright act may hinder crypto research) Uruguay (no controls) Please note that the UK entry still needs updating. Bert-Jaap Koops Tilburg University 23 December 1998 -------------------------- You may forward this message, in its entirety, without permission. .-------------------------- To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to <e.j.koops(a)kub.nl> with subject "unsubscribe cls-update". . ----- "Cryptography is like literacy in the Dark Ages. Infinitely potent, for good and ill... yet basically an intellectual construct, an idea, which by its nature will resist efforts to restrict it to bureaucrats and others who deem only themselves worthy of such Privilege." _ A Thinking Man's Creed for Crypto _vbm. * Vin McLellan + The Privacy Guild + <vin(a)shore.net> * 53 Nichols St., Chelsea, MA 02150 USA <617> 884-5548

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Re: Good archive of AES algorithms?
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> Thanks to everyone who responded to me on the AES > archive. Most people pointed me to the counterpane.com > web site, which is very nice and well done, and answers > most of my questions. Unfortunately, though, Counterpane > itself is one of the candidates, so the site may not > exactly be unbiased. Is there any site with a similar scope > being run by a disinterested party? Apparently you did not see the post which directed you to http://www.nist.gov/aes/. This is the home page for the AES. It has links to independent analyses of the algorithms, as well as performance information. From that page we find: Block Cipher Lounge http://www.ii.uib.no/~larsr/aes.html cAESar Project http://www.dice.ucl.ac.be/crypto/CAESAR/caesar.html Efficiency Testing Table http://home.cyber.ee/helger/aes Efficiency Testing Results http://www.seven77.demon.co.uk/aes.htm Analysis from Louis Granboulan http://www.dmi.ens.fr/~granboul/recherche/AES.html NIST's preliminary efficiency testing results http://csrc.nist.gov/encryption/aes/round1/nistefficiency1.pdf

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jury duty
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 08:30 AM 12/23/98 +0100, Anonymous wrote: >In 22 years of being qualified, I am facing my first jury duty summons as a regular employee and see no way out except to report. The old self-employment, financial burden exemption no longer applies. Your employer is not obligated to pay you during your arbitrarily-long court slavery, BTW. See: Fully Informed Jury Amendment www.fija.org Since snailmail is datagrams, how do they know you received their packet? Remember that you aren't obligated to explain your reasons any more than the barbarians are obligated to be reasonable. >If no answers, I will resort to a search engine. But I thought this letter would get me better >quality advice. I wonder if its a crime yet to refer you to FIJA. You can get busted in Calif for distributing FIJA materials near a court. Don't stand out and you can accomplish more subversion.

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Re: Jury Duty
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

On Wed, 23 Dec 1998, Anonymous wrote: > In 22 years of being qualified, I am facing my first jury duty summons as a regular employee and see no way out except to report. The old self-employment, financial burden exemption no longer applies. > > Is there a good web site where I can find other legal means to recuse myself (I live in AZ), or if I do > decide to report and get on a trial, a web site on my rights to vote my conscious, aka jury nullification? Tell them the following: "I am aware of the doctrine of jury nullification and I will inform my fellow jurors of it. I will invoke it in cases where the defendant has been charged with a victimless crime, i.e. drug-related offenses, statutory rape, or other thoughtcrime, or when the law is otherwise unjust or unreasonable." The prosecutor won't touch you with a 10 foot pole.

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Re: Good archive of AES algorithms?
by jim finder 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Anonymous writes: >> Thanks to everyone who responded to me on the AES >> archive. Most people pointed me to the counterpane.com >> web site, which is very nice and well done, and answers >> most of my questions. Unfortunately, though, Counterpane >> itself is one of the candidates, so the site may not >> exactly be unbiased. Is there any site with a similar scope >> being run by a disinterested party? > >Apparently you did not see the post which directed you to >http://www.nist.gov/aes/. This is the home page for the AES. It has >links to independent analyses of the algorithms, as well as performance >information. From that page we find: > >Block Cipher Lounge > http://www.ii.uib.no/~larsr/aes.html >cAESar Project > http://www.dice.ucl.ac.be/crypto/CAESAR/caesar.html >Efficiency Testing Table > http://home.cyber.ee/helger/aes >Efficiency Testing Results > http://www.seven77.demon.co.uk/aes.htm >Analysis from Louis Granboulan > http://www.dmi.ens.fr/~granboul/recherche/AES.html >NIST's preliminary efficiency testing results > http://csrc.nist.gov/encryption/aes/round1/nistefficiency1.pdf Ah, I was so put off by the big brother process for requsting a CD that I missed those links. Thanks! Jim ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

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DOES U.S. INTERVENTION OVERSEAS BREED TERRORISM?
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

<snip from http://www.cato.org/pubs/fpbriefs/fpb-050es.html> Executive Summary According to Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, terrorism is the most important threat the United States and the world face as the 21st century begins. High-level U.S. officials have acknowledged that terrorists are now more likely to be able to obtain and use nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons than ever before. Yet most attention has been focused on combating terrorism by deterring and disrupting it beforehand and retaliating against it after the fact. Less attention has been paid to what motivates terrorists to launch attacks. According to the Pentagon's Defense Science Board, a strong correlation exists between U.S. involvement in international situations and an increase in terrorist attacks against the United States. President Clinton has also acknowledged that link. The board, however, has provided no empirical data to support its conclusion. This paper fills that gap by citing many examples of terrorist attacks on the United States in retaliation for U.S. intervention overseas. The numerous incidents cataloged suggest that the United States could reduce the chances of such devastating--and potentially catastrophic--terrorist attacks by adopting a policy of military restraint overseas. <snop> <snip> In fact, the interventionist foreign policy currently pursued by the United States is an aberration in its history. Adopting a policy of military restraint would return the United States to the traditional foreign policy it pursued for the first century and a half of its existence before the Cold War distorted it. Such a foreign policy is more compatible with the individual freedoms and economic prosperity that define the American way of life. <snop>

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Re: Question about 'TEMPEST': UPS
by Michael Motyka 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> Now... Just curious, if I simply make my study into a faraday cage via use of fine (< 1/2 inch) chicken wire, and insulate my power system from the computer emenations, would that be enough? Chicken wire is not that expensive, and I think that I could make it look nice on walls. > The cages I've used were framed in wood and had several layers of copper screening. The mesh was like standard window screen, <.125". There were two, I think sometimes three, layers. The corners/joints were copper sheet. The screen was soldered to the corners. The doors were stepped or beveled and had several sets of fingers - indside edge, outside edge, perhaps one intermediate. Screen makes ventilation easier. Power should be brought in through a separate, partitioned, shielded box with filtering in each partition. Phone lines, same thing. You trust your apps, os and TCP/IP stack to not rat you out? If not, work off-line always. One cage I saw had ferrite tiles on the solid walls to minimize internal reflections which would cut down on leakage too. Al foil if it were thick enough would be OK but how do you reliably join edges? Al has a bad habit of oxidizing rapidly in air. I guess you could fold edges over several times - seems tacky. Converting your study is non-trivial. The door would look like crap. You would need the euivalent of a door over the window. Build one in your garage. Make it out of sections so you can move it. 6' x 8' seems about right for a couple computers and some lab equip. Is the cost justified? I wouldn't trust 1/2" galvanized chicken wire for containing anything but chickens or other non-gnawing furry woodland creatures. Mike

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mobil cctv cameras... sigh...
by Sunder 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

http://www.patrolcctv.com/ "PATROL CCTV: The PATROL CCTV Called MOBILE VISION, is a mobile surveillance system, which extends the visual perimeter for Law Enforcement, Military, Government mobile surveillance requirements and for both on and off road driving for SUV enthusiasts. A Pan/Tilt/Zoom is compatible with in-car video recorders. Stabilizes images, reads license plates at 300FT. With a 24X Zoom and 85,000:1 dynamic range camera, makes Mobile Vision a unique system. " -- ---------------------------- Kaos Keraunos Kybernetos ------------------- + ^ + Sunder "The real aim of current policy is to /|\ \|/ sunder(a)sunder.net ensure the continued effectiveness of /\|/\ <--*--> ALLOW FREE EXPORT OF US information warfare assets against \/|\/ /|\ STRONG CRYPTOGRAPHY! individuals,businesses and governments \|/ + v + PROTEST WASSENAAR!!! in Europe and elsewhere" -- Ross Anderson ------------------------------ http://www.sunder.net ---------------------- RESTRICTED DATA - This material contains RESTRICTED DATA as defined in the Atomic Energy Act of 1954. Unauthorized disclosure subject to administrative and criminal sanctions. NOFORN ORCON WNINTEL SIOP-ESI CNWDI

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http://walkerdigital.com/html/patents.html
by Robert Hettinga 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Walker Digital, a self-described "Edison in Menlo Park" knockoff, and propagator of the priceline.com business model patent (which see, above), is the feature article of this week's omi-1998-gawd issue of The Industry Standard. WD has been patenting everything it can think of, including something I heard of at least 3 years ago from Eric Hughes and Bob Hilby at Simple Access: accumulating internet purchases to a 900- telephone number bill. However, since WD is 5 years old, maybe they got there first after after all, and that's why Hilby, Hughes and Co., stopped talking about it. Either that or Eric got Yet Another Big Idea, and they went chasing down *that* rabbithole instead. As a mostly unmedicated ADDer, I can sympathize with that problem, myself :-)... Anyway, since business process patents are the subject of this month's DCSB meeting, with what I'm sure will be a great talk by Michael Schmelzer and Ira Heffan of Testa Hurwitz here in Boston, I figured I'd give everyone on these lists some food for beforehand. People should monitor <http://www.thestandard.com>, for the actual text of the article, if and when it eventually hits their archives. It'll probably take a week or so. If, of course, they don't have a copy of the magazine themselves already, that is. William Braddock, who's the chairman and CEO of Priceline now, used to be up my direct chain of command, three or four bosses up, when I was an operations analyst at Citicorp 10 years ago, though I never met him. Eventually, he ended up President and CEO of Citicorp after I left. The guys I worked for always used to talk about him reverentually, but that could just be an organization-man thing. I seem to remember Steve Schear, who used to work at a different Citicorp company back then, talking lately about Braddock once or twice, but I can't remember if Schear knew Braddock back then or not. Finally, and most important for us, it looks like Bruce Schnier's involved with Walker Digital as a partner. Given the cryptographic content of not a few of their patents, (like 5,828,751, "Method for Secure Measurement Certification", or 5,768,832, "Remote-Auditing of Computer-Generated Outcomes and Authenticated Billing and Access-Control System Using Cryptographic and Other Protocols") it looks like that's where he's parking some of his IP these days. But, of course, I haven't gone to look at the patents themselves to see if his name's on them, so that's only speculation. Curioser and curioser. Reading all of this stuff this afternoon me made me antsy enough, grouchy, really, to start a rant about this kind of patent-farming, sparked both by all the registered trademarks in the DigiCash bankruptcy filing, and compounded all the fun things Walker Digital has gone and patented, things which are braindead simple. To some people, anyway. :-). Priceline, for instance, seems to me exactly like the specialist's book at the New York Stock Exchange, frankly, but since it's now on the internet, it's patentable, according to the Patent Office. Anyway, the rant on this is forthcoming, or at least in the hopper, my having vented a little steam here, and, in the meantime, I thought I'd fire off this heads-up to everyone so they can read the Industry Standard article themselves. It's on Page 60 of the December 28 / January 4 issue. And, tangentally, to plug January 5th's DCSB meeting, of course, :-), which should be a really good one, in light of current events. Cheers, Robert Hettinga -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP for Personal Privacy 5.5.5 iQEVAwUBNoFsicUCGwxmWcHhAQFQzQgAmVZDbchvpnDb5/ofq9OKGu5yqD9YMnyf I0H75rjorm/k9TNSC8kH1yvp8s0n6eaXh0r7Bf0CayYeAKg+4tZHHjysHKxKowwR Xjcmm8ACwNLTlQTF1GWpaUoSE5RQ3cDZJKJGHA3OQRRewJlC7D/Zz48pZfP7EXuB ASDOC+f+aDjAYFa66d8ax1a49SbKC4Xpr0blpxp9uCU7aUdgJp51H25jiZvE/Wi3 NvgxDZzw1me6LToSPZR+qa7rmExlEyFJsDmhYkhHh7PH8qOR4gwGXD9ZunpPlm6U buW99TtKNzM32os0Pdbod9AcuifOS+s1f5ubJxJ5i21RmeeOPEtiig== =wb+S -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ----------------- Robert A. Hettinga <mailto: rah(a)philodox.com> Philodox Financial Technology Evangelism <http://www.philodox.com/> 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'

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No Subject
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Navy ordinace personnel always to have a keen sense of irony and, therefore, a fine sense of humor. On Cohen. Well, he affirms his belief in his coic. What else needs to be said? This press statement does sound like Algore though. Maybe the two have been spending too much time together or drinking from the same fruit bowl. ;) anon y. mous

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Re: Jury Duty
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Greg Broiles writes: >If you really do want to avoid jury service, mentioning FIJA or jury >nullification ought to do the trick - it may get every juror within >earshot excused, too, depending on how paranoid the locals are. > >But I think that's a horrible idea - jury participation is an opportunity >to exercise much more influence than you wield if/when you vote in an >election. All by yourself, voting your conscience as shaped by the >evidence and the jury instructions, you can force a mistrial, which might >or might not mean the end of the case. If your view of the evidence and >your understanding of the law, as explained by the judge in the jury >instructions, proves to be persuasive to your fellow jurors, you will >collectively make the law as it applies to the parties in your trial. It's >pretty difficult to overturn a jury verdict - not impossible, but it's >harder than you might think from watching TV. Be aware that concealing your opinions on this matter can get you into hot water. Juror Laura Kriho was convicted of obstruction of justice for not revealing that she believed in jury nullification, during the selection process. Kriho has appealed. More information is at http://home.utah-inter.net/don-tiggre/jrp.krihotoc.htm. The judge's ruling, at http://www.eagle-access.net/index3.html: :} After reviewing all the evidence and the law, and applying the standard :} of proof beyond a reasonable doubt, the Court reaches the following :} conclusions. During the jury selection process Ms. Kriho was aware that :} the trial court and the lawyers felt it was a juror's duty to follow the :} law as given by the trial court, and they wanted to know if any juror :} disagreed with this proposition. Ms. Kriho was also aware that the trial :} court and the parties wanted to know if the jurors could follow the rule :} that punishment was not to enter into their deliberations. Ms. Kriho :} was also aware that the trial court and the parties wanted to know if :} the jurors could follow the rule that punishment was not to enter into :} their deliberations. Ms. Kriho was also aware that the trial court and :} the parties wanted to know if any juror had strong feelings concerning :} the enforcement of drug laws or any experience that would affect their :} attitude about drug laws. While being aware of the importance of these :} issues and having been given the opportunity to comment on these issues, :} Ms. Kriho deliberately withheld her opinions on these topics from the :} trial court and the parties during the jury selection process. Based on :} all the evidence, this Court concludes that it was Ms. Kriho's intent to :} withhold this information from the trial court and the parties so that :} she could be selected to serve on the jury and obstruct the judicial :} process. By deliberately withholding this information, she obstructed :} the process of selecting a fair and impartial jury. The selection of :} jurors who have open minds and who have not preconceived the verdict :} is essential for a fair trial. Ms. Kriho's lack of candor about her :} experiences and attitudes led to the selection of a jury doomed to :} mistrial from the start. This Court finds this conduct constitutes :} obstruction of justice and this conduct was offensive to the authority :} and dignity of the trial court.

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Re: http://walkerdigital.com/html/patents.html
by Robert Hettinga 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

--- begin forwarded text Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 15:18:40 -0800 (PST) From: <Somebody (who founded a software company :-))> To: rah(a)shipwright.com Subject: Re: http://walkerdigital.com/html/patents.html Status: U IMHO, the patent office has no clue what the hell they're doing. Maybe it is time we do away with patents and let people who feel ripped off rely the courts for restitution. I have always thought that patents were to protect the inventor from being ripped off. However, i now find that: 1. patents are slowing down progress, since someone with a better idea can't use that idea since somehow, any incarnation of the patented idea, however different it may be, is covered by the broadness of the patent, thanks to some high paid lawyer. 2. patents are meant for "inventions", not ideas. Ideas are getting patented everyday. I know of many. Why do I consider them ideas and not inventions? Because the patented "thing" isn't available. There is a description of how it will work, what it will do and how someone could build it, in a million different ways, if they could figure out the tiny details themselves, since that is the part missing. But can you go anywhere and touch the invention, or see it operate or use it in some manner, however preliminary? No. I still have the folder that E*Data sent me four or more years ago, stating: We would rather license than litigate. Here is a list of companies we've sued. You'd look through the paperwork and everything was spelled out except what you would get from them if you licensed their patent, other than permission. You remember E-Data? Where are they now? Well they had a big blow a few months ago to their silly patent. All in all, I don't think patents help the small inventor any more. Those who can afford it, tell a lawyer what they are thinking and in 60-90 days, the attorney will have filed a patent with no more than a few follow-up phone calls or faxes. Those who can't afford it will continue to be robbed of their inventions. My rant. --- end forwarded text ----------------- Robert A. Hettinga <mailto: rah(a)philodox.com> Philodox Financial Technology Evangelism <http://www.philodox.com/> 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'

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Re: Question about 'TEMPEST': UPS (fwd)
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 17:22:58 -0800 > From: Michael Motyka <mmotyka(a)lsil.com> > Subject: Re: Question about 'TEMPEST': UPS > These were commercial cages used in the consumer products design Someplace you might want to check into about actual real-world cage design and computers is Cray. When I worked at UT Austin and we put in the comp center at the Balconese Research Center it had a wire mesh cage installed per spec by Cray for the X-MP & Y-MP. It would not surprise me if they didn't have some literture and design guides available. ____________________________________________________________________ What raises the standard of living may well diminish the quality of life. The Club of Rome The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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Merry Christmas from <Somewhere>
by Robert Hettinga 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Now, *this* is curious... Anyone, especially from C2NET, wanna take a shot at the following? I think I can tell him what CTO means ;-), but what about the rest? Cheers, RAH --- begin forwarded text From: Somebody To: <rah(a)philodox.com> Subject: Merry Christmas from <Somewhere> Date: <would actually tell you where they were...> Status: U Dear Rob Hettinga Merry Christmas and a happy new year! Hi, my name is <Somebody> I hope you remember me from FC98. I am trying to find out what is happening with C2net. I heard a rumor that C2net had corporate restructuring and Sameer quit CEO and became CTO. What is CTO anyway? Also, there was a rumor that someone who was in charge of the development of the SSL in Australia quit working for C2net. Does this have to do with Sameer's announcement of the OpenSSL project? I really need to know this. Please reply to my e-mail if you know anything about it. Thank you. <Somebody's .sig> --- end forwarded text ----------------- Robert A. Hettinga <mailto: rah(a)philodox.com> Philodox Financial Technology Evangelism <http://www.philodox.com/> 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'

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