December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Re: Hack the Mars rover (fwd)
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > Date: Sun, 6 Jul 1997 06:43:06 -0400 (edt) > From: Ryan Anderson <randerso(a)ece.eng.wayne.edu> > Subject: Re: Hack the Mars rover > Somehow, I don't think that's the place to mount an attempt to take it > over. The prohibitive cost of getting an antenna into space where you can > counter some of the effects of Earth's spin and keep the damn rover in > contact all the time would be the biggest problem. The place to attack is the up-link. This requires physical access (ie a van with a dish and xmtr.) as well as a means to crack the encryption on the control channels. At least one French satellite has been cracked and de-orbited via a network attack. > Besides, how much encryption is needed between two points if intercepting > the traffic is expensive, the communications protocol is undocumented (as > far as anyone outside NASA is concerned), and the actual frequency is also > hard to find? The communications are not only documented but easily observable with the correct commercialy available equipment. The frequencies are a matter of public record, I would further bet that 5 minutes with a search engine would bring that data to light... ____________________________________________________________________ | | | _____ The Armadillo Group | | ,::////;::-. Austin, Tx. USA | | /:'///// ``::>/|/ http:// www.ssz.com/ | | .', |||| `/( e\ | | -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- Jim Choate | | ravage(a)ssz.com | | 512-451-7087 | |____________________________________________________________________|

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No Subject
by Jazzmin Belle Sommers 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I know some of you are into goth and stuff, and since this list almost never talks about things related to cypherpunkery I thought I'd pop in something vaguely relevant. 31 Oct in OKC there's a masquerade ball/costume contest/art show/etc for those interested in the RPG "Kindred". Email if interested, otherwise ignore. anyone know of a good goth site to link a web page to? (It's not up yet.) Thx, jazzmin sommers "Work is the curse of the drinking classes." Oscar Wilde

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Attorney
by health＠infogate.co.il 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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can i join
by Drifter0＠aol.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

thanx

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Jim Bell 6
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

On June 26 the court handling Jim's case extended the time from June 30 to July 11 for the USA to file an indictment. This is from an on-line docket of the case via Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) a subcription service for federal courts. No indication that Jim has been released, jailed since his arrest on May 16. No reason given for repeated waiver of right to a speedy trial. The docket's at: http://jya.com/jimbell-dock.htm

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nsa+gchq spying operation
by Vladimir Z. Nuri 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

as I recall we have gotten early hints of this operation/book. ------- Forwarded Message Date: Sat, 05 Jul 1997 21:37:30 -0600 To: snetnews(a)world.std.com, act(a)efn.org From: Leander <leander(a)xmission.com> Subject: SNET: "Secret Power" by Nicki Hagar - -> SearchNet's SNETNEWS Mailing List Forwarded from alt.2600.moderated by me. Leander leander(a)xmission.com >"Secret Power" by Nicki Hagar >The International Spying Networks UKUSA and ECHELON >301pp ISBN: 0-908802-35-8 > >According to this remarkable book, that has somehow escaped the flames of >book banners crying "national security," the United States NSA and the >United Kingdom's GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters) operate a >global spying network called UKUSA. To listen in on conversations across the >planet, a massive eavesdropping apparatus was built, with tentacles which >reach into dozens of different countries beyond the shores of either the US >or UK as well as across the skies. > >Describing the nature of UKUSA, its global affiliations, and operations >represents a huge effort on the part of author Nicki Hager. He states early >on in 'Secret Power': > > "Many people are vaguely aware that a lot of spying occurs, maybe even on > them, but how do we judge if it is ubiquitous or not a worry at all? Is > someone listening every time we pick up the telephone? Are all of our > Internet or fax messages being pored over continuously by shadowy figures > somewhere in a windowless building? > > "What follows explains as precisely as possible - and for the first time > in public - how the worldwide [spy] system works, just how immense and > powerful it is and what it can and cannot do. > > "The global system has a highly secret codename: ECHELON." > >And that is the foundation of a tremendous amount of research that describes >in detail how the vast global spying network "collects all the telephone >calls, faxes, telexes, Internet messages and other electronic communications >that its computers have been pre-programmed to select," and then analyzes >the contents and distributes it to members UKUSA and ECHELON partners >world-wide. > >The operational details of how the US (NSA), UK (GCHQ), Canada (CSE), >Australia (DSD) and New Zealand (GCSB) intercepts signals, throws high power >computing behind ECHELON 'KeyWord' dictionary attacks and what they do with >that information is potentially alarming; especially since so much of this >decades old practice has been kept under the wraps of security. > >Secret Power names the names, provides the dates and the technical details >on the world's largest, best financed and coordinated global spying >apparatus ever conceived. Full of pictures, maps and charts, the reader will >get a complete picture of just how much effort and resources go into >international security, long distance eavesdropping, and spying. > >>From the Cold War to today, UKUSA and ECHELON have been fascinating and >powerful intelligence functions to spy both on enemies and friends. "Secret >Power" provides the first peek inside the world's most secretive and >powerful electronic spy organization. > >"Secret Power" reads like a thriller, except that it's true. It should be >read by everyone with an interest in intelligence, espionage and the >technology that modern spies use. > >"An astonishing number of people have told him [author Nicki Hager] things >that I, as Prime Minister in charge of the intelligence services, was never >told...It is an outrage that I and other ministers were told so little." > -David Lange, Prime Minister of New Zealand 1984-89 > >"...the most detailed and up to date account of the work of any signals >intelligence agency in existence. It is a masterpiece of investigative >reporting, and provides a wealth of information." > -Jeffrey T. Richelson, leading authority on United States >intelligence agencies and author of America's Secret Eyes in the Sky, and >co-author of 'The Ties that Bind.' > >------------------------------ > >-- >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Graham-John Bullers Moderator of alt.2600.moderated >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > email : <real(a)freenet.edmonton.ab.ca> : <ab756(a)freenet.toronto.on.ca> >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > http://www.freenet.edmonton.ab.ca/~real/index.html >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >-- end of forwarded message -- > > - -> Send "subscribe snetnews " to majordomo(a)world.std.com - -> Posted by: Leander <leander(a)xmission.com> ------- End of Forwarded Message

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by unknown＠example.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Re: Forged Posts
by BadRemailer 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Tim May wrote: > The Canadian whacko who goes by "Toto," "TruthMonger," "Xenix Chainsaw > Massacre Author," "Colonel C.J. Parker" (or somesuch) is apparently at it > again. > > While I was out of town, he arranged to have this message sent: > > At 5:20 PM -0700 7/2/97, Tim May wrote: > > Anything that isn't nailed down, is mine. > > Anything that I can pry loose, isn't nailed down. "Toto" is actually an anonymous pseudonym of Adam Back, who resents Tim May's respected position on the list. "TruthMonger" posts are usually written by John Young and Robert Hettinga as a result of having the same drug connections and thus a common outlook on life when they are stoned out of their gourds. Lucky Green's recent posts are actually forgeries done by snow, and Kent Crispin has been sending posts purporting to be from Dr. Vulis. The fact is, forgeries have gotten so out of hand on the cypherpunks list that even the "can i join" and "subscribe me" posts of late are probably coming from John Gilmore, who is forging AOL return addresses in an attempt to bring calls for his return to hosting the list in order to save us from "The Night of the Living Newbies." BadRemailer "Some people just can't keep a secret."

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[STEGO] RSA
by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Given Tim C. May's propensity to molest little children, is it any surprise that the state of California wants to have him castrated? o o /< >\ Tim C. May \\\_______/// // \\

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Re: Dr. Dobbs Cryptography and Security CD-ROM
by Mike 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Bill Frantz wrote: >Excuse me. Certain parts of that CDROM are already available overseas. >If they are not posted to the net how does that prevent them from being >available overseas? You mean that it would be fine for foreigners to copy and sell the CD, but not to put it on the net? Well, copyright law being what it is, makes this a bit tricky. An ftp administrator have never been sentenced for copyright violation (please correct me if I'm wrong), but CD copiers are thrown in jail all the time. The distinction that the courts make is that of profit. Sure, they can buy the book, but the electronic version is obviously more useful to some people, or there wouldn't be any market for it. I know foreigners who would like to put a copy of Applied Cryptography in their PalmPilots, to carry around for reference. They can't do that legaly, and that makes crypto less accessible. Mike.

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List of reliable remailers
by Raph Levien 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I operate a remailer pinging service which collects detailed information about remailer features and reliability. To use it, just finger remailer-list(a)kiwi.cs.berkeley.edu There is also a Web version of the same information, plus lots of interesting links to remailer-related resources, at: http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~raph/remailer-list.html This information is used by premail, a remailer chaining and PGP encrypting client for outgoing mail. For more information, see: http://www.c2.org/~raph/premail.html For the PGP public keys of the remailers, finger pgpkeys(a)kiwi.cs.berkeley.edu This is the current info: REMAILER LIST This is an automatically generated listing of remailers. The first part of the listing shows the remailers along with configuration options and special features for each of the remailers. The second part shows the 12-day history, and average latency and uptime for each remailer. You can also get this list by fingering remailer-list(a)kiwi.cs.berkeley.edu. $remailer{"extropia"} = "<remail(a)miron.vip.best.com> cpunk pgp special"; $remailer{"mix"} = "<mixmaster(a)remail.obscura.com> cpunk mix pgp hash latent cut ek ksub reord ?"; $remailer{"replay"} = "<remailer(a)replay.com> cpunk mix pgp hash latent cut post ek"; $remailer{"exon"} = "<remailer(a)remailer.nl.com> cpunk pgp hash latent cut ek"; $remailer{"haystack"} = "<haystack(a)holy.cow.net> cpunk mix pgp hash latent cut ek"; $remailer{"lucifer"} = "<lucifer(a)dhp.com> cpunk mix pgp hash latent cut ek"; $remailer{"jam"} = "<remailer(a)cypherpunks.ca> cpunk mix pgp hash middle latent cut ek"; $remailer{"winsock"} = "<winsock(a)rigel.cyberpass.net> cpunk pgp pgponly hash cut ksub reord"; $remailer{'nym'} = '<config(a)nym.alias.net> newnym pgp'; $remailer{"balls"} = "<remailer(a)huge.cajones.com> cpunk pgp hash latent cut ek"; $remailer{"squirrel"} = "<mix(a)squirrel.owl.de> cpunk mix pgp pgponly hash latent cut ek"; $remailer{"middle"} = "<middleman(a)jpunix.com> cpunk mix pgp hash latent cut ek reord"; $remailer{'cyber'} = '<alias(a)alias.cyberpass.net> alpha pgp'; $remailer{'weasel'} = '<config(a)weasel.owl.de> newnym pgp'; $remailer{"reno"} = "<middleman(a)cyberpass.net> cpunk mix pgp hash middle latent cut ek reord ?"; $remailer{"wazoo"} = "<remailer(a)wazoo.com> cpunk mix pgp hash latent cut ek"; $remailer{"shaman"} = "<remailer(a)lycaeum.org> cpunk pgp hash latent cut ek"; $remailer{"hidden"} = "<remailer(a)hidden.net> cpunk pgp hash latent cut"; catalyst(a)netcom.com is _not_ a remailer. lmccarth(a)ducie.cs.umass.edu is _not_ a remailer. usura(a)replay.com is _not_ a remailer. remailer(a)crynwr.com is _not_ a remailer. There is no remailer at relay.com. Groups of remailers sharing a machine or operator: (cyber mix) (weasel squirrel) The alpha and nymrod nymservers are down due to abuse. However, you can use the nym or weasel (newnym style) nymservers. The cyber nymserver is quite reliable for outgoing mail (which is what's measured here), but is exhibiting serious reliability problems for incoming mail. The squirrel and winsock remailers accept PGP encrypted mail only. 403 Permission denied errors have been caused by a flaky disk on the Berkeley WWW server. This seems to be fixed now. The penet remailer is closed. Last update: Mon 7 Jul 97 6:47:50 PDT remailer email address history latency uptime ----------------------------------------------------------------------- jam remailer(a)cypherpunks.ca +**+*****++* 12:58 99.95% weasel config(a)weasel.owl.de +++-+---+++ 1:43:42 99.91% mix mixmaster(a)remail.obscura.com .-*...-..-.- 10:13:59 99.80% replay remailer(a)replay.com +**+**- **** 4:56 99.79% winsock winsock(a)rigel.cyberpass.net - -.------- 5:53:17 99.58% squirrel mix(a)squirrel.owl.de +++-+ -+++ 1:42:06 99.46% cyber alias(a)alias.cyberpass.net **+* +++*** 13:35 99.43% nym config(a)nym.alias.net +##+##++#*## 2:48 99.36% reno middleman(a)cyberpass.net --+.--* -*** 1:39:45 99.31% hidden remailer(a)hidden.net 4:44:03 -0.56% History key * # response in less than 5 minutes. * * response in less than 1 hour. * + response in less than 4 hours. * - response in less than 24 hours. * . response in more than 1 day. * _ response came back too late (more than 2 days). cpunk A major class of remailers. Supports Request-Remailing-To: field. eric A variant of the cpunk style. Uses Anon-Send-To: instead. penet The third class of remailers (at least for right now). Uses X-Anon-To: in the header. pgp Remailer supports encryption with PGP. A period after the keyword means that the short name, rather than the full email address, should be used as the encryption key ID. hash Supports ## pasting, so anything can be put into the headers of outgoing messages. ksub Remailer always kills subject header, even in non-pgp mode. nsub Remailer always preserves subject header, even in pgp mode. latent Supports Matt Ghio's Latent-Time: option. cut Supports Matt Ghio's Cutmarks: option. post Post to Usenet using Post-To: or Anon-Post-To: header. ek Encrypt responses in reply blocks using Encrypt-Key: header. special Accepts only pgp encrypted messages. mix Can accept messages in Mixmaster format. reord Attempts to foil traffic analysis by reordering messages. Note: I'm relying on the word of the remailer operator here, and haven't verified the reord info myself. mon Remailer has been known to monitor contents of private email. filter Remailer has been known to filter messages based on content. If not listed in conjunction with mon, then only messages destined for public forums are subject to filtering. Raph Levien

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Re: Jim Bell 6
by Peter Trei 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

John Young <jya(a)pipeline.com> writes: > On June 26 the court handling Jim's case extended > the time from June 30 to July 11 for the USA to file an > indictment. > > This is from an on-line docket of the case via > Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) > a subcription service for federal courts. > > No indication that Jim has been released, jailed since > his arrest on May 16. No reason given for repeated > waiver of right to a speedy trial. > > The docket's at: > > http://jya.com/jimbell-dock.htm Thanks for keeping us up to date. Jim always seemed to me to be a loony, but I never (and still don't) think he's capable of the things the warrent alleges him to have been planning. Peter Trei DISCLAIMER: The above is my opinion, no one else's.

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Re: Dr. Dobbs Cryptography and Security CD-ROM
by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

On Mon, 7 Jul 1997, Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM wrote: > Mike <Michael.Johnson(a)mejl.com> writes: > > You mean that it would be fine for foreigners to copy and sell the CD, but > > not to put it on the net? Well, copyright law being what it is, makes this > > a bit tricky. An ftp administrator have never been sentenced for copyright > > violation (please correct me if I'm wrong), > > An MIT student named Lamachhia(sp?) reportedly operated a warez FTP archive. > He got arrested and charged with something irrelevant (wire fraud??). The case against him was lost.

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FYI: NSA Requests Source Code From Elvis+
by Robert Hettinga 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

--- begin forwarded text Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Pgp-Keyid-Fprnt: C053E51D - 4FA3298150E404F2 782501876EA2146A X-Pgp: http://keys.pgp.com:11371/pks/lookup?op=vindex&search=Vinnie+Moscaritolo&fi… rint=on&exact=on Date: Sun, 6 Jul 1997 19:39:14 -0700 To: rah(a)shipwright.com From: Vinnie Moscaritolo <vinnie(a)webstuff.apple.com> Subject: FYI: NSA Requests Source Code From Elvis+ --- begin forwarded text The following was posted on Computer Reseller News: NSA Requests Source Code From Elvis+ By Deborah Gage Mountain View, Calif. 3:00 p.m. EST Thurs., July 3, 1997 ............. The National Security Agency has asked Sun Microsystems Inc. and Elvis+, the Russian networking company in which Sun has a 10 percent stake, to turn over the source code of its SunScreen SKIP E+. At press time, Sun and the NSA still were negotiating over which parts of the code Sun must turn over. Elvis+ President and Chief Executive Alexander Galitsky has refused to turn over all the source code on the grounds that the government does not need it. "We will offer the NSA a nondisclosure agreement and two to four code modules so they can compare our source code with Sun's source code," said Steven Hunzicker, chief operating officer of Russia Communications Research Inc., a technology broker for Elvis+ in Los Gatos, Calif. "We want to be reasonable and respectful, but not foolish. To ask for the entire source code is unreasonable in any type of environment, business or otherwise. Sun wouldn't give up their whole source code to the government." This is the latest development between the government, Elvis+ and Sun over encryption policy. In May, Mountain View, Calif.-based Sun hoped to sidestep U.S. encryption laws by selling the Elvis+ technology overseas and importing it into the United States (CRN, May 26). Sun has exclusive rights to the Elvis+ products on Windows 95 and 3.11. Moreover, the Elvis+ technology is built from Sun's SKIP encryption and key management protocol. A Sun spokeswoman said Sun was in communication with the U.S. Department of Commerce, but otherwise had no comment. The Commerce Department, meanwhile, either will escalate its inquiry into a full-scale investigation or resolve the issue, said a spokeswoman for the department. The NSA declined to comment on the matter. Sources familiar with the inquiry said the Commerce Department is leaning toward quiet resolution, despite the NSA's request. "This is not a fight worth fighting," one source said. "They're watching the situation, but right now no one wants to play." Sun also acknowledged this week that the U.S. State Department is investigating the diversion of a Sun server for unapproved use in China. A Sun spokesman said the company is cooperating with the government and is in touch with both the reseller and buyer of the server in an attempt to get it back. The spokesman refused to provide further details, citing national security concerns. --- end forwarded text Vinnie Moscaritolo That Crypto Guy at Apple... http://www.vmeng.com/vinnie/ PGP: 4FA3298150E404F2782501876EA2146A DSS/DH: B36343A790489C8D4E149147D57A7566C206F586 1 if by land, 2 if by sea. Paul Revere - encryption 1775 --- 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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DCSB: Duncan Frissell and MarketEarth
by Robert Hettinga 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- The Digital Commerce Society of Boston Presents Mr. Duncan Frissell, Frissell Associates "Markets Rule! OK Bet on MarketEarth -- Bet Against Bureaucracy" Tuesday, August 5, 1997 12 - 2 PM The Downtown Harvard Club of Boston One Federal Street, Boston, MA Mr. Frissell, the Net's most enthusiastic Technoptimist will answer such questions as: Why did Central Planning, Deutsche Telecom, and X.25 lose and the Market, telecoms competition, and TCP/IP win? Can banks compete with nonbanks? Why controlling the Nets is as hard as controlling the thoughts of other people. Why popular measures like immigration control are doomed. What do such phenomenon as the Jewish Holiday Effect, the Sack Full of Cats in the River Effect, the Canadian Air Service Effect, the Saturday Morning Shopping Trip Effect, and the Taiwanese Privatization Effect tell us about the future of government and the individual? Why things are not the same and never will be again? Why the Market is "X-The Unknown," "The Blob," -- and why even Steve McQueen couldn't save us from it? "Duncan Frissell makes Kevin Kelly sound like Jimmy Carter." -- Anonymous Mr. Frissell, an Attorney, privacy consultant, and author, has worked in what he insists on calling the "Right Wing Nut Investment Community" for more than 20 years. This meeting of the Digital Commerce Society of Boston will be held on Tuesday, August 5, 1997, from 12pm - 2pm at the Downtown Branch of the Harvard Club of Boston, on One Federal Street. The price for lunch is $30.00. This price includes lunch, room rental, various A/V hardware, and the speaker's lunch. ;-). The Harvard Club *does* have dress code: jackets and ties for men (and no sneakers or jeans), and "appropriate business attire" (whatever that means), for women. Fair warning: since we purchase these luncheons in advance, we will be unable to refund the price of your lunch if the Club finds you in violation of the dress code. We will attempt to record this meeting and put it on the web in RealAudio format at some future date We need to receive a company check, or money order, (or, if we *really* know you, a personal check) payable to "The Harvard Club of Boston", by Saturday, August 2, or you won't be on the list for lunch. Checks payable to anyone else but The Harvard Club of Boston will have to be sent back. Checks should be sent to Robert Hettinga, 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 02131. Again, they *must* be made payable to "The Harvard Club of Boston", in the amount of $30.00. If anyone has questions, or has a problem with these arrangements (We've had to work with glacial A/P departments more than once, for instance), please let us know via e-mail, and we'll see if we can work something out. Upcoming speakers for DCSB are: September Christof Paar Elliptic Curve Cryptography October Peter Cassidy Military Fiat and Digital Commerce November Carl Ellison Identity and Certification for Electronic Commerce We are actively searching for future speakers. If you are in Boston on the first Tuesday of the month, and you would like to make a presentation to the Society, please send e-mail to the DCSB Program Commmittee, care of Robert Hettinga, <mailto: rah(a)shipwright.com> . For more information about the Digital Commerce Society of Boston, send "info dcsb" in the body of a message to <mailto: majordomo(a)ai.mit.edu> . If you want to subscribe to the DCSB e-mail list, send "subscribe dcsb" in the body of a message to <mailto: majordomo(a)ai.mit.edu> . We look forward to seeing you there! Cheers, Robert Hettinga Moderator, The Digital Commerce Society of Boston - ----------------- Robert Hettinga (rah(a)shipwright.com) Philodox e$, 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/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP for Personal Privacy 5.0 Charset: noconv iQEVAwUBM8EnEMUCGwxmWcHhAQEuxQf/YMbDJWvWtb+jAYNvbV1QtUOxWR+w4o1M c25fnlkUz/n2/pX+VJHjvl3MyaBoUjmIbQeMWfCanb1ExujyJ77qjjmlUFi6Tf7a 6EXer20S0Lh7Z5Pw3tX8wTM/2ji1Xf97L0WpIuQhKy22WHsuQaq/YXEgvz6XygTT 78axT8Z2kYSO/3koo2JWSExBTtw/Ldtarg7w8hm/mu2xZlAeeoWCAWZHMD41tL/T n8GdIscTQbN/EzPKI+0Rd8gp08NuOS5aFiEAK/6Ad5zp/Bnggrjz9v62lry4gN/n x42Aezlcypiwwgtr7W64JUvqCHRdJfkwA/4/SQhVAEgZghmrhp/Duw== =aYlr -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: can i join
by Marc J. Wohler 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 10:37 PM 7/6/97 -0500, you wrote: > >Drifter0(a)aol.com wrote: > >> thanx > > ... Oh, Jesus, another stupid AOLer. Well, let me go through the >proper procedures. > >Time for the flame-form. >----------------------------- >Dear: Bennett, I got some chuckles from your 'Flame Form' and sympathize with view expressed therein. However: How do you propose that we get our import message of strong crypto awareness out to the clueless if we display elitism, impatience and intolerance to their ignorance? Marc

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Australian encryption policy report released!
by John Gilmore 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Electronic Frontiers Australia has succeeded in obtaining the "Walsh report", with a few paragraphs excised. It's available at http://www.efa.org.au/Issues/Crypto/Walsh/. It is a broad technology and policy review like the US National Research Council's, though it's more succinct (only a hundred pages long) and done by a single person, on contract to the Australian Government. I recommend reading it. Here's a sample: "The review encountered significant scepticism about mandated key escrow or TTP systems. The national sovereignty of the agencies providing these services could not be guaranteed, with consequent implications for the national interest. There is the strong likelihood that these agencies would become the major targets of foreign intelligence services." John

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WOW-COM(TM) News Update
by wcreply＠ctia.org 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Dear WOW-COM(TM) Reader: WOW-COM(TM) is the wireless industry online information source, a free service of CTIA. Find out what's going on in the wireless industry by visiting http://www.wow-com.com/welcome today! INDEX: ====== 1) WOW-COM(TM)'s Wall Street Watch Expands 2) CTIA Joins Court Challenge on Number Portability Ruling 3) Wireless Apps 97 Conference Information WOW-COM(TM)'S WALL STREET WATCH EXPANDS ========================================== http://www.wow-com.com/professional/wallstreetwatch Check out the newly restructured and updated Wall Street Watch section of WOW-COM(TM). This area not only provides Wireless Financial News (updated daily) and Wireless Stock Quotes, but now offers weekly, quarterly and annual wireless financial periodicals. CTIA JOINS COURT CHALLENGE ON NUMBER PORTABILITY RULING ======================================================== http://www.wow-com.com/professional/whatshot See how the court challenge to Number Portability Rules could affect your business. CTIA will be on your side, arguing for reasonable time lines -- read the whole story here. WIRELESS APPS '97 CONFERENCE INFORMATION ========================================= http://www.wow-com.com/professional/convention It's wireless Internet access, CDPD, Smart Phones, and wireless modems. It's all your employees staying in touch. It's October 27-29, 1997. Wireless Apps 97, all the information you need is right here. MORE WOW-COM(TM) FEATURES ============================ WOW-COM(TM) is current: Updated 3x per day. WOW-COM(TM) is insightful: CTIA analysis. WOW-COM(TM) is beneficial: Find products and services in WOW-COM(TM)'s Virtual Trade Show. WOW-COM(TM) is valuable to employers and job seekers: List available positions in the WOW-COM(TM) Career Center, receive resumes via email or search job listings to find a new position in the wireless industry. The world of wireless is in constant motion. Stay on top of the news and benefit from CTIAs analysis by reading WOW-COM(TM) everyday. You may remove yourself from the WOW-COM(TM) mailing list by going to http://www.wow-com.com/unsubscribe ================================================ This week's featured exhibitor: The Wireless SourceDisk(TM) by GeoComm International. Need mapping software that is flexible, current, and feature rich? The Wireless SourceDisk(TM) features the most comprehensive suite of mapping analysis tools and data available for the wireless markets, including FCC Auction D-,E-,F-Block Results. http://www.wow-com.com/redir.cfm?url=http://www.geocomm.com/wsd.html ================================================

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You Might Find This Interesting & Informative. I Did.
by user329＠ybecker.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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17 Dec '03

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[MILCOM] NSA: struggling with diversity ...
by Dave Emery 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

----- Forwarded message from MHollis628(a)aol.com ----- Note: the following appeared in the Balto Sun ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NSA's quest for diversity called threat Employees say personnel practices weaken security; Agency is reducing staff; Complaints, lawsuits illuminate friction based on race, sex ------------------------------------------------------------------------ By Scott Wilson SUN STAFF The National Security Agency, whose size, secrecy and mission were spawned by the Cold War, is in the midst of personnel changes that current and former employees warn are a threat to national security. In interviews and in federal lawsuits, NSA workers say some of the agency's most senior personnel are being forced out as the nation's biggest intelligence agency attempts simultaneously to reduce and diversify its staff. An uneasy atmosphere, some say, has fostered strife over promotions and job security at the elite electronic-eavesdropping agency. As a result, some question whether national security is being imperiled by inexperienced employees being promoted to sensitive jobs to meet hiring quotas. At least a dozen lawsuits filed recently illuminate the racial and gender friction within the agency. Former employees call senior leadership the "Irish Mafia" and the Office of Discrimination Complaints and Counseling "a party organization for blacks." White men, white women, black women and black men have all claimed that secretive and subjective personnel rules have violated their civil rights. Jane S. Harris, a black NSA employee who failed to get a promotion, stated in a discrimination suit filed against the agency last year that personnel officials blame minorities for racial tension. "It is a white majority problem," she said. "And the effects are felt by people of color." In recent months, three such suits have been dismissed as groundless. A Glen Burnie lawyer says he has received more than 20 requests since April from NSA employees considering legal action. The lawyer, Emile J. Henault Jr., a former 27-year NSA employee, said, "Suddenly it's become overwhelming." He said there is a consideration beyond morale and that he questions whether the agency can remain competitive. "They've lost their technological edge," Henault said. "I don't think they can survive when other agencies [at the Pentagon] are doing their job better. I never thought anyone would be able to do it better." The main concern, though, is whether, in its push to diversify its work force, the agency is leaving sensitive national security tasks in the hands of untrained workers. One former NSA veteran offered as evidence a recent travel report. Such reports, which are required of NSA employees after business trips, are unclassified, available on request to anyone outside the agency. The report in question, filed by an inexperienced agent, detailed a trip to a city in Colombia that revealed classified details of the Drug Enforcement Agency's operation, down to the location of offices, names and secret technological information. Such slips are not the only national security risk, NSA veterans say. This year, the agency's personnel office, prompted by a growing number of incidents, warned employees against using the Internet to access adult "news" groups and other pornographic sites. Doing so not only violates NSA work rules but is considered a risk because foreign agents could try to blackmail employees discovered with explicit or illegal pornography. Domain of white males Shielded by national security concerns during the Cold War, the NSA was among the least diverse agencies in the federal government for decades -- fewer than one in 10 employees was a member of a minority. It was, by and large, the domain of highly trained white men. That ended with a 1994 investigation by the Defense Department inspector general that found "the NSA had not identified systemic problems and barriers faced by women and minorities in recruitment, hiring, promotion or career development." Congress demanded action, and the next year the NSA completed its first plan to recruit minorities. At the same time, Congress asked the agency, Maryland's largest employer, to shrink the 20,000-member work force it had built up during the Cold War. And a commission run by former Defense Secretary Harold Brown stressed the need for a younger work force last year. Reduction of 2,000 jobs By conservative estimates, the agency has pared 2,200 jobs in the past two years through attrition and early retirement. Of the 1,178 employees who left last year, almost 70 percent were white men. "They are having a problem modernizing their work force," said a congressional staff member familiar with intelligence issues, who requested anonymity. "Using the bully pulpit to get them to change is one thing. But we may give them extraordinary powers [such as early-retirement incentives] to reach their goals. The health of the agency depends on it having a large influx of talented young people. It is a substantial concern." Lt. Gen. Kenneth A. Minihan, named NSA director last year, described "the painful process of change" before the House Select Committee on Intelligence in September. "We are moving beyond diversity solely as a demographic exercise focused exclusively on race and gender," he said. "The message is this: Diversity encompasses and benefits every employee at NSA, and making diversity work is part of each of our jobs." It hasn't been easy making the NSA "look like America," Minihan told Congress. The NSA wanted one of every three new employees to be a minority. Nevertheless, of 425 people hired during the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, 20.5 percent were minorities and 23.8 percent were white women, between 10 and 13 percentage points short of the hiring goal. That left a work force with a slightly increased proportion of minorities -- from 11.3 percent in 1993 to 12.7 percent three years later. A new bureaucracy The push to diversify, though, has spawned a whole new bureaucracy within an agency already dubbed "the Puzzle Palace." The personnel office now uses a "Diversity Model" computer program. The Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization charts agency minority contracting. A Systemic Barriers Process Action Team was created to identify problems with minority promotion. In addition, an agency once so secret that its employees were forbidden to tell friends where they worked now sponsors programs for Women's Equality Day and Hispanic Heritage Month that feature speakers from outside the agency. A new class is available to employees called "Selection Board and Cultural Diversity Training Course." This summer, the agency will hold its first I Am an American Day. Nonetheless, annual employee complaints filed with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission have doubled. In 1990, 17 employees filed claims with the watchdog agency. In 1995, the number was 45, and in nine months so far this fiscal year, 33 workers have filed. The complaints continue even as the NSA has changed its promotion policy. Now women and minority candidates receive at least one round of extra consideration for promotion, which means a minority woman receives three chances to advance to a white man's one. And that has its own problems. In February 1993, William J. Sonntag, an NSA employee, was up for promotion to deputy division chief. He did not get it. All three slots went to women. In May 1995, he filed suit in U.S. District Court in Baltimore. "I was denied consideration of a management position on the sole basis that white males were not being considered for three such jobs in my office," Sonntag states in his lawsuit. But Sonntag, of Ellicott City, lost his case last year. "It is fair to say that the entire thrust of [the] plaintiff's position is that [it] prohibits affirmative action," wrote Judge Frederic N. Smalkin in his ruling. Sonntag, now appealing the judge's ruling, and other NSA employees allege that the agency uses an aggressive brand of affirmative action to deny promotions and even to fire employees. Henault calls the personnel office, which works with NSA's medical staff and counseling office, a "paramilitary group." He said the agency uses information from confidential employee-counseling sessions to revoke security clearances -- and, with them, jobs. A weekend drunken-driving arrest, which used to prompt counseling sessions, now frequently results in the loss of a security pass and dismissal, he said. "When you say `national security,' everybody just wilts," Henault said. "Everybody hides under it." Sonntag alleged in his suit that the NSA "deleted crucial data on my qualifications from my personnel file," which the agency denied. A former NSA employee said he was told to leave the agency after almost three decades or medical benefits to his wife, who suffers from a chronic illness, would be cut off. Attempt to embarrass In another case, a female employee, who filed her suit under the name "Jane Doe" fearing retribution, claims NSA released her confidential personnel files to embarrass her in an outside court case. The agency defends the release as legal. "That is why the morale is so low within the intelligence community," said Mark Zaid, a Washington lawyer who represents Jane Doe. "They make a mistake, and they refuse to accept responsibility. They go out of their way to avoid it." Other suits accuse NSA psychologists of producing false medical evaluations to justify the revocation of security clearances, which are required for agency work. The federal civil service offers legal job protections, but a security clearance is not a right and can be pulled at a supervisor's discretion. In 1988, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a security clearance can be revoked subjectively and that no right exists to appeal the decision. In response to questions from The Sun about personnel policy, the NSA public affairs office issued a statement that: "Far from diversity diverting our focus from national security issues, it strengthens us as an agency. It is the law of the land, it is Congressionally mandated and it is the right thing to do." ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Originally Published on 7/06/97 ---- This is the milcom mailing list. Milcom is devoted to military communications monitoring in the HF/VHF/UHF radio spectrum and beyond. To post to the list, send an email to : milcom(a)grove.net To unsubscribe the list, send an email to: majordomo(a)grove.net with only "unsubscribe milcom" in the BODY of the email. ---- ----- End of forwarded message from MHollis628(a)aol.com -----

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Hoarding
by Steve Schear 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I heard yesterday, second hand, that hoarding of large amounts of food is now a federal crime. The explanation I heard was that it was intended to thwart militias. Has anyone else on the list heard this loony info? --Steve PGP encrypted mail PREFERRED (See MIT/BAL servers for my PK) PGP Fingerprint: FE 90 1A 95 9D EA 8D 61 81 2E CC A9 A4 4A FB A9 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Steve Schear (N7ZEZ) | Internet: azur(a)netcom.com 7075 West Gowan Road | Voice: 1-702-658-2654 Suite 2148 | Fax: 1-702-658-2673 Las Vegas, NV 89129 | --------------------------------------------------------------------- God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; The courage to change the things I can; The weapons that make the difference; And the wisdom to hide the bodies of the people that got in my way;-) "Surveilence is ultimately just another form of media, and thus, potential entertainment." --G. Beato "We've all heard that a million monkeys banging on a million typewriters will eventually reproduce the entire works of Shakespeare. Now, thanks to the Internet, we know this is not true." -- Dr. Robert Silensky

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Fw: Hack the Mars rover
by Phillip M. Hallam-Baker 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Probably a very bad plan unless you like prison food... Like the downside if you get caught is likely to be non-trivial. Imagine an outcry above the Mitinic level and bellow the McVeigh level... On the other hand I would not be too sure about the level of security being exceptional. I know that the NSA was not involved in giving security advice on Federal Web server setup until very recently (after the CIA raid). I suspect that the result of Lucky's mail is thart some poor guy is now going to have to sit up nursing a comms link watching for attempts to penetrate. Mentioning possible security holes in specific installations in public is not really fair. I know of one well known security consultant who claimed to have reported a security weakness at a particular site. Caused a massive panic. When the alledged report could not be found you can guess what happened to the guys chances of getting any business... Phill ---- From: Ryan Anderson <randerso(a)ece.eng.wayne.edu> Newsgroups: ailab.cypherpunks Date: Monday, July 07, 1997 5:47 PM Subject: Re: Hack the Mars rover >On Mon, 7 Jul 1997, Paul H. Merrill wrote: > >> I hate to be the one to tell you this, but taking someone's toy away -- >> even just for awhile -- IS Denial of Service. And, yes, 'twould be a >> Blast to go joyriding. > >Yeah, it's still DoS, but it's not quite the same as just taking the toy >away from everyone.. > >----------------------------------------------------------------------- >Ryan Anderson - <Pug Majere> "Who knows, even the horse might sing" >Wayne State University - CULMA "May you live in interesting times.." >randerso(a)ece.eng.wayne.edu Ohio = VYI of the USA >PGP Fingerprint - 7E 8E C6 54 96 AC D9 57 E4 F8 AE 9C 10 7E 78 C9 >----------------------------------------------------------------------- > >

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Need Money? This REALLY works!!!
by Ashish Mahajan 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

NOTE: "If you have not requested this message then please disregard and accept our apologies. PLEASE DO NOT READ ANY FURTHER UNLESS YOU NEED MORE MONEY!?!" Dear friend, July 1997. Mark your calender. This is no joke and I'm not here to waste your time, so pay close attention. The plan is SIMPLE, and actually WORKS, for one reason only: "32 cents" By this I mean a lack thereof...no letters to mail. Only a few strokes of your keyboard and a few thousand emails moving at the speed of light, for FREE, other than your internet access fee. It's started with VERY MINIMAL outlay ($20) and the income return will have you laughing in DISBELIEF all the way to the bank. Do it now or hear about it later...read on please, and thank me when you make your first $1000.... Talk to you in eight weeks... <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> You are about to make at least $50,000 - In less than 90 days. Read the enclosed program...THEN READ IT AGAIN!... <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> The enclosed information is something I almost let slip through my fingers. Fortunately, sometime later I re-read everything and gave some thought and study to it. 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 program I had been sending away for information on various business opportunities. All of 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 '95 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 determining that the program is LEGAL and NOT A CHAIN LETTER, I decided "WHY NOT". Initially I sent out 10,000 emails. It only 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! A good program to help do this is Ready Aim Fire, an email extracting and mass mail program at: http://microsyssolutions.com/ 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 wont 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. It 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 PS Do you have any idea what 11,700 $5 bills ($58,000) look like piled up on a kitchen table? IT'S AWESOME! "I 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 in life. 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 of people 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 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 imagined. 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 delete this program from your mailbox, as I almost did, take a little time to read it and REALLY THINK ABOUT IT. Get a pencil 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 you and all those involved send out 2,000 programs each. Let's also 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 a 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 is $50 + $500 + $5000 +$50,000 for a total of $55,550!!!! 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 2,000. Believe me, many people will do that and more! By the way, your cost to participate in this is practically nothing. You obviously already have an internet connection and email is FREE!!! REPORT #3 will show you the best methods for bulk emailing and purchasing email lists. 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 dream will come true. This multi-level email order marketing program works perfectly...100% EVERY TIME. 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!! 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. INSTRUCTIONS 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 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 Order Marketing 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 on the next page. 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 (4) 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) Now you have to make some changes in this email message before you are ready to start sending it out. 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 a text (.txt) file in it's 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 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 than 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. These are very cheap, 100,000 addresses for around $35.00. 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: Mahajan Marketing PO Box 2287 Merrifield, VA 22116-2287 ________________________________________________________ REPORT #2 "MAJOR CORPORATIONS AND MULTI-LEVEL SALES" ORDER REPORT #2 FROM: Reed Communications P.O. Box 1786 Port Townsend, WA 98368 ________________________________________________________ REPORT #3 "SOURCES FOR THE BEST MAILING LISTS" ORDER REPORT #3 FROM: Reed Communications P.O. Box 1786 Port Townsend, WA 98368 ________________________________________________________ REPORT #4 "EVALUATING MULTI-LEVEL SALES PLANS" ORDER REPORT #4 FROM: BRYOCOM GLOBAL 9608 N May Ave #230 Oklahoma City, OK 73120 _______________________________________________________ CONCLUSION I am enjoying my fortune that I made by sending out this program. You too, will be making money in 20 to 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 any 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 reproduced at a local copy center for a cost off 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 four 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 the list. 4. Obtain as many email addresses as possible to send until you receive the information on mailing list companies in REPORT #3. 5. Decide on the number of programs you intend to send out. The more you send, 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 sent 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 FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE."

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Re: [MILCOM] NSA: struggling with diversity ...
by Rodney Mongerfield 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> In interviews and in federal lawsuits, NSA workers say some of the agency's > most senior personnel are being forced out as the nation's biggest > intelligence agency attempts simultaneously to reduce and diversify its > staff. > > As a result, some question whether national security is being imperiled by > inexperienced employees being promoted to sensitive jobs to meet hiring > quotas. Let me see if I get this straight... National security is important enough to strip the citizens of their rights and freedoms and trample the constitution into the mud, but National Security is not so important that it can't be compromised for the purpose of removing competent white males from their jobs and replacing them with less experienced and/or incompetent colored people and women. > The main concern, though, is whether, in its push to diversify its work > force, the agency is leaving sensitive national security tasks in the hands > of untrained workers. One former NSA veteran offered as evidence a recent > travel report. > > Such reports, which are required of NSA employees after business trips, are > unclassified, available on request to anyone outside the agency. The report > in question, filed by an inexperienced agent, detailed a trip to a city in > Colombia that revealed classified details of the Drug Enforcement Agency's > operation, down to the location of offices, names and secret technological > information. Of course, when DEA agents are murdered because of incompetent affirmative action promotees at NSA, the government will call for stronger controls on encryption and greater powers of surveillance of the citizens. > Such slips are not the only national security risk, NSA veterans say. This > year, the agency's personnel office, prompted by a growing number of > incidents, warned employees against using the Internet to access adult "news" > groups and other pornographic sites. > > Doing so not only violates NSA work rules but is considered a risk because > foreign agents could try to blackmail employees discovered with explicit or > illegal pornography. While the government blackmails its own citizens with legislation which threatens to imprison them for actions matching those of NSA employees. > Now women and minority candidates receive at least one round of extra > consideration for promotion, which means a minority woman receives three > chances to advance to a white man's one. Is the White House declaring this a victory for minorities, drug dealers and child pornographers? Politics makes for strange bedfellows. Rodney Mongerfield "Take my rights...please!"

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