December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Re: Anonymous Remailers
by lucifer＠dhp.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Kent Crispin wrote: > Lucky, since I am considered contemptible by several c'punks, I worry > about them more than I would about foreign intelligence agents. Not contemptible, just an easy target to be used for sighting one's scope in preparation for attending to more sophisticated targets. I find many of your canned-brain arguments hilarious but they do seem useful for fodder for aspiring anarchists to use as a foil for their development. Anonymous Coward (Noel's older brother.)

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PGPMail keets tabs on you!
by geeman 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

... This is from the log file that pgp keeps on my machine, \WINDOWS\PGPWS_32.LOG. There appears to be a lot of interesting information here: -- I did not encrypt with IDEA only -- the recipients of the message I sent are shown along with the public key IDs -- The SIZE of the message! I have obfuscated some of the details from the actual log. The "?"s indicate removed details. =========== LOG: ============ Passphrase from caller = FALSE | if (SignIt && IDEAOnly && IDEAPassphrase && IDEAPassphrase[0] != '\0') | IDEA Passphrase from caller = FALSE | if (PublicKeyRingName && PublicKeyRingName[0] != '\0') | PublicKeyRingName string pointer is NULL or PublicKeyRingName is an empty string. Using default public keyring name. | if (PrivateKeyRingName && PrivateKeyRingName[0] != '\0') | PrivateKeyRingName string pointer is NULL or PrivateKeyRingName is an empty string. Using default private keyring name. | Recipient List: | Key ID: 0x???????? | PGP Options String eat | Encrypt Buffer Message | PGP Options Parm: eat | MyNameParm: | Keyring Name Parm: | File name for encrypt, sign, and/or armor: InputBufferLength = ?????? | Found without enough validating sigs:1 | Key for user ID:Remail <???(a)???.???> | Additional ID:Remailer <???(a)???.???> | bit size:1024 Key ID:????????created:12/13/1992 | Warning: Because this public key is not certified with a trusted signature, it is not known with high confidence that this public key actually belongs to:Remail <???(a)???.???> Are you sure you want to use this public key? | User Replied: Yes | Open Data Out; Output Buffer | OutputBufferLength = ?????? | OutputDataLength = ?????? | Transport armor file: | Kernel return value is: 0 |

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Re: I Treat All My Enemies Equally
by TruthMonger 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Blanc, taking on the million monkeys repeatedly typing, "Is too!"--"Is Not!", wrote: > I was thinking about those who have expressed a lack of concern for > the unfortunate mixture of the guilty & innocent in a close encounter with > a destructive device. I was thinking that people who aren't careful > about such differences make of themselves an enemy to all, because who can > tell what they're supporting and whose lives they really value, since > anyone at all could become their victim. What I see being expressed is not so much a lack of concern for those caught up unwittingly in the war between the government and its citizens as it is a debate over the comparative level of guilt or responsibility that the warring factions should bear for the end results of their actions. There has also been some debate as to the right of an individual to make decisions which will affect the lives of those who will be involved only by happenstance. Blanc brings up an excellent point; namely, that those who choose to take drastic action risk striking out randomly and maliciously at everybody if they do not consider the nature of their target and the amount of risk to peripheral participants in the event. From all accounts, McVeigh's actions were purposeful and directed at a target which he deemed suited to his purpose. Whether one agrees or disagrees with the perceived "innocent" body count will probably play a large amount in their support or non-support of his actions. > The fact of the matter is that those in the > middle must find a way to protect themselves from whatever weapon or > vehicle of destruction comes around, whatever its source. This is the way it is in all conflicts. Part of the current reason for the widespread disillusionment with government and the resulting animosity towards our rulers is the fact that those in the middle of the government's war on freedom and privacy don't see themselves as being involved in a war until it affects them personally. When those in the middle have their lives affected by those who take countermeasures against the government, then their view of his actions will be affected by whether or not they have had their car confiscated for possession of a single joint, or whether or not they are facing imprisonment for plugging a parking meter. Some of those who lost loved ones in the OKC bombing are involved in fighting the government to have a *real* investigation into what happened. No doubt some of them will come out of the whole process with much more disgust for the government than for McVeigh. > So, for instance, if Whitfield Diffie and PhilZ were walking into a Federal > building in OK City, and I saw some cypherpunk not too far away getting > ready to blow it up, well, I guess I'd have to kill him. (Dirty Harry > saying: "feel lucky today, cpunk?"). It's good to see that you've given this some thought. It is important to personalize one's thoughts and actions in order to keep from getting caught up in the mass-hysteria that surrounds such issues. History has recorded many instances of people who had to decide if they could attack a building that contained friends, compatriots, or loved ones in furtherance of their purpose. (Or make the decision to place themself inside an area targeted by their own cause.) While I would defend McVeigh from those who dismiss his actions out of hand, with no thought of the culpability of the government and the average citizen, I downloaded pictures of some of the children who were maimed by the OKC bombing and I use them to avoid forgetting that there is personal tragedy involved in such an action. The fact remains that the more the government violates the freedom and privacy of their citizens, then the more the citizens will strike back in their own chosen way. The final tragedy of the OKC bombing is the lack of reckoning demanded by the citizens of their government for the growing disdain of the rights of the citizens that has led to so many feeling disenfranchised by their rulers. Nobody is voting for disenfranchisement; nobody is voting to have their privacy invaded and their freedom violated; nobody is voting to have the government take their money and enrich those in power. Yet still, the onslaught of government control and intrusion into every area of our lives continues. Blanc makes some excellent points about the average citizen being caught in a ping-pong crossfire in the conflict between government and anti-government forces. However, as I said, this is in the nature of conflict and the citizen's best option may be to make a daily effort to resist the government oppression, no matter how small it may seem in any instance. To borrow an analogy from another thread, if the government spams enough cypherpunks with a few Kilobytes here and there, they will eventually raise the ire of a Rick Osborne enough that he will send them back a few Gigabytes in return. And if Ross Wright's computer gets caught in the crossfire... TruthMonger

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Embrace the Dark Side
by Shift Control 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Z is for Zoomorphic Y is for Young Frankenstein X is for X-mal Deutschland W is for Witch V is for Vampire U is for Undead T is for Terror S is for Sex Gang Children R is for Rat Q is for Quinine P is for Poe O is for Obsession N is for Nosferatu M is for Murnau L is for Lycanthropy K is for Karloff J is for Jack the Ripper I is for Incubus H is for Hammer G is for Gargoyle F is for Frankenstein E is for Evil D is for Dracula C is for The Cramps B is for Baudelaire A is for Absinthe Shift Control is for all things Gothic Shift Control awaits you at www.shiftcontrol.com Be swift, dear friend, for tomorrow may be too late Shift Control is produced by the Guardian's New Media Lab with help from Boddingtons and Stella Artois Dry To unsubscribe from this mailing list send e-mail to shiftcontrol-request(a)nml.guardian.co.uk with the following text in the body of the mail message: unsubscribe

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Essential Legislation Passes!!!
by lucifer＠dhp.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Subject: Sampler: May 16 Date: Fri, 16 May 97 00:30:02 PDT From: sampler-request(a)lmboyd.com Do your dentures, if any, have your social security number marked on them? Three states, at last report, required that by law. Montana, Illinois and Minnesota. ToothMonger

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*Satellite TV*
by satellittvad＠norway.it.earthlink.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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eternity-lite & cancel msgs
by Adam Back 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

One issue with the system is that censors will issue cancel messages for the articles. Not too much which can be done about this. Some trends tend to help this problem: Cancel message abuse by people running cancel bots reflecting their censorous views have resulted in some sites ignoring cancel messages. PGPmoose provides a better method of allowing only the author to cancel. Or NoCEM provides a ratings system framework, which is superior to using cancels. Another aspect of the system is that it relies on news archival services such as dejanews and altavista; these presumably don't listen to cancel messages for already archived data (? guessing here). The archive maintainers presumably don't want to get involved in disputes over which old articles should be purged from their archive anyway. Adam -- Have *you* exported RSA today? --> http://www.dcs.ex.ac.uk/~aba/rsa/ print pack"C*",split/\D+/,`echo "16iII*o\U@{$/=$z;[(pop,pop,unpack"H*",<> )]}\EsMsKsN0[lN*1lK[d2%Sa2/d0<X+d*lMLa^*lN%0]dsXx++lMlN/dsM0<J]dsJxp"|dc`

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New Encryption Code
by Theodor.SCHLICKMANN＠bxl.dg13.cec.be 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Reuters News published on Thu May 8 the following: (extracts only) >IBM Researchers devise new encryption code snip >Encryption products, which scramble information and render >it unreadable without a password or software "key", have >become an increasingly important component of global >communications and online commerce over the Internet. >"This is a pioneering accomplishment in the field of >cryptography and a big step toward the ultimate in >cryptography -- a truly invincible mathematically >proven method for protecting private computer >information from unwanted viewing," said Ashok >Chandra, a manager of computer science at IBM's >Almaden Research Center in San Jose, Calif. >The system was invented by computer scientists Miklos >Ajtai and Cynthia Dwork of IBM's Almaden lab. snip The complete message disappeard the other day and my follow up investigations failed. Does somebody have more information than what was given in the message by Reuters. Theodor Schlickmann

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Re: your mail
by Secret Squirrel 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Subject: "Liten rolig historia (fwd)" (fwd) Nothing wrong in being superstitious... > > READ THIS MESSAGE AND PASS IT ON.... > > A man takes the day off work and decides to go out golfing. He is > > on the second hole when he notices a frog sitting next to the green. > > He thinks nothing of it and is about to shoot when he hears, > > "Ribbit. 9 Iron" The man looks around and doesn't see anyone. > > "Ribbit. 9 Iron." He looks at the frog and decides to prove the > > frog wrong, puts his other club away, and grabs a 9 iron. Boom! he > > hits it 10 inches from the cup. He is shocked. He says to the frog, > > "Wow that's amazing. You must be a lucky frog, eh?" The frog reply's > > "Ribbit. Lucky frog." The man decides to take the frog with him to > > the next hole. "What do you think frog?" the man asks. "Ribbit. 3 > > wood." The guy takes out a 3 wood and Boom! Hole in one. The man is > > befuddled and doesn't know what to say. By the end of the day, the > > man golfed the best game of golf in his life and asks the frog,"OK > > where to next?" The frog replied, "Ribbit. Las Vegas." They go to > > Las Vegas and the guy says, "OK frog, now what?" The frog says, > > "Ribbit Roulette." Upon approaching the roulette table, the man > > asks," What do you think I should bet?" The frog replies, "Ribbit. > > $3000,black 6." Now, this is a million-to-one shot to win, but after > > the golf game, the man figures what the heck. Boom! Tons of cash > > comes sliding back across the table. The man takes his winnings and > > buys the best room in the hotel. He sits the frog down and says, > > "Frog, I don't know how to repay you. You've won me all this money > > and I am forever grateful." The frog replies, "Ribbit, Kiss Me." He > > figures why not, since after all the frog did for him he deserves > > it. With a kiss, the frog turns into a gorgeous 14-year-old girl. > > "And that, your honor, is how the girl ended up in my room." > > > > The origination of this letter is unknown, but it brings good > > luck to everyone who passes it on. The one who breaks the chain > > will have bad luck. Do not keep this letter. Do not send money. > > Just forward it to five of your friends to whom you wish good luck. > > You will see that something good happens to you four days from now > > if the chain is not broken. You will receive good luck in four > > days.

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Re: your mail
by nobody＠hidden.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Subject: "Liten rolig historia (fwd)" (fwd) Nothing wrong in being superstitious... > > READ THIS MESSAGE AND PASS IT ON.... > > A man takes the day off work and decides to go out golfing. He is > > on the second hole when he notices a frog sitting next to the green. > > He thinks nothing of it and is about to shoot when he hears, > > "Ribbit. 9 Iron" The man looks around and doesn't see anyone. > > "Ribbit. 9 Iron." He looks at the frog and decides to prove the > > frog wrong, puts his other club away, and grabs a 9 iron. Boom! he > > hits it 10 inches from the cup. He is shocked. He says to the frog, > > "Wow that's amazing. You must be a lucky frog, eh?" The frog reply's > > "Ribbit. Lucky frog." The man decides to take the frog with him to > > the next hole. "What do you think frog?" the man asks. "Ribbit. 3 > > wood." The guy takes out a 3 wood and Boom! Hole in one. The man is > > befuddled and doesn't know what to say. By the end of the day, the > > man golfed the best game of golf in his life and asks the frog,"OK > > where to next?" The frog replied, "Ribbit. Las Vegas." They go to > > Las Vegas and the guy says, "OK frog, now what?" The frog says, > > "Ribbit Roulette." Upon approaching the roulette table, the man > > asks," What do you think I should bet?" The frog replies, "Ribbit. > > $3000,black 6." Now, this is a million-to-one shot to win, but after > > the golf game, the man figures what the heck. Boom! Tons of cash > > comes sliding back across the table. The man takes his winnings and > > buys the best room in the hotel. He sits the frog down and says, > > "Frog, I don't know how to repay you. You've won me all this money > > and I am forever grateful." The frog replies, "Ribbit, Kiss Me." He > > figures why not, since after all the frog did for him he deserves > > it. With a kiss, the frog turns into a gorgeous 14-year-old girl. > > "And that, your honor, is how the girl ended up in my room." > > > > The origination of this letter is unknown, but it brings good > > luck to everyone who passes it on. The one who breaks the chain > > will have bad luck. Do not keep this letter. Do not send money. > > Just forward it to five of your friends to whom you wish good luck. > > You will see that something good happens to you four days from now > > if the chain is not broken. You will receive good luck in four > > days.

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Another Bell related raid
by Alan 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

This is from the Oregonian May 16th, 1997 page B3 under the Vancouver section. 2nd home raided in probe of anti-government activities A team of federal agents, led by IRS internal security personnel, raided a home at 711 W. 20th St. Thursday morning. The raid apperently is a continuation of an investigation into the activities of James D. Bell, whose McLaughlin Heights home at 7214 Corregidor Road was raided April 1st. The 20th Street home is occupied by Robert W. West, who was not home when the raid occured. A federal agent who answered his phone during the search refused to say what the agents were seeking. The search warrent application and affidavit is under seal by a federal court in Tacoma. In the affidavit for the search warrent for Bell's home, IRS Special Investigator Jeff Gordon alledged that Bell was "directly solicting others to set up a system to murder government officials." Bell is the author of a 10-part essay called "Assassination Politics," which has been widely circulated on the Internet, particularly in anti-government forums. After the raid, agents made no other public statements.

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Re: your mail
by nobody＠hidden.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Subject: "Liten rolig historia (fwd)" (fwd) Nothing wrong in being superstitious... > > READ THIS MESSAGE AND PASS IT ON.... > > A man takes the day off work and decides to go out golfing. He is > > on the second hole when he notices a frog sitting next to the green. > > He thinks nothing of it and is about to shoot when he hears, > > "Ribbit. 9 Iron" The man looks around and doesn't see anyone. > > "Ribbit. 9 Iron." He looks at the frog and decides to prove the > > frog wrong, puts his other club away, and grabs a 9 iron. Boom! he > > hits it 10 inches from the cup. He is shocked. He says to the frog, > > "Wow that's amazing. You must be a lucky frog, eh?" The frog reply's > > "Ribbit. Lucky frog." The man decides to take the frog with him to > > the next hole. "What do you think frog?" the man asks. "Ribbit. 3 > > wood." The guy takes out a 3 wood and Boom! Hole in one. The man is > > befuddled and doesn't know what to say. By the end of the day, the > > man golfed the best game of golf in his life and asks the frog,"OK > > where to next?" The frog replied, "Ribbit. Las Vegas." They go to > > Las Vegas and the guy says, "OK frog, now what?" The frog says, > > "Ribbit Roulette." Upon approaching the roulette table, the man > > asks," What do you think I should bet?" The frog replies, "Ribbit. > > $3000,black 6." Now, this is a million-to-one shot to win, but after > > the golf game, the man figures what the heck. Boom! Tons of cash > > comes sliding back across the table. The man takes his winnings and > > buys the best room in the hotel. He sits the frog down and says, > > "Frog, I don't know how to repay you. You've won me all this money > > and I am forever grateful." The frog replies, "Ribbit, Kiss Me." He > > figures why not, since after all the frog did for him he deserves > > it. With a kiss, the frog turns into a gorgeous 14-year-old girl. > > "And that, your honor, is how the girl ended up in my room." > > > > The origination of this letter is unknown, but it brings good > > luck to everyone who passes it on. The one who breaks the chain > > will have bad luck. Do not keep this letter. Do not send money. > > Just forward it to five of your friends to whom you wish good luck. > > You will see that something good happens to you four days from now > > if the chain is not broken. You will receive good luck in four > > days.

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Lucky's explaination...
by nobody＠huge.cajones.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Lucky Green wrote: > At 11:39 PM 5/15/97 CST, TruthMonger wrote: > >Tim May wrote: > >> Further, a clever little fix is to make one's own remailer site a link in > >> the chain. All a snooping subset of remailers can do is trace the message > >> back to your own remailers. Obviously, they can't know if the message was > >> merely _remailed_ through your site, or _originated_ there. Thus, including > >> oneself as a remailer also provides excellent plausible deniability.) > > This is a lame idea with no merit whatsoever. > Since Tim's statement describes today's standard practice for increasing > security for one's remailed messages, perhaps TruthMonger would like to > explain why it has no merit. But then again, TruthMonger = Infowar. Guess > we won't see an explanation that has merit. If you had read the header of the message, then you would have seen the explaination. TruthMonger

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New Canadian Techno Law
by nobody＠huge.cajones.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>From RCMP Web Site: http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/ Late last year, Allan Rock, minister of justice, introduced a bill containing nearly 150 proposed amendments to the Criminal Code and related statutes. Highlights of Bill C-17 include several changes to address computer crime, credit card forgery and fraud and fraudulently obtaining services. The RCMP, supported strongly by the Canadian Bankers Association and the Canadian issuers of Visa and MasterCard, had previously urged a number of changes to offences dealing with credit card fraud and computer-assisted crimes. Bill C-17 is presently before Parliament and is in the second reading stage. The following legislative proposals will be of interest to law enforcement agencies and to our private and public sector partners engaged in the detection, investigation, and prosecution of technological crime: Expanding section 183 of the Criminal Code to include new offences for which an authorization to intercept private communication could be granted. The new offences would include, inter alia, section 327, section 342, section 342.1, section 342.2, and section 430 of the Criminal Code. Amending section 342 to make possession, use, or trafficking of forged credit cards an offence. Amending section 342 to make the misuse of credit card data an offence. Amending section 342 to make it an offence to make, buy or sell, export or import, or possess equipment intended for use in forging credit cards. Amending section 342.1 to make it an offence to use, possess, or traffick in computer passwords that would enable another person to fraudulently obtain a computer service. Creating section 342.2 to make it an offence to make, possess, sell, offer for sale, or distribute any instrument or device that is intended to be used to fraudulently obtain a computer service. Amending section 487 to impose a duty on the person in possession or control of a computer system to provide data in the form of a print-out or other intelligible output when a lawful search of such a facility is being conducted. Technological Crime Section is optimistic that the proposed amendments, once passed into law, will significantly aid its efforts in dealing with this rapidly emerging and sometimes very troublesome genre of crimes. For further information and updates on the progress of this bill, readers are encouraged to consult the Department of Justice Homepage at: http://canada.justice.gc.ca.

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BofA / Visa to test Cash Online
by Robert Hettinga 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Re: Anonymous Remailers
by Lucky Green 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 11:39 PM 5/15/97 CST, TruthMonger wrote: >Tim May wrote: > >> Further, a clever little fix is to make one's own remailer site a link in >> the chain. All a snooping subset of remailers can do is trace the message >> back to your own remailers. Obviously, they can't know if the message was >> merely _remailed_ through your site, or _originated_ there. Thus, including >> oneself as a remailer also provides excellent plausible deniability.) > > This is a lame idea with no merit whatsoever. Since Tim's statement describes today's standard practice for increasing security for one's remailed messages, perhaps TruthMonger would like to explain why it has no merit. But then again, TruthMonger = Infowar. Guess we won't see an explanation that has merit. -- Lucky Green <mailto:shamrock@netcom.com> PGP encrypted mail preferred "I do believe that where there is a choice only between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence." Mahatma Gandhi

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Search Engine Secrets
by success 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Re: The Inducement of Rapid Oxidation of Certain Materials....
by nobody＠huge.cajones.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Duncan Frissell wrote: > For the actual numbers of the major government murders see > > http://www.laissezfaire.org/pl6300.html > > DEATH BY GOVERNMENT > by R.J. Rummel > (Transaction Books, 1994) > I. Background Over 133,147,000 Murdered: Pre-Twentieth-Century Democide, 45. > II. 128,168,000 Victims: The DekaMegaMurderers > III. 19,178,000 Victims: The Lesser MegaMurderers > IV 4,145,000 Victims: The Suspected MegaMurderers Duncan, You have to keep in mind that these deaths were all necessary in order to curtail drug dealing and pornography. (Although it gave rise to a sharp increase in necrophilia.) I read a passage of a book long ago in which a historian recounted a number of different fallen dictators known for bloody purges who reminesced that if they had controlled their moments of "softness" (translate~~killed more of the right people) that they would still be in power. I wonder if Hitler's final words were, "Well, they won't have Adolf Hitler to kick around, anymore." DeathMonger

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VSA2048 CRACKING CONTEST
by DataETRsch＠aol.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Host: DataET Research (http://www.dataet.com) Encrypted file location: http://www.dataet.com/public/source/vsacmv20/crackit.dat Applied encryption algorithm: VSA2048 Encryption algorithm source code: http://www.dataet.com/public/source/vsacmv20/ Applied key size: 120 bits (15 bytes) Encrypted (secured) file size: 836 bytes Decrypted (unsecured) file size: 836 bytes Hints: No message hints available Key and message post location: cypherpunks(a)toad.com Contact: info(a)dataet.com Limitations: U.S. residents only Prize: FREE basic Web site package & apology posted to cypherpunks(a)toad.com & discontinuation of VSA2048-based products CRACKIT.DAT file statistics: Type: Binary (Intel) Characters: 836 Mode: 179 Mean: 127 Median (middle character, no order): 3

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http://www.dataet.com/public/source/vsacmv20/
by DataETRsch＠aol.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Hi, Here are the addresses of the slightly modified versions of the Pascal source code files of VSA2048 Cryptography Module V2.0 (the shareware trial edition version): http://www.dataet.com/public/source/vsacmv20/vsacm.dpr http://www.dataet.com/public/source/vsacmv20/intunit.pas http://www.dataet.com/public/source/vsacmv20/libunit.pas http://www.dataet.com/public/source/vsacmv20/stdunit.pas If you are not located within the United States, don't even consider viewing the files. Yes, I realize that the public release of the source code files is long overdue (okay, REALLY long overdue), but I would appreciate it if you e-mailed any suggestions, comments, criticisms, insults, etc. to jeremy(a)dataet.com. As I am not subscribed to the cypherpunks' mailing list, I would not receive any messages regarding the source code posted to the list. It would be best to download VSACM V2.0 from our Web site and make use of the help file included and analyze each function or procedure within the source code systematically. VSACM.DPR is the main project file. INTUNIT.PAS basically contains functions, procedures and data structures not directly available to developers. LIBUNIT.PAS contains the functions and procedures that are readily available to developers. STDUNIT.PAS contains the source of the algorithm extensions. Also, there is a VSA2048 encrypted binary file located at http://www.dataet.com/public/source/vsacmv20/crackit.dat. The file was encrypted using 120-bit (NOT 128-bit) VSA2048 key. Yes, I'm making things a whole 8 bits easier (although the maximum key length is 2048 bits). The first cypherpunk who develops a VSA2048 decryption utility, decrypts the file, and sends decrypted message and the correct key to info(a)dataet.com and cypherpunks(a)toad.com will receive a free basic Web site package. (Package details are located at http://www.dataet.com) (Igor, this is it!) If someone does indeed decrypt the file, I myself will post an apology and a declaration that VSA2048 constitutes a defective encryption algorithm to the cypherpunks mailing list. I will have the marketing of the VSA2048 encryption algorithm discontinued. The decryption utility must be a program that either incorporates the source code internally or incorporates the source code as a compiled DLL. (You must compile the given source code. The shareware trial edition version of VSACM V2.0, which only allows keys up to 40 bits in length, is NOT compatible with the given source code.) The "contest" expires on June 20th, 1997. The message and the correct key will be posted to cypherpunks(a)toad.com on June 21st, 1997. By the way, if someone cannot hack the file by June 20th...well...I don't know who'll be laughing then. After all, the applied key is only 120 bits in length. Also, the contest is currently limited to those who are subscribed to the cypherpunks' mailing list. There are no exceptions. By the way, you can check out DataET Research's Web site at http://www.dataet.com. (No, we're NOT using America Online as our Web space provider anymore.) Regards, Jeremy Yu-Ramos DataET Research

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Commercial privacy proxy server available
by Greg Broiles 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

See <http://www.iproxy.com/>; their service agreement isn't very pro-privacy (they don't want you to use it for porn, and reserve the right to disclose records to law enforcement or third parties, pursuant to warrant/process *or* informal request), but it's an interesting development. -- Greg Broiles | US crypto export control policy in a nutshell: gbroiles(a)netbox.com | http://www.io.com/~gbroiles | Export jobs, not crypto.

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Secure payments on the Internet the focus of internationalconference June 19-20 in Washington
by Robert Hettinga 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

--- begin forwarded text Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 15:17:31 -0400 From: Debra Greenberg <101664.3477(a)compuserve.com> Organization: FBMA America Inc. MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rah(a)shipwright.com Subject: Secure payments on the Internet the focus of international conference June 19-20 in Washington X-URL: http://www.shipwright.com/#contact Hello, Mr. Hettinga -- I'm a fairly recent fan of e$, having learned about it only a month ago. Aware as I am of the rules of Netiquette, I was hoping for your advice or assistance regarding how I might let other readers know about an important conference coming up June 19-20 in Washington on the subject of secure payments and the Internet. Sponsored by Digital Equipment Corp., Hitachi, CyberCash and VeriFone, the conference will address payment systems, security issues, digital signatures and certification authorities, regulatory issues, standards development, emerging technologies, and other topics. Keynote speakers include Ira C. Magaziner, Senior Advisor to the President for Policy Development; William Melton, CEO, CyberCash; and Frank V. Cahouet, CEO, Mellon Bank, among others. In addition to discussions on electronic purse, chip cards, micropayments, credit cards on the Internet and other payment systems, and in addition to progress reports on BIPS, NetBill, Integrion, Mondex and other high-profile rollouts, the conference will feature discussions on: -taxation of Internet commerce (Karl Frieden, Arther Andersen / Walter Nagel, MCI Communications) -risk management in business-to-business bill payments on the Internet (Anne Friedman, Chase Manhattan / Sandra Runyon, Southwestern Bell / Scott Smith, Jupiter Communications -establishing trust in electronic transactions (Lori Fena, Exec. Director, Electronic Frontier Foundation) - the US Postal Service's electronic postmarking and CA initiative - proposed changes to the ACH network to support Internet payments In all, there will be about 40 presentations. The CyberPayments 97 conference (which is accompanied by an exposition titled "i-Money" takes place June 19-20 at the Sheraton Washington Hotel and is organized by the National Automated Clearing House Association, which is actively involved in promoting all types of payment systems, including Internet payments. A full conference brochure can be found at www.nacha.org I hope you'll find the conference interesting enough to share with your readers. Thank you in advance for your consideration of this information. Sincerely, Debra Greenberg Managing Director FBMA America Inc. (on behalf of the National Automated Clearing House Association) 101664.3477(a)compuserve.com --- 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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Re: Just Say "No" to Congress
by lucifer＠dhp.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Vladimir Z. Nuri wrote: > >> anyone who disbelieves in the authority of the US government > >> yet sends them their tax money is a hypocrite. > > > > Horseshit. That's no different from saying that anyone who > >disbelieves in the authority of armed robbers yet gives them > >their wallet is a hypocrite. > > Do you actually put any thought into your posts? > > > > ok truthmonger, after someone has stolen your money, do you > report it to the police, or do you just sit around and > curse the evildoer? what is your response when your money > is stolen? I kiss it goodbye and forget about it. The police are too busy pursing imaginary crime to bother with real crime. I caught a kid breaking into my camper by the Rose Garden in Berkeley. I handcuffed him to the bumper and gave him the option of my calling his mother or the police. When the Berkeley police cruised by I explained the situation and they had no problem with it, but I got a pile of shit from various Berkeley bleeding-hearts while we waited for his mother. I would have turned the kid loose before turning him over to the police, since I regarded him as a lesser criminal than many of them. I've lost a few thousand dollars worth of goods to thieves, but criminal cops have cost me tens of thousands of dollars in the legal system. TruthMonger

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PI/GILC UK Crypto Conference Cybercast
by Dave Banisar 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

For those of you interested in hearing a live cybercast of the Privacy International/GILC conference on UK cryptography policy, theURL is: http://www.encryption.co.uk Speakers will include Phil Zimmermann, Whit Diffie, Ross Anderson, and Carl Ellison. The Department of Trade and Industry and the National Criminal Intelligence Service will also present. The event is being hosted by the London School of Economics. A copy of the agenda is available at: http://www.privacy.org/pi/conference/dti/

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CC fingerprints
by harka＠nycmetro.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- http://cnn.com/TECH/9705/16/t_t/magnetic.security/index.html Catching counterfeit credit cards Researchers find way to check magnetic 'fingerprints' ST. LOUIS, Missouri (CNN) -- Researchers at Washington University here have come up with a way to spot counterfeit credit cards by detecting the unique "fingerprint" on the back of each card. <snip> Their solution, called the Magneprint system, reads the millions of tiny magnetic particles, which are unique on each card, says Professor Ronald Indeck. Each magnetic stripe on the card has two important areas. The first looks like a bar code, which contains the account number. The rest is a random pattern of magnetic information -- a signature that is different on every card and impossible to duplicate, Indeck says. <snip> The inventors say the Magneprint system can be used to stop other kinds of fraud, involving airline tickets, currency, and checks. It's expected to be made available to card companies later this year. ========================================================================== -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQEVAwUBM311bjltEBIEF0MBAQHq1Af9EIo98F80FaAbiYJv9JBfR8QIFpwIHnCG HPZAyRFPz8Yx1AMApGc0i5JckqanriXzAEE/+3K1YiLcpL0X0yxUEA6wBc31nYG1 6so/mWdeaBMy81/Coa+534vPcWpPN4/TyBsiGitNzeh4dVit2yYg/AwW2NV092B2 p6ERgI91UtIxVov18CG2wpt960H2q4QNGnl5pI43xhHeutsZHvt97eDpoMTqaR6v nam1TpolXxQSxcubmOfUFyvI1hZN3bUx472OnfcrtuuNHMPsoGX11J9Z2NtTzwjx FbcpDJ0KCQtTlY1ViGHI60XqFFFWXUQ/pTZgXF8bVeOsIzOkicU0Ug== =Y3gr -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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