December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

BOUNCE cypherpunks@Algebra.COM: Admin request of type /^\s*which\s+\S+\s*$/i at line 6 (fwd)
by cpunks＠algebra.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

----- Forwarded message from owner-cypherpunks(a)algebra.com ----- >From owner-cypherpunks(a)Algebra.COM Sun May 18 16:04:30 1997 Date: Sun, 18 May 1997 16:04:27 -0500 From: owner-cypherpunks(a)algebra.com Message-Id: <199705182104.QAA32347(a)manifold.algebra.com> To: owner-cypherpunks(a)Algebra.COM Subject: BOUNCE cypherpunks(a)Algebra.COM: Admin request of type /^\s*w-h-i--ch\s+\S+\s*$/i at line 6 >From cpunks(a)manifold.algebra.com Sun May 18 16:04:17 1997 Return-Path: <cypherpunks-errors(a)toad.com> Received: (from root@localhost) by manifold.algebra.com (8.8.5/8.8.2) with UUCP id QAA32329 for cypherpunks+incoming-toad(a)algebra.com; Sun, 18 May 1997 16:04:13 -0500 Received: from toad.com (toad.com [140.174.2.1]) by www.video-collage.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA24795 for <cypherpunks+incoming-toad(a)algebra.com>; Sun, 18 May 1997 17:04:05 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by toad.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id NAA26718 for cypherpunks-unedited-outgoing; Sun, 18 May 1997 13:57:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from kizmiaz.dis.org (se7en(a)kizmiaz.dis.org [206.14.78.160]) by toad.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id NAA26713 for <cypherpunks(a)toad.com>; Sun, 18 May 1997 13:57:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from se7en@localhost) by kizmiaz.dis.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id NAA26241; Sun, 18 May 1997 13:58:05 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 18 May 1997 13:58:04 -0700 (PDT) From: se7en <se7en(a)dis.org> To: Cypherpunks <cypherpunks(a)toad.com> Subject: Hacked, Trashed and Out of Beer Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.91.970518135516.26216A-100000(a)kizmiaz.dis.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-cypherpunks(a)toad.com Precedence: bulk Well, I finally managed to catch up on all the email from this list, and managed to also get all of the hacked web sites thus far up on my web page at http://www.dis.org/se7en w-h-i-c-h includes: Amnesty International Central Intelligence Agency East Timor, Indonesia Kriegsman Fur NASA U.K. Labour Party U.S. Air Force U.S. Department of Justice se7en ----- End of forwarded message from owner-cypherpunks(a)algebra.com -----

4 3

Jim Bell's legal defense fund
by ichudov＠algebra.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Hi there, I do not know Jim Bell personally and am not sure how rich he is, but suspect that he might be in need of some funds in order to be properly represented by good attorneys. How about setting up his legal defense fund? igor

3 2

Lethality, guns, knives, & reality
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Hi, Forwarded message: > Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 13:05:12 -0800 > From: Tim May <tcmay(a)got.net> > Subject: Re: SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS > Also, the "boiling a frog slowly" metaphor comes to mind...most people have > little idea how the vise has tightened. And in the case of "gun rights," > most Americans are apparently of the opinion that their lives will be safer > if all guns are banned. > > (Which may be true, if _all_ guns were banned. The last time I looked at the FBI stats on homicide deaths by beatings with clubs, hands, and feet were much larger than homicides by gun or knife. trivial dribble: Nifty thing I found out today is that the cleaner that I use on my whiteboard at work burns quite rapidly. Jim Choate CyberTects ravage(a)ssz.com

2 1

Re: The USA is the world's biggest terrorist state (fwd)
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 16:49:34 -0400 (edt) > From: Ryan Anderson <randerso(a)ece.eng.wayne.edu> > On Tue, 20 May 1997, Peter Trei wrote: > > >...to assassinating dozens of leaders of countries the USA wished > > >to shape in different directions, the USA is Terror State Numero Uno. > > > > Dozens? As in 12+? Again, which ones? When? Any since the (Carter?) > > exec order forbidding attacks against heads of state? > > Ford, I believe. I would be interested in someones itemized list regarding this matter. In particular I would be interested in the paper-trail of proof used in making the assertions. Jim Choate CyberTects ravage(a)ssz.com

1 0

update.322 (fwd)
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: >From physnews(a)aip.org Tue May 20 14:20:29 1997 Date: Tue, 20 May 97 09:14:36 EDT From: physnews(a)aip.org (AIP listserver) Message-Id: <9705201314.AA25712(a)aip.org> To: physnews-mailing(a)aip.org Subject: update.322 PHYSICS NEWS UPDATE The American Institute of Physics Bulletin of Physics News Number 322 May 20, 1997 by Phillip F. Schewe and Ben Stein IN QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS electrons are put in a barrel, as it were, and sent over a series of waterfalls. Instead of recombining with holes to create photons, as in conventional semiconductor lasers (one injected electron resulting in one photon), electrons in a QC laser pass through a succession of closely coordinated quantum wells---each well consisting of a sandwich of semiconductor layers---unloading energy as they go, in the form of photons (one electron creating 25 photons, one for each stage in the stack). QC lasers are unique in that the output light wavelength is determined not by semiconductor chemistry (the type of materials used) but by the thickness and spacing of the layers (sometimes only a few atoms thick). Cascade lasers, first developed in 1994 by Federico Capasso and Jerome Faist at Bell Labs, can operate in the mid infrared wavelength region (4- 12 microns). This technologically important range is currently being served primarily by low-power lasers which can only work at low temperatures. By contrast, Bell Labs' new QC laser can not only operate at room temperature with high output power (60 mW, with even higher power evident in recent experiments) but can also be tuned to a single wavelength through the use of gratings within the laser. These features will allow scientists in the field to carry out remote chemical sensing (of, say, pollutants present at parts-per-billion levels) by selectively exciting, and detecting, specific chemical species. (Jerome Faist et al., Applied Physics Letters, 19 May 1997; and a talk at this week's Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics in Baltimore.) ZERO-DIMENSIONAL METALS are studied by physicists at Harvard. In general, reducing the dimensionality of an object makes its quantum nature more manifest. In a semiconductor, for example, confining mobile electrons to a plane (2D) or a wire (1D) or a dot (0D) enforces an ever sharper limit on the allowed energies, and this can be exploited in producing compact and highly controllable electronic devices. The Harvard scientists (contact Dan Ralph, now at Cornell, ralph(a)msc.cornell.edu) have succeeded in attaching leads to 10-nm-sized metal particles; this allows them to apply a gate voltage which turns the tiny particle into a transistor. Unlike semiconductor dots, the metal nanoparticle can be made magnetic or superconducting, allowing forces inside the sample to be analyzed. Indeed, with this speck of aluminum, the discrete quantum-mechanical spectrum of electrons in a metal have been measured more accurately than ever before. One can watch the electron spectrum even as magnetic fields break up the superconducting state. (D.C. Ralph et al., upcoming in Physical Review Letters, 26 May 1997.) GAMMA RAY BURSTERS HAVE REVEALED THEMSELVES at optical and radio wavelengths. Astronomers have sought to establish whether these once-only gamma sources were near at hand (in the halo of our galaxy) or resident in distant galaxies. On May 8 the BeppoSAX satellite spotted a new GRB at gamma wavelengths. Alert Caltech scientists soon viewed the same object with the Palomar and Keck optical telescopes, establishing from the redshift that the object was some billions of light years away. Meanwhile, the Very Large Array radio telescope has also glimpsed the object. As of last week the visible signal was decreasing and the radio signal increasing in intensity. (Press releases from Caltech (May 14) and VLA (May 15).)

1 0

CABLE DESCRAMBLER...Build Cheap & Easy!
by 53807121＠earthlink.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

<HTML><PRE><BODY BGCOLOR="#000000"><FONT COLOR="#00FFFF" SIZE=3> CABLE DESCRAMBLER -Build with 7 Radio Shack parts costing $13.00 -----------View all PREMIUM and PAY- PER VIEW channels.-------------- Our Cable Descrambler package is an information kit containing easy to follow, step-by-step instructions on how to build a cable descrambler from a few inexpensive parts available at Radio Shack or your local electronics store. Your descrambler will allow you to view ALL the Premium and Pay-Per-View channels as long as you subscribe to BASIC cable service. The assembly is very simple and does not require any kind of electronic training or experience. Just follow the clear instructions and simple diagram and you will be enjoying your extra channels in less than an hour. IT'S THAT EASY! Don't wait. Order now and you too can begin enjoying all that cable television has to offer. So save yourself some money! ....Order your cable descrambler package today for a one time fee of only $13.95 We will send your package right away... And as always, our plans are backed by a full MONEY-BACK-GUARANTEE. ************************************************************ ORDER FORM: (circle one) Cash Money Order Check Credit Card (Circle One: VISA, M/C, Discover) Credit card # ________________________________________ Expiration Date____________________ Signature_________________________________________ Guaranteed Fee $13.95. I need you to RUSH processing. Please add $5.00: Total $_______ TO EXPEDITE PROCESSING: Fill out all information, print, and FAX TO (619) 682-1021 (If paying by credit card) If paying by cash, check, or money order.... Please make payable to: FREEDOM PUBLISHING.... Fill out the following information; & MAIL TO: FREEDOM PUBLISHING P.O. Box 15131 San Diego, CA 92175 Name_____________________________ Address___________________ City ___________ State _____Zip __________ Phone #(___)____ -________ FREEDOM PUBLISHING PO Box 15131 San Diego, CA 92175 ************************************************************ Once you have received this message you are automatically removed from our mailing list. We are sorry if this message was unwanted....Sincerely. </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=3>

1 0

encryption laws
by Allan Thompson 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Would it be possible for a court to subpeona a encrypted file or key, and order you to tell them the key ? If you didn't would you be held in 'contempt of court' ? -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6.2 mQCNAyw57X8AAAEEANs79QzyCIwCXMUnbiFTK5l8lJBXKdZqGAHxwgbDOuOGBSJB HBxlfycbSqevTPmKRTL4yHD1yCmAbkTrZtZuP1DDWeStaujf3M8lh6RlU4lOLU4Z IAu12Y9i4IgyBQkM03d/TZfAaXwUKQu2APBNz8D6ZT53xVzJVy80opqUWHzJAAUR tB9BbGxhbiBUaG9tcHNvbiA8YXRjMTJAd2VsbC5jb20+iQCVAwUQLDsrvS80opqU WHzJAQEvWgQAvx/DdLFB5Jk4BOiSD5QX8qDbAb40L1rgNAi3R/1kSYnBjli/ncDR msyJKoviG0Ppl0JSxfX4SpgoKOsS1jpz5yFFmBAPCPJ5VC0cjwhgItdnyHnAcj99 FdrcVhF9G2oJkeoqgXkt3Hy6YWhGhxI4Wvcrv6eAC1yKZ8FA3xltuWA= =o+Ud -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

2 1

Why I think Jim Bell is getting railroaded
by Alan Olsen 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- I think that the Government is trying to make an example of Mr. Bell. I think that much of the charges reported in the news are flase. Here is why... 1) They claim that Jim was actively trying to disrupt 911 service and poison the Bull Run water supply. These are non-political targets. Jim only thinks in political targets. (I remember trying to get him to come to grips with the idea that such a system as AP would not be used just for government types. That is would be used against anyone who had enemies. Could not even make a dent...) 2) The warrent is sealed, yet the media is reporting all sorts of things about the case. Where is the information coming from? Sounds like planted information to keep people from complaining too much when they send him up the river for a few years... (Whether he survives long in custody is another story. I would be willing to bet that if he does not "cooperate" that he will have some sort of "accident" while in government hands.) 3) The suspected crimes list keeps changing. How many times has the "official" story changed? Each time it gets more and more lurid. (And many of the crimes are ones that get used against damn near every case the government tries against someone who threatens the security of the state. Belief starts to wear a bit thin after a while...) Of course, i do not expect anything like the truth from standing in the way of a conviction... "Paranoia strikes deep... Into your soul it will creep... It starts when you're always afraid... Step out of line, the man come, and take you away..." -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 5.0 beta Charset: noconv iQEVAwUBM4J5L+QCP3v30CeZAQGzywf9HoiiBqO3vbuYDtHreTk7IPKP6ZUIZX4c 5Wn54ip08cJ3pRKi+xWFhuniVve5GaenMoMbWMvVH2AQ8jVl+xGpnjGyACr0dnFK icJkwXX59/v+whYyu9R7lWba9qjqCq6XAUkyZog28F23mVGqKYz+QRPqYQF2C9AE KN7WCXd1C38m6q1YtpqgaZZ7i3+9wDjkYTm+2J4wogKzxnhSWZchhslI0V0QoySe 0zf83U8nHWQtE0d4c8nzmdRV+wTBB3Aj5Q9WVOYFSukRfn9n1pBC00aZ3Pec8BLC AeRkbbG6pKprTOfxWzd+s5T5KlWZZXo9667n7xfi/wH9LNtKNGHfEg== =vP8r -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --- | "Bill Clinton - Bringing back the sixties one Nixon at a time." | |"The moral PGP Diffie taught Zimmermann unites all| Disclaimer: | | mankind free in one-key-steganography-privacy!" | Ignore the man | |`finger -l alano(a)teleport.com` for PGP 2.6.2 key | behind the keyboard.| | http://www.ctrl-alt-del.com/~alan/ |alan(a)ctrl-alt-del.com|

3 2

encryption laws (fwd)
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1993 23:04:39 -0400 > From: Allan Thompson <sparky12(a)earthlink.net> > Subject: encryption laws > Would it be possible for a court to subpeona a encrypted file or key, > > and order you to tell them the key ? > If you didn't would you be held in 'contempt of court' ? If they had reasonable cause to believe you had knowledge of the key and were refusing to divulge it under direct order of the court you would be held in contempt until you were very old and gray. Jim Choate CyberTects ravage(a)ssz.com

4 3

The Bell Plan
by TruthMonger 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- John Young wrote: > The Oregonian, May 20, 1997, Metro Section P-1: > An affidavit says a Vancouver man arrested Friday talked of > sabotaging Portland's 9-1-1 computer and Bull Run water > > Vancouver, Wash. -- A Vancouver man arrested Friday by Internal > Revenue agents discussed sabotaging the computers in Portland's > 9-1-1 center and talked about using a botulism toxin to contaminate > the Bull Run water supply, a federal agent said Monday. After reading this news article and a variety of posts on the cypherpunks list (especially by Tim May and Paul Bradley), I have decided that I cannot in good conscence allow Jim Bell's persecution for exercising his basic human right to free speech to pass by without taking personal action to support him. "Then they came for the CypherPunks, and nobody spoke up..." - Jonathan Accordingly, I am hereby starting a thread on the cypherpunks list to discuss "the possibility of putting the fibers down the air vents of a federal building" to kill its computers, and the feasability of using other methods to accomplish the same end. If Jim Bell is guilty of the charges against him, then I am already guilty of the same types of charges, as are many other cypherpunks. I undoubtedly have some of the same files/posts on my computer as the ones that the government will use as proof of Jim Bell's guilt. My action in this regard is for the purpose of protesting the governments persecution of its citizens, Jim Bell specifically, and to act to counter the benefits that they expect to gain by doing so. (CypherPunk Translation~~"I'm pissing in the government's face.") In keeping with what I see as a cypherpunk frame of mind, I am posting this via an anonymous remailer, but I am also digitally signing it. I am not hiding my identity, but merely taking action to prevent my public statement from being used to unjustly persecute me. In effect, I am telling the U.S. government that in exercising one of my basic human rights I feel it is necessary to protect myself legally from the government persecution of its citizens. I am also telling them that I will not "go quietly into the night" in the face of censorship, loss of privacy, and oppression. I will "route around" the "damage" that the government's policies and legislation cause, doing so in a non-violent manner. (Hopefully, but not realistically, they will recognize that if they manage to block all means for me to non-violently route around the abrogation of my rights as a free human being, that my only alternatives will be conflict or enslavement.) Anyway, in thinking about the possibilities surrounding the introduction of carbon fibers into a federal building, my first thought was in regard to whether or not carbon fibers are actually known to cause damage to hard drives. Does anyone know where this idea comes from and whether it has any known basis in fact? If there is some basis for believing it to be a possibility, then it would not take much effort to test it out. One could get an old computer for a petty sum and use it to test the results of introducing the fibers through the power supply. TruthMonger #1 "They will get my cryptography when they pry it from my cold, dead algorithms." -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 5.0 beta Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBM4KR+6ozBjzmqceZAQHeRQQAiI6CSKzPgioO5UdacoNbtKPyTvhHOuNB /kkCx1UuYiVOaIw48oVX7Gj1bIcMMkAiM+q6q+SOZkEq+hNUdriISpY5/aKA39Yp ejNKl2McRK7WrP+TQPNx9hwxFrW93JrqjhSPhZsgkVNtIHG/wE1RpdWJzPiIOeP2 /Q9TTHmRoRU= =x+P/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 5.0 beta mQCNAzMs140AAAEEAL1CAoB5pd97hIOoT6L0v05Ov8nw0unf0db6NXZ91EJAyq9p DoPGJl7Z6m5McIsNI2DrCEEt7KYdt0ZIGcqqK2gmCePYI0oQOFj+jznI3jKXg1k2 R+ngk+cUn21EfrNXFGPk1Tuc1/3Qib6cX6BZRJvvz1FNYNt/zqozBjzmqceZAAUR tBtUb3RvIDx0b3RvQHNrLnN5bXBhdGljby5jYT6JAJUCBRAzPR6jIokaQ0EgfuUB ARyWA/9P1UVMvBAGXY488f/Nvs1CZnp/a0SNxELXfpMyJz/Vdd2RuahRYoc50Cbp F1/QOd4PZeEW2aNT/shxfm3Q9zpxGzyFgy//tEXdw2aedzdT4oMOgDBqMrzc2LfN 8zWqF5cWJLASIqwbrIkmyZR6LUCxmE79WmgRlQGAHfMwwC3WLYkAlQMFEDOCfw+w X4yQZvuMZQEBhuYEAJW2pN2aj1m7972GkQvUVBeenWrMqKXNyHF/73+YGZsLLo79 ApWR1ROm2RgxXJQeHSrUolXhxpkjHe9DJ5GwrsV7m97HfwvM32Vw/32U4T1jyeez VvBqJQ417UxxYS2QSQZIyLcVojFEJvh/kQ2NFXwTPJ1BscPn4/KnT6DD0u5ciQCV AwUQM4J+6pfboLn8NWjNAQGTigQAnrFZ8OiAguWqi1LsClKo0t9y+Ly98EPnpBt2 FgQN9/Z8PSZjPqEn9AJk7Z5TBhGJNXBmkULiuNA9zvGTsRM0S7Oi6/WFUcL9rio6 gMsxTnDythGaFa5YDQXgXtFxqcjsojGhe922KFnVi4xxatO9vm9Zo3JaNAK8zvg2 rIrd7VQ= =MuiR -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

1 0

Re: Why I think Jim Bell is getting railroaded
by Alan Olsen 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 09:25 PM 5/20/97 -0700, you wrote: >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >I think that the Government is trying to make an example of Mr. Bell. I >think >that much of the charges reported in the news are flase. ^^^^^ I meant "false". Dyslexia. Name for it by ask! --- | "Bill Clinton - Bringing back the sixties one Nixon at a time." | |"The moral PGP Diffie taught Zimmermann unites all| Disclaimer: | | mankind free in one-key-steganography-privacy!" | Ignore the man | |`finger -l alano(a)teleport.com` for PGP 2.6.2 key | behind the keyboard.| | http://www.ctrl-alt-del.com/~alan/ |alan(a)ctrl-alt-del.com|

1 0

Re: Anonymous remailers: A call to arms wanted
by tcmay＠got.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

(A copy of this message has also been posted to the following newsgroups: misc.survivalism, alt.cypherpunks) In article <3382463a.1158385(a)news.nr.infi.net>, wjs(a)nr.infi.net wrote: > Please, wackos, set up an alt.* group for your drivel. It is the > idiots like you you have the media and the general populace believing > that all of us are just like you. > > Thanks to you, I have to be very careful about who I talk to about > "certain subjects", and my wife thinks I am paranoid for taking what I > view as reasonable precautions. > > I know I don't speak for everyone on the group, but I also know I'm > hardly alone. GO AWAY! Anonymous remailers protect speakers from retaliation. The Founders used anonymity, as the pseudonymous writings in the Federalist Papers show. Granted, some anonymous posts are drivel, some are even illegal. So? The government is attempting to get anonymous remailers shut down, is proposing restrictions on strong cryptography, and is trying to make it look as though anyone supporting these things is a kind of right-wing militia member crazy. If you don't _like_ something, some opinion, either ignore it or write a rebuttal. But don't play their game by saying there's something basically _wrong_ with anonymous remailers. --Tim May -- There's something wrong when I'm a felon under an increasing number of laws. ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay(a)got.net 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Higher Power: 2^1398269 | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."

1 0

No Subject
by Mix 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

On Wed, 14 May 1997, Huge Cajones Remailer wrote: I think Vulis needs each of us to send ten copies of this back to him. > Tim May's mother attempted to pro-choice the unwanted > Graham-John Bullers by fishing with a coat hanger in her giant > cunt, but failed miserably to pull the rabbit and > succeeded only in scraping out the contents of little > Timmy's fetal cranium (not much to begin with). > > (_) _____ (_) > /O O\ Graham-John Bullers > ! I ! > ! \___/ ! > \_____/ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Graham-John Bullers Modulator of alt.2600.modulated ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ email : real(a)freenet.edmonton.ab.ca : ab756(a)freenet.toronto.on.ca ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.freenet.edmonton.ab.ca/~real/index.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

1 0

The Bell Plan
by Mix 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- John Young wrote: > The Oregonian, May 20, 1997, Metro Section P-1: > An affidavit says a Vancouver man arrested Friday talked of > sabotaging Portland's 9-1-1 computer and Bull Run water > > Vancouver, Wash. -- A Vancouver man arrested Friday by Internal > Revenue agents discussed sabotaging the computers in Portland's > 9-1-1 center and talked about using a botulism toxin to contaminate > the Bull Run water supply, a federal agent said Monday. After reading this news article and a variety of posts on the cypherpunks list (especially by Tim May and Paul Bradley), I have decided that I cannot in good conscious allow Jim Bell's persecution for exercising his basic human right to free speech to pass by without taking personal action to support him. "Then they came for the CypherPunks, and nobody spoke up..." - Jonathan Accordingly, I am hereby starting a thread on the cypherpunks list to discuss "the possibility of putting the fibers down the air vents of a federal building" to kill its computers, and the feasability of using other methods to accomplish the same end. If Jim Bell is guilty of the charges against him, then I am already guilty of the same types of charges, as are many other cypherpunks. I undoubtedly have some of the same files/posts on my computer as the ones that the government will use as proof of Jim Bell's guilt. My action in this regard is for the purpose of protesting the governments persecution of its citizens, Jim Bell specifically, and to act to counter the benefits that they expect to gain by doing so. (CypherPunk Translation~~"I'm pissing in the government's face.") In keeping with what I see as a cypherpunk frame of mind, I am posting this via an anonymous remailer, but I am also digitally signing it. I am not hiding my identity, but merely taking action to prevent my public statement from being used to unjustly persecute me. In effect, I am telling the U.S. government that in exercising one of my basic human rights I feel it is necessary to protect myself legally from the government persecution of its citizens. I am also telling them that I will not "go quietly into the night" in the face of censorship, loss of privacy, and oppression. I will "route around" the "damage" that the government's policies and legislation cause, doing so in a non-violent manner. (Hopefully, but not realistically, they will recognize that if they manage to block all means for me to non-violently route around the abrogation of my rights as a free human being, that my only alternatives will be conflict or enslavement.) Anyway, in thinking about the possibilities surrounding the introduction of carbon fibers into a federal building, my first thought was in regard to whether or not carbon fibers are actually known to cause damage to hard drives. Does anyone know where this idea comes from and whether it has any known basis in fact? If there is some basis for believing it to be a possibility, then it would not take much effort to test it out. One could get an old computer for a petty sum and use it to test the results of introducing the fibers through the power supply. TruthMonger #1 "They will get my cryptography when they pry it from my cold, dead algorithms." -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 5.0 beta Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBM4KR+6ozBjzmqceZAQHeRQQAiI6CSKzPgioO5UdacoNbtKPyTvhHOuNB /kkCx1UuYiVOaIw48oVX7Gj1bIcMMkAiM+q6q+SOZkEq+hNUdriISpY5/aKA39Yp ejNKl2McRK7WrP+TQPNx9hwxFrW93JrqjhSPhZsgkVNtIHG/wE1RpdWJzPiIOeP2 /Q9TTHmRoRU= =x+P/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 5.0 beta mQCNAzMs140AAAEEAL1CAoB5pd97hIOoT6L0v05Ov8nw0unf0db6NXZ91EJAyq9p DoPGJl7Z6m5McIsNI2DrCEEt7KYdt0ZIGcqqK2gmCePYI0oQOFj+jznI3jKXg1k2 R+ngk+cUn21EfrNXFGPk1Tuc1/3Qib6cX6BZRJvvz1FNYNt/zqozBjzmqceZAAUR tBtUb3RvIDx0b3RvQHNrLnN5bXBhdGljby5jYT6JAJUCBRAzPR6jIokaQ0EgfuUB ARyWA/9P1UVMvBAGXY488f/Nvs1CZnp/a0SNxELXfpMyJz/Vdd2RuahRYoc50Cbp F1/QOd4PZeEW2aNT/shxfm3Q9zpxGzyFgy//tEXdw2aedzdT4oMOgDBqMrzc2LfN 8zWqF5cWJLASIqwbrIkmyZR6LUCxmE79WmgRlQGAHfMwwC3WLYkAlQMFEDOCfw+w X4yQZvuMZQEBhuYEAJW2pN2aj1m7972GkQvUVBeenWrMqKXNyHF/73+YGZsLLo79 ApWR1ROm2RgxXJQeHSrUolXhxpkjHe9DJ5GwrsV7m97HfwvM32Vw/32U4T1jyeez VvBqJQ417UxxYS2QSQZIyLcVojFEJvh/kQ2NFXwTPJ1BscPn4/KnT6DD0u5ciQCV AwUQM4J+6pfboLn8NWjNAQGTigQAnrFZ8OiAguWqi1LsClKo0t9y+Ly98EPnpBt2 FgQN9/Z8PSZjPqEn9AJk7Z5TBhGJNXBmkULiuNA9zvGTsRM0S7Oi6/WFUcL9rio6 gMsxTnDythGaFa5YDQXgXtFxqcjsojGhe922KFnVi4xxatO9vm9Zo3JaNAK8zvg2 rIrd7VQ= =MuiR -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

1 0

Swiss Consortium Chooses RPK Fast Public Key Cryptosystem forNext Generation Wireless Electronic Transactions
by Robert Hettinga 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

--- begin forwarded text From: Jack Oswald <joswald(a)rpkusa.com> To: "'joswald(a)rpkusa.com'" <joswald(a)rpkusa.com>, "'maujacca(a)iprolink.ch'" <maujacca(a)iprolink.ch> Subject: Swiss Consortium Chooses RPK Fast Public Key Cryptosystem for Next Generation Wireless Electronic Transactions Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 18:41:20 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Also see recent press coverage in Infoworld: RPK announces deal for fast crypto with Swiss consortium http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayStory.pl?97059.wrpk.htm SET 2.0 on the way http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/97/16/t04-16.1.htm PRESS RELEASE For Release May 19, 1997 RPK, Inc.: Jack Oswald, +1 408.479.7874, joswald(a)rpkusa.com, http://www.rpk.co.nz ADESA, Inc.: Maurice Jaccard,+41 22.910.29.14, maujacca(a)iprolink.ch Swiss Consortium Chooses RPK Fast Public Key Cryptosystem for Next Generation Wireless Electronic Transactions Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) and ADESA, Inc. introduce HAWK VLSI cryptography-enhanced processor San Francisco, CA - RPK, Inc. announced today that a consortium of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) and ADESA, Inc., a Swiss application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) design firm have chosen the RPK Fast Public Key Cryptosystem to provide strong cryptographic security in a next generation wireless electronic transactions application. At the same time, EPFL and ADESA unveiled HAWK a new generation cryptography-enhanced microprocessor specifically designed for use in high speed/low power embedded applications. "The RPK encryption technology won the design review after an extensive evaluation of all existing cryptosystems based on well known and understood cryptographic techniques," said Maurice Jaccard, Managing Director of ADESA, Inc. "With RPK there are no compromises. We get uncompromised security, high speed and low cost of implementation." "RPK is a strong encryption technology based on well know and trusted cryptographic techniques," said Jack Oswald, President and CEO of RPK Inc. "Having RPK chosen by the Swiss for this breakthrough electronic-commerce application is the strongest endorsement we could possibly achieve for the RPK technology." Wireless Electronic Transactions Application The collaboration of RPK, EPFL and ADESA has resulted in a prototype application that promises to become the "wallet of the future". This new wireless electronic transaction application may take the form of a credit card, a watch or a key chain and will sport features analogous to the leather wallets used today by billions of people worldwide. Early designs of the system allow the user to withdraw and hold cash in multiple currencies, as well as, purchase and hold vouchers for hotels, planes and car rentals all through the use of wireless communications technology. Officials in charge of the project envision that such devices could also become a personal key chain for gaining access to motor vehicles, offices and dwellings, in addition to traditional credit card uses. ADESA concluded that performance of the RPK implementation in the prototype far exceeded existing smart card implementations based on the RSA and other algorithms. The RPK technology performs the necessary encryption functions in less than 10 milliseconds using an 823-bit key compared to the best performing RSA-based equivalents that require greater than 100 milliseconds to perform the same type of function using a much weaker 512-bit key. The application is not limited to 823-bit keys. The design of the system, based on the new HAWK processor is flexible and can accommodate and process various sized keys, smaller or larger than 823 bits based on downloadable parameters. ADESA officials explained that the simplicity of the RPK algorithm makes it much simpler to implement than the popular RSA approach. It was RPK's simplicity, offering a much faster and cheaper solution while providing even higher security, that drove the choice over RSA for this application. About the RPK Fast Public Key Cryptosystem RPK is a relatively new public key cryptosystem that is based on mathematics widely used in cryptography today. It was designed to be immediately commercially viable without the years of study that a new area of mathematics normally requires, such as the Elliptic Curve Cryptosystem (ECC). The source of the security for RPK is the same as that of Diffie-Hellman key exchange, a widely used and well studied cryptographic technique. RPK offers real advantages for high speed networking, SmartCard, wireless communication applications as well as high volume software processes such as credit card transactions. RPK has at its core an invention called a Mixture Generator. In the preferred implementation, three fairly long linear feedback shift registers are used. This state machine has two modes of operation. One that uses the shift registers for exponentiation and the other as a generator of a random stream of bits used in a combining phase for the actual encryption. Effectively, RPK allows for the amortization of two "costly" exponentiations over the entire length of a message because the core engine is used to initially establish a secure state of the machine and then switches modes to perform very high speed encryption. This has been referred to as a paradigm shift where the operation of encryption does not require the costly calculations that an RSA or even an ECC implementation would require for each block of data that is about the size of the key. This mechanism can also be implemented in silicon quite efficiently such that at high strength it is much cheaper to produce than alternative technologies. Finally, it is also possible to create a Mixture Generator that is made up of Elliptic Curve groups which would provide a similarly speedy and efficient initialization mode that could still produce high speed encryption as noted above. About the HAWK VLSI Crypto Processor The HAWK VLSI cryptography-enhanced processor is the result of more than three years of research and development conducted at the EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland in the area of high speed compression and encryption. The HAWK processor will benefit most cryptography implementations but is particularly well suited for use with RPK. "The HAWK processor is the most innovative approach that we have seen yet for implementing cryptographic processes in silicon," said Bill Raike, Chief Technology Officer for RPK Inc. and inventor of the RPK fast public key cryptosystem. "HAWK breaks the barrier for high speed, low cost, low power and high strength encryption for embedded systems." Background RPK, Inc. is a supplier of next generation fast public key encryption technology. RPK was invented and originally patented in New Zealand. The company is therefore unaffected by restrictive U.S. export rules. RPK has been successfully exported to virtually all countries of the world at high strength. The company's headquarters are based in San Francisco, California, USA, with an offshore research and development center located outside of Auckland, New Zealand. http://www.rpk.co.nz ADESA, Inc. is a leading ASIC design firm based in Geneva, Switzerland with expertise in embedded and cryptographic applications. EPFL is a leading teaching and research technical institute in Lausanne, Switzerland. The school is known for its work in advanced processor design. *** --- 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/

1 0

New FinCEN Rules
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

FinCEN has published today in the Federal Register three inter-related proposals for new rules for the Bank Secrecy Act Regulations: 1. Changes in the scope and type of transactions to be regulated, including, say, micro payments and and electronic transactions such as stored value cards. 2. Changes in the reporting requirements for suspicious transactions and the types of institutions to be regulated, including "money services establishments." 3. Changes in requirements for reporting currency transactions, and setting a new floor at $750 (as reported recently in the news). http://jya.com/fc052197.htm (79K) http://jya.com/fc052197-2.htm (69K) http://jya.com/fc052197-3.htm (63K)

1 0

Mil-LE Forensic Tools
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>From the NTI Web site, http://www.secure-data.com Free downloads: Forensic Tools The FILTER Forensic Tool: This program is used to remove binary (non alpha-numeric) characters from computer data. This program has been used internationally by military and law enforcement agencies for years and was donated to the law enforcement community by one of our founders back in 1991. Once a file has been processed with this program the content can be printed and viewed with more traditional types of programs, e.g. word processors. This program should not be confused with NTI's intelligent filter program. ... The NTIDOC Forensic Tool: This program is used to essentially take an electronic snap shot of files and subdirectories that have previously been identified to have some evidentiary value. It is a documentation tool. The program automatically creates documentation that can easily be printed, viewed or merged into forensic reports. The original program entitled DOC has been used for years by military and law enforcement computer specialists and has previously been donated for that use by the founders of NTI. ... The SPACES Security Review Tool: This program is very simple. It creates one or more files that contain nothing but spaces. To be exact, every file created by this program will contain 10,000 spaces. Such output is ideal in the evaluation of encryption patterns to determine security weakness. Our forensic training courses and cryptography courses cover this concept in detail. MICRO-ID Computer Theft Prevention Software: This software is used to mark computer hard disk drives with computer ownership information. Once a computer has been marked it can be identified by police should it be recovered as stolen property. The program that reads the ownership information is called COP-ONLY and as the name implies the program is only distributed to local, county and state law enforcement agencies. ... ----------

1 0

Rogue Key Warning
by TruthMonger 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

TruthMonger wrote: > In keeping with what I see as a cypherpunk frame of mind, I am > posting this via an anonymous remailer, but I am also digitally > signing it. I am not hiding my identity, but merely taking > action to prevent my public statement from being used to unjustly > persecute me. The PGP public key included with the file for identification purposes has a verifying signature that can corrupt your PGP 5.0 keyring file if you use the "Get Selected Key" option to get that particular verifying key and add it to your keyring. It crashes the program. The offending key shows up as "Unavailable, 0xFC3568CD" in the PGP 5.0 list of verifying signatures for the key. The key included in the file causes no problems with the program when added to the keyring as long as you don't use the program to retreive the offending verification key and add it to your keyring. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: 5.0 beta > Charset: noconv > > iQCVAwUBM4KR+6ozBjzmqceZAQHeRQQAiI6CSKzPgioO5UdacoNbtKPyTvhHOuNB > /kkCx1UuYiVOaIw48oVX7Gj1bIcMMkAiM+q6q+SOZkEq+hNUdriISpY5/aKA39Yp > ejNKl2McRK7WrP+TQPNx9hwxFrW93JrqjhSPhZsgkVNtIHG/wE1RpdWJzPiIOeP2 > /Q9TTHmRoRU= > =x+P/ > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- > Version: 5.0 beta > > mQCNAzMs140AAAEEAL1CAoB5pd97hIOoT6L0v05Ov8nw0unf0db6NXZ91EJAyq9p > DoPGJl7Z6m5McIsNI2DrCEEt7KYdt0ZIGcqqK2gmCePYI0oQOFj+jznI3jKXg1k2 > R+ngk+cUn21EfrNXFGPk1Tuc1/3Qib6cX6BZRJvvz1FNYNt/zqozBjzmqceZAAUR > tBtUb3RvIDx0b3RvQHNrLnN5bXBhdGljby5jYT6JAJUCBRAzPR6jIokaQ0EgfuUB > ARyWA/9P1UVMvBAGXY488f/Nvs1CZnp/a0SNxELXfpMyJz/Vdd2RuahRYoc50Cbp > F1/QOd4PZeEW2aNT/shxfm3Q9zpxGzyFgy//tEXdw2aedzdT4oMOgDBqMrzc2LfN > 8zWqF5cWJLASIqwbrIkmyZR6LUCxmE79WmgRlQGAHfMwwC3WLYkAlQMFEDOCfw+w > X4yQZvuMZQEBhuYEAJW2pN2aj1m7972GkQvUVBeenWrMqKXNyHF/73+YGZsLLo79 > ApWR1ROm2RgxXJQeHSrUolXhxpkjHe9DJ5GwrsV7m97HfwvM32Vw/32U4T1jyeez > VvBqJQ417UxxYS2QSQZIyLcVojFEJvh/kQ2NFXwTPJ1BscPn4/KnT6DD0u5ciQCV > AwUQM4J+6pfboLn8NWjNAQGTigQAnrFZ8OiAguWqi1LsClKo0t9y+Ly98EPnpBt2 > FgQN9/Z8PSZjPqEn9AJk7Z5TBhGJNXBmkULiuNA9zvGTsRM0S7Oi6/WFUcL9rio6 > gMsxTnDythGaFa5YDQXgXtFxqcjsojGhe922KFnVi4xxatO9vm9Zo3JaNAK8zvg2 > rIrd7VQ= > =MuiR > -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

1 0

Mailing List
by Bose 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Put me on your mailing list, please.

1 0

Re: encryption laws
by Steffen Zahn 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

On Thu, 15 Jul 1993, Allan Thompson wrote: > Would it be possible for a court to subpeona a encrypted file or key, > and order you to tell them the key ? > If you didn't would you be held in 'contempt of court' ? How about claiming that you used a OTP and then revealing the key? Or should I say a key? Regards Steffen -- home email: domain: berlin.snafu.de, user: zahn To send email to me combine user@domain above to construct my address. Use of my address for unsolicited commercial advertising is forbidden.

4 3

Key Recovery War
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

A couple of news reports on the Key Recovery critique by Blaze et al from NYT and C|Net: http://jya.com/krnews.htm Both cite Reinsch of BXA's counter-critique. And another report on Sybase getting BXA approval for export of 56-bit crypto without key recovery. However, it's only for data storage not communication. The story also reports that Sybase will be allowed to export 128-bit crypto with a key recovery plan. http://jya.com/krnews2.txt And, baiting another barb, Senator Kerrey has entered the outline of his crypto bill in the Congressional Record, along with a statement on natsec and commerce and privacy need: http://jya.com/kerrey3.txt So the Administration seems to be tickling the market, sending up balloons, wet fingering the air, pulling head out, and so forth, to see who might be induced to succumb to the strategem of bait-and-bribe, trot-line eager minnows of ga-ga commerce in the national interest, ahem, like those survivalist national labs, Bell Labs, Lincoln Labs, Mitres, SAICs, and, their patrons at National Security councils, departments of commerce, defense, state, energy, justice, et al. Tim and Blanc are right, it's no holds barred Dual-Use Civil-National Security War for the nation's goodies, no matter what fur's feigned to outfox the hounds and poachers and encroachers. It would be swell if the NLs truly competed with industry, but not likely with all those federal advisory groups eyeing and spying and lying each other.

1 0

Re: Why I think Jim Bell is getting railroaded
by Hal Finney 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>From what I have read, the elements of the conspiracy offence are a plan to commit a crime involving multiple individuals, and at least one overt act taken in furtherance of the plan. For example, if people get together and plan a kidnapping, then one member goes out and buys some rope, that could be enough to represent conspiracy to commit kidnapping. You don't actually have to do the kidnapping to be convicted on conspiracy. If Bell got together with his friend and talked about disabling government computers with "carbon fibers" (whatever those are), and he then goes out and buys a source of carbon fibers, a case could be made that this would represent the crime of conspiracy. (We don't know yet whether either of these thing actually happened, of course.) Now his lawyer can argue that the conversation was purely hypothetical speculation of the type which technically minded people commonly engage in, and the carbon fiber source (if it exists) was acquired out of curiosity based on the discussion. Then it would be up to the jury to decide whether Bell's actions actually were part of a planned crime or not. In this context his writings and hostile relations with government agencies could conceivably be used against him, if his lawyer did try to argue that his conversations were just innocent speculation. Hal

1 0

Cypherpunk criminalization
by Michael Wilson 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

The occasion of Jim Bell's arrest provides an opportunity to consider a number of points: Are Federal Agents Evil? Why is there an attempt to persecute Jim Bell, one that has many similarities to the Olympic Park Bombing rush-to-judgment, Ruby Ridge, Waco, OK City, etc.? Are we to believe that government agents are 'evil,' or True Believers that _we_ (those who are _not_ true believers) are evil? I personally think not. I think we are seeing a phenomenon that is rather simple--government agents will tend to pursue cases that may get them recognition or promotion. People like Jim Bell pass some mobile threshold where their case is media 'hot' or sexy enough to make it worth pursuing--the Feds get a collar and media attention, a prosecutor gets similar benefits, judges are notoriously easy to inflame for the proper paperwork to be obtained, etc. Are the rest of the cypherpunks at risk? Looking at it with my game theorist hat on, I suspect not--while Tim May has been pushing the envelope recently, I don't think he's crossed any line would allow the appearance of a 'good bust,' nor has anyone else on the list (to my direct knowledge). I think we're witnessing a bit of the same mentality that literally did allow the operation of the Nazis--they're just doing their job, just following orders, just being part of their bureaucracy, with perhaps a few True Believers to leaven the mix. Technology vs. Public Relations/Propaganda Cypherpunks write code, we hear it often enough as the credo of the 'movement.' On the other hand, as valuable a social service as it actually has been, the war is being fought on other terms. Crypto has been characterized as 'offensive' technology, in two senses of the term--a regulated weapons technology, and a socially unacceptable act. This manifests in the 'what have you got to hide' mentality, coupled with the trotting out of the Four+ Horsemen. We're losing this part of the war, and the cutting of more code isn't going to help us one bit. We need to turn the public perception around. What we're seeing in this case is a rather rapid erosion of the legal principles of an expectation of privacy (I won't engage in the rather lengthy discussion of this, but I recommend the interested parties do take the time to read in a good law library, or hunt down the materials on the Bork nomination to the Supreme Court). We've become a society that is expected to publicly air our dirty laundry, to march onto a television talk-show and expose our faults, foibles, and felonies. We need to fight back in ways that communicate to Joe Sixpack, also known as the Common Man--we all have secrets, we all have things we don't want people to know. Build the database! Get the testimonials! Let me briefly mention some of the sorts of need for privacy, secrecy, anonymity that are socially acceptable, and which we need to use to reinforce our own message: --AIDS testing; --Illness diagnosis, such as cancer; --Financial information: credit card numbers, bank balances, net worth; --Dropping the dime on crime: mob witnesses, corporations, your noisy neighbor who abuses their kids but owns a shotgun; --Donations to needy causes, but not wanting everyone to have their hand out; --Personal habits: alcoholism, drug use, gambling addiction, sexual preferences; --Common law privileges: confessional, physician or attorney relation to their client. In short, we all have things we want to remain secret, and we certainly don't want them to be 'exposed,' or to fall into the wrong hands. We need to take the issue back from the criminalization of having secrets to a place where crypto is viewed as a defensive technology--we're entitled to it, and our privacy. Crypto vs. the Government This is the biggest area of contention. The cypherpunk case is that strong, unescrowed cryptography is essential--we have no reason to assume that government is our friend (pull out the file of long-term government abuses here, from using the IRS to pursue political targets to the mail-opening programs of the FBI/CIA), and more to the point, this isn't a 'local' issue that is categorized by a singular stance on the part of the U.S. government. The cryptosystems we build and promote are used in places where they protect human rights workers, economic security and competitiveness, privacy, etc. The Internet and the tools are global, so we're on a battlefield that also includes: -Europe, including the Former Soviet Republics and Bosnia, where strong crypto is critical for freedom-loving movements; -Asia, where users of strong crypto use it to prevent competitive intelligence or organized espionage programs from impacting on their business, in particular, from actions of those U.S. 'allies' Japan, Korea, China; -the Middle East, where strong crypto protects human rights workers, businesses, and individuals who have an un-Islamic taste for things like pornography, or news; see 'rogue' States like Iran, but also U.S. 'allies' like Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Israel, Kuwait, etc. And the global battle means that we have to set an example, allow access, and fight those efforts on our own turf (does anyone really think that Asian or European competitive intelligence or espionage efforts don't also take place on American soil?). The U.S. government has made good use of the insinuation that if we have things to hide, then in a free and open democracy, we must be actively engaged in criminal activity. Certainly, strong cryptography of many sorts is being used to protect criminal activity. It is also a principle upon which the American system is based that you don't deprive the rights and freedom of the majority, those who have not committed any crime, merely in an effort to pursue the felonious. This is why you still need a properly executed warrant to search an area which has an expectation of privacy (which _is_ being slowly eroded as a legal principle, which we need to point out as a trend). As Tim May likes to point out, there are an increasing number of laws that individuals can be pursued under, with ever more general levels of interpretation. Convictions make convicts. Bureaucracies tend to grow, seeking more power for themselves, until 'that which is not compulsory is illegal, and that which is not illegal is compulsory.' Students of history are well aware of what comes next in the cycle-- revolution. My only observation on this is that America has always been willing to speed through trend curves, and it looks like she is flooring the accelerator in this case--from growing State, to global Power, to dying Empire. Think of it like an organic system, and like any entity, it reacts poorly to what it rightly views as being a threat to its own survival--cypherpunks among many. Sign me: A Man With Many Secrets and Much to Hide Michael Wilson 5514706(a)mcimail.com

6 9

RFC 2144 on CAST-128 Encryption Algorithms (fwd)
by cpunks＠algebra.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

plz do not use bcc igor ----- Forwarded message from Adam Shostack ----- >From cpunks(a)manifold.algebra.com Thu May 22 13:12:32 1997 From: Adam Shostack <adam(a)homeport.org> Message-Id: <199705221736.NAA17266(a)homeport.org> Subject: RFC 2144 on CAST-128 Encryption Algorithms (fwd) To: coderpunks(a)toad.com (The Coderpunks list) Date: Thu, 22 May 1997 13:36:16 -0400 (EDT) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL27 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-cypherpunks(a)toad.com Precedence: bulk I hadn't seen this mentioned. This is to coderpunks, bcc'd to cypherpunks & cryptography. Adam ------ A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 2144: Title: The CAST-128 Encryption Algorithm Author: C. Adams Date: May 1997 Mailbox: cadams(a)entrust.com Pages: 15 Characters: 37532 Updates/Obsoletes: None URL: ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc2144.txt There is a need in the Internet community for an unencumbered encryption algorithm with a range of key sizes that can provide security for a variety of cryptographic applications and protocols. This document describes an existing algorithm that can be used to satisfy this requirement. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. ----- End of forwarded message from Adam Shostack -----

3 4

News from the Front II
by news＠WEBSTER2.ffg.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

An update to our customers and friends on happenings at ----------------------------------------------------------------------- F O R E F R O N T - Taking the Chaos out of the 'Net http://www.ffg.com Newsletter 5/13/97 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Contents: I. News from the 'Front II. Hot Tip III. Special Offer ----------------------------------------------------------------------- I. News from the 'Front WebSeeker 3.2 stops information overload! - http://www.ffg.com/seeker/ WebSeeker 3.2 should be your weapon of choice when faced with information overload. The latest version of WebSeeker is even faster than what C|Net already called "blazingly fast!" and you have more control over your search than ever before! Newsflash! Top Publishers Promote WebPrinter - http://www.ffg.com/press/printtheweb.html WebPrinter has become the de facto standard for printing from the Internet. Millions of Internet users will receive WebPrinter, ForeFront's leading Internet printing technology, by year-end. ForeFront begins marketing BMC Software's NetTune Pro - http://www.ffg.com/press/nettune.html Just when you thought they had it all, ForeFront Direct now offers another quality PC/Networking tool. ForeFront Reports First Quarter Earnings. Sales are up 51% over first quarter 1996 - http://www.ffg.com/press/Q1_97Release.html "The sky's the limit!" says Tron Black, Online Sales Director as sales continue to rise at ForeFront. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- II. Tip o' the Day Tired of Task Switching? If you are tired of switching from WebSeeker to your web browser and back, then your day of deliverance has arrived. WebSeeker 3.x detects whether you have Microsoft Internet Explorer installed and embeds Internet Explorer within WebSeeker if you do. To activate this embedded browser, click View/Abstract. Check out this screen shot! - http://www.ffg.com/seeker/images/browser.gif You'll never have to leave WebSeeker again If you don't have WebSeeker 3.2 then buy it now! - http://www.ffg.com/seeker/ If you have an earlier version of WebSeeker then upgrade now! - http://www.ffg.com/seeker/wsupgrade.html Netscape Users - You can use Netscape as your default browser and still take advantage of this feature with IE. Also new in 3.2: Highlight words in any application, hit the FindNow! icon in your tray and WebSeeker will start your search. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- III. Special Offer ForeFront would like to offer you, our V.I.P.'s, a chance to get ALL of our Web products (WebSeeker, WebWhacker, and WebPrinter) at a discount. Get the Web Bundle for only $89.50 for a limited time. - http://store.ffg.com/webbundle/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- If you wish to unsubscribe from the ForeFront mailing list, please send mail to nonews(a)sldc.ffg.com or go to http://www.ffg.com/press/

1 0