December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

your papers please
by Anton Sherwood 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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17 Dec '03

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Atilla Remailer Down...
by Linda Reed--PCC West Campus CSC 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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show me
by dennis e strausser jr 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I will not say much give me what you have

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My wife shagged the pool team/Swedish hooker sues clients
by STUFFED/EUREKA! 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Re: Whitehouse Bastards want my name named.
by Samson 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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by RealNetworks News 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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CTIA Daily News from WOW-COM - July 16, 1998
by CTIA Daily News 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Windows and Internet Explorer Support News Watch - July 13, 1998
by Support Online Staff 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Windows and Internet Explorer Support News Watch ================================================ As a subscriber to the Windows and Internet Explorer Support News Watch, you receive e-mail twice each month that highlights some of the new articles recently published on Support Online, Microsoft's award-winning technical support web site. The following are new Support Online articles that answer frequently asked questions about using Windows and Internet Explorer: Contents -------- - Microsoft Windows 98 - Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 for Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0 - Microsoft Windows CE Microsoft Windows 98 -------------------- Troubleshooting Windows 98 Startup Problems and Error Messages (Q188867) http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q188/8/67.asp Cannot Connect to America Online or Install America Online 4.0 (Q188654) http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q188/6/54.asp Err Msg: There Is No WinModem Found in Your Computer, But... (Q188601) http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q188/6/01.asp Err Msg: Not Enough Memory to Convert to FAT32. To Free Up... (Q188561) http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q188/5/61.asp DVD Support in Windows 98 (Q188513) http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q188/5/13.asp Error Message: Error 745: An Essential File Is Missing (Q174579) http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q174/5/79.asp Error Message "Invalid System Disk" After Setup Reboots (Q128730) http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q128/7/30.asp "Earlier Version of MSN Detected" Using Inbox Icon (Q189077) http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q189/0/77.asp "Call to Undefined Dynalink" Message During Windows 98 Setup (Q188970) http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q188/9/70.asp "Internal Error Occurred" Error Message Using Internet Explorer (Q188952) http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q188/9/52.asp Error Message: Not Enough Memory to Load RamDrive (Q188886) http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q188/8/86.asp Err Msg: This Software Does Not Support Windows 98 and... (Q188865) http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q188/8/65.asp Err Msg: This Version of Windows Does Not Run on MS-DOS 7.0... (Q188795) http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q188/7/95.asp Err Msg: There Is No WinModem Found in Your Computer, But... (Q188601) http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q188/6/01.asp Err Msg: Windows Cannot Find Program.exe, Which Is Needed... (Q188592) http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q188/5/92.asp Cannot Gain Access to Multiple CD-ROM Drives Using Startup Disk (Q188391) http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q188/3/91.asp Err Msg: The Microsoft Dial-Up Adapter Is in Use or Not... (Q188141) http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q188/1/41.asp Minimum Hardware Requirements for Windows 98 Installation (Q182751) http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q182/7/51.asp Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 for Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Err Msg: Internet Explorer Cannot Open the Site <Web Address>... (Q189057) http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q189/0/57.asp Internet Explorer Issues Extra Challenge with NTLM (Q189033) http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q189/0/33.asp Check Boxes and Option Buttons on Web Page Are Not Printed (Q188988) http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q188/9/88.asp Err Msg: Internet Explorer Cannot Open the Internet Site... (Q188839) http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q188/8/39.asp Problems with Internet Explorer and the Safe Passage Program (Q188706) http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q188/7/06.asp Microsoft Windows CE -------------------- WinCE: Cannot Connect Handheld PC Using Dial-Up Networking (Q189122) http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q189/1/22.asp WinCE 2.0: Terminal Connection Settings Spontaneously Change (Q189097) http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q189/0/97.asp WinCE: Infrared Connection Disconnects During Synchronization (Q189058) http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q189/0/58.asp WinCE: System Tool in Control Panel Lists Only One PC Card (Q188980) http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q188/9/80.asp WinCE: Remote Networking Connection Preferences Are Not Saved (Q188894) http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q188/8/94.asp Summary of Known Issues in Pocket Word on a Handheld PC (Q188782) http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q188/7/82.asp Summary of Issues in Note Taker on a Palm-Size PC (Q188505) http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q188/5/05.asp InstallShield Hangs When You Install Windows CE Services (Q188485) http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q188/4/85.asp Get Support Online Articles by E-mail ------------------------------------- You can also receive these articles (and others) in e-mail by sending a message to mshelp(a)microsoft.com. 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Senate Talks Crypto Law
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Thanks to Greg Garcia, ACP: "Congress Needs to Act on Encryption Legislation," In July 15 Congressional Record. An encryption colloquy among Senators Lott, Leahy, Craig, Burns, Ashcroft, Abraham, and Shelby: http://jya.com/cr071598.htm Private doorbell is gummed.

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Steve Langford for Governor
by abcdefg＠mindspring.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

FOUR REASONS TO VOTE FOR STEVE LANGFORD HE IS PRO-BUSINESS Steve Langford is the only candidate for Governor who has paid the bills of a business and passed bills in the General Assembly. Langford Construction, his family business, was awarded the Family Business of the Year Award for 1995 by the Michael J. Coles School of Business at Kennesaw State University. Steve Langford was given a score of 92% by the National Federation of Independent Business (the only other Democratic candidate for Governor in the General Assembly got 67%). HE IS PRO-CHOICE Steve Langford opposes any government interference in your right to make decisions about reproductive health--and he has the voting record to prove it: - Voted against state-mandated lectures and forced waiting periods. - Voted against--and took the Senate well to speak against--Senate Bill 357, which would have banned certain abortion procedures. The Ohio version of this bill was recently ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court. HE IS PRO-ENVIRONMENT Steve Langford's Senate Bill 500 is the bill that made the City of Atlanta pay fines for polluting the Chattahoochee--and finally got the city moving toward a solution to the persistent problems of Atlanta's water and sewer systems. Why does it matter? Each time it rains more than 1/10 inch, Atlanta sewers overflow into the Chattahoochee. Of course, if you live downstream of Atlanta, you already knew that. HE IS PRO-TAXPAYER Steve Langford introduced a bill in the 1998 General Assembly that would give you a rebate when the state has a surplus (if you owed $1,000 in Georgia income taxes last year, you would have gotten a $100 rebate on your taxes). No surplus? No rebate. Makes sense, doesn't it? LIKE WHAT YOU SEE? INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE? VISIT STEVE LANGFORD'S WEBSITE AT www.steve-langford.org GOT SOMETHING TO SAY? E-MAIL STEVE LANGFORD AT stevelangford(a)mindspring.com THOSE YET TO ENTER THE COMPUTER AGE CAN CALL STEVE LANGFORD AT (770)984- 1998, OR WRITE HIM AT: FRIENDS OF STEVE LANGFORD 1955 LOWER ROSWELL ROAD, SUITE A MARIETTA, GA 30068

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Steve Langford for Governor
by abcdefg＠mindspring.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

FOUR REASONS TO VOTE FOR STEVE LANGFORD HE IS PRO-BUSINESS Steve Langford is the only candidate for Governor who has paid the bills of a business and passed bills in the General Assembly. Langford Construction, his family business, was awarded the Family Business of the Year Award for 1995 by the Michael J. Coles School of Business at Kennesaw State University. Steve Langford was given a score of 92% by the National Federation of Independent Business (the only other Democratic candidate for Governor in the General Assembly got 67%). HE IS PRO-CHOICE Steve Langford opposes any government interference in your right to make decisions about reproductive health--and he has the voting record to prove it: - Voted against state-mandated lectures and forced waiting periods. - Voted against--and took the Senate well to speak against--Senate Bill 357, which would have banned certain abortion procedures. The Ohio version of this bill was recently ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court. HE IS PRO-ENVIRONMENT Steve Langford's Senate Bill 500 is the bill that made the City of Atlanta pay fines for polluting the Chattahoochee--and finally got the city moving toward a solution to the persistent problems of Atlanta's water and sewer systems. Why does it matter? Each time it rains more than 1/10 inch, Atlanta sewers overflow into the Chattahoochee. Of course, if you live downstream of Atlanta, you already knew that. HE IS PRO-TAXPAYER Steve Langford introduced a bill in the 1998 General Assembly that would give you a rebate when the state has a surplus (if you owed $1,000 in Georgia income taxes last year, you would have gotten a $100 rebate on your taxes). No surplus? No rebate. Makes sense, doesn't it? LIKE WHAT YOU SEE? INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE? VISIT STEVE LANGFORD'S WEBSITE AT www.steve-langford.org GOT SOMETHING TO SAY? E-MAIL STEVE LANGFORD AT stevelangford(a)mindspring.com THOSE YET TO ENTER THE COMPUTER AGE CAN CALL STEVE LANGFORD AT (770)984- 1998, OR WRITE HIM AT: FRIENDS OF STEVE LANGFORD 1955 LOWER ROSWELL ROAD, SUITE A MARIETTA, GA 30068

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Re: DES-II-2 contest finished already!
by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Will RSA pay if the DES-gilmo was used? Or was RSA playacting john?

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"EFF DES Cracker" machine brings honesty to crypto debate
by John Gilmore 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 17, 1998 CONTACTS: Alexander Fowler, +1 202 462 5826, afowler(a)eff.org Barry Steinhardt, +1 415 436 9333 ext. 102, barrys(a)eff.org John Gilmore, +1 415 221 6524, gnu(a)toad.com "EFF DES CRACKER" MACHINE BRINGS HONESTY TO CRYPTO DEBATE ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION PROVES THAT DES IS NOT SECURE SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today raised the level of honesty in crypto politics by revealing that the Data Encryption Standard (DES) is insecure. The U.S. government has long pressed industry to limit encryption to DES (and even weaker forms), without revealing how easy it is to crack. Continued adherence to this policy would put critical infrastructures at risk; society should choose a different course. To prove the insecurity of DES, EFF built the first unclassified hardware for cracking messages encoded with it. On Wednesday of this week the EFF DES Cracker, which was built for less than $250,000, easily won RSA Laboratory's "DES Challenge II" contest and a $10,000 cash prize. It took the machine less than 3 days to complete the challenge, shattering the previous record of 39 days set by a massive network of tens of thousands of computers. The research results are fully documented in a book published this week by EFF and O'Reilly and Associates, entitled "Cracking DES: Secrets of Encryption Research, Wiretap Politics, and Chip Design." "Producing a workable policy for encryption has proven a very hard political challenge. We believe that it will only be possible to craft good policies if all the players are honest with one another and the public," said John Gilmore, EFF co-founder and project leader. "When the government won't reveal relevant facts, the private sector must independently conduct the research and publish the results so that we can all see the social trade-offs involved in policy choices." The nonprofit foundation designed and built the EFF DES Cracker to counter the claim made by U.S. government officials that governments cannot decrypt information when protected by DES, or that it would take multimillion-dollar networks of computers months to decrypt one message. "The government has used that claim to justify policies of weak encryption and 'key recovery,' which erode privacy and security in the digital age," said EFF Executive Director Barry Steinhardt. It is now time for an honest and fully informed debate, which we believe will lead to a reversal of these policies." "EFF has proved what has been argued by scientists for twenty years, that DES can be cracked quickly and inexpensively," said Gilmore. "Now that the public knows, it will not be fooled into buying products that promise real privacy but only deliver DES. This will prevent manufacturers from buckling under government pressure to 'dumb down' their products, since such products will no longer sell." Steinhardt added, "If a small nonprofit can crack DES, your competitors can too. Five years from now some teenager may well build a DES Cracker as her high school science fair project." The Data Encryption Standard, adopted as a federal standard in 1977 to protect unclassified communications and data, was designed by IBM and modified by the National Security Agency. It uses 56-bit keys, meaning a user must employ precisely the right combination of 56 1s and 0s to decode information correctly. DES accounted for more than $125 million annually in software and hardware sales, according to a 1993 article in "Federal Computer Week." Trusted Information Systems reported last December that DES can be found in 281 foreign and 466 domestic encryption products, which accounts for between a third and half of the market. A DES cracker is a machine that can read information encrypted with DES by finding the key that was used to encrypt that data. DES crackers have been researched by scientists and speculated about in the popular literature on cryptography since the 1970s. The design of the EFF DES Cracker consists of an ordinary personal computer connected to a large array of custom chips. It took EFF less than one year to build and cost less than $250,000. This week marks the first public test of the EFF DES Cracker, which won the latest DES-cracking speed competition sponsored by RSA Laboratories (http://www.rsa.com/rsalabs/) Two previous RSA challenges proved that massive collections of computers coordinated over the Internet could successfully crack DES. Beginning Monday morning, the EFF DES Cracker began searching for the correct answer to this latest challenge, the RSA DES Challenge II-2. In less than 3 days of searching, the EFF DES Cracker found the correct key. "We searched more than 88 billion keys every second, for 56 hours, before we found the right 56-bit key to decrypt the answer to the RSA challenge, which was 'It's time for those 128-, 192-, and 256-bit keys,'" said Gilmore. Many of the world's top cryptographers agree that the EFF DES Cracker represents a fundamental breakthrough in how we evaluate computer security and the public policies that control its use. "With the advent of the EFF DES Cracker machine, the game changes forever," said Whitfield Diffie, Distinguished Engineer at Sun Microsystems and famed co-inventor of public key cryptography. "Vast Internet collaborations cannot be concealed and so they cannot be used to attack real, secret messages. The EFF DES Cracker shows that it is easy to build search engines that can." "The news is not that a DES cracker can be built; we've known that for years," said Bruce Schneier, the President of Counterpane Systems. "The news is that it can be built cheaply using off-the-shelf technology and minimal engineering, even though the department of Justice and the FBI have been denying that this was possible." Matt Blaze, a cryptographer at AT&T Labs, agreed: "Today's announcement is significant because it unambiguously demonstrates that DES is vulnerable, even to attackers with relatively modest resources. The existence of the EFF DES Cracker proves that the threat of "brute force" DES key search is a reality. Although the cryptographic community has understood for years that DES keys are much too small, DES-based systems are still being designed and used today. Today's announcement should dissuade anyone from using DES." EFF and O'Reilly and Associates have published a book about the EFF DES Cracker, "Cracking DES: Secrets of Encryption Research, Wiretap Politics, and Chip Design." The book contains the complete design details for the EFF DES Cracker chips, boards, and software. This provides other researchers with the necessary data to fully reproduce, validate, and/or improve on EFF's research, an important step in the scientific method. The book is only available on paper because U.S. export controls on encryption potentially make it a crime to publish such information on the Internet. EFF has prepared a background document on the EFF DES Cracker, which includes the foreword by Whitfield Diffie to "Cracking DES." See http://www.eff.org/descracker/. The book can be ordered for worldwide delivery from O'Reilly & Associates at http://www.ora.com/catalog/crackdes, +1 800 998 9938, or +1 707 829 0515. ********** The Electronic Frontier Foundation is one of the leading civil liberties organizations devoted to ensuring that the Internet remains the world's first truly global vehicle for free speech, and that the privacy and security of all on-line communication is preserved. Founded in 1990 as a nonprofit, public interest organization, EFF is based in San Francisco, California. EFF maintains an extensive archive of information on encryption policy, privacy, and free speech at http://www.eff.org.

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by STUFFED/EUREKA! 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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HANSON BEING BANNED: PLEASE ACT ON THIS EMAIL
by Global Web Builders 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Dear One Nation supporter in NSW, Pauline Hanson has been banned from using council facilities in her electorate of Blair. The Labor-dominated Ipswich City Council, the heart of Pauline Hanson's seat of Blair, has returned to their old politically motivated tricks against the One Nation party. With the recent Queensland State Election turning the mainstream parties on their heads the word has gone out - do anything that you can to deny One Nation their right to a "fair go". The Council allowed One Nation to use their facilities after a 6 month long ban following the breaking of a council hall window at the party's launch by protesters in April 1997. The ban was imposed on the basis of "protecting council staff from danger". http://www.gwb.com.au/gwb/news/onenation/launch.html An example of recent (1998) pre-state election use by Pauline Hanson of the Ipswich City Council facilities can be seen at: http://www.gwb.com.au/onenation/qldstate/polaunch/index.htm at the above link Pauline Hanson launched One Nation's state policies without any security problems or risk to council staff. One Nation used Ipswich City Council facilities on several occasions this year without any protesters even making an appearance. The basis of "fair go" and "freedom of assembly" is equity in decision making. At a recent Labor Party meeting One Nation members demonstrated peacefully outside the council venue yet no such threat or withholding of council facilities to Labor has been suggested - nor should it. Following the State Election the rules have apparently changed. The Ipswich City Council this week rejected an application by Pauline Hanson's One Nation to use council facilities on the basis of "concern for the safety of staff". The mayor of Ipswich, John Nugent, was one of those voting against One Nation's use of council facilities. This is laughable as the last time protesters appeared at a One Nation meeting was over a year ago in June 1997. One Nation has (to ensure council staff safety) offered to supply private security and ensure that sufficient police are on standby - this offer has been rejected. The link below will take you to an image of one of the chief protagonists, Councillor Paul Tully, a Labor supporter who has made it his life ambition to destroy what Pauline Hanson and you stand for. http://www.gwb.com.au/gwb/news/onenation/gold/tully.jpg Can we let him win? I don't think so. I appeal to you to write, in the strongest terms possible, to the local Ipswich paper, The Queensland Times. Their email address is: qt(a)gil.com.au Remember to keep your letter to under 200 words to ensure publication. Issues to look at: ================== 1) The damage to Ipswich's reputation through these undemocratic antics. 2) Freedom of speech. 3) Labor's underlying undemocratic motives. 4) What role the ratepayers who voted Hanson have been allowed in on this decision by the Labor council? I encourage you to send the Queensland Times an email letting them know how YOU FEEL about the Ipswich City Council's decision to prevent Pauline Hanson from using ratepayer's facilities. GWB Scott Balson

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Civil disobediance only gets you an invitation to the anarchist's big bash
by BUFFU＠aol.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

We are sending you an invitation to be one of our special guests this year, big harry ass lawsuits are always of interest. Bring a friend if you like, but I have to warn you, Liberatarians are not welcome. This years menu includes red meat and poptarts. Clothing is optional. Sincerely, Beth

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by KMHAsfaha＠aol.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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New Computer Software for Police
by Jean-Francois Avon 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 18:14:18 -0600 From: rmcreat(a)istar.ca (BC NFA) Subject: New Computer Software for Police NATIONAL FIREARMS ASSOCIATION BRITISH COLUMBIA BRANCH Announced on the 6 o'clock news July 15, 1998. I ask you to read this please; while reading keep in mind this is easily adaptable to observe firearms owners patterns. Const. Oscar Ramos and Const. Raymond Payette of the Vancouver City Police made announcement of their new "Shame the Johns" software. It is designed to share information with all levels of police in the Lower Mainland and elsewhere. This software allows the tracking of vehicle movements and buying patterns. It allows police to predict when and where you will be at anytime. It is designed to collect name, date of birth, license number, discription of vehicle - -and-other-information. It will automatically generate a letter to send to the persons home informing other family members of the persons activities. Michelle Traver SSAC NFA-BC 1706 E. 1st Ave., Van., BC V5N 1B1 1877-254-2100, local 604-254-2100 fax 604-255-2202 Jean-Francois Avon, B.Sc. Physics, Montreal, Canada DePompadour, Société d'Importation Ltée Limoges fine porcelain and french crystal JFA Technologies, R&D physicists & engineers Instrumentation & control, LabView programming PGP keys: http://bs.mit.edu:8001/pks-toplev.html PGP ID:C58ADD0D:529645E8205A8A5E F87CC86FAEFEF891 PGP ID:5B51964D:152ACCBCD4A481B0 254011193237822C

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Great News...
by The New York Times on the Web 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Dear Subscriber, The New York Times on the Web has made it easier for you to stay current and to make your way around our site, with a newly redesigned home page and the addition of two features, Quick News and Page One Plus. *** OUR NEW HOME PAGE *** CONTINUOUS NEWS. Our new home page gives you an instant look at the top news from The Times, with updates throughout the day reflecting news judgments from the editorial team of The Times on the Web. Breaking news from the Associated Press, refreshed every 10 minutes, gives you an immediate take on the changing world. And a new ticker brings you a quick look at the current state of the market. IMPROVED NAVIGATION. We've also made it simpler to get around our site, with an easy to find, easier to use navigation panel that takes you directly to the major news and feature sections with fewer clicks. MORE LINKS TO MORE STORIES. Top features from around the site are now highlighted on the home page as well, giving you faster access to news and features from The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com *** QUICK NEWS *** QUICK NEWS. Our new Quick News page is your best source for what's happening right now. Regularly updated by the editors of The Times on the Web, this page highlights and summarizes the top stories developing at the moment, with links to other major news of the day. http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/late/index.html *** PAGE ONE PLUS *** PAGE ONE PLUS. We've improved the presentation of the articles that appear on the front page of the printed New York Times, with quick links to the major sections of the newspaper. http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/front/ We hope you'll make a point of visiting the site soon and letting us know what you think. Sincerely, Rich Meislin Editor in Chief The New York Times Electronic Media Company *********************************************************************** When you registered with The New York Times on the Web you indicated that you wished to receive information about new features and services. For assistance please consult The New York Times on the Web's Help Center, where you can remove yourself from the mailing list on the page "View or Edit Your Subscriber Profile", at: http://www.nytimes.com/subscribe/help/email.html Please do not reply to this e-mail.

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17 Dec '03

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Re: GAK 4 -- For whom the Doorbell tolls
by Charlie_Kaufman＠iris.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I believe there is nothing really good, really evil, or even really novel about the Cisco et al proposal. That makes it hard for a technical community like this one to evaluate it. The controversy should not be around the technology, but around the spin-doctoring. It is both wrong and dangerous to portray this as a step forward in resolving the crypto export debate. It is comparable to the Lotus Notes 64/40 encryption scheme or the Microsoft/Netscape and later Lotus scheme for making strong cryptography available between exportable browsers and international banks. These may be significant to some customers and to some vendors, but they are not steps toward resolving the controversy. They are more likely to extend the controversy, since they decrease the urgency of the debate for some of the players. There is no reason to believe this controversy will be settled anytime soon. The battle continues with no plausible resolution because both sides believe they will win if they hold out long enough. Civil Libertarians believe that the public will not stand for the sorts of draconian controls that will be necessary to enable universal snooping and that the courts will rule such controls unconstitutional. The argument against this view is that the American people are sheep and the Constitution says what the Supreme Court says it does and have you looked at the makeup of the Supreme Court lately? Big Brother thinks he will win because he has the pictures. And because he always does. So think of these confusing technological tweaks as sending food aid to the starving peasants in the war zone. It might extend the war by masking some of its most painful effects, and hence might in the long run be a bad thing. But the effect is ambiguous at worst, and it's difficult to argue with the humanitarian groups that want to do it. I was involved with choosing the wording of the Lotus press release around 64/40. It was a constant effort to restrain the enthusiasm of the marketeers who wanted to talk about how wonderful it was. I think we overall did a good job of making it clear that this was not a great thing, and that we hoped it would not be a long term thing. It was a small improvement for a limited set of customers while we continued the war. If you read Cisco's publications, they have been fairly restrained in their enthusiasm. But some of their partners and some of the press coverage has gotten completely out of hand. The most offensive testimonial is from Novell: "This solution represents a real step forward for U.S. encryption policy," said Eric Schmidt, CEO of Novell. "At last, we have a market solution that meets the needs of consumers, corporations, law enforcement and national security." This seems like a case where we need to shoot the messenger. --Charlie Kaufman

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EFF Announces GAK 5
by Charlie_Kaufman＠iris.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Given that the EFF has demonstrated hardware capable of breaking DES in a short period of time, they should now form an industry alliance asking for general export permission for DES. If law enforcement ever needs to access any encrypted data, they can bring it to EFF, along with a court order, and EFF will "recover" the key. This should be allowed under the existing Key Recovery exception, which says things are exportable if you provide the government with a mechanism for getting at the keys! Of course, some will claim that EFF is selling out to Big Brother by manufacturing this technology, and that granting export permission for DES will only prolong the pain of export controls. Others will claim that it is wonderful that we have finally developed a technology that solves once and for all the crypto debate. Flames will ensue. [Note: In case it is not obvious to everyone, this note is a lame attempt at sarcasm. Please don't hang me.] --Charlie Kaufman

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No Subject
by Jean-Francois Avon 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

The original paper is available at: http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/146/july98/2.html For any precise analysis, use the original document at the aforementionned address. ------------- begin "cut and paste" text --------------- White Paper The Export of Certain Networking Encryption Products under ELAs As An Alternative to "Key Escrow/Recovery Products" under KMI: A Networking Industry White Paper on Encryption Export Controls by Elizabeth Kaufman, Cisco Systems, Inc. and Roszel C. Thomsen II, Thomsen & Burke LLP Encryption Press Release PR Contact: Doug Wills, (408) 527-9475, dwills(a)cisco.com Executive Summary The Clinton Administration's export control policy is designed to promote development of cryptographic products that provide law enforcement agencies with access to encrypted data. Products that implement key escrow/recovery to provide such access are broadly exportable under License Exception KMI. Although some customers have indicated interest in products that implement key escrow/recovery for stored data, customers generally oppose mandatory key escrow/recovery for data in transit. This White Paper proposes that certain networking encryption products that provide for authorized access without key recovery should also be eligible for broad export under appropriate Encryption Licensing Arrangements. The Administration's export control policy must also reflect the equities of the intelligence community. Therefore, the proposed Encryption Licensing Arrangements should be approved subject to riders and conditions designed to prevent the export of strong encryption products to military end-users, for military end-uses, or to any government ministry, agency or department of certain countries. The operational characteristics of networking encryption products to be eligible for export under appropriate Encryption Licensing Arrangements are not complex. Simply stated, the operator action model delivers a 'private door-bell,' not a 'house-key' to parties lawfully seeking access to data. Qualifying products must incorporate an operator-controlled management interface that enables dynamic, real-time access to specified network traffic prior to encryption, or after decryption, at a designated access point. Background In Executive Order 13026 of November 15, 1996, President Clinton said that cryptographic products implementing the Key Management Infrastructure ("KMI") would be eligible for export without licenses after a one-time technical review.1 On December 30, 1996, the Commerce Department's Bureau of Export Administration ("BXA") published an interim rule amending the Export Administration Regulations ("EAR", 15 CFR Part 730 et seq.) that implements Executive Order 13026.2 The better-known provision of this interim rule states that "key escrow or key recovery products" are exportable under License Exception KMI. The term "key escrow or key recovery products" is defined in great detail in Section 740.8(d)(1)(i) and Supplement No. 4 to Part 742 of the EAR. A lesser-known provision of this interim rule states that "other recoverable encryption products" shall receive "favorable consideration" for export. The term "other recoverable encryption items" is defined briefly in Section 740.8(d)(1)(ii) of the EAR, and the type of "favorable consideration" that should be accorded to such products is not defined at all. The ambiguity of this provision provides an opportunity to explore new approaches to exporting cryptographic products. Overview Industry has studied the technical, market and policy issues surrounding the KMI. These studies suggest that there may be market demand for products implementing key escrow/recovery techniques for retrieval of encrypted stored data. Such products would also appear to meet law enforcement's requirements for retrieval of encrypted stored data. However, no market demand exists for products implementing key escrow/recovery techniques for retrieval of encrypted transient data. Eminent cryptographers have argued that key escrow/recovery techniques create unnecessary risks for encrypted transient data.3 The National Security Agency ("NSA") has confirmed these findings.4 The networking industry proposes that certain networking encryption products described in this White Paper may receive wide market acceptance and meet the requirements of law enforcement with respect to transient data without implementing key recovery. The intelligence community's equities, though not reflected in the EAR, must be respected as well. Analysis of Market Requirements In order to meet market requirements, networking encryption products must: (1) provide strong security, (2) adhere to open standards, and (3) support an operator-controlled management mechanism to specify encrypted flows. Strong security is essential for products that encrypt transient data. Customers, particularly service providers, have stated repeatedly and emphatically that they will not purchase products that encrypt transient data, if those products also facilitate unauthorized, covert surveillance by third parties. The government should encourage the deployment of products that implement strong security, because such products will deter certain kinds of crimes, like theft of trade secrets by third parties. Deployment of products that encrypt transient data requires open standards. Without open standards, different vendors' products will not inter-operate, and broad deployment will not be possible. The government should encourage the deployment of standards-compliant products, because it has a shared interest in a common cross-vendor solution and the rapid deployment of strong new viable technologies. Some customers also have indicated that operator-control of encryption flows is a useful feature for network diagnostics and reporting, and for allowing the efficient transmission of non-sensitive data. Customers in regulated industries, such as banking and securities, also may need to monitor their employees' communications from time-to-time. Most customers also desire the ability to respond to a court order without exposing all of their data across the Internet or the public switched telephone network. Analysis of Government Requirements The EAR describes key escrow/recovery products primarily in terms of their utility to law enforcement. The government's interests, however, are not monolithic. The law enforcement and intelligence communities have different requirements. Law enforcement's main priority has been to establish procedures for access to encrypted data in transit that are comparable to existing procedures for voice communications and therefore capable of introduction into evidence in a court of competent jurisdiction. The technical characteristics of the networking encryption products described in this White Paper will be of greatest interest to law enforcement, because these technical characteristics are the key to meeting law enforcement's requirements for access to plaintext. The intelligence community, on the other hand, has not shown much confidence that key escrow/recovery will meet its requirements since the secret Skipjack algorithm and governmental escrow agents featured in the original Clipper Chip were abandoned in favor of vendor-selected algorithms and commercial escrow agents. Its primary concern currently appears to be the broad deployment of encryption technology that does not interfere with current best operational practices. In this regard, the technical characteristics of qualifying products may be of secondary importance to the intelligence community, and proposed riders and conditions on the ELA may be of greater importance. An Alternative to Key Escrow/Recovery for Networking Products Although key escrow/recovery is not acceptable for data in transit, some customers require a mechanism that can reveal real-time plaintext for network diagnostics and reporting, the transmission of non-sensitive data, occasional employee monitoring, and to support law enforcement. The proposed alternative to key escrow/recovery does not require weakened cryptography, yet provides access similar to that currently available for voice communications. Packet switched data networks handle traffic differently than circuit-switched voice networks. Circuit switched voice networks are characterized by the opening of a dedicated circuit where communications are transferred in "real time." Packet switched networks are a statistically-multiplexed environment where communications are routed packet-by-packet, so that data is fragmented but delivered in near real time. In spite of these differences, packet switched data networks can, with some limitations, enable real-time access to plaintext. The proposed alternative to key recovery provides customers with full-strength encryption, while simultaneously enabling the dynamic creation of an access point that allows real-time interception of plaintext based upon the target's source or destination, whether the product is located within an enterprise or at a service provider's premises. Two Access Scenarios: Access in the Enterprise, and Access at a Service Provider's Premises The access point concept is not a perfect solution for all products. For example, it does not easily apply to user-to-user desktop applications. However, it does appear to offer a reasonable alternative to key recovery on many classes of network applications and platforms. Specifically, it is a viable approach to access to plaintext for devices where the individual responsible for data creation/reception is not the same individual responsible for platform operation. Such devices constitute a significant percentage of the available networked platforms, including firewalls, routers, switches and other networking devices. Classes of Network Devices Self-managed 3rd party-managed Single-user Home PC Enterprise desktop Enterprise telephone Set-top box Service Provider VPN Outsourced firewall Multi-user Enterprise network Enterprise server Multi-user workstation Can provide access to plaintext without the end user's knowledge Meeting Law Enforcement Requirements In order to be exportable under the proposed Encryption Licensing Arrangements, networking encryption products must contain a management interface that dynamically controls encryption by source and destination address, and by network protocol, to enable real-time access to selected network traffic prior to encryption or after decryption. The operational characteristics of these products may be summarized below: a) A qualifying network encryption product must incorporate an encryption management interface that: i) is remotely accessible; ii) controls the encryption configuration of the platform; iii) configures encryption policy by source and destination network address; iv) enables a remote operator to modify the encryption configuration dynamically; v) enables the interception of network traffic between a specific source and destination either prior to encryption or after decryption at a defined access point; b) A qualifying network encryption product may: i) be hardware, software, or a combination of hardware and software; ii) encrypt any network protocol and/or at any network layer; iii) support any a) encryption algorithm b) key length c) key generation mechanism d) key management scheme; iv) be standalone, or integrated with other functions; v) be a single user, multi-user or infrastructure platform; vi) enable interception on the wire, on media (such as a hard disk), via a specialized communications port, or at another defined access point. Two figures that illustrate how qualifying products may provide access to plaintext are set forth in Figures 1 and 2 of this paper. Meeting Intelligence Community's Requirements Current best operational practices are not widely understood by the public, and they may be compromised by the broad deployment of networking encryption products, whether of US or of foreign manufacture. However, the possible loss of access to plaintext communications due to use of commercial cryptography must be analyzed within the broader framework of advances in new technologies. As one eminent cryptographer testified before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Technology and the Law, "Advances in emitter identification, network penetration techniques, and the implementation of cryptanalytic or crypto-diagnostic operations within intercept equipment are likely to provide more new sources of intelligence than are lost as a result of commercial use of cryptography."5 In further recognition of and deference to the intelligence community's equities, industry is not requesting authorization to export products with key lengths exceeding 56 bits to military end-users or for military end-uses, or to any government ministry, agency or department of the countries listed in "Tier 3" (as defined for purposes of computer export controls). Exports of products exceeding 56 bits to these end-users would require a separate license issued by BXA after full inter-agency review under applicable Executive Orders. The differences between the proposed ELA and export under License Exception KMI are summarized in the chart below: License Exception KMI Proposed ELA Eligible Products Key recovery products Products providing access to plaintext at intermediate stations of the data network Territory All except Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Sudan and Syria Same as KMI Eligible End-users All end-users are eligible (1) All end-users are eligible for 56 bit products, HOWEVER, (2) Products exceeding 56 bits would not be eligible for government agencies and military end-users in Tier 3 countries Duration Indefinite Three years, renewable in three year increments Reporting Biannual Same as KMI Conclusion This White Paper has defined a class of networking encryption products that should be authorized for export under appropriate Encryption Licensing Arrangements. The operational characteristics of qualifying products ensure that law enforcement will continue to enjoy authorized real-time access to plaintext References: 1. 61 FR 58767. 2. 61 FR 68572. 3. The Risk of Key Recovery, Key Escrow and Trusted Third Party Encryption, H.Abelson et al. on June, 1998. 4. Threat and Vulnerability Model for Key Recovery (KR), NSA, X3 on February 18, 1998. 5. Key Escrow: Its Impact and Alternatives, testimony of Dr. Whitfield Diffie, Distinguished Engineer, Sun Microsystems, Inc. before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Technology and Law on May 3, 1994. Cisco Systems Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. News and information are available at http://www.cisco.com. For more information visit Cisco PR Contacts All contents copyright © 1992--1998 Cisco Systems Inc. Important notices. ---------- end of "cut and paste" text --------------- Jean-Francois Avon, B.Sc. Physics, Montreal, Canada DePompadour, Société d'Importation Ltée Limoges fine porcelain and french crystal JFA Technologies, R&D physicists & engineers Instrumentation & control, LabView programming PGP keys: http://bs.mit.edu:8001/pks-toplev.html PGP ID:C58ADD0D:529645E8205A8A5E F87CC86FAEFEF891 PGP ID:5B51964D:152ACCBCD4A481B0 254011193237822C

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John Gilmore and the Great Internet Snake Drive
by Robert Hettinga 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Congrats to Mr. Gilmore, EFF, et. al. for a very impressive DES crack. It seems that Gilmore and Moore's Law have just turned the once-respected DES into cryptographic snake-oil. He keeps hurting snakes like that, he's gonna get himself canonized. ;-). Seriously. Many thanks to Mr. Gilmore for proving, once again, that lobbying is pointless, and that physics is not optional. Outstanding. Marvellous. Cheers, Bob Hettinga -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP for Personal Privacy 5.5.5 iQEVAwUBNa+x3cUCGwxmWcHhAQFZAQgArKCN418IA1MXwfpXeJ4IF93j9f3G3skH OotWP5dcoHOaUvbgTcOWP9YBAj77jzaazrtfK3wJD634ehLbf5N+gzmBHQVnXtXR Vf/JMe24EyI3xCqvRptSTtrik8d+oi3Wy7ZZEwBzLPd0A+XE4LdsClgE2C4ns3ZK Lq12mUmRQaZvc4++oakIAOT+Llx9TnnUHYqVMSjDT8QJoJ7vEFBEqcOea1Qzk1u9 leZlyrLs1ivbhcthXNBOyhN6RTwJgRyF3nFxpl/uY0tEvNvgFl+/aZZTJkwvvhmm 0MTSfzFfy9I+7BT5FD1iFC+i8JAVd4CDeI+9I6c6/LCAppfrKy5FBg== =Zeyp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ----------------- Robert A. Hettinga <mailto: rah(a)philodox.com> Philodox Financial Technology Evangelism <http://www.philodox.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' The Philodox Symposium on Digital Bearer Transaction Settlement July 23-24, 1998: <http://www.philodox.com/symposiuminfo.html>

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