December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Re: radio net (fwd)
by Brian B. Riley 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

On 9/9/98 8:39 AM, Jim Choate (ravage(a)einstein.ssz.com) passed this wisdom: >Forwarded message: > >> Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1998 00:51:49 -0700 >> From: "William J. Hartwell" <billh(a)ibag.com> >> Subject: Re: radio net > >> I think a radio network linked to the Amateur networks sending secure >> packets, >> using tunneling or maybe just encrypted traffic (There may be some FCC >> rules regarding this. > >The FCC prohibits the transmission of encrypted data via analog or digital >signals by amateurs. The FCC prohibits the use of transmissions encoded specifically to obscure the content of the traffic (which is exactly what our reason for using encryption would be), in essence they prohibit using encrypted transmisions. However, by wording the ruling that way they leave the door open for things like the ham radio satellite command channel uplinks being encrypted for security reasons ... but to do so they must, upon request, be able to provide the Friendly Chocolate Company with their keys. Brian B. Riley --> http://members.macconnect.com/~brianbr For PGP Keys <mailto:brianbr@together.net?subject=Get%20PGP%20Key> "For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism."

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Re: IP: [Fwd: new threat to privacy]
by geeman＠best.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

ummm ... not to sound skeptical, but were did -this- thing come from? looks like a crock to me. here, guys: have at it, here's my email address. ps: can you spell "agent provocateur" ---- (I'm not sure *I* can...) At 11:43 AM 9/12/98 -0400, Robert Hettinga wrote: > > >--- begin forwarded text > > >Delivered-To: ignition-point(a)majordomo.pobox.com >X-ROUTED: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 10:35:58 -0500 >X-TCP-IDENTITY: Bucsplace >Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 10:30:29 -0400 >From: oldbat <bucsplace(a)cchat.com> >MIME-Version: 1.0 >To: IP <ignition-point(a)majordomo.pobox.com> >Subject: IP: [Fwd: new threat to privacy] >Sender: owner-ignition-point(a)majordomo.pobox.com >Precedence: list >Reply-To: oldbat <bucsplace(a)cchat.com> > > > >From: "Bill Prince" <webprince(a)SPAMmindspring.com> >Newsgroups: misc.survivalism >Subject: new threat to privacy >Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 16:14:54 -0400 >Organization: MindSpring Enterprises >Message-ID: <6t9bu9$spm$1(a)camel15.mindspring.com> >NNTP-Posting-Host: user-37kbbqr.dialup.mindspring.com >X-Server-Date: 10 Sep 1998 20:14:01 GMT >X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.0518.4 >X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.0518.4 >Path: >news.dx.net!news.accessus.net!news2.rdr.net!news-out.internetmci.com!news.i ntern >etMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!4.1.16.34!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!ne ws.bb >nplanet.com!firehose.mindspring.com!not-for-mail > >There is another powerful tool for surreptitiously intercepting >data, but it is only available to law enforcement and the >military. Called DIRT (Data Interception and Remote >Transmission), it was released in June by Codex Data Systems. >http://www.thecodex.com/dirt.html > >Investigators need only know your e-mail address to secretly >install the program. Once they do, investigators can read your >documents, view your images, download your files and intercept >your encryption keys. DIRT was developed to assist law >enforcement in pedophilia investigations, but future uses could >include drug investigations, money laundering cases and >information warfare. > >- - >Bill Prince | Orlando, Florida | >Linuxori te salutamus! >Take out the SPAM to email me! >- - > >--- end forwarded text > > >----------------- >Robert A. Hettinga <mailto: rah(a)philodox.com> >Philodox Financial Technology Evangelism <http://www.philodox.com/> >44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA >"... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, >[predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to >experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' > > >

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by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Re: Access to Eudora Export Controlled Archives
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

On Fri, 11 Sep 1998, Eudora Export Control Team wrote: > Be sure to keep this username and password to yourself. If someone You know, this kind of crap never ceases to make me chuckle. Mail a list with thousands of people, which is archived all over the place, and add in "Be sure to keep this username and password to yourself." This is very effective export control.

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Deletion test
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Deletion test ____________________________________________________________________ The seeker is a finder. Ancient Persian Proverb The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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Investigating the Suspect Computer
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Is there a PKZip-encryption cracker online for the following program which claims to offer a link to a couple of dozen shareware password crackers of popular programs? The exe-file is easily downloaded. There's a copy for testing for privacy protection: http://jya.com/pci-pack.exe (20K) Investigating the Suspect Computer PC Data Recovery for the Criminal Investigator Law Enforcement Use Only http//www.forensicdynamics.com/pccrime.htm WHAT EXACTLY, DOES THE SOFTWARE DO ? The software is designed to almost completely automate the formidable task of extracting forensic data from today's modern personal computers with large or multiple hard drives. The program automatically examines startup files for "booby traps", and searches the entire machine for "bomb" programs which, if triggered, could destroy valuable evidence on the machine. PC-Investigator runs exclusively from diskette, at the DOS level, and does NOT perform any write operations to the hard drive. This insures that fragile data, or files that may be evidence which have been deleted, or are resident in "slack space", are not inadvertently overwritten. A unique feature of the software is the ability to construct custom-tailored reports. The catalog function extracts and organizes all the files on the hard drive, and sorts them into order by type, date and time, according to directory. During this process, all the readable (text) files are extracted into a separate list, and are organized by type in the report. Also available is an extracted report listing of graphic (picture) files, and files that are typically used on the Internet, along with an extracted list of word processor files, backup files, ASCII text, and files that are recovered by CHKDSK or SCANDISK, which are commonly overlooked as a source of forensic evidence. PC-Investigator has unique features that duplicate the manual functions normally performed during such forensic investigations. The most valuable feature is the ability to search all the files on the disk for the presence of up to 600 words or phrases called HotWords, that you supply in an editable file. This function is the equivalent of the manual process of "Find Files and Folders" / "Files Containing" under Windows 95 , which typically takes 30 seconds to 3 minutes to do manually for each word or phrase you are looking for. The function is performed using words and phrases from the HotWord list, hundreds of times per second. A typical 2 Gigabyte hard drive may contain over 500 readable text files. A manual search for the occurrence of a single word or phrase occurring in those files typically takes 90 seconds. If you had to search for those 200 words manually, the time required would be 5 hours at the keyboard. The HotWord search feature of PC- Investigator performs this function on a 486/50 machine in just under 45 minutes. If the number of files to be searched is substantially higher, such as on today's large hard drives (typically 2 to 4 Gigabytes, with 12 Gigabyte drives available on top-end systems) the time required to perform an exhaustive search would be proportionately higher (500 to 1,000 man-hours). PC-Investigator completely searches a 2 Gigabyte drive n a 486/120 machine in just under 24 hours. The faster the processor, and hard disk controller, the faster the program will run to completion. The best part is that each file containing any of the words or phrases in your list is cataloged in the report, along with the number of "hits" or HotWords found in the file. After the program is started, and the desired options are selected, the program will run un-attended, doing the work that would normally not be done in such cases because of the tremendous amount of time and effort involved. Of course, files which do not contain "clear text", or are DES or BLOWFISH / PGP encrypted will not be flagged by the program. However, we have software which addresses the problem of APPLICATION encryption - that is - files which are encrypted by the application which created them. For example, LOTUS 123, Quick Books, PFS Professional, and WordPerfect are among the few programs which offer in-application encryption of files. The program does NOT extract or examine the data from "slack space". However, running the program is easy, and can be done by almost anyone with a bit of computer skills. The software is designed as a preliminary investigative tool, to determine if a machine should be examined by a professional. If this program indicates a "HOT" machine, you can be certain that a more extensive investigation is warranted. ----- PCI-PACK.EXE Includes PC-Investigator software, manual and Investigating The Suspect Computer THIS PACKAGE IS DISTRIBUTED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS ONLY!! THE ARCHIVE FILE IS [PKZip] ENCRYPTED, AND YOU WILL NEED A PASSWORD TO EXTRACT THE ARCHIVE. IF YOU ARE NOT WORKING IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, DON'T BOTHER TO DOWNLOAD THE FILE, WE WILL NOT DISTRIBUTE THE PASSWORD UNLESS WE CAN VERIFY YOUR CREDENTIALS.

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2A (fwd)
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 22:00:12 -0400 > From: David Miller <dm0(a)avana.net> > Subject: 2A > The thought I had (actually, it was explained to me), about the > BoR is that, you know that in contracts/law, if there is a conflict > within a text/body of law, that which was legally written last > overrides the earlier statement. (e.g. the fine print is always > at *the bottom* of contracts). Think: a law is passed saying > that something is legal, now another one is passed saying that it > is illegal... Which law wins? The second one, obviously, so long > as it was legally passed. Contract law is civil law, the Constitution isn't civil law it is the charter defining how the government is supposed to work. If we accept this then no part of the Constitution is safe because it could be over-ridden this way, clearly not what the founding fathers intended in practice or principle. > Well, same with the BoR/Admendments. As AMENDMENTS, they override > the main body of the Constitution, if there is a conflict. This > is plain, simple, contractual law, and holds anywhere that people > negotiate contracts. > > Consider: The main body of the C says that the Senate can ratify > treaties, such as the UN resolution to confiscate privately-owned > small arms. Yet there is the 2A. Which wins? The 2A because it > is the overriding law of the land, higher than the authority of > the main body of the C to give the Senate that power when there is > a conflict between parts of the law. > > Conclusion: The UN should get your guns and ammo one bullet at a > time. This is lawyer bullshit, the 10th states very clearly, as well as the last sentence of the inter-state commerce clause, that the Constitution has to be taken in toto. The legislators and courts don't get to pick and choose. Furthermore, since the amendments dealing with prohabition were passed prior to the 16th they set a precedence that requires that subsequent amendemnts must specify what they are changing, the 16th doesn't do that. One could argue on that alone that the 16th as currently worded is invalid since it didn't meet prior precedence and by extension wasn't passed legaly. ____________________________________________________________________ The seeker is a finder. Ancient Persian Proverb The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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voice from the past
by David Honig 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

On Secrecy of Secrecy Without the freedom to expose the system proposal to widespread scrutiny' by clever minds of diverse interests, is to increase the risk that significant points of potential weakness have been overlooked. A frank and open discussion here is to our advantage. http://www.rand.org/publications/RM/RM3765/RM3765.chapter2.html Chapter 3 has an excellent picture of a binary key on a hollerith card... http://www.rand.org/publications/RM/RM3765/RM3765.chapter3.html

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Ooops...16 is before 18th & 21st
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Ooops, guess I was in some sort of fugue and forgot how to count... Clearly the 16th is before the 18th or 21st amendments. ____________________________________________________________________ The seeker is a finder. Ancient Persian Proverb The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: radio net
by Brian B. Riley 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

On 9/8/98 2:29 PM, Ryan Lackey (ryan(a)systemics.ai) passed this wisdom: >Is anyone else interested in setting up a radio net (probably packet radio >relay) to relay small quantities of data in the event the telecommunications >infrastructure becomes unavailable (either technically or >legally/politically/militarily)? There are existing packet relay nets, but >in my experience amateur radio people, especially in the US, are very >willing to roll over for the government at the slightest cause. you tar with too wide a brush ... one of the pioneers of ham packet radio is Phil Karn, who definitely isn't in to submissive roll overs! For that matter neither am I, though, sadly the greater number of hams do fit your description. >I think the cost would be something like $1-5k per station, and it could >be done in a fairly turnkey fashion. Exactly how to handle routing and >what protocol to use on the network is kind of an open question -- there >are a lot of solutions, none of them optimal. so what are you interested in setting up???? Brian B. Riley --> http://members.macconnect.com/~brianbr For PGP Keys <mailto:brianbr@together.net?subject=Get%20PGP%20Key> "One of the deep mysteries to me is our logo, the symbol of lust and knowledge, bitten into, all crossed with in the colors of the rainbow in the wrong order. You couldn't dream of a more appropriate logo: lust, knowledge, hope, and anarchy." -- Gassee - Apple Logo

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Re: radio net (fwd)
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > Subject: Re: radio net (fwd) > Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 20:03:56 -0400 > From: "Brian B. Riley" <brianbr(a)together.net> > open for things like the ham radio satellite command channel uplinks > being encrypted for security reasons ... but to do so they must, upon Actualy the control channel for satellites must be encrypted by international law. ____________________________________________________________________ The seeker is a finder. Ancient Persian Proverb The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: radio net
by Brian B. Riley 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

On 9/10/98 10:28 PM, Robert Hettinga (rah(a)shipwright.com) passed this wisdom: >Hey, guys, > >Someone here already said it, but nobody else got it, so I'll repeat it: >SSB, or Single Sideband. It's commercial ham radio, if you will, and all >the ships use it. I expect that you can shove anything down an SSB set that >you want, including encrypted traffic. > >Ham radio is a government nerd subsidy, and as such, doesn't do much but >make more government funded/sactioned/approved/whatever nerds. :-). > >SSB would do just fine. It's an international standard, after all, and >probably not under the control of any one government, even.e Bob, I am afraid you are showing your ignorance here. SSB is just one of the many modes of emission standardized in radio communications, its used by the amateur radio service (ham) , the citizens radio service (cb), the military, etc ... The real problem is that to build any sort of network would require some fixed positions, which, if it were intended to be 'clandestine' would be compromised sooner or later ... either that or several poor shnooks would have full time jobs driving vans around and around to keep the RDF snoops guessing ... In general there would be a better chance of pulling it off if you stayed away from the ham radio bands. 'self-policing' is not a character of another bands except the commercial broadcast bands. Spread spectrum would have more promise as many stations could be on the air at once on the same frequency thus making life quite confusing for the T-hunters. Brian B. Riley --> http://members.macconnect.com/~brianbr For PGP Keys <mailto:brianbr@together.net?subject=Get%20PGP%20Key> "I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it." -- Thomas Jefferson

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canadian cryptanalysis, eh?
by David Honig 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

http://watserv1.uwaterloo.ca/~brobinso/cryptan.html also http://watserv1.uwaterloo.ca/~brobinso/rqmts.html Suggested courses CA-105 - Introduction to Cryptography and Exploitation of Manual Cryptosystems CA-107 - Exploitation of Manual Cryptosystems CA-123 - Shift-Register Cryptology CA-223 - Advanced Shift-Register Cryptology CA-247 - Vocoders for Cryptanalysts MA-213 - PTAH MA-246 - Cryptomathematics for Mathematicians MA-256 - Signal Processing Mathematics[24] Knowledge of the following areas of Mathematics is required: Probability and Statistics including Stochastic and Markov Processes, Linear Algebra and Abstract Algebra including Finite Field Theory, Shift Register and Polynomial Theory, Communications, Information and Coding Theory, Sampling Theory, Digital Filtering, Numerical Methods, and Fast Transformation Algorithms.

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Re: Clinton's fake apologies
by Duncan Frissell 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

If nothing else, Clinton deserves his troubles because he is a very strong supporter of the legal structures that caused them. 1) He is a lawyer and a strong supporter of the trial lawyers who have promoted extremely expansive civil discovery of the sort that allowed Clinton to be questioned about Monica in the Jones case. 2) He is a strong advocate of the sort of sexual harassment law that led to the Jones case. He thinks it should be punished harshly. A real feminist. 3) He is a strong advocate of the Ethics in Government Act and pushed its renewal through Congress in 1994 when the Act was going to expire and when the Dems controlled both houses of Congress. 4) He is a law-and-order liberal who believes in executing retarded murderers and jailing hospital execs who submit Medicare bills based on misunderstandings of detailed and contradictory regulations. 5) His wife (and presumably he) was a strong supporter of an expansive definition of "high crimes and misdemeanors" during Watergate. "Hoist on your own petard" (and I even know what a petard is). DCF

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17 Dec '03

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The Empire Strikes Back (was IP: Army Tests Land Warrior for 21stCentury Soldiers)
by Robert Hettinga 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

--- begin forwarded text Delivered-To: ignition-point(a)majordomo.pobox.com X-Sender: believer(a)telepath.com Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 09:33:31 -0500 To: believer(a)telepath.com From: believer(a)telepath.com Subject: IP: Army Tests Land Warrior for 21st Century Soldiers Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-ignition-point(a)majordomo.pobox.com Precedence: list Reply-To: believer(a)telepath.com Source: Department of Defense http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Sep1998/n09111998_9809117.html ------- NOTE: Website includes three photographs of device in use. No mention of whether the computerized software in the device, of the GPS link and its satellites are Y2K compliant. ------- Army Tests Land Warrior for 21st Century Soldiers By Jim Garamone American Forces Press Service FORT BELVOIR, Va. -- American soldiers and Marines are already among the most deadly in the world, but a system called Land Warrior will soon make them unmatched. Land Warrior integrates small arms with high-tech equipment enabling ground forces to deploy, fight and win on the battlefields of the 21st century. "Land Warrior soldiers fight as a system, and the most important part of the system is what's between his ears," said Army Lt. Col. Robert Serino, Land Warrior product manager. Land Warrior came about in 1991 when an Army study group recommended the service look at the soldier as a complete weapon system. The first priority in Land Warrior is lethality. The second is survivability and the third, command and control. The program will cost $2 billion when 45,000 sets of the equipment are fielded between 2001-2014. The Marine Corps, Air Force and many foreign countries are interested in the system. "First and foremost, Land Warrior is a fighting system," Serino said. Land Warrior has several subsystems: the weapon, integrated helmet assembly, protective clothing and individual equipment, computer/radio, and software. The weapon subsystem is built around the M-16/M-4 modular carbine. It has a laser range finder/digital compass, a daylight video camera, a laser aiming light and a thermal sight. "This system will allow infantrymen to operate in all types of weather and at night," Serino said. In conjunction with other components, a soldier can even shoot around corners without exposing himself to enemy fire. The integrated helmet assembly is lighter and more comfortable than today's helmet, Serino said. It has a helmet-mounted monocular day display, a night sensor with flat panel display, a laser detection module, ballistic/laser eye protection, a microphone and a headset. The protective clothing and individual equipment subsystem incorporates modular body armor and upgrade plates that can stop small-arms rounds fired point-blank. It includes an integrated load-bearing frame, chemical/biological protective garments and modular rucksack. The infantryman will attach the computer/radio subsystem to his load-bearing frame. Over this goes the rucksack for personal gear. The computer processor is fused with radios and a Global Positioning System locator. A hand grip wired to the pack and attached to the soldier's chest acts as a computer mouse and also allows the wearer to change screens, key on the radio, change frequencies and send digital information. The subsystem comes in two flavors: The leader version has two radios and a flat panel display/keyboard, and soldiers have one radio. With the equipment, leaders and soldiers can exchange information. Soldiers using their weapon-mounted camera, for example, can send videos to their leaders. Finally, the software subsystem includes tactical and mission support modules, maps and tactical overlays, and the ability to capture and display video images. The system also contains a power management module. Designers set up the system so it can be updated as technology improves. The soldiers who will actually use Land Warrior have been consulted every step of the way. Prime contractor Raytheon worked with experts at the U.S. Army Infantry Center at Fort Benning, Ga., in designing the system. They have taken the system to the users to ensure the system is headed in the right direction. For instance, Serino said, "The rucksack has quick-release straps so an infantryman can just drop it if the need arises. This is what our soldiers asked for -- which is really great." One problem the Army must overcome before fielding is power. Current batteries last about 150 minutes with all systems running. "Clearly soldiers won't have all systems running all the time, but this is still not acceptable," said Serino. Other batteries under development by the Army's Communications-Electronics Command may push the time up to 30 hours. The Army plans to test the Land Warrior system with a platoon from the 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky. Later, a battalion-sized test is planned, Serino said. "Ultimately, soldiers will define the end state of Land Warrior -- and we'll know more every time the soldiers employ the system," he said. "We'll get the system up to a certain point, then the soldiers will be the people who say how far it can really go." ----------------------- NOTE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ----------------------- ********************************************** To subscribe or unsubscribe, email: majordomo(a)majordomo.pobox.com with the message: (un)subscribe ignition-point email@address ********************************************** www.telepath.com/believer ********************************************** --- end forwarded text ----------------- Robert A. Hettinga <mailto: rah(a)philodox.com> Philodox Financial Technology Evangelism <http://www.philodox.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'

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Re: radio net
by Soren 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

SSB xceivers cost <$700. Try any marine electronics store. Best choice is a ham xceiver with strap selectable SSB (actually a violation of FCC dictate to enable SSB on a ham rig, but everyone does it anyway). This would cost ~$1500, the Icom 7658 is a good one I know of. Go and get your local equivalent of a VHF license, send in the extension to cover SSB (~$50). Then purchase a 'PacRat' from any ham hangout. I got mine in Redwood City CA, on El Camino real - some years back now though. This is a little box that hooks into the back of the ham/SSB set and into a serial port of your PC. It comes with some basic packet handling software. Last time I looked, PacRats were <$200. Don't expect any great xfr rates however. Noise to signal requires many packet retransmissions as the ionosphere is not a very good mirror. Running TCP/IP over it should be easily doable. Basic use is to dial in the frequency yourself on the SSB (this usually requires an auto-tuner ~$700 AND a manual tuner ~$100, for best results). You need to get the best antenna you can afford. Unfortunately, antennas are frequency range specific, so you'll probably need 3: one for 0-5000 miles, 5000-12000, 12000-?. Its easy to rig the tuner to support 2-3 antennas, switch selectable. You need a Good Earth for anything to happen as expected. By now it should be possible to get some extra SW to drive the freq selection, so you could do spread spectrum. This is not allowed of course, as you are expected to do the call-sign exchange protocol on each freq session. There are freqs that are dedicated to digital (ship-to-shore commercial). You may have to get a commercial license for this though. One nasty thing about radio is that you share the spectrum with others, so collisions tend to make a hash out of reliability. Store and forward at unpopular times such as 3:00 EST, could be a good alternative. The longer distance freqs (>12000), are the most uncluttered, but suffer from the most noise to signal. A bounce across the pacific to the house next door, would be potentially more reliable than a lower freq. Most of the ham sets also support FM, so it would also be possible to piggyback on the ricochet freqs for line of sight use. Or for a real adrenaline rush, piggyback the mil freqs. If you really want to give the hams fits, write a noise to morse engine (or better yet, some captured call signs repeated endlessly) and swamp the channels, where the old popular mechanics guys discuss their antenna envy, at random intervals. 9:00 in the Ozarks is a fine time. Sit back and wait for the black vans to drive up. "Educate, don't Agitate"

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No Subject
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

son of gomez

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Re: radio net
by Robert Hettinga 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

--- begin forwarded text MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 09:11:29 -0700 To: Robert Hettinga <rah(a)shipwright.com> From: Somebody Subject: Re: radio net > >I know what Single Sideband means. As I've said before, and what you failed >to read later on in this thread, evidently, is that there are commercial >Single Sideband radios out there which have the range of ham sets. These >radios are used for commercial ship-to-shore traffic, and I expect that >encryption is legal on them. I expect that, because these frequencies are >subject to international convention rather than federal law, they have more >leeway (heh... nautical pun) on their use. Including, I bet, digital >packets and encryption. > > If I remember correctly, this is escrowed encryption using code books deposited with the appropriate authorities. <Somebody's .sig> --- end forwarded text *That* sucks... I wonder who the "appropriate authorities" are? Cheers, Bob Hettinga ----------------- Robert A. Hettinga <mailto: rah(a)philodox.com> Philodox Financial Technology Evangelism <http://www.philodox.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'

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No Subject
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

How about a line-of-sight (LOS) infrared network, a neighbor-net? Always thought this could be a method for a local technical entrepreneur to fund and share their personal T-1 link or for some small network enterprise to avoid local and US federal regulations and compete with the big cable and telephone companies. Appears that LOS infrared is currently unregulated and could be encrypted. Get enough people in a neighborhood to put LOS infrared relays on top of their houses, allow them to tap in, and feed this neighbor-net from some central point that is equipped with a more conventional link. I dunno why infrared, which theoretically has much more capacity than a phone line or coax cable, seems currently so slow, i.e., less than 10 MB in many commercial offerings. Ive no cost estimate for the roof top boxes. Heavy wet weather, fog, rain, snow obviously can affect LOS infrared, esp. low power. Personally, I would like more choices than just the phone and cable lines, especially something that is locally controlled. However, I imagine that if any significant traffic was generated over such infrared or wireless neighbor-nets, the Feds would eventually step in and regulate them. They'd probably want to regulate the traffic over a taut string, between paper cups.

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Re: Revenge of the AOLHoles
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

On Sun, 13 Sep 1998, Ryan Anderson wrote: > > > The problem is that most of the AOL users who publish to the net seem to > > be morons. They use some annoying Russo-Germanic quoting style, they can't > > use English, they're clueless, they post off-topic, or something else. > > In all fairness, many of the users on AOL *know* that the AOL quoting > style is utterly horrible. Unofrtunatley, they don't have much choice in > what they use. Sure they do. They can use a different mail reader. (After all, 32-bit AOL allows AOL users to use all the TCP/IP protocols...) They can cut and paste manually, or, probably best, they can go to another ISP. I understand what you're saying, Ryan, and I understand what they're saying, but there all alternatives out there; they just don't want to use them. In fact, they've installed proprietary packages that do this. There are plenty of free alternatives out there which don't have this problem. If my ISP pushed a bunch of proprietary software down my throat, I'd find another ISP. That goes double if the proprietary software sucks. That goes triple if the software sucks and the ISP is trying to get every idiot they can to use it. (I got a "100 hours free network abuse" disk in the mail recently from AOL.) Another AnonMonger

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No Subject
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

"It has been claimed, for example, that free application of cryptography enables drug traffickers and terrorists to communicate in secret, without the law enforcement officials being able to intercept their messages. In some countries, strong encryption has been banned or the keys have to be escrowed for government officials. With invisibility readily available to anyone with moderate programming skills, it is obvious that any such measures are ineffective. " This from the most recent online National Counterintelligence Center Counterintelligence News and Developments Volume 2 June 1998 http://www.nacic.gov/cind/june98.htm#rtoc4 "In some countries" indeed.

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Offshore Banking In Latvia
by James A. Donald 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-- > > Found this: http://offshorehaven.nu/banking > > noidea whether a trap or a jewel. Just in case my first message was unclear: Offshore banking in Latvia looks good. The above website looks like a con. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG JXDMmaEyma+jN7wyVhvlYcOrLB7iNaWSDaDfE2dl 4B2lFoTKEej/7263gNwJ8CpUWXMXIdco2pG0PzcFL ----------------------------------------------------- We have the right to defend ourselves and our property, because of the kind of animals that we are. True law derives from this right, not from the arbitrary power of the omnipotent state. http://www.jim.com/jamesd/ James A. Donald

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sixdegrees
by Well now I am a Mommy! 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

hi, I see you added me as a friend..... just wondering who you are. :) Christy ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

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Remailers
by nnburk 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Are _any_ of the remailers working?

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