December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

My Thread / Was--Re: Light Bulbs & newsgroups
by Carl Johnson 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Timothy C. May wrote: > At 5:55 PM -0800 4/18/97, Igor Chudov @ home wrote: > >Timothy C. May wrote: > >> ....and at least 1 to say that you gave no credit for this. Did you write > >> it yourself? If so, congratulations, as it was pretty good. If you did not, > >> you left out any mention of the author, or at least where you found it. > >it was not me. When i got it, it had no attribution on it also. > Then it's best to say so. "Anonymous" or "No attribution" is preferable to > simple forwarding. When the post arrives with three or four sets of '> >>' (<--whatever the fuck these things are called), then even those of us who lost the better part of our brains in the Drug War are able to figure out that it is a forwarded-forwarded-forwarded post. I think Tim is fighting old wars in his head. (Find your shoes, yet, Tim?) > --Tim May, who's had his own stuff forwarded without credit, and recalls > when one of Perry Metzger's pieces arrived back on the list, sans credit. I can sympathize with Tim, here. People who plagarize the works of others, or who steal credit for other's ideas, are the scum of the earth. Just say "No" to "Plagarists Inside" We got no ethics, we're stealing sig lines, I know that that ain't allowed. ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Toto | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, robNsteal(a)gotyours.net | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Your Mind | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Higher Power: 2^1398269 | black markets, collapse of governments. "Plagarists aren't even speed bumps on the disinformation superhighway."

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Re: Light Bulbs & newsgroups
by dlv＠bwalk.dm.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

"Timothy C. May" <tcmay(a)got.net> writes: > It's the American way. Waco is the American way. Ruby Ridge is the American way. --- Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps

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Re: FCPUNX:Passphrase entropy
by jamesd＠echeque.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 12:04 PM 4/18/97 -0700, Steve Schear wrote: > If this is true then how much passphrase entropy is enough to thwart, > for example, an NSA crack attempt? Seems to me it needs to be equal > to or greater than the encryption key. What are some good, practical > ways of achieving this? Long keys or random keys. Suppose you need 80 bits of entropy. If your passphrase is truly random, for example 9kDt3fagWxglr You have about six bits a character, so you only need thirteen characters. If, however, your pass phrase is an intelligible english sentence, for example Wandering past Saint Ives, I saw many fine buildings covered in ivy across the road. You only have about one bit per character, so you need an eighty character sentence. If your passphrase is a short intelligible english phrase, as most of them are, it will succumb to a dictionary attack. --------------------------------------------------------------------- | We have the right to defend ourselves | http://www.jim.com/jamesd/ and our property, because of the kind | of animals that we are. True law | James A. Donald derives from this right, not from the | arbitrary power of the state. | jamesd(a)echeque.com

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commercial web remailer myemail.net
by null＠myemail.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

www.myemail.net is a commercial remailer service; you can get an account for $5/month for some services, and use their web form free to send email and post news. Some parts of it are still under construction. Email has a nice attention-getting footer that gets put on each message to indicate that it's anonymous mail (so if you want to chain through other remailers, you'll need cutmarks), which says there's no sender identity logging. On the other hand, there's an interesting pixel in the web form that you use to send the email: <img src="/stats/makelog.cgi" height=1 width=1> Blocking is available both for email addresses and newsgroups. For email, just fill in your address in a form; it's not verified (my attempted mail to testme(a)bogus.com was rejected). The blocking works immediately, and since you submit email via a web form, reject messages get presented directly rather than being emailed to the bit bucket at some remailer. For news, the policy is that newsgroups will be blocked if there are requests from 12 different people (as distinguished somehow from 12 different requests by the same person forging headers.) Encryption: If you connect to https://www.myemail.net/, the button for anonymous email will fetch the form using https: ; if not, then not. So you'll have to remember to use it correctly. It's 128-bit RC4, which may affect some non-US users who haven't gotten SafePassage yet. It's a good start. Bill Stewart, stewarts(a)ix.netcom.com ************************************************************************ This Anonymous email has been relayed by http://www.MyEmail.net/ MyEmail.Net is a free anonymous mailing service. No records indicating the identity of person(s) who originated this message are retrieved electronically, or as a requirement to submit. Your email address can be blocked to prevent further contact from this service, please refer to the URL above for instructions on how to do so. ************************************************************************

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(no subject)
by Tim McVeigh 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Thanks for your support.
by John Denver 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Cypherpunks, I'd like to thank my many fans on the list for their support for my latest album. You've been great. Sorry I can't take time to chat, but I've got to get out to the ranch and deliver some supplies for spring planting. My truck broke down this morning, so I had to rent one. I've got to pick up some fertilizer for the fields, and diesel fuel for the tractors. I've also got to stop by the Federal Building in Denver and drop off the money order for that traffic ticket I got last week, so I've got to run. John Denver

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Social Security Public Forums
by Robert Hettinga 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

--- begin forwarded text From: john.t.sabo(a)ssa.gov Date: Thu, 17 Apr 97 18:30:41 -0500 To: members(a)lists.Commerce.Net MMDF-Warning: Parse error in original version of preceding line at lists.Commerce.Net Cc: john.t.sabo(a)s3abac8.ns1.barrnet.net MMDF-Warning: Parse error in original version of preceding line at lists.Commerce.Net Subject: Social Security Public Forums Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: members-owner(a)ssa.gov Precedence: bulk +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ This message was addressed to: members(a)lists.commerce.net +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ Fellow Commercenet Members: I wanted to make you and your companies aware of an important series of six National Forums that the Social Security Administration will be conducting throughout the country beginning May 5 through the week of June 9, in which SSA will seek public input and expert advice about the appropriate customer authentication and privacy safeguards needed to support SSA's Internet transaction services and ensure public trust. The forums are in response to the media and public concerns raised about our test of Interactive PEBES, which allowed individuals to request a Personal Earnings and Benefit Estimate Statement from SSA online and receive the response online, rather than via the mail, after providing five knowledge-based customer authenticating elements. The initial concerns were centered about the use of the five elements, but media attention soon extended to a range of intermingled Internet and security concerns. As a result, we suspended the test and announced a 60-day period of expert and public input on this important public policy issue. We invite interested CommerceNet members to consider participating in the forums and offering your expert opinion to the government. I'm including current information about the forums, and expect to have more details shortly. I'll be contacting members I know who have expressed interest in providing input, but would welcome hearing from other companies who would like to participate in informed public discussion and public education. John Sabo Social Security Administration --------------------------------------------------------------------- Social Security National Forum on Internet Services -- Backgrounder We are seeking expert opinion regarding a major public policy issue facing the Social Security Administration: the appropriate privacy, system security and other safeguards necessary for SSA to provide transaction services on the Internet with strong public confidence. You may be aware that, in response to public concerns raised about our test of the Interactive Personal Earnings and Benefit Estimate Statement (Interactive PEBES) service on the Internet, SSA suspended the test and announced that we would seek public input on the design of the system, particularly with respect to the authentication and privacy policies and system safeguards necessary to ensure public confidence in Interactive PEBES and in future Internet services planned by SSA. To do this, we have scheduled a series of public forums in Hartford (May 5), Des Moines (week of May 12), Atlanta (week of May 19), San Jose (week of May 26), Austin (week of June 2), and Washington D.C. (week of June 9). We also plan to schedule an Internet Town Meeting on our Website, www.ssa.gov. The forums will address important national issues which reach far beyond our test of the Interactive PEBES. The safeguarding of individual privacy -- as technology removes barriers to accessing confidential information -- and the public's understanding of and trust in using the Internet both for secure, confidential government services and business and financial services are the core critical issues. That is why your input is so important. We are now identifying interested individuals and organizations who wish to participate on panels at each of the six public forum locations. Although we are unable to provide compensation for your participation, we also invite comments in writing or via email if you cannot attend a forum in person. We envision three 1 1/4 -hour panels of 5 people expert in these broad areas: Privacy, Systems Security and the Business/Financial Internet community. There will also be open sessions where members of the public may register to speak. However you or your company may choose to participate, I urge you to consider offering us your thoughtful input into this important national discussion. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent by a majordomo-based automatic list manager. Subscriptions to and archives of this list are available to CommerceNet members, partners, and invited guests. For further information send a mail message to 'members-request(a)lists.commerce.net' with 'help' (no quotations) contained in the body of your message. --- end forwarded text ----------------- Robert Hettinga (rah(a)shipwright.com) Philodox e$, 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA Lesley Stahl: "You mean *anyone* can set up a web site and compete with the New York Times?" Andrew Kantor: "Yes." Stahl: "Isn't that dangerous?" The e$ Home Page: http://www.shipwright.com/

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My Thread / Was--Re: Light Bulbs & newsgroups
by nobody＠huge.cajones.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

List members, Shut the hell up already; I wrote it, and it's OK for anyone to repost it. Just attribute it to me. Anonymous

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17 Dec '03

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WebWorld 36
by Bubba Rom Dos 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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