December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

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

17 Dec '03

A warning label ought to be tattooed on Timmy May's head, saying `Warning: shit content under pressure'. o/ Timmy May <| / >

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Xs4all website censored by German academic network
by tank 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

GERMAN NATIONAL ACADEMIC PROVIDER BLOCKS XS4ALL WEBSITE IN THE NETHERLANDS Amsterdam, 16 april 1997 Since April 11th 1997, the dutch XS4ALL website www.xs4all.nl has been censored by Deutsches Forschungsnetz, the German academic Internet provider. This was confirmed today by Dr. Klaus-Eckart Maass, managing director of Deutsches Forschungsnetz in a press release. (http://www.dfn.de/dfn/sperrung.html) An Xs4all subscriber (http://www.xs4all.nl/~radikal) publishes a magazine which is considered to be illegal in Germany. The German State Prosecutor has 'informed' Deutsches Forschungsnetz about the presence of this magazine, which has resulted in the censorship of the entire XS4ALL website. Of the 6000 homepages on the XS4ALL, only one of those contains the Radikal magazine. Other XS4ALL homepages include artists, research materials, shops, activists and other information sources like the formerly censored Serbian radiostation B92 (http://www.xs4all.nl/~opennet) and its 24hr/day radiobroadcasts on Internet. All these 6000 homepages are now unavailable to the German academic Internet community. The decision to censor the xs4all webserver because of the radikal publication will probably cause and this censored magazine to become more popular on the Net. Censoring the Internet has, in most cases, proved to be counterproductive as many Internet users mirror the information on to their own sites and start to distribute it. In September 1996, a number of German providers organised a similar block of the XS4ALL website after complaints by the State Prosecutor. This block was lifted after four weeks, but resulted in a vast mirror network. Today, there are still more than 40 mirror websites of the radikal home page around the world. These mirror-sites were placed on the Net more than six months ago. Why does Deutsches Forschungsnetz only block the xs4all webserver when the information on this website is known to have been mirrored all around the world for at least six months? XS4ALL intends to send Mr. Klaus-Eckart Maass a message informing him about these mirrorsites. In principle he should then be obliged to block these other sites where radikal nr. 154 can also be found XS4ALL has not yet received any official communication from the German justice department, nor from the Dutch justice department. Our policy is that as a provider we are not in the position to judge whether this magazine is illegal in the Netherlands, therefore we do not interfere with the liberty of speech of our user. If there's any doubt about the legality of the publication in Holland, a Dutch court of law would be the proper place to remove these doubts. Therefore our user would have to be tried by the Dutch justice-department. Relevant information: Radikal magazine - http://www.xs4all.nl/~radikal/index.html Radikal mirrorlist - http://www.xs4all.nl/~tank/radikal/mirror.html DFN pressrelease - http://www.dfn.de/dfn/sperrung.html Dr. Klaus-Eckart Maass - http://rigel.dfn.de/adressen/maass.html Managing Director DFN - maass(a)dfn.d400.de DFN website - http://www.dfn.de -- XS4ALL Internet BV - Felipe Rodriquez-Svensson - finger felipe(a)xs4all.nl for Managing Director - - pub pgp-key 1024/A07C02F9

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Mein Fuhrer
by null＠myemail.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

SOG-TO: www(a)dfn.de SOG-CC: webmaster@xs4all.nl,radikal@dds.nl,cypherpunks@toad.com Mein Fuhrer, I am happy to see that the wall around East Berlin was torn down to prepare for the new ElectroMagnetic Curtain that is currently being built around the whole of Germany. Surely the age is past when we can expect to hold power over our citizens by enslaving their mere bodies. WE MUST CONTROLTHEIR MINDS! Please be advised that the enemies of the CyberReich are already plotting to undermine the ElectroMagnetic Curtain. Herr Gilmore calls our efforts at maintaining ElectroMagnetic purity as "damage" which others on the InterNet must "route around." Herr May seems to be questioning our right to crush all electromagnetic emanations which are generated from ethnically inferior electromagnetic sources. Herr Hughes is is producing StegoDolls with paper and plastic scissors, in an obvious attempt to subconsciously corrupt the minds of Aryan children. (These StegoDolls have suspiciously large breasts, leading me to believe that they are meant to undermine the morals of adults, as well.) There are attempts being made to put mirrors in place to begin the formation of an organization known as InterNet Free Europe, in an attempt to allow our citizens' minds to immigrate beyond the walls of the ElectroMagnetic Curtain. However, our Western Allies are even now taking steps to seize control over the InterNet Domain registration system, placing it in the capable hands of the FCC. With these efforts and the ones being made to route technological development into increasingly narrow channels, we should be able to keep control of bandwidth in the hands of those with interests similar to our own. There should be no reason that we cannot control the citizens by a combination of 'shortages' of bandwidth, strict laws limiting the use of bandwidth to 'pure' purposes, and regulations which allow us to control the nature of encryption programs so that we can ferret out those who attempt to "route around" our control mechanisms. We must also take steps to limit our citizen's access to the dangerous materials contained in "The True Story of the InterNet." The following URL should be blocked immediately, as it contains pointers to "The Xenix Chainsaw Massacre" and "WebWorld ************************************************************************ 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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Shocked e-mail
by harka＠nycmetro.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- In> SHOCKWAVE Security BUG EXPOSES E-MAIL In> ----------------------------------------- In> Comet Hale-Bopp must be a portent of Web security disasters. This site In> details the next one - if you are running Netscape with the insanely In> popular Shockwave plug-in on any platform, the bad guys can read your In> e-mail folders. In addition, no matter which browser you are running, In> your corporate intranet could be vulnerable even if located behind In> a firewall. Fortunately, a security fis available. In> Problem:-http://www.webcomics.com/shockwave/ In> Fix:-http://www.macromedia.com/shockzone/info/security.html In> Enjoy it, See you soon. In> Arun Tripathi Ciao Harka /*************************************************************/ /* This user supports FREE SPEECH ONLINE ...more info at */ /* and PRIVATE ONLINE COMMUNICATIONS! -> http://www.epic.org */ /* E-mail: harka(at)nycmetro.com (PGP-encrypted mail pref'd) */ /* PGP public key available upon request. [KeyID: 04174301] */ /* F-print: FD E4 F8 6D C1 6A 44 F5 28 9C 40 6E B8 94 78 E8 */ /*<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>*/ /* May there be peace in this world, may all anger dissolve */ /* and may all living beings find the way to happiness... */ /*************************************************************/ ... Link in support of Free Speech: http://www.xs4all.nl/~radikal/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQEVAgUBM1VuJjltEBIEF0MBAQFt3gf/acKyaf813olMN334Q/83sWpbIoOjXWWJ q5PkyqFgAI2oTyUUXQIX/KugWxXhq0uyjJq+a9fLn9RKJQ3eVcm+Lccn+1k/EmSv hC68LfS+YMS+cGnU/VA9GYlk94Sf/PcQA5fk3wI21DUd4xjxR1EnZ+1TW8U1NbcU 3j3/T5MEFP4FymgACozCk0lY8MMBEtGcReYHJICHP4/tgW8z18/7lzegl0wNP0F6 eS1bVwf7ub+sIsnXvD0Mqvyb1f0KUFqJOBbqKA6LJtm7dcHAIWzpl/k05Ekl5xRc 1YBnkFbjQspsBSsULwVWS7eEQ43IpU0UC21Qwp5UZ7DYlMad7bjUQA== =IHkF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- If encryption is outlawed, only outlaws will have encryption...

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Re: Digi-Cash IPO! $1.60 per share ( remove )
by dlv＠bwalk.dm.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

ichudov(a)algebra.com (Igor Chudov @ home) writes: > i think that advertiser funded digital cash was first described > by dr dimitri vulis kotm, in his recent post to cypherpunks. > > too bad he did not patent it. Patents and copyrights violate true free speech. --- Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps

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Re: 2nd RFD: sci.chem.organic.synthesis moderated
by Igor Chudov ＠ home 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Koen Van Aken (cheakv(a)panther.gsu.edu) wrote in <861165888.2842(a)isc.org>: * * At the end of each article, a full name and e-mail address is * mandatory. Listing of position and association is optional but * strongly encouraged. ... snip ... * CHARTER: sci.chem.organic.synthesis * This proposal is pro moderation to filter out unwanted (see not * permitted postings) and 'anonymous' (see signature policy) messages. * Although there are some disadvantages associated with moderated * groups - some people compare it with censorship and it slows down * the discussion - , sci.* groups have been plagued before with off- * topic discussions which eventually turned users away. I fail to see any reason why you need to filter out "anonymous" email. I think that restricting anonymous email goes a long way against ability to discuss important issues in general. I find it overly restrictive and unwarranted. Your explanation as to why you find it necessary to exclude anonymous postings from your particular newsgroup will be much appreciated. igor

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Re: Neo-Nazis indict Compuserve official
by dlv＠bwalk.dm.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

"Timothy C. May" <tcmay(a)got.net> writes: > increased monitoring of lists like this, Germany may place my name on a > list of those to be arrested if they enter Germany. Or, as the recent case > of a publisher of Neo-Nazi materials in the U.S. showed, for detention and > subsequent extradition to Germany upon entry into any European Union > nation. In fact, I'll bet that Black Unicorn is on such a list; if they can > figure out what his real name is, and if he strays into EU territory....)) Yikes! We better not post it to this mailing list, then. --- Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps

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NEW: fpi - Freedom Press International
by Robert Hettinga 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

--- begin forwarded text Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 00:02:20 -0500 Reply-To: Freedom Press <freedom(a)tao.ca> Sender: NEW-LIST - New List Announcements <NEW-LIST(a)LISTSERV.NODAK.EDU> From: Freedom Press <freedom(a)tao.ca> Subject: NEW: fpi - Freedom Press International To: NEW-LIST(a)LISTSERV.NODAK.EDU fpi on majordomo(a)tao.ca Freedom Press FREEDOM PRESS is the world's oldest anarchist publishing group (founded in 1886). We have therefore an extensive and growing archive of material. Further information about us will be incorporated into messages on the list. Messages on the list come from FREEDOM PRESS and will consist of extracts from our publications with an emphasis on news. You should expect to receive in the region of 2 or 3 messages per month. To subscribe to fpi, send the following command: subscribe fpi to majordomo(a)tao.ca Owner: Freedom Press freedom(a)tao.ca ------- Use this information at your own risk. For more information and disclaimer send E-mail to LISTSERV(a)LISTSERV.NODAK.EDU with the command INFO NEW-LIST in the body. --- 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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InterNet Free Terra
by null＠myemail.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

A Web page named "InterNet Free Terra" can be accessed at the URL: http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/carljohn/ It has been set up in order to provide URL pointers to Mirrors of Web sites which have been subjected to censorship by governmental authorities. Its first category is "InterNet Free Europe" and the first entry is a list of Mirror sites for the Radikal Web site. Anyone who wishes to have Mirror site pointers added for other government censored Web sites may send mailto:carljohn@sk.sympatico.ca Those submitting Mirror site pointers may want to include pointers to information and/or press releases regarding the date and details of the censorship action, as there are plans to include access to these details, as well as to the pointers themselves. ************************************************************************ 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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Son of Flubber
by lucifer＠dhp.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>From wired.com newstory on McVeigh: Another juror said she thought the building that was bombed was the "Fred MacMurray Building." Fred MacMurray was an actor perhaps best known for his role as a father in the 1960s TV series "My Three Sons." And Capt. Buttons thought his A-10 could reach Denver because it was running on Flubber. I wonder if perhaps Capt. Buttons wasn't perhaps involved in an AP scheme wherein various military personnel can win big bucks by guessing the date of the bombing of the Federal Building in Denver. Oh, I forgot...he just headed for Denver with a planeload of bombs for no apparent reason. We wouldn't want to jump to any conclusions just because it was at the beginning of the trial of a military terrorist. It's not like the military harbors militaristic types, or anything. It's not like anyone hosting Jim Bell's "Assassination Politics" on their system has close ties to the Davis-Monathan airbase in Tucson. It's not like Dave Foreman of Earth First was involved in monkey- wrenching with airmen in Tucson. It's not like airmen from Tucson trade landmines for dope in Arivaca, south of Tucson. Nope, they're all too busy eating mom's apple pie and singing "God Bless America" to do any of those things. And when one of them goes off on a bombing run and heads for the site of the Oklahoma City bombing trial, well, it's just one of life's little mysteries. Of course, the government isn't nervous about the loyalty of their own military personnel. That certainly couldn't have anything to do with them clamping down so hard on the release of details of the trial. TruthBomber

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