December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Two? ways people could use your code
by Richard Stallman 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

People have brought up the argument of the two classes of possible users of a library: those who want to write a free program, and those who want to write a proprietary program. This is a valid approach, but we must consider all the terms in the equation. There are actually three classes of possible projects that might use code you have written: * Those who want to make a free program. * Those who want to make a proprietary program. * Those who don't have strong views about the matter. So let's look at each of these three cases, considering two available choices (copylefting, or not copylefting), and how the decision affects the goals of encouraging use of encryption, discouraging back doors, and encouraging users' freedom. * Some people believe in free software and will make their additions free no matter what. Whether you use copyleft makes no difference in this kind of case. * Often at companies, and sometimes at universities, people are dead set on making a proprietary program. This program may be capable of doing a job, but its users will not have freedom, and they will have to take it on faith that there are no backdoors. Copylefting your code says this project cannot use it. Most likely, the project will spend some extra money to write their own code, and the outcome for the public will be much the same. They might do a worse job, or a better job. There's some chance they would not do the project; whether that is a loss for the public is not clear. It could mean less use of encryption; but if you also care about avoiding secret back doors, and about users' freedom, you won't see this as an unambiguous loss. * Often at universities, and sometimes at companies, people decide to write a program but don't think about whether to make it free software. They may not care, they may dislike thinking about the issue, they may simply not understand that there is an issue. In these cases, they will probably judge your code by its features, not by its distribution terms. If they want to use your code, and your terms say that's permitted only if their program is free, they'll say, "Ok, I'll make it free, and use your code." In this kind of case, using copyleft will produce a benefit: more freedom for the end user, who can check, rather than trust, that there are no back doors in the program. Conclusion: if you care *only* about more use of encryption, and *absolutely not* about secret back doors or users' freedom, then you would find it a better strategy not to copyleft. But if you care about encouraging use of encryption, about discouraging back doors, and about freedom for software users, copyleft (such as the GNU GPL) is a good way of promoting all of these goals together.

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Re: Gary Burnore vs. Earth (Was: Value of Annon. Remailers)
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Information Security <guy(a)panix.com> wrote: > > From: Missouri FreeNet Administration <sysadmin(a)mfn.org> > > > > Obviously, as defenders of this man's right to post material offensive > > to Burnore, we too came under attack. > > One man's attack is another's defense. I'll have to remember that one. Some defense lawyers in Wyoming might want to use it in their clients' trial for their "defense" against that gay student. Now about Gary Burnore's "defense" against the underaged daughter of his girlfriend... > > The point here is that what little survives about this lunatic child > > molester (he has even successfully had his North Carolina Sex Offender record > > removed!),... > > Gee, why don't you ask North Carolina why, in writing? Irrelevant. The North Carolina website of registered sex offenders was only the vehicle by which the truth about Gary Burnore's existing conviction in California became known. Depublishing it in NC on some technicality doesn't alter the fact of the original offense for which Gary Burnore pled guilty in a Santa Clara, CA court, which sentenced him to probation and required him to register as a sex offender. And given Burnore's pattern of harassment ... er, "defense" ... of those who criticize him, the ability of someone with knowledge of the facts to freely speak without fear of retaliation enabled the public to learn the truth. Perhaps the original whistleblower's e-mailed warnings led or contributed to Burnore's arrest, and to the resulting psychiatric treatment which may have protected future potential victims. > Let us know when you have an original thought. Ad hominem often comes in handy...

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Ex-NSA Cryptanalyst
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

We'd like to get the affidavit, search warrants and complaint for the ex-NSA cryptanalyst, David Sheldon Boone, arrested for spying to see what the specific allegations are. See court docket below. News reports say he is being held in Alexandria, VA, so a lead to a legal doc retrieval service in that area would be appreciated. Or should anyone have the docket-listed docs, copies would be welcomed: Fax: 212-799-4003 Snail: John Young 251 West 89th Street, Suite 6E New York, NY 10024 Vox: 212-873-8700 X---------------------------------------------------------------------------X PACER session date: Tuesday October 13, 1998 09:29:28 PM EST Docket as of October 13, 1998 6:21 pm Page 1 Proceedings include all events. 1:98m 882-ALL USA v. Boone U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia (Alexandria) CRIMINAL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 98-M -882-ALL USA v. Boone Filed: 10/13/98 Dkt# in other court: None Case Assigned to: Magistrate Judge Theresa Carroll Buchanan DAVID SHELDON BOONE (1) defendant Defendant Assigned to: Magistrate Judge W. Curtis Sewell Pending Counts: NONE Terminated Counts: NONE Complaints Disposition 18:794(a) and 3238 Espionage U. S. Attorneys: Charles Rosenberg [COR LD NTC] U.S. Attorney's Office 2100 Jamieson Avenue Alexandria, VA 22314 (703) 299-3700 FTS 574-3700 Docket as of October 13, 1998 6:21 pm Page 2 Proceedings include all events. 1:98m 882-ALL USA v. Boone 10/9/98 1 SEALED COMPLAINT as to David Sheldon Boone (avax) [Entry date 10/13/98] 10/9/98 2 AFFIDAVIT by USA as to David Sheldon Boone Re: [1-1] complaint (avax) [Entry date 10/13/98] 10/9/98 3 MOTION by USA to Seal search warrants [2-1] affidavit by USA, [1-1] complaint (avax) [Entry date 10/13/98] 10/9/98 4 ORDER as to David Sheldon Boone granting [3-1] motion by USA to Seal search warrants [2-1] affidavit by USA, [1-1] complaint as to David Sheldon Boone (1) ( Signed by Magistrate Judge Theresa C. Buchanan ) Copies Mailed: yes (avax) [Entry date 10/13/98] 10/9/98 -- Arrest WARRANT issued as to David Sheldon Boone (avax) [Entry date 10/13/98] 10/13/98 5 ORDER as to David Sheldon Boone, Unsealing Complaint Search Warrants, and affidavit ( Signed by Magistrate Judge W. C. Sewell ) Copies Mailed: yes (avax) [Entry date 10/13/98] 10/13/98 -- Complaint unsealed as to David Sheldon Boone (avax) [Entry date 10/13/98] 10/13/98 -- Initial appearance as to David Sheldon Boone held before Magistrate Judge W. C. Sewell ( Tape #266.) USA appeared through: T. Connolly. Dft(s) appeared through: w/attys; Sinlair and Clark (Defendant informed of rights.) US motions for detention-granted. Deft. waives PH reserves the right to a bond hearing at a later date. Deft. is remanded to the custody of the USMS w/o bond pending action og the GJ. (ntho) [Entry date 10/13/98] [Edit date 10/13/98] 10/13/98 6 Waiver of Preliminary Examination or Hearing by David Sheldon Boone (ntho) [Entry date 10/13/98] [END OF DOCKET: 1:98m 882-0]

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ATTN: BlackNet, sog's keys 4 sale
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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17 Dec '03

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INFO-RUSS: moving to Chicago... (fwd)
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: >From INFO-RUSS-request(a)smarty.ece.jhu.edu Tue Oct 13 21:42:32 1998 Message-Id: <9810140035.AA02214(a)smarty.ece.jhu.edu> Errors-To: INFO-RUSS-request(a)smarty.ece.jhu.edu Sender: INFO-RUSS-request(a)smarty.ece.jhu.edu From: MARGOL(a)newman.basnet.minsk.by To: info-russ(a)smarty.ece.jhu.edu Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 11:18:47 +1200 Subject: INFO-RUSS: moving to Chicago... --------------------------------------------------------------------- This is INFO-RUSS broadcast (1200+ subscribers). Home page, information, and archives: http://psi.ece.jhu.edu/~kaplan/IRUSS/inforuss.html To post, or to subscribe/unsubscribe, mail to info-russ(a)smarty.ece.jhu.edu INFO-RUSS assumes no responsibility for the information/views of its users. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi! 1. I am going to move in Chicago in the end of this year and I am looking for a job there. Brief information: Belarussian State University (mathamatics dep.), Ph.D. in mathematics (algebra, arithmetic geometry) in 1995, during some period was interested in algebraic methods in the image processing, now dealing with mathematical (algebraic and partially statistical) methods in data security (cryptography), programming experience in Visual C++ 5.0 (C++, MFC, DB, ActiveX by MFC). I am ready to sent my CV, list of my papers, and any other detailed information needed. I am also looking for colleagues everywhere! 2. By the way, in some info-russ letters the problem of e-mail privacy was discussed. I would like to write some words on that topic. There is always a great risk that your envelope can be opened before its arrival. And there is the unique way to keep the privacy: encrypt the letter before sending. It is especially important, if your letter contains your bank account number, credit card number and so on. The same situation takes place in case of e-mail. The cheapest, simplest, and most reliable way is to apply some cryptosystem (with either public or private key). Good cryptosystems are totally practically unbreakable. You can use coding programs built in your Internet browser, in your e-mail program or separate encrypting-decrypting programs (for example, PGP). Attention: the export of crypto programs is strictly forbidden by the american law. But everyone can get such programs by Internet on the European servers without any restrictions. Some nice helpful books on that topic: - "Personal Computer Security" by Ed Tiley (for users), - "Internet Security Secrets" by John R. Vacca (both for users and specialists), - "Handbook of Applied Cryptography" by Alfred Menezes and others (for specialists). Best regards, Genady. MARGOL(a)newman.basnet.minsk.by

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Aaron Debunks Crypto Myths
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Crypto emissary David Aaron gave a speech today in Germany boosting US encryption policy for privacy and commerce. Says it's an insult to claim US intelligence agencies want backdoor access and other untrue myths: http://jya.com/aaron101398.htm ----- Thanks to JM for pointing.

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Gary Burnore vs. Earth (Was: Value of Annon. Remailers)
by Missouri FreeNet Administration 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

</LURK OFF> First off, let us state up front that this is an aside to the previous poster, and not totally on-point: feel free to hit the delete key, and accept our apologies if this is a problem. About two months ago, we met the infamous Burnore & Company while defending a semi-annonymous UseNet poster calling himself "Outlaw-Frog-Raper". It seems that in classical Burnore style "OFR" found himself the sudden victim of [literally] daily TOS/SPAM complaints by Burnore and Co. for making use of UseNet to air his decidedly anti-police positions (it's odd how "pro police" Burnore is, isn't it?). Obviously, as defenders of this man's right to post material offensive to Burnore, we too came under attack. Fortunately, we have been with our upstream provider for a long time, and are on *very* good terms: they told Burnore to keep his complaints to himself. But I digress... As this "war" intensified, we attempted to determine just who in the hell this lunatic *was*, as nobody here is a regular Usenet follower (just when we have our slow periods, we'll check in with the loons to kill a couple of hours...). To our surprise, we discovered that while Burnore/Databasix/etc. are known far and wide, the actual traffic that passes between them and the rest of the Earthly population is pretty well eradicated. Here's a guy who has actually sat down and deleted (according to DejaNews) *tens of thousands* of his -own- posts! Not to mention the unknown number of posts which he has "thoughtfully taken care of for those others who forgot to do so themselves"... The point here is that what little survives about this lunatic child molester (he has even successfully had his North Carolina Sex Offender record removed!), has almost all come through *some* annonymizer. Whether a MixMaster, or Cajones (RIP) "intentional annonymizer", or an "unintentional annonymizer" such as a large [cypherpunks] listserv with "bad headers". We submit that it only takes one successful argument, even though there be a million such arguments available, to "proof" the value of an annoymous remailer. we then extend the original Burnore story (presented in part below) in further support. Yes, I know, at least half of you are sitting here going "now why did they bother us with that?". The answer is we feel VERY strongly that if not for what [little] we were able to find as a result of A/R's, we would never have been able to figure this clown out at all. And loco though he may be, he is also a *prodigious* pain in the ass, who represents a real, true threat to what little freedoms we still have in the US. Burnore isn't a loner in the political sense: he's actually becoming pretty mainstream. If A/R's can help to keep scum like him in the light, where he can't hide his hypocrises [sp?] through a cancel or "DejaNuke", then they are one of our most important national resources, and should be defended (and *funded*) as such! Just our [very biased] $.02 worth... The full-time [yet totally volunteer] staff of Missouri FreeNet: J.A. Terranson, sysadmin(a)mfn.org John Blau, jb214(a)mfn.org Beatrice Hynes, beatrice(a)mfn.org Frescenne "M", support(a)mfn.org A. Pates, support(a)mfn.org </LURK ON> --------------------------------------------------------------------- <huge brevity snippage> Consider the episode last year with Gary Burnore and DataBasix vs. Jeff Burchell and his Mailmasher and Huge Cajones machines. Made-to-order abuse appeared right on cue to reinforce the claims that Burnore and his girlfriend Belinda Bryan had made. And now we've learned the real truth behind the whole episode. While Gary Burnore was living with another girlfriend in Santa Clara, CA, he was also molesting her teenaged daughter. An anonymous whistleblower attempted to warn the girl's mother as well as her school officials by anonymous e-mail. Burnore went ballistic and falsely claimed "harassment". But the whistleblower was ultimately vindicated when Burnore pled guilty to the molestation charge, was placed on probation, and was required to register as a sex offender. Unable to silence the whistleblower, Burnore began a campaign of harassment against the operators of the remailers that were being used to expose him. IOW, if you can't refute the message, shoot the messenger. And if you can't shoot the messenger, attempt to disable his means of communication (the remailers net). I recounted this case history, which can be researched in various usenet archives by anyone interested, just to demonstrate that one man's "harassment" can well be another man's investigative journalism, even if the journalist or whistleblower is not in a position to expose him/herself to retaliation by the wrongdoer, which has been (coincidentally?) reported by virtually anyone who has dared to challenge Gary Burnore publicly.

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POWER & MAGIC OF E-MAIL!!!
by picc98＠wowmail.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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RE: DNA
by Richard.Bragg＠ssa.co.uk 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

DNA testing can never prove anything. It can rule out someone completely and statistically make it very unlikely to be anyone else. But what about identical sib's. They all have exactly the same DNA! There are cases of such children where one becomes a pillar of society and the other less so. A DNA database would allow loads of stuff to be done. How about a designed disease or toxin that only affects certain gene carriers. This could be added to the food chain at any time you wanted to incapacitate a particular person or group of people without comprimising any one else. Fun hmmm!!!

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