December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

New synonym for GAK
by pgut001＠cs.auckland.ac.nz 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

Another one to add to the list: >U.S. approves export of crypto product without key recovery > >EE Times >(12/22/98, 4:13 p.m. EDT) > >RICHARDSON, Texas. Network security specialists ODS Networks Inc. has won >government approval to export its strong encryption products to companies in >42 countries without a government-backed key recovery feature. > >ODS said it is the first U.S. company to receive a blanket export license >from the Department of Commerce to ship its crypto product. The government >strictly controls the export of encryption products with a key-recovery >feature and key lengths of 112, 128 or 1,024 bits. > >The ODS products use an alternate "stream recovery" feature that allows users >to protect encrypted data. The company said its stream recovery scheme helps >resolve conflicting requirements for privacy and monitoring. > >ODS said its objective was to introduce a monitoring capability that protects >the rights of innocent third parties in criminal investigations. Their PR which was sent to several crypto mailing lists earlier today was conveniently cut off just before the GAK paragraph (and in any case they weren't lying, just being economical with the truth). Peter.

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Context Magazine interviews with Moore, Metcalfe, and Coase
by Robert Hettinga 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

Well, I don't know about *heroes*. I mean, Tom Swift, or the Grey Lensman, were *heroes*, right? ;-). Still these are some good interviews, in complete keeping with the topic of my last pico-rant. Metcalfe talks about micromoney, even what looks, facially, like a georecursive market. Sans digital bearer transaction settlement, of course, but they'll all learn... :-). Also note where Coase guess that transaction costs (not just settlement and clearing, but the whole information enchelada of finding products, etc.) might come to 45% of GDP, or $4.5 trillion for the US alone. Stuff like that is why I say that digital bearer transactions will be the dominant value transfer technology of the coming geodesic economy. Cheers, RAH --- begin forwarded text From: Somebody To: Bob Hettinga <rah(a)shipwright.com> Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 02:11:14 "GMT" Subject: Somebody has recommended a CONTEXT Magazine article to you Somebody sent you this article from CONTEXT Magazine (http://www.contextmag.com) Note: ----------------------------- A short interview with three of your heroes. Merry Christmas! <Somebody's .sig> ----------------------------- http://www.contextmag.com/archives/199809/lawAndDisorder.asp We hope you enjoy it. CONTEXT Magazine --- 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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"U.S. Allows Export Of Crypto Product ... strong-encryption productto 42 countries, without government-backed key-recovery"
by Ken Williams 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB19981222S0016 U.S. Allows Export Of Crypto Product (12/22/98, 5:38 p.m. ET) George Leopold, EE Times, http://www.eetimes.com Network security specialists ODS Networks has won government approval to export its strong-encryption product to companies in 42 countries, without a government-backed key-recovery feature. ODS, in Richardson, Texas, said it is the first U.S. company to receive a blanket export license from the Department of Commerce to ship its encryption product. The government strictly controls the export of encryption products with a key-recovery feature and key lengths of 112, 128, or 1,024 bits. The ODS products use an alternate "stream recovery" feature that lets users protect encrypted data. The company said its stream-recovery scheme helps resolve conflicting requirements for privacy and monitoring. ODS said its objective was to introduce a monitoring capability that protects the rights of innocent third parties in criminal investigations. - ----- Ken Williams Packet Storm Security http://www.Genocide2600.com/~tattooman/ E.H.A.P. Head of Operations http://www.ehap.org/ ehap(a)ehap.org NC State CS Dept http://www.csc.ncsu.edu/ jkwilli2(a)unity.ncsu.edu PGP DSS/DH/RSA Keys http://www4.ncsu.edu/~jkwilli2/pgpkey/ ___________________________________________________________________ Get Your Email Sniffed and Decrypted for Free at http://www.nsa.gov -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use Charset: noconv iQEVAwUBNoEMeZDw1ZsNz1IXAQEqJgf6AnDNmzgTEOpTRzjtcTdh0qpMH94HssYl Jo+YfCjc/zcd5mEscnX+CtBrKKggODzzl5LoXiwuJ6BShJqpj8MdAZtah1PAG5NS N6pC3/JLr0lSqGeRcRo0NiVMdizv/78wbIFMXIOWk0e9v5Dts41r9THptHkfZqmA Zae4P63jBh/9DQtEwLwN6Vuj2gkRUZsfDPRbLeRjYzMMfosLdixZTPRbm/cY0KMD bZhn/KyH10UeLE9YFhkIffPw/UThzcDhX2IxQjzoX1QoWDVSlqJSdN0Q07LJsRvz pabhYr2oYq+TGc4SH3FN/qTuI0eNu1gmP2G42zemcAt43NoQwyWOFg== =kzlM -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Break the code...from RSA [CNN]
by Jim Choate 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > X-within-URL: http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9812/23/codecrack.idg/ > RSA WANTS YOU TO CRACK THIS CODE > > [INLINE] > > December 23, 1998 > Web posted at: 10:30 AM EST > > by Rebecca Sykes > > (IDG) -- RSA Data Security will host another contest to break the U.S. > government's Data Encryption Standard at the RSA Data Security > Conference in San Jose, Calif., in January. > > The 56-bit DES encryption algorithm is widely used and has been broken > in the contest before, most recently in July in a record three days. [text deleted] ____________________________________________________________________ What raises the standard of living may well diminish the quality of life. The Club of Rome The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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Roast pesky car theives with a flame thrower!
by Sunder 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/africa/9812/11/flame.thrower.car/ Don't you wish these were legal in the USA? :) -- ---------------------------- Kaos Keraunos Kybernetos ------------------- + ^ + Sunder "The real aim of current policy is to /|\ \|/ sunder(a)sunder.net ensure the continued effectiveness of /\|/\ <--*--> ALLOW FREE EXPORT OF US information warfare assets against \/|\/ /|\ STRONG CRYPTOGRAPHY! individuals,businesses and governments \|/ + v + PROTEST WASSENAAR!!! in Europe and elsewhere" -- Ross Anderson ------------------------------ http://www.sunder.net ---------------------- RESTRICTED DATA - This material contains RESTRICTED DATA as defined in the Atomic Energy Act of 1954. Unauthorized disclosure subject to administrative and criminal sanctions. NOFORN ORCON WNINTEL SIOP-ESI CNWDI

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Koop's Crypto Law Survey updated - v. 14.1 (FW)
by Vin McLellan 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

From: "Bert-Jaap Koops" <E.J.Koops(a)kub.nl> Organization: Tilburg University Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 16:04:37 MET Subject: Crypto Law Survey updated - version 14.1 I have updated my Crypto Law Survey to version 14.1. http://cwis.kub.nl/~frw/people/koops/lawsurvy.htm INTERNATIONAL Wassenaar Arrangement (December 1998 changes) ASIA & PACIFIC China (no use restrictions) Indonesia (use restrictions?) Kyrgyzstan (no export controls) Vietnam (import controls) EUROPE EU (to implement Wassenaar changes?) Poland (free GSN import) Slovenia (no domestic controls) Spain (Telecoms Law may forebode key recovery) NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA Chile (no controls) Colombia (no controls) Costa Rica (no domestic controls) Mexico (no use restrictions) Puerto Rico (no controls) United States (new export relaxations; Junger dismissed; TACDFIPSFKMI charter extended; copyright act may hinder crypto research) Uruguay (no controls) Please note that the UK entry still needs updating. Bert-Jaap Koops Tilburg University 23 December 1998 -------------------------- You may forward this message, in its entirety, without permission. .-------------------------- To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to <e.j.koops(a)kub.nl> with subject "unsubscribe cls-update". . ----- "Cryptography is like literacy in the Dark Ages. Infinitely potent, for good and ill... yet basically an intellectual construct, an idea, which by its nature will resist efforts to restrict it to bureaucrats and others who deem only themselves worthy of such Privilege." _ A Thinking Man's Creed for Crypto _vbm. * Vin McLellan + The Privacy Guild + <vin(a)shore.net> * 53 Nichols St., Chelsea, MA 02150 USA <617> 884-5548

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Re: Good archive of AES algorithms?
by Anonymous 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

> Thanks to everyone who responded to me on the AES > archive. Most people pointed me to the counterpane.com > web site, which is very nice and well done, and answers > most of my questions. Unfortunately, though, Counterpane > itself is one of the candidates, so the site may not > exactly be unbiased. Is there any site with a similar scope > being run by a disinterested party? Apparently you did not see the post which directed you to http://www.nist.gov/aes/. This is the home page for the AES. It has links to independent analyses of the algorithms, as well as performance information. From that page we find: Block Cipher Lounge http://www.ii.uib.no/~larsr/aes.html cAESar Project http://www.dice.ucl.ac.be/crypto/CAESAR/caesar.html Efficiency Testing Table http://home.cyber.ee/helger/aes Efficiency Testing Results http://www.seven77.demon.co.uk/aes.htm Analysis from Louis Granboulan http://www.dmi.ens.fr/~granboul/recherche/AES.html NIST's preliminary efficiency testing results http://csrc.nist.gov/encryption/aes/round1/nistefficiency1.pdf

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jury duty
by Anonymous 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

At 08:30 AM 12/23/98 +0100, Anonymous wrote: >In 22 years of being qualified, I am facing my first jury duty summons as a regular employee and see no way out except to report. The old self-employment, financial burden exemption no longer applies. Your employer is not obligated to pay you during your arbitrarily-long court slavery, BTW. See: Fully Informed Jury Amendment www.fija.org Since snailmail is datagrams, how do they know you received their packet? Remember that you aren't obligated to explain your reasons any more than the barbarians are obligated to be reasonable. >If no answers, I will resort to a search engine. But I thought this letter would get me better >quality advice. I wonder if its a crime yet to refer you to FIJA. You can get busted in Calif for distributing FIJA materials near a court. Don't stand out and you can accomplish more subversion.

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Re: Jury Duty
by Anonymous 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

On Wed, 23 Dec 1998, Anonymous wrote: > In 22 years of being qualified, I am facing my first jury duty summons as a regular employee and see no way out except to report. The old self-employment, financial burden exemption no longer applies. > > Is there a good web site where I can find other legal means to recuse myself (I live in AZ), or if I do > decide to report and get on a trial, a web site on my rights to vote my conscious, aka jury nullification? Tell them the following: "I am aware of the doctrine of jury nullification and I will inform my fellow jurors of it. I will invoke it in cases where the defendant has been charged with a victimless crime, i.e. drug-related offenses, statutory rape, or other thoughtcrime, or when the law is otherwise unjust or unreasonable." The prosecutor won't touch you with a 10 foot pole.

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Re: Good archive of AES algorithms?
by jim finder 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

Anonymous writes: >> Thanks to everyone who responded to me on the AES >> archive. Most people pointed me to the counterpane.com >> web site, which is very nice and well done, and answers >> most of my questions. Unfortunately, though, Counterpane >> itself is one of the candidates, so the site may not >> exactly be unbiased. Is there any site with a similar scope >> being run by a disinterested party? > >Apparently you did not see the post which directed you to >http://www.nist.gov/aes/. This is the home page for the AES. It has >links to independent analyses of the algorithms, as well as performance >information. From that page we find: > >Block Cipher Lounge > http://www.ii.uib.no/~larsr/aes.html >cAESar Project > http://www.dice.ucl.ac.be/crypto/CAESAR/caesar.html >Efficiency Testing Table > http://home.cyber.ee/helger/aes >Efficiency Testing Results > http://www.seven77.demon.co.uk/aes.htm >Analysis from Louis Granboulan > http://www.dmi.ens.fr/~granboul/recherche/AES.html >NIST's preliminary efficiency testing results > http://csrc.nist.gov/encryption/aes/round1/nistefficiency1.pdf Ah, I was so put off by the big brother process for requsting a CD that I missed those links. Thanks! Jim ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

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