December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Bill Of No Rights
by Bill Frantz 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I thought you would enjoy: ---------- Forwarded message begins here ---------- Bill Of No Rights The following was written by State Representative Mitchell Kaye from Cobb County, GA We, the sensible people of the United States, in an attempt to help everyone get along, restore some semblance of justice, avoid any more riots, keep our nation safe, promote positive behavior and secure the blessings of debt-free liberty to ourselves and our great-great-great grandchildren, hereby try one more time to ordain and establish some common sense guidelines for the terminally whiny, guilt-ridden delusional and other liberal, commie, pinko bedwetters. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that a whole lot of people were confused by the Bill of Rights and are so dim that they require a Bill of No Rights. ARTICLE I: You do not have the right to a new car, big screen TV or any other form of wealth. More power to you if you can legally acquire them, but no one is guaranteeing anything. ARTICLE II: You do not have the right to never be offended. This country is based on freedom, and that means freedom for everyone - not just you! You may leave the room, turn the channel, express a different opinion, etc., but the World is full of idiots, and probably always will be. ARTICLE III: You do not have the right to be free from harm. If you stick a screwdriver in your eye, learn to be more careful, do not expect the tool manufacturer to make you and all your relatives independently wealthy. ARTICLE IV: You do not have the right to free food and housing. Americans are the most charitable people to be found, and will gladly help anyone in need, but we are quickly growing weary of subsidizing generation after generation of professional couch potatoes who achieve nothing more than the creation of another generation of professional couch potatoes. ARTICLE V: You do not have the right to free health care. That would be nice, but from the looks of public housing, we're just not interested in health care. ARTICLE VI: You do not have the right to physically harm other people. If you kidnap, rape, intentionally maim or kill someone, don't be surprised if the rest of us want to see you fry in the electric chair. ARTICLE VII: You do not have the right to the possessions of others. If you rob, cheat or coerce away the goods or services of other citizens, don't be surprised if the rest of us get together and lock you away in a place where you still won't have the right to a big-screen color TV or a life of leisure. ARTICLE VII: You don't have the right to demand that our children risk their lives in foreign wars to soothe your aching conscience. We hate oppressive governments and won't lift a finger to stop you from going to fight if you'd like. However, we do not enjoy parenting the entire world and do not want to spend so much of our time battling each and every little tyrant with a military uniform and a funny hat. ARTICLE VIII: You don't have the right to a job. All of us sure want all of you to have one, and will gladly help you along in hard times, but we expect you to take advantage of the opportunities of education and vocational training laid before you to make yourself useful. ARTICLE IX: You do not have the right to happiness. Being an American means that you have the right to pursue happiness - which by the way, is a lot easier if you are unencumbered by an overabundance of idiotic laws created by those of you who were confused by the Bill of Rights. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Frantz | Internal surveillance | Periwinkle -- Consulting (408)356-8506 | helped make the USSR the | 16345 Englewood Ave. frantz(a)netcom.com | nation it is today. | Los Gatos, CA 95032, USA

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Re: russia_1.html
by S. M. Halloran 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> I think this comment is in error. Plutonium has a half life on the > order of 250,000 years, so very little decay products would build up > in 6 years. The tritium used in thermonuclear weapons has a much > shorter half life, and would need to be replaced about that often. Since radioactive decay is first-order, the following equation applies: N = N exp(-kt) 0 where N=amount of material at time 't'; N = amount of material at time t; k=decay rate constant; t=time of interest. The decay rate constant (k) for first-order decay processes can be expressed as k = ln(2)/half-life. Hence the equation can be expressed as follows: N / N = exp(-[ln(2)/half-life]*t) 0 N / N will express the amount of substance remaining as a percentage 0 of the original. Plugging in the numbers: exp(-[ln(2)/250,000y]*6y) = 99.998% Hence, ca. 0.002% (actually less than that) of the material has decayed. It may be the case that even this minute amount of "impurity" could poison something like weapons-grade material, but I am not a radioactive materials expert. Mitch Halloran Research Biochemist/C programmer/Sequioa's (dob 12-20-95) daddy Duzen Laboratories Group mitch(a)duzen.com.tr

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Non-US or US-exportable secure modems or RS232 crypto/authentication
by Bill Stewart 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I'm looking for a source of modems that can be used in non-US sites that support built-in encryption or at least strong authentication (e.g. token cards would be great, or something stronger than simple password+dialback.) A box sitting on the RS232 side of the modem would probably work fine too, as long as it didn't interfere much with regular traffic. One of my customers would like a managed router network, but they're paranoid (probably reasonably so :-), and our router management folks insist on modem access to the router console port so they can do things like reconfigure routers or reboot them when they're hosed. The customer views dialback as cute but crackable, and would probably accept one-time passwords like S/Key but not basic reusable passwords. Thanks! Bill Bill Stewart, stewarts(a)ix.netcom.com Regular Key PGP Fingerprint D454 E202 CBC8 40BF 3C85 B884 0ABE 4639

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Immigration & Green Cards
by billy＠bingo.edu.win.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

U.S. IMMIGRATION INFORMATION (GREEN CARDS) This is a one time message. This had to be done because of the urgency. Please forgive us if you are offended. If you dont respond you will never hear from us again, unless your address appears more than once in our database. Thanks. IMMIGRATION AGENTS WANTED (See end of document) GREEN CARD INFORMATION You dont need this if you are a U.S. citizen or permanent resident. We send you this information so that you can print & pass it to your friends or relatives who may need it. GREEN CARD LOTTERY (DV-99) The U.S. Government will be selecting another 100,000 people as winners of the next Green Card lottery (DV-99). The deadline to participate in this lottery is November 24, 1997. If you know of any people who need Green Cards, this could be their only opportunity. If they dont already have the instructions and regulations from the U.S. government, please tell them to contact the American Immigration Information Center and request for free information. Email to usvisa(a)aol.com or greencard1(a)consular.com Or call 202-429-5523. You may also write to American Immigration Information Center, 1825 Eye Street, NW Suite 400, Washington, DC 20006. VOLUNTEERS WANTED IMMEDIATELY Because of the recent changes in the immigration laws affecting millions of people living in the U.S., AIIC is currently recruiting as many volunteers as possible to help distribute immigration information to communities, schools, colleges, universities, churches, businesses, organizations, embassies, consulates, mosques, etc. If you are interested to become a volunteer please email to usvisa(a)aol.com or call 202-429-5523. Thank you. SOME OTHER EASY WAYS TO GET A GREEN CARD. If you know of anybody who may qualify for any of the following categories of Green Cards, please kindly relay the following announcements to that person: GREEN CARDS THROUGH THE NATIONAL INTEREST If you are a professional or researcher, or if you have a graduate degree and you intend to practice your profession or do research in the U.S. you may be able to qualify for a Green Card. You do not need an employer to file for you. You do not need Labor Certification. You can obtain your approval within 60 days, depending on where in the U.S. you will be practicing or doing research. For more information Contact the American Immigration Information Center and ask for Publication I-400. Email to usvisa(a)aol.com or greencard1(a)consular.com Phone:202-429-5523 Address: 1825 Eye Street, NW Suite 400, Washington, DC 20006 GREEN CARDS FOR MULTINATIONAL EXECUTIVES & MANAGERS If you are employed as an executive or manager by a qualified company outside the U.S. for at least one out of the past three years, and you are going to take a similar position with a branch, affiliate or subsidiary of the same company in the U.S., you may qualify for a green card as a priority worker. If you currently hold an L-1 visa you may also qualify for a Green Card under this category. For more information please email to: usvisa(a)aol.com or greencard1(a)consular.com. Phone: 202-429-5523. Fax: 301-587-9776 Ask for publication I-450. GREEN CARDS FOR OUTSTANDING PROFESSORS & RESEARCHERS If you are a professor or researcher with an international reputation for being outstanding in a particular academic field, and you have been offered a teaching or research position at a university in the U.S., or a research position in a company or research organization in the U.S., you may qualify for a Green Card as a priority worker. For more information email to usvisa(a)aol.com or greencard1(a)consular.com and order Publication I-420. GREEN CARDS FOR RELIGIOUS WORKERS You may be able to qualify for a Green Card as a Special Immigrant if you are a minister, priest, rabbi, Buddhist, monk, or a religious worker authorized by a recognized Religious Institution to conduct religious activities and duties, whether or not you are considered a clergy. For more Information contact the American Immigration Information Center and ask for publication I-500. Email: usvisa(a)aol.com or greencard1(a)consular.com GREEN CARDS THROUGH INVESTMENTS Invest at least $500,000 in the U.S. and get a Green Card. For details on how to get a Green Card through investments, contact the American Immigration Information Center and order publication I-600. Email: greencard1(a)consular.com or usvisa(a)aol.com Phone: 202-429-5523. Address: 1825 Eye Street, NW Suite 400, Washington, DC 20006 USA. MONEY BACK GUARANTEED GREEN CARDS (MBG PROGRAM) Are you looking for an Immigration Lawyer that can guarantee you a Green Card? Would you be willing to pay the cost of guaranteeing a Green Card? While nobody can actually guarantee you a Green Card, the MBG Program gives you the next best alternative. The MBG Program, developed and offered by the American Immigration Information Center, guarantees your money back if your Green Card Application is not approved within a specified period of time. That means if you apply for a Green Card through the MBG program, you pay nothing unless you get the Green Card. The Center assumes the financial risk of your effort to get the Green Card. Of course you pay for that risk when you end up receiving the Green Card. Because of the high risk involved the MBG program is relatively expensive. But you have nothing to lose through this program. You get a Green Card or you spend nothing. The MBG-1 program, for example, guarantees you an approved petition within One Year or all your money back! . Other MBG categories include MBG -2, MBG-3, MBG-5, MBG-7, MBG-10 and MBG-15. The cost range from $995 to $9,995 depending on the MBG category. To receive Free Information about the MBG program, contact the American Immigration Information Center. Email: usvisa(a)aol.com greencard1(a)consular.com Tel: 202-429-5523 Address: 1825 Eye Street, NW Suite 400, Washington, DC 20006. USA. YOUR EMPLOYER CAN SPONSOR YOU FOR A GREEN CARD. Do you have a U.S. employer but you don't know how to approach him to sponsor you for a Green Card? Are you afraid that your employer will fire you if he knows about your immigration situation? The American Immigration Information Center (AIIC) has a special way to approch your employer and influence him to sponsor you for a Green Card without putting your job at a risk. If you have a situation like this contact AIIC at usvisa(a)aol.com or greencard1(a)consular.com or 202-429-5523 or 301-587-9165. IS YOUR IMMIGRATION CASE TAKING TOO LONG & YOUR LAWYER IS DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT? Let the American Immigration Information Center help you find and solve the problem. They may be able to push your case through. Email to usvisa(a)aol.com or greencard1(a)consular.com and ask for help. IMMIGRATION AGENTS WANTED IMMEDIATELY Do you live in an area with a high population of international people (in the U.S. or any other country)? Do you own an office space? Do you have a phone and a fax? Are you a people's person? Would you like to promote U.S. immigration programs and help collect data from applicants in your area? Are you ready to start now? If you answered "yes" to all of the questions above then you may qualify to become an Agent of the American Immigration Information center. If you are interested and ready to serve and earn big money, email to usvisa(a)aol.com and requst for a phone interview for the Immigration Agent position. Fax: 301-587-9776 Phone: 301-587-9165 or 202-429-5523 FREE IMMIGRATION CONSULTATION Do you need help or have questions in any area of immigration? Call the American Immigration Information Center today for a Free Consultation session. Phone 202-429-5523. email usvisa(a)aol.com E

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P.S unperfect MISTY algorithm
by Nobuki Nakatuji 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

unperfect MISTY algorithm source code which I wrote isn't Public Domain. When you use it ,You need to permit from me. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

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Smartcard trial in NYC
by Harka 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Reuters New Media [ Yahoo | Write Us | Search | Info ] [ Index | News | World | Biz | Tech | Politic | Sport | Scoreboard | Entertain | Health ] [ Reuters | Wired | ZDNet ] _________________________________________________________________ Previous Story: IBM Seeks To Fill Gap In Internet Commerce Next Story: Intel Sells Entire VLSI Stake _________________________________________________________________ Monday October 6 10:08 AM EDT Two N.Y. Banks Launch 'Smart Card' Test By Cal Mankowski NEW YORK - New York's two biggest banks and the Visa and MasterCard groups begin a test Monday to find out how readily consumers and merchants will switch from cash and coins for smaller purchases to a wallet-sized plastic card. The smart cards, billed as a quick, convenient alternative to cash for making everyday purchases, are being distributed to customers of Chase Manhattan Corp. and Citicorp. Chase Manhattan is the largest U.S. bank based on assets and Citicorp is ranked second. Citicorp's Citibank retail bank will issue Visa Cash cards to its customers. Chase Manhattan will issue its customers the Mondex electronic cash product which will appear under the MasterCard banner. Backers have said a key aim of the test is to demonstrate that the different technologies of the Visa Cash and Mondex cards are inter-operable" when it comes down to everyday usage. As one participant put it, the aim will be to show that two systems can be used over one terminal. Participants will also be hoping the smart cards will prove more popular than they did during a much-ballyhood test in Atlanta during the 1996 Summer Olympics. I would have to say it was not as positive as we thought it might be," said one of the people involved in the Atlanta test. The person, who requested anonymity, said there was a "Catch 22" problem in the test -- with merchants declining to be involved because not enough consumers had the cards, and consumers complaining that there were not enough places to use them. Although the cards can still be used in the area, about the only place they are seen nowadays is the Atlanta area transit system. Another person familiar with the Atlanta test said that merchants surveyed after the Olympics said they liked it, citing among other things the added security that comes from not having a lot of cash around. The New York test has signed up about 675 merchant locations, a spokeswoman said Friday. The number represents an increase of about 35 percent from mid-September. The area targeted for the cards is west of Central Park between West 60th and West 96th Streets, encompassing an area known as the Upper West Side. A news release in September said Citibank and Chase would each distribute 25,000 of the smart cards to customers. Residents of the area who were not customers of either bank could get a stand-alone smart card from either bank. The smart cards work like a regular Automated Teller Machine card but contain a computer chip that lets customers load" value into the card at an ATM or at a special kiosk. As the cards are used at participating merchants, the purchase is deducted from the card's stored value. For merchants, the sponsors of the test say, the benefit is faster, more efficient transactions because the need to make change or handle checks is eliminated when the cards are used. Smart cards have also been tested successfully in closed" environments, such as athletics stadiums or at the Army's Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri, and participants have said the results have been good. The development of the smart card even gets people talking about carrying on commerce without any cash at all, although some believe that is a long way in the future. I just turned 50 and I have trouble envisioning that in my lifetime cash will go away," David Slackman, executive vice president of consumer banking at Atlantic Bank of New York, said in a recent interview. But, he admitted, the volume of cash will probably go down as other payment methods win popularity. Some proponents say the card industry is moving toward a "multi-application" card that includes a stored value feature, a debit or check" card component, and the traditional credit card. One issue that proponents of smart cards generally shy away from is the preference of some merchants to deal in an all-cash environment because of the opportunity to under-report income to tax authorities. Copyright, Reuters Ltd. All rights reserved _________________________________________________________________ ________________________ Search News Help _________________________________________________________________ Previous Story: IBM Seeks To Fill Gap In Internet Commerce Next Story: Intel Sells Entire VLSI Stake _________________________________________________________________ [ Index | News | World | Biz | Tech | Politic | Sport | Scoreboard | Entertain | Health ] _________________________________________________________________ Reuters Limited Questions or Comments

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y2k
by Harka 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Reuters New Media [ Yahoo | Write Us | Search | Info ] [ Index | News | World | Biz | Tech | Politic | Sport | Scoreboard | Entertain | Health ] [ Reuters | Wired | ZDNet ] _________________________________________________________________ Previous Story: Ameritech Closes Republic Asset Purchase Next Story: Microsoft Distributes 1.2 million Browsers _________________________________________________________________ Monday October 6 10:02 AM EDT Millennium Bug Threatens Financial Chaos By Nick Edwards SINGAPORE - The millennium bug computer crisis threatens a global liquidity lock-up that could send the world's financial markets crashing. With computers and automated systems now dominating global financial trade, experts fear the failure of a small proportion of systems on January 1, 2000, would bring chaos. Machinery installed to make markets more efficient could cause their collapse, shattered by computers that fail to recognize the start of another working day. At the end of 1999, many computers will either crash or start gushing out meaningless data because of programming shortcuts taken decades before to save computer memory. Abbreviating years to two digits did save memory, but set a time bomb ticking for the end of the century when clocks inside computers will read a meaningless '00' for the year 2000. And when the machinery controlling the money that makes the world go round seizes up, so too will the markets. It is our prediction that it will only take five to 10 percent of the world's banks payments systems to not work on that one day to create a global liquidity lock-up," said Robert Lau, managing consultant at PA Consulting in Hong Kong. I don't think the markets have quite grasped the implications of what will happen if the entire system goes down, " Lau told Reuters. Peeling back the layers of the millennium bug problem is a little like peeling back the layers of an onion and the end result is the same -- it brings tears to the eyes, analysts say. Banks will not be able to settle accounts, investors will not be able to access funds, traders will not be able to make deals, consumers will not be able to get cash, companies will not be able to buy materials. Computer experts and business analysts are concerned that the scale of the problem is severely underestimated. Lawyers say millennium litigation in the United States will be huge. We forecast $1 trillion of litigation in the U.S.," Jeff Jinnett of U.S. law firm LeBoeuf Lamb Greene & MacRae told a conference in London earlier this year. Taskforce 2000, a body working with Britain's Department of Trade and Industry, thinks the cost of ridding computers of their millennium bugs in Britain will be about 31 billion sterling. In the U.K. it would take the commitment of the entire IT (information technology) industry and that is not about to happen," said Taskforce 2000 executive director Robin Guenier. IT experts believe that if everybody in the world who has even a modest understanding of computer programming were to begin work correcting the millennium bug today, only 25 percent of the world's affected systems could be rectified. With international financial markets entirely intertwined, curing the millennium bug on Wall Street would be pointless if Asia were crippled. Some analysts think Asia's millennium problem is not as great as that of the West because computerization of routine business functions is not as widespread. But key financial markets like Tokyo, Singapore and Hong Kong are exposed. There might be less computing power in Asia, but that does not mean there is any less risk," Lau said. A global survey of millennium bug awareness and preparedness is under way at PA Consulting, which aims to publish it by the end of the year. Lau expects the findings to make depressing reading. One problem is that companies underestimate the problem significantly. Once they begin to work on it, their estimates of the cost of correcting it begin to escalate. Company directors do not see it initially as a business issue but an IT issue. Really it's the biggest business issue they face," Lau said. On the international foreign exchange markets for example, more than $1 trillion a day changes hands. Insurance is seen as one solution -- at least in terms of compensating firms hit by losses from the bug. But insurers face myriad millennium problems themselves and could end up being the biggest victims of the crisis. Not only do they have to tackle their own internal systems problems, their financial market transactions could be frozen by a global systems failure, their investments could plunge and the tangle of liability claims could be immense. Clients have not set aside enough money to deal with the millennium bug and the scale of the problem is too large for them to handle alone," said Singapore-based Aruno Salvi, general manager of Reliance National Asia Re. Sorting out who will pay for the damage by the thousands of cars likely to be in accidents caused by computer-controlled traffic lights that just blink out all over the world on January 1, 2000, is just one example. But there is a silver lining to the millennium cloud for some, as PA Consulting estimates it could see the end of three percent of the world's companies. On one level the millennium bug is a great opportunity. Some of your biggest competitors are going to go out of business," Lau said. Copyright, Reuters Ltd. All rights reserved _________________________________________________________________ ________________________ Search News Help _________________________________________________________________ Previous Story: Ameritech Closes Republic Asset Purchase Next Story: Microsoft Distributes 1.2 million Browsers _________________________________________________________________ [ Index | News | World | Biz | Tech | Politic | Sport | Scoreboard | Entertain | Health ] _________________________________________________________________ Reuters Limited Questions or Comments

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Jim Bell 5
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

We've received a report on Jim Bell, a request from him for books, and his scenario for punishment, contrition, revelation, redemption, begging mercy from Sam: http://jya.com/jimbell5.htm What a vicious ransom racket the Sam's devil church runs, burying the victim in hell, torturing for tithe.

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[news] TimeStep introduces large-scale security solution for VPNs
by Vipul Ved Prakash 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

TimeStep Corp. Monday introduced PERMIT Enterprise, the first secure virtual private network (VPN) solution capable of large-scale business communications over the Internet. By integrating best-of-breed technologies from market leaders, PERMIT Enterprise allows service carriers, such as ISPs and telcos, and other large distributed organizations to create multiple secure virtual private networks. Supporting the Internet Protocol Security (IPSEC) standard allows PERMIT Enterprise to operate within any network. (PR Newswire) For the story, http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=5296539-c7a -- Powell lingered. "How's Earth?" It was a conventional enough question and Muller gave the conventional answer, "Still spinning." -- "Reason", Asimov. ================================================================== Vipul Ved Prakash | - Electronic Security & Crypto vipul(a)best.com | - Web Objects 91 11 2233328 | - PERL Development 198 Madhuban IP Extension | - Linux & Open Systems Delhi, INDIA 110 092 | - Networked Virtual Spaces

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Interactive Programming
by Brandon Crosby 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I know that this isn't precisely on subject, but... Most of the people on this list probally do some amount of programming, right? Does anyone have information about self-modifing programs/routines? Thanks for the help. -Brandon Crosby

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