December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Re: Proof IE4 not an OS, was Re: Bill Gates, the Bully Savior
by Brandon Crosby 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> > A friend at work made an interesting point about MS's claim that IE4 is > > simply an OS extension and not an application. All the DA has to do is > > turn on a Power Mac, start IE4, turn to MS and say "So what other parts > > of your OS run on the Macintosh exactly?". > > The MS counter-assertion is not that IE is not a stand-alone piece of > software, just that it is a part of the OS. > Odd thing, in fact. Of course, Win95 and Mac are almost the same. They run with all of the same controls, near exact features and functions. It should also be noted that while most Netscape releases come out on Win95 first, Mac versions are never far away. For that matter, Netscape has also been ported to X-Win. Does this mean Win is a Mac copy? Absolutely. Does it mean M$ is bad? Depends. MCI and Sprint provide the same service that AT&T used to, but with minor changes. Microsoft has done the same. Fare trade? Inability to place money into research&development? A sublime desire to have that apple pie that was gone by the time he got to it? Who knows what ethics are in Mr. Gates mind. -Brandon Crosby

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Re: PGP Employee on MKR
by harka＠nycmetro.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > at 05:38 PM, harka(a)nycmetro.com said: > The "just don't work for them if 'ya don't like it"-argument > will last about 4 weeks...the approximate time a human can > survive without eating. (or a couple of weeks less, if you have > kids) > I.e. unless you are the super-duper, three-times > nobel-prize-winner (with lots of money in stocks), who can > AFFORD to choose employers that freely, you will be DAMN GLAD to > have a job AT ALL, regardless of their policies! -=> Quoting In:whgiii@invweb.net to Harka <=- In> Sorry, your sloth and lack of ambition is no excuse to deny me In> my rights. An employer only owes you to what is agreed on when In> you enter into a contractual agreement of employment. For you In> clock punching 9 to 5'ers that means you show up to work, you In> do your work, and at the end of the week you get your check. In> You don't like the company, or their policies, or the color of In> the bosses tie, too bad don't let the door hit you in the ass In> on the way out. In your excitement you might have misunderstood what I was trying to say: Implying, that the freedom of an (average) person does not get infringed by (privacy-intrusive) policies "because they can always choose a different company" is IMHO plainly incorrect and out of day-to-day reality for most people. (Also note, that I am not saying companies don't have the right to have such policies) The truth is, that even with proper (college and beyond) education and sincere effort to make something happen for yourself, it takes quite a bit to get to a point of being totally free to choose your employer based on mere policies. And that will probably not change for most people. [glorious deeds deleted] In> The reason people like you are "DAMN GLAD to have a job AT In> ALL" is because you don't do anything to make yourself more In> marketable in the corporate world. Do you really expect single mothers with 3 kids to have the time to do it to the degree of being able to _freely choose_ their employers?? Or even Joe Average, who just came out of College and has $100 000 school-loan-debt? My point being, that not everybody is in a position to make themselves "more marketable" to the point of having companies begging for you, even if they wanted to. And that applies to most people. (Congrats to the fortunate exceptions.) Ciao Harka /*************************************************************/ /* 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... */ /*************************************************************/ ... I have a byte, and I'm not afraid to use it. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQEVAgUBNFEsrTltEBIEF0MBAQGb+gf+KsL58w0CKuLLA1h2q62QNarQGjWzfi/u zdgdoNE1+29VHt3wuJ1ybCp6fcTg0RPjXagDb/kwh5WMCSCice7KnFNx9SKdLuPn /9/eRjjKyP+YWjM3zBILMRzf58HqNVy333CZRk7RtJcYt6e6aqlxrIh7T1F/ujMb wYP9n+teDuy0dxh1i3n8354Kg99lfndDS5VTMPCBoS1TmSHbtIGdvmJpc00VuTiw Kk3gJ0l53j4fC/hmWuXacqCypnCqh9M8s4j+6MzTY/tGcs2YJQuAeQ9gVzvSYBKf Oi+lHYxd4rTBGALYf6SOk+k92YvIA8zP99w401So9v9rLYvf7V9+yA== =H2nX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- If encryption is outlawed, only outlaws will have encryption...

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by biz＠t-1net.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Re: PGP Employee on MKR
by harka＠nycmetro.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Kent Crispin wrote: > Indeed. It's just as idiotic as people being killed for > receiving encrypted mail in Iraq. It is, however, just as > possible, and anyone who believes the contrary obviously hasn't > worked for a big company before; I've seen them do far, far, > more idiotic things in the past. -=> Quoting In:whgiii@invweb.net to Harka <=- In> There is a simple solution to that don't work for one if you In> don't like their policies. Sometimes it seems, as if the people advocating the "business-reality" are furthest removed from it. The "just don't work for them if 'ya don't like it"-argument will last about 4 weeks...the approximate time a human can survive without eating. (or a couple of weeks less, if you have kids) I.e. unless you are the super-duper, three-times nobel-prize-winner (with lots of money in stocks), who can AFFORD to choose employers that freely, you will be DAMN GLAD to have a job AT ALL, regardless of their policies! Ciao Harka /*************************************************************/ /* 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... */ /*************************************************************/ ... The facts, although interesting, are usually irrelevant. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQEVAgUBNFEPMzltEBIEF0MBAQFKogf+MyQ/DGjqtDzS/zFJzl1YX75OgDMi313x r4SJcWam4VW2fgSQ6Jq1CsX8IgTKJZkIJOWzf2HojFS6FLsdL5cRrf6O+dBcBa8t 2i+P5ZIi8zM6G5HqoHr+nGEPlT0MnoYqjeSVIMSdGVugBRuSzZV0R7trxXSvZkUc 9cDu5eOdUsfG3KB3LRy5puktfYhY/YQUwidqJz2TuICpj41EFtzLnHKgjBZ/B1eL 8i7uZCGD77oImmD7Cs3gzmYEwcjyw94lPgHZbory+J+CScFUddmLC8HsyVjUKytQ HPOqV0TOP828FVz/JrZ5KS+oZgvKSMPLY/Rv75XhIZB7uUGTnCt89w== =TL8Z -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- If encryption is outlawed, only outlaws will have encryption...

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FBI say San Francisco blackout sabotage [CNN]
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > FBI SAYS SAN FRANCISCO BLACKOUT WAS SABOTAGE > > Blackout October 24, 1997 > Web posted at: 10:10 p.m. EDT (0210 GMT) > > SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Utility officials increased security at power > stations around San Francisco on Friday after FBI investigators said > someone intentionally cut power to the city's downtown. > > "It was a deliberate act," said FBI spokesman George Grotz. "It was > not an accident, and it was not a computer intrusion." > > Robert Glynn Jr., president and chief executive officer of Pacific > Gas & Electric Co, declined to comment on whether authorities > believe it was an inside job. > > Grotz said there was no sign of forced entry into the locked city > substation, and agents are looking at records of about 75 employees > who had access to the building. Sabotage of an electrical facility > is a federal offense. > > FBI agents examined the switches and dusted the equipment for > fingerprints, Grotz said. > > The switches in the substation were toggled in such a way as to > maximize the power outage. The saboteur had cut power coming into > and out of the station, Grotz said. > > The effect was that a bank of transformers failed around 6:15 a.m. > Thursday, blacking out electricity to 126,000 customers -- about > 250,000 people -- in a five-mile, mid-city stretch from the Marina > to the Sunset districts for 90 minutes or more. > > The blackout stopped elevators and alarm clocks, knocked out traffic > signals and left commuters shouting and honking their horns in > frustration. > > Police spokesman Sherman Ackerson said the department held over its > midnight shift and put 450 police and parking patrol officers on the > streets to ease traffic headaches. > > Entire neighborhoods lacked public transit because much of the > city's bus system runs on electricity. Bay Area Rapid Transit trains > kept running, but two stations went dark and briefly closed. > > The city was back to normal Friday morning, with traffic and > omnipresent coffee machines humming as usual -- a far cry from > Thursday's chaos, said Joshua Larsen of the Coffee Roastery, a > bean's throw from San Francisco's famous Powell Street cable car > turnaround. > > He had just arrived for work and was preparing the morning coffee > when everything stopped. > > "Right in the middle of grinding coffee -- it was a blend of Kenya > and French roast -- the power stopped cold," Larsen said. > > Copyright 1997 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This > material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or > redistributed.

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Re: CMR versus GAK? (fwd) > Right to monitor (fwd)
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > From: lutz(a)taranis.iks-jena.de (Lutz Donnerhacke) > Subject: Re: CMR versus GAK? (fwd) > Right to monitor > Date: 24 Oct 1997 14:01:04 GMT > >Does the owner of a resource have an inherent right to control that > >resource and if so what are the boundaries? > > He has this right until he touchs the rights of other people. So he have not > all rights he might want. > > >Does the user of a resource have rights outside the purvue of the owner > >of that resource and if so what are the boundaries? > > Do you own your house? If not, why do you stop your house owner from > snooping in your flat? It's his ressource. Why do you encrypt e-mails over > your provider's lines? It's his ressource. > > If privacy is outlawed in offices, nobody can work legally. If this is the best argument and explanation of them you can muster then quit now. ____________________________________________________________________ | | | The financial policy of the welfare state requires that there | | be no way for the owners of wealth to protect themselves. | | | | -Alan Greenspan- | | | | _____ The Armadillo Group | | ,::////;::-. Austin, Tx. USA | | /:'///// ``::>/|/ http://www.ssz.com/ | | .', |||| `/( e\ | | -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- Jim Choate | | ravage(a)ssz.com | | 512-451-7087 | |____________________________________________________________________|

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Re: CMR versus GAK? (fwd) > Right to monitor (fwd)
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > From: "William H. Geiger III" <whgiii(a)invweb.net> > Date: Fri, 24 Oct 97 09:00:38 -0500 > Subject: Re: CMR versus GAK? (fwd) > Right to monitor > >The bottem line is: > > >Does the owner of a resource have an inherent right to control that > >resource and if so what are the boundaries? > > Yes, and the boundaries should be very few. Things like just because you > own a hammer doesn't give you the right to hit people over the head. But > as far as setting policies on how a resource can be used and what > conditions must be met before using them it should be without limit. If > you don't like it the don't use it and go get your own. But what are the boundaries? How do you tell when a particular action has crossed them? > >Does the user of a resource have rights outside the purvue of the owner > >of that resource and if so what are the boundaries? > > No they do not. If the user of a resource does not like the conditions set > by the owner for the use of that resource then they should not use it. They don't? What if the resource is a requirement for a normal life? Is simple ownership a license to steal or abuse? How do you even describe them in a general sense? What if the owner of a resource decides to change the fair use policy? Shouldn't the user have a say in what those conditions are? Is simply agreeing to be a user of a resource license for the owner to use that dependency to manipulate the user? No, your answers are better than the other persons but not by much. ____________________________________________________________________ | | | The financial policy of the welfare state requires that there | | be no way for the owners of wealth to protect themselves. | | | | -Alan Greenspan- | | | | _____ The Armadillo Group | | ,::////;::-. Austin, Tx. USA | | /:'///// ``::>/|/ http://www.ssz.com/ | | .', |||| `/( e\ | | -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- Jim Choate | | ravage(a)ssz.com | | 512-451-7087 | |____________________________________________________________________|

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NAMBLA embattled -- mirror sites?
by Declan McCullagh 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Folks on f-c and cypherpunks have mirrored holocaust revisionist web pages, banned books, and censored newspapers. Now I understand that NAMBLA is in danger of losing its home on the web. Anyone up for mirroring the (text-only) publications of perhaps the world's most controversial organization? -Declan

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Request for expert opinion and Feedback
by Joubin 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

(This message seems to have been dropped. If you are recieving a duplicate, I apologize.) Hello all, I am involved in a project which aims at the creation of a free and portable Java(tm) based object operating system. A basic functional requirement for this new OS is to provide /fast and effective/ strong cryptographic support at the OS level. The basic structure of the system is a layered architecture, with the lowest layer consisting of a platform specific (non-portable) kernel supporting an embedded JVM (again in C/ASM) and a set of Java(tm) interfaces to this 'virtual platform'. The OS proper will sit on top of this and will be 100% Java (tm). The issue: As you may know, SMI has and will deliver a set of 'security' packages as a standard component of JDK. This uses RSA technology. Basic and general 'interfaces' to encapsulate constructs such as Key, Provider, Cypher, etc. are also defined. A few people in the project group feel that many different groups and entities out there will provide (portable) Public Key encryption packages (implemented in Java(tm)) that can be used by the users of the OS. They argue against embedding computational support at the Kernel (non-portable) layer as wasted effort. Others (& myself included) feel that 'effective' also means efficiency of execution. Specially so if such functionality is to be used to encypher 'streams' and such (if that is possible). Your expert advice: a) How do you feel about 'where' the computational support should be implemented ? b) Assuming answer to (a) to be "At the kernel level and in C/ASM", is it possible to achieve a fine-grain modularity in terms of fairly generic algorithms and computations which can then be combined in conjunction to support a variety of encryption strategies ? c) Is there any benefit to implementing the random number generation system in the Kernel? Your input is greatly appreciated. If you feel there are other considerations to be made, please let me know. Thank you. Joubin p.s. Java(tm) and related items are the tightly guarded property of Sun Microsystems Inc. __________________________________ member, alpha zero LLC joubin(a)inch.com NoVA __________________________________

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New Trial in Germany over web site [CNN]
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > NEW TRIAL IN GERMANY OVER WEB SITE > > graphic October 24, 1997 > Web posted at: 8:08 p.m. EDT (0008 GMT) > > BERLIN (Reuters) -- A left-wing German politician acquitted in June > of supporting guerrilla acts with information linked to her Web site > appeared in court again on Friday on new charges emerging from her > first trial. > > Angela Marquardt, 26, former deputy leader of Germany's reform > communist Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS), was this time accused > of having illegally published the charge sheet of her first trial. > > The latest proceedings were adjourned after a witness failed to > appear in court. > > "This is a farce," Marquardt told reporters. She said she had only > shown the charge sheet to a few friends. > > No date was given for the restart of the new trial. > > A Berlin court ruled earlier this year that Marquardt could not be > held responsible for the contents of an Internet-based magazine > showing anti-nuclear activists how to sabotage railway lines, > despite it being accessible from her "home page." > > Internet users set up home pages as ways of displaying information > and communicating with other users. Home page users can use > "hyperlinks" to make other pages accessible from their site. > > The court ruled that Marquardt had set up a hyperlink to the > magazine page before the details on sabotage methods were published > and did not have any knowledge of their publication. > > Copyright 1997 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.

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