December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

RE: Clinton Attacks Iraq
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Cordian [mailto:emc@wire.insync.net] > Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 1998 4:20 PM > To: cypherpunks(a)cyberpass.net > Subject: Clinton Attacks Iraq > > Looks like Bubba has launched a massive strike on Iraq to > draw attention > from his cocksucking problems. Spoken like a poet. First thought, best thought. Here's a loose haiku: Bubba launched a massive strike on Iraq blowjob snag go *poof* Excuse the abuse of style... C.G. -- sig space for lease

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RE: Nitwits
by HyperReal-Anon 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>The depressing thing is that AOL as at least 14 million paying subscribers. >It may even be up to 20 million. Hotmail has 30 million active accounts. The >unilluminati are the future of the internet. > >Harv Sites like AOL and Hotmail do a great service to the net: They hurd the unilluminati onto a select few sites, making it easier to blackhole them en masse.

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RE: Nitwits
by HyperReal-Anon 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>Sites like AOL and Hotmail do a great service to the net: They hurd the >unilluminati onto a select few sites, making it easier to blackhole them en >masse. This is what happens when you read literature on GNU Hurd while you're posting.

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bears repeating, part 2
by Pallas Anonymous Remailer 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

another try: An alternative to the pyramid form of organization is the cell system. In the past, many political groups (both left and right) have used the cell system to further their objectives. Two examples will suffice. During the American Revolution, "committees of correspondence" were formed throughout the Thirteen Colonies. Their purpose was to subvert the government and thereby aid the cause of independence. The "Sons of Liberty," who made a name for themselves by dumping government taxed tea into the harbor at Boston, were the action arm of the committees of correspondence. Each committee was a secret cell that operated totally independently of the other cells. Information on the government was passed from committee to committee, from colony to colony, and then acted upon on a local basis. Yet even in those bygone days of poor communication, of weeks to months for a letter to be delivered, the committees, without any central direction whatsoever, were remarkably similar in tactics employed to resist government tyranny. It was, as the first American Patriots knew, totally unnecessary for anyone to give an order for anything. Information was made available to each committee, and each committee acted as it saw fit. A recent example of the cell system taken from the left wing of politics are the Communists. The Communists, in order to get around the obvious problems involved in pyramidal organization, developed to an art the cell system. They had numerous independent cells which operated completely isolated from one another and particularly with no knowledge of each other, but were orchestrated together by a central headquarters. For instance, during WWII, in Washington, it is known that there were at least six secret Communist cells operating at high levels in the United States government (plus all the open Communists who were protected and promoted by President Roosevelt), however, only one of the cells was rooted out and destroyed. How many more actually were operating, no one can say for sure. The Communist cells which operated in the U.S. until late 1991 under Soviet control could have at their command a leader who held a social position which appeared to be very lowly. He could be, for example, a busboy in a restaurant, but in reality a colonel or a general in the Soviet Secret Service, the KGB. Under him could be a number of cells, and a person active in one cell would almost never have knowledge of individuals who were active in other cells; in fact, the members of the other cells would be supporting that cell which was under attack and ordinarily would lend very strong support to it in many ways. This is at least part of the reason, no doubt, that whenever in the past Communists were attacked in this country, support for them sprang up in many unexpected places. The effective and efficient operation of a cell system after the Communist model is, of course, dependent upon central direction, which means impressive organization, funding from the top, and outside support, all of which the Communists had. Obviously, American patriots have none of these things at the top or anywhere else, and so an effective cell organization based upon the Soviet system of operation is impossible. Two things become clear from the above discussion. First, that the pyramid form of organization can be penetrated quite easily and it thus is not a sound method of organization in situations where the government has the resources and desire to penetrate the structure, which is the situation in this country. Secondly, that the normal qualifications for the cell structure based upon the Red model does not exist in the U.S. for patriots. This understood, the question arises "What method is left for those resisting state tyranny?" The answer comes from Col. Amoss who proposed the "Phantom Cell" mode of organization which he described as Leaderless Resistance. A system of organization that is based upon the cell organization, but does not have any central control or direction, that is in fact almost identical to the methods used by the committees of correspondence during the American Revolution. Utilizing the Leaderless Resistance concept, all individuals and groups operate independently of each other, and never report to a central head-quarters or single leader for direction or instruction, as would those who belong to a typical pyramid organization. At first glance, such a form of organization seems unrealistic, primarily because there appears to be no organization. The natural question thus arises as to how are the "Phantom Cells" and individuals to cooperate with each other when there is no inter-communication or central direction? The answer to this question is that participants in a program of leaderless resistance through "Phantom Cell" or individual action must know exactly what they are doing and how to do it. It becomes the responsibility of the individual to acquire the necessary skills and information as to what is to be done. This is by no means as impractical as it appears, because it is certainly true that in any movement all persons involved have the same general outlook, are acquainted with the same philosophy, and generally react to given situations in similar ways. The previous history of the committees of correspondence during the American Revolution shows this to be true. Since the entire purpose of leaderless resistance is to defeat state tyranny (at least in so far as this essay is concerned), all members of phantom cells or individuals will tend to react to objective events in the same way through usual tactics of resistance. Organs of information distribution such as newspapers, leaflets, computers, etc., which are widely available to all, keep each person informed of events, allowing for a planned response that will take many variations. No one need issue an order to anyone. Those idealists truly committed to the cause of freedom will act when they feel the time is ripe, or will take their cue from others who precede them. While it is true that much could be said against this kind of structure as a method of resistance, it must be kept in mind that leaderless resistance is a child of necessity. The alternatives to it have been shown to be unworkable or impractical. Leaderless resistance has worked before in the American Revolution, and if the truly committed put it to use themselves, it will work now. #!/usr/local/bin/perl -0777-- -export-a-crypto-system-sig -RC4-3-lines-PERL @k=unpack('C*',pack('H*',shift));for(@t=@s=0..255){$y=($k[$_%@k]+$s[$x=$_ ]+$y)%256;&S}$x=$y=0;for(unpack('C*',<>)){$x++;$y=($s[$x%=256]+$y)%256; &S;print pack(C,$_^=$s[($s[$x]+$s[$y])%256])}sub S{@s[$x,$y]=@s[$y,$x]}

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17 Dec '03

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Richard Stallman: Encryption software volunteers needed incountries without export control
by Robert Hettinga 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

--- begin forwarded text To: cryptography(a)c2.net Subject: Richard Stallman: Encryption software volunteers needed in countries without export control Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 19:35:07 -0500 From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry(a)jekyll.piermont.com> Sender: owner-cryptography(a)c2.net Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 03:40:23 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <gnusenet199812081040.DAA29657(a)wijiji.santafe.edu> From: Richard Stallman <rms(a)gnu.org> To: info-gnu(a)gnu.org Subject: Encryption software volunteers needed in countries without export control [Please re-post this as widely as possible, wherever appropriate] The US has scored a major victory in the global campaign against freedom and privacy rights, by persuading 33 major countries to prohibit export of free encryption software. These countries are the ones that are party to the Wassenaar agreement (see list below). The agreement is not final; putting it into effect would require new laws or regulations in each country, and in some countries it might be possible to organize politically to block this. If you are a citizen of a country listed below, please talk with your legislators and urge them to refuse to ratify the agreement. See www.epic.org for more information. However, anticipating the possibility that these laws will go through, we need to find volunteers in countries which are not signatories to take over development and distribution of encryption software such as the GNU Privacy Guard and PSST. We are looking for (1) an ftp site from which to distribute the software, and (2) people to carry on the development work. If you have contacts in any non-signatory country, please circulate this message as widely as possible in your country, looking for people who might want to volunteer for GNU software development. Non-signatory countries that come to mind as possible places where free encryption software can be developed include Mexico, India, Croatia, China, South Africa, and perhaps Israel. However, any country is ok if its laws do not prevent the work. Big Brother has won a battle, but the war is not over. List of countries signing the Wassenaar agreement: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Luxembourg, Netherland, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom and United States. --- 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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Potential Crypto Development Sites (re: Stallman)
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 21:52:00 -0500 > From: Robert Hettinga <rah(a)shipwright.com> > Subject: Richard Stallman: Encryption software volunteers needed in > countries without export control > List of countries signing the Wassenaar agreement: > > Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, > Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, > Japan, Republic of Korea, Luxembourg, Netherland, New Zealand, Norway, > Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, > Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom and United States. > > --- end forwarded text Belize isn't on the list and it's only 2 hours from Houston. Citizenship can be had for as little as $40k US. They market themselves as a tax haven. Apparently anyone living there for 5 years can qualify for citizenship. ____________________________________________________________________ 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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17 Dec '03

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17 Dec '03

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RE: I must admit. . .
by Brown, R Ken 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Someone claiming to be Joel O'Connor wrote: > It only took one to turn India around. Ghandi nearly > starved to death, used nothing but passifism and won > the race man. I'm sorry but this is nonsense. Ghandi may have been a great man and an inspiration to us all but he *lost*. His first big political involvment was trying to stop the British from allowing the Boers to take away political rights from the "coloured" and Asian population of Cape Colony. The Brits caved into the white South Africans and we all know what happened next. Then he tried to get them (well us I suppose, since I'm British) to "quit India" in the 1920s & 30s - failed again, we got out 2 decades later, after WW2, when a British government was elected that was anti-colonialist. You wouldn't have been able to persuade the 1945-1951 government to stay *in* India. In fact they were so eager to get out they probably caused more problems by the speed of the withdrawal. Ghandi wanted a secular federation of all India - but instead there was partition, the secession of an inherently unviable Muslim state that was bound to end up with either civil war or fundamentalism (and in the end got both, at least for some of the time), and at least hundreds of thousands, and possibly many millions of deaths that could have been avoided. And then of course he himself was killed. And now India has the BJP. Ghandi was perhaps *right* but he certainly didn't "win the race". Ken (and not his employers)

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