December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Re: Clipper "Above the Fold"
by dmandl＠lehman.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> From: Duncan Frissell <frissell(a)panix.com> > > Clipper and the Admin decision to adopt same is reported in a front page > (above the fold) article in the Saturday New York Times. > > Usual errors about how the "backdoor" would work and about how warrants > would be required to get the keys. > > All the usual suspects. Good placement though. > > DCF Unfortunately, though, it was pretty soft on Clipper. Significantly, the piece was not written by John Markoff, who's been covering cypherpunk- and crypto-related issues for the Times for a while now. Markoff has been very friendly to "our side." This other guy (sorry, name escapes me) seemed to swallow the USG's line much more uncritically. I wonder why Markoff didn't write Saturday's piece? I'm not subtly suggesting conspiracy theories here, though I'm certainly open-minded about them. Mainly, I'm noting the difference between the two guys' approaches and how strongly they affect the coverage. I did a mini- rant about the piece on my radio show Saturday. --Dave.

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some assmunch
by nate＠VIS.ColoState.EDU 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Some assmunch out there sent information on my remailer to a mailing list of list managers of subnets at CSU. This was uncalled for. The list has about 71 people on it, and they really have better things to do. -nate -- +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Nate Sammons <nate(a)VIS.ColoState.Edu> <nate(a)yuma.ANCS.ColoState.Edu> | | Colorado State University Computer Visualization Laboratory | | Data Visualization/Interrogation, Modeling, Animation, Rendering | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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PGP Tools & Magic Money Update
by mpjohnso＠nyx10.cs.du.edu 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> it work, but will slow it down. The new version, when it shows up, should > be in the pgp_tools directory. Go to /mpj, read README.MPJ, and it will tell > you how to get into the crypto section. Check the file dates to see if the > new version is there yet. I sent them on 2/6. Sorry, I fumbled reception of the pgptools.zip update... tried an mv to a full disk. The magic money update is there, but the pgptools.zip update will be delayed while I wait for retransmission via some slow remailers. mpj(a)csn.org

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Re: DOJ procedures relating to Clipper Chips and key escrow
by koontzd＠lrcs.loral.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> From: hughes(a)ah.com (Eric Hughes) >Is this a Clinton administration policy to make such feel-good, >govern-bad pronouncements? Double plus ++ungood. Needless to say, I had trouble parsing this.

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Re: ADMIN: list statistics
by cfrye＠ciis.mitre.org 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Hadmut wrote: > 4 de Denmark ^^^ .de is Germany , it stands for 'Deutschland,' the german word for 'Germany'. Don't know what is the sign of Denmark... Hadmut ( danisch(a)ira.uka.de sitting in Karlsruhe, Germany) *** The abbreviation for Denmark is ".dk". -- Best regards, Curtis D. Frye - Economic Analyst, Software Alchemist, Aspiring Author cfrye(a)ciis.mitre.org "If you think I speak for MITRE, I'll tell you how much they pay me and make you feel foolish."

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Magic Money on Big Endian
by Andrew Loewenstern 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- I retrieved the latest version of Magic Money from the mpj archive and compiled it on a big-endian machine (a 68k NeXT). It seems to work now... I was able to setup the server and client and move a little cash around whereas before the server would never sucessfully find a q.... andrew -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.3a iQCVAgUBLVZpUXIOIr9VPTMNAQHhjwP/faQUinjX7MxfW84rRfFKhf1TgZcveaPM AjVO8uws3aLv2mhvKl2kYdxLj9LAOzzidZE8bw5RSG6cD4ox90MHjZao9ZOfwvyz VfpWAvWGirrKSGLrrvEXOZnnIk+R2m4ZPFV+duLNjmN6Aw3sa89VLqkiK4me3y1w 1MosXdYtocU= =rdbz -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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TEMPEST - Electronic eavesdropping
by R.O.Jackson-SE1＠computer-science.birmingham.ac.uk 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Transient Electromagnetic Pulse Emanation Standard (TEMPEST) is the US standard defining the amount of electromagnetic radiation that a device may emit without compromising the information it is processing. In the US it not illegal to posess TEMPEST-surveillance equipment but it is illegal to take appropriate counter-measures to prevent surveillance. The US government has refused to release details of its TEMPEST research and has restricted the dissemination of independent research by classifying it. The US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) makes use of TEMPEST secured electronics and computers as they believe that the drug cartels may possess surveillance equipment. I am interested in gathering comments on the social, legal, ethical, and technical aspects of use of TEMPEST surveillance equipment in the US and Europe with the aim of including it in a discussion of the threats to computer/digital systems. Please reply by E-mail. I will provide a summary to anybody who requests one. thanks, - Rob Jackson (more information on TEMPEST can be found in the paper "Eavesdropping On the Electromagnetic Emanations of Digital Equipment: The Laws of Canada, England, and the US" by Cristopher Seline - available on FTP from csrc.ncsl.nist.gov)

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EFF Wants You (to add your voice to the crypto fight)
by Mike Godwin 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message:

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Re: A serious question of ethics
by Tom Allard 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- nobody(a)pmantis.berkeley.edu wrote: > Ok, I'm in a bit of a quandry. While surfing the net last week, I > happened across an address addached to a machine that belongs the the > federal reserve. No big deal. I telnetted there on a lark, and entered > 'guest' for the account. It dropped me into a shell. It didn't ask for > a password. Intrigued, I did a little looking around. Nothing special, > a CDRom and about 80 accounts. But(!!), /etc/passwd was there and > available and not using shadows. No, I didn't snatch a copy. - ------- Forwarded Message Date: Mon, 07 Feb 94 11:10:05 -0500 From: m1rcd00 To: m1tca00 Subject: Cypherpunk... Guest login was denied this morning... Well, since someone seems to be home now at Minneapolis, if you wanted to send something back to that list, I suppose it would be OK. If you happened to mention in such a missive that the technical contact here at the Board has no responsibility for or involvement with the Bank machine or network involved, did not fuck up, and was not amused, the technical contact would probably not mind. - - --Bob - ------- End of Forwarded Message -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.3a iQCVAgUBLVZFT6AudFplx0TNAQGZqgP/f8NOdlitIfBV/pAVTBviJ6IOvBArS42L Ntq1+hiXkUbavx3FOdoQCjiQ7IGPHOsH053nY+7YnwECU/Wyatfle2d0JHVNDyxZ ZX1DIKBT+Pkck9fa1xVkdXp86ZTJofNfbykOou+vNqENanTtDeglU9ytzNTA1/fP 1ptoUYFmoGM= =ppC+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: ADMIN: list statistics
by danisch＠ira.uka.de 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> 4 de Denmark ^^^ .de is Germany , it stands for 'Deutschland,' the german word for 'Germany'. Don't know what is the sign of Denmark... Hadmut ( danisch(a)ira.uka.de sitting in Karlsruhe, Germany)

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