December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

ADMIN: CFP will create an administrative outage
by hughes＠ah.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I leave for CFP this morning. The majordomo filter should take care of most of the complainers. The others should be told that active administration will resume next week after I get back. Eric

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Re: (fwd) FBI Wiretaps. Old news....
by Dave Banisar 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> Date: Sun, 20 Mar 1994 12:06:05 -0500 > From: Black Unicorn <unicorn> > Message-Id: <199403201706.AA03413(a)access3.digex.net> > To: cypherpunks(a)toad.com, paul(a)hawksbill.sprintmrn.com > Subject: Re: (fwd) FBI Wiretaps. Old news.... > Sender: owner-cypherpunks(a)toad.com > Precedence: bulk > > > ``We could be out of the wiretap business in a very short > > time,'' Freeh said. He said 91 court-approved wiretaps were > > abandoned last year because telephone companies could not solve > > technical problems. > > > I forgot to add, EFF's recent FOIA act asking for equipment > interference with court ordered wiretaps showed NO problems. > > Where the 91 figure comes from is a mystery. > > Actually that was a series of CPSR FOIA requests dating back to 1992. EFF (except for some done by Bd. Member John Gilmore) does not do FOIA. There are fudging seriously on the 91 figure. They admit that none of them have to do with digital telephony. At least 10 were from NY in the mid-80s when everyone wanted a cell phone and there wernt enough ports for the FBI to wiretaps them all at the same time. That situation has been remedied. Another 30 of them were when they could not slap a pen register on a cell phone (actually nothing to do with taps at all really). and so on. After Freeh mentioned the 9 figure, Leahy really took him apart on the figures. -d

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PGP BBS site
by mpjohnso＠nyx10.cs.du.edu 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>Need to refer someone (US citizen, currently in the US) to a BBS that is >carrying the current PGP. Any pointers? He's in Edgewater FL, but is >willing to call LD to get it. No net access. Thanks. Colorado Catacombs BBS (303-938-9654) ___________________________________________________________ |\ /| | | | | \/ |o| | Michael Paul Johnson Colorado Catacombs BBS 303-938-9654 | | | | / _ | mpj(a)csn.org ftp csn.org \mpj\README.MPJ for access info.| | |||/ /_\ | aka mpjohnso(a)nyx.cs.du.edu mikej(a)exabyte.com | | |||\ ( | m.p.johnson(a)ieee.org CIS 71331,2332 VPGP key by finger | | ||| \ \_/ |___________________________________________________________|

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CORRECTION: RSAREF Version Number is 2.0
by Christopher Allen 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 5:03 AM 3/22/94 -0800, Christopher Allen wrote: >Some people asked after my last message how to get the latest version of >RSAREF 1.2 -- it can be found on RSA's anonymous ftp server. Sorry about that, just doing some typing too late at night. The brand new version of RSAREF is 2.0. Otherwise all the other information in my previous message should be correct. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ..Christopher Allen Consensus Development Corporation.. ..<consensus(a)netcom.com> 4104-24th Street #419.. .. San Francisco, CA 94114-3615.. .. o415/647-6383 f415/647-6384.. ..Mosaic/World-Wide-Web Front Door: .. ..ftp://netcom7.netcom.com/pub/consensus/www/ConsensusFrontDoor.html ..

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Crypto for Lawyers and Linguists
by tcmay＠netcom.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

This letter that John Gilmore has forwarded to us provides a vignette into why not just seditious plotters and other tentacles need crypto: > From: "Brock N. Meeks" <brock(a)well.sf.ca.us> > Subject: This guy needs help ... > There's an attorney in Dallas that needs help: Your help. > Crypto help. ... > Albert's client is an international organization of linguists. > They specialize in taking unwritten languages and translating > them to written words. They are a clean, non-political group and > they want to stay that way. Trouble is, Albert told me, there > are governments, both U.S. and foreign, that want to tap this > organization's files to access the "raw intelligence" that their > field personnel often send in. > > This intelligence is nothing more than the certain problems they > might be having with the in-country governments. But they don't > want prying eyes to be poking into their files, using whatever > they send in against other groups. > > Similarly, they don't want their translation notes, files, used > by intelligence agencies against the people they are working with > for translation. Wanna bet that such a group forced to use "Clipper," "Capstone," "Tessera," and other approved crypto tools would have their communciations opened and read by various "interested" agencies? * attorney-client privilege in an era of networked offices will be broken unless strong crypto is available (ditto for psychiatrist-patient contacts, sensitive medical records, etc.) * groups that have contacts outside the U.S. (as in the case Brock Meeks reports on) have always evoked the interest of the CIA and other agencies...without strong crypto, their communcations will be even more easily accessible if Digital Telephony II passes. Most of you understand these points, but it bears repeating that individuals and groups from many political points of view will be affected by the "transparent society" of Clipper, Capstone, Tessera, and Digital Telephony. --Tim May -- .......................................................................... Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay(a)netcom.com | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero 408-688-5409 | knowledge, reputations, information markets, W.A.S.T.E.: Aptos, CA | black markets, collapse of governments. Higher Power: 2^859433 | Public Key: PGP and MailSafe available. "National borders are just speed bumps on the information superhighway."

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HW-key SW protection
by dsantos＠die.upm.es 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Hola a todos! Perhaps you have seen them. Hw-keys are used to protect sw from unauthorized copying. Usually, they come as a piece of HW that goes connected to one of the PC's parallel ports. When you are using sw that is protected, it sends a message to the hw key, and this responds with a signal or data block authorizing (or enabling) the computation to proceed. If you have a copy and do not have the key, you cannot go on. If you have the key then you can make as many copies of the sw as you need (as back up, for example) and be able to use all of them (albeit not at the same time, you have just one key!). Well, the question is: Does anyone of you know what kind of algorithm do this hw keys use? Saludos, Diego

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Re: Where to find RIPEM/SIG (an exportable version of RIPEM)
by Christopher Allen 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 11:06 AM 3/22/94 -0800, Michael P. Reilly wrote: >Hi, > >How does one obtain permission to ftp the ripem-1.2a-0.tar.Z file? > >Thanks, > >mike The file GETTING_ACCESS on ripem.msu.edu describes how to get permission to ftp RIPEM. It is at: ftp://guest.mu5k2d55:@ripem.msu.edu//pub/crypt/GETTING_ACCESS I've enclosed their file here: >Dear FTP user, > >To access the RIPEM cryptographic software archive at ripem.msu.edu, >you must have an "account" on my custom FTP server. Traditional >anonymous FTP login is allowed, but anonymous users are prevented >from doing GETs on files containing cryptographic software. >Anonymous access is allowed so that you can get README-type files >like this one, and files containing descriptions of software >licensing terms. > >This FTP server is not an official service at all. Although >accounts have no specific expiration dates, your account (or >more likely, the service as a whole) could be discontinued at >any time without any advance notice (even to me). > >To apply for FTP access to rpub.cl.msu.edu, send an email message >to ripem(a)ripem.msu.edu. State the following: > >1. Your citizenship (must be USA or Canadian) >2. Your willingness to comply with relevant export laws. >3. Your willingness to comply with relevant software license terms. > (You should get and read the file "rsaref-license.txt" on this host, > so you know what you are agreeing to if you get RIPEM.) >4. The "canonical" Internet domain name of your host. > (If you are not sure of the primary name of your host, FTP to > ripem.msu.edu under user anonymous. The FTP server will inform > you of your hostname.) Also state the country in which your host > resides. > >***** >***** NOTE: It is very important that you get the hostname correct. >***** As odd as it may seem, many requestors have >***** not correctly specified their host address. This >***** causes extra effort for both of us. Please check >***** (via anonymous FTP) unless you are certain of your >***** hostname as known by domain name servers. Your >***** hostname does *** NOT *** have an "@" in it, and >***** in general cannot be derived from your email address. >***** > >Here's a sample email message you might send to ripem(a)ripem.msu.edu: > >To: ripem(a)ripem.msu.edu >Subject: Access to ripem.msu.edu > > Dear Mark, > > Please give me access to ripem.msu.edu. I am an American > citizen, and I agree to comply with crypto export laws and > RSAREF license terms. My hostname is hobbit.egr.bigu.edu; > this host is located in the United States. > > Thank you. > >When I receive your message, with luck I'll promptly issue you >a special FTP username and password by return email. This username >will work only from the hostname you specify in your message. > >In the case of RIPEM, you may redistribute the code, but only >to others in the USA and Canada, and only under the terms of >the RSAREF license agreement mentioned above. > >Thank you. > >This method of distribution is due to local site requirements >and is not required by RSAREF license terms, FYI. > >Mark Riordan mrr(a)scss3.cl.msu.edu > >P.S. I realize that going through this account application process >is not your idea of a good time. It doesn't take much imagination >to figure that it isn't my idea of a good time, either. Please >help this process go smoothly by giving me all the informative >requested above, so I can issue your account on the first try. >I receive hundreds of these requests and many are lacking information. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ..Christopher Allen Consensus Development Corporation.. ..<consensus(a)netcom.com> 4104-24th Street #419.. .. San Francisco, CA 94114-3615.. .. o415/647-6383 f415/647-6384.. ..Mosaic/World-Wide-Web Front Door: .. ..ftp://netcom7.netcom.com/pub/consensus/www/ConsensusFrontDoor.html ..

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CLIPPER CHIP ON LIMBAUGH
by Sandy Sandfort 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

C'punks, For those of you who don't listen to Rush Limbaugh, he just did a couple of minutes on the Clipper chip. He was not favorable. He specifically mentioned that it would be voluntary "for now," to which he added that this is always how such things start from the government. His layman's explanation was that Clipper chip would be put in every phone and computer to easily allow the government to tap its communications. He mentioned the Skipjack algorithm in passing, and seemed to have a pretty good grasp of Clipper and its implications. Time for us to target Rush's show with anti-Clipper calls? His contact information is: phone 800 282 2882 fax 212 563 9166 e-mail 70277.2502(a)compuserve.com Radio show hours are noon to 3:00pm EST S a n d y

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Stay focused on the big picture
by nobody＠soda.berkeley.edu 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

There has been hostility expressed on this list towards Limbaugh, 700 Club, UWSA, NRA, etc., and the 10's of millions of politically active supporters who could be allies in the anti-Clipper fight. In the interest of focusing attention on the big picture, I offer the following eloquent letter: > Mr. [Recipient]: > > I'm writing to express my agreement with you > concerning the dangerous, and in fact, tyrannous nature of > the Clipper chip. However, I find your reasoning > anachronistic - more typical of Cold War rhetoric than the > new "paradigm" we find ourselves in now. In particular, > I find it fascinating that many people, like yourself, are > now beginning to see Liberalism for what it really is - an > effort to cram government down our throats in order to > protect us from ourselves. Thus the arrogant "if you knew > what I know" attitude you mention in your article. > > And simultaneously, those of you who were most hostile to > conservatism are belatedly understanding what it is about - > the virtue of LIMITED GOVERNMENT and INDIVIDUAL SOVEREIGNTY. > > It seems, since the end of the Cold War, that new > "battle-lines" have been drawn, and that you have discovered > that those who you considered enemies are now in your camp, > and that several old friends are now opponents. > > Even now, you refuse to recognize the logical conclusion of > Liberalism - government dominance of all facets of life, > eclipsing individual rights. Instead, you remarkably tell > yourself that BILL & AL are being hoodwinked by "spooks" in > the NSA, but that they are really on your side. I have > news for you, they are not. > > After all, who is most likely to agree with you? Reagan, > who says that "government is the problem" or Bill & AL who > believe that government is the answer to all our problems - > from the health care "crisis" to the dangers of vitamins. > Clearly you can see now who is the champion of individual > rights and who is the champion of bureaucracies that > claim to know what we don't. > > I invite you to the real new paradigm, in which old concepts > of liberal and conservative are increasingly meaningless. > It is a new world in which I - a conservative - find common > cause with you - a liberal - in our fight for individual > freedom. It is really debilitating and self-deceptive to > cling to the old definitions. > > I offer this in the spirit of cooperation, since I believe > that if we hope to win the war, we should at least know who > we are fighting! > > Sincerely, > > Robert J. Bork > >

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Re: Administrivia: Questi
by terry.smith＠canrem.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Robert A. hayden wrote |-------------------------------| >(GEEK CODE 1.0.1) GAT d- -p+(---) c++(++++) l++ u++ e+/* m++(*)@ s-/++ > n-(---) h+(*) f+ g+ w++ t++ r++ y+(*) |-------------------------------| Ok - I'm going to have to come out and admit that I have no idea what the geek code is and I'm dying to know.... Terry Smith - XANTH sysop - 1:259/510 CI$ 70733,3013 PGP 2.3A KEY FREQABLE AS 'KEY'. My opinions are not that of my company. But one day they WILL be! And then - the -+*WORLD*+- Bwaw ha ha !!. Read the Tick and others by NEC. Geraldo - "So, Mr. Smith, you admit you like to eat babies!" Me - "Nono - I admit I like to eat BABES!" --- * TLX v1.55 * Yeah, he seems to be the "black sheep" of the administrat

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