December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Re: back to programming projects...
by Jeff Gostin 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Jim choate <ravage(a)bga.com> writes: > 2. messages will be cached and re-transmitted after a random delay. I intend > to generate a random number between 0 and 24. When the appropriate hour > arrives all messages with that time stamp will be sent encrypted. I would suggest getting a random number between 0 and 1440. This will allow messages to be sent out every minute. Of course, you could just make it once every 15 minutes (0-360) or every half hour (0-180). The idea is that there could be a rather large delay introduced to the process, and might make the remailer unpopular as a result. Mind you, I appreciate the effort and generosity. I'm just making suggestions. :-) --jeff

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PGP mailer for Xwindows
by dfloyd＠runner.utsa.edu 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Is there such a thing as a PGP X mailer? Something like mailtool on Suns or MediaMail on SGI's that supports PGP signing/encryption? Thanks in advance,

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Anyone going to Xhibition '94?
by Martin Janzen 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Speaking of physical meetings... The annual X Window System show, Xhibition '94, is at the San Jose Convention Center from June 20-24 this year. Is anyone else from this list planning to attend? If you are, or if you are in the Bay Area already, and would be interested in an informal get-together during that week, send me a note or (on or after the 18th) leave a message at the San Jose Hilton. Maybe we can put together a C-Punks dinner or a pub night or something... -- Martin Janzen janzen(a)idacom.hp.com Pegasus Systems Group c/o Hewlett-Packard, IDACOM Telecom Operation

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Delayed self-encrypting messages
by Paul Schauble 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I have a need to distribute some information fairly widely, but it's critical that it not be openly revealed before a certain date. Consider the model of an embargoed press release. Can I do this with crypto technology? Can I send someone a message, and possible a program, such that the message can only be decrypted after a predetermined date? ++PLS

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Remailer List & Numbers Request
by Mark Terka 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Could someone tellme where I can find a current list of the remailers and their related numbers? Any help would be greatly appreciated! ************************************************************************* Mark Terka | werewolf(a)io.org | public key (werewolf) at Toronto,Canada | dg507(a)cleveland.freenet.edu | pgp-public-keys(a)demon.co.uk *************************************************************************

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Re: Time Locks-- Re: Delayed self-encrypting messages
by dfloyd＠runner.utsa.edu 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

(Timelock algorithm deleted) --- That is a good way for locking it up for a while, but if it is really time sensitive, the use of parallel key guessing machines would stick a sock in this method. Here are some (non crypto) alternatives that you can use if you want to delay giving out the key after posting the cyphertext of the message: 1: Give the key to a trusted party, like your attorney to give out. 2: Find some way of getting the key lost via transport via SMTP daemons. If a host gets mail regularly via a UUCP connection, bounce it X times off that host. 3: Get the key "lost" in snail mail by this route. Mail it to a friend or a neutral party (Many copies if you may be snuffed in the process, to many people, and make "smokescreen" mails too). This would only work for messages with a short delay (24-48 hours). 4: (Very farfetched, but I am running out of ideas) Use a laser to bounce the key off a far planet or some body and the light travelling to there and back may give a decent delay. I do not know how you would get a coherent message back though. BTW: The time-lock idea sounds good, the mail list driver echoed it twice :) PS: Anyone have any better ideas for a secure crypto way of doing this? ;)

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SLACKER JOB
by ss 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SANDY SANDFORT Reply to: sandfort(a)crl.com 401 Merrydale Road * San Rafael, CA 94903 * USA * +1 415 472 6525 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C'punks, Would you and your SO like a great slacker job in the San Francisco Bay Area? Yes? Well, have I got a deal for you! I will be leaving for Hongkong (by way of Madison, Wisc., it would now appear) in the latter part of July. I'm looking for someone to take over my slacker job managing a self-storage facility in lovely Marin county. Here's the deal: WHAT YOU GET -- Two bedroom, two bath, 1200 sq.ft. house (rent free) with large living and dining rooms, porch, covered carport, big backyard and garden, in a fenced compound. -- Washer and dryer, dishwasher, disposal, gas range and electric oven. -- Free electricity(!), water and garbage pick-up, plus $25/mo. towards gas. -- All of the above, is within a short walking distance of shopping centers, supermarkets, restaurants, parks, government offices and public transportation. WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO -- Be on site from 8:00am to 6:00pm, M-F. -- Walk the self-storage yard several times per day. -- Answer the phone and give information about storage (averages less than 10 calls per day). -- Assist potential and current customers (averages about once per day). -- Misc. duties (averages less than 20 minutes per day). Most of the time in this position is your own. You can read, watch TV, eat, work on your computer--whatever. Of course because there is no pay, you much have another source of income. This could mean having an SO with an outside job, you doing shift work, telecommuting or running your own at-home business. In addition, this is a stealth position. It has an extremely low profile if you manage things properly. If you're interested, call, write or e-mail me at the address at the top of this message. S a n d y S a n d f o r t Reply to: sandfort(a)crl.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Re: Cops on the net
by jamesh＠netcom.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Let's try this again... > CYBERCOP > A former New Jersey police officer now spends his time cruising for > suspects in cyberspace and has been involved in dozens of criminal > investigations, including a sting operation that nabbed a pedophile who > lured young rape victims via a bulletin board service. (Tampa Tribune > 6/8/94 BayLife 5) And the pedophile was named Craig Shergold? Seriously, this "Pedophile uses net to lure rape victims" is reaching the status of some kind of Law Enforcement/Urban Legend. Sort of the Willie Horton of the nineties. And as you'll remember, (at least those of you who follow US politics,) Willie Horton was some kind of convicted bad guy that then-governor Mike Dukakis released from prison on some kind of early-release program who then went on a crime (rape? murder?) spree. This was used as a rallying point by Dukakis' opponents when he ran for president some years later, and was arguably the one thing that insured his defeat. (The above was from memory -- feel free to flame^H^H^H^H^Hcorrect me if the facts aren't straight.) Now the same technique is being used against the proponents of strong crypto. And why not? It worked so well last time... We need our own Willie Horton, some blatant example of why strong crypto is a Good Thing. It would be nice to be able to pull a few examples of Gov. wiretap abuse or mail tampering (electronic or otherwise) out of the hat whenever that pedophile story gets an airing. Can anyone point me to something along these lines? JJH -- My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music. -Vladimir Nabokov

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PERSONAL: Address change
by Sameer 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

This is just an announcement that my preferred email address is changing from sameer(a)soda.berkeley.edu to sameer(a)c2.org thank you -sameer

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Re: Announcement RE: Lobbying...
by tim werner 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>Date: Wed, 4 May 1994 21:47:35 -0400 (EDT) > ><<My hypothesis: The TLAs could shut down the cypherpunks mailing list >(as it now exists) by dragging all the U.S. list members into court. >The TLAs would probably lose the case, but they would still do a lot >of damage to the lives of the U.S. list members. >>> OK, I'm lost. I thought TLA stood for Three Letter Acronym. It's obviously overloaded, but I can't think of anything else. Can someone clue me in? tw

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