December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

New Free Educational Sites
by Kevin Keil 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Just a brief note to let you know about two new educational sites that are interactive and intended for non-technical audiences. I thought you might be interested in these new programs. Human Anatomy On-line covers the subject of the anatomy and Automotive Learning On-line covers the subject of automobiles. They include hundreds of graphics, educational information and animations. These two programs are free to the Internet community. This is a great resource that delivers educational material for schoolchildren to adults. I hope that you will find them to be of high quality and educational. Thank you for your time. Human Anatomy On-line is located at http://www.innerbody.com Automotive Learning On-line is located at http://www.innerauto.com Kevin Keil Webmaster Informative Graphics Corp Webmaster(a)innerbody.com NOTE: This address was located on a web page and used to notify you of this information. I will not be contacting you again unless requested.

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Why Not to use PGP 5.0
by Damaged Justice 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

http://www.shub-internet.org/why_not_pgp_5.html

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Informative web sites?
by OrangeJoe＠aol.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Do U have any good web sites that can give me information about people and companies that they would NOT like us to get? I do Private investigations. I can get most anything I need, but it cost too much money. I know that there are sites that I should be able to get to that I can get information for free and direct from the government. Thanks Joe OrangeJoe(a)aol.com

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Economics Quest
by Andrew＠mail.demon.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Hi, My name is Andrew, I'm 15, I live in the UK and I'm studing economics at standard grade level. Can you please spare a few minutes of your valuable time to answer my questionaire @ http://www.alexanderhomes.demon.co.uk/economics/personal.html I have constructed it as part of my standard grade course work, so I'm relying on your co-operation! ;-) thanks in advance Andrew

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Economics Quest
by Andrew＠mail.demon.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Hi, My name is Andrew, I'm 15, I live in the UK and I'm studing economics at standard grade level. Can you please spare a few minutes of your valuable time to answer my questionaire @ http://www.alexanderhomes.demon.co.uk/economics/personal.html I have constructed it as part of my standard grade course work, so I'm relying on your co-operation! ;-) thanks in advance Andrew

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Music Boulevard 2nd Anniversary News Flash
by manager＠musicblvd.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Re: $1 Million Code Crack
by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Onn Fri, 22 Aug 1997, John Young apparently forwarded from: "$treet Journal, August 22, 1997, p. A7A.": > On the bright side, cryptologists agree that the > decades-old encryption method that Crypto-Logic is claiming > to use -- called a "one-time pad" -- is theoretically > unbreakable. Each "pad" has a set of uniquely random > digital symbols that are coded to the actual message. The > recipient uses the same symbols to decrypt the message. The > pads are used only once. ROTFL. (Well, not literally, but smiling.) The "How it works" link on their site is broken :-), so what they're basically saying is "here is some encrypted text, I bet you can't crack it." ----- UP -----??daU?????dr1wEFssYNOgvLDiCyZ296C51VPUo9Mi0BIHMnZTSveVPXb?02G 47ECGIA2UoZgy0Kl!?91zW9SqF05kDlR!fYDPbbP9hH8J0CDLDrFfO3N7CxVur?QJ o22aPgHyUmFpdbg7G!iQSZaHAOELipdS?m7KzGmxylN!kd2otaKISSRilW5HV00221 !jRTYbYOsb9fFpzbxRGeUjvozbviGE00rO?UdhzQ04aPV9ZoB0eJl0o6gA3YJuivVPPyr V6jF3dYhDEba9o4oO1oDaGxRoKEhNEPtGm4UxWxCriUcUEsJRfb7bIXhdwMcW5g CHd7ezbbXO4KD3IWPa67EgoMg42aiRiVtIuhu!So!dRW8lMVOhHx68Co?TPAm7dq dGiGcv1lVheiwX3fpxxy3rMIMpEV-q3s9OF----- End ----- Idiots. Saying that one-time pads are secure is meaningless. Their web site doesn't even mention key exchange. As the Preface to Advanced Cryptography (www.counterpane.com) says, % If I take a letter, lock it in a safe, hide the safe somewhere in % New York, and then tell you to read the letter, that's not % security. That's obscurity. On the other hand, if I take a letter % and lock it in a safe, and then give you the safe along with the % design specifications of the safe and a hundred identical safes with % their combinations so that you and the world's best safecrackers can % study the locking mechanism--and you still can't open the safe and % read the letter, that's security. I'm sure everybody here already knew this, but anybody with a million bucks and no clues at all deserves to be kicked. > "Anyone who says their system is > bulletproof is either a liar or stupid," says Winn > Schwartau, a Largo, Fla., security expert. I must disagree... they could be a liar _and_ stupid. > Mr. Neeley admits his integrity is on the line. "If I'm > wrong," he notes, "we're out of business." Somebody ought to forward this thread to his creditors... ::Boots

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CAST key size
by Unicorn 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Hi Guys, Just a quick question on the keysize of the CAST algorithm. According to the bible of Bruce, CAST uses a 64 bit keysize, while in the manual of PGP 5.0 (page 89), Phill states that CAST uses a 128 bit keysize... Am I missing something? Ciao, Unicorn. -- ======= _ __,;;;/ TimeWaster on http://www.IAEhv.nl/users/hvdl ============== ,;( )_, )~\| Hans "Unicorn" Van de Looy PGP: 64 07 5D 4C 3F 81 22 73 ;; // `--; GSM: +31 653 261 368 52 9D 87 08 51 AA 35 F0 ==='= ;\ = | ==== Youth is not a time in life, it's a State of Mind! ========

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Re: Economics Quest
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Andrew(a)mail.demon.net wrote: > > Hi, My name is Andrew, I'm 15, I live in the UK and I'm studing economics > at standard grade level. Can you please spare a few minutes of your valuable > time to answer my questionaire @ > http://www.alexanderhomes.demon.co.uk/economics/personal.html > I have constructed it as part of my standard grade course work, so I'm relying on > your co-operation! ;-) Andrew, I wouldn't worry too much about getting good grades in your standard grade economics class. After all, your questionaire looks so much like a professionally produced one that I am sure you don't need my help to pass your class. However, I will answer your questions, just the same. ******************************* In which country do you live? # The one outside of the city. How long have you had access to the Internet? # I logged on about ten minutes ago. Are you influenced by online advertisement? No Yes # Yo! What age are you? # Age of Aquarius. Please specify your income range # $ 0.00 --> $ 0.37 Have you ever purchased a service over the Internet? No Yes # Nes! Have you ever purchased a good over the internet? No Yes # Yoe! If so Please specify the average price range of the good(s) you have bought over the Internet # $ 1,347,879,992.17 How often do you buy goods over the Internet? # Never always. Do you have any security worries about purchasing a good over the Internet? No Yes # Why do you ask? Which of the following items do you find most important when buying goods over the Internet? Delivery time Price Quality of service # X Free XXXX Pictures what type of good/service would you be willing to actually buy via the Internet? Computer Software Computer Hardware Household Durables Office Products Stocks/Mutual Funds/Bonds Airline Tickets Catalog Goods Boutique Clothing Household Bills Shipping Special Internet Services Music/Video Entertainment Other # MLM Opportunities What is the biggest limiting factor stopping you from buying more on the Internet? Delivery time Goods offered cost of delivery Security Price other, please state # Imprisonment for fraud.

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And they're all CypherPunks...
by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Q. You said cows hate spinach, barn owls snore, and spiders can't chew. But have you forgotten female goats have beards? A. Quite so. Do remember, though, elephants get flat feet, moths hear through their hair, and starfish have no brains. I also vividly recall that yaks give pink milk. ============================================== LMBoyd Web Site / U. S. Newspapers / Start Email / Stop Email http://www.LMBoyd.com/postscript.htm

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