December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

VENONA web page
by Jim Gillogly 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Check out http://www.fas.org/pub/gen/fas/irp/venona/ Jim Gillogly Highday, 20 Afterlithe S.R. 1995, 17:18

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who knows about Security First Network Bank
by Syl Miniter 803-768-3759 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

There is an extensive article in the July issue of "Bank Technology News about a startup Internet bank by the name above. Does anyone know about this outfit.

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Re: Anti-Electronic Racketeering Act of 1995 (fwd)
by mclow＠coyote.csusm.edu 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> "Sec. 1030A. Racketeering-related crimes involving computers > "(a) It shall be unlawful-- > . . . > "(2) to distribute computer software that encodes or encrypts > electronic or digital communications to computer networks that the > person distributing knows, or reasonably should know, is accessible to > foreign nationals and foreign governments, regardless of whether such > software has been designated nonexportable." > So much for compression software, too. :-( Pst! Anyone want a copy of gzip? PKZip? Drop*Stuff? -- Marshall Marshall Clow Aladdin Systems mclow(a)coyote.csusm.edu Warning: Objects in calendar are closer than they appear.

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Bubba
by tcmay＠sensemedia.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 4:19 PM 7/13/95, Robert A. Hayden wrote: >40,000,000 acts. Welcome to a 6x6 cell with a roommate named Bubba that >wants to make you his wife. Careful here, Robert! Bubba has not yet been tried and convicted. I admit that the allegations about Mena, drugs, Whitewater, S & Ls, and abuse of state office are fairly serious, but he has not yet even been formally charged. --Tim May .......................................................................... Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay(a)sensemedia.net | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero 408-728-0152 | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Corralitos, CA | black markets, collapse of governments. Higher Power: 2^756839 | Public Key: PGP and MailSafe available. "National borders are just speed bumps on the information superhighway."

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VENONA web page
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Responding to msg by jim(a)acm.org (Jim Gillogly) on Thu, 13 Jul 10:18 AM > >Check out http://www.fas.org/pub/gen/fas/irp/venona/ Amazing IC links from this stepstone. Ebony NRO with a nascent homepage! Must be budget-cut-itis.

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Re: Anti-Electronic Racketeering Act of 1995
by mclow＠coyote.csusm.edu 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

No one seems to have pointed this out, so: (maybe it's obvious to everyone else) > "Sec. 1030A. Racketeering-related crimes involving computers > "(a) It shall be unlawful-- > > . . . > > "(2) to distribute computer software that encodes or encrypts > electronic or digital communications to computer networks that the > person distributing knows, or reasonably should know, is accessible to > foreign nationals and foreign governments, regardless of whether such > software has been designated nonexportable." > IANAL, but it seems to me that if I EMAIL a copy of PGP to, say, Tim May, that I have just "distributed computer software .... to a computer network ...accessible to foreign nationals ..." even though it was "private" e-mail. Comments, anyone? Anyone? Bueller? ;-) >Get a copy of this bill from: > ftp://ftp.loc.gov/pub/thomas/c104/s974.is.FTP >and read it. > Betcher ass. -- Marshall "The constitution. It's not perfect, but it's a damn sight better than what we've got."

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mistake on my part
by perry＠imsi.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I made a small mistake -- the new bill does *not* make it a crime to make crypto software available at Egghead -- but it does more or less make distribution of crypto software over the internet impossible if it isn't an escrow based system. Perry

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Re: Anti-Electronic Racketeering Act of 1995
by koontz＠MasPar.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>> IANAL, but it seems to me that if I EMAIL a copy of PGP to, say, Tim >> May, that I have just "distributed computer software .... to a computer >> network ...accessible to foreign nationals ..." even though it was >> "private" e-mail. > >Depends on how "computer network" is defined in the statute. Its added language. "computer network" is not defined. Catcha' 22.

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DefCon roomshare?
by Adam Shostack 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Anyone interested in sharing a room at DefCon? I'm fairly unobtrusive, don't smoke, and am neat enough to live with for a few days. :) Also, I'm looking for a (English text) letter frequency table. Anyone have one online? Adam -- "It is seldom that liberty I Support The Phil of any kind is lost all at Zimmermann legal defense fund once." -Hume http://www.netresponse.com/zldf ------------------ PGP.ZIP Part [001/713] ------------------- M4$L#!!0````(`">9ZQX3(*,_DG8!`-JF`P`'````4$=0+D581>S;=UQ3U__X M\9M!$E8,TT(a)PJ$10$1=*41%WW`KX$=Q[M5KK`&R%(HH+(T.M"S>NME8K=31N M:A$[K+5(K:O5BE405ZE:1"3?UTW`:K_]\/G\?O_^?CX>3^_-S;GGO,^\`^@W ------------------------------------------------------------- for next chunk to export --> http://dcs.ex.ac.uk/~aba/export/

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New Country Conference
by Duncan Frissell 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I should have mentioned this before but: New Country Conference This Saturday July 15th The New Country Foundation's first annual conference. Gramercy Park Hotel (Lexington Avenue & 21st Street) New York City 9:30am Admission is $35.00 at the door Speakers: Mike Oliver, author of "A New Constitution for a New Country." Richard Morris, President of Sea Structures, Inc. -- Developer of the Seacell floating platform technology. and a number of others. Info from Marc Joffe at 71045.142(a)compuserve.com. I will be there representing the "New Country in Cyberspace" heresy. DCF "Don't waste your time and money forming a new country in the physical realm. Bits are cheaper than atoms and encrypted bits are stronger than the strongest atoms."

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