December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Announcing: The Censorship Escrow System (CES)
by Ray 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

The Censorship Escrow System is a new service being provided by The People for a Better Tommorow and SAVE OUR CHILDREN. CES's goals are: o to provide children with a sanitized world view o to prepare our children as proper citizens for their government o to prevent children from developing sexual/political deviancy o to preclude dangerous independent thinking o to parent the child in absense of proper parental guidance The CES concept is simple. CES will archive all of your children's books, tv, and educational products. We will also record and archive all of your child's telephone conversations. If you suspect that your child is being exposed to Dangerous Ideas, you will provide us with a key to unlock our archives for your child. We will then review all of the materials for offending ideas, and then recommend a plan of action. For a small fee, you will be eligible for the CCES, or Complete Censorship Escrow System. Unlike CES's retroactive censorship, CCES will monitor all of the information your child is to be presented with, and Escrow offending material until a later day when your child is indoctrinated enough to resist the material. At that time (usually age 16-18), you may give your child a key which he may present to us. The key will unlock all of the material he was prevented from viewing. Coming Soon: Internet Censorship Escrow System Features: o archiving of all newsgroups and mailing lists for escrow o authentication of age to prevent your child from gaining access to the active groups o smart information filtering of K-12 newsgroups to remove/escrow material relating to sex, rebellion, etc. o establishes an Internet Parent Overseer Board which when chaired by a group of fine upstanding citizens from the community, has the power to veto creation of public newsgroups which could be offensive to children. CES: Protecting your children for a Better Tommorow! >From the people who brought you the Gun Ownership Escrow System (GOES), Healthcare Escrow System (HES), and Hate Speech Escrow System (HSES). -The People for a Better Tommorow side note: CES is available now for beta testing. The internal company name for the project is Tipper. We expect to have an electronic expert system version of our system called the Tipper Chip available soon for implantation into VCRs, Home Video Game Systems, and Computers. -TPfaBT

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"Anon" fake...
by nzook＠math.utexas.edu 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Steganography (Was Re: What kind of encryption to incorporate?)
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Responding to msg by a.brown(a)nexor.co.uk (Andrew Brown) on Tue, 2 Aug 9:55 AM >Has anyone got any more ideas? Andy: Some features of CAD programs such as AutoCad may be useful for concealment. Want to discuss here or by e-mail? Caution: I'm crypto impaired, but quite devious advantaged. John

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Cnet's stance on content filters
by Declan McCullagh 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 25 Jul 1997 12:48:48 -0400 From: Lauren Gelman <gelman(a)acm.org> To: declan(a)well.com Subject: Cnet's stance on content filters >Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 17:40:12 -0400 >To: chris_barr(a)cnet.com >From: Lauren Gelman <gelman(a)acm.org> >Subject: Cnet's stance on content filters >Cc: >Bcc: >X-Attachments: > >with regard to: http://www.cnet.com/Content/Voices/Barr/072197/index.html > >First, I think there are a number of problems inherent in any content >filtering system, some of which you discuss in your column. > >Given that, I think the main problem with the Internet Content Coalition >approach is how, and who, will determine what is a "real news >organization" is and what "bona fide news sites" are. Is this the job of >the ICC? You completely ignore this issue both in the column and on the >ICC web site. What are the criteria that categorize Cnet as a "news >organization? Would EPIC and the ACLU (cited in your column) also fall >under that category? What about listservs where news is disseminated? > >The U.S. Public Policy Office for the Association for Computing (USACM) >web site http://www.acm.org/usacm disseminates news about computer policy >related issues as well as USACM position pieces on those issues. It also >archives back- issues of the "ACM Washington Update", a bi-weekly >electronic newsletter. Is the USACM web site a "bona fide news sites"? > >I believe these are important questions which need to be addressed before >Cnet endorses any content-filtering approach to censorship. "Privilege" >needs to be defined before Cnet or any other group can seek "to make sure >that only real news organizations claim this privilege." > > >-Lauren Gelman >Associate Director >USACM > > /\ /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ Association for Computing, + http://www.acm.org/usacm/ Office of U.S. Public Policy * +1 202 544 4859 (tel) 666 Pennsylvania Ave., SE Suite 302 B * +1 202 547 5482 (fax) Washington, DC 20003 USA + gelman(a)acm.org

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Boulder, Colorado RMIUG Crypto-Fest 9/13 6:30pm
by Michael Johnson 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- What: Rocky Mountain Internet User's Group (RMIUG) Crypto-Fest When: Tuesday 13 September 1994 7:00pm-9:00pm, cookies at 6:30pm Where: NCAR (West end of Table Mesa Drive), Boulder, COLORADO Who: Philip Dubois (Philip Zimmermann's lawyer and a very nice guy) and Mike Johnson (alledged crypto expert, designer of the Diamond Encryption Algorithm, PGP beta tester, and PGP user). Sorry, Philip Zimmermann had a change of plans and will be at a conference in Atlanta. The show must go on! RMIUG "Crypto-Fest" A users approach to encryption with PGP (Pretty Good Privacy): I. A Very Short History of Cryptography A. Single Key Systems B. Two Key Systems (Public Key Cryptography) C. Hash Functions (MD4, MD4, SHA) D. What can be done with encryption? II. Current crypto applications III. PGP Building Blocks A. Public Key Algorithm (RSA) B. Hash function (MD5) C. Symmetric Key Algorithm (IDEA) D. Compression engine (Info-ZIP) E. ASCII armor engine F. Key database G. File formats IV. What can PGP do? What are its advantages? A. Privacy B. Authentication with nonrepudiation C. Compression (ZIP) D. ASCII armor C. Distributed Key Management (the Web of Trust) D. Inter-platform compatibility E. Wide availability F. Source code available (except for Viacrypt Digi-Sig) G. Ease of use (best around, but could be better) V. Who uses PGP? What do they use it for? VI. How do you use PGP? Read the fine manual. 2 books coming. A. Getting PGP B. Installing PGP C. Generate your key D. Distribute your public key E. Add keys from your correspondents E. Signing messages F. Encrypting messages (public key method) G. Conventional encryption pgp -c VII. History/development of PGP & Legal Issues A. Why did Philip Zimmermann write pgp? B. Legal Issues C. Version History VIII. What's happening now? A. Legal Actions & Status B. Political Action C. Future Development Plans There will be opportunities to ask questions of the two panelists during and after the presentation. ___________________________________________________________ | | |\ /| | | Michael Paul Johnson Colorado Catacombs BBS 303-772-1062 | | \/ |o| | PO Box 1151, Longmont CO 80502-1151 USA Jesus is alive! | | | | / _ | mpj(a)csn.org aka mpj(a)netcom.com m.p.johnson(a)ieee.org | | |||/ /_\ | ftp://ftp.csn.net/mpj/README.MPJ CIS: 71331,2332 | | |||\ ( | ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/mpj/README.MPJ -. --- ----- ....| | ||| \ \_/ | PGPprint=F2 5E A1 C1 A6 CF EF 71 12 1F 91 92 6A ED AE A9 | |___________________________________________________________| -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.7 iQCVAgUBLnUoSPX0zg8FAL9FAQE6nAQAmWpomcfCcWslktsuRYPNotY8kJFOwiuL BUrh5L/UbCnM8L9Gh36CF2PGjrwuxDLhlySc70yhAGpBuMijWryTk0mPcJVKDoDm 6Z9v+L0Xs4Ql2kTshYpiJg5DlUd7CKsuREN0r07xJUMybudUXM8NLUG9YGvDz4CX tIGH4nlDAS4= =Qedh -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Spatial Databases, Law, and Information Policy conference
by gnu 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded-by: Lee Tien <tien(a)well.sf.ca.us> Forwarded-by: thardy(a)mail.wm.edu (Trotter Hardy) From: Harlan Onsrud <onsrud(a)mecan1.maine.edu> Date: Thu, 8 Sep 1994 11:10:08 -0400 Subject: Conf on Law, Information Policy and Spatial Databases THE CONFERENCE on LAW and INFORMATION POLICY for SPATIAL DATABASES October 28-29, 1994 Arizona State University College of Law Tempe, Arizona SPONSORS National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis Center for the Study of Law, Science and Technology, Arizona State University College of Law CONFERENCE OVERVIEW Geographic information systems (GIS) and their associated databases are gaining widespread use throughout government and the commercial sector in our communities, the nation, and the world. These automated mapping and analysis systems are allowing the collection, integration and interrogation of vast amounts of data. The data and processing capabilities supplied by the technology will constitute a significant component of the emerging national information infrastructure. This enabling technology holds out the promise of increased efficiency in commerce, improvements in the environment, health, and safety, increased convenience for consumers, increases in participatory government, and improved public and private decision-making generally. However, increased use of detailed databases and processing capabilities also poses threats to the ideals of democracies and rights of individuals - the ideals of freedom, security, privacy, and open and free access to government. As we continue to move toward global economies and international networked environments, the need to reconcile competing social, economic, and political interests in digital geographic data will greatly expand. This conference brings together legal and information policy experts with geographic information system specialists to explore four interrelated aspects of information law critical to the handling of geographic information: namely, (1) intellectual property rights in spatial databases, with particular emphasis on copyright; (2) access rights of citizens to publicly held information, including the policies of government agencies in charging for geographic data; (3) protecting personal privacy in using geographic information systems; and (4) liability in connection with the use, sharing, and distribution of GIS data and analysis results. PRELIMINARY PROGRAM Friday, October 28 Welcome and Introduction (7:45 am - ASU Law School, Pedrick Great Hall) Access to Government's Spatial Information I (8:00 a.m.) Moderator: Robert Reis, NCGIA and School of Law, SUNY-Buffalo Establishing a Legal Setting and Organizational Model for Affordable Access to Government Owned Information Management Technology Hugh Archer, Executive Consultant Plangraphics, Inc., Frankfurt, Kentucky A Case for Commercialization of Government Information Products and Services Lori Peterson Dando, Esquire County Attorney's Office (former), Hastings, MN Spatial Databases and Information Policy: A British Perspective David Rhind, Director Ordnance Survey, United Kingdom Question and Answer Session Intellectual Property Rights in Spatial Databases I (9:00a.m.) Moderator: Helen Sharretts-Sullivan, Office of the General Counsel, Defense Mapping Agency Copyright, Licensing, and Cost Recovery: A Legal, Economic, and Policy Analysis William Holland, Executive Director Wisconsin Land Information Board, Madison, WI Surveyors' Copyright in Plans of Survey: Law and Policy John D. McLaughlin, Geographical Engineering and Norman Siebrasse, College of Law, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton Canada Copyright in Electronic Maps Dennis S. Karjala College of Law, Arizona State University Question and Answer Session Break (Coffee, tea, etc.- College of Law Lobby) (10:00 am) Intellectual Property Rights in Spatial Databases II (10:30 am) Moderator: Elaine Albright, Chair, American Library Association Committee on Telecommunications Rights in Government-generated Data Jessica Litman School of Law, Wayne State University Lessons from the Past: Legal and Medical Databases Anne Wells Branscomb Program on Information Resources Policy, Harvard University European Community Directive on Databases Pamela Samuelson School of Law, University of Pittsburgh Question and Answer Session Access to Government's Spatial Information II (11:30 a.m.) Moderator: Dorthy Chambers, J.D., Chief, Branch of Information Access Policy and Coordination, Bureau of Land Management A Review of Alaska's Public Information Access Laws Representative Kay Brown Alaska Legislature, Anchorage, Alaska Issues Concerning Access to Electronic Records Barbara Petersen, Staff Attorney Florida Legislature Joint Committee on Information Technology Resources Federal Information Dissemination and Pricing Policy Peter Weiss, Senior Policy Analyst Office of Management and Budget, Washington, D.C. Question and Answer Session Lunch (12:30 pm - Several eating places within walking distance) Access to Government's Spatial Information III (2:00 pm) Moderator: Earl Epstein, J.D., School of Natural Resources, Ohio State University Effects of Data Policies on the Evolution of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure Nancy Tosta, Staff Director U.S. Federal Geographic Data Committee The Public Interest and the Cost of Government Information: Experience Under the Federal FOIA David Sobel, Legal Counsel Electronic Privacy Information Center, Washington D.C. Promoting a Free Access, Minimal Cost-recovery, Royalty Arrangement for State Held Geographic Information Systems Keene Matsunaga, Esquire, and Jack Dangermond, President, Environmental Systems Research Institute and Prudence Adler, Assistant Director, Association of Research Libraries Question and Answer Session Access to Government's Spatial Information IV (3:00 p.m.) Moderator: Frederick K. Ganyon, J.D., Deputy Chief, Nautical Charting Division, NOAA The Value of Geographic Information. A review of international policies in cost recovery, privatization and commercialization of information gathering and dissemination. Krysia Rybaczuk and Michael Blakemore Mountjoy Research Centre, University of Durham, United Kingdom Remote Sensing Law: Obstacle or Opportunity for GIS? Joanne Gabrynowicz, Associate Professor - Remote Sensing Law and Policy Department of Space Studies, University of North Dakota Implications of Increased Access to Geographic Information Dr. Ronald Abler, Executive Director Association of American Geographers Question and Answer Session Break (4:00 p.m. - coffee, tea, soft drink - College of Law lobby) Liability for Spatial Data I (4:30 p.m.) Moderator: Daniel Strouse, Director, Center for the Study of Law, Science, and Technology, ASU College of Law Tort and Criminal Liability as a Function of the Right to Control Content Henry Perritt, Professor of Law Villanova University School of Law Local Government Liability for Erroneous Data: Law and Policy in a Changing Environment R. Jerome Anderson, Esquire, and Alan R. Stewart, Esquire Plangraphics, Inc., Frankfurt, Kentucky A Case Study in the Misuse of GIS: Siting a Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility in New York State Mark Monmonier, Department of Geography Syracuse University Question and Answer Session Saturday, October 29 Liability for Spatial Data II (8:00 a.m.) Moderator: t.b.a. Liability for GIS Datasets as applied to the Commercial, Non- profit and Other Private Sectors Bishop Dansby, Esquire GIS Law and Policy Institute Exploitation of Intellectual Property: Liability, Retrenchment and a Proposal for Change Edward J. Obloy, General Counsel, and B. Helen Sharretts- Sullivan, Defense Mapping Agency Certification of GIS Databases: Reliance and Liability Implications Lawrence Ayers, Executive Vice President and Cliff Kottman, Exec. Manager of Federal Systems, Intergraph Corporation Spatial Data Analysis in the Formation of Public Policy and its Acceptance as Evidence: A Litigator's Perspective on Geographic Information and Analysis Terry Simmons, PhD, Attorney at Law Reno, Nevada Question and Answer Session Protecting Privacy in Using Geographic Information Systems I (9:15 a.m.) Moderator: Lawrence Winer, College of Law, ASU In Plain View: Geographic Information Systems and the Problem of Privacy Michael R. Curry Department of Geography, UCLA Privacy and the Intersection of Geographic Information and Intelligent Vehicle Highway Systems Sheri Alpert and Kingsley Haynes The Institute of Public Policy, George Mason University Privacy: Alternative Protection Scenarios Dr. David Flaherty Information and Privacy Commissioner of British Columbia Question and Answer Session Break (10:15 - Coffee, tea, juice & rolls - College of Law Lobby) Protecting Privacy in Using Geographic Information Systems II (10:45 am) Moderator: t.b.a. Fair Information Practices of the Information Industry Steven Metalitz Information Industry Association, Washington DC Marketing Community Perspectives on Protecting Privacy Tom Gordon, President and General Manager Equifax National Decision Systems, San Diego CA European Perspectives on Protection of Privacy Charles D. Raab, Department of Politics University of Edinburgh, Scotland Question and Answer Session Protecting Privacy in Using Geographic Information Systems III (11:45 a.m.) Moderator: t.b.a. Some Information Age Techno-fallacies and Some Principles for Protecting Privacy Gary Marx, Chair Department of Sociology, University of Colorado-Boulder Protecting Indigenous Peoples' Privacy from "Eyes in the Sky" Wayne Madsen Computer Sciences Corporation, Fairfax, VA Protecting Privacy in Using Geographic Information Systems Harlan J. Onsrud, Jeff Johnson, and Xavier Lopez NCGIA, University of Maine, Orono, Maine Question and Answer Session Closing Announcements (12:45 p.m.) ****************************************************** REGISTRATION FORM Maximum registration will be 250 participants NO ON-SITE REGISTRATION [ ] Full Registration (before October 3) $145 (after October 3) $195 [ ] Student Registration $70 Name: __________________________________ Title: ___________________________________ Affiliation: ______________________________ Address: ________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ Phone: __________________________________ FAX: ___________________________________ Email: __________________________________ Make check payable (in US dollars) to: University of Maine and send to: Conference on Law and Information Policy for Spatial Databases NCGIA 5711 Boardman Hall, Rm. 348 University of Maine, Orono, Me 04469-5711 ****************************************************** LOCATION & TRANSPORTATION The conference will take place on October 28 and the morning of October 29, 1994 in the Pedrick Great Hall at the Arizona State University College of Law. The conference has been scheduled to follow immediately GIS/LIS '94 in Phoenix, Arizona. Those attending GIS/LIS and then staying on for this conference should be able to take advantage of reduced airfares because of the Saturday night stay over. The College of Law in Tempe is located approximately ten miles from downtown Phoenix or five miles from the airport. Taxis and hotel shuttles are convenient and moderately priced. For those traveling by car, take the University Avenue exit on Interstate 10 and head east to the ASU campus. The campus is immediately adjacent to Old Town Tempe which contains numerous restaurants and shops within easy walking distance. COOPERATING ORGANIZATIONS American Bar Association Section of Science and Technology American Congress on Surveying and Mapping American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing AM/FM International Association of American Geographers Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility Federal Geographic Data Committee Information Industry Association National States Geographic Information Council Urban and Regional Information Systems Association CONFERENCE SUPPORTERS Federal Agencies: Bureau of Land Management Coast and Geodetic Survey Defense Mapping Agency Federal Geographic Data Committee Environmental Systems Research Institute Equifax National Decision Systems Intergraph Corporation FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Conference on Law and Information Policy for Spatial Databases 5711 Boardman Hall, Rm 348 University of Maine, Orono, Maine 04469-5711 Phone: (207) 581-2149 Fax: (207) 581-2206 E-mail: ncgia(a)mecan1.maine.edu ___________________________________________ Harlan J. Onsrud National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis 5711 Boardman Hall, Rm. 348 University of Maine Orono, Maine 04469-5711 Phone (207) 581-2175 FAX (207)581-2206 E-mail: onsrud(a)mecan1.maine.edu

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Re: "Packet Sniffers"
by Oluf Bagger 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

You should tell the staff at your campuss that a Linux box is no greater threat than any of those PC's used for word processing. A packet sniffer can hide itself as a resident program on a doze box and collect data into a data file. Such a program can be installed by any user on the doze box or even spread as a virus. On a Linux box only root programs have access to the ethernet driver. Any packet sniffer programs can therefore only be installed by root. On a Linux box you only allow access to known users and you have log files stating when users have logged in and out. If the machine have been abused in some way you can trace the problem using the log files. Best Regards, Oluf -------------------------------------------------------------------- Oluf Bagger, Eurochip DTU. tlf: +45 4593 3332 lok. 5722 fax: +45 4593 0216

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RC4
by schneier＠chinet.chinet.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

It occurs to me that if the code has not been posted to sci.crypt, then some cypherpunks reader outside the US/Canada should do so. Bruce

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RC4 Source Code
by Tom Rollins 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Hello, Strange, I didn't see the RC4 code at my site. Would someone that saved it please E-mail me a copy. Thanks, Tom Rollins <trollins(a)debbie.telos.com>

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PGP on Multiuser machines
by snyderra＠dunx1.ocs.drexel.edu 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 4:25 PM 9/12/94, SAMUEL KAPLIN wrote: >It's highly doubtful that they could physically get to my computer without >my knowledge. I service alarms for a living. I work for the company who >monitors my alarm. I am the only person who knows the specs on my alarm. It >would be pretty tough to conceal a court order to suspend the monitoring >from me. Someone would tip me off. Plus the system will communicate with >me via 2 other methods that no one knows about. Pretty doubtful. But they *could*. It would involve a lot of work, but theoretically, they could, right? That still puts it in the catagory of "trade off." Besides, I suspect your situation isn't a common one. ;-) >I guess it depends on your level of paranoia or guilt. :) If I was just >putzing around with the software, then I wouldn't be too concerned. If I >was actually doing something illegal or confidential with the software >then I would be greatly concerned. But under no circumstances would I >consider that arrangement secure. If the cops nail this guy, he has no one >to blame but himself. He hanged his own ass. I don't consider myself "putzing" around with the software. Besides the fact that the more encrypted messages are out there, the less "suspicious" one becomes, I send things like credit card numbers and the like via email. Nothing that would embarass me, but not something I like to have floating around. >Then you have the possibility of people sending you secure messages on a >compromised key. (The one on the Unix Box) In most cases, its not the >technology that nails you, it's human error. Take for example the recent Good point. Although I would hope that if I were doing something nefarious, I would have smarter partners than that. :-) Bob -- Bob Snyder N2KGO MIME, PGP, RIPEM mail accepted snyderra(a)post.drexel.edu PGP & RIPEM keys on key servers When cryptography is outlawed, bayl bhgynjf jvyy unir cevinpl.

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