December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Re: "The Book of Encyphered Names"
by pcw＠access.digex.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>Somebody asked me what the name "Cyphernomicon" means, another said it >was not at all an obscure reference. And another asked if I was >claiming that encyption is in some way "evil." > >I merely borrowed the name from the original "Cyphernomicon," also >called "The Book of Encyphered Names." It came to us early this >century via the Black Russian anarchist Peter Krypotkin, who had >obtained his copy from Sheik Ibn al-Taz Khallikak, the Pine Barrens >Horror. This book can't exist because Arthur Clarke proved that the world would end when all "Nine Billion Names of God" were listed. Of course, he didn't deal with the technical point of what would happen if they were encrypted. If the nine billion names were merely a list of all possible combinations of a certain length of a certain alphabet, then the encrypted list should be equal to the regular list if the encryption carries the set in an arc that is one-to-one and onto itself. I.e. automorphic. But I seem to remember that the monks in the list had certain rules about the combinations of their letter. That would make it still a very interesting question of what would happen if the 9 billion names came out encrypted. If no one knew the key, then the world is still safe. But what if one guy knows the key? What if that guy is a mute? What if he's merely an obstreperous hermit? What if he sets out to decrypt the list for his own personal communion with G*d? (Is my email listing the common "G*d" bringing us one step closer to glory or one step closer to destruction?) What if he has access to the neat Cray/SRC machine about which I carried on so intently? So many questions! (?)

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Re: Running PGP on Netcom (and Similar)
by Alex de Joode 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Timothy C. May (tcmay(a)netcom.com) did write: : Not that had Mr. De Payne been using PGP on Netcom, with his secret : key stored there, the cops would have it. (The passphrase maybe not, : depending on whether he stored _that_ there, too. And whether Netcom : had logs of keystrokes entered, which strikes me as something they : would probably have--we really need a "zero knowledge" kind of : "reach-back" for remotely-run PGP.) Would a "challange response" type of verification do the "trick", ie is it secure enough for passphrase monitering ? : I just don't think the dangers are worth it. All the theoretical hot : air about whether kestroke timings are "random enough" is moot if : Netcom is turning over records to investigators. : --Tim May -- ____ Alex de Joode <usura(a)xs4all.nl> \ /__ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- \/ / "It's dangerous to be right when the government is wrong." \/ --Voltaire --finger usura(a)xs4all.nl for PGPpublicKEY--

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CEB September 11, 1994 issue 2
by Gary Jeffers 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

CYPHER-REBELS ELECTRONIC BOOK (CEB) SEPTEMBER 11, 1994 ISSUE 2 Publisher Gary Lee Jeffers ccgary(a)mizzou1.missouri.edu A compendium of the best software & info for today's electronic privacy freedom fighters. This text may be distributed in part or in full anywhere you want. It may be given away freely or copies may be sold. CEB wants to be free & valuable. If, as Chairman Mao says: "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.", then what is democracy? TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1. PGP Section 1. PGP general Section 2. Michael Johnson's PGP FAQ contribution Section 3. Stealth PGP. Chapter 2. Steganography. "A picture is worth a thousand words." Chapter 3. Shells for PGP Section 1. Christopher W. Geib's WinPGP26.ZIP Section 2. Ross Barclay's WinFront 3.0 Chapter 4. Generally cool things. Section 1. Loompanics sources. Section 2. Viruses sources. Chapter 5. Getting the Cypherpunks' archived & indexed list. Chapter 6. Remailers & chained remailers. Chapter 7. 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PGP general. PGP is Pretty Good Privacy from Phil Zimmermann. It is currently the best available encryption available to civilians at large. Zimmermann is the programmer on the original PGP versions but now, apparently, just guides other programmers in making improved versions. PGP uses two encryption algorithms: RSA for its Public Key powers & IDEA for its bulk encryption. The advantages of PGP over other crypt/decrypt systems are: 1. RSA algorithm. Allows users to communicate without needing a secure channel to exchange keys. - PUBLIC KEY ENCRYPTION. 2. The program system has been very well done & has huge development support. 3. It has huge popularity. 4. Security is guaranteed with distribution of source code & public investigation. 5. Its free. 6. Both RSA & IDEA are "STRONG" algorithms. MIT,s PGP 2.6 has the blessing of Zimmermann. PGP 2.6 ui is believed to have Zimmermann's approval because he has not attacked it. It is believed that Zimmermann will not endorse the ui version due to possible legal problems. Section 2: Michael Johnson's PGP FAQ contribution Michael Paul Johnson <mpj(a)netcom.com> has an excellent faq on Subject: Where to Get the Latest PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) FAQ (Last modified: 7 September 1994 by Mike Johnson) You can get this faq by anonymous ftp to: ftp.csn.net /mpg/getpgp.asc It is also posted monthly on alt.security.pgp The latest versions of PGP are VIACRYPT PGP 2.7 , MIT PGP 2.6.1 & PGP 2.6ui. Which is best? I would say MIT PGP 2.6.1. It has source code which VIACRYPT doesn't give you & it is more advanced than the ui version. In comparing the MIT & ui versions, Michael Johnson had this to say: "The "unofficial international" versions are really just PGP 2.3a, modified just enough to make it compatible ust with MIT PGP 2.6, but do not include all of the fixes in MIT PGP 2.6 the and MIT PGP 2.6.1. They are named pgp26ui* or have "ui" somewhere a in their file names." In his faq, he gives some instances in which sions the ui version might be preferable. Section 3: Michael Johnson's PGP bomb contribution. From: Michael Johnson <mpj(a)csn.org> Subject: PGP Time Bomb FAQ PGP TIME BOMB FAQ Michael Johnson writes: "There has been some confusion about the annoying "Time Bomb" in MIT PGP2.6, as well as some other PGP version compatibility issues. This is an attempt to clear up some of that confusion." You can get this faq by anonymous ftp to: ftp.csn.net /mpj/pgpbomb.asc Section 3. Stealth PGP 37 Stealth PGP refers to a PGP file that does not have the RSA prefix tag on the beginning of a PGP encrypted file or to PGP utility software that disguises this tag. Possibly, a later version of PGP with have this as an option. The advantages of "Stealthy" PGP are that its files cannot be found by Internet search programs that hunt for the PGP/RSA tag & that a "Stealthy" file may be more securely hidden by a good steganography program. From: Mark Grant <mark(a)unicorn.com> Subject: Stealth PGP Responding to my question "Has Stealth PGP been done yet?" Mark Grant says: Kind of, there's a 'stealth' filter available that strips and attaches headers to PGP messages after encryption. It's available from various places, and the documentation is available on my 'other people's PGP addons' WWW page : http://www.c2.org/~mark/pgp/other.html There's also information about Privtool, my PGP-aware mail program for Sun workstations at : http://www.c2.org/~mark/privtool/privtool.html Mark EMAIL: mark(a)unicorn.com URL : http://www.c2.org/~mark/ Chapter 2. Steganography "A picture is worth a thousand words." ============================================= %% = !I = %% %%% = !!! BB = %%%* *%%%% = **!!** & = *** @** = u \ x! ) < = * *** + m ) c $ = ** = # k } º = º = $%- & u = = ------- = @!p +e$ ~ # = º = h 6& ; | = º = =,# {{ = º = = º º = = º º = = º º ============================================= º º STILL LIFE WITH CRYPT +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Steganography is the craft of hiding messages in pictures. The text is, of course, encrypted text rather than plain text. The current best steganography program has been done by Arsen Arachelian Below, follows his text contribution: From: rarachel(a)prism.poly.edu (Arsen Ray Arachelian) WNSTORM is available from: ftp.wimsey.bc.ca:/pub/crypto/software/dist/US_or_Canada_only_XXXXXXX/Steg Usual routine to get it. i.e. cd /pub/crypto/software, get the README file, and if you agree to the terms then follow the instructions. Short description off the top of my head (I wrote the beastie) Another info scrap should be in the same directory as WNSTORM. WNSTORM is a data encryption/steganography utility which is pretty secure for most uses. Unlike some stego systems WNSTORM is expandible, all you have to do is write your own LSB injector/extractor for whatever data format you wish to hide information into. WNSTORM doesn't require the recipient of the host picture, sound, movie, etc. to have the original un-stormed picture. Unlike primitive stego programs, WNSTORM doesn't compare an stormed picture with an unstormed picture. WNSTORM will cover its tracks statistically. If it changes a 0 bit in the LSB data stream to a zero, or a 1 bit to a 1, it does nothing. If it changes a 1 bit to a zero, it will balance itself by changing an unused adjacent 0 bit to a 1. Ditto for a 0->1 transform. WNSTORM will NOT change every bit of the LSB in order to prevent detection. It will use a passkey along with a probabilistic algorithm to decide which bits it will change. The algorithm for picking bits depends on the previous succesfully encoded/decoded cyphertext AND the passkey. Internally WNSTORM works by picking "windows" or "packets" of bytes out of either a random number stream or an LSB stream extracted from a picture, sound, movie, etc. It then injects eight bits of cyphertext into this window. Each window is of variable size. The bit locations where the bits are inserted are randomly exchanged for each pass. The bit values are also randomly exchanged for each pass. WNSTORM includes an injector/extractor for PCX images, however I will write more injecotr/extractor programs for it in the future, and OTHERS can do so as well. Chapter 3. Shells for PGP. Section 1. Christopher W. Geib's WinPGP26.ZIP From: "David K. Merriman" <merriman(a)metronet.com> Subject: Christopher W. Geib's Windows PGP shell I've just finished making an ftp deposit to soda in the cypherpunks/ incoming directory of WinPGP26.ZIP; it's the latest version of the Windows PGP shell Shareware, and understands 2.6/2.6ui/2.7. Dave Merriman Section 2. Ross Barclay's WinFront 3.0 From: Ross Barclay <RBARCLAY(a)TrentU.ca> Subject: PGP WinFront 3.0 Now Available! (New Windows front end for PGP) To: cypherpunks(a)toad.com, ~rbarclay(a)TrentU.ca -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Announcing PGP WinFront 3.0 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A freeware Windows front end for PGP 2.3a and 2.6 Copyright 1994 Ross Barclay (rbarclay(a)trentu.ca) WHAT IT IS: - PGP WinFront is the most fully featured free (or otherwise) Windows front end available. It will make using PGP easy for beginners, and it will drastically increase the speed at which experts use it too. PGP WinFront is now into is third revision and I have tried to implement as many of the suggestions that I received as possible. PGP WinFront was designed by its users, but was coded by me. Features: - Supports secret key ring placement on floppy drive - Support en/decryption to/from clipboard - Move / Copy / Delete files - Online hypertext help - Online hypertext PGP help - Keyring reader to pick names, view key characteristics - Keyring reader supports less-often used "huge" keyrings - Signature Checker - Very configurable - over 25 user-definable settings - more . . . This program does too much to list here. And it's free! This version is a complete rewrite of the popular PGP WinFront 2.0. The feature-set has largely been set by users who sent in suggestions. Please read the file README.TXT and peruse the help files. Please send me your comments. HOW TO GET IT: At the moment, there are 2 ways to get this program: 1) Via FTP - The PGP WinFront 3.0 filename is called PWF30.ZIP. - It has been uploaded to the incoming directories of the following FTP sites: ftp.cica.indiana.edu ftp.eff.org ftp.wimsey.bc.ca black.ox.ac.uk soda.berkeley.edu ftp.informatik.uni-hamburg.de ftp.ee.und.ac.za ftp.demon.co.uk - Hopefully, they will be slotted into the PGP directories soon. On CICA, it will be placed into \pub\pc\win3\utils. That is where PWF20.ZIP was placed. - Once you get the program, please upload it to other FTP sites! 2) From Colorado Catacombs BBS - dial (303)772-1062. The file is called PWF30.ZIP - once you get the program, please upload it to other BBSs. *** The mail access system I had was discontinued. This is because the file was too big to fit into my account. However, you can still register PWF and request certain PGP and PWF related items using my mail access system. Details of these are on the "About" screen of PWF 30. - --Ross Barclay - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ross Barclay (rbarclay(a)trentu.ca) Assistant Editor | To receive my PGP | public key, send PC NEWS Review: Windows Edition | me e-mail with the Bellevue, WA (206) 399-8700 | subject: GET KEY - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- To receive PC NEWS Review, send me e-mail with the subject: GET PNR. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6 iQBVAwUBLmZ7fdgpRteEZ9JhAQFeXgIAxIpvJQeMsx7YecNgtusBDMqL662XFeX2 qL0qF8HcN4ReZ9MYjtn9t8N1zWGxkPOXQEI3KfM7uk8JTzxjZ5LG2g== =gSYT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Chapter 4. Generally cool things. Section 1. Loompanics sources. Something cool from Vincent: Most of the Loompanics Unlimited catalog is online as: gopher://gopher.well.sf.ca.us/00/Business/catalog.asc And you can send mail to them at: loompanx(a)pt.olympus.net You can also get their catalog at: Loompanics Unlimited PO box 1197 33 Port Townsend, Wa. 98368 P id Send $5.00 for their general catalog - free with any order. Section 2. Viruses sources. AMERICAN EAGLE PUBLICATIONS Cypherpunks, I have found a source of info. that I just must share! American Eagle Publications, Inc. P. O. Box 41401 Tucson, AZ 85717 I'm sure they will send you a catalog just for the asking. So, what are they about? They are about VIRUSES! They don't just carry a couple of virus things - they are the VIRUSES-ARE-US of the virus world! They have a journal: Computer Virus Developments Quarterly. They have books on viruses, virus protection, cryptanalysis, the science fiction book "Heiland", a CD-ROM for $99.95 of several thousand live viruses, disks of viruses with source code, executable & utilities, programs & cards for boot protection, & even a virus IDEA computer system protector. Copy follows for two items of particular interest to Cypherpunks: POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, KOH By the "King of Hearts" A sophisticated piece of software which uses ideas first developed by computer virus writers to secure your computer system against those who would like to get their hands on the information in it. You give KOH a pass phrase, & it uses state of the art IDEA data encryption algorithm to encrypt all of the information on your hard disk & your floppies. It is, for all intents & purposes, unbreakable, & works well with DOS & Windows. Many encryption programs offered commercially are easily cracked, but this one is not. Some people call this program a virus, come say it is not. In ways, it acts like a virus to do some of your security housekeeping for you. Yet at worst it is a friendly virus that lets you choose when & how it will replicate. program & manual on disk, $10 program, full source, & manual on disk, $20 (Overseas customers add $12: KOH cannot be exported from the US, but since it was not developed in the US, we will forward your order to the overseas distributor. Please allow 6 weeks for delivery) HEILAND By Franklin Sanders 276 pages, Paperback, 1986 Here's an entertaining book about America in the year 2020. If you wonder if it's proper to use viruses in wartime or if such a virus could be termed "good", this book will give you some food for thought. Sanders makes use of computer "worms" when the oppressed people of the US attack the federal government in an all-out war against tyranny. Sanders uses his worms right too - not as some all-powerful monster. Rather, they are deployed as part of a larger military strategy. For a book written in 1986, that's not bad! And if you're fed up with the government, this book is sure to give you a vision for the future. Sanders has been part of the mounting tax protest in this country. He's fought the IRS in court for years & won some important battles. Unfortunately the government seems to be con- firming some of his worst suspensions about them. Now you can get a good dose of his philosophy & his ideas about remedying our problems. And if you work for the government, don't be offended - this book is doubly recommended for you! Book, $8.00 for shipping add $2 per book. 5% sales tax for AZ. residents. It is my belief that in the next few years more uses for viruses than just being a vandal will be found. Also, they may find a place in protecting our electronic freedom. - for instance virus remailers. Also see my previous post - The FREEDOM DEAMON. Also, they have a place in my CHATTERBOX concept(a remailer for chat mode or commands). "Viruses aren't just for Sociopaths anymore!" Also, I suspect the state may start cracking down on virus tech- nology. Incidentally, did you all know that crypt has a place in modern viruses? Encryption is used to hide "nasty" code & virus signatures until they get into the system & decrypt. Yours Truly, Gary Jeffers PUSH EM BACK! PUSH EM BACK! WWWAAAYYY BBBAAACCCKK! BBBEEEAAATTTTT STATE ! Chapter 5. Getting the Cypherpunks' archived & indexed list. Vincent also tells us about the complete Cypherpunk's text on line & indexed with fast access times: Eric Johnson has put one together as: http://pmip.maricopa.edu/crypt/cypherpunks/Cypherpunks.src Please don't think that you used to be safe doing something illegal on this list and that you no longer are. That would be foolish. -- Vince The "http" is for "Hyper-Text Transport Protocol". This is not FTP, though it is a protocol similar in function to FTP. It is used by "WWW" (World Wide Web) of which Mosaic is the most popular implementation. If you have Mosaic, you can just give the above path. If you do not have mosaic, you should spend some time trying to get it. Mosaic makes it really easy to quickly move through lots of information on the net. Mosaic is a point and click hypertext interface. You can FTP to ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu and go into Mosaic. WWW has a simple language for writting your own hypertext documents - "HTML" (Hyper Text Markup Language). You can think of this as sort of like Troff, LaTeX or Postscript, but for hypertext documents. One page of HTML can make dozens of normal files easy to access. For example, my README.html security page points to many normal files: ftp://furmint.nectar.cs.cmu.edu/security/README.html It turns out that the mail database is really in "WAIS" (Wide Area Information Server). You can use WAIS directly, though I think it is easier to use through mosaic. To use WAIS you would do: ws -h pmip.maricopa.edu -d cpindex/Cypherpunks <keyword> The "ws" may be "waissearch" on your system. You can get lots of info on WAIS from ftp://wais.think.com/comp.infosystems.wais-FAQ As someone pointed out, this "http" method does not yet work with "lynx" (a text only implementation of WWW) on the cypherpunks mail database. It seems it will take a new version of lynx or WAIS for this to work. But the Unix "xmosaic" works fine. :-) This form of global filename starting with something like "ftp://", "http://", "gopher://" etc is also part of the WWW architecture. These names are called "URLs" for Universal Resource Locator. Well, that is probably enough acronyms for today. :-) -- Vince From: Vincent.Cate(a)FURMINT.NECTAR.CS.CMU.EDU To: cypherpunks(a)toad.com Subject: WWW Acronyms (was Re: Cypherpunks' mail database does exist) Gary Jeffers: > Vincent, you state that a fully archived, indexed cypherpunks >mailing list exists as: >http://pmip.maricopa.edu/crypt/cypherpunks/cypherpunks.src >Ok, so I ftp'ed to pmip.maricopa.edu & tried to get to cypherpunks.src, >but even the subdirectories weren't there. The "http" is for "Hyper-Text Transport Protocol". This is not FTP, though it is a protocol similar in function to FTP. It is used by "WWW" (World Wide Web) of which Mosaic is the most popular implementation. If you have Mosaic, you can just give the above path. If you do not have mosaic, you should spend some time trying to get it. Mosaic makes it really easy to quickly move through lots of information on the net. Mosaic is a point and click hypertext interface. You can FTP to ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu and go into Mosaic. You also have a typo, it is "Cypherpunks.src" with a capital C. WWW has a simple language for writting your own hypertext documents - "HTML" (Hyper Text Markup Language). You can think of this as sort of like Troff, LaTeX or Postscript, but for hypertext documents. One page of HTML can make dozens of normal files easy to access. For example, my README.html security page points to many normal files: ftp://furmint.nectar.cs.cmu.edu/security/README.html It turns out that the mail database is really in "WAIS" (Wide Area Information Server). You can use WAIS directly, though I think it is easier to use through mosaic. To use WAIS you would do: ws -h pmip.maricopa.edu -d cpindex/Cypherpunks <keyword> The "ws" may be "waissearch" on your system. You can get lots of info on WAIS from ftp://wais.think.com/comp.infosystems.wais-FAQ As someone pointed out, this "http" method does not yet work with "lynx" (a text only implementation of WWW) on the cypherpunks mail database. It seems it will take a new version of lynx or WAIS for this to work. But the Unix "xmosaic" works fine. :-) This form of global filename starting with something like "ftp://", "http://", "gopher://" etc is also part of the WWW architecture. These names are called "URLs" for Universal Resource Locator. Well, that is probably enough acronyms for today. :-) -- Vince PS I only read cypherpunks once a day, some time after midnight when my collection for the day is done. From: rishab(a)dxm.ernet.in Subject: Accessing the Cpunk WAIS archive "Gary Jeffers" <vikram!CCGARY(a)MIZZOU1.missouri.edu> > http://pmip.maricopa.edu/crypt/cypherpunks/Cypherpunks.src > is the location of all the Cypherpunks' posts with index. I can > get to this place by placing a "www" in front of this instruction. Do an archie search for lynx or mosaic or some other decent browser. This is a WAIS indexed archive; no hyper links; you type in a keyword, and get a list of matching articles, and select one (or more) of them to look at. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rishab Aiyer Ghosh "Clean the air! clean the sky! wash the wind! rishab(a)dxm.ernet.in take stone from stone and wash them..." Voice/Fax/Data +91 11 6853410 Voicemail +91 11 3760335 H 34C Saket, New Delhi 110017, INDIA Chapter 6. Remailers & chained remailers. From: wcs(a)anchor.ho.att.com (bill.stewart(a)pleasantonca.ncr.com +1-510-484-6204) Message-Id: <9408300753.AA22369(a)anchor.ho.att.com> To: CCGARY(a)MIZZOU1.missouri.edu Subject: Re: Using remailers, chained remailers? There's somebody who posts a remailer summary to the list about monthly. There are three or four sets of remailers out there: - anon.penet.fi, which gives you an account an12345(a)anon.penet.fi which people can reply to. Send "Subject: help" to anon(a)anon.penet.fi and it'll probably give you a useful reply. Its big use is for anonymous Usenet posting with working replies. - The cypherpunks remailers, which are mostly one-way no-reply mailers; some also support Usenet posting. Soda is pretty typical. - Various enhanced cypherpunks remailers, which have features like encrypted reply addresses you can attach at the end. You can get information on using the soda remailer by sending email to remailer(a)csua.berkeley.edu, with "help" somewhere in the posting; I'm not sure if it wants it in the Subject: or in the body. That's the remailer that posts from "Tommy the Tourist" with random NSA-bait at the bottom of postings. Here's a recent posting on getting status of remailers. Note that some really only remail once per day, so they may be working fine even if it says they're not. ---- Date: Mon, 15 Aug 1994 13:39:33 -0700 From: Raph Levien <raph(a)kiwi.CS.Berkeley.EDU> To: cypherpunks(a)toad.com Subject: "finger remailer-list(a)kiwi.cs.berkeley.edu" now operational Hi all, I have written and installed a remailer pinging script which collects detailed information about remailer features and reliability. To use it, just finger remailer-list(a)kiwi.cs.berkeley.edu There is also a Web version of the same information, at http://http.cs.berkeley.edu/~raph/remailer-list.html Please do not take the uptime figures too seriously, at least for another week or so. The script has only been running reliably for a few days. Please let me know about any other remailers which I missed. I've only included remailers which can mail to arbitrary addresses, so I already know chop and twwells are missing. If you've got a Web page, please feel free to include a link to this page. If you think your Web page is relevant to the subject of remailers, let me know and I'll link it in. Comments and suggestions welcome! Raph Levien ------- # Bill Stewart AT&T Global Information Solutions, aka NCR Corp # 6870 Koll Center Parkway, Pleasanton CA, 94566 Phone 1-510-484-6204 fax-6399 # email bill.stewart(a)pleasantonca.ncr.com billstewart(a)attmail.com # ViaCrypt PGP Key IDs 384/C2AFCD 1024/9D6465 Chapter 7. Current problems in Crypt. 1. We need an Internet Chat PGP system for conversations in real time. Note: #Freedom channel on the Internet Chat system has carried out fast encrypted conversations for years. When a Cypherpunk contacted one of their members (Sargent someone), he was politely told that their system was private. Sargent was unwilling to disclose method. Is their system some kind of security by obscurity code that cannot be varied (like by a drop in crypt/decrypt algorithm)? Or maybe the crypt method could be a drop in variable method & Sarge was unaware of it? Possibly other #Freedom members would be more knowledgeable? Possibly, a knowledgeable & diplomatic Cypherpunk could hit paydirt by pursuing this. 2. Has Arsen Arachelian really solved the problem of discovery of crypt in steganograpy by statistical examination of the least significant bits in his WNSTROM? I have seen no debate on this. 3. If the Feds capture the internet & put their anti-privacy hardware & protocols in place & outlaw remailers, does anyone have any idea how to build secure & effective remailers? A "Fortress remailer"? 4. If the above possibility happens & Cyperpunks' list is outlawed, does anyone have ideas how to make a "Fortress list"? Chapter 8. Text sources. Section 1. Books. 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"Packet Sniffers"
by Robert A. Hayden 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I know this is probably the wrong forum, but I also know that the quality of hte people here is ample to get my question answered. I am an undergraduate student at a state university in Minnesota. This summer as part of a long-term independent study I set up a Linux machine on the campus ethernet, get it assigned an IP, and then proceeded to do a practicum on system administration and information management. (This is also the same machine that briefly rand the digested version of the Cypherpunks mailing list). Following some departmental conflicts and (IMHO) illegal sanctions, the machine was shut down for some unspecified "security concerns". Essentially, it turns out, the computer science department didn't was this kind of independent project around. So I trundled across campus to another college, got the proper faculty behind me and submitted for the continuance of the project. After three weeks of jumping through the correct hoops and over the correct hurdles, there appears to be only one "concern" remaining. Some junior computer administrator has raised the concept of "packet sniffers" as being a suitable bar for my project (the machine is a 486/66 Linux machine). Unfortunately, I haven't a clue what exactly a "packet sniffer" is and am really not in a position to answer the arguments in even a semi-informed manner. Thus, I am posting here in the hope that one or more of you can take a moment to give me the lowdown on what these things are. Common sense seems to indicate that it is a piece of software or firmware that will display the contents of any packets that pass through the machine on its way to the correct destination. The specific setup would have the machine on a thinnet link in a lab with about 20 other PCs which are used primarily as word processors and terminals to the campus VAX or UNIX machines. The specific upstream setup is unknown, but I assume there is some kind of a line to a router upstream, eventually winding its way into the real world. It seems to me that a packet sniffer on the lowest link of the network wouldn't be able to look at those packets passing upstream because the router would never pass them down, but I could be just plain wrong and thats why I'm asking for some clarification. Thanks for your help. Sorry if this seems confusing. ____ Robert A. Hayden <=> hayden(a)krypton.mankato.msus.edu \ /__ -=-=-=-=- <=> -=-=-=-=- \/ / Finger for Geek Code Info <=> I do not necessarily speak for the \/ Finger for PGP Public Key <=> City of Mankato or anyone else -=-=-=-=-=-=-=- (GEEK CODE 2.1) GJ/CM d- H-- s-:++>s-:+ g+ p? au+ a- w++ v* C++(++++) UL++++$ P+>++ L++$ 3- E---- N+++ K+++ W M+ V-- -po+(---)>$ Y++ t+ 5+++ j R+++$ G- tv+ b+ D+ B--- e+>++(*) u** h* f r-->+++ !n y++**

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Re: Tedious Chomsky arguments, some small remailer relevance.
by chen＠intuit.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

In response to James Donald: The Hayek quote is correct, and an example of what Reinholdt Niebuhr called "manufacturing consent" (where have I heard this?). I am not going to get into your Chomsky argument, except to say that your excerpt explicitly contradicts your conclusions: > "The Chomsky reader" Pantheon books, 1987, p.201, quotes > a paper written by Chomsky in 1975: > > "When the *New York Times* editors and U. N. Ambassador > Moynihan castigate Idi Amin of Uganda as a "racist > murderer," perhaps correctly, there is a surge of public > pride throughout the country; and they are lauded for their > courage and honesty. No one would be so vulgar as to > observe that the editors and the ambassador, in the not > very distant past, have supported racist murder on a scale > that exceeds Amin's wildest fantasies. The general failure > to be appalled by their hypocritical pronouncements > reflects, in the first place, the extremely powerful > ideological controls that prevent us from coming to terms > with our acts and their significance and, in the second > place, the nation's profound commitment to racist > principle." For which you graciously provide a vigorous, trenchant "analysis": > 1. Whatever Idi Amin is, he is morally much better than > Moynihan and the NY Times editors. There is no mention anywhere of moral superiority. There is a statement of the demonstrable fact that "the editors and the ambassador, in the not very distant past, have supported racist murder on a scale that exceeds Amin's wildest fantasies," referring, perhaps, to the (then) recent Indonesian slaughter in East Timor, or to the secret genocide in Cambodia (the one that happened *before* Pol Pot), or to any number of other U.S.-_Times_-backed atrocities. > 2. Only a country steeped in racist principle will fail to be > appalled when hearing Idi Amin called a racist murderer, even > when he is. This is simply nowhere to be found. "The general failure to be appalled by their hypocritical pronouncements" clearly has nothing whatever to do with Idi Amin. I know that it's difficult for you to conceive, James, but life is not always a football game. Hating the Rams doesn't imply loving the Packers. > ** 3. Only powerful ideological controls can prevent the > public from being outraged when someone truthfully calls a > black man a racist murderer. This is the same as your #2, and again, it is neither said nor implied. I would suggest that you read the passage again, but I don't think it will help. You're evidently quite intent on tilting at Chomsky as some sort of symbol of all that is threatening to your special brand of proto-Malthusian machismo. And it's really an extraordinary conceit to suppose that anyone else cares. You say elsewhere: > This coming thread will actually have some very slight > relevance to remailers, (gasp) in that I point out that the > same reasoning that enables Chomsky to define the > government to be the people, and individuals to be the evil > Capitalist Conspiracy, can be used in the same way; to > conclude that the eradication of Remailers and eradication > of the sort of thoughts that remailers are often used to > communicate, and the eradication of the kind of people that > are on the cypherpunks mailing list, represents a triumph > for liberty and civil rights, a triumph that would prove > how far civil liberties have advanced from the bad old > days. Before doing the service of "pointing out" all of these grandiose things to us, perhaps you should work on your reading comprehension. Your original claim was: > Of course Noam Chomsky is optimistic - he favors limitless and > absolute state power and the forcible and violent silencing of all > those who deviate from political correctness. The "analysis" which you present, apart from being factually wrong in every imaginable way, does not move one inch toward supporting this. If the only purpose of your claim was to serve as a platform for launching vapid diatribes, then knock yourself out. Otherwise, we would all appreciate it if you'd stick to the point. This is the last I will say on the subject, unless the thread assumes the shape of something vaguely relevant. -- Mark Chen chen(a)netcom.com 415/329-6913 finger for PGP public key D4 99 54 2A 98 B1 48 0C CF 95 A5 B0 6E E0 1E 1D

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17 Dec '03

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Re: The Crime Bill - text re intent requirement
by nobody＠kaiwan.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

In case anyone still doubts me... 103 P.L. 322 Sec. 120005. PROVIDING MATERIAL SUPPORT TO TERRORISTS. (a) Offense.--Chapter 113A of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding the following new section: " Sec. 2339A. Providing material support to terrorists "(a) Definition.--In this section, 'material support or resources' means currency or other financial securities, financial services, lodging, training, safehouses, false documentation or identification, communications equipment, facilities, weapons, lethal substances, explosives, personnel, transportation, and other physical assets, but does not include humanitarian assistance to persons not directly involved in such violations. "(b) Offense.--A person who, within the United States, provides material support or resources or conceals or disguises the nature, location, source, or ownership of material support or resources, knowing or intending that they are ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ to be used in preparation for, or in carrying out, a violation of section 32, ?6, 351, 844 (f) or (i), 1114, 1116, 1203, 1361, 1363, 1751, 2280, 2281, 2331, or 2339 of this title or section 46502 of title 49, or in preparation for or carrying out the concealment of an escape from the commission of any such violation, shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both. "(c) Investigations.-- "(1) In general.-- Within the United States, an investigation may be initiated or continued under this section only when facts reasonably indicate that-- "(A) in the case of an individual, the individual knowingly or intentionally engages, has engaged, or is about to engage in the violation of this or any other Federal criminal law; and "(B) in the case of a group of individuals, the group knowingly or intentionally engages, has engaged, or is about to engage in the violation of this or any other Federal criminal law. "(2) Activities protected by the first amendment.-- An investigation may not be initiated or continued under this section based on activities protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution, including expressions of support or the provision of financial support for the nonviolent political, religious, philosophical, or ideological goals or beliefs of any person or group.". SOLONg

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WSJ on RC4
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Thanks to David Sternlight for posting pointer to this. -------------------- The Wall Street Journal September 19, 1994 p. B10 -------------------- RSA Data Security Says Exposed Code Poses No Threat By Ralph T. King Jr. Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal The anonymous dissemination over the last several days of a software code used to safeguard the privacy of electronic messages in no way threatens the security of existing computer networks, according to the code's owner and encryption experts. However, the defiant act is expected to trigger a trade-secret dispute between the culprit and RSA Data Security Inc., the Redwood City, Calif., company that developed the code. The act also raises thorny legal questions about how public data networks, collectively known as the Internet, may be used. An unidentified person used the Internet to post RSA's encryption code, called RC4, on electronic bulletin boards. The RC4 code works something like a padlock. But knowing how the lock works isn't enough to open it. The system user has an individualized combination or key that prevents access by other parties to private computer messages. RSA's code product is incorporated in numerous popular software programs, including those of Apple Computer Inc., Lotus Development Corp. and Microsoft Corp. Some reports published over the weekend indicated that the disclosure might jeopardize the integrity of computer systems that are equipped with these programs. "This doesn't compromise systems that are in use," says Jim Bidzos, president of closely-held RSA. "This is a misappropriation of our intellectual property. It's a legal issue and it will be pursued." Mr. Bidzos also said officials at U.S. Customs Service and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are investigating the matter. One analyst noted that disclosure of the formula may benefit RSA because some users have questioned whether its code contains the equivalent of secret trapdoors enabling people familiar with it to eavesdrop on private communications at will. As a result, some computer operators have turned to an alternative code whose formula is publicly available. Now it will be clear to interested parties that no such trapdoors exist, Mr. Bidzos said. In any case, RSA is about to release a new encryption code for use with the latest computer-chip architecture, he said. One possible effect of the disclosure is to shed light on the extent of legal liability that applies to people who make copyrighted or protected material freely available on the Internet. Those who use such material under license typically sign nondisclosure agreements. In this case, someone apparently violated a nondisclosure pact and in effect invalidated the protections of RSA, the formula's owner. -------------------- END

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HIT MEN
by Sandy Sandfort 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SANDY SANDFORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C'punks, Okay, back to basics. David Merriman wrote: But if the system is set up for total anonymity, _who would know_ that an escrow agent was the "bag man"? Just like no one would know who the contractee was, or the contractor: The escrow agent is a publicly known entity. That's how it gets a reputation. How do you imagine an escrow agent could get a reputation for being a murder's bag man if it didn't advertise as such. If it advertises as such, I believe most people would refuse to do any business with it. If it doesn't advertise, how will it get those sorts of clients? There is no reputational incentive to perform the loathsome service, and plenty of incentive to (a) just keep the money, or (b) blow the whistle to the cops and the intended victim (and keep the money). Please note, this was all intuitively obvious from my previous post. S a n d y ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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HIT MEN
by Sandy Sandfort 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SANDY SANDFORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C'punks, Patrick May accidentally sent this post only to me. In a subsequent note, he asked me to forward it to the list. My response will come in my following post. S a n d y * * *

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