December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

JUST GO AWAY Sue D nym!
by kelly＠netcom.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Hey detweiler... I am not as gentle as perry is... just go away... you DONT have any votes here... p.s. I WIll be notifying netcom management again of your activities...

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Big Brother comes to Campus
by Robert A. Hayden 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I wanted to forward this to everyone to show ya what the school is trying to spring on us over the summer when nobody is around. --------------------------- Acting for: XXXXX XXXXX Mankato State's new ID card is fast becoming a reality. We are calling the new ID the MavCard and have begun taking pictures of the summer orientation students. Attached is a brief summary of the features of the MavCard we have given to parents and students who were here for orientation. Soon we will be taking pictures of other students, faculty and staff. I will inform you of the time and location. If you have any questions or concerns about Mankato State's MavCard, please let me know. Mankato State University MavCard As part of our mission to improve campus services, Mankato State University is introducing the new MavCard, a more efficient identification card (ID) that can also act like cash to pay for many on-campus services. The MavCard is more efficient because it will become the only ID card you need for access to university facilities, services and events including the Memorial Library, athletic and student activities. The MavCard will also eliminate the hassle of carrying cash. It can be used like cash for library charges, vending machine products, photocopying, laundry services and more! Mankato State University's goal is to provide one convenient card that does it all! It all begins with your new MavCard for the 1994-95 academic year. Where to Get Your MavCard The Office of Business Affairs will start processing MavCards during Freshman Orientation, the first two weeks of Fall Quarter, and until the entire campus community has been issued new ID cards. Hours and convenient processing locations will be posted at the Office of Business Affairs, Administration Building. It's Quick and Easy Getting a MavCard is quick and easy. A new photo imaging process will use a video camera and computer to create and store all of your card information in seconds. Your picture, along with all other card information, will be directly transferred to one durable plastic card (the same size as a credit card). One process, one card does it all! The First Phase Beginning Fall Quarter 1994, you will be able to use your MavCard in the Memorial Library, food and vending machines, laundry machines, photocopying services, the University Bookstore and Residence Hall meal plans. How the MavCard Works The MavCard will carry three primary information identifiers, along with your name and picture. The first identifier is your library and Residence Hall meal plan Barcode on the front of the card. The second identifier is a small black magnetic Cash Stripe on the back of the card. This Cash Stripe will retain information on the amount of funds you apply to the card through one of the many CASH-TO-CARD or $10, or $20 on your Cash Stripe, you will activate your the card through one of the many CASH-TO-CARD or ACCOUNT-TO-CARD machines on campus. By placing $1, $5, $10, or $20 on your Cash Stripe, you will activate your new MavCard. For safety purposes, there will be a $20 limit on the funds that can be placed on the Cash Stripe at any time. Once your Cash Stripe is activated, you can use your MavCard like cash to pay for campus services such as photocopying, vending and laundry. The third identifier is a large magnetic Bank Stripe on the back of the card, similar to the bank stripe on a credit card. The Bank Stripe is like an electronic check! Once money is deposited to your MavCard account, the card can be used instead of a check to purchase goods and services. The amount of the purchase is deducted directly from your on-line bank account so there is no possibility of overdrawing your account. This Bank Stripe is also used to obtain cash from the automatic teller machines which will be available on campus. A Personal Identification Number (PIN) is used with this stripe so that your account is protected in the event the card is lost or stolen. The Bank Stripe will save you time, reduce the need to carry cash, and help eliminate the hassle of writing checks. Calling Card Option The MavCard can be used as a personal long distance calling card. Information on this feature will be available from MCI during Welcome Week. Future Phases In the future the MavCard will expand to include building access, voting, campus food services and direct deposit of financial aid, refunds and student payroll. Questions & Answers Will I have to get a MavCard or can I just use my old ID? Your old ID will still be valid when classes start in the Fall of 1994 and until all students can get their new ID. The process to get your new MavCard is quick and easy. What will the benefits of using the MavCard really be to non-campus residents? The MavCard will do much more than just consolidate your ID with meal plan information. Even if you do not those offered through the library, vending machines, your ID with meal plan information. Even if you do not use a meal plan on campus, other services including those offered through the library, vending machines, photocopiers, food services...will be easier to use than ever before. What if I lose my MavCard? Contact the Office of Business Affairs at XXX-XXXX. Since your information, including your photo, is stored in the computer, replacement cards can be processed immediately. Who do I contact with any questions about the MavCard? The Office of Business Affairs at XXX-XXXX, with any questions or suggestions on how to make the MavCard work... and save...for you! ===================================================== Basically, they can now track you whenover you enter a building, get financial aid, or even purchase a soda or make a photocopy. I feel used. -- ____ Robert A. Hayden <=> hayden(a)vorlon.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, dammit -=-=-=-=-=-=-=- (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: Detweiler
by Matthew Ghio 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

|ghio said that Detweiller must have forged that Big Collision message |sent to his remailer, because the person it was attributed to hadn't |logged in. I wonder if "rsh" shows up in that type of login?? maybe |he "rsh"ed to the account to send from there?!?! and didn't log in |to have a cover story?? The messages appear to be being forged via port 25. He's sent several dozen of them, and they all have different from addresses. |btw, I haven't seen anything from Detweiller at tmp(a)netcom.com. I assume |he still has the account?!?! maybe if someone calls netcom and complains |they will do something?? Well, I complained... Haven't heard anything from them yet tho. |i'm glad ghio caught that message in his mailbox through careful screening |so that it wouldn't go out to the newsgroups. I always thought the |remailers were automated, but I guess in most case the operators are |screening all the stuff. this is good, because we don't need any more |Detweiller junk out there (amazing how peaceful things are without him!!!) |too bad if the message was forged, because it would be LOTS of fun to |EXPOSE THE BASTARD!!! (insert evil smirk here) No. The remailer is automated. I don't normally screen messages before they are sent out or otherwise censor them. The message he sent went out to the newsgroups. After I saw the anonymous messages appearing, I started having the remailer save copies of all messages. He seems to have an automated process set up to spew these things out. I have now temporarily disabled my remailer until this crud stops. |BTW, here is something I was wondering. on the Detweiller message he has |an "errors-to: /dev/null" field. what does that do? why did he put that |in there, anyway? i've never seen any documentation reference it. do |the remailers handle it? It doesn't do anything that I'm aware of. My remailer does support "Request-Remailing-To: null" which will just delete the message. The more recent messages just have a blank Errors-To: header. I keep getting messages from him every few minutes. blah...

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Tracing port 25 mail forgery
by Matthew Ghio 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

While looking over some of the detcrud I noticed something interesting... >From colton(a)netcom.com Mon Jul 18 15:48:30 1994 >Received: from virginia.edu (uvaarpa.Virginia.EDU [128.143.2.7]) by >kaiwan.kaiwan.com (8.6.9/8.6.5) with SMTP > id PAA27245 for <ghio(a)kaiwan.com>; Mon, 18 Jul 1994 15:48:24 -0700 > *** KAIWAN Internet Access *** >From: colton(a)netcom.com >Received: from fulton.seas.virginia.edu by uvaarpa.virginia.edu id aa05968; > 18 Jul 94 18:48 EDT >Received: from <netcom12.netcom.com> (nym(a)netcom14.netcom.com > [192.100.81.126]) by fulton.seas.Virginia.EDU (8.6.8/8.6.6) with SMTP id > SAA67017 for <ghio(a)kaiwan.com >; Mon, 18 Jul 1994 18:48:20 -0400 >Date: Mon, 18 Jul 1994 18:48:20 -0400 >Message-Id: <199407182248.SAA67017(a)fulton.seas.Virginia.EDU> >To: ghio(a)kaiwan.com >Request-Remailing-To: alt.59.79.99(a)comlab.ox.ac.uk > >## >Followups-To: news.admin.policy >Reply-To: <support(a)netcom.com> >Subject: Netcom is being SCAPEGOATED > ...drivel removed... In the Received: header, fulton.seas.Virginia.EDU identifies the message as coming from nym(a)netcom14.netcom.com My question is, How did it do this??? Did it use identd? I tried making a fake mail thru that site and it did not show my username...but neither kaiwan nor andrew have identd installed. nova.unix.portal.com did the same thing: >Received: from <netcom12.netcom.com> (nym(a)netcom2.netcom.com [192.100.81.108]) >by nova.unix.portal.com (8.6.7/8.6.5) with SMTP id SAA22450 for ><ghio(a)kaiwan.com >; Mon, 18 Jul 1994 18:09:22 -0700 Comments?

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Life & Times LA TV prog on LLL Porn
by kentborg＠world.std.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

A local public TV program in LA just ended. One of their closing mini- items was on the spy porn at Lawrence Livermore (sic). One host gave a short version of the hysterical take, including that LLL was going to do Star Wars, and how terrible their security must be. Host #2 kicked in with a claim that he knows nothing about computers. Host #3 did the best thing I can imagine: said it was also part of the JFK coverup... FYA. -kb, the Kent who has been caught watching TVF -- Kent Borg +1 (617) 776-6899 kentborg(a)world.std.com kentborg(a)aol.com Proud to claim 35:30 hours of TV viewing so far in 1994!

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Re: Card Playing Protocol?
by kentborg＠world.std.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>There's no need for a central server per game I am presuming this is true--I am just trying to phrase things carefully. I don't yet understand all I need to know (I think I need to read crypto someone said). I like distributed stuff...I am just too ignorant to know how purely it can be adhered to. -kb, the Kent who is trying not to get too far ahead of himself -- Kent Borg +1 (617) 776-6899 kentborg(a)world.std.com kentborg(a)aol.com Proud to claim 35:30 hours of TV viewing so far in 1994!

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Re: Card Playing Protocol
by kentborg＠world.std.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>No. Schneier is a start, but the source papers... So I should wonder about how to find the sources mentioned in his bibliography? Yup. I haven't gotten that far yet. -kb, the Kent who is only human -- Kent Borg +1 (617) 776-6899 kentborg(a)world.std.com kentborg(a)aol.com Proud to claim 35:30 hours of TV viewing so far in 1994!

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Federal Control of Financial Transactions
by frissell＠panix.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

As regular readers will be aware, Tim May and I have been sparring with each other about the risks of various control strategies that the world's governments may deploy. I thought it might be helpful to make one of his fears concrete so that we can analyze it. I trust that I am not putting words in Tim's mouth. The major concern is the same one mentioned in the Book of Revelations: "REV 13:16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: REV 13:17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name." So the Feds deploy a card (smart or dumb) that has to be used for most transactions and lets them track everything we do. Tourists are brought into the system through the use of temporary cards (or the machine-readable strip on their passports which already includes a space for a national ID number.) How is this most likely to come about? I consider force majeure to be unlikely. It would be rough to get Congress to impose a burden like this on businesses (who would have to completely wire themselves) in a formal vote. It is not necessary to do this in any case since they know they can't snag everyone into the system. They just want to capture most of the transaction data. If they can do it administratively without involving Congress in controversy, they will use that approach. Clipper and the Post Office agitprop on the US Card give us a possible scenario. The P.O., desperate to find a reason to exist as its core business drains away to the wires and private carriers, would like to become the primary digital signature authorizers for the U.S. It claims to be able to put millions of "US Cards" in the hands of happy shoppers within months of the go-ahead. (Assuming they use FedEx for the actual *shipments* of course). The recently attempted "Clipper maneuver" of game strategy (government preemption by standard setting rather than by direct application of force) shows us how the US Card system might be actually deployed. The government adopts the standard it likes and tries to make it the de facto standard by requiring it for most official business. An instant market is thereby created. No congressional action required. Similarly, the government might try to preempt the market for digital signature and commercial encryption technology by deciding to make anyone who wants to use a digital signature system in dealings with the government use the Post Office or some such agency as the signature authenticator. Thus bids, purchasing, benefits, and taxes could all require your "US Card" registered at your local post office. The government would then hope that commercial users who would need to use the government's system for tax filings anyway would also use it for its ordinary dealings with the public. Then if a health care bill drafting you into a "universal coverage" army is ever passed, the "US Card" also becomes the Health Security Card you will have to show to get a job in the US. Thus, all sorts of authentication transactions would pass through the powerful and efficient post office data network and the ex-countercultural/born-again control freaks Inside the Beltway could get their jollies tracking your employment and purchases. What's the big hole in this frightening scenario? Ask yourself one question. Why is the Post Office looking around for some useful work these days? Didn't they have a monopoly guaranteed by the Federal Government for more than 100 years? If they couldn't make a go of it with a pure coercive monopoly during a time of slower commercial activity, what makes them think that they can compete *without* a genuine coercive monopoly in a time of constant change. Governments have proved over and over again that they can go broke running "guaranteed" money spinners like state lotteries and such. They don't stand a chance in a marketplace that will break the hearts of the brightest people this planet has ever produced. What has recent history established? Governments are weaker. Why didn't the Amin mandate Clipper? No political ability to do so. Why are banks and telecoms being deregulated in nearly every country on earth (in spite of propaganda about "risks" and "public needs"? Why have exchange controls (a common feature of life a generation ago) become impossible almost everywhere on earth? Is it "free market ideology" that has triumphed or did the *reality* of markets rather than the *idea* of markets hit governments on the head. To those who romanticize the power of the State in the modern world I ask, why doesn't Clinton impose wage and price controls, exchange controls, tariffs, and a full-blown industrial policy? Why doesn't he nationalize the steel industry, guarantee jobs for all, confiscate all estates above $100,000, impose 95% income taxes on those making more than $40,000/year, and all of the other proposals that were popular earlier in this century? I doubt that he is restrained because of his deep commitment to human liberty. He doesn't do it because he can't. Markets wouldn't put up with it. His government would be destroyed (by capital flight.) In this connection, I invite everyone to read the excellent profile of Japan in last week's Economist. It discusses the current and growing Japanese commitment to deregulation and what is driving it. That issue is a keeper anyway because of an article on commerce on the Internet and (as has been mentioned before) the use of the word "anarcho-capitalism" in an article comparing Thailand and Singapore. Assuming that the government were to attempt to establish a Post Office mediated digital authentication system, there is no guarantee that it would work. Foreign users would presumably use foreign systems to authenticate their transactions. Some of these systems might be run by privatized foreign PTTs or by others. Note that since banks and credit agencies will still have to approve the transactions anyway (to make sure you've got the dough), they may decide to use other systems for signature authentication. It would not really cost them any more. Since information is cheap, setting up a system to use several authentication systems is almost as easy as setting up a system to use one. (Particularly since you have to do it anyway.) It is difficult to imagine the P.O. being able to compete in the cutthroat world of credit processing. Recall that even today, there are companies that pick up and deliver your mail to the P.O. to speed the process along. Similarly, expediters may interpose themselves between the customer and the P.O. to speed authentication in the even that the P.O. network is slow or inefficient (likely). Here again, Clipper gives us some hints as to how the attempted market cornering might work out in practice: The Admin is currently floating stories about perhaps withdrawing Clipper in favor of "wider discussions" with the industry. Clipper is already painfully obsolete and it isn't even shipping in quantity. Inefficient government monopolies create marvelous profit opportunities for markets to arbitrage the gap between cost and price. In a highly efficient networked world, it will be very difficult for governments to compete. DCF Why Pizza Hut should hire *me* as their spokesman: "Why does Pizza Hut oppose mandatory, employer-paid health insurance in the US even though we are forced to pay it in Japan and Germany? We support the principle of cultural diversity under which different societies experiment with different methods of social organization. Germany and Japan have chosen one road, we have chosen another. Pizza Hut would not voluntarily impose on our US customers the burden of the very high food costs that the agricultural policies of Germany and Japan impose on their citizens. Similarly, we would not choose to impose on our US employees the burden of bureaucratically designed employment contracts. Pizza Hut supports the right of our customers to enjoy the least expensive and best pizza on earth and the right of our employees to bargain with us collectively and individually concerning the conditions of their employment."

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PARTY: [2nd post] A Post Jovial Bash, July 23rd, Santa Cruz, CA.
by eric＠Synopsys.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

[This is going to several lists with overlapping memberships. Apologies if you're recieving this more than once.] The bashing of Jupiter has begun, and in less than a week it will be over. That's certainly a cause for celebration, so you're invited to join me for a Post Jovial Bash. Where: A cozy geodesic dome nestled in the Santa Cruz mountains. Directions are included below. When: Saturday, July 23, 1994. The party begins at noon. Crash space is available if you wish to stay until Sunday. What to bring: Food and/or drink to share and enjoy. I'd like to encourage people to bring healthier items: low-fat and/or vegetarian food, juices, etc... but nothing will be turned away. A grill will be available, and I will be providing some food and drinks. Suggestions and contributions are welcome. Musical instruments. A towel (you do know where it is, don't you?) for enjoying the hot tub. It will be clothing optional, but probably not used until it cools off in the evening. Bedding if you suspect you might want to spend the night. And of course, bring interesting people, ideas, and things. Note to cat allergy sufferers (like me): 6 cats live in the house. Be prepared. To print a map and directions, snip off the file below and send it to any PostScript(tm) printer. If you haven't got one, you'll have to make do without the map. Just read the text at the top of the file for directions. 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y'all gotta see True Lies
by jdblair＠nextsrv.cas.muohio.EDU 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Hey y'all, check it out! The cypherpunks better go to the movies! I just got back from True Lies, the latest Arnie flick. I recommend y'all go see it. Hollywood's managed to push the collective american button yet another time, ladies and gentlemen. Where's the "Dr. Strangelove" of the 90's when we need it? I'll make a short list: 1) Passionate Arabs driven to find there revenge through stolen Soviet nuclear weapons. 2) A "blanket order" to a vague, unknown government agency to wire tap anything they feel like. 3) Fear that, because there are no customs or controls regulating traffic between the Florida Keys and the mainland, the terrorists will be able to drive anywhere with their fancy nuclear weapon. 4) After summoning the skill to purchase a nuclear weapon, smuggle it into the United States undetected (except for the suspicions of our amazing Arnie and his crack team), and detonate one of them in the Keys, still unable to work a video camera with reliability (oh, those crazy wacko arabs! Oh the magic of Hollywood!) 5) Of course, every hacker in the audience noticed that the rich multinational zillionaire is unable to choose encryption secure enough to fend off an attack on minutes in length using computer equipment in a van! What was he using to hide his records? Enigma? 6) Oh yeah, the women are unable to do anything except talk on the phone, get into catfights, give men blowjobs, and kill people by accident. The only female villain is clever, but the screenplay is sure to point out that she has not principle other than the dollar (or yen, pound, mark, etc). This is a very male film, even without getting into that old 60's cliche about missiles being penis extensions. 7) Luckily, amid all the casual death in the name of national security and the american way, we have Arnie pointing out that "he only kills bad people." Reminds me of the time I was at the Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, right after the Gulf War. They had a patriot missile on display, along with the wreckage of a "busted scud." A mother pointed to the missile, saying to her son, "Look, its the patriotic missile." I am not making this up. Y'all better get crackin', you clever cypherpunks. We sit here and chat about the National ID card, and argue about the best way to not pay our taxes (should I lease my car from a front, or buy it from the Mafia? What if I get a speeding ticket?). Meanwhile, the REAL MEDIA, the MOVIES, the TV, and all the other DRUGS most of America uses to ignore their surroundings are giving people the armor to fend off all the reason in the world we will ever cook up. "You can see, as the movie 'True Lies' showed, its relatively easy for a group of Arab terrorists to land in America and cruise up the coast with a nuclear weapon! Just think how easy it is for some Joe to walk on in with a kilo taped to his belly, and feed it to your kids! Worse, a whole family of Mexicans could sneak in and collect YOUR welfare check! (pregnant mother giving birth the moment she steps on American soil!" Choose whatever villain you wish for the delivery. The lefties can imagine Ronnie Boy calming us with his liquid voice. Those of other persuasions can choose Billary Klinton, promising us health and benefits. Maybe I'll imagine that guy my parents told me about... I think his name was Mixon or something like that. I doubt it'll matter who's holding the wheel. I think the car's driving itself. If anyone has a good monkeywrench, send it my way. -john. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- John Blair: <jdblair(a)nextsrv.cas.muohio.edu> voice: (513) 529-2961 http://phoenix.aps.muohio.edu/users/jdblair/home.html KILL YOUR Finger me for PGP key. TELEVISION Too much proximity to folly tends to make it seem normal. --Edward Abbey

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