December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

E-Commerce Enhancement Act
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Excerpt from statement on introduction of S.2107, "Electronic Commerce Enhancement Act," May 21, 1998 : The most important benefit of this legislation, however, lies in the area of electronic innovation. Currently, digital encryption is in a relatively undeveloped state. One reason for that is the lack of opportunity for many individuals and companies to make use of the technology. Another is the lack of a set industry standard. By allowing use of this technology in the filling out of government paperwork, and by establishing a standard for digital encryption, the federal government can open the gates to quick, efficient development of this technology, as well as its more application throughout the economy. The benefits to American businesses as they struggle to establish paper- free workplaces that will lower administrative costs, will be significant, and will further spur our national economy. ----- Full statement: http://jya.com/s2107-intro.txt

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Re: E-Commerce Enhancement Act
by Jean-Francois Avon 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

On Sat, 23 May 1998 09:30:01 -0400, John Young wrote: >Excerpt from statement on introduction of S.2107, "Electronic >Commerce Enhancement Act," May 21, 1998 : [snip] > The >benefits to American businesses as they struggle to establish paper- >free workplaces that will lower administrative costs, will be >significant, and will further spur our national economy. >Full statement: http://jya.com/s2107-intro.txt one of my friend replied when I asked just *where* was the promised paperless office: "as likely as a paperless toilet..." :-) Ciao jfa Jean-Francois Avon, Pierrefonds(Montreal) QC Canada JFA Technologies, R&D physicists & engineers Instrumentation & control, LabView programming. PGP keys: http://bs.mit.edu:8001/pks-toplev.html PGP ID:C58ADD0D:529645E8205A8A5E F87CC86FAEFEF891 PGP ID:5B51964D:152ACCBCD4A481B0 254011193237822C

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by Kentroy 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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"TOP SECRET (TS), Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI), CODEWORD"
by bill payne 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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17 Dec '03

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(no subject) Re: Unix O/S
by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

StanSqncrs wrote: > > In a message dated 5/22/98 10:29:27 AM Central Daylight Time, > nobody(a)REPLAY.COM writes: > > << I'm starting a petition for less wasted bandwidth in cypherpunks. >> > > You would. > > << To show your support, just respond to this thread. >> > > Oh, so there's no way we can show if we don't support your idea. You create > what we call an un-level playing field. > > BUT, in this case, I think there's a simple way that you can have it so > there's less wasted bandwidth here. Ban anonomous posting. ;-) > > Stan Stan, this is a petition. Unlike playing fields, petitions usually only have one side, so your complaint is invalid. Your new proposal merits inclusion, however. All those in favour of banning anonymous posting can show their support by responding to the thread via an anonymous remailer.

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17 Dec '03

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Re: Unix O/S
by StanSqncrs 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

In a message dated 5/24/98 4:58:12 AM Central Daylight Time, nobody(a)REPLAY.COM writes: << Your new proposal merits inclusion, however. All those in favour of banning anonymous posting can show their support by responding to the thread via an anonymous remailer. >> The joke's not that funny the 2nd time around either! Stan

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[rttyman@wwa.com: [Spooks] Digital Steganography]
by Dave Emery 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

----- Forwarded message from Bob Margolis <rttyman(a)wwa.com> ----- Date: Mon, 25 May 1998 12:54:47 -0500 From: Bob Margolis <rttyman(a)wwa.com> To: spooks(a)qth.net Subject: [Spooks] Digital Steganography Secret Messages: Army Researchers Discover Advance Technique To Relay Information Army researchers bring new meaning to the phrase, 'a picture's worth a thousand words.' An advanced technique for hiding secret messages inside of images is a new discovery made recently by U.S.Army Research Laboratory (ARL) researchers and a Federated Laboratory partner from the University of Delaware. "As a method to provide secure communications on the battlefield, we are pursuing research in the area of digital steganography," says Lisa Marvel, an electronics engineer at ARL's Information Science & Technology Directorate. The Greek word, steganography, means covered writing. "Our initial system involves embedding hidden messages within images. Images that are typically transmitted over the battlefield, such as weather or terrain maps," she says. The hidden message, be it an authentication mark, time stamp or new orders to a commander, is completely undetectable and resistant to removal and arbitrary decoding. Only the intended recipient holding the 'key' can decode the hidden message. Consider for a moment the impact of this new capability. U.S. Forces are pent behind enemy lines and out numbered three to one. The commander is not able to communicate their situation to base, because an enemy listener is detected on the communication network. The commander orders a message be sent through the Stego Communication System. In less than 45 seconds a soldier types the message on a laptop computer, hides the message in a map and sends it to base undetected. U.S. troops are deployed with enemy forces unaware of the impending ambush. U.S. soldiers are recovered with no casualties. Steganography is part of ARL's defensive information warfare efforts under the Federated Laboratory Program. The research began in February 1997 and is projected to continue over the next two years. "The result of this basic research can be packaged as software that can run on any laptop, anywhere. The main focus for the next two years is to increase the amount of undetectable information that we are able to hide in an image and develop techniques that make messages even more resilient to any kind of corruption," Marvel says. Typically, basic research is projected for use five years out. But, Marvel says this particular work is implementable in a shorter timeframe. She predicts that when the research is completed in two years it will just be a matter of software rewrite and packaging, which will take about 6 months before it can actually become a true product. Marvel credits the collaborative work, commissioned by the Federated Laboratory, for the successful progress of the project. Marvel developed the initial test system, guided by Dr. Charles Boncelet, Professor of electrical engineering at the University of Delaware. "Dr. Boncelet brought in some specific insights and his expertise in random signals and noise truly contributed to the success of the work," Marvel says. Dr. Charles Retter another ARL engineer provided his expertise in low rate error correcting codes, "which is key to how we are able to extract the message from the image without having the original image," she adds. Digital steganography is a new topic of research that incorporates ideas from communications, cryptography, information theory, and signal processing. So far, very little information exists in the formal literature on this topic, unlike digital watermarking which is currently a very active area of research. Although similar, steganography differs from watermarking in several aspects. For example, digital watermarking is used to embed a visible or invisible signature into a medium in order to indicate ownership, such as the station insignia seen in the bottom corner of a television screen during programming. Steganography, on the other hand, is used to encode a hidden message typically much larger than a signature, Marvel explains. In preparing to file for a patent, the ARL researchers are conducting the required background research on the prior art. "We found that a few basic techniques used over the years work pretty well, but are not nearly as sophisticated or complete. It appears that our technique is unique," Marvel concludes. --- Submissions spooks(a)qth.net ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Dave Emery N1PRE, die(a)die.com DIE Consulting, Weston, Mass. PGP fingerprint = 2047/4D7B08D1 DE 6E E1 CC 1F 1D 96 E2 5D 27 BD B0 24 88 C3 18

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17 Dec '03

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