December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Re:NII, NSA and Computer Security Act of 1987
by koontzd＠lrcs.loral.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Newsgroups: alt.poltics.org.nsa,alt.politics.datahighway,comp.org.eff.talk >Who the hell co-opted NII for National Security? Every discussion to date >(at least on the internet) has shown no link to National Security, which >should be the only way NSA is involved. For A contrast see the July/August issue of INFO SECURITY NEWS there are several articles on security of the NII. The only person appearing to be aware of any implied EES type protection is Rep. Edward Markey, (D-MA) who is quoted in Info Highway Security VIEWPOINTS: --- On securing NII: "We need to conduct a full debate on the Clipper chip and encryption issues so that people can protect their data and their privacy." --- [He is in favor of applying the Bill of Rights to cyberspace] No one else supports Clipper/Capstone as a serious contender, and a good number of interviewees see the role of government in the NII as limited. There are several applicable articles.

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National Highways to National Information Infrastructure
by Michael Wilson 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Cypherpunks: Mr. May brought up the interesting correlation between the two project; many of you may not be old enough to note that the first project mentioned, that of the national highway system in the United States, was sponsored by your current Vice President Gore's father, the OTHER Senator Gore. It was what is politely termed 'pork' then, just as NII is pork now. Just how much money do you think companies are making off the new export liberalization and stand to make from the NII? Who profits, or as came from the Watergate era, follow the money. No wonder the politically active players seem to be rolling over on some issues; they are being given an annuity for the next twenty years.

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Whew! The dangers of posting to Usenet
by anonymous＠extropia.wimsey.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

tcmay(a)netcom.com (Timothy C. May) wrote: > What's of ObList relevance is that many of them seem oblivous to the > fact that their posts are readable by the world....see the one below > and you'll see why I don't think Ms. Yamada knows her post to her > "sisters and brothers" is actually readable by us all. My hunch is > that a lot of newcomers have just gotten on the Net and are unclear on > the concepts. > I could be wrong. Maybe her account at Mindvox is a cut-out. Maybe she > knows but doesn't care. Judge for yourself: [most of quoted message edited out] > also, Jerry Wade has turned La Plaza into a cesspool and the > 11th street squat burned down completely and the flotsam are > now living in La Plaza. It is noisy, dirty, hard-drug ridden, > and Jerry is dealing dust outta there with abandon. Naive posting ... or .... maybe, just maybe, a clever use of steganography? BTW, what's a "cut-out"? I could probably guess at the meaning, but that's the first time I've heard that term used.

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Video cyphers and RNG's...
by Jim choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Hi all, Just a referal: Video Scrambling & Descrambling for Satellite & Cable TV Graf & Sheets ISBN 0-672-22499-2 Data sheet- AT&T T7000A Digital Encryption Processor AT&T T7001 Random Number Generator Patents- US # 4,336,553 4,405,942 4,479,142 Take care.

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Remailer chaining helper program.
by roy＠sendai.cybrspc.mn.org 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Was it here that I saw mention of a program to generate chained remailer traffic automatically> Pointers appreciated, and thanks! - -- Roy M. Silvernail | #include <stdio.h> | PGP 2.3 public roy(a)sendai.cybrspc.mn.org | main(){ | key available | int x=486; | upon request | printf("Just my '%d.\n",x);} | (send yours) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6 iQCVAwUBLh7pgBvikii9febJAQFRxwP+MJwg7+HZAHkmxe/yOpOiXnHhdrcDTh2j vWpZDr9w6O3gyVqT/Pn7AkGuNLHNvTKX1HirCSsu8dKYqUwEgn8iGqhhflbG/Vj7 4AjxxxALIh6bjpbJXWs2oBe75pcfZuGh2eplbLxYsNL08+LjjCIRi7PYHUCU+v1K C013N3+H6n0= =c65q -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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How many cypherpunks?
by sico＠hacktic.nl 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Saturday July 09 1994 01:04, Harry Bartholomew wrote to All: HB> After the two list meltdowns, there are now only 508 of us left. That count may not be accurate. There are sites with an abundance of cypherpunks that turn the list into news, which makes transport (often over UUCP links) more efficient. CU, Sico.

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Forwarding or pointers + attorney use of PGP
by greg＠ideath.goldenbear.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Count this as a vote in favor of pointers to information instead of reposts, at least where the original is easily accessed by most folks. The only time I find reproductions in toto useful is where the information comes from private mail, obscure mailing lists, or other sources I can't get. Also, I thought some C-punks might be pleased to hear that PGP and discussions of encryption/confidentiality are making their way into the legal community - a law/computers list I'm on has recently had a spurt of messages re confidentiality and attorney/client privilege, and every response so far has mentioned PGP in a positive light. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.5 iQCVAgUBLh77nX3YhjZY3fMNAQHlFAP7Bv9WvNrzmwj83YeznlObs7tsEDViVAtH oa2J+mVcLsSbXQGc8/lIsSKHsQarPdXn3nalo3fuG8lcRNPWKXDKlwnoagkCo5D8 DQrWfOr6toM4bYUNr7PfL9Q+Ou4faCX/5Yl7cTWlzM1cGmiETGpjkd4tSUNJ8DkD KfN0n0X+wgk= =W461 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: All the free energy in the universe
by Jonathan Rochkind 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> The late Nobel laureate Richard Feynman became very interested in the > subject of computation and physics towards the end of his life. My > understanding is that he concluded that there was no apparent > limitation to the amount of computation that could be completed with a > given amount of free energy. Computation may indeed always dissipate > energy, but Feyman's conclusion was that this dissipated energy can be > made arbitrarily small -- that there is no fundamental quantum > limitation on the amount of computation that can be performed at any > given mass-energy scale. Actually, I _think_ I've read an article in a pop-science magazine about some work of Hawking's that indicated there was a minimum amount of energy neccesary to do some sort of quanta of computation. (is there such a thing ? I don't know enough about the math, I'm afraid. INformation theory?) If my memory serves, he used this to hint at a solution to the "why does time only flow in one direction, when the mathematics are perfectly symmetrical both ways?" question. But I could be wrong. Sorry I don't have any better info then you.

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by Jeff Gostin 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

greg(a)ideath.goldenbear.com (Greg Broiles) writes: > Count this as a vote in favor of pointers to information instead of Count this as a second, plus some kind of summary of the article referenced. :-) --Jeff -- ====== ====== +----------------jgostin(a)eternal.pha.pa.us----------------+ == == | The new, improved, environmentally safe, bigger, better,| == == -= | faster, hypo-allergenic, AND politically correct .sig. | ==== ====== | Now with a new fresh lemon scent! | PGP Key Available +---------------------------------------------------------+

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As long as we're voting,
by D.C. Williams 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> > > Count this as a vote in favor of pointers to information instead of > Count this as a second, plus some kind of summary of the article > referenced. :-) . . . I concur. Pointers are preferable. =D.C. Williams

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