December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

New anonymous remailer.
by Craig A. Johnston 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Ok, I'm happy to announce a new anonymous remailer, the Tower Anonymous Remailer, at remailer(a)tower.techwood.org Standard cpunks remailer, installed from the remailer installation script 1.01 from ftp.csua.berkeley.edu, supporting pgp. Here's the server's public key, which I have submitted to io.com: -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6.2 mQBNAy8iqAQAAAECALHjiFPr7Is0NptniDkYJ9UnRFM3Pn9Lz7mrPd58uo/EPMF5 bm3TjfAmdMlw2oBTtm7Ch3dsfBY44XEEwzVRkb0ABRG0NlRvd2VyIEFub255bW91 cyBSZW1haWxlciA8cmVtYWlsZXJAdG93ZXIudGVjaHdvb2Qub3JnPg== =Rfb5 -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Response times should be good. (Note that my network's connection to the backbone is being changed in the next few days, and this may affect things in the meantime.) Anyplace else I should submit the key for maximal exposure? How might I go about being added to the "ping list" ? -- Craig Johnston caj(a)tower.techwood.org

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DOJ Computer Seizure Guidelines
by bart＠netcom.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Seen on comp.society.privacy. This document was obtained by an FOIA suit by EPIC. I ftp'd from the cpsr.org but even at 2:30 a.m. PST the 315 Kbytes took an excruciating 481 seconds. For those on netcom its on /ftp/pub/ba/bart easily available, if others can get through to ftp.netcom.com at least the transfer might be faster than cpsr. Encrypted information is dealt with on pps 54-55 in particular. I'll leave conclusions to our lawyerly types.

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Here's what will happen to U.S. based remailers
by Brad Dolan 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I just got a call. Supposedly Clinton just pulled an executive order out of his navel last night, confiscating the assets of 12 "terrorist groups" and 18 disfavored people. CNN is reporting a few of the names, but not all. The ones they mention are associated with groups like "Islamic Jihad". These groups are hard to defend, but if he can do it to them today, he can do it to you tomorrow. My old German acquaintance says that Hitler used to do this, issuing midnight decrees to seize property, make new prohibitions, etc. I assume that the Republican congress approves of what Bill is doing, or they would be impeaching him. After November 8, I thought we had a couple of years of breathing room. Now, I'm not so sure.

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Australian Constitution (and more) on FTP
by rishab＠dxm.ernet.in 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

dave(a)esi.com.au > Obviously - it's handy having an on-line copy of the Australian > Constitution. Anyone want a copy? I don't run an FTP site. I posted something to this effect ages ago: ftp://wiretap.spies.com/Gov/World/australia.con The same directory contains constitutions and charters of many countries, from China to Slovakia, as well as the covenant of the Hamas, and the Magna Carta. Other useful data on Wiretap include various UN documents, international charters and treaties, and loads of (particularly US, but also other) legislation. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rishab Aiyer Ghosh "In between the breaths is rishab(a)dxm.ernet.in the space where we live" rishab(a)arbornet.org - Lawrence Durrell Voice/Fax/Data +91 11 6853410 Voicemail +91 11 3760335 H 34C Saket, New Delhi 110017, INDIA

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Re: LOCKSMITH'S GUILD WANTS L
by Mark Grant 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

On Wed, 25 Jan 1995, Charles Bell wrote: > how do > we ensure that those skyscrapers don't fall down on us? That the surgeon > who is going to open me up knows something about surgery? That my money > is at least somewhat safe in the bank? With non-government reptutation and certification agencies. Currently the government is saying 'there shall be one certification agency and it shall be us', whereas personally if I were hiring someone to design a skyscraper or cut me open I'd much prefer to pick someone who had a good rating from three or four independent agencies. The only difference is that you would have the choice of choosing someone cheap who didn't have a good reputation, not that we'd give up on them altogether (see the numerous past discussions of reputations etc on the list, and the Cyphernomicon). > ....once we get past what seems to be your utter refusal to consider > the possibility that government could ever do anything right .... Another thing to consider is that the government monopoly has a lot less to lose by certifying people incorrectly than a commercial agency would. The government's reputation is low enough already that such errors won't affect it significantly, whereas a commercial agency would lose a lot of custom to its competitors. Mark

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Money and Banking
by kkirksey＠world.std.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Message-Id: <v01510103ab4996dfb4fc@DialupEudora> This came to me from the Laissez Faire mailing list. Looks like this book might present a good case for non-government e-cash. Ken ---------------------------------------------- A powerful case for "free banking"-- government failure far worse than market failure MONEY AND BANKING The American Experience George Edward Durell Foundation introduction by Clifford F. Thies (reviewed by Jim Powell) This comprehensive history of American banking helps show why the most serious monetary crises occur because of government failures, not market failures. Consequently, we need less government intervention in banking, not more. Ultimate objective: "free banking" which would enable everyone to be best-protected by open competition. Contributors here include many leading lights of "free banking" scholarship and central bank criticism: Kevin Dowd, Jeffrey Rogers Hummel, Dwight Lee, J. Huston McCulloch, Joseph T. Salerno, Anna J. Schwartz, George A. Selgin, Richard Timberlake and Lawrence H. White. Their papers--10 altogether--were originally presented at the 1990 Durell Conference on Money and Banking. They cover the entire history of banking in the United States. They show why, contrary to conventional dogmas, "free banks" were remarkably dependable and gained widespread acceptance for their banknotes... how private bank clearinghouse associations helped maintain overall stability while disciplining bad bankers. The authors go on to make clear why banking crises resulted from government intervention... how states undermined "free banks" by forcing them to load up with state government debt, often defaulted on... four ways Civil War era federal banking laws hobbled the U.S. banking system... how government-enforced unit banking (no branches permitted) promoted bank failures, especially in agricultural and mining regions... why government deposit insurance triggered conflagrations of corruption and banking crises... why U.S. banking was decidedly more stable before the advent of the Federal Reserve System--and how it caused chronic inflation as well as crushing depression. This book shares many other revealing insights as well. For example, why the Supreme Court once ruled that legal tender laws violate the Fifth Amendment... how, despite their wretched failures, Federal Reserve officials successfully lobbied for even more power over banking and the economy. Excellent material here. "Virtually all major monetary and banking problems in U.S. history appear to have their root cause in government interference of some sort. The major historical banking problems-- banking instability before the Civil War, banking instability, recurrent financial crisis, the inelastic currency, and the stunted growth of U.S. banking after the Civil War; the banking instability of the 1920's and the banking collapses of the 1930's, and the failures of historical and contemporary liability insurance schemes--can all be traced to a great or lesser extent to government interference in banking." --Kevin Dowd in *Money and Banking* Book No. CB6245 (hardcover) 271p. publisher's price $59.50 LAISSEZ FAIRE PRICE ONLY $29.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Please send this review to anyone who you think might be interested ------------------------------------------------------------------- *Money and Banking* will be available from Laissez Faire this week. 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wall street journal television piece
by Bob Ramstad 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

wall street journal television is looking for someone who can talk to them (anonymously if necessary) about computer system security, specifically, breaking in. ideally they are looking for someone who can appear on camera in NYC (again, anonymously if necessary) for a taping in the next day or two. this is apparently in response to a recent New York Times article about a christmas day break in. the person doing the piece has an email address which i'll pass on to anyone who wants to talk with her. she has indicated that she is interested in getting the big picture, though anything is possible with the press, she sounds like she is hoping to desensationalize / make more realistic some of the inaccurate info in the NYT. please contact me if you are interested, and i'll forward email on to her so she can get back to you. feel free to use any of the anonymous email remailer services if that is appropriate. i'm not on this list, apologies if this is inappropriate, and please cc me on any relevant communication. yowsa. -- Bob

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Archive of Remailer-Operators List Begun
by L. McCarthy 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I have begun an archive of the remailer-operators list. I've just placed a gzipped file containing the traffic from the last couple of weeks, plus some scattered previous traffic, in //ftp.csua.berkeley.edu/incoming. If/when I learn the ultimate fate of this file, I'll provide further details. -L. Futplex McCarthy

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CP archives?
by erc＠s116.slcslip.indirect.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Can anyone tell me where the CP mailing list is archived? Thanks! -- Ed Carp, N7EKG Ed.Carp(a)linux.org, ecarp(a)netcom.com 801/534-8857 voicemail 801/460-1883 digital pager Finger ecarp(a)netcom.com for PGP 2.5 public key an88744(a)anon.penet.fi ** PGP encrypted email preferred! ** Cop: "How many beers have you had tonight, bro?" Suspect: "Seventy." -- from the TV show "Cops"

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SMTP and Received: from fields
by Jaeson.M.Engle＠josaiah.sewanee.edu 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- As an SMTP sender, is there any way to strip the Received: from <place...> out of the message headers? TIA, - -K -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6ui iQCVAgUBLyWbIEiLvmPjc4XdAQF4qQQAoLZVhiQn3QJGigmDzvkYvBeQ8gTjw/7L /IHAGprT+e4Qj2TEXRoQyi6gycyRsZYF9QhnuflG6sEtE4V8i/Z079RQpewTY7YT ZiTi8WhSxYBRTu3FbgxpXNRULsQubivrxbkK31tqT8jHXOu7r5T+eTt1X7Lvr/4d KtBralO3QHc= =/C96 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- aka: (-: Jaeson M. Engle || jme(a)josaiah.sewanee.edu :-) (-: www server: http://josaiah.sewanee.edu/ :-) (-: It's February 3rd! IT'S TIME!!! Ask me for details!:-) (-: Finger 'jme(a)josaiah.sewanee.edu' for my Public :-) PGP block.

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