December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Re: mental cryptography
by Robert A. Rosenberg 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

On Sat, 14 Oct 1995, Nathan Loofbourrow wrote: > Boy, and isn't it fun to receive all the bounce messages from every > post to cypherpunks? Part of the problem is his provider who is sending the bounce messages to the list and not the list owner (as shown in the Sender Header).

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Macintosh [and perhaps other OS] Security Alert
by shamrock＠netcom.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- A number of months ago, I discovered that various Macintosh "unused diskspace" wipe utilities (Norton, Burn) fail to wipe the unused slackspace at the end of the last block allocated to a file. This leaves NumberOfFiles*512Bytes/2 = several kB of recoverable data on your average drive. I had assumed that this data was left there by other files previously using the same block. This would certainly be a problem. But I discovered that matters are much worse. The Macintosh file system will always write an entire block. The extra data can therefore not come from an old file. It comes from the memory space immediately following the data to be written. This is a very serious security risk. Your decrypted secret key, ANYTHING in memory might be written to disk and remain there, unerasable by disk wipe utilities. I would appreciate some comments. - --- [This message has been signed by an auto-signing service. A valid signature means only that it has been received at the address corresponding to the signature and forwarded.] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 Comment: Gratis auto-signing service iQBFAwUBMICWfCoZzwIn1bdtAQFDyAF/QLI0RJQ/E2+wktITd+3SBCCB8L24Y/vV rq0hPikG9pELYcC/bMwXvD+utoW/E8NQ =IHqi -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: Anguilla Cypherpunks Meeting
by shamrock＠netcom.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- In article <Pine.3.89.9510131114.A70910-0100000(a)aix2.uottawa.ca>, s1018954(a)aix2.uottawa.ca wrote: > Really? I thought except for incomes taxes, US laws only apply in American > territory as opposed to applying to American people wherever they are (as > I heard Germany's does). US laws not only apply to US citizen abroad, they apply to non-US citizens living abroad. See Noriega. - --- [This message has been signed by an auto-signing service. A valid signature means only that it has been received at the address corresponding to the signature and forwarded.] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 Comment: Gratis auto-signing service iQBFAwUBMICZOioZzwIn1bdtAQEUoAGA3Q3nk9e3HA5l1jzG/DyJ8MjcZ+jfx/v3 4UM43jJZwTWFIZ7DLw9O44wvFHVMlj6K =n1+8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: applications
by shamrock＠netcom.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- In article <m0t3rzZ-000K7TC(a)mail.infinet.com>, zoetrope(a)infinet.com (cYberpUnc) wrote: > I know this isnt what you guys generally talk about but I was curious. > Off the top of your head do you know of any sites where I can get kracking > apps for macs? Any information would be greatly appreciated. I suggest <news:alt.binaries.warez.mac>. Get C&N (Cracks and Numbers). - --- [This message has been signed by an auto-signing service. A valid signature means only that it has been received at the address corresponding to the signature and forwarded.] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 Comment: Gratis auto-signing service iQBFAwUBMICaDioZzwIn1bdtAQFASQF/ausHvyFqDCdGQDwiY2zjGxhJ2DpHYb86 yGjpgvrqjT1YE98N2bTeS/Ejm1pxrXVl =4wZO -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: Yes, indeed the PA law is for real!
by shamrock＠netcom.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- In article <9510141649.AA20952(a)cfdevx1.lehman.com>, rfb(a)lehman.com (Rick Busdiecker) wrote: > I'm guessing that you're referring to this part of the law: > > (1) [makes or possesses any instrument, apparatus, equipment or] > makes, distributes, possesses, uses or assembles an unlawful > telecommunication device or modifies, alters, programs or reprograms > a telecommunication device designed, adapted or which can be used: Own a non-approved computer (not using Government approved software) go to jail. Historic comment: I predicted this on this very list ages ago. Even mentioned "You read it here first". - --- [This message has been signed by an auto-signing service. A valid signature means only that it has been received at the address corresponding to the signature and forwarded.] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 Comment: Gratis auto-signing service iQBFAwUBMICbwyoZzwIn1bdtAQEaMgGAs3ZFT2TmWbHxQg1xtkJKPUri4TBlpjbx 73dwbNh1TC0Ls+QG/q1xDStqc1rvMFs1 =BWyG -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: [noise] Re: Identity database, another attempt...
by shamrock＠netcom.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- In article <Pine.SOL.3.91.951014125249.28891A-100000@chivalry>, ses(a)tipper.oit.unc.edu (Simon Spero) wrote: > This probably dates back to the time when a palestinian group tried to > blow up an El Al flight from London by persauding the pregnant Irish > girlfriend of one to carry a package for a friend. Flights from London > have had the spiel ever since. El Al still does the best pre-flight > screening (much more detailed questioning, and the security staff > actually listen to the answers. Agreed. Security at Heathrow is impecable. Two guys armed with Heckler&Koch MP-5 submachine guns every 25 meters. Expect to see the same on US streets before long. - --- [This message has been signed by an auto-signing service. A valid signature means only that it has been received at the address corresponding to the signature and forwarded.] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 Comment: Gratis auto-signing service iQBFAwUBMICffioZzwIn1bdtAQGFBQGAig+QNg+1Zcbmbz3MXsz3EpV8dDHKmpFo xMCY3+yXMHAqCELZLecbV59kgx/e0m2q =1K8M -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: PA Remailer Concerns
by anonymous-remailer＠shell.portal.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Has anyone examined the legislative history associated with this statute? I would be surprised if they were singling out anonymous remailers. They may have had other concerns regarding phone abuse, e.g., long distance fraud. Then again, I could be full of it...

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Re: mental cryptography
by shamrock＠netcom.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- In article <v02130502aca5e351623c(a)[166.84.254.3]>, hal9001(a)panix.com ("Robert A. Rosenberg") wrote: > On Sat, 14 Oct 1995, Nathan Loofbourrow wrote: > > Boy, and isn't it fun to receive all the bounce messages from every > > post to cypherpunks? > > Part of the problem is his provider who is sending the bounce messages to > the list and not the list owner (as shown in the Sender Header). Would some kind soul please fakemail an unsub? [I got to get some sleep...] TIA, - --- [This message has been signed by an auto-signing service. A valid signature means only that it has been received at the address corresponding to the signature and forwarded.] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 Comment: Gratis auto-signing service iQBFAwUBMICvWyoZzwIn1bdtAQFI5AGAjYxCDWzpj1NTSHWyyV2S/iZfq3E6STH/ nYgkXgS0JyV8qiMKuo2U/d1rpb8wxQdg =i/BL -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Idea Futures
by tcmay＠got.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 3:03 PM 10/14/95, s1018954(a)aix2.uottawa.ca wrote: >On Sat, 14 Oct 1995, Dr. Frederick B. Cohen wrote: > >> I have a better idea. How about an open market in break-in >> software. We crack Netscape and offer the crack code to the highest >> bidder. Bids start at US$25K per hole. For the insult, Netscape has to >> outbid the competition by a factor of 2 to get the details of the hole. >> Here's how it works: >> >Funny that you mention it, the other mailing list (or rather set of lists) >I'm on is devoted to a just such market system. The Idea Futures home page >is at http://if.arc.ab.ca/~jamesm/IF/IF.shtml. You'll find a few familiar >faces. Robin Hanson, who developed (so far as I know) the modern focus on idea futures, was an active Bay Area person. His interests parallel ours, and I think he was on the CP list for a while back in '92. (Some of his game theory simulations--on betting markets and preference-revealing--were a main inspiration for the "Crypto Anarchy Game" I put on at the first Cypherpunks meeting in '92.) --Tim May Views here are not the views of my Internet Service Provider or Government. ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay(a)got.net 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Higher Power: 2^756839 | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders are just speed bumps on the information superhighway."

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Karl Hess - L.A. area meeting
by J. Kent Hastings 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-- [ From: J. Kent Hastings * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 ] -- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- "Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice, and let me remind you, moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue." -- Aristotle, and a Goldwater speechwriter, but not Karl Hess. Politically Barry's Boy, Karl was often credited with Goldwater's most famous line, but he denied it when interviewed. Karl announced his Libertarian position in the book \Dear America\, followed by \Community Technology\, and \Capitalism For Kids\. --- T H E K A R L H E S S C L U B --- now in its second year of almost monthly dinners, invites you to its sixteenth meeting on Monday, October 16, 1995. New Developments In Conspiracy Theory, Part II O N E B A N K T O R U L E U S A L L Last month we heard some "Conspiracy Classic." For Hallowe'en Partyarch, Paleolibertarian and Agorist tell us what's at "stake" in the latest Bankster cannibal bloodfeast and summon Murray Rothbard back from the grave to repel these vampires with a Cross of Gold! Place: Marie Callender's, 4356 Lincoln Blvd., Marina del Rey (at west end of Marina del Rey [90] Fwy). Time: 7:00 p.m. for dinner; 8 p.m. announcements; 8:15 program. Speakers: Wally Conger, SEK3, and Bob Weber. Charge: $13.00 for program with buffet dinner including full-salad bar, roast turkey entree, and choice of three pies for dessert. Tax and tip included! Next Month: J. Neil Schulman Fires Back with \Self-Control, Not Gun Control\. Coming soon: Robert Anton Wilson, Dr. John Hospers, and Brad Linaweaver. Posted by J. Kent Hastings, zeus(a)pinsight.com http://www.pinsight.com/~zeus/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBMIDNTzTxxI221vktAQESEgQAnojLCPg0+43EGBtYSMQHr34CvWs0Xc5U 2LidnuEI9w9awBiBuuVWuWfVk7YEpq2UWIe1Xr/8jZoWtjpEkIeLQRjt9D2WQHml Vt2MiuIXbpcuc7GAhio7gMC7M5rsIVoxD6xd6MthcDOhbUa61a7xVma/QhIyyhcK 17MhZMeBl8Y= =wGp1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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