December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Re: Why are you bouncing my mail to Cypherpunks?
by ichudov＠algebra.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

The antispam assholes suddenly blocked domain ix.netcom.com. (an amazing thing to do, all in all, and shows how far away from reality can people be carried out by religion) It turned out that sendmail at our mail relay site was ckecking their "blackhole DNS database". I deleted all the rules that refer to them and now things seem to be OK. I am sorry for your troubles, Bill. Thanks for letting me know. igor Bill Stewart wrote: > > Hi, Igor - this bounced. Is it because I sent it as > stewarts(a)ix.netcom.com > instead of > bill.stewart(a)pobox.com > (which is how I subscribe, through cyberpass), or is RBL blocking > Netcom again, or is something else wrong? > > Thanks; Bill > > > >Return-Path: <> > >Received: from dfw-ix13.ix.netcom.com (dfw-ix13.ix.netcom.com [206.214.98.13]) > > by ixmail7.ix.netcom.com (8.8.7-s-4/8.8.7/(NETCOM v1.01)) with ESMTP id KAA03312; > > for <stewarts(a)ix.netcom.com>; Mon, 4 May 1998 10:15:35 -0700 (PDT) > >Received: from localhost (localhost) > > by dfw-ix13.ix.netcom.com (8.8.4/8.8.4) with internal > > id MAA15308; Mon, 4 May 1998 12:15:32 -0500 (CDT) > >Date: Mon, 4 May 1998 12:15:32 -0500 (CDT) > >From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <MAILER-DAEMON(a)ix.netcom.com> > >Message-Id: <199805041715.MAA15308(a)dfw-ix13.ix.netcom.com> > >To: <stewarts(a)ix.netcom.com> > >Subject: Returned mail: Service unavailable > >Auto-Submitted: auto-generated (failure) > > > >The original message was received at Mon, 4 May 1998 12:14:52 -0500 (CDT) > >from smap@localhost > > > > ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- > ><cypherpunks(a)algebra.com> > > > > ----- Transcript of session follows ----- > >... while talking to mail.algebra.com.: > >>>> MAIL From:<stewarts(a)ix.netcom.com> SIZE=1102 > ><<< 521 <stewarts(a)ix.netcom.com>... #blocked.contact postmaster > >554 <cypherpunks(a)algebra.com>... Service unavailable > > > > ----- Original message follows ----- > > > >Return-Path: <stewarts(a)ix.netcom.com> > >Received: (from smap@localhost) > > by dfw-ix13.ix.netcom.com (8.8.4/8.8.4) > > id MAA15254 for <cypherpunks(a)algebra.com>; Mon, 4 May 1998 12:14:52 -0500 (CDT) > >Received: from pax-ca6-17.ix.netcom.com(199.35.217.209) by dfw-ix13.ix.netcom.com via smap (V1.3) > > id rma015185; Mon May 4 12:14:15 1998 > >Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19980504100635.008f7950(a)popd.ix.netcom.com> > >X-Sender: stewarts(a)popd.ix.netcom.com > >X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.5 (32) > >Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 10:06:35 -0700 > >To: cypherpunks(a)algebra.com > >From: Bill Stewart <stewarts(a)ix.netcom.com> > >Subject: Forward: --India's INSAT hacked > >Mime-Version: 1.0 > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > >>From Computer Underground Digest > >------------------------------ > > > >Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 11:06:30 -0700 > >From: Jeremy Lassen <jlassen(a)AX.COM> > >Subject: File 9--India's INSAT hacked > > > >Space Age Publishing's India correspondent B. R. Rao reports that > >"hackers" have succeeded in stealing transponder time on board > >India's domestic communications satellite, INSAT. The Network > >Ops. Control Center(NOCC)of India's Dept. of Telecommunications > >is "...in the process of identifying the culprits". > > > >The director of NOCC confirms that a reward has been offered to > >anyone who can provide information that helps identify the > >culprits. Reports indicate the NOCC is aware that "...anybody in > >possession of the technical details of INSAT and its frequency > >ranges can at regular intervals tap into its transponders and > >transmit data free across the globe." > > > >I know this is rather vague, but I hadn't read about this > >anywhere else, and thought that the CUD's readers might find it > >interesting. Anybody need some transponders time? :) > > > > > > > > > Thanks! > Bill > Bill Stewart, bill.stewart(a)pobox.com > PGP Fingerprint D454 E202 CBC8 40BF 3C85 B884 0ABE 4639 > > > > Thanks! > Bill > Bill Stewart, bill.stewart(a)pobox.com > PGP Fingerprint D454 E202 CBC8 40BF 3C85 B884 0ABE 4639 > - Igor.

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Payne-Morales vs. NSA: Memorandum Opinion and Order
by bill payne 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Tuesday 5/5/98 7:17 AM Lawyers and MCs Morales and I met on Monday to discuss strategy for response to Payne-Morales vs. NSA: Memorandum Opinion and Order which is cross-linked at http://www.aci.net/kalliste/ from http://www.jya.com/whp043098.htm We will, of course, file Rule 52. Findings by the Court; Judgment on Partial Findings (a) Effect. In all actions tried upon the facts without a jury or with an advisory jury, the court shall find the facts specially and state separately its conclusions of law thereon, and judgment shall be entered pursuant to Rule 58; and in granting or refusing interlocutory injunctions the court shall similarly set forth the findings of fact and conclusions of law which constitute the grounds of its action. Requests for findings are not necessary for purposes of review. Findings of fact, whether based on oral or documentary evidence, shall not be set aside unless clearly erroneous, and due regard shall be given to the opportunity of the trial court to judge of the credibility of the witnesses. The findings of a master, to the extent that the court adopts them, shall be considered as the findings of the court. It will be sufficient if the findings of fact and conclusions of law are stated orally and recorded in open court following the close of the evidence or appear in an opinion or memorandum of decision filed by the court. Findings of fact and conclusions of law are unnecessary on decisions of motions under Rules 12 or 56 or any other motion except as provided in subdivision (c) of this rule. (b) Amendment. On a party's motion filed no later than 10 days after entry of judgment, the court may amend its findings--or make additional findings--and may amend the judgment accordingly. The motion may accompany a motion for a new trial under Rule 59. When findings of fact are made in actions tried without a jury, the sufficiency of the evidence supporting the findings may be later questioned whether or not in the district court the party raising the question objected to the findings, moved to amend them, or moved for partial findings. motion. Lawyers, we suspect that the possibility that Campos wrote the 56 page document is remote. Reason is that informants within the federal court system have told us that the government lawyers write the opinion and order, then gives them to the judge to sign. Morales and noticed in previous cases that material not presented to judges were appearing in the judges documents. So when we study the document we will be looking for 1 material cited by Campos which Campos did not or should not have in his possession 2 introduction of legal citations not presented to the court by either plaintiffs or defendant. A judge is supposed to judge, not help either side. 3 felony violations of the False Statement Act. We learned from an Hispanic lawyer that government lawyers give false citations of case law to a judge to have the judge agree and dismiss the plaintiff's case. Morales and I still have been unable to obtain docket sheets from the Tenth circuit for cases No. 94-2205, Payne v Sandia and 95-2204, Morales v Sandia. We both won but crooked federal judges gave the win to Sandia. Morales and my main purpose in filing the NSA genocide and deficient crypto algorithm lawsuit was to expose corruption in the US federal court system. A side purpose an international public service to expose technical details of NSAs bungled spy stingS so that congress can take some action to remedy damage done by US intelligence agencies. Albuquerque Journal 4/21/98 page A6 reports what happened. U.S. Aided Communist Foe Pol Pot Richard Reeves LOS ANGELES - ... Even after he fell from national power, we helped supply and protect Pol Pot because the Khmer Rouge was tying down large number of occupying North Vietnamese troops. These are some of the names of the evil who were or still are paid friends: o Saddam Hussein, paid for making war on Iran. o Gulbuddin Hekmatry, who made his name throwing acid in the faces of female students in Kabul who dared to wear western dress, paid for making was against communists in Afghanistan. o The Taliban, the religious warriors we helped train to fight communists who are beating or killing those same women right now in Afghanistan. o Manuel Noriega, the soldier-thug we encouraged to overthrow elections in Panama because we did not like the results. o Mobuto Sese Seko, one Joseph Mobutu, our man in Zaire. o Jonas Savimbi, in constant war in Angola The list goes on. It has for a long time and will, even if communism is dead as a national security threat of the United States. In may of these cases our interest involved resources - oil, usually, ... Settlement should be made QUICKLY Before something possibly VERY UNFORTUNATE happens. Also, I needed legal delivery practice prior to filing a Privacy Act and defamation lawsuit. Let's all hope for settlement. Later bill

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Re: Explaining crypto to people (was Re: A new Swiss banking novel)
by Jean-Francois Avon 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

On Tue, 5 May 1998 01:48:02 -0500 (CDT), Xcott Craver wrote: > Now, I'm not saying analogies are evil, but the analogy > to firearms is a *bad* one, and it stands to give people > the misconception that crypto is many things that it is > not (not to mention including <stigma.h>). I agree on you opinion of the use of analogies, at large. The stigma is real (as in "happening") but it is nevertheless a load of bull since it is the result of the population misconceptions, of being brainwasher by the apostles of political correctness. The quintessential aspects of guns in a free society is that they are Liberty's teeths. Crypto is also the same, only after the teeths have been bashed in... I argued this over the Canadian Firearms Digest list. Ciao jfa Jean-Francois Avon, Pierrefonds(Montreal) QC Canada JFA Technologies, R&D physicists & engineers Instrumentation & control, LabView programming. PGP keys: http://w3.citenet.net/users/jf_avon and: http://bs.mit.edu:8001/pks-toplev.html PGP ID:C58ADD0D:529645E8205A8A5E F87CC86FAEFEF891 PGP ID:5B51964D:152ACCBCD4A481B0 254011193237822C

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Re: Explaining crypto to people (was Re: A new Swiss banking novel)
by Jean-Francois Avon 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>> ..As will the phrase, "cryptography is like a gun...." Joe User >> won't see authentication as "like a gun" any more than his telephone >> is "like a gun." It is part of the cultural folklore to believe that "The pen is mightier than the sword" Ciao jfa Jean-Francois Avon, Pierrefonds(Montreal) QC Canada JFA Technologies, R&D physicists & engineers Instrumentation & control, LabView programming. PGP keys: http://w3.citenet.net/users/jf_avon and: http://bs.mit.edu:8001/pks-toplev.html PGP ID:C58ADD0D:529645E8205A8A5E F87CC86FAEFEF891 PGP ID:5B51964D:152ACCBCD4A481B0 254011193237822C

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by listmaster＠extensis.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Re: The Borg Arrive
by Corvus Corvax 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Eric Cordian writes: > Beware the Borg. Coming soon to a neighborhood store near you. I was recently asked to produce a drivers license in order to exchange a pair of long johns, paid for in cash. I asked why. "Store policy" was the reply. I asked why it was store policy, and the cashier responded with a hostile stare and exchanged the underwear for me. Along the same lines, try refusing to give your zip code when asked at a register. Evidently some stores now simply cannot process a transaction without it. It's good for a laugh if you're bored. Borged? 571830573294323629934765012348436263285853260687657402192238 Corvus Corvax 324908584730535672342307543875016719214012473014020239437239 ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

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Re: Explaining crypto to people (was Re: A new Swiss banking novel)
by Jean-Francois Avon 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

On Tue, 5 May 1998 18:28:46 -0500 (CDT), Xcott Craver wrote: >Again, my point. Padlocks and safes are *not* under the gun, > so to speak. People will not see crypto regulation as silly > if they keep getting fed bomb and gun analogies. They'd think > it was damned silly if they got padlock and safe analogies. The analogy of crypto = padlock lack something. A padlock can *always* pried open. A court order can always be issued to open it. So Joe Enforcment will be on it's way with it's crowbars, liquid N2, saws and/or torches and do his duty. It will be no loss of time to him. Strong encryption is different. No matter what Joe Enforcment try, the crypto lock won't give away (well, at least, this is what we assume here). Working on it means just one thing: absolute waste of ressources. AFA Joe Enforcement is concerned, a gun has some of the same potentiality: try to force it and you also risk an absolute waste of ressources. From a human standpoint, it might look different, but if you make abstraction of human life (like most dictators do), some of the effects are similar. Ciao jfa Jean-Francois Avon, Pierrefonds (Montreal), Canada Unregistered Firearms in the hands of honest citizens: Liberty's Teeth Strong Cryptographic tools in the hands of honest citizens: Liberty's Voice PGP keys: http://bs.mit.edu:8001/pks-toplev.html PGP ID:C58ADD0D:529645E8205A8A5E F87CC86FAEFEF891 PGP ID:5B51964D:152ACCBCD4A481B0 254011193237822C

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ANNOUNCE Bay Area Cypherpunks Meeting - May 9, 12-6pm
by Bill Stewart 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

The May Bay Area Cypherpunks Meeting will be Saturday at Temenos, 459 Fulton St. Suite 307, San Francisco. Some planned agenda items include - GSM crack hardware demo - Lucky Green - GSM cryptanalysis details - Ian Goldberg - Anon mailbox servers - Lucky Green - OpenPGP status - hacks in progress The meeting will be at the usual time - mill around at 12, organized part starts at 1, dinner nearby later. 459 Fulton is a few blocks west of Van Ness, probably closest to the Civic Center BART stop. Thanks! Bill Bill Stewart, bill.stewart(a)pobox.com PGP Fingerprint D454 E202 CBC8 40BF 3C85 B884 0ABE 4639

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Pauline Hanson's One Nation May 1998 Newsletter
by Global Web Builders 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Issue 1.9, May 1998 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE NOTE: No unsolicited email is sent. If you do not want to be on the mailing list please say "REMOVE" in the subject line and return this message in the body. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear One Nation supporter in New South Wales, It is now becoming extremely important that you make your desire to help One Nation in the upcoming Federal election known to your local branch. Your local contact (by email or phone) can be seen at the following URL: http://www.gwb.com.au/onenation/federal/become.htm Please let these key people know how you can help, whether it be by assisting in mail drops or manning polling booths. We need your help! During the last six weeks we have, as a political party, reached many milestones. These milestones, covered on the Internet, include: - One Nation's birthday party at my farm on April 11th See: http://www.gwb.com.au/gwb/news/history/day1.html for coverage and images. - the launch of the One Nation Federal Web site: http://www.gwb.com.au/onenation/federal There have also been a number of press releases on a range of issues. These can be seen at: http://www.gwb.com.au/onenation/press You might not be aware that negotiation on the MAI (multilateral agreement on investment) has been delayed, not stopped. See this URL for my press release on the MAI: http://www.gwb.com.au/onenation/press/010598.html For more information on this secret international treaty, visit: http://www.gwb.com.au/mai.html Finally, we need your financial assistance. We are not going to get the big business million dollar donations like the major parties. We depend on YOU to help us to promote the image and policies of this party at the upcoming Federal election. Please assist if and where you can. There is an on-line donation form at: http://www.gwb.com.au/pledge.html Regards, Pauline Hanson

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Spam
by StanSqncrs 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Hi cyphers, I'm back. A certain 'nobody' invited me! ;-) Apparently only as far back as 1993, the definition of the word "spam" from the on-line jargon file was this (according to the New Hackers Dictionary) - spam [from the MUD community] vt. To crash a program by over-running a fixed- size buffer with excessively large input data. See also Buffer Overflow, Overrun Screw, Smash the Stack. Obviously that definition has changed since then. I've seen it go from that to repetitive commercial advertising, and I've seen it used to brand someone as an outcast of a list for future removal simply because a small minority didn't like what that person had said (so it was being used at that time to mean 'objectional material'). And in all the times I've seen the word fly, there has never been anykind of volume that would come close to overblowing the forum's mechanical capabilities. So, I'm curious as to who/what dictated the meaning of that to change so drasticly. Write me in private if it's off-subject (and yes, you can write me anonomously if you don't want a response. :-) ) Also, new address for my website - Stan, Stan and the Sequencers http://members.aol.com/StanSqncrs/

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