December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

[NEWS}: "Jim Bell to Face More Prison Time than Pol Pot"
by Tim May 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Reuter, Seattle: In an ironic twist, notorious info-terrorist and thought criminal James Dalton Bell is expected to be imprisoned longer than former Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot will be imprisoned in Cambodia. Reached for comment, U.S. Deputy Assistant Persecutor Francine P. Malveaux admitted that Bell's punishment is indeed harsher than that befalling Pol Pot, accused of ordering the killing of 3 million Cambodians from 1975 to 1979. She said, "But Bell confessed to his crimes, and Pol Pot just took the Fifth, so Mr. Pot was actually not convicted of anything more serious than selling contraband copies of "Zap Comix," which his rebel band was smuggling in from Myanmar." FBI Director Louis Unfreeh acknowledges the harsh treatment Bell is receiving is meant as a deterrent. "We are looking into the possibility of inviting Mr. Pot to come to the United States after he completes his 3 months of community service...we'd like him to advise us on our growing internal security problems," he noted. Bell could not be reached for comment. --

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Gary Burnore Arrested at Critical Mass
by Bill Stewart 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Those of you in the San Francisco area have seen headlines about the Critical Mass monthly bicycle rides around San Francisco and about how Da Mayor and the police decided to control them (as if telling an anarchy what to do is productive for anyone) and arrested 250 people, some for running red lights, but many for failing to disperse, as near as I can tell from the papers. It was overall a fun evening, though my brakes weren't really up to Lombard Street :-) Anyway, Gary Burnore, scourge of the remailers, was arrested. According to the paper, he wasn't really sure why; the police didn't give people enough time to disperse before massly arresting them for not dispersing. The city district attorney _has_ informed Da Mayor that the city can't just confiscate the bikes that were seized along with the riders; apparently it's not part of the law :-) On the other hand, that doesn't mean they necessarily have to give them back right away, as opposed to holding them as evidence. # Thanks; Bill # Bill Stewart, +1-415-442-2215 stewarts(a)ix.netcom.com # You can get PGP outside the US at ftp.ox.ac.uk/pub/crypto/pgp # (If this is a mailing list or news, please Cc: me on replies. Thanks.)

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Escrow conference in Brussels
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

To: ukcrypto(a)maillist.ox.ac.uk Subject: Escrow conference in Brussels Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 09:54:20 +0100 From: Ross Anderson <Ross.Anderson(a)cl.cam.ac.uk> CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT CRYPTOGRAPHY AND THE INTERNET Developing Privacy and Security Policy for the European Information Society Organised by PRIVACY INTERNATIONAL Cooperating Organisations Communications Week International Electronic Privacy Information Center Global Internet Liberty Campaign MICROBE Terra Nova Monday, 15 September 1997 Belliard Building, European Parliament Brussels, Belgium As Europe creates the Information Society, ensuring the security and privacy of its advanced telecommunications and computer networks has become critically important. Cryptography is a crucial technology to protect these networks. Law enforcement and intelligence agencies, led by the the United States, are lobbying national governments and international organizations for laws and international agreements to enhance their abilities to monitor networks through the use of "trusted third parties," key escrow and key recovery systems. This has met with considerable debate and resistance in many countries and international meetings. This conference will bring together leading legal and technical experts >from around the world to discuss encryption and telecommunications security with a focus on issues raised by trusted third party, key escrow and key recovery systems. A panel of leading cryptographers and computer security experts will examine the technical problems and risks raised. Representatives from governments, human rights groups, industry, user groups, and international organizations will discuss their perspectives and provide updates on developments from around Europe and the world. Keynote Speaker: Commissioner Mario Monti, European Union (invited) Confirmed Speakers Dr. Ross Anderson, University of Cambridge, UK David Banisar, Electronic Privacy Information Center, USA Dr. Matt Blaze, AT&T Labs, USA Tony Bunyan, Statewatch, UK Carl Ellison, CyberCash Simon Davies, London School of Economics & Privacy International Deborah Hurley, Terra Nova Dr. Erik Huizer, Internet Architecture Board & SURFNet, NL Wayne Madsen, Global Internet Liberty Campaign Hiroko Kamata, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Marc Rotenberg, Electronic Privacy Information Center, USA Bruce Schneier, Counterpane Systems and Author, Applied Cryptography Christine Sottong-Micas, DG 15, European Commission Dr. Ulrich Sandl, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Germany Prof. Alex Verrijn-Stuart, Chair, Legal & Security Issues Network, Council of European Professiona Informatics Societies (CEPIS) & Leiden University, NL Dr. Steven Wright, Omega Foundation, UK COST 8300 Bfr / US$225.00 Standard Rate 2700 Bfr / US$85.00 Human Rights/Academia Rate ----------------------------------------------------------------------- REGISTRATION Name: _______________________________________________________________ Organization: ______________________________________________________ Address: __________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ Phone/Fax: __________________________________________________________ Electronic Mail:____________________________________________________ Credit card Number/Expiration _______________________________________ (Will appear on bill as Diane Publishing) [] Standard - 8100 Bfr ($225 US) [] Non-profit organizations/Educational - 3100 Bfr ($85 US) Fax Registration form and credit card number to +1 202.547.5482 Send Check or Money Order in $US made out to Privacy International to: Privacy International Washington Office 666 Pennsylvania Ave, SE, Suite 301 Washington, DC 20003 USA Online registration and payment using First Virtual is available at http://www.privacy.org/pi/conference/brussels/registration.html MORE INFORMATION More information about the conference including the agenda,online registration, Brussels hotel and tourist information, and other related materials is available from the Privacy International web page at: http://www.privacy.org/pi/conference/brussels/ ABOUT PRIVACY INTERNATIONAL Privacy International (PI) is a human rights organization concerned with privacy, surveillance and data protection issues worldwide. It has members in over forty countries and is based in London, England with offices in Washington, DC and Sydney, Australia. PI has engaged in numerous campaigns on privacy issues, publishes the International Privacy Bulletin, sponsors yearly conferences, and maintains an extensive Internet web site at http://www.privacy.org/pi/ CONTACT INFORMATION David Banisar, Privacy International Washington Office o 666 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE o Washington, D.C. 20003 USA. +1.202.544.9240 (voice), +1.202.547.5482 (fax), ast3(a)privacy.org (email),

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Re: Government takeover of the gambling industry / Am I Psychic, or what...?
by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Tim May wrote: > It's the way of all governments. First denounce something, then co-opt it, > then get rid of the competition. > > But imagine how this might rebound to our favor: suppose NSA > Microelectronics, Inc. finds itself limited in its sales prospects by the > NSA policies limiting electronics companies...maybe NSA Microelectronics > will point out to the DIRNSA that the nice flow of kickbacks to all senior > NSA managers will come to a halt if NSA Microelectronics is not able to > sell its crypto products domestically. I used to think I was psychic, since I predicted the fall of communism in the Soviet Union (almost to the day). Later, after reading Tim's tirade against "magical thinking," I realized that I was just using common sense. I realized that once "Pepsi" and "Burger King" had a vested interest in the "Red Menace" operating in the "Black," any fool who had the ability to make 'i' increase in increments of 'two' could accurately predict how long it would take for the Rockerfellers to notify the leaders of the secret Zionist conspiracy that it was time to make a few changes. NSA Microelectronics will no doubt realize the value of using convict labor to maximize the government's profits in their foray into the wonderful world of government usurpment of the free enterprise system. Since the government has always been less efficient than the forces of free enterprise, we can expect that, "in the interests of national security profits," more citizen-units will be required to become felons "under an increasing number of laws." Not being a lawyer (although I played one at Jim Bell's trial), I cannot say for certain whether "suspicion of being Tim C. May" will be a state crime or a federal crime. Nonetheless, I feel certain that Mr. May's experience and expertise will enhance the efficiency of our convict-labor system to a level that will help move us toward a balanced budget (if we can take him alive). Although my tendencies toward "magical thinking" and observing life through "Scotch-colored glasses" leads to my posts being somewhat rambling and incoherent, I can always count on the Philosopher Kings (such as T.C.M.) on the CypherPunks list to remind me when it is time to take my medication. I believe in reincarnation. I believe that if you live a corrupt, sinful life, doing all manner of evil to your fellow men and women, that you are reborn as either Jimmy Hoffa or Dr. Vulis. {There are those who believe that the above will result in your being reborn as myself, but I cannot believe that any entity who claims to be the Supreme Being could be that cruel.} In closing, I would like to remind the members of the CypherPunks list that, "If God is Love, and Love is Blind, and Justice is Blind, then Jim Bell's attorney is fucking Ray Charles." TruthMonger

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Re: Sorry about accidental spamming
by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Tom Helenius wrote: > Dear Security Professional, > We apologize for the annoyance and confusion we might have caused to you > due to human error in our email addressing. As a result some of our > internal emails about the newly announced F-Secure VPN v1.1 software were > erroneously emailed to your attention. > It is definitively not our company policy to contribute to spamming on the > Internet, and we do hope that you'll still want to receive the otherwise > unbiased information sent to the members of our press list. Tom, Bullshit! We on the CypherPunks list are wise to all the "Oops!" scams that spammers use to pretend that they aren't inundating us with their UCE/Spam crapola. "In Reply To Your Request" "The Information You Requested" "Sorry! I Accidentally Sent My Post To 10,000,000 Email Addresses." To tell the truth, your post was not off-topic on this list, since the list was formed to discuss privacy and security issues. However, your follow-up post makes it clear that you spammed a whole shitload of InterNet users with your commercial message, and that the fact that it was on-topic for our list was a mere matter of random chance. Accordingly, we _will_ have to burn down your house, rape your wife, kill your dog, and sell your children into slavery. The "upside" is that some of us will probably purchase your F-Secure VPN v1.1 software, as it seems to be a pretty decent product. Do you take Visa? TruthMonger

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Online Casino Ripoffs / Re: 7-29_b8_EXTRA_Internet.html
by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Apache wrote: > > > "Bringing gaming directly into people's homes, as we are beginning to > > see through the Internet, is so full of potential problems and so far > > beyond the ability of any state to regulate that despite whatever > > business potential it may have it needs to be prohibited on a national > > level," Bryan said. > > Translation: We can't figure out how to tax these pricks so we'll just > ban it because it represents a perceived threat to our own rigged and > heavily taxed government sponsored tax collection casino cells. Youngsters on the list might not remember how private individuals involved in gambling used to be denigrated by the government as "the scum of the earth"--as "criminals" and "mobsters" and "evil." Now that the government has hijacked the gambling industry, only those not paying the government their share of the "vigorish" are scum-sucking criminals. I checked out the Men/Boy Love sites from one of the list threads and realized that what these "filthy, scum-sucking perverts" need in order to become acceptable members of society is to find a way to let the government in on the potential revenue of child pornography. Then we will be faced with legislation promoted by these same politicians which is aimed at making certain that Joe Public is not ripped off by private individuals who are selling pictures of "clothed" children. The government will pass regulations ensuring that child-porn sites have government approved "voluntary (at gunpoint)" ratings which ensure that Joe Public can count the hairs on little Johnny's pre-pubescent balls when he downloads the graphics files that have off(ici)al government approval. If we let the Mob run the country, they could probably balance the national budget with the money saved from no longer needing elections in order to keep up the pretext of democracy. > The article quoted starts off with how concerned the gubmint is about the > possibility of consumer fraud wrt on-line casinos and shows how they > propose to protect the consumer: 12 months in prison AND a $5000 fine. > Consumer fraudsters should take note, they have a competitor in the ring! This is outrageous! If the government was _really_ concerned with protecting us, then they would put us in jail for life! Or give us the death penalty! 12 months in prison AND a $5000 fine? Sounds to me like these fuckers are "soft on crime." Write your legislative representatives and complain. Demand that they institute the death penalty for all crimes, including jaywalking, tearing the tags off of mattresses, and "thinking about possibly contemplating an action which may constitute a crime at some point in the future." Truth C. Monger {Tim C. May's evil-Congressional-twin} -------x-------x-------x-------x-------x-------x-------x "There's something wrong when citizens don't receive the death penalty under an increasing number of laws." -------x-------x-------x-------x-------x-------x-------x

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Re: Entrust Technologies's Solo - free download
by Sandy Harris 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM <dlv(a)bwalk.dm.com> writes: >> Entrust Technologies (www.entrust.com) has made Solo available for >> download, free . . . >I ask everyone on these two forums Cypherpunks & Freedom Knights. Both should be very happy to see strong encryption becoming more widely available. >to inform Northern Telecom Forgers / Bell North Forgery Research >/ Entrust that we will boycott their "security" products Snarky quotes not required. This isn't snake oil. There is plenty of solid analysis behind these products. Check references on Entrust web site. >as long they continue to employ the child-molesting >pedophile Chris R. Lewis - the biggest forger on Usenet. What this scum is actually upset about is Chris Lewis cancelling spam. He calls that "forgery" because the spammer's name goes in the sender field of the cancel message. Nonsense. Dimitri, the "forgeries" are going to continue until someone comes up with a better way of dealing with spam. If you have suggestions, post them to some of the news,admin.net-abuse.* groups or to the Freedom Knights list. The crap about pedophilia is also, of course, nonsense. It seems to be a favorite slur lately with several grossly misguided people who think calling people they dislike pedophiles is a way to "defend freedom of speech".

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This is an E-Mail Chain Letter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by ahoier＠juno.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I'm passing around this letter so write a comment on it then forward it to some friends wonce you see 100 names on it E-MAIL it to ahoier@juno.com.......K -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Write 1st comment here then pass on to friend...K

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No Subject
by Harry Tuttle Remailer 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

someone wrote: >>A. It's unsolicited spam. Not a big deal. >>B. The way they gathered the list of addresses is questionable, >> and likely off Jim's HD. Its pretty straightforward for interested perties to get a list of everyone on a mojordomo mailinglist even if the who command is disabled as long as we have our old friend sendmail and his trusty sidekick expn. nc toad.com 25 220 toad.com ESMTP Sendmail 8.7.5/8.7.3; Tue, 29 Jul 1997 12:59:12 -0700 (PDT) expn cypherpunks 250-<"|/u/majordom/bin/wrapper resend -p bulk -l cypherpunks -f owner-cypherpunks-unedited -h toad.com -s cypherpunks-unedited-outgoing"@toad.com> 250 </gnu/mail/cypherpunks-in(a)toad.com> expn cypherpunks-unedited-outgoing 250-<jxx(a)pipeline.com> 250-<sxxxxx(a)slecrs2.sbc.com> 250-<sxxxxx0(a)laf.cioe.com> 250-<wmxxx(a)direct.ca> 250-<toxx(a)sk.sympatico.ca> 250-<zacxx(a)netcom.com> 250-<waxx(a)mls1.HAC.COM> 250-<dm+cypherpunks-unedited(a)amsterdam.lcs.mit.edu> 250-<paxxx(a)fatmans.demon.co.uk> ------ more addresses cut ---------- I have xed out the names but you get the picture. no need to go through the effort of watching a list for posts or searching through someone's old mail. If you have any complaints email: expn owner-cypherpunks-unedited 250 Cypherpunks Admin <cpadmin(a)toad.com>

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Entrust Technologies's Solo - free download
by Michael C Taylor 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Entrust Technologies (www.entrust.com) has made Solo available for download, free for 30-day evaluation & edu/non-profit. For Win95/NT. A mere $49 Cdn (~35 US) for commerical usage... For e-mail / file encryption, digital signature Solo uses 128-bit encryption, which is CAST-128, the royality-free algorithm invented at Entrust/NorTel. It also uses 1024-bit RSA public-key cryptography and has DES, Triple DES available. Also follows FIPS 140-1 validated security kernel. It is compatible with other Solo clients (of course), Entrust/Lite and Entrust. It looks like PGP Inc might have some decent competition. I assume that it won't have the market pentration of PGP, but at least it will make a dent and might force PGP Inc. to make their product robust and flexiable. "Offer not valid in Libya, Iran, Iraq, Cuba, Angola, Syria, and North Korea" I do not have any affiliation with Entrust or NorTel other than both being in Canada. I don't even have a copy of Entrust/Lite. -- Michael C. Taylor <mctaylor(a)mta.ca> <http://www.mta.ca/~mctaylor/> "Not speaking on Mt Allison University's behalf"

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