December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

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17 Dec '03

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There's something wrong when...Shitty Laws!
by bureau42 Anonymous Remailer 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I think I first realized just how much Tim May's .sig lines are a genuine harbinger of the future when I arrived at www.compost.org to find that there are "Compost Standards in Canada," as explained by The Composting Council of Canada. In short, if I wanted to stack some turds on top of each other, then I had to keep in mind that: "In Canada, three organizations are responsible for the development of standards and regulations for compost and composting: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), the provincial and territorial governments, and the Standards Council of Canada (SCC) (through the Bureau de normalisation du Québec (BNQ)). This collective responsibility reflects government regulatory requirements (of both the AAFC and the provinces and territories) as well as voluntary industry initiatives (BNQ)." { The word "voluntary" was in _bold_ print! (Mandatory-Voluntary?) } When I first got the urge to phone these people up and scream, "YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT _SHIT_, FOR SHIT'S SAKE!" was when I read that, "All compost that is sold in Canada must comply with the requirements of the Fertilizers Act. This includes provisions for product safety, benefit claims and labeling." Product safety? (Turds are dangerous? You can 'slip' on them?) Benefit claims? (You mean turds _don't_ cure cancer?) Labeling? (It's SHIT! It's hard to fool people about that.) I found out I could avoid fines and imprisonment by reading, "...a National Standard of Canada entitled: 'Organic Soil Conditioners - Composts (BNQ); Guidelines for Compost Quality (CCME); and future amendments to the Fertilizers Act and Regulations (AAFC).'" "Future amendments?" I had to worry about past turds coming back to haunt me, if the laws should change in the future? I was consoled by the fact that these requirements were in the best interests of the different organizations involved, and to ensure that all of the turds in Canada are "consistent." "These provide for a significant level of national consistency by containing virtually identical technical requirements while ensuring that the mandates and interests of the different organizations are realized." My consolation was short-lived, however, as I soon found out that if I didn't understand the proper turd linguistics involved, I could still be in big trouble: "Definition of Compost" "'Composting' and 'compost' are two distinct terms. The former refers to the bio-oxidation process and the latter refers to the resulting product: stabilized organic matter." "As agreed upon by the CCME, BNQ and AAFC, compost is: 'A solid mature product resulting from composting, which is a managed process of bio-oxidation of a solid heterogeneous organic substrate including a thermophilic phase.'" Then, of course, to remain free from fine and imprisonment, I had to be aware of the: Classification of Compost according to: BNQ Standards CCME Guidelines AAFC Regulations As well as keeping in mind: "The Four Criteria: Maturity, Foreign Matter, Trace Elements and Pathogens" Maturity? (You can 'molest' a turd? I could be a 'turdophile'?) Foreign Matter? (Hey! There's a turd in your turd!) Trace Elements? (I have to give the turds multi-vitamins if they don't measure up?) Pathogens? (They mention checking for "sharp objects" in it. If it is a 'long' sharp object, is it illegal to carry the turd in California?) After memorizing the Fertilizer Act and all other regulations and legislation involved, I piled some turds in my yard, next to the garden. It was a week later, when I began to follow the instructions to turn it over and mix it up that I was arrested for "being involved in 'bad shit'." The worst part is that because I was turning it over and stirring it when arrested, I will get an "extra five years" for "use of encryption in the commision of a composting crime." ShitMonger

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Internet Content Coal. bars press from "news rating" mtg on 8/28
by Declan McCullagh 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 07:58:10 -0700 (PDT) From: Declan McCullagh <declan(a)well.com> To: fight-censorship-announce(a)vorlon.mit.edu Subject: Internet Content Coal. bars press from "news rating" mtg on 8/28 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 25 Aug 1997 17:53:24 -0400 From: Vin Crosbie <crosbie(a)well.com> Subject: ICC bars the press -- irony? Does anyone besides me find it both humorous and sad that this week's meeting of the Internet Content Coalition, during which it will likely discuss its proposal to rate or label which websites offer 'news', will be closed to the press? Does no one else find an unfortunate irony that editorial organizations such as MSNBC, CMP, Playboy, AdWeek, and C/NET are meeting behind closed doors to discuss their proposal about why or how to label or rate which websites are deemed to offer 'news'? After all, why bother discussing a controversial issue in public, in the light of day? Why should these editorial organizations live by the standard with which they judge others? Would they object if other groups or bodies were barring them from reporting on a meeting to discuss a proposal to rate or label whether they offer 'news' content? I think so. >"This is an off-the-record meeting, where New Media editors can discuss >openly and freely, and where we hope to reach a consensus on moving >forward. It is not open to the press," said James Kinsella, general manager of >MSNBC in an e-mail message. quotes Editor & Publisher magazine's website. http://www.MediaINFO.com/ephome/news/newshtm/stories/082297n1.htm Yes, I'm sure that ICC members will feel more free to discuss controversial issues if their meeting is closed to the press. Meetings that are closed to the press are often run more efficiently and can reach concensus more quickly. Just ask any government official, bureaucrat, corporate or special interest executive, or dictator. They'll verify these practical advantages for keeping press out. I realize that the ICC is a private organization. It can do what it wants, including barring the press. But isn't it funny how the 'news' organizations involved plan to bar other 'news' organization so that they can discuss whether or not to deem who offers 'news'? Shame on all involved. _________________________________________________________ Vin Crosbie crosbie(a)well.com

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Reuter on Bernstein Ruling
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

http://www.cnn.com, CNN Online, 26 August 1997: Encryption rules rejected Judge says federal regulations barring unlicensed exports unconstitutional San Francisco, Aug 25 (Reuter) - U.S. government regulations on the export of encryption software are unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled on Monday. U.S. District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel said licensing requirements for the export of encryption software and related devices were an unconstitutional prior restraint on First Amendment free speech rights. Patel also issued a permanent injunction barring the government from enforcing the regulations against plaintiff Daniel Bernstein or anyone who sought to use, discuss or publish his encryption program. Encryption involves running a readable message though a computer program that translates the message according to an equation or algorithm into unreadable "ciphertext." "By the very terms of the encryption regulations, the most common expressive activities of scholars -- teaching a class, publishing their ideas, speaking at conferences, or writing to colleagues over the Internet -- are subject to a prior restraint by the export controls ...," Patel wrote in a 32-page ruling released in San Francisco. Patel said that, having found the regulations to be invalid, she could have issued a nationwide injunction barring their enforcement. But she said she had kept the injunction as narrow as possible pending appeal because "the legal questions at issue are novel, complex and of public importance." The ruling is important because the computer industry sees use of encryption technology across country borders as essential for advancing electronic commerce and private communications over the Internet. The government has previously cited national security concerns over the export of encryption programs. As a graduate student, Bernstein developed an encryption algorithm he called "Snuffle." In 1992, Bernstein asked the State Department whether Snuffle was controlled by export regulations then in force which classified cryptographic software as "defense articles." The government told him his program was subject to licensing by the Department of State prior to export. Alleging that he was not free to teach, publish or discuss with other scientists his theories on cryptography embodied in the Snuffle program, Berstein sued the State Department in 1995, challenging the regulations on free speech grounds. Bernstein is now a research assistant professor of mathematics, statistics and computer science at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Patel ruled last December that the old regulations limiting the export of encryption software violated the First Amendment. But late last year, President Bill Clinton issued an executive order transfering jurisdiction over the export of nonmilitary encryption products to the Commerce Department. Patel's latest ruling was on Bernstein's amended lawsuit which included the new regulations and new defendants. Patel said that her finding that encryption source code was speech protected by the First Amendment did not remove encryption technology from all government regulation. Cindy Cohn, a lawyer for Bernstein, called the ruling a "very big victory" for free speech advocates. "This brings us a step closer to people being able to freely publish ideas about encryption," she said. A U.S. Justice Department lawyer who defended the regulations could not immediately be reached for comment. The government could appeal the ruling. [End]

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Welfare / Norplant
by Peter Trei 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Several years ago I came up with a little variation on the Welfare Mother problem which I thought was a lot more palatable. Offer a 'birthday present' program, under which *any* female over the age of 11 who has not yet had a child or become pregnant, on her birthday, gets a cash award. The award should be high enough to encourage participation; $250 seems about right. A woman who can deliberatly turn down a $250 lump sum every year for the rest of her life is almost certainly able to afford to raise a child. This scheme: * Is entirely voluntary; no one has to use contraceptives, stay off welfare, or anything else. * Targets young women who would be likely to become 'welfare mothers'. The parents of such young women would be highly motivated to have their dependent daughters participate. I haven't worked out the costs, but suspect that the net savings would be quite substantial. Peter Trei trei(a)Process.com Disclaimer: The above is my personal opinion. I dont suggest that any other person or oganization shares it.

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Shams and Shame
by tcmay＠got.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 2:34 AM 9/8/95, Pat Farrell wrote: >I am even willing to type in some, but that is known to cause typos, >as I can't type, and even spellcheckers can't tell real words >such as 'sham' from 'shame' Yeah, it's a real sham you can't spel. --Tin May ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- 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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The Information Silk Road
by Robert Hettinga 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

--- begin forwarded text Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 13:18:43 -0400 (EDT) To: e$(a)thumper.vmeng.com Subject: The Information Silk Road Cc: rah(a)shipwright.com, "R. Jason Cronk" <rjasonc(a)pobox.com> From: Ted Anderson <ota+(a)transarc.com> Sender: <e$(a)vmeng.com> Precedence: Bulk List-Software: LetterRip 2.0 by Fog City Software, Inc. List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:requests@vmeng.com?subject=unsubscribe%20e$> List-Subscribe: <mailto:requests@vmeng.com?subject=subscribe%20e$> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Subject: The Information Silk Road In this note I criticize recursive auction markets as a good model for the global market in public information. Instead I suggest an agent based model where data merchants compete to be suppliers of information to clients based almost entirely on value they above and beyond the value of the information itself. I ignore issues of data ownership and data privacy. I realized that e$ is perhaps not the best forum for this message and welcome redirection to a more appropriate venue. The Information Silk Road I would like to draw a distinction between trading in digital services and trading information. There are interesting proposals to use market-based mechanisms to manage computer resources such as memory and CPU cycles[1] or network bandwidth[2]. Attempts have been made to extend this idea to trading information, such as the recursive auction market[3]. While the similarities between computer resources and the material world are close enough to make market-based ideas quite successful, I don't think the same is true for markets in information. Differences stem from the fact that information can be copied with perfect fidelity and essentially zero cost while both physical commodities and computing resources are strictly limited in quantity. - From another point of view, the problem is that the responsibilities of ownership are different. Market-based mechanisms work by clearly identifying an owner for each resource. The owner (in computational contexts this is usually a software agent) then tries earn enough income from its asset to pay expenses. The job of the owner is then to avoid overuse (the tragedy of the commons problem) and underuse. However, with information, overuse is impossible (maximizing the use of information is actually beneficial to general good) and only underuse is a risk. Underuse of information can even lead to a problem not shared with other limited commodities, it may be lost altogether. Practically speaking there is another difference between computer resource commodities and information products. For example, any memory page can be sold to a software agent and numerous agents will compete for a fixed pool of identical pages. However, while I can endlessly replicate a piece of information, each customer won't need more than one of each datum. While different agents may occasionally request the same piece of information, this is often rare. Partly this is because a even small cache near the customer will mean that the server only gets a single request from each cache miss, not from each customer request. Therefore, an information seller must stock a huge selection of data and only expect a very tiny fraction of them to be to be in high demand. Still, I would like to see both the digital silk road (markets for computer services) and the information silk road (markets for data) built. I am particularly interested in the design of the data merchants that will be the traders on the information silk road. Recursive Auction Market A useful contribution of the recursive auction market idea is that it denigrates to concept of information ownership. While ownership of information may still be useful to prevent valuable information from disappearing altogether (by being replaced in every supplier's inventory by more profitable data) it has nowhere near the standing of ownership of finite commodities. The recursive auction market idea assumes that data in high demand would propagate from suppliers or intellectual property producers, through intermediate distributors, to consumers as fast as the network could carry it. At each stage the data is auctioned to the highest bidder who must factor into his bid price the network transfer charges[2] and his ability to further resell it. As the data is distributed, the rarity premium available to early sellers disappears, leaving only the basic network delivery costs. These auctions require multiple simultaneous buyers. However it would seem that this would be a very unusual case. Except for a few extreme cases, the market for data will consist of multiple buyers spread out in time. This means that a significant expense of the seller is for the storage of the data between buyers. This storage rental must be factored into the data's price. This is a hard cost that depends on the interval between requests of each piece of data. Rarity, and the premium it adds to the price, is usually an ephemeral, even self-defeating, property of data. This suggests that an auction is not a good general paradigm to use for trading information. Data Merchants A better model of the information silk road has a large population of data merchants spread throughout the network. Their mission is to maintain an inventory of data in anticipation of being able to resell it profitably at a later time. Viewed individually these data merchants provide a data caching service. While viewed collectively, the information silk road is a replicated data storage facility[4]. So what services can a data merchant offer which customers might be willing to pay for. In other words, how can they add value. Locality. Assuming some distance (as the packets fly) sensitivity to network transport charges, data will be cheaper from a local supplier than from a distant one. This means that a merchant can pay the transport charges to obtain the distant data once and attract local buyers by charging less than it would cost them to fetch it from a remote source. As long as there are multiple local buyers and the data storage costs incurred between requests is small compared to the differential between remote and local network transport charges then the local vendor can turn a profit. Authoritativity. For small data, where the cost of transferring the data is comparable to the cost of requesting it, it will be useful for a client to pass its requests to a single merchant and expect a high probability of obtaining the data. Without consulting an authoritative source the client will potentially have to contact many merchants before finding the data it seeks. Unless the data is large this cost may dwarf the actual transfer cost. Being an authoritative source does not have to be a global property, but might apply to narrowly defined types of data: hostname to IP address mappings, perl scripts, or Cypherpunks messages. Being authoritative depends upon the data merchant maintaining a persistent reputation. Interestingly an authoritative source doesn't actually have to store any data, it may operate purely as a locator service. Speed. Some data merchants may strive to provide data rapidly but spending more on rotating media, doing more aggressive prefetch and caching, and having bigger servers and network connections. For some customers and some data, paying a premium for speed could be quite desirable. Anonymity. Guaranteeing privacy for a client's requests could be an attractive option. This is an other feature that would depend upon the merchant maintaining a good reputation. [1] Mark S. Miller and K. Eric Drexler, "The Agorics Papers", http://www.webcom.com/~agorics/agorpapers.html. [2] Norman Hardy and Eric Dean Tribble, "The Digital Silk Road", http://www.webcom.com/~agorics/dsr.html. [3] http://www.transarc.com/~ota/RecursiveAuctionMarket.txt [4] eternity data storage service -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBNAcEPgGojC9e/wyBAQE0QAP+IGeBTV4WAOG2IlP+ACh8PXShQdAe4bph 4HNPZt6HD8shdHrqgbtl4j1GXOa9VLrYtuhgoPdLAFQHTz/W3jQ+eVVJoCwUsQ0a oMYJB2gwSbRB7jFzTaWNE8n3DO42m49SPiys3jCuAg2GSteA+ar9cLWNIPClqLWw 8jkrjKjP7MI= =PltB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Where people, networks and money come together: Consult Hyperion http://www.hyperion.co.uk info(a)hyperion.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------- Like e$? Help pay for it! 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NIST Escrow Papers - Now Web Available
by Joel McNamara 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Several of the scanned hand-outs (courtesy of John Young) for the NIST September 5 workshop on key escrow are now available on my Web page: http://www.eskimo.com/~joelm Papers include: The outlines of meeting topics of Raymond Kammer of NIST and Michael Nelson of the White House. (KAMMER.TXT - 7kb) Discussion Paper No. 4, "Example Potential Solutions for the Draft Export Criteria for Software Key Escrow Encryption," which offers example solutions for each of the ten criteria. (CRITERIA.TXT - 7kb) The Business Software Alliance's dissenting blast at the government's key escrow proposal and export limit. This paper was loudly applauded. (BSA.TXT - 19kb) Trusted Informations Systems's "Thoughts on the NIST Escrow Issues Meeting Discussion Papers." (TIS.TXT - 27kb) TECSEC Incorporated's "Private Escrow Key Management: A Method and its Issues." (TECSEC.TXT - 13kb) Dorothy Denning's "Comments on Draft Criteria for Software Key Escrow Exportability" and "Comments on Issues for Key Escrow Agents." (DENNING.TXT - 8kb)

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Usenix symposium on crypto applications
by Rich Salz 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Newsgroups: comp.org.usenix,comp.org.uniforum,comp.org.sug,comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.large,comp.org.decus,comp.security.unix Path: paperboy.osf.org!bone.think.com!blanket.mitre.org!agate!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!in2.uu.net!usenix!toni >From: toni(a)usenix.org (Toni Veglia) Subject: 6th USENIX UNIX Security Symposium - Call-for-Papers Message-ID: <DEI0Mp.4L7(a)usenix.org> Reply-To: toni(a)usenix.org (Toni Veglia) Organization: USENIX Association, Berkeley, CA Date: Wed, 6 Sep 1995 19:25:37 GMT Lines: 218 Xref: paperboy.osf.org comp.org.usenix:3623 comp.org.uniforum:20 comp.org.sug:940 comp.unix.admin:33851 comp.unix.large:1699 comp.org.decus:6147 comp.security.unix:19702 Announcement and Preliminary Call for Papers 6th USENIX UNIX Security Symposium Focusing on Applications of Cryptography July 22-25, 1996 Fairmont Hotel San Jose, California Sponsored by the USENIX Association, the UNIX and Advanced Computing Systems Professional and Technical Association Co-sponsored by UniForum (pending) In cooperation with: The Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT), and IFIP WG 11.4 Important Dates Dates for Refereed Paper Submissions Extended abstracts due: Mar 19, 1996 Program Committee decisions made: Apr 15, 1996 Camera-ready final papers due: June 10, 1996 Registration Materials Available: End April 1996 Program Committee Program Chair: Greg Rose, Sterling Software. Fred Avolio, Trusted Information Systems, Inc. Steve Bellovin, AT&T Bell Laboratories Brent Chapman, Great Circle Associates Diane Coe, Mitre Ed DeHart, CERT Dan Geer, Open Market Inc. Peter Gutmann, University of Auckland Kent Landfield, Sterling Software Clifford Neuman, Information Sciences Institute Avi Rubin, Bellcore Eugene Spafford, COAST Laboratory, Purdue University Ken van Wyk, Defense Information Systems Agency Karen Worstell, The Boeing Company Readers: Matt Bishop, U.C. Davis; Phil Karn, Qualcomm Overview The goal of this symposium is to bring together security and cryptography practitioners, researchers, system administrators, systems programmers, and others with an interest in applying cryptography, network and computer security, and especially the area where these overlap. The focus on applications of cryptography is intended to attract papers in the fields of electronic commerce and information processing, as well as security. Please note that papers about new cryptographic algorithms are not solicited; however new applications are. This will be a four day single track symposium with tutorials, refereed and technical presentations, and panel discussions. Tutorials will take place the first two days followed by two days of technical sessions. Tutorials July 22-23 Tutorials for both technical staff and managers will provide immediately useful, practical information on topics such as local and network security precautions, what cryptography can and cannot do, security mechanisms and policies, firewalls and monitoring systems. Technical Sessions July 24-25 In addition to the keynote presentation, the technical program includes refereed papers and invited talks. There may be panel sessions. There will be Birds-of-a-Feather sessions and Works-in- Progress Reports on two evenings. You are invited to make suggestions to the program committee via email <security(a)usenix.org>. Papers that have been formally reviewed and accepted will be presented during the symposium and published in the symposium proceedings. Proceedings of the symposium will be published by USENIX and will be provided free to technical session attendees; additional copies will be available for purchase from USENIX. Symposium Topics Presentations are being solicited in areas including but not limited to: *Anonymous transactions *Applications of cryptographic techniques *Attacks against secure networks/machines *Cryptanalysis and codebreaking as attacks *Cryptographic tools *Electronic commerce security *Firewalls and firewall toolkits *Legislative and legal issues *Case studies *Computer misuse and anomaly detection *File and File system security *Network security *Security and system management *Security in heterogeneous environments *Security incident investigation and response *Security tools *User/system authentication *Penetration testing *Malicious code analysis Note that this symposium is not about new codes or ciphers, or cryptanalysis for its own sake. How to Submit a Refereed Paper Submissions must be received by Mar 19, 1996. Authors are encouraged to submit an extended abstract which discusses key ideas and demonstrates the structure of the finished paper. Extended abstracts should be 3-5 pages long (about 1500-2500 words), not counting references and figures. The body of the extended abstract should be in complete paragraphs. The object of an extended abstract is to convince the reviewers that a good paper and presentation will result. Full papers can be submitted if they are complete in advance of the date. Full papers should be 8 to 15 typeset pages. Authors will be notified of acceptance on April 15, 1996. All submissions will be judged on originality, relevance, and correctness. Each accepted submission will be assigned a member of the program committee to act as its shepherd through the preparation of the final paper. The assigned member will act as a conduit for feedback from the committee to the authors. Camera-ready final papers are due June 10, 1996. Please accompany each submission by a cover letter stating the paper title and authors along with the name of the person who will act as the contact to the program committee. Please include a surface mail address, daytime and evening phone number, and, if available, an email address and fax number for the contact person. If you would like to receive detailed guidelines for submission and examples of extended abstracts, you may send email to: securityauthors(a)usenix.org or telephone the USENIX Association office at +1 510 528 8649. The UNIX Security Symposium, like most conferences and journals, requires that papers not be submitted simultaneously to another conference or publication and that submitted papers not be previously or subsequently published elsewhere. Papers accompanied by "non-disclosure agreement" forms are not acceptable and will be returned to the author(s) unread. All submissions are held in the highest confidentiality prior to publication in the Proceedings, both as a matter of policy and in accord with the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976. Where To Submit Please send one copy of an extended abstract or a full paper to the program committee via each of two, for reliability, of the following methods. All submissions will be acknowledged. o Preferred Method: email (Postscript or ASCII) to: securitypapers(a)usenix.org o Alternate Method: postal delivery to Security Symposium USENIX 2560 Ninth St., Ste. #215 Berkeley CA 94710 U.S.A. Phone: +1 510 528 8649 o Fax: +1 510 548 5738 Registration Materials Materials containing all details of the technical and tutorial programs, registration fees and forms, and hotel information will be available at the end of April 1996. If you wish to receive the registration materials, please contact USENIX at: USENIX Conference Office 22672 Lambert Street, Suite 613 Lake Forest, CA USA 92630 +1 714 588 8649; Fax: +1 714 588 9706 email: conference(a)usenix.org Information can also be found under the USENIX Association WWW page URL: http://www.usenix.org

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Website highjacking -- Cybercrime Conf Announcement
by Lynne L. Harrison 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

[Apologies for the duplication if the following has already been posted here.] --------------------------- >Approved-By: lewrose(a)ARENTFOX.COM >X-Sender: oceana(a)popserver.panix.com >X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 (32) >Date: Thu, 28 Aug 1997 14:14:25 -0400 >Reply-To: Lawyers and the Internet <NET-LAWYERS(a)PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM> >Sender: Lawyers and the Internet <NET-LAWYERS(a)PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM> >From: "Oceana Publications, Inc." <oceana(a)PANIX.COM> >Subject: [NET-LAWYERS] Website highjacking -- Cybercrime Conf Announcement >To: NET-LAWYERS(a)PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM > >PRESS RELEASE > >AUGUST 18, 1997 > >(Dobbs Ferry, NY) Oceana Publications, Inc. in cooperation with the >University of Florida Centre for International Financial Crimes Studies; >Kroll Associates, Warroom Research LLC; and the National Computer Security >Association announce two international conferences on CYBERCRIME, >ELECTRONIC COMMERCE, CORPORATE, BANK & COMPUTER SECURITY, FINANCIAL CRIMES >AND INFORMATION WARFARE to be held at the Washington, D.C. Omni Shoreham >Hotel on October 29, 30, 31, 1997 and the New York City Hilton on November >17, 18, 1997. > >Discussions by Commissioners from The President's Commission on Critical >Infrastructure Protection (PCCIP) and Leaders of the Manhattan Cyber >Project and WarRoom Research will high-light the upcoming Conferences, >CYBERCRIME, ELECTRONIC COMMERCE, CORPORATE, BANK & COMPUTER SECURITY, >FINANCIAL CRIMES AND INFORMATION WARFARE, to be held at the Washington, >D.C. Omni Shoreham Hotel on October 29, 30, 31, 1997 and the New York City >Hilton on November 17, 18, 1997. > >General Robert T. Marsh, U.S. Air Force (Ret.), Chairman of The President's >Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection will lead the discussion >of the Commission's work and recommendations. Commissioners Brent Greene >(the DOD Representative), Steve Mitchell (the DOJ Representative) and Dr. >Mary Culnan, Professor of Business Administration of Georgetown University >will be panelists with Gen. Marsh. > >Over fifty faculty members, including Mr. Alan E. Brill, Managing Partner >of Kroll Associates, the world's foremost computer crime investigator, Mr. >Donn Parker, Senior Management Systems Consultant, SRI Consulting, Dr. >Eugene Spafford, Professor of the Computer Science, Purdue University, Dr. >Dorothy Denning, Professor of Computer Science, Georgetown University, Mr. >Winn Schwartau of Security Experts, Inc. And Peter S. Tippett, President of >the National Computer Security Association will speak and lead panel >discussions. Dr. Barry Rider, Director of the Institute of Advanced Legal >Studies, University of London and a Fellow in Law at Jesus College, >Cambridge University will address the connections between the Global Mafias >and Cybercrime. Dr. Rider is recognized as the world's authority on money >laundering, organized crime, banking law and economic crime. Professor >Fletcher N. Baldwin, Jr. of the UF College of Law will address electronic >privacy. > >The Conferences are sponsored by Oceana Publications, Inc. of Dobbs Ferry, >NY, The Centre for International Financial Crimes Studies of the College of >Law of the University of Florida, Kroll Associates, Inc., WarRoom Research >LLC and the National Computer Security Association (NCSA). > >For further information concerning program content, contact Dr. Robert J. >Munro, Conference Program Coordinator and Co-Director of the Centre for >International Financial Crimes Studies, College of Law, University of >Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, tel: 352-392-0417, fax: 352-392- 8727, >e-mail: munro(a)law.ufl.edu. > >For information on registration, group discounts, exhibitors and vendors >and media, contact Mr. John Downey, Vice President and Director, >International Seminars Division, Oceana Publications, Inc., 75 Main Street, >Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522 USA, tel: 914-693-8100 or 1-800-831-0758, fax: >914-693-0402, e-mail: oceana(a)panix.com. > > > > > > > > >Annual International Conference on >CYBERCRIME, ELECTRONIC COMMERCE, CORPORATE, BANK & COMPUTER SECURITY, >FINANCIAL CRIMES and INFORMATION WARFARE > > Sponsored by Oceana Publications, Inc. > in cooperation with > The Centre for International Financial Crimes Studies, College of Law, >University of Florida; > Kroll Associates, Inc.; > WarRoom Research LLC; > and the National Computer Security Association (NCSA) > >To be held in two locations: > > October 30-31, 1997 > Omni-Shoreham Hotel > Washington, DC > > November 17-18, 1997 > New York Hilton and Towers > New York, NY > >For more information contact Oceana's International Seminars Division >Telephone: 800/831-0758 or 914/693-8100 >Fax: 914/693-0402 >E-mail: oceana(a)panix.com >WEB: http://www.oceanalaw.com (go to seminars subpage) > >DAY 1 (Washington. DC & New York, NY): > >Potholes on the Information Superhighway and Prospects for Crime on the >World Wide Web > >Security in Cyberspace >- Includes: Manhattan Cyber Project Update > >U.S. Government and Legal Perspectives on Cybercurrency & Cybercrime > >Luncheon Address > - Mr. Mark Gembicki & Mr. Steven Shaker > WarRoom Research LLC > >The President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection (PCCIP) > - Threats and Vulnerabilities of Infrastructure > - Global Infrastructure Implications > - Commission Recommendations > - Information Warfare & Assurance > >Banking and Information Security > >DC ONLY: >Keynote Addresses >- Dr. Eugene Spafford, Professor of Computer Science, > Purdue University >- Mr. Donn Parker of SRI Consulting > >Information Warfare & National Security: An Introduction > >NY ONLY: >Plastic Card Fraud, Internet Banking, The Electronic Purse & Smart Cards > >Denial of Service Scenarios: From Meltdown to Survival > >DAY 2 (Washington, DC & New York, NY): > >Corporate Managers: Their Vision of Managing Risk Through the 2000s > >Solutions to International Corporate Espionage and Intellectual Property >Crimes > >Global Electronic Money > >Luncheon Addresses >- (DC & NY) Mr. Michael Zboray, Gartner Group >- (DC only) Mr. Winn Schwartau, Security Experts, Inc. > - (NY only) Mr. William Boni, Intelligence & Information Protection >Services > >The Impact of Technology and Encryption on Domestic & International >Organized Crime > >The Future of Encryption > >None of Your Cyber-Business! Privacy in the Age of the Internet > >Information Warfare, the Threat of an Electronic "Pearl Harbor" and Hackers >as a "National Resource" > >DC ONLY: >Military Intelligence Applications > >NY ONLY: >Security Lessons from the Financial Services Industry >- Effective Management of Security: >- Top-Down/Bottom-Up Accountability and Vision >- The Importance of Having Internal Controls Outside of the Information System >- The Value of Having Multiple Overlapping and Mutually Reinforcing >Security Measures > >Ask about: >*Optional Pre-Conference Institute: Cybercrime and/or Money Laundering >Workshops, Oct. 29th, Washington, DC only. > >Distinguished Faculty include: > >Mr. Robert Ayers, Former Chief of the DOD Intelligence Information System >Computer Security Program; Former Director of the Department of Defense >Defense-Wide Information Systems Security Program > >Professor Fletcher N. Baldwin, Jr., Conference Chairman, S.T. Dell Research >Scholar, Professor of Law & Director of the Centre for International >Financial Crimes Studies, College of Law, University of Florida, >Gainesville, FL > >Mr. William E. Baugh, Currently, Vice President, Information Technology and >Systems Section, SAIC; Former Assistant Director, FBI > >Major Brad Bigelow, U.S. Air Force, Washington, DC > >Mr. William Boni, Manager, Intelligence & Information Protection Services, >Amgen, Thousand Oaks, CA > >Mr. Arnaud de Borchgrave, Director, Center for Strategic and International >Studies, Washington, DC > >Mr. Alan E. Brill, Managing Director, Kroll Associates, New York, NY; Mr. >Brill is an International Authority on the Information Superhighway and >Computer Crimes; Manager of Kroll's Global Information Security and >High-Technology Investigations Group > >Mr. Francis Bunting, Chief, Money Laundering Investigative Unit, Citicorp, >Tampa, FL > >Col. Alan D. Campen, U.S. Air Force (Ret.), Midlothian, VA; Adjunct >Professor, School of Information Warfare and Strategy, National Defense >University, Ft. McNair, Washington, DC > >Mr. Scott Charney, Chief, Computer Crime Division, Department of Justice, >Washington, DC* > >Mr. Jim Christy, USAF, On detail to the Information Protection Task Force, >Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington, DC > >Mr. Guy L. Copeland, Director, Technology, Computer Sciences Corporation, >Herndon, VA > >Ms. Mary Culnan, Commissioner & Associate Professor, School of Business, >Georgetown University, Washington, DC > >Mr. Kawika Daguio, Electronic Money Specialist, American Bankers >Association, Washington, DC* > >Dr. Dorothy E. Denning, Professor, Computer Science Department, Georgetown >University, Washington, DC > >Mr. Alan Fedeli, Manager, IBM Internet Security Services, Suffern, NY > >Mr. Thomas Firnhaber, FinCEN, U.S. Treasury > >Ms. Susan J. Galli, Vice-President, Office of Legal Affairs, Citibank, >N.A., New York, NY > >Ms. Tatiana Gau, Vice President for Integrity Assurance, America Online, >Dulles, VA; Former Executive Vice President, Parvus International > >Mr. Kenneth M. Geide, Chief, Economic Espionage Unit, Federal Bureau of >Investigation, Washington, DC > >Mr. Mark Gembicki, Executive Vice President, WarRoom Research, LLC, >Baltimore, MD; led collaborative Information Systems Security Survey with >the U.S. Senate's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations and Present >Project Coordinator of the Manhattan Cyber Project. > >Mr. Brent Greene, Commissioner, Department of Defense Representative, >President's Commission on Critical Information Infrastructure (PCCIP), >Washington, DC > >Mr. Mike Higgins, Assistant Vice President, Science Applications >International Corporation, Center for Information Protection, McLean, VA; >Former Chief, Countermeasures, DISA > >Mr. Steve Katz, Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer, >Citibank, New York, NY > >Ms. Kathleen Kincaid, Director of I/T Security Programs, IBM, Somers, NY > >Mr. Herb Lin, Senior Staff Officer, National Research Council, Washington, >DC > >Mr. Shaun Lonergan, FinCEN, U.S. Treasury, Washington, DC > >General Robert T. Marsh, U.S. Air Force (Ret.), Chairman, President's >Commission on Critical Information Infrastructure (PCCIP), Washington, DC > >Mr. John McClurg, FBI Computer Investigations and Critical Infrastructure >Threat Assessment Center, Washington, DC; Economic Espionage Unit, Federal >Bureau of Investigation, Washington, DC * > >Admiral Michael McConnell, Vice-President, Booze-Allen & Hamilton, McLean, >VA; Adm., U.S. Navy (Retired); Former Director, National Security Agency > >Mr. Bruce McConnell, Co-Chair, Inter-Agency Working Group on Crypto Policy, >OMB, Washington, DC > >Mr. David McMunn, President, McMunn Associates Inc./Borders Unlimited >Corporation, Vienna,VA > >Dr. Robert J. Munro, Conference Co-Chairman and Co-Director of the Centre >for International Financial Crimes Studies, College of Law, University of >Florida, Gainesville, FL > >Mr. Donn Parker, Senior Management Systems Consultant, Information Security >Program, SRI Consulting, Menlo Park, CA > >Mr. Mark Pollitt, Supervisory Special Agent and Program Manager, Computer >Analysis Response Team, FBI Laboratory, Washington, DC > >Mr. Marcus J. Ranum, CEO, Network Flight Recorder, Inc., Baltimore, MD > >Mr. Mark D. Rasch, Director of Information Security Law, Science >Applications International Corporation, McLean, VA > >Mr. Richard Rees, Supervisory Special Agent, Washington Field Office, >Computer Crime Squad, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington, DC > >Dr. Barry A.K. Rider, Director of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, >University of London; Fellow in Law of Jesus College, University of >Cambridge; Executive Director of CIDOEC and Barrister at Law > >Mr. Thomas H. Roche, Deputy General Counsel and Vice President, Federal >Reserve Bank of New York, NY, NY > >Mr. Shalom Rosen, Vice President, Emerging Technologies, Citibank, NY, NY > >Mr. Daniel J. Ryan, Corporate Vice President & Division General Manager, >Science Applications International Corporation, Falls Church, VA > >Mr. Charles S. Saphos, Currently Attorney at Law, Fila & Saphos, Columbia, >MD; formerly General Counsel, National Central Bureau - INTERPOL, U.S. >Justice Department, Washington, DC > >Mr. E. Eugene Schultz, SRI Consulting, Menlo Park, CA > >Mr. Dan Schutzer, Vice President and Director of Advanced Technology, >Citibank, New York, NY > >Mr. Winn Schwartau, COO, Security Experts, Inc., Seminole, FL. Mr. >Schwartau, a leading expert on information security and electronic privacy, >is an author of several books including, " Information Warfare: Chaos on >the Electronic Superhighway." > >Mr. James C. Settle, Currently, Settle Services in Technology, LLC, >Springfield, VA; Former Head, National Computer Crime Squad, Federal Bureau >of Investigation, Washington, DC > >Mr. Steven Shaker, President, WarRoom Research, LLC, Baltimore, MD; noted >futurist and authority on competitive intelligence and "war room" >applications > >Mr. Jeffrey H. Smith, Attorney at Law, Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC; >Former General Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency > >Dr. Eugene Spafford, Professor of Computer Science, Purdue University, West >Lafayette, IN > >Mr. Daniel Stipano, Director of Enforcement and Compliance, Comptroller of >the Currency, U.S. Treasury, Washington, DC > >Mr. Edward M. Stroz, Supervisory Special Agent, Computer Crimes Squad, >Federal Bureau of Investigation, NY, NY > >Professor Betty Taylor, Professor of Law, College of Law, University of >Florida, Gainesville, FL > >Dr. Peter S. Tippett, President, National Computer Security Association, >Carlisle, PA; Director, Computer Ethics Institute and is a trained >scientist with both a Ph.D. and M.D. > >Mr. Steve Walker, President, Trusted Information Systems, Glenwood, MD > >Mr. Ira Winkler, CISSP, Severna Park, MD; Mr. Winkler is the author of >"Corporate Espionage." > >Lt. Gen. C. Norman Wood, U.S. Air Force (Ret.); Former Director of the >Intelligence Community Staff and now Vice President/General Manager of BDM >Federal, McLean, VA* > >Mr. Michael Zboray, Vice President and Program Director, Gartner Group, >Stamford, CT* > >* Invited > >For more information contact Oceana's International Seminars Division >Telephone: 800/831-0758 or 914/693-8100 >Fax: 914/693-0402 >E-mail: oceana(a)panix.com ************************************************************************ Lynne L. Harrison, Esq. | Destiny: Poughkeepsie, New York | "A tyrant's authority for crime lharrison(a)mhv.net | and a fool's excuse for failure." http://www.dueprocess.com | - Ambrose Bierce ************************************************************************ DISCLAIMER: I am not your attorney; you are not my client. Accordingly, the above is *NOT* legal advice.

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