December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

InfoWarCon
by winn＠Infowar.Com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

P L E A S E D I S T R I B U T E W I D E L Y InfoWarCon (Europe) '96 Defining the European Perspective Brussels, Belgium May 23-24 1996 Sponsored by: National Computer Security Association Winn Schwartau, President and CEO, Interpact, Inc. Robert David Steele, Chairman & CEO, OPEN SOURCE SOLUTIONS Information Warfare represents a global challenge that faces all late-industrial and information age nation states. It also represents the easiest and cheapest way for less developed nation-states and religious or political movements to anonymously and grieviously attack major nations and international corporations. Not only are the definitions of InfoWar unclear, but they span many areas and disciplines. This conference will examine the European perspectives on all three classes of Information Warfare while contributing some American lessons learned, mistakes made and successes enjoyed. Class I: Personal Privacy Class II: Industrial and Economic Spying and Warfare Class III: Global Conflict, Terrorism and the Military As at all other InfoWarCon, this special European Conference encourages active audience participation, contribution and debate. May 22, 1996 17:00 - 20:00 Pre-Registration 18:00 - 21:00 Hosted Cocktail Party with Music Most conference speakers will be in attendance. Meet Mr. Schwartau and Mr. Steele. May 23, 1995 07:00 - 08:30 Registration 07:00 - 08:30 Sponsored Continental Breakfast PLENARY SESSIONS 08:30 - 09:00 Keynote Speech Major General William Robbins Assistant Chief Of Staff, Command, Control, Communications, Computing, and Information Ministry of Defence, United Kingdom (Invited) 09:00 - 10:00 "Information Warfare: Chaos on the Electronic Superhighway" Winn Schwartau President and CEO, Interpact, Inc., USA An overview of Information Warfare from the civilian perspective by one of the world's leading experts on the subject. This will be an eye-opening presentation with time reserved for questions from the audience. Mr. Schwartau will be available throughout the conference for personal and private discussions as well as book signings. 10:00 - 11:15 Military View of Information Warfare Moderator: Captain Patrick Tyrell Assistant Director, Information Warfare Policy, Ministry of Defence, United Kingdom Panel: The German View The Russian View The Croatian View 11:15 - 11:45 Sponsored Break 11:45 - 13:00 Law Enforcement in Cyberspace: Cooperation is the Key: Panel Moderator: Winn Schwartau, Interpact, Inc. Panel: Interpol Surite FBI Netherlands How will global partners respect each other's laws and cooperate in their enforcement? Will extradition for cyber-crimes become necessary? Leading experts will walk us down the paths to success and offer lessons learned on failures and risks. 13:00 - 14:30 Lunch 13:30 - 14:00 Special Luncheon Presentation BREAKOUT SESSIONS 14:30 - 16:00 Breakout I: Threats to European Civil Prosperity Moderator: Admiral Lacoste/General Heinrich, France (Invited) Panel: Belgium Germany United Kingdom Europe is becoming as dependent upon its econo-technical infrastructure more than ever with the design and construction of the European Space Initiative. Communications systems create the basis for global commerce, transportation systems permit the distribution of goods, the financial infrastructure is a requisite component of any information based economy and the power grid glues it all together. But, the threats to their stability and integrity are many and must be dealt with on a continent that has a history of war and more recently terrorism. What are the risks? The rewards? And the solutions? Breakout II: Information Warfare: Support for Conventional War Fighting Moderator: TBD Panel: US - Gen. Jim McCarthy USAF (Ret) Russia Netherlands Conventional Wars and regional conflicts are replacing the fear of East-West conflict. Advanced Industrial and Information Age societies will supplement their armed forces with enhanced information processing capabilities. What are they and will they change the face of war? 16:00-16:30 Sponsored Break PLENARY SESSION 16:30 - 18:00 "Hackers: National Resources or Merely Cyber-Criminals?" Moderator: Mich Kabay, Ph.D. Director of Education, NCSA and Robert Steele, President, OSS, Inc. Panel: Hactic and The Digital City Experiment: Amsterdam, Netherlands (Invited) Hacker, United Kingdom CHAOS Computer Club, Germany Are hackers merely criminals operating under the guise of Internet freedom? Or are they national resources to be cultivated and who have served as an early warning system for Cyberspace? One group of American hackers have threatened to "Declare War on France" on behalf of American interests. How do we as nations deal with this? Mich Kabay and Robert Steele will debate the issue and then you will meet the hackers in person. The first Information Warriors invite your questions, comments and interaction. Learn first hand who they are, what they believe and how they function. 18:00 - 21:00 Hosted Reception 21:00 - 23:00 "Dutch Dinners" for Birds of a Feather Rallying points will be provided. May 24, 1996 07:00 - 8:30 Sponsored Continental Breakfast 08:30 - 9:00 Keynote Speech "Efforts to Maximize Information As New Age Weapon" (TBD) PLENARY SESSIONS 9:00 - 10:00 "Creating Smart Nations Through National Information Strategies: Intelligence And Security Issues" Robert David Steele, President, OSS, Inc. US Planning for the future requires new thinking and a new "triad" of defense: Open Source Intelligence, Electronic Home Defense and Information Warfare. 21st Century realities invite dozens more players whom must be monitored and controlled. Governments and the military should avail themselves of the publicly available open source information as part of their ongoing intelligence operations. Mr. Steele has suggested that nations should "draft" the civil sector by requiring 'due diligence' and very high standards of private sector communications and computing security. 10:00 - 11:15 "The Convergence of Military and Commercial Vulnerabilities" Moderator: Winn Schwartau, President and CEO, Interpact, Inc. Panel: Bob Ayers, DISA, Department of Defense, US Holland / Belgium UK France Much of military success depends upon the reliable operation of civilian and commercial systems. No longer do the government and military and private sector function in isolation. What levels of cooperation are required to assure proper defense and war fighting capability? How much of the private sector must be viewed as a national security asset - to be protected as much as is a forward deployed military unit? 11:15 - 11:45 Sponsored Break 11:45 - 13:00 Societal Impact of Information Warfare Moderator: Winn Schwartau, President and CEO, Interpact, Inc. Society is absolutely dependent upon technology; without networks and computers and communications, portions of society can collapse within days. If major systems fail, what will the reaction of a techno-reliant society be? And, what are the ethics of a military who instigates the collapse of an adversary's civilian infrastructure rather then resort to bombs and bullets? Is a techno-phobic society psychologically prepared for the consequences? 13:00 - 14:30 Lunch 13:30-14:00 Special Luncheon Presentation BREAKOUT SESSIONS 14:30 - 16:00 Breakout I: Legislation & Personal Privacy: A Global Electronic Bill of Rights? Moderator: General Pickering, Canada (Invited) Panel: Electronic Privacy International (Invited) Sweden The Vatican This panel will examine the different approaches governments take to protect the personal privacy of their citizens and what steps need to be taken to create a global consensus. How do differing privacy laws affect countries ability to do business? How will authoritarian regimes counter the perceived threat of free and open information flow? Breakout II: "Industrial Espionage: An Update" Moderator: DST, France (Invited) - (RS) Panel: Surite tells all Kroll Associates US Germany 122 Countries are actively engaged in industrial and economic espionage to the benefit of their respective states. It's a lot easier for a third world or agrarian society to steal intellectual and proprietary property than to invest time and resources develop their own. Who's involved and what are they doing? What steps need to be taken to defend such actions? 16:00 - 16:30 Sponsored Break PLENARY 16:30 - 18:00 Defining War in the Information Age "The New National Security" Brief comments by Winn Schwartau and Robert Steele - and then a lively interactive audience debate. An enemy bomb landing in any country can be easily construed as an act of war. However, in Cyberspace, anonymous acts of aggression that lead to war or replace conventional attacks are not so simple to classify. This highly charged subject will consider what war is and what it isn't: - Is an attack against a financial institution an act of war? - What about the intentional collapse of a communications infrastructure? - Is human lethality a necessary pre-requisite for war? - Do we need to redefine national security for the post Cold-War world? 18:00 - 18:10 Closing Comments 18:00 - 20:00 No-Host Reception Hotel Information: Hotel Palace rue Gineste 3 1210 Brussels Belgium +32 2 203 62 00 +32 2 203 55 55 (Fax) InfoWarCon (Europe) - 96 Registration Form: Name: ___________________________________________________________ Title: ___________________________________________________________ Org: ___________________________________________________________ Address: ___________________________________________________________ Address: ___________________________________________________________ City: ___________________________________________________________ State: _______________________________ Zip: _____________________ Country: __________________________ Email: ________________________ Phone: __________________________ Fax: _________________________ FEES: Payment made BEFORE March 1, 1996: ( ) $845.00 NCSA Members/OSS Attendees ( ) $895.00 All others ( ) $795.00 3 people from same organization ( ) $745.00 5 or more people from same organization Payment made AFTER March 1, 1996: ( ) $895.00 NCSA Members/Paid OSS Attendees ( ) $995.00 All others ( ) $845.00 3 people from same organization ( ) $795.00 5 or more people from same organization Make checks payable to NCSA, or Charge to: ( ) VISA ( ) MasterCard AMEX ( ) Number: ___________________________________________ Exp date: ___________________________ Signature: ___________________________________________ MAIL OR FAX OR EMAIL REGISTRATION TO: National Computer Security Association 10 South Courthouse Avenue Carlisle, PA 17013 Phone 717-258-1816 or FAX 717-243-8642 EMAIL: conference(a)ncsa.com To obtain the latest edition of this program, send EMail to: euroinfowar(a)ncsa.com For more information about NCSA: WWW: http://www.ncsa.com CompuServe: GO NCSA EMail: info(a)ncsa.com Sponsorships for various InfoWarCon (Europe) 96 events are still available. To find out how to sponsor portions: Contact Paul Gates at the NCSA: pgates(a)ncsa.com To reach: Winn Schwartau: Winn(a)Infowar.Com Robert Steele: ceo(a)oss.net V 1.1/12.7.95 Peace & Happy Holidays Winn Winn Schwartau - Interpact, Inc. Information Warfare and InfoSec V: 813.393.6600 / F: 813.393.6361 Winn(a)InfoWar.Com

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Re: GAK and Self-Incrimination?
by E. ALLEN SMITH 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

From: IN%"tcmay(a)got.net" 8-DEC-1995 13:28:32.69 Given that GAK means one never knows if the government is listening, could a person claim protection against self-incrimination as a reason to not use GAK, and get away with it? (This is different from the phone system, which may also be tapped. The analogy would be the same if the government forced one to pick a telephone it could tap over one it could not, which so far has not been the case, but which soon may be if switching systems which are not compliant with Digital Telephony Act provisions are shut down.) Consider this hypo: I send an encrypted message to a partner in crime containing plans for future crimes and descriptions of past crimes. I don't GAK the message. The government prosecutes me under the Anti-Terrorism and Child Protection Act of 1997. My defense? That GAKKing the message would be tantamount to incriminating myself, which the Fifth Amendment protects me against. ------------------- There is the problem with this argument that personal diaries have recently (Packwood) been found to not fall under the Fifth amendment. However, IA(most definitely)NAL. -Allen

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Re: Free calls to Govt (fwd)
by Censored Girls Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I did and it did not work. At 04:22 PM 12/10/95 EDT, you wrote: > I've been told that number is out of date. Since I forgot to save it, >would someone who did check and find out? > Thanks, > -Allen > > -- Member Internet Society - Certified BETSI Programmer - Webmistress *********************************************************************** Carol Anne Braddock (cab8) carolann(a)censored.org 206.42.112.96 My Homepage The Cyberdoc *********************************************************************** ------------------ PGP.ZIP Part [017/713] ------------------- M8H,),S$8G>&.WP(8IRA`-M['+`Q%&_C"">5-F%LX@<_Q$;*P'',Q$Z/AA[8M MF=O0H+*%(-S%&>S%+FS&<LS%3(Q&#W1"<]2%`H^;,]^1C$'HBN8PX$4SYAU^ MPGD<Q0ZLA0D+,`MCT!LA**4M[-JPAK9F?40!AJ,CW"'%DR#:'9?Q)3[%<DQ` ------------------------------------------------------------- for next chunk to export --> http://dcs.ex.ac.uk/~aba/export/

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More elveator problem
by Jerry Whiting 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

More on The Elevator Problem: I'll confess that we're working on a new private key encryption product. Free and clear of existing claims on intellectual property, I'd like a protocol that answers the elevator problem: how can Alice and Bob agree on a private key via a compromised channel? I don't want them to meet under a street lamp and whisper in each other's ears _before_ trying to establish a secret on a crowded elevator. I'm willing to accept that the basic question is undoable without stepping on DH et al., I just don't want to give up until all parties are convinced it can't be done. As I stated in my original post, we're willing to consider less-than-perfect implimentations if we can quantify mathematically the risk involved. In some scenarios, Alice and Bob might not expect any Eve's in the crowded elevator or value the content at such a price that they're willing to live with less than 100%. As long as we can document the risk, the end user can make the decision as to whether the risk is worth it. Something that I neglected to mention before is that Alice and Bob do have a unique ID within this system, not that they necessarily know each others. If one assumes that they do, they then share a secret: the knowledge of each other's unique ID. Another segment of our attention is being spent daydreaming about the potential applications of a secondary channel in the cleartext portion of a crypto "package" or "bundle". The comment about secondary channels that I believe Tim made regarding the inmates and the warden is something we discuss in our spare time. Then again the wheels of justice doth turn and patents ain't forever... Jerry Whiting jwhiting(a)azalea.com

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Rally in SanFran meatspace to protest censorship in cyberspace!
by John Gilmore 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Spread the word! *** NETIZENS!! RALLY AGAINST CENSORSHIP *** Amendment I: "Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble." **PROTEST ** PROTEST ** PROTEST ** PROTEST ** PROTEST ** PROTEST ** It's like illiterates telling you what to read. On December 6 members of the House Conference Committee on Telecommunications Reform approved a proposal to censor free speech in cyberspace. If the measures are adopted, the Net and online media will become the most heavily regulated media in the United States. They *will not* enjoy the First Amendment freedoms now afforded to print media. Instead, online publishers and users will be held to a vague and patently un-Constitutional "indecency" standard. "Violators" will be subject to fines of up to $100,000 and prison terms of up to five years. In response, ALL members of the Bay Area media, online, Internet, new media, and telecommunications communities are invited to participate in a protest rally to express our outrage that the politicians in Congress (which is not even connected to the Internet!) are attempting to destroy our First Amendment rights in cyberspace, and directly attack our livelihoods. Help stop the demagogs in Washington! There is nothing "decent" about denying free speech to us, our children, and our children's children. Preserve our Constitutional rights! Join us! WHEN: Monday, December 11, 1995 12:00 - 1:00 PM WHERE: South Park (between 2nd and 3rd, Bryant and Brannon) San Francisco. SPEAKERS: To be announced [including John Gilmore, Jim Warren, Dave Winer, Mike Godwin, Howard Rheingold] BRING: Attention-grabbing posters, signs, and banners that demonstrate your committment to free speech and expression, and your feelings about Congress. FOR UPDATED INFORMATION: http://www.hotwired.com/staff/digaman (Although this event is being organized in the offices of Wired magazine and HotWired, we are *actively* seeking participation and support from all members of the local community. Please forward this message to anyone you think should attend, and to all relevant news groups.) CONTACT: Todd Lappin -- 415-222-6241 -- protest(a)wired.com

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Oracle of Man
by oracle1＠shell02.ozemail.com.au 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Whatever your Newsgroup interest may be, The fact that you are using the Internet, means that you are part of the greatest explosion of information technology (IT) in the history of mankind. Computer developments are well documented but the future of artificial intelligence is limited only by our imagination. Paul Phillips, owner of one of the largest IT companies in Australia, has written a compelling book which is raising controversy and arguments throughout the world. His disturbing and unnerving prediction is that we are now close to a breakthrough in the race to give computers a conscious intelligence. This will give them the ability to interface with human beings. This giant leap forward brings the incredible possibility of being able to "download" our whole psyche. This will include our personality, intelligence and knowledge transfering into Technological Life Forms" or "TLF's", to give ourselves eternal life. For further information, please visit our Web page on http://www.oracle_of_man.aust.com

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Netscape speaks with a forked tongue:
by jamesd＠echeque.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Netscape speaks with a forked tongue: Jim Clark, top guy and owner of netscape, has issued a statement in support of government access to keys: "To secure Net communications, the government will need to have access to private data exchanges using what is known as a key escrow security system " and he has issued a statement that Jeff (a netscape employee) has very generously interpreted as anti GAK. (Government access to keys) The only clear and authoritative statement issued by Netscape on GAK is Jim Clark's speech in support of GAK. Everything else is a cloud of unintelligible fog, or was issued by people with no authority and given a minimum of publicity. Jim Clark's supposedly anti GAK statement was incomprehensible to me. Perhaps he needs a punchier ghostwriter: I offer my services free of charge. :-) If Jim Clark wishes to persuade us that his heart is in the right place, he should put something like the following somewhere on the Netscape web pages: "Our customers do not want government access to their cryptographic keys. Mandatory government access to keys violates the rights of our customers. Therefore we will not foist government access to keys on those customers who have freedom to communicate securely. We will only build government access to keys into our products for those customers whose governments force them to provide such access. " If that really is Netscape's policy, then they should tell the world that that really is Netscape's policy, thus instantly relieving the fear, uncertainty, and doubt created by the unfortunate widespread misinterpretation of Jim Clark's original statements. The only clear and authoritative statement issued by Netscape on GAK is Jim Clark's speech in support of GAK. Everything else is a cloud of unintelligible fog, or was issued by people with no authority and given a minimum of publicity. --------------------------------------------------------------------- We have the right to defend ourselves and our property, because of the kind of animals that we are. True law derives from this right, not from the arbitrary power of the omnipotent state. http://www.jim.com/jamesd/ James A. Donald jamesd(a)echeque.com

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Re: Still more on the Digicash protocol
by Andrew Loewenstern 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

David A Wagner writes: > >Tough!? It's trivial for an active attacker, in the stream cipher case. > >He just xors some bits: no clever cryptanalysis needed. (Or did you mean > >it's tough to mount an active attack? I agree: that requires significant > >knowledge or motivation.) Rev. Mark Grant responds: > Exactly.. once you have an active attack set up, it's trivial, but > setting that up is quite hard. But setting up an active attack is probably a hell of a lot easier than breaking 128-bit RC-4 (or even 64-bit). andrew

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SpeakFree (Internet real-time voice w/encryption?)
by anonymous-remailer＠shell.portal.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Has anybody seen, used or hacked with SpeakFree? Supposedly it's a kind of internet-phone that has IDEA/DES encryption options, plus another option to exchange encryption keys with PGP... The URL is http://www.fourmilab.ch/speakfree/windows/

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Windows .PWL cracker implemented as a Word Basic virus?
by Richard Charles Graves 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Just an idea. It would be huge, but can anyone think of a reason it would not be technically feasible? Also, does NT use the same algorithm for saving network passwords? -rich

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