December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Re: IPG Hoax Re: IPG Hoax?
by anon-remailer＠utopia.hacktic.nl 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> I must admit that after the first day I've been wondering if this whole > IPG thing isn't some kind of deep troll or early April Fool's joke. Well, not only is "Ralph" detweiling more intensely than anyone since the original, hitting as many hot buttons as possible, but he does an impressive job of trying to sound erudite by quoting various literary figures while misspellling their names (and misspeling other words far be-yond his obvious typ1ng defishncies.) And, of course, if he _isn't_ a hoax, he's probably representative of the rest of his company's quality process. Either way, he's quite impressive! Dos-toy-evsky

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Re: IBM Breakthrough?
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Responding to msg by mpd(a)netcom.com (Mike Duvos) on Wed, 21 Feb 9:3 PM >Those wishing to read IBM's explanation of this new >technology may browse their Web page on Quantum >Teleportation at... > >http://www.research.ibm.com/quantuminfo/teleportation/ Thanks much for your precis and the IBM pointer. IBM's ad seems inspired by Clarke's "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." The teleportation site hiply introduces the topic with its science fiction ancestry. The site even has a link to the "goulash" featured in the ad, so the tease is PR for IBM's magical research explorations. It was illuminating to read the tie of teleportation to quantum research -- cryptograpy, communication and who knows what else burbling in that wizard Watson lab. Because my Lynx could not get into IBM's "quantum cryptography," perhaps Blue is onto some Lotus-like Q-Crypto soon to be teased in ads for cosmos-wide Net security or surveillance-proof chips and goulash.

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Re: Digital Signature Legislation
by E. ALLEN SMITH 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I find it interesting to note that Dr. Biddle's concerns on the economic aspects of the legislation are almost the reverse of those on the cypherpunks list. For instance, he is concerned about too much liability by the consumer (and I would agree that the "strict liability" rather than "negligence" model is a problem). The concern on the list has been that there is too much liability for the CA, given the potential of unlimited liability for all transactions such as Dr. Biddle appears to be favoring. -Allen

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Re: Public Access Obsolete. Capitalism offers free email
by E. ALLEN SMITH 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

From: IN%"fletch(a)ain.bls.com" "Mike Fletcher" 22-FEB-1996 03:53:16.20 > Who says the code has to run on their machine. Just forward >all incoming mail off to another box, and send all the outgoing mail out >from the free account. Depending of course on whether it's some sort >of shell account or if you POP/SMTP to their box. I'd guess it's some sort of dialin (possibly via tymnet or some such). In that case, you'd simply have your remailer on your system at home, calling the system up at some (probably randomly determined) time and downloading the incoming mail and uploading whatever outgoing mail that (given latency) you wanted to go out at that point. (Any on-encrypted email, such as their ads, you'd be able to filter out very easily). You could even potentially run it off of a portable computer. For unattended running, the hardware RNG would be best, of course. -Allen

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Re: Internet Privacy Guaranteed ad (POTP Jr.)
by E. ALLEN SMITH 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

From: IN%"lull(a)acm.org" 22-FEB-1996 13:20:54.73 >In any case, throwing away some selected portion of its output is NOT >an appropriate cure for a broken random number generator. >The proper cure is fixing the generator. If I understand the matter correctly, looking at and sorting out a given set of outputs is bad. Looking at a sample (that is _not_ used) and using it to decide how much putting-together (XORing) of the rest to do is OK. They appear to be doing the former. -Allen

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Re: Edupage, 20 Feb 1996
by E. ALLEN SMITH 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

From: IN%"frissell(a)panix.com" "Duncan Frissell" 22-FEB-1996 12:01:13.17 >Why, Oh why is there so so much talk about the V Chip. This stupid device >only covers over-the-air broadcast TV a dying part of the spectrum. It does >not cover cable-only programs (HBO, etc) and it does not cover net-based >audio and (soon) video programming. It is meaningless. If I recall correctly, Europe still has a lot of over-the-air broadcast TV. Moreover, if the device works from signals cosent with the TV broadcast, it could perfectly well work with cable. Indeed, I had thought it did - the companies that mainly produce stuff for cable seemed to be protesting it just as much as the broadcast networks. -Allen

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Here I come.
by Pat Buchanan 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Dear boys. Enjoy this list while you can. Signed Pat

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Re: Schneier Attacks
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Responding to msg by tighe(a)spectrum.titan.com (Mike Tighe) on Wed, 21 Feb 4:17 PM >You could also count the number of electrons, as well >as their direction across the chips. True, Bruce eggs-on the credulous SciAm reporter: "Is the timing attack a real threat to security? 'Oh, God, yes!' exclaims Bruce Schneier. 'You can't belittle the realness of it. It's not only a theoretical attack -- you can do this!' " And a current IBM ad exclaims! that one of its scientists can dematerialize objects for transmission over the Internet with rematerialization at the other end! And that this technology will transform the world of information! Here comes IPO Photon-optical!!!

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San Diego CPunks Symposium
by Adam philipp 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

San Diego Area CPUNKS symposium Thursday, February 29 (we're lucky this was a leap year...) 1996 Invitation to all Cypherpunks to join the San Diego crowd at "The Mission Cafe & Coffee Shop" were we will get updates on Lance's new ISP, perhaps the new Win32 mixmaster client, and other new goodies. As a special *BONUS* we can also exchange keys, and discuss other topical subjects. Don't forget to bring your public key fingerprint (and two forms of ID). If you can figure out how to get a PGP fingerprint on the back of a business card, that would be cool. Place: The Mission Cafe & Coffee Shop 3795 Mission Blvd. in Mission Beach. 488-9060 Time:1800 Their Directions: 8 west to Mission Beach Ingram Exit Take west mission bay drive Go right on Mission Blvd. On the corner of San Jose and mission blvd. It is located between roller coaster and Garnet. It's kind of 40s looking building... funky looking (their description, not mine) They serve stuff to eat, coffee stuff, and beer. See you there! New people, don't forget your fingerprint. Drop me a note if you plan to attend. Adam, Esq. --=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-+-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-\ | My PGP key is available on my |Unauthorized interception violates | | home page: http://www.rosa.com |federal law (18 USC Section 2700 et| |-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-|seq.). In any case, PGP encrypted | |SUB ROSA... |communications are preferred for | | (see home page for definition) |sensitive materials. | \-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-+-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-/

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BLO_bak
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

2-22-96. TWP: "CIA Can Waive Prohibition Against Using U.S. Clergy Abroad for Covert Work." A controversial loophole permitting the CIA to recruit American journalists as agents also allows the agency to waive a similar 19-year-old ban on employing clerics or missionaries. An official also disclosed that CIA regulations prohibit recruiting employees of members of Congress or congressional committees "without the approval of the member" for whom they work. "The CIA: No Cover For Failure." Now we know why the CIA, the NSA and the DIA and all those other spook agencies that get $25 billion-plus every year can't bring down Saddam Hussein: They have not been able to use journalists or priests -- the latest the Washington/New York national security establishment has come up with to ride out the lean years after the Cold War. In a justification for continued massive spending on spying, the experts ask us to focus on the extraneous and stupid, rather than look at the obvious. "Again, the CIA and the Press." [Editorial] "My Spy Story." [NYT Op-Ed] 2ND_job (for 4)

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