December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Re: Opiated file systems
by John Deters 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 03:29 PM 7/21/96 -0700, Bill Frantz wrote: >At 9:26 PM 7/19/96 -0800, Chris Adams wrote: >>BTW, I'd try a fiber-optic connector to the machine because 1) it's >>waterproof and you wouldn't have to be quite as paranoid about leaks, 2) >>it's far more secure, 3) it's faster and 4) it's probably impossible to >>trace like a metal wire (i.e. run current through and trace magnetic >>fields...)... > >Just some random advice: My high-speed networking expert friend says that >plastic fiber is good to about 4-5 miles, and is a lot easier to work with >than glass fiber. What about a machine setup that has its own intrusion detection? An internal battery-backup system that also powers case-tampering detection hardware could be set to trigger "Alternate Stego File System Plan A". Replace drivers, etc., with software that does not contain the real system's drivers at all, which you have wisely placed only in a very offsite backup location. Tamper-detecting cases of this sort already exist: look at a U.L. listed Burglar Alarm external cabinet. Double-walled, and the internal wall is electrically insulated from the external wall such that any short between the two walls, (i.e. a bad guy with a drill bit), will fire the trigger. Certain shielding schemes used by some manufacturers today might already provide a good design. You could also go overboard and fill the interior with various environmental detectors. Photosensitive transisitors. Tilt/tremble sensors. Temperature sensors. Smoke detectors. Accelerometers (see Scientific American a few months ago for a circuit). Microswitches that are held open by virtue of having the case screws in place. Build a double-walled case (as mentioned above) and keep it pressurized with nitrogen, and have a pressure sensor to detect leakage. Lead-line the interior, and place an X-ray detector where any attempt to X-ray the machine will result in Plan A. And if they want to try using MRI to see inside; well, I guess I probably wouldn't be too surprised! :-) If you had absolute faith in your machine's inability to crash (i.e. not running a Wintel operating system), the drivers could be written to copy themselves into memory at bootup and securely wipe themselves from your hard disk; and write themselves back to hard disk at a shutdown request. Your machine is then vulnerable only when properly shut down, a state in which I would not recommend leaving it. Leave it only in a "password required" state, and *this* would be the place to implement the duress password. As for seed data to encrypt to give them something to find, may I suggest that would be an excellent choice to keep both your Netscrape cache as well as your Winders swap files? Lots and lots of sectors worth of data, kept as fresh as often as you use your browser. And as long as you don't browse "illegal" sites (whatever that might mean in your country), you win. And, of course, protect all external connectors so your opposition wouldn't be able to shove a wire in your RS-232 port and short your internal battery. The low/no battery level alarm would be used to ignite the magnesium wrapped around the hard disk's case (also known as Alternate Stego File System Plan B :) , or it would trigger the capacitively powered EMP coil mounted above the platters; neither of which you would want triggered unless the software-stego routines hadn't completed by the time the case was breached. My point is it should be possible to build a virtually tamperproof case; and especially if your attacker doesn't know it exists, you would stand a good chance of being able to eliminate self-incriminating data (sometimes the 5th amendment needs some mechanical assistance) before the bad guys would have the ability to save an "untampered" copy. John. -- J. Deters "Captain's log, stardate 25970-point-5. I am nailed to the hull." +-------------------------------------------------------+ | NET: jad(a)dsddhc.com (work) jad(a)pclink.com (home) | | PSTN: 1 612 375 3116 (work) 1 612 894 8507 (home) | | ICBM: 44^58'33"N by 93^16'42"W Elev. ~=290m (work) | | PGP Key ID: 768 / 15FFA875 | +-------------------------------------------------------+

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Re: evidence from the NIC - interpret and use as you will.
by shamrock＠netcom.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 18:53 7/21/96, ante wrote: >See who is sleeping with who. These are the supporters of the sham >"hearings". [list of freedom of speech supporters elided] There is help. Really. Today's psychiatric drugs can help make the difference. Please see a qualified psychiatrist. -- Lucky Green <mailto:shamrock@netcom.com> PGP encrypted mail preferred. Defeat the Demopublican Unity Party. Vote no on Clinton/Dole in November. Vote Harry Browne for President.

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Canada investigating Net-regulations -- call CBC-Radio now!
by declan＠well.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

[David Jones is the head of EF-Canada. Call CBC Radio with your comments now! (I did, and left them on the voice mailbox that Morning Edition graciously provided.) --Declan] >Return-Path: <efc-talk-owner(a)insight.mcmaster.ca> >Date: Mon, 22 Jul 96 11:55:41 EDT >From: djones(a)insight.mcmaster.ca (David Jones) >To: efc-talk(a)insight.mcmaster.ca >Subject: call CBC with your thoughts on BC Attorney General's remarks >Sender: efc-talk-owner(a)insight.mcmaster.ca >Precedence: bulk >Reply-To: djones(a)insight.mcmaster.ca (David Jones) >X-Efc-Web-Site: http://www.efc.ca >X-Efc-Archive: gopher://insight.mcmaster.ca/11/org/efc > > Murmurings about Internet regulation in British Columbia > >I just finished a very brief interview on CBC-Radio in Vancouver. >They called asking for a comment on the BC Attorney General's >statement that he has instructed his ministry to investigate whether >the Internet can be regulated. The reason this is in the news >is because of the so-called "white power" and "hate" web pages that >are now available through a BC Internet Service Provider (Fairview Tech), >after being kicked off an Ontario ISP's computers (Pathyway Communications). > > >I hadn't had my morning coffee, so perhaps you can be more articulate >on this issue that I was. I encourage you to call the CBC-Radio's >"talk-back lines" at (604) 662-6976 -- they are inviting comments >on this issue. Seriously, if you don't want the BC Attorney General >to regulate the Internet, speak now or forever hold your peace. > > >Background (from Vancouver Sun) > > B.C. Internet provider is the largest Canadian site for racist material > gopher://insight.mcmaster.ca/00/org/efc/media/vancouver-sun.19jul96a > > Hate on Internet investigated > gopher://insight.mcmaster.ca/00/org/efc/media/vancouver-sun.19jul96b > > Don't expect easy solutions to cyberspace abuse > gopher://insight.mcmaster.ca/00/org/efc/media/times-colonist.14jul96 > > >See also: > > "Skin-Net" > http://www.ftcnet.com/~skinhds/main.htm > > "Freedom Site in Exile" > http://www.ftcnet.com/~freedom/ > > >- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >David Jones -- Electronic Frontier Canada >djones(a)efc.ca -- http://www.efc.ca/

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Re: Borders *are* transparent
by frantz＠netcom.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 10:32 AM 7/22/96 -0006, Peter Trei wrote: >Any one up for a distributed brute force attack on single DES? My >back-of-the-envelope calculations and guesstimates put this on the >hairy edge of doability (the critical factor is how many machines can >be recruited - a non-trivial cash prize would help). My Mac 9500/132 is chomping at the bit. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Frantz | Cave ab homine unius lebri | Periwinkle -- Consulting (408)356-8506 | [Beware the man of one | 16345 Englewood Ave. frantz(a)netcom.com | book] - Anonymous Latin | Los Gatos, CA 95032, USA

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Re: Boobytraps and the American Legal System
by jim bell 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 04:13 PM 7/23/96 -0700, Timothy C. May wrote: >No, a better solution it seems to me is to dispose of the body so there is >only a "disappearance," with nothing to link the perp to one's self. >(Unless the perp left records or told someone...) > >My place is pretty isolated, so I wonder if my proposed solution is enough: >process with my 10 h.p Troy-Bilt chipper/shredder, treat output with 2 >sacks of quicklime, hose resulting product into ravine dropping down to >valley floor below. (Probably too much DNA-carrying crud left around, Contrary to all the old stories, quicklime (calcium hydroxide) actually PRESERVES bodies, it doesn't assist their decomposition. (It probably inhibits bacteria growth by raising pH, yet its alkalinity doesn't attack the organic material.) What you want is a few gallons of concentrated sulfuric acid, which will hydrolyze the fats, the proteins, dissolve the calcium in the bones, as well as erase any traces of DNA left in the mixture. Jim Bell jimbell(a)pacifier.com

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Re: NSA Lawyers Believe ITARs Would be Overturned
by Chris Adams 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

On 22 Jul 96 05:06:06 -0800, tcmay(a)got.net wrote: >>Which raises an interesting question: Why aren't they (still) restricting >>PC-type computers for export? While it might not appear to make a great >>deal of sense either, a PC is just as much a tool for encryption as the >>software which runs on it. And it's obvious that given the two scenarios >>below: > >But they _are_ (so far as I know, though I haven't checked recently). > >That is, there are export restrictions on computers and programs which can >perform certain mathematical operations faster than some specfied limit. >For example, FFTs faster than a certain rate. > >My copy of Mathematica, updated less than 18 months ago, says "Not for >Export," and this was not because it contained any crypto code, but because >of the performance on certain algorithms (on commonly available machines). I was wondering why Mathcad had that sticker. It's only 2-3 months old, BTW. // Chris Adams <adamsc(a)io-online.com> - Webpages for sale! Se habla JavaScript! // Automatically receive my resume or PGPKEY by sending email with a subject // of 'send PGPKEY' or 'send resume'. Capitalization counts so be careful!

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Re: Giving 6 year old kids Uzi's (Was: Responding to Pre-dawn Unannounced NinjaRaids)
by shamrock＠netcom.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 12:01 7/22/96, Ernest Hua wrote: >You might be missing the mark too, but I thought the subject was >giving a gun to every child who enters school, not YOURs or SOME >EXPERT 6 YEAR OLD's special case. There is *nothing* that should be given to every child or every adult for that matter. I very much oppose the use of my tax dollars to issue guns or school books to children. Let the parents buy the items required for the children's safety or education. [We are straying away from crypto...] -- Lucky Green <mailto:shamrock@netcom.com> PGP encrypted mail preferred. Defeat the Demopublican Unity Party. Vote no on Clinton/Dole in November. Vote Harry Browne for President.

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RE: [Noise] was Re: Giving 6 year old kids Uzi's
by Bill Olson (EDP) 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

On Mon, 22 July 1996, Brad Dolan wrote: > >On Mon, 22 Jul 1996, Ernest Hua wrote: > >> >> > > > Thanks, but if it is all the same to you, I'd rather live >> > > > in a country where everybody << including six year olds >> >> > > > carry, and can use Uzi's, etc, as a matter of course. >> > > >> > > Would you just hand out guns to all teenagers? >> > >> > My twelve-year-old daughter asked for and received a .22 for her >>birthday. >> > Her four and six year old siblings enjoy shooting it, under close >> > supervision. >> >> The question was not whether you might let your little girl operate >> a gun. The question was whether you might let her carry it as part >> of her standard equipment. Would you let her go to school with it >> loaded or with ammo within easy reach? I mean, what's the point of >> carrying a gun without bullets? > >My daughter often carries her gun to school, complete with large >quantities of high-velocity long-rifle cartridges. > >She's homeschooled and marksmanship is one of her extracurricular activities. > >bd > >p.s. In two years of homeschooling, she has advanced 6 grade levels on >the state-mandated achievement tests. > I don't care if it takes my son 6 years to get through 2 grade levels, anyone who allows there kid to pack a gun (or a rifle?) should get their head examined (or join the Freemen--I hear they are short a few members).

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Decrypt Unix Password File
by Jerome Tan 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

How can I decrypt Unix password file?

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Re: Filtering out Queers is OK
by frantz＠netcom.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 5:03 PM 7/22/96 -0700, Ernest Hua wrote: >Therefore, nobody (not you, not the PTA, not the school, not the >Congress) has any right to tell me what is good for my child. Ern - This is a serious question. When does your child have the right to say that what you think is good for her/him is crap and then proceed to ignore you? IMHO, this question is the major question for the parental rights at all costs people. It is best if your children and you can reach broad enough mutual respect so you can work this issue out informally. However, I personally know a lot of cases where the best didn't happen. The teen-parent wars were quite spectacular. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Frantz | Cave ab homine unius lebri | Periwinkle -- Consulting (408)356-8506 | [Beware the man of one | 16345 Englewood Ave. frantz(a)netcom.com | book] - Anonymous Latin | Los Gatos, CA 95032, USA

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