December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

[NOISE]Re: stego virus aka Intro to Computers 101
by jfricker＠vertexgroup.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

trying not to be technical Excecuting a program involves putting commands into the CPU. Move data such as a GIF or a JPEG is not anywhere near the same. GIF, JPEGs, TIFFs, WAVs, AUs, MPEGs are data. Not executables. At 07:56 PM 8/28/96 -0400, you wrote: > If a virus is embedded into a giff ,is it executed when the giff is or >does it require the usual overwriting etc methods to execute it? > TIA > >

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Other nations' bad laws and crypto/GAK ...
by Ernest Hua 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

A legal concern about GAK ... What would be the basis for each and every request for GAK keys from other nations? What sort of process would decide which purposes are okay for which to grant access to GAK keys? What if it is to enforce this new Malaysian law against Karaoke (say, because someone was importing karaoke equipment to Malaysia)? It seems like we should not be supporting other nations' repressive laws. Is each and every GAK key to be granted to be carefully reviewed for concerns on national security/foreign policy/repressive law/stupid law? If so, then it seems like a huge government beaurocracy will have to be created just to handle proper review of GAK requests. Ern -------- From Nando Times ... CONCERNED MALAYSIAN STATE RULES AGAINST KARAOKE Copyright © 1996 Nando.net Copyright © 1996 Reuter Information Service KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 28, 1996 10:35 a.m. EDT) - Citing concerns about moral decay, the central Malaysian state of Selangor will close all illegal video games outlets and karaoke lounges from September 1, the national Bernama news agency reported on Wednesday. Licensed video games arcades will also be closed on expiry of their licences while the licensing conditions for karaoke lounges have been tightened, Bernama quoted Selangor's Chief Minister Muhammad Muhamad Taib as saying. As in many Asian countries, karaoke has become a popular recreation, resulting the mushrooming of lounges in many of Malaysia's cities. Officially Moslem Malaysia is vigilant for any erosion of moral standards among its youth. ... [ SNIP ] ...

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Key Exchange Request
by Michael T. Babcock 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID pub 1280/FA4C5DB1 1996/06/13 Michael T. Babcock <mbabcock(a)tyenet.com> Michael T. Babcock <mbabcock(a)cyberbeach.net> - -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6.3i Comment: http://www.cyberbeach.net/~mbabcock/PGP/ mQCtAzHAhC8AAAEFAMG+C+yN8q7KDT5TUSdyQNZlDDlTGuF4vUzPEq52lrqx7NAA YwJuj0dtOnnU2GAAonNutYF7nbbsS5yjWWgENioKOzIdjgDpq+YBZDkX4kFTD/+5 PM5EZhS1kT54zDpbjlZHtu9ViL3xUD/vp5zmp7Mlxqdd5SbkM0bpIBlBIqfpij59 hOVgc837YtAMmAbuRzwzy06/5ne221MLA/pMXbEABRG0KE1pY2hhZWwgVC4gQmFi Y29jayA8bWJhYmNvY2tAdHllbmV0LmNvbT6JALUCBRAyG4B8iNNjBTZRc5UBAQgN BQCUEtqBZp6AHxuzl8ul5YdrgSmVzL5KZ+h5ZSsahq3Z880Z2+iL2nHlQxE/Kx+A +sBALnqjcZ1jFVd//kdUW3Z6MR805txMXhxSm8350uxv9SVgR9fFatuBphyMY3+H JCJABOD8W/78l+ryKzrDIkTRcZZ/ZfAIFx8CuQbHAHREbd5WxUvwYD1RmYN0roEm lX08htgUVpM5KrsdO1QFZXJciQCVAwUQMdnXD03i+M8vT7SzAQGdPgP/U/LYSAdj Fv9F9B+B0zzUOUyZVzP+esMRLVja69FXpLvpSbzHZuibwgx6iHzQvJU7FgoNR6Le xMjVobVz6dvQNn4Cyv/IVSYhQ7OeQpVpPROMd7oNpi2REond6iTulNwJ582yNWbg HpXF+rcyQGLSZW1M97dstKVJaA1M+1I+KBiJAJUDBRAxwISNpWTgrlDImaUBAXK9 BACT9ZVN4CQonU8MhzZXNepMm2k3xAkM/01e1vjqjnHR95g9xysVJCeSh0aky+Jk v7Yok5hRLhZ8CWmt+n/vAEZI6thIJlF++CLX6XHaZVN0sXtOKJuzsu1za4Kllqbf nRKkEKjixFQk37sDUHJPehiy7tYWVF364A5KQU9K7JenDIkAtQMFEDHAhDDbUwsD +kxdsQEBo9wE/1TDLucmWU8nIQ3izH8bDLHv8UNfyKItlMwKQXcokOxFV1lhxtKu RhsBjIiLD3iBXG7xd/Q8EgV9gbAXJ0IfdMBEXUbAqNgZBu0sPT5OWtdxQ4l7/uXl A0bHNGe8/O+L76bq81dWn7i/iyggIDpcSYYp4pCqm0fPQFS8eMUc5fwQMhODgVH2 WTSKbIZrSXYUjv9Nu1hAHeo1xB7tyJCJePi0LE1pY2hhZWwgVC4gQmFiY29jayA8 bWJhYmNvY2tAY3liZXJiZWFjaC5uZXQ+iQCVAwUQMcCKaqVk4K5QyJmlAQF56gP9 F/kU8pMxVJdCDFVXyXm9STzEwZauLzMAHbIqWE7RzzDX1jX6e4bFDkpOP79SM19K RMrB70IQ/0OerNDGA3foMTFde79CZwSN+sE4CBIziEzClCkoZR8lsURgrNCpgrfD SfefCMERK2wsPRCHTm1/SQoc107xgPdZKV2MTsKa+l6JALUDBRAxwIo/21MLA/pM XbEBAbXOBPsFGBbIKo04YVMaQRQXUXNJNaFys21ZforSlLXX6jh9XVnPfTzJHbba lYtzBNMSzTn1S2INJUTsmakfMWSi3yghi6BVlBPJDhaC/lbmUPzbs1UtGwKzTJPP oIW0ogvNiBUnEJBXLyEpLg4DDsmg74jT23m9kDIY5IT9tDQy2l+bVlDUl341DCSw qd98jWjPf38BgLOldtanlYiYfSBcVIdO =N34I - -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- This message was sent by Pronto Secure Mail. Above is my public key. Please send your public key by return mail. - --- [This message has been signed by an auto-signing service. A valid signature means only that it has been received at the address corresponding to the signature and forwarded.] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 Comment: Gratis auto-signing service iQBFAwUBMiPPNCoZzwIn1bdtAQHwiAGA25takabrZ8cinCavjJ4DMhYclePThtCz 2Wy+KH/pT42RVsMDtPvmwKeF8MEffw1N =QuAh -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: Bullshit or Not ?
by Alan Olsen 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 04:57 AM 8/28/96 -0700, anonymous-remailer(a)shell.portal.com wrote: >I snagged this off a news group this AM.. comments?? > >A lot of people think that PGP encryption is unbreakable and that the >NSA/FBI/CIA/MJ12 cannot read their mail. This is wrong, and it can be a >deadly mistake. In Idaho, a left-wing activist by the name of Craig Steingold >was arrested _one day_ before he and others where to stage a protest at >government buildings; the police had a copy of a message sent by Steingold >to another activist, a message which had been encrypted with PGP and sent >through E-mail. This is quite bogus. The first clue is the mention of "Craig Stiengold". A variation of "Craig Shergold" a widely known (and misspelled) urban legend. This has been debunked a number of times. --- Alan Olsen -- alano(a)teleport.com -- Contract Web Design & Instruction `finger -l alano(a)teleport.com` for PGP 2.6.2 key http://www.teleport.com/~alano/ "We had to destroy the Internet in order to save it." - Sen. Exon "Microsoft -- Nothing but NT promises."

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Re: File System Encryption
by Adamsc＠io-online.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

On Tue, 27 Aug 1996 09:01:03 -0500 (CDT), Douglas R. Floyd wrote: >> I'm aware of the three main disk encryption programs SFS, SECDRV, and >> SECDEV, but I need to find a solution that works with Windows 95 32bit >> or Windows NT 4.0. >> >> I'm currently using SFS 1.17 and Secure Drive under Win-95, but am >> unable to continue to work in dos compatability mode due to severe >> performance hits. I am open to commercial products that have passed >> peer review, but know of none. >> >> If anyone could suggest a solution (outside of switching OS's), I >> would be *most* gratefull. >> >> Please respond to the list, as I am a subscriber under another >> account. > >If you have another 386 or 486 lying around, you could install Linux and >Ian's encrypted loopback code on a remote box, then NFS or Samba the >filesystem over. For protection, you could modify the vlock command to >lock the console (and not unlock it), and disable inetd. Then, unless Better yet, patch some stuff onto a spare power supply cable so that a small siren would go off on a reboot and then use those security bolts to hold the case on. That would probably discourage someone from rebooting off a floppy. >someone has the permissions to access the files through the network, the >files are inaccessable ;-). Neat idea, and a great use for all the linux security patches we've heard about. / If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. / Home: Chris Adams <adamsc(a)io-online.com> | http://www.io-online.com/adamsc/adamsc.htp / Autoresponder: send email w/subject of "send resume" or "send PGPKEY" / Work: cadams(a)acucobol.com | V.M. (619)515-4894 | (619)689-6579 / Member in good standing of the GNU whirled hors d'oeuvre

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Cypherpunks Home Page
by Vipul Ved Prakash 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Can't get to the cypherpunks web page. Have been trying for last two daz, seems that the WWW server has decided not to respond. - Vipul -- Vipul Ved Prakash Voice 91 11 2247802 <vipul(a)pobox.com> Fax 91 11 3328849 Web Development, PERL Scripting, Cognitive Comuting, TCP/IP, Linux, Cryptography and Internet Security

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Re: SCO giving free licenses to UNIX OpenServer
by Adamsc＠io-online.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

On Wed, 28 Aug 1996 08:37:26 -0700 (PDT), Eric Murray wrote: >> Hit www.sco.com >> Pick What's New >> >> Look for UNIX Unbound. >> >> Read, Understand, and Delight... Microsoft maybe in trouble at last. >I doubt it. People don't use Microsoft products because >of their quality or functionality. OTOH, it might get people to play around with another alternative to NT. >> This is for single user home based UNIX systems. >Single-user UNIX isn't all that useful. >Linux and FreeBSD are both free, and come with source code. >You can get "commercial" versions of Linux for around $30 >(that's on CDROM). You can get support for Linux, and probably >for FreeBSD. True. However, if you have odd-ball hardware (like my RAID controller) it *will* come with an SCO driver. I'd have to write my own to use it under Linux. / If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. / Home: Chris Adams <adamsc(a)io-online.com> | http://www.io-online.com/adamsc/adamsc.htp / Autoresponder: send email w/subject of "send resume" or "send PGPKEY" / Work: cadams(a)acucobol.com | V.M. (619)515-4894 | (619)689-6579 / Member in good standing of the GNU whirled hors d'oeuvre

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Re: Real or Not ?
by jya＠pipeline.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

As a vulture investor in pgp.com I heartily endorse Paul's aggressive cooperation with the Feds. Would not have trusted him with my tax-haven wealth had he not had the balls to fight the gov to build his rep and then wisely get in bed for the loving. That's how we gonna leverage PGP's worldwide trust to make lotsa dough like all the patriotic giants of computer boom-boom-boom -- fake-fight the gov and betray, betray, betray the stupes. Don't waste your life being a principled, poor outsider. Dive deep into the shit with the titanic buzzards of the industry. It'll make your drooling alma mater and yo sweet juicy momma call you a genius.

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Re: DoJ is poking around
by Will Rodger 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- At 03:42 AM 8/29/96 +1000, Skeeve Stevens wrote: > >Im running a mirror of the DoJ site on http://www.skeeve.net/doj/ > >It has had some 14000 hits or so since I put it up.. so I installed a stats >package to see where they were coming from... > >low and behold! > >US Government >wdcsun1.usdoj.gov > 09:07:07 /doj/ > >wdcsun1.usdoj.gov unknown - [28/Aug/1996:09:07:07 +1000] "GET /doj/ HTTP/1.0" 20 >0 8416 > >also > >US Military >palisade.spacecom.af.mil > 07:21:50 /doj/ > 08:30:51 /doj/ > > >looks like the DoJ have been looking around at the mirrors.. maybe to >legally hassle people about them.... > Or, just maybe, some DoJ employees wanted to see what folks on the outside were doing to tweek their bosses:-)? Reminds me of the *thousands* of hits the "Intel Secrets Page"(http://www.x86.org/) has gotten from users at intel.com since it went up. True, Intel was considering legal action against the site, but there's almost no way all those hits are from Mr. Grove's investigators.... Will Rodger -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQEVAwUBMiTHI0cByjT5n+LZAQFObAf9G1fBFETkuWL5mlTmKb2RwLTs/HyTGML7 c8nSdpS+Hsj/I+ofvqUHn07ahulsr+kDLWQmmR3JHFKlT0KCsfydmAn0CvjTVRw+ dyeRTFzxW5fbcmwLBpzmijKllQjoEa7GiM3kUgaGb7MYqssnDoa5YDIA9jYtFvTY 3cKymCiyqNUGWTsskLLAS8zjClIH9q9yF6qq+unY66PyRo44dUGkDH6L1Jd4AOZ6 b/Mgphj3oW59veX/scfxKcLlMAnxvJoLpdlLysJHeU2jhVB/tjRneAxNxZqCTFi8 uVXpPbL568V1xR9uyxmaZbbQqG7+0PgEj+kW5r99zvTZfd0fMd6irA== =EwSd -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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RE: Real or Not ?
by Osborne, Rick 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I think we all know this is fake. I saw the original web page out there (search lycos for "pgp crack" to find it) and it originally had an extra line at the end (tactfully ommitted, I see) which said something to the effect of "In case you couldn't tell, this is a joke!" -oz ---------- Subject: Real or Not ? Date: Wednesday, August 28, 1996 7:57AM I snagged this off a news group this AM.. comments?? A lot of people think that PGP encryption is unbreakable and that the [...]

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