December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

[BOOK] "Competitive Intelligence" corrected
by Brian D Williams 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Sorry, forgot the Author... Brian "Car Bombs- The poor mans cruise missle." Competitive Intelligence Larry Kahaner "From Black Ops to Boardrooms- How Businesses Gather, Analyze, and use Information to Succeed in the Global Marketplace." ISBN 0-684-81074-3 Simon and Schuster ($24.00) Preface: Being a Hero and not a Bum Part One: What is Competitive Intelligence? 1.) The Rise of Competitive Intelligence 2.) What Competitive Intelligence can do for your company: Information vs Intelligence 3.) Why most managers are still stuck in the information age Part Two: Real-World Competitive Intelligence 4.) The Intelligence Cycle 5.) Planning and Direction 6.) Collection 7.) Analysis 8.) Dissemination 9.) Mergers and Acquistions 10.) Benchmarking and Competitive Intelligence 11.) How the Japanese Perform Competitive Intelligence 12.) Competitive Intelligence in other Countries 13.) Building a Competitive Intelligence System Part Three: Issues, Opportunities, and the Future 14.) Justifying the cost of Competitive Intelligence 15.) Using Competitive Intelligence in the European Union 16.) Ethics 17.) The New Gatekeepers 18.) Why the U.S. Government must get involved in Competitive Intelligence 19.) Competitive Intelligence-The Next Generation Glossary of Competitive Intelligence

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Re: ... subversive leftists
by paul＠fatmans.demon.co.uk 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> tcmay(a)got.net (Timothy C. May) writes: > > As to "tasteless and insulting," a matter of personal perspective. I find > > it helpful to call a spade a spade, and others apparently do as well. > > > > Of course, Tim gets very uncomfortable when others call a spade a spade. This constant character assasination of Tim is getting rather boring, as far as I can see, and I read all of the posts on the list, he has done nothing more than ignore posts from these idiots, that is his choice and nothing to do with anyone else. This whole thread is taking up too much space and is just totally pointless. lets call it a day and just agree to differ eh? Datacomms Technologies web authoring and data security Paul Bradley, Paul(a)fatmans.demon.co.uk Http://www.fatmans.demon.co.uk/crypt/ "Don`t forget to mount a scratch monkey" -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6 mQCNAjH9j+cAAAEEAMBvREiQR0ot9dFCO0TiSCSunAYLv2g1Bc6I3bz8FzKXNH53 6mieJf/W4rD+CxJpT0q9RQaaoRtkHJLwbjfK2il3D7mEahMAyqvF/xRJNqkXfhM3 sRJM0Jh43l+W0M5vwokbEbk25/bxWWGspTsLD3YHbzKnG6pOcL5OPIRbv66xAAUR tCdQYXVsIEJyYWRsZXkgPHBhdWxAZmF0bWFucy5kZW1vbi5jby51az4= =riHc -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

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Re: Fear of Flying -- from HotWired
by frantz＠netcom.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 1:16 PM 9/12/96 -0500, Declan McCullagh quoted: >... former CIA director James Woolsey: responded with some seemingly > gratuitous anti-Net > rhetoric. Terrorists may use biological weapons like anthrax, he said. > "Anthrax is colorless, odorless, and has a 90 percent lethality. One > gram has 100 million lethal doses." Then Woolsey delivered the zinger: > "The knowledge of how to make anthrax is widely available, including > on the Internet." Gee, biotech has come a long way. Now I can download the Anthrax DNA sequence from the net and insert it in some carrier bacteria and start making Anthrax bacteria. Neat! Or did he mean I can chemically synthesize Anthrax toxin? Or did he mean I can get information on culturing bacteria on the net, but must obtain a sample of the bacteria from other sources? BTW - My dictionary says that Anthrax is primarily an animal disease which only occasionally infects humans. It sounds like a poor choice for bio-war terror. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Frantz | "Lone Star" - My personal | Periwinkle -- Consulting (408)356-8506 | choice for best movie of | 16345 Englewood Ave. frantz(a)netcom.com | 1996 | Los Gatos, CA 95032, USA

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Re: Excite Live!
by E. Allen Smith 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

From: IN%"live(a)excite.com" 11-SEP-1996 22:14:03.06 >A request was made for the location of your Excite Live! page >Found your Excite Live at URL >http://live.excite.com/?uid=CEC8C99632372D6E Hi. As you can see from the above, I've set up an Excite Live! page up with the email address of cypherpunks(a)toad.com. It has top priority on things related to cypherpunks, including technology news, political news, international news, etcetera, plus some build-in links and searches to appropriate places. I'd advise using the anonymizer to access the above link (http://www.anonymizer.com:8080/http://live.excite.com/?uid=) -Allen

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ALERT: S.1726 vote postponed; keep calling! Offices are swamped! (9/11/96)
by Voters Telecommunications Watch 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

======================================================================== SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE VOTE POSTPONED SENATOR BURNS ENCLOSES LETTER OF COMMITTMENT TO CRYPTO WE CONTINUE TO RECEIVE REPORTS OF "HEAVY CALLS" TO OFFICES. KEEP THE PRESSURE UP! WE'RE HOLDING OUR OWN! September 12, 1996 Please widely redistribute this document with this banner intact until September 30, 1996 ________________________________________________________________________ CONTENTS The Latest News What You Can Do Now Background / What To Expect This Week Description of S.1726, Pro-CODE Bill Chronology of Pro-Crypto Legislation For More Information / Supporting Organizations ________________________________________________________________________ THE LATEST NEWS The Senate Commerce Committee vote on S.1726 (Pro-CODE) originally set for today (Thursday 9/12) has been postponed. We have been told that the change was largely due to committee scheduling issues, and the Committee staff and have indicated that they are still committeed to marking up S. 1726 within the next. More information should be available shortly. Senator Conrad Burns (R-MT), co-author of S. 1726, asked us to forward the following note to the net.community: X-POP3-Rcpt: jseiger@mailserver From: Conrad_Burns(a)burns.senate.gov Date: Thu, 12 Sep 96 09:55:35 EST To: jseiger(a)cdt.org Subject: Open Letter to the Internet from Senator Burns The Commerce Committee markup on Pro-CODE, S. 1726, that we had expected to have held on Thursday, September 12 has been postponed. I am fully committed to taking Pro-CODE to markup, out of committee and onto the floor of the Senate in this Congress. I believe that this legislation is vital to ensuring the continued strength of America's high-tech community and the privacy of its citizens. I would like to thank the many thousands of Netizens who have expressed their support for Pro-CODE. Sincerely, U.S. Senator Conrad Burns It is critical to keep your phone calls and faxes coming into the offices of the Committee members listed below. Based on the feedback we are receiving from callers and conversations with Capitol Hill staff, the response from the Net has been strong and continuous. Thank you to all who have taken the time to call Congress to voice your support for encryption policy reform. If you have not yet done so, please take a moment to call the committee members below. If you have a little extra time on your hands, between now and the middle of next week please make an effort to call all the Senators on the list below. Your help and support is critical to the future of privacy and security on the Internet. Finally, please don't forget to sign the petition in support of Encryption Policy Reform -- http://www.crypto.com/petition/. More than 4000 Netizens have already signed, including encryption experts Phil Zimmermann, Matt Blaze, Phil Karn, and others. ________________________________________________________________________ WHAT YOU CAN DO NOW It's crucial that you call the Commerce committee members below and urge them to pass S.1726 out of committee without amendments. (This is also known as a "clean" bill.) Any opportunity for amendments (even if they are good) opens us up to the possibility of hostile amendments that could restrict the use of encryption even further than today's abysmal state. It could even prohibit the use of encryption without Clipper Chip-like key 'escrow' technology, which includes built-in surveillance and monitoring functionality. 1. Call/Fax the members of the Senate Commerce committee and urge them to pass S.1726 out of committee "cleanly". Do not use email, as it is not likely to be looked at in time to make a difference. Use the sample communique and directory listing below to make it a simple TWO MINUTE task. 2. Sign the petition to support strong encryption at http://www.crypto.com/petition/ ! Join other cyber-heroes as Phil Zimmermann, Matt Blaze, Bruce Schneier, Vince Cate, Phil Karn, and others who have also signed. 3. Over the next 7 days, it is crucial that you call all these members of the Senate Commerce Committee. P ST Name and Address Phone Fax = == ======================== ============== ============== D SC Hollings, Ernest F. 1-202-224-6121 1-202-224-4293 D MA Kerry, John F. 1-202-224-2742 1-202-224-8525 D HI Inouye, Daniel K. 1-202-224-3934 1-202-224-6747 D KY Ford, Wendell H. 1-202-224-4343 1-202-224-0046 D WV Rockefeller, John D. 1-202-224-6472 1-202-224-7665 D LA Breaux, John B. 1-202-224-4623 1-202-228-2577 D NV Bryan, Richard H. 1-202-224-6244 1-202-224-1867 D ND Dorgan, Byron L. 1-202-224-2551 1-202-224-1193 D NE Exon, J. J. 1-202-224-4224 1-202-224-5213 D OR Wyden, Ron* 1-202-224-5244 1-202-228-2717 R SD Pressler, Larry* 1-202-224-5842 1-202-224-1259 R MT Burns, Conrad R.(*sponsor) 1-202-224-2644 1-202-224-8594 R AK Stevens, Ted 1-202-224-3004 1-202-224-2354 R AZ McCain, John* 1-202-224-2235 1-202-228-2862 R WA Gorton, Slade 1-202-224-3441 1-202-224-9393 R MS Lott, Trent* 1-202-224-6253 1-202-224-2262 R TX Hutchison, Kay Bailey 1-202-224-5922 1-202-224-0776 R ME Snowe, Olympia 1-202-224-5344 1-202-224-1946 R MO Ashcroft, John* 1-202-224-6154 1-202-228-0998 R TN Frist, Bill 1-202-224-3344 1-202-228-1264 R MI Abraham, Spencer 1-202-224-4822 1-202-224-8834 * supporter or cosponsor. The bill also enjoys broad bi-partisan support from members not on the committee including Senators Leahy (D-VT) and Murray (D-WA). 4. Here is a sample conversation: SAMPLE PHONE CALL You:<ring ring> Sen:Hello, Senator Mojo's office! You: SAY I'm calling to urge the Senator to pass S.1726, the Burns, Leahy, THIS-> Pressler bill at the upcoming Commerce Committee Markup. The bill is critical to the future of privacy, security, and electronic commerce on the internet. Sen:Ok, thanks!<click> IF THEY SAY "The Senator has concerns about the bill", please answer, "Please try to work these issues out as it moves to the Senate floor, but passage out of committee will send an important signal to the Administration." 5. To help us measure the effectiveness of the campaign, WE NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU. Please tell us who you called, and how they sounded. We'll be passing this information to folks in D.C. who can help apply pressure where needed. $ Mail vtw(a)vtw.org Subject: I called so-and-so Hey, I called Sen. Mojo. He sounded iffy, call in the reinforcements. ^D 6. Forward this to your friends and colleagues in appropriate forums until the date of expiration at the top. Forward a copy of this to your Internet Service Provider as well, and ask them to put the following text in their message of the day (motd), or on their WWW page: ALERT ALERT ALERT ALERT ALERT ALERT ALERT ALERT ALERT ALERT ALERT The U.S. Senate will be voting on a proposal to encourage better security on the Internet soon. Your help is needed to call Congress. See http://www.crypto.com/ for more details. ALERT ALERT ALERT ALERT ALERT ALERT ALERT ALERT ALERT ALERT ALERT ________________________________________________________________________ BACKGROUND / WHAT TO EXPECT THIS WEEK For the past 3 years, Cyber-Rights Activists, citizens, and industry leaders have been working hard to reform US encryption policy. Support has been building behind several legislative proposals this year because they send a clear signal to the Administration about the need for security and privacy in the Information Age. The digital revolution is currently being held hostage by the White House's Cold War restrictions on privacy-enhancing encryption technology. Now, with Congress less than a month away from adjournment, everyone who supports encryption and privacy is working to see this bill leave committee in order to send a clear message to the White House that they are on the wrong side of the encryption issue. Although this bill may not become law this year, its passage out of committee will be a landmark event that will clearly tell the White House that the Congress, the public, and the computer industry care about security and privacy, and need strong, reliable encryption technology in order to make the Internet a viable platform for commerce, education, and democracy. Success for our side is not certain, and the next week is not without risks. On September 12th (or sometime soon after), the Senate Commerce committee is expected to hold a "markup", where the bill is examined, voted on, and if there are enough votes, passed out of committee. Two things could happen: -the committee could pass the bill as written, -the committee could pass the bill with amendments. Any amendments are not likely to be friendly, and in particular, quiet sources have told privacy activists that the Clinton Administration has been readying a legislative assault on your right to use encryption for several weeks now. A Clipper-like amendment could be attached to the bill if our side does not have enough votes to block all amendments. It is crucial that all netizens who consider privacy and security important take a moment to call members of the Commerce Committee right now and urge them to vote S.1726 out of committee without amendments. ________________________________________________________________________ DESCRIPTION OF S.1726, PRO-CODE BILL Privacy-enhancing encryption technology is currently under heavy restrictions kept in place by the White House. Encryption that is currently allowed to be exported is not sufficient to protect confidential information. This policy acquires an "Alice-in-Wonderland" quality when one realizes that strong encryption products are available abroad both for sale and for free download off the Internet. The Pro-CODE Act resolves to: 1. Allow for the *unrestricted* export of "mass-market" or "public-domain" encryption programs, including such products as Pretty Good Privacy and popular World Wide Web browsers. 2. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to allow the less restricted export of other encryption technologies if products of similar strength are generally available outside the United States, roughly up to DES strength. 3. Prohibits the federal government from imposing mandatory key-escrow encryption policies on the domestic market and limiting the authority of the Secretary of Commerce to set standards for encryption products. ________________________________________________________________________ CHRONOLOGY OF PRO-CRYPTO LEGISLATION 9/12/96 (scheduled) Senate Commerce committee will hold markup of S.1726 and hopefully pass it out of committee with no amendments. 7/25/96: Full Senate Commerce committee holds positive hearings on S.1726. FBI Director Louis Freeh testifies along with many cyber-luminaries. Hearings are cybercast Internet Cyber-Rights activists with HotWired and WWW.Crypto.Com. You can see the photos, read the testimony, and listen to the audio transcript at http://www.crypto.com/events/072596/ 6/26/96: Senate subcommittee holds positive hearings on S.1726. Hearings are cybercast Internet Cyber-Rights activists with HotWired and WWW.Crypto.Com. You can see the photos, read the testimony, and listen to the audio transcript at http://www.crypto.com/events/062696/ 5/2/96: Bi-partisan group of Senators introduce Pro-CODE Act, which would free public-domain encryption software (such as PGP) for export, free much commercial encryption for export, and reduce the government's ability to push Clipper proposals down the throats of an unwilling public. Original sponsors include: Senators Burns (R-MT), Dole (R-KS), Faircloth (R-NC), Leahy (D-VT), Murray (D-WA), Pressler (R-SD), and Wyden (D-OR). 3/5/96: Sen. Leahy (D-VT) and Rep. Goodlatte (R-VA) announce encryption bills (S.1587/H.R.3011) that significantly relax export restrictions on products with encryption functionality in them, as well as free public domain software such as PGP (Pretty Good Privacy). ________________________________________________________________________ FOR MORE INFORMATION / SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS There are many excellent resources online to get up to speed on crypto including the following WWW sites: http://www.crypto.com http://www.privacy.org http://www.eff.org http://www.cdt.org http://www.epic.org http://www.vtw.org Please visit them often. The following organizations have signed onto this alert: American Civil Liberties Union Center for Democracy and Technology Electronic Frontier Foundation Electronic Privacy Information Center Voters Telecommunications Watch ________________________________________________________________________ End alert ========================================================================

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Re: mailing lists
by HipCrime 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>i don't see you sticking your neck out to deal with assholes who think >freedom of speech is secondary to their right not to ever see mail >they don't want. Like hell we're not. What are you guys mad at us for? Thinking that FREEDOM of SPEECH is much, much more important that whining computer nerds who can't push a DELETE button. >i did competitive public speaking from 7th grade until my junior year >of high school where i was also on the debate team for two years. In that case, maybe you should learn to use the SHIFT key. Or didn't debaters in your school take typing and/or learn about punctuation, capitalization, and the other niceties of English communication? >now i make a living as a biochemistry grad student (only a year left >until you get to call me Dr.) where logic is paramount and feelings >are irrelevant. Well, "doctor" why can't you see (with your logic) that junk Email (or "spam") would save many, many forests if it REPLACED junk SnailMail. Isn't it just that your "irrelevant feelings" have been hurt, because someone used your remailer-baby in a way you hadn't planned for ?!? Why not put your money where your mouth is, and bet me (any amount), that spam WILL be socially acceptable by the year 2000. Particularly, when the green-folks discover how many trees will be saved. It'll be a social-mandate, NOT just a suggestion. Want to bet? -- HTTP://www.HIPCRIME.com

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J'accuse!: Whitehouse and NSA vs. Panix and VTW
by Robert Hettinga 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I think someone should just stand right up and accuse the NSA, at the behest of the Whitehouse, of running a denial of service attack on Panix at *exactly* the time when VTW is lobbying its hardest on the PRO-CODE bill. Ooops. I just did.... ;-) None *dare* call it conspiracy, Bob Hettinga ----------------- Robert Hettinga (rah(a)shipwright.com) e$, 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "'Bart Bucks' are not legal tender." -- Punishment, 100 times on a chalkboard, for Bart Simpson The e$ Home Page: http://www.vmeng.com/rah/

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Re: Kook Of The Month
by dlv＠bwalk.dm.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>From remailer(a)mailhub.bart.nl Thu Sep 12 11:48:50 1996 Received: by bwalk.dm.com (1.65/waf) via UUCP; Thu, 12 Sep 96 13:14:35 EDT for dlv Received: from [194.158.160.11] by uu.psi.com (5.65b/4.0.061193-PSI/PSINet) via SMTP; id AA27439 for dlv(a)bwalk.dm.com; Thu, 12 Sep 96 11:48:50 -0400 Received: (from remailer@localhost) by spoof.bart.nl (8.7.5/8.6.8) id RAA06613 for dlv(a)bwalk.dm.com; Thu, 12 Sep 1996 17:49:57 +0200 (MET DST) Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 17:49:57 +0200 (MET DST) Message-Id: <199609121549.RAA06613(a)spoof.bart.nl> To: dlv(a)bwalk.dm.com From: remailer(a)2005.bart.nl (Anonymous) Comments: Please report misuse of this automated remailing service to <remailer-admin(a)remailer.nl.com> The contents of this message are neither approved or condoned by nl.com or our host bART Internet. *** Replying to it will not send your reply to the sender *** There is no way to determine the originator of this message. If you wish to be blocked from receiving all anonymous mail, send your request to the <remailer-operators(a)c2.org> mailing list. The operator of this particular remailer can be reached at <remailer-admin(a)remailer.nl.com> Subject: Kook Of The Month Eat this Dr. Scum Bag Return-Path: <cypherpunks-errors(a)toad.com> To: stewarts(a)ix.netcom.com Cc: postmaster(a)netcom.com, abuse(a)netcom.com, security(a)netcom.com Subject: Unsolicited harrassing e-mail from <stewarts(a)ix.netcom.com> From: dlv(a)bwalk.dm.com (Dr. Dimitri Vulis) Date: Wed, 11 Sep 96 21:37:09 EDT Sender: owner-cypherpunks(a)toad.com Please stop e-mailing me, cc:ing me, or otherwise harrassing me. I have no connection with the thread you're quoting and don't want to receive any more e-mail from you. stewarts(a)ix.netcom.com writes: > >> There > >> are a number of anonymous remailers out in cyberspace, but it has been > >> stated by a knowledgeable source that a number of them are being operated > >> by law enforcement agencies (presumably to troll for criminal activity). A > > > >Can someone verify/discredit/comment on this statement? Who is the > >knowledgeable source? > > Definitely true. Zero is a number, and there are also larger numbers. > KOTM = Kook Of The Month. > > # Thanks; Bill > # Bill Stewart, +1-415-442-2215 stewarts(a)ix.netcom.com > # <A HREF="http://idiom.com/~wcs"> > # You can get PGP software outside the US at ftp.ox.ac.uk/pub/crypto >

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Re: Sen. Burns' statement on postponement of Crypto vote today.
by Robert Hettinga 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

--- begin forwarded text Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 15:30:19 -0400 To: 1e$pam From: Robert Hettinga <rah(a)shipwright.com> Subject: Re: Sen. Burns' statement on postponement of Crypto vote today. Cc: Bcc: X-Attachments: --- begin forwarded text From: somebody Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 15:03:21 -0400 To: rah(a)shipwright.com Subject: Re: Sen. Burns' statement on postponement of Crypto vote today. Robert-- My sources indicate that no markup will be held on the Burns bill before Congress adjourns for year. Not clear the votes were there, plus the Administration had Dems lined up to offer weakening amendments. Also, the hearing scheduled yesterday in House Judiciary for its counterpart bill was postponed until Sept. 25; that is 3 days prior to adjournment target, and I wouldn't be surprised if it never takes place. In other words, most likely prospect is for no action -- not even favorable reporting by a Cmte. -- before Congress goes home. Administration in next two weeks will unveil its "new and improved" encryption policy, which will likely offer a shift in licensing to Commerce Dept., and gradual easing of exportable strength, in exchange for industry-funded key escrow management demo projects. And that's the way it is (Political reality is not optional). You can pass this info. along, as long as you do not attribute it to me. --- end forwarded text --- end forwarded text ----------------- Robert Hettinga (rah(a)shipwright.com) e$, 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "'Bart Bucks' are not legal tender." -- Punishment, 100 times on a chalkboard, for Bart Simpson The e$ Home Page: http://www.vmeng.com/rah/

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Informal Renegotiation of the Law
by Duncan Frissell 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Many people on this list and in the larger world focus on laws and regulations and sometimes act as if that is the only way that the relative rights and duties of governments and civilians are established. In fact, there is a lot of informal negotiation going on all the time. This is significant because an unenforced law isn't a law at all. For example, you will not read anywhere that compulsory education laws have been repealed -- but they have. When the home schooling movement started in the late 1970s, there were occasional harassment and prosecution of parents. The home schoolers won some and lost some. As time went on, the authorities came to accept home schoolers so that at this point, legal problems are rare. Compulsory education has been effectively repealed by the actions of refusenicks in both the subject population and the enforcement population. This same process will occur more frequently in the future as libertarian memes spread, government enforcement resources shrink, and people's vastly different attitudes as to what should be legal and illegal make a monopoly legal regime impossible to keep in place. Note that unlicensed immigration is against the law. Note that some websites post material that others would like banned. Maybe you can deport a few or ban a few. But how many? If you have three million illegal aliens or 3 million individual ISPs (people with high speed connections running their own sites) you can't deport them or shut them down because it simply takes too much time and too many enforcement resources. The authorities give up. You get de facto open immigration and a de facto unregulated Net. Coercion is expensive and slow. Free exchange is cheap and fast. That's why free exchange wins in the long run. It's not a victory without losses. Some people are busted. Some sites are shut down. You don't go into battle expecting zero casualties. But what counts in the end is who wins. And we've got them outnumbered by far. DCF "So you think you can handle 3 million sites? Wait a few years and you can try to handle 300 million."

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