December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

128_bit
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

2-26-97. "Security Dynamics Unveils RSA SecurPC 2.0" The package is claimed to the first 128-bit encryption software to be exported from the US and its territories, and allows companies to implement "seamless, full-strength encryption" worldwide. ----- 128_bit

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Re: Strange Looks
by Toto 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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More on EU and FBI Wiretapping
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Thanks to CA: EPIC reports today on the EU-FBI wiretap pact. It gives this URL for the source document which lays out the interception deception: http://www.privacy.org/pi/activities/tapping/ See EPIC's full report at: http://www.epic.org/ [1] New Report Details FBI/European Tapping Agreements [2] Airline Security Report Released [3] Briefs Filed in Reno v. ACLU Internet "Indecency" Challenge [4] Crypto Legislation Introduced [5] Clipper Upgrade at DOD/Litigation Update [6] State Department Reports Widespread Illegal Wiretapping Worldwide [7] New Medical Privacy Survey [8] Upcoming Conferences and Events

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Look what SPAM I got today [Customers for You !!!]
by Jean-Francois Avon 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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ZKP
by nobody＠jefferson.hidden.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Tim C[ocksucker] Mayo must have been sharing needles with a rabid hedgehog. o-:^>___? Tim C[ocksucker] Mayo `~~c--^c'

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STU-III Usage
by Jim Conrad 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Bill Stewart wrote: >Back when the STU-III was still called the "Future Secure Voice System" >the DoD was telling manufacturers they'd probably sell 500,000 of them, >between the DoD unclassified work, law enforcement users, defense >contractors, and similar riff-raff. I don't know how many were actually >sold, but I'd be surprised if it's a tenth of that; the government >was too cheap to spend $2-3K per box for that many users. I'm ex-Navy and worked as a contractor for the last 5 years since I got out. >From my operational experience and exposure to certain area's I would have to say that 500,000 might be more accurate than you suspect. They are used at most Navy facilities as the "standard" desk phone when the command requires operational security telecommunications access. Personnel Offices etc., probably don't have but one or two per facility but sites requiring them have them everywhere. Likewise most contractor facilities that require secure telecommunications have them available as well. ..Jim <:><:><:><:><:><:><:><:><:><:><:><:><:><:><:><:><:><:><:><:><:><:><:><:> <:> Jim Conrad - Ocean View Communications - jjc(a)infi.net <:> <:> 757-490-8127 Office - 757-587-8251 Fax - 757-473-6740 Pager <:> <:><:><:><:><:><:><:><:><:><:><:><:><:><:><:><:><:><:><:><:><:><:><:><:>

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Re: 128_bit
by Vin McLellan 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>2-26-97. Newsbytes: > >Security Dynamics Unveils RSA SecurPC 2.0 > > Wokingham, England, By Steve Gold. Security Dynamics has unveiled > RSA SecurPC 2.0, the latest version of its software-based > encryption software. The package is claimed to the first 128-bit > encryption software to be exported from the US and its territories. No such luck. This is a press report that seems a little confused... which is say that it is, at least, a bit premature. SecurPC has a useful feature which allows for a self-decrypting file to be created with its 128-bit (symmetric) RC4 cipher. RSADSI got the NSA to agree that this self-decrypting file could be transmitted outside the US because the packaged implementation is restricted to merely decrypting the file -- with a key (password) to be passed out of band: by hand, letter, phone, etc. (The free trial version of SecurPC, which can be downloaded from the RSADSI and SDTI websites, is enabled with only the limited key-length RC4 encryption -- still the only type of crypto now allowed to be freely exported outside the US. The domestic product, as sold, offers full128-bit RC4.) The major enhancement in the 2.0 version of SecurPC, as I recall, is that it offers transparent, on the fly, decryption of a secured file, as you open the relevant application on your PC. Suerte, _Vin Vin McLellan + The Privacy Guild + <vin(a)shore.net> 53 Nichols St., Chelsea, MA 02150 USA <617> 884-5548

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No Subject
by Mix 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Timmy Maya's reheated, refurbished, and regurgitated cud is completely inappropriate for the mailing lists into which it is cross-ruminated. \\\ {OQ} (_)

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17 Dec '03

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17 Dec '03

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