December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Declan as a Crime Beat Reporter
by lucifer Mixmaster Remailer 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> hee, hee, I hope that Declan comes up with an amusing mishmash of your > own life. turnabout is fair play. maybe if he doesn't, someone else > can take a stab at satirizing mr. debauched millionaire playboy > who dabbles in cryptography theory. An interview with cypherpunks founder Timothy C May, Jim Bell and various other Cypherpunks also present. Interview conducted by Declan McCullagh Declan: Tim, can you tell us how you first became interested in the use of cryptography to preserve freedoms supposedly guaranteed by the constitution. Tim: Well, I had just quit working at Intel, where I made more money than all of you put together, when I really started to get interested in cryptography, At the first physical meeting, when John, Eric and I had just founded the cypherpunks, we discussed anonymity, digital cash and compared rifle collections. Jim: Something wonderful is about to happen. Tim: No it isn`t, I thought of anonymous digital assasination contracts first, now everyone calls it AP, and you get all the publicity (Tim reaches for his .45). Declan: Calm down, I`m sure it isn`t that simple. Tim: Yes it is, lets nuke D.C. Dimitri: Tim May blows small children, and is an anti semetic bigot. Graham-John Bullers: I think we should all send Vulis back 10 copies of this Truthmonger: Nuke Ottowa too. Kent Crispin: Nuking anywhere is just an adolescent fantasy Vladimir Z Nuri: I agree Tim May: No it isn`t, go away Kent. Paul Bradley: Yes indeed, nuke London as well. Ray Arachelian: There should be a law against this, surely it`s an infringement of privacy! Dimitri: Ray Arachelian is a dandruff covered censorous purebred sovok forger. Se7en: Lets hack their servers and erase all the kiddie porn. Truthmonger: I propose 3 minutes of silence for Tim McVeigh Dimitri: Ah, so you are trying to censor us then, Truthmonger is really Chris Lewis, who is also really Richard Depew. ObTruthMongerFodder: Tim McVeigh is a murderous cocksucker Hallam-Baker: AP is a murder and censorship scheme. Tim May: I thought of this and wrote an essay on it back in `78 when most of you were still in high school, I probably posted it once, trawl the archives and you shall be enligtened. Jerry K U-Ramos: Break this, because we are so confident in the strenth of our cipher we are giving you a week to cryptanalyse it, if you can`t, it must be unbreakable. Tim May: This offer of a prize for cryptanaysis is highly suspect, I am now placing rifles in strategic positions, lock and load. I remember a similar offer back in `64, before most of you were born, (mumble, mumble, mumble)... Toto: I`m sure the NSA have something to do with it, or is that the CIA, the FBI, the DEA ??? I don`t remember, but it`s some scary TLA composed entirely of men in long black coats. Kent Crispin: Lets be realistic about it, you are all obsessed with assasination. Vladimir Z Nuri: I agree (In a post only 3 seconds later than Kents original one, I wonder how that could happen? ;-)) Declan: None of you understand, I have to attend dinner parties, like the one with Steve and Bill the other night, to get information for my articles. Tim May: I thought of this back in `84 too, I concluded that people should read what I say more carefully, and you *might* sell out in future. Jim Bell: Something wonderful is about to happen Tim May: Jim, you are killfiled for being a loon. Declan: Right, I`m sorry but we appear to have run out of time, we`ll have to go home. Dimitri: So you are trying to censor us then. Declan McCullagh is a cocksucker Tim starts packing the several dozen rifles he brought with him back into boxes. Everyone gets in their cars to go home, except Tim May who brought his tank with him. THE END

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Feinstein Amendment Passes
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

The Feinstein Amendment to S.936, the Defense Authorization Bill, just now passed 94 to 0. Among other provisions it prohibits the teaching of bombmaking for criminal purposes, in line with recommendations of a recent report by the Justice Department on the availability of information on bombmaking on the Internet: http://jya.com/abi.htm

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"how washington is strangling america"
by Vladimir Z. Nuri 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

------- Forwarded Message From: chasm(a)insync.net (Schuetzen) To: ADVISORY.LIST(a)insync.net, .(a)insync.net, snetnews(a)world.std.com, .(a)insync.net Subject: SNET: (fwd) piml] GOOD BOOK Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 21:38:23 GMT - -> SearchNet's SNETNEWS Mailing List X-No-Archive: Yes FORWARDED On Sun, 15 Jun 1997 19:17:32, RoxanneJohnson <alphashewolf(a)proaxis.com> wrote: TO ALL PATRIOTS AND OTHER CONCERNED CITIZENS: Here is an excellent book to read if you haven't read it already. You can acquire a copy thru Waldenbooks or Dalton Books or at your library (if they carry it). It is called A CALL FOR REVOLUTION---HOW WASHINGTON IS STRANGLING AMERICA--AND HOW TO STOP IT by Martin L. Gross. Below is a brief synopsis of the book. WE THE PEOPLE ARE ANGRY! All across the nation, Americans are gasping for breath, waking up to find the tentacles of Washington wrapped firmly around their necks--and pocketbooks. In his NEW YORK TIMES bestseller, THE GOVERNMENT RACKET: WASHINGTON WASTE FROM A TO Z, Martin L. Gross exposed the wasteful practices of Washington. Now, in A CALL FOR REVOLUTION, Gross digs far beneath that waste to uncover the startling but undeniable truth: the core of government is rotten. WE'RE BEING STRANGLED BY: * TAX LAWS THAT DESTROY THE MIDDLE CLASS: In 1950, a middle-class family living in Long Island had a total tax burden of 12 percent of its income. Today, that same family has a tax burden more than three times as much. * THE WELFARE PROGRAM, A NATIONAL DISGRACE: The welfare system costs the taxpayer more than $300 billion a year -- but if Uncle Sam wrote annual checks for $14,700 to all 7.7 million poor families, if would cost only $113 billion a year. * THE TWO PARTY DICTATORSHIP: The Majority Leader (not elected by voters!) has twenty-six PARTY workers on his staff -- all on the federal payroll. The total party tab in Congress is $20 million a year -- all paid by taxpayers. * A POWER-MAD WASHINGTON: Our cities and states are continually subjected to unfunded mandates from the government. Anchorage, Alaska, was forced to pollute its waste water with fish guts, then treat the organic material in order to comply with federal regulations. Washington's rules will cost that small city -- not Uncle Sam -- $428 million. * A BLOATED AND INDIFFERENT CONGRESS: Congress operates at a price tag of up to $2.8 billion a year, or some $5 million a member. What does that get us? In 1991, the House passed a $151 billion highway bill -- at a cost of $2,300 for each family of four -- without ever reading it. Scathingly honest and crammed with investigative reporting, A CALL FOR REVOLUTION takes us through the treacherous waters of government, offering direct ways to correct the corruption, end the inefficiency, and tighten the belt around the Beltway so that the federal government -- and democracy - -- can truly be "for the people." TAKE BACK YOUR GOVERNMENT! Including the cold, hard facts about Vice President Al Gore's NATIONAL PERFORMANCE REVIEW. A CALL FOR REVOLUTION -- HOW WASHINGTON IS STRANGLING AMERICA -- AND HOW TO STOP IT, by Martin L. Gross Ballantine Books, New York Libary of Congress Catalog Card Number: 93-73731 ISBN: 0-345-38773-2 Yours in Freedom, alphashewolf(a)proaxis.com Running with the pack!! QUOTE: "This year will go down in history. For the first time, a civilized nation has full gun registration. Our streets will be safer, our police more efficient, and the world will follow our lead into the future!" -- ADOLPH HITLER, 1935 PLEASE NOTE: Myself, a friend and his contacts at JPFO are currently researching the above quote for authenticity. Any leads on said quote will be greatly appreciated. Thanks....ASW _______________________________________ Charles L Hamilton (chasm(a)insync.net) Houston, TX X-No-Archive: Yes - -> Send "subscribe snetnews " to majordomo(a)world.std.com - -> Posted by: chasm(a)insync.net (Schuetzen) ------- End of Forwarded Message

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by wcreply＠ctia.org 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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HOT Summer IN White House
by tcmay＠got.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

This item is one of many such articles outlining the corruptions within Washington. Some of these corruptions are huge, and go far beyond simple pork-barreling. On a level with Watergate, it seems to many of us. I don't usually forward items from "talk.politics.crypto," as I assume many of you are already reading it. But this particular item fits with the "Washington as crime capital in more ways than one" them I've been hitting. Look especially for how favors were granted for high tech exports. --Tim > From: softwar(a)us.net (SOFTWAR) > Newsgroups: talk.politics.crypto,alt.politics.org.nsa,alt.politics.org.fbi,alt.politics.cia,alt.politics.clinton,alt.politics.datahighway,talk.politics.misc,alt.politics.democrats.d,alt.politics.usa.republican > Subject: HOT Summer IN White House > Date: Fri, 20 Jun 1997 10:35:29 GMT > > It's going to be a long hot summer for the Clinton > administration. > > Wednesday night ABC Primetime did a special on Ron Brown's > girlfriend. The accusations flying around the dead Secretary > of Commerce do not bode well for the living inside the Beltway. > First, it seems that Ron acquired an offshore bank account with > nearly a million dollars deposited for him by the Government of > Vietnam. Vietnam wanted to normalize trade relations with the > US and bribing the top dog at Commerce certainly helped grease > the skids. Vietnam got their trade deal but Brown found out > that the FBI knew about his bank account. So he could not touch > the money. The bribery accusation is collaborated by an > ex-Vietnamese official who has also turned his evidence over to > the FBI. Mr. Brown's girlfriend plans to testify before both > the Senate and the House committees investigating wrongdoing in > the Clinton administration. > > Another revelation which should come as no shock is that the > First Lady put John Huang in the Commerce Department. This > demand apparently did not sit well with Mr. Brown, who, > according to his girlfriend, did not like Mrs. Clinton. It > seems that Ron's strong personality ran smack head on into > Hillarys demanding attitude. Yet, he bent over backward and > made sure that Huang was hustled into his government position, > complete with a secret clearance. Once Huang entered the > Commerce Department strange events really started to pop up. > The Commerce Department initially denied Huang had access to > anything important. It is now known that Huang attended dozens > of secret CIA briefings. Huang is alleged to have discussed > secret materials with his former employers at the Lippo group. > The allegations come from material obtained by taps on Huang's > Commerce Department telephone. > > Can the same be said for Ira Sockowitz? > > No. Ira Sockowitz was placed into his Commerce position > directly and personally by President Clinton. It was Ira > Sockowitz who ran Ron Borwn's airline seating arrangements, > between working on government affairs. Whenever Mr. Brown would > fly on a government sponsored trade trip - Ira would line up big > Corporate powers to ride along on the party plane. Mr. > Sockowitz had more experience as a DNC fund-raiser than security > software. Despite this lack of technical skills Mr. Sockowitz > entered the field of banking security software at Commerce. It > is the Commerce Department which approves or denies export of > such financial software. The amount of money involved, invested > and possible returns, are staggering. Obviously, the > push/pull/shove involved in getting such a product approved is > no easy task. Few export licenses have been issued and those > who have them are not too anxious for any others to join them. > > Just how easy was it to obtain such a privilege? Not very. Not > even Fortune 500 companies could obtain export rights from the > Commerce Department. Letters from IBM, Motorola, Digital, HP > and a host of other billion dollar firms clearly indicate their > unsuccessful efforts to obtain Commerce licenses to export their > products. > > However, letters from certain other companies are covered with > redacted notes which the Commerce Department refuses to release. > One letter to the Commerce Department in particular was faxed to > someone (also redacted) along with a memo on how to obtain a > "waiver" for export. Another set of Sockowitz documents being > withheld are a set of hand written notes on a conversation, a > three pages fax and two applications for license for export > dated 8/11/94. The Clinton administration will not say who sent > the fax nor will they say who Ira Sockowitz talked to. Yet, > clearly the topic was a license to export. A license that could > have been worth billions of dollars. > > It's going to be a long hot summer for the Clinton > administration. > > 1 if by land, 2 if by sea. Paul Revere - encryption 1775 > > Charles R. Smith > SOFTWAR > http://www.us.net/softwar > > Pcyphered SIGNATURE: > 5317BD5D86A9257B2048D1D80523D9ACF320DB56A078CA4EA62BABF7A43EBE6B > 2F5FB787CDEF242FA01EF13984F7071AC2B401DAD0010740F1F024C3CCF9D841 > 9760977F67662EEF

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Re: FYI: Who owns Sen. Kerrey (LONG)
by geeman＠best.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

see http://www.vote-smart.org/congress/104/ma/ma-jr-a/ma-jr-af.html At 02:14 PM 6/19/97 -0400, Declan McCullagh wrote: >I suggest you wonder about McCain and Kerry-without-the-e. > >-Declan > > > > >

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Where to get your RC5 crackers
by Lucky Green 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

It seems that the RC5 cracking effort had no idea about the loads their web server would be subjected to once thousands of DES crackers moved over to cracking RC5. Their NT based webserver (bad idea...) collapsed. While it recovers, you can still get the client software from ftp://ftp.distributed.net/rc5/ Cypherpunks crack cyphers, --Lucky Green <shamrock(a)netcom.com> PGP encrypted mail preferred. DES is dead! Please join in breaking RC5-56. http://rc5.distributed.net/

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by lvck1＠hotmail.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Re: FYI: Who owns Sen. Kerrey (LONG)
by geeman＠best.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

yes, well McCain is pretty obvious - and Kerry is on the committee but so what? I was wondering what would motivate Kerrey-with-an-e and to whom he is beholden. Perhaps you could illuminate for us... At 02:14 PM 6/19/97 -0400, you wrote: >I suggest you wonder about McCain and Kerry-without-the-e. > >-Declan > > > > >

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Party on IRC
by Lucky Green 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Much happened this week. If you feel like a conversation, join me on #cypherpunks on EFnet. --Lucky, who was going to go to a party, but who's clutch gave up. --Lucky Green <shamrock(a)netcom.com> PGP encrypted mail preferred. DES is dead! Please join in breaking RC5-56. http://rc5.distributed.net/

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