December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Can You Handle $50,000?
by Anne 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

<HTML><PRE>CAN YOU HANDLE $50,000? First, please accept my apology if this was sent to you in error! You could possibly make at least $50,000 - In less than 90 days! Read the enclosed program ....THEN READ AGAIN.... The enclosed information is something I almost let slip through my fingers. Fortunately, sometime later I re-read everything and gave it serious thought and study to it. So glad I did! Here's my story! My name is Christopher Erickson. Two years ago, the corporation I worked at for the past twelve years down-sized and my position was eliminated. After unproductive job interviews, I decided to open my own business. Over the past year, I incurred many unforeseen financial problems. I owed my family, friends, and creditors over $35,000. The economy was taking a toll on my business and I just couldn't seem to make ends meet. I had to refinance and borrow against my home to support my family and struggling business. I truly believe it was wrong for me to be in debt like this. AT THAT MOMENT something significant happened in my life and I am writing to share my experience in hopes that this will change your life FOREVER .... FINANCIALLY!!!!!!! In mid-December, I received this program via email. Six months prior to receiving this I had been sending away for information on various business opportunities. All the programs I received, in my opinion, were not cost effective. They were either too difficult for me to comprehend or the initial investment was too much for me to risk to see if they worked or not. One claimed I'd make a million dollars in one year ..... it didn't tell me I'd have to write a book to make it. But like I was saying, in December of '92 I received this program. I didn't send for it, or ask for it, they just got my name off a mailing list. THANK GOODNESS FOR THAT!!! After reading it several times, to make sure I was reading it correctly, I couldn't believe my eyes. Here was a MONEY-MAKING PHENOMENON. I could invest as much as I wanted to start, without putting me further in debt. After I got a pencil and paper and figured it out, I would at least get my money back. After determning that the program is LEGAL and NOT A CHAIN LETTER, I decided "WHY NOT". Initially I sent out 10,000 emails. It cost me about $15.00 for my time on-line. The great thing about email is that I didn't need any money for printing to send out the program, only the cost to fulfill my orders. I am telling you like it is, I hope it doesn't turn you off, but I promised myself that I would not "rip-off" anyone, no matter how much money it cost me! In less than one week, I was starting to receive orders for REPORT #1. By January 13th, I had received 26 orders for REPORT #1. When you read the GUARANTEE in the program, you will see that "YOU MUST RECEIVE 15 TO 20 ORDERS FOR REPORT #1 WITHIN TWO WEEKS. IF YOU DON'T, SEND OUT MORE PROGRAMS UNTIL YOU DO!". My first step in making $50,000 in 20 to 90 days was done. By January 30th, I had received 196 orders for REPORT #2. If you go back to the GUARANTEE, "YOU MUST RECEIVE 100 OR MORE ORDERS FOR REPORT #2 WITHIN TWO WEEKS, IF NOT, SEND OUT MORE PROGRAMS UNTIL YOU DO. ONCE YOU HAVE 100 ORDERS, THE REST IS EASY. RELAX, YOU WILL MAKE YOUR $50,000 GOAL". Well, I had 196 orders for REPORT #2, 96 MORE THAN I NEEDED. So, I sat back and relaxed. By March 19th, of my emailing of 10,000, I received $58,000 with more coming in every day. I paid off ALL my debts and bought a much needed new car. PLEASE take time to read the attached program, IT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE FOREVER! Remember, it won't work if you DON'T try it! This program DOES WORK, but you must follow it EXACTLY! Especially the rules of not trying to place your name in a different place. THAT DOESN'T WORK, you'll lose out on a lot of money! REPORT #2 explains this. Always follow the guarantee, 15 to 20 orders for REPORT #1, and 100 or more orders for REPORT #2 and you will make $50,000 or more in 20 to 90 days. I AM LIVING PROOF THAT IT WORKS!!!!! If you choose not to participate in this program, I'm sorry. It really is a great opportunity with little cost or risk to you. If you choose to participate, follow the program and you will be on your way to financial security. If you are a fellow business owner and you are in financial trouble like I was, or you want to start your own business, consider this a sign. I DID! Sincerely, Christopher Erickson P.S. Do you have any idea what 11,700 $5 bills ($58,000) look like piled up on a kitchen table? IT'S AWESOME! "THREW IT AWAY" I had received this program before. I threw it away, but later wondered if I shouldn't have given it a try. Of course, I had no idea who to contact to get a copy, so I had to wait until I was emailed another copy of the program. Eleven months passed, then it came. I DIDN'T throw this one away. I made $41,000 on the first try". Dawn W., Evansville, IN "NO FREE LUNCH" "My late father always told me, remember, Alan, there is no free lunch. You get out of life what you put into it". Through trial and error and a somewhat slow frustrating start, I finally figured it out. The program works very well, I just had to find the right target group to email it to. So far this year, I have made over $63,000 using this program. I know my dad would have been very proud of me. Alan B., Philadelphia, PA A PERSONAL NOTE FROM THE ORIGINATOR OF THIS PROGRAM By the time you have read the enclosed information and looked over the enclosed program and reports, you should have concluded that such a program, and one that is legal, could not have been created by an amateur. Let me tell you a little about by myself. I had a profitable business for ten years. Then in 1979 my business began falling off. I was doing the same things that were previously successful for me, but it wasn't working. Finally, I figured it out. It wasn't me, it was the economy. Inflation and recession had replaced the stable economy that had been with us since 1945. I don't have to tell you what happened to the unemployment rate .... because many of you know from first hand experience. There were more failures and bankruptcies than ever before. The middle class was vanishing. Those who knew what they were doing invested wisely and moved up. Those who did not, including those who never had anything to save or invest, were moving down into the ranks of the poor. As the saying goes, "THE RICH GET RICHER AND THE POOR GET POORER". The traditional methods of making money will never allow you to "move up" or "get rich", inflation will see to that. You have just received information that can give you financial freedom for the rest of your life, with "NO RISK" and "JUST A LITTLE BIT OF EFFORT". You can make more money in the next few months than you have ever imagine. I should also point out that I will not see a penny of your money, nor anyone else who has provided a testimonial for this program. I have already made over FOUR MILLION DOLLARS! I have retired from the program after sending out over 16,000 programs. Now I have several offices which market this and several other programs here in the US and overseas. By the Spring, we wish to market the 'internet' by a partnership with AMERICA ON LINE. Follow the program EXACTLY AS INSTRUCTED. Do not change it in any way. It works exceedingly well as it is now. Remember to email a copy of this exciting program to everyone that you can think of. One of the people you send this to may send out 50,000 .... and your name will be on every one of them! Remember though, the more you send out, the more potential customers you will reach. So my friend, I have given you the ideas, information, materials and opportunity to become financially independent, IT IS UP TO YOU NOW! "THINK ABOUT IT" Before you throw this away or delete it from your mailbox, as I almost did, take a little time to read it and REALLY THINK ABOUT IT. Get a pencil and paper and figure out what could happen when YOU participate. Figure out the worst possible response and no matter how you calculate it, you will still make a lot of money! Definitely get back what you invested. Any doubts you have will vanish when your first orders come in. IT WORKS! Paul Johnson, Raleigh, NC HERE'S HOW THIS AMAZING PROGRAM WILL MAKE YOU $$$$$$$$$$$ Let's say that you decide to start small, just to see how it goes, and we'll assume that the mailing receives a 5% response. Using a good list the response could be much better. Also, many people will send out hundreds of thousands of programs instead of 2,000. But continuing with this example, you send out only 2,000 programs. With a 5% response, that is only 10 orders for REPORT #1. Those 10 people respond by sending out 2,000 programs each for a total of 20,000. Out of those 5%, 100 people respond and order REPORT #2. Those 100 mail out 2,000 programs each for a total of 200,000. the 5% response to that is 1,000 orders for REPORT #3. Those 1,000 send out 2,000 programs each for 2,000,000 total. The 5% response to that is 10,000 orders for REPORT #4. That's 10,000 five dollar bills for you. CASH!!!! Your total income in this example of $50 + $500 + $5000 + $50,000 for a total of $55,500!!!!!! REMEMBER FRIEND, THIS IS ASSUMING 1,990 OUT OF 2,000 PEOPLE YOU MAIL TO WILL DO ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.....AND TRASH THIS PROGRAM! DARE TO THINK FOR A MOMENT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF EVERYONE OR HALF SENT OUT 100,000 PROGRAMS INSTEAD OF ONLY 2000. Believe me, many people will do that and more! By the way, your cost to participate in this is practially nothing if you go the email route. Email is FREE! REPORT #3 will show you the best methods for bulk emailing and purchasing email lists. If you go the regular mail route, that also will provide you with a very nice income. The costs for regular mail are higher. THIS IS A LEGITIMATE, LEGAL, MONEY MAKING OPPORTUNITY. It does not require you to come in contact with people, do any hard work, and best of all, you never have to leave the house except to get the mail. If you believe that someday you'll get that big break that you've been waiting for, THIS IS IT! Simply follow the instructions, and your dreams will come true. This multi-level order marketing program works perfectly .... 100% EVERY TIME. If you have a computer, email is the sales tool of the future. Take advantage of this non-commercialized method of advertising NOW!!! The longer you wait, the more people will be doing business using email. Get your piece of this action now!!! MULTI-LEVEL MARKETING (MLM) has finally gained respectability. It is being taught in the Harvard Business School, and both Stanford Research and The Wall Street Journal have stated that between 50% and 65% of all goods and services will be sold throughout Multi-Level Methods by the mid to late 1990's. This is a Multi-Billion Dollar industry and of the 500,000 millionaires in the US, 20% (100,000) made their fortune in the last several years in MLM. Moreover, statistics show 45 people become millionaires everyday through Multi-Level Marketing. INSTUCTIONS We at Erris Mail Order Marketing Business, have a method of raising capital that REALLY WORKS 100% EVERY TIME. I am sure that you could use $50,000 to $125,000 in the next 20 to 90 days. Before you say "Bull", please read the program very carefully! This is not a chain letter, but a perfectly legal money making opportunity. Basically, this is what we do: As with all multi-level business, we build our business by recruiting new partners and selling our products. Every state in the USA allows you to recruit new multi-level business partners, and we offer a product for EVERY dollar sent. YOUR ORDERS COME AND ARE FILLED THROUGH THE MAIL, so you are not involved in personal selling. You do it privately in your own home, store or office. This is the GREATEST Multi-level Mail OrderMarketng anywhere: Step (1) ORDER ALL FOUR (4) REPORTS LISTED BY NAME AND NUMBER. Do this by ordering the REPORT from each of the four (4) names listed. For each REPORT, send $5 CASH and a SELF-ADDRESSED, STAMPED envelope (BUSINESS SIZE #10) to the person LISTED for the SPECIFIC REPORT. International orders should also include $1 extra for postage. It is essential that you specify the NAME and NUMBER of the report requested to the person you are ordering from. You will need ALL FOUR REPORTS because you will be REPRINTING and RESELLING them. DO NOT alter the names or sequence other than what the instructions say. IMPORTANT: Always provide same-day service on all orders. Step (2) REPLACE THE NAME AND ADDRESS UNDER REPORT #1 WITH YOURS, moving the one that was there down to REPORT #2. Drop the name and address under REPORT #2 to REPORT #3, moving the one that was there to REPORT #4. The name and address that was under REPORT #4 is dropped from the list and this party is no doubt on the way to the bank. When doing this, make certain you type the names and addresses ACCURATELY! DO NOT MIX UP MOVING PRODUCT/REPORT POSITIONS!!!! Step (3) HAVING MADE THE REQUIRED CHANGES IN THE NAME LIST, save it as Text (.txt) file in its own directory to be used with whatever email program you like. Again, REPORT #3 will tell you the best methods of bulk emailing and acquiring email lists. Step (4) EMAIL OR MAIL A COPY OF THE ENTIRE PROGRAM (ALL OF THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT) TO EVERYONE whose address you can get your hands on. Start with friends and relatives since you can encourage them to take advantage of this fabulous money-making opportunity. That's what I did. And they love me now, more then ever. Then, email to anyone and everyone! Use your imagination! You can get email addresses from companies on the internet who specialize in email mailing lists and services, mailing them for you. These are very inexpensive, 100,000 addresses for around $50.00 up. IMPORTANT: You won't get a good response if you use an old list, so ALWAYS request a FRESH, NEW list. You will find out where to purchase these lists when you order the four (4) reports. ALWAYS PROVIDE SAME-DAY SERVICE ON ALL ORDERS!!! REQUIRED REPORTS **** Order each REPORT by NUMBER and NAME **** ALWAYS SEND A SELF-ADDRESSED, STAMPED ENVELOPE AND $5 CASH FOR EACH ORDER REQUESTING THE SPECIFIC REPORT BY NAME AND NUMBER. **** REPORT #1 "HOW TO MAKE $250,000 THROUGH MULTI-LEVEL SALES" ORDER REPORT #1 FROM: THE "Z" COMPANY 1506 Audubon Place Shreveport, La. 71105 **** REPORT #2 "MAJOR CORPORATIONS AND MULTI-LEVEL SALES" ORDER REPORT #2 FROM: KZT 1013 Speed Monroe, La. 71201 **** REPORT #3 "SOURCES FOR THE BEST MAILING LISTS" ORDER REPORT #3 FROM: SOUTHERN S. S. 1324 Chopin Bossier City, La. 71112 **** REPORT #4 "EVALUTING MULTI-LEVEL SALES PLANS" ORDER REPORT #4 FROM: PREMIER CO. 115 Fielder Lane Shreveport, La. 71105 CONCLUSION! I am enjoying my fortune that I made by sending out this program. You, too, will be making money in 20 - 90 days, if you follow the SIMPLE STEPS outlined in this mailing. To be financially independent is to be FREE. Free to make financial decisions as never before. Go into business, get into investments, retire or take a vacation. No longer will a lack of money hold you back. However, very few people reach financial independence, because when opportunity knocks, they choose to ignore it. It is much easier to say "NO" than "YES", and this is the question that you must answer. WILL YOU ignore this amazing opportunity or will you take advantage of it? If you do nothing, you have indeed missed something and nothing will change. PLEASE re-read this material, this is a special opportunity. If you have questions, please feel free to write to the sender of this information. You will get a prompt and informative reply. My method is simple. I sell thousands of people a product for $5 that costs me pennies to produce and email. I should also point out that this program is legal and everyone who participates WILL make money. This is not a chain letter or pyramid scam. At times you have probably received chain letters, asking you to send money, on faith, but getting NOTHING in return, no product what-so-ever! Not only are chain letters illegal, but the risk of someone breaking the chain makes them quite unattractive. You are offering a legitimate product to your people. After they purchase the product from you, they reproduce more and resell them. It's simple free enterprise. As you learned from the enclosed material, the PRODUCT is a series of four (4) FINANCIAL AND BUSINESS REPORTS. The information contained in these REPORTS will not only help you in making your participation in this program more rewarding, but will be useful to you in any other business decisions you make in the years ahead. You are also buying the rights to reprint all of the REPORTS, which will be ordered from you by those to whom you mail this program. The concise one and two page REPORTS you will be buying can easily be reproduce at a local copy center for a cost of about 3 cents a copy. Best wishes with the program and GOOD LUCK! "IT WAS TRULY AMAZING" "Not being the gambling type, it took me several weeks to make up my mind to participate in this program. But conservative as I am, I decided that the initial investment was so little that there was no way that I could NOT get enough orders to at least get my money back. BOY, was I ever surprised when I found my medium sized post office box crammed with orders! I will make more money this year than any ten years of my life before". Mary Riceland, Lansing, MI TIPS FOR SUCCESS Send for your 4 REPORTS immediately so you will have them when the orders start coming in. When you receive a $5 order, you MUST send out the product/service to comply with US Postal and Lottery laws. Title 18, Sections 1302 and 1341 specifically state that: "A PRODUCT OR SERVICE MUST BE EXCHANGED FOR MONEY RECEIVED". WHILE YOU WAIT FOR THE REPORTS TO ARRIVE: 1. Name your new company. You can use your own name if you desire. 2. Get a post office box (preferred). 3. Edit the names and addresses on the program. You MUST remember, your name and address go next to REPORT #1 and the others all move down one, with the fourth one being bumped OFF. 4. Obtain as many addresses as possible to send until you receive the information on the mailing list companies in REPORT #3. 5. Decide on the number of programs you intend to send out. The more you send out and the quicker you send them, the more money you will make. 6. After mailing the programs, get ready to fill the orders. 7. Copy the four 4 REPORTS so you are able to send them out as soon as you receive an order. IMPORTANT: ALWAYS PROVIDE SAME-DAY SERVICE ON ORDERS YOU RECEIVE! 8. Make certain the letter and reports are neat and legible. YOUR GUARANTEE! The check point which GUARANTEES your success is simply this: you must receive 15 to 20 orders for REPORT #1. This is a MUST!!!! If you don't within two weeks, email out more programs until you do. Then a couple of weeks later you should receive at least 100 orders for REPORT #2, IF YOU DON'T, send out more programs until you do. Once you have received 100 or more orders for REPORT #2, (TAKE A DEEP BREATH) you can sit back and relax, because YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE AT LEAST $50,000. Mathematically it is a proven guarantee. Of those who have participated in the program and reached the above GUARANTEES - ALL have reached their $50,000 goal. Also, remember, every time your name is moved down the list you are in front of a different REPORT, so you can keep track of your program by knowing what people are ordering from you. IT'S THAT EASY, REALLY, IT IS!!!! REMEMBER: "HE WHO DARES NOTHING, NEED NOT HOPE FOR ANYTHING". "INVEST A LITTLE TIME, ENERGY AND MONEY NOW OR SEARCH FOR IT THE REST OF YOUR LIFE". GOOD LUCK! </PRE></HTML>

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Adult Advertisement - Check It Out!
by Paula 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

The following is a message of adult nature. Please do not read further if you are offended by such. You must be atleast 21 to access the following web page! Live Interactive Sex Shows on your PC - No Software to buy or Download!! You have heard about it on T.V., read about in the newspapers, now see it for yourself!! Point your web browser to http://204.137.220.42 for more HOT information! We have Female Shows, Male Shows and Sex Shows straight from Amsterdam! All Shows are Live and Fully Interactive!! Remember to go to http://204.137.220.42 and bookmark the page!! NOTE: Due to Server upgrading, website may not be available at all times. Please try to reconnect at a later time if you have difficulties. Try our traditional LIVE 1-ON-1 phone sex services too! - FREE of charges (Long Distance rates apply) 011-592-583-453 to talk to HOT WOMEN or 011-592-583-426 to talk to HOT MEN!

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Recycling your unwanted junk email
by Bill Stewart 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Got any SPAM you're not using? Want to find a good home for it? A friend of mine passed along this request for spam, which can be beneficially recycled... Bill -------------- please forward your spam to junk(a)thehouse.org (or subscribe junk(a)thehouse.org to spam lists) ------- Forwarded Message Return-Path: dc-stuff Message-Id: <3.0.32.19970618085725.008b69d0(a)mail.ctp.com> X-Sender: ybenja(a)mail.ctp.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 (32) Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 08:57:28 -0700 To: dc-stuff(a)merde.dis.org From: Yobie Benjamin <ybenja(a)ctp.com> Subject: Spaminator II Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-dc-stuff Precedence: bulk X-forward-loop: dc-stuff Reply-To: Yobie Benjamin <ybenja(a)ctp.com> X-Comment: TO UNSUBSCRIBE: email "unsubscribe dc-stuff" to majordomo(a)dis.org X-Comment: Lonely? Need a friend and lover? email dtangent(a)defcon.org X-Comment: tired of typing? call the Defcon Voice Bridge 801-855-3326 X-Copyright: This message is Copyright all rights reserved unless expressly limited Status: O A few of you have been kind enough to send some spam to junk(a)thehouse.org. Unfortunately, much of it has been significantly altered, which makes it less useful. If you send any junkmail, please leave the headers and body as intact as possible. IMPORTANT!!! That means you shouldn't make a new message and include the junk mail in it, you shouldn't send the junk as an attachment, you shouldn't send more than one piece of junk in a single message, and you shouldn't quote the message text by insterting characters at the beginning of each line. Most of these things aren't that hard to undo, but everyone does them a bit differently and we'd rather not have to go through and fix them all. The best way to do it: sendmail junk(a)thehouse.org < onemessage or formail -ds sendmail junk(a)thehouse.org < manymessages If you use Emacs and VM, the following code will bind J in the summary window to do the Right Thing. (defvar flan-junkmail-address "junk(a)thehouse.org" "The address to forward all junkmail to.") (defun flan-junk-junkmail (prefix-arg) "Send all junkmail to 'flan-junkmail-address and delete it." (interactive "p") (if (interactive-p) (vm-follow-summary-cursor)) (vm-delete-message 1) (vm-pipe-message-to-command (concat "/usr/lib/sendmail " flan-junkmail-address) prefix-arg)) (define-key vm-mode-map "J" 'flan-junk-junkmail) ------- End of Forwarded Message

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Federal Websites
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

The General Accounting Office has published an astonishing list of over 4,000 Federal Websites, many not well-known, with hyperlinks for easy access: - World Wide Web Sites: Reported by 42 Federal Organizations. GGD-97-86S. June 1, 1997. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/gg97086s.pdf It's a supplement to an assessment of federal electronic information systems: - Internet and Electronic Dial-Up Bulletin Board System Activities: Information Reported by Federal Organizations. GGD-97-86. June 16, 1997. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/gg97086.pdf We note the also amazingly-revealing GovBot Database of Government Websites which provides search and access to 308,000 government and military web pages: http://cobar.cs.umass.edu/ciirdemo/Govbot/

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House Science hearing TOMORROW on NIST computer security act (fwd)
by Declan McCullagh 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 09:59:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Declan McCullagh <declan(a)well.com> To: fight-censorship(a)vorlon.mit.edu Subject: House Science hearing TOMORROW on NIST computer security act ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 17:11:03 -0400 From: "Farmer, Donna" <Donna.Farmer(a)mail.house.gov> To: declan Subject: Computer Security Enhancement Act of 1997 Subcommittee on Technology Legislative Hearing on the Computer Security Enhancement Act of 1997 Thursday, June 19th 1997 10:00 AM to 12:00 Noon 2318 Rayburn House Office Building The Honorable Gary Bachula Stephen T. Walker Acting Under Secretary for Technology President and CEO Technology Administration Trusted Information Systems, Inc. Department of Commerce Glenwood, MD Washington, DC James Bidzos Whitfield Diffie President & CEO Distinguished Engineer Redwood City, CA Sun Microsystems Mountain View, CA Marc Rotenberg Director Electronic Privacy Information Center Washington, DC .. Hearing Purpose: The Hearing will focus on the provisions of the Computer Security Enhancement Act of 1997. The bill amends the Computer Security Act of 1987 (P.L. 100-235). The Computer Security Act 1987of gave NIST the lead responsibility for computer security for Federal civilian agencies. The act requires NIST to develop the standards and guidelines needed to ensure cost-effective security and privacy of sensitive information in Federal computer systems. Background: The Computer Security Enhancement Act will strengthen the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST's ) historic role in computer security established by the Computer Security Act. The bill updates the decade-old act while giving NIST the tools it requires to ensure that appropriate attention and effort is concentrated on securing our Federal information technology infrastructure. What the Bill Does: The Computer Security Enhancement Act updates the Computer Security Act to take into account the evolution of computer networks and their use by both the Federal Government and the private sector. Specifically, the security enhancement act: 1. Requires NIST to promote the acquisition of off-the-shelf products for meeting civilian agency computer security needs. This measure should reduce the cost and improve the availability of computer security technologies to Federal agencies. 2. Increases the input of the independent Computer System Security and Privacy Advisory Board into NIST's decision-making process. The board, which is made up of representatives from industry, federal agencies and other outside experts, should assist NIST in its development of standards and guidelines for Federal systems. 3. Requires NIST to develop standardized tests and procedures to evaluate the strength of foreign encryption products. Through such tests and procedures, NIST, with assistance from the private sector, will be able to judge the relative strength of foreign encryption, thereby defusing some of the concerns associated with the export of domestically produced encryption products. 4. Limits NIST's involvement to the development of standards and guidelines for Federal civilian systems and not for the private sector. The bill clarifies that NIST standards and guidelines are to be used for the acquisition of security technologies for the Federal government and are not intended as restrictions on the production or use of encryption by the private sector. 5. Updates the Computer Security Act to address changes in technology over the last decade. Significant changes in the manner in which information technology is used by the Federal government have occurred since the enactment of the Computer Security Act. The bill updates the Act, taking these changes into account. 6. Establishes a new computer science fellowship program for graduate and undergraduate students studying computer security. The bill sets aside $250,000 a year, for each of the next two fiscal years, to enable NIST to finance computer security fellowships under an existing NIST grant program. 7. Requires the National Research Council to conduct a study to assess the desirability of, and the technology required to, support public key infrastructures.

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McVeigh Sentence
by nobody＠huge.cajones.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I was watching Dateline NBC interview the McVeigh jurors about the trial and the interviewer asked them what they found to be the strongest or most convincing evidence against McVeigh. A grandmotherly type answered that the most convincing of the evidence against him was the pictures of the dead bodies. Perhaps the prosecution could have gotten McVeigh convicted on even more charges if he had shown some pictures of heroin. I also watched McVeigh's lawyer give a statement that sounded like it was prepared for him by the Whitehouse spin doctors. From the very first, right through to the end of the trial, I had the feeling that McVeigh's lawyer seemed to be more of a spokesperson than a lawyer. I've had lawyers show more skill and ferver in keeping my dog out of the pound than he showed defending McVeigh. I don't know what exactly he was being paid $15 million for, but it sure as hell wasn't for defending McVeigh. Even when he speaks about the judge not allowing him to put on a real defense he acts like it's just a minor matter of no real import. The only mystery in the trial was whether McVeigh was part of the great pretense taking place or if he really thought his lawyer was working in his best interests. I suspect that he's just naieve. I wouldn't place any large bets on MvVeigh living long enough to take part in an Oklahoma City trial if that ever happens. The political interests down there want more than just a showcase trial--they want to find out the real story. Unless they get bought off or blackmailed the Feds are going to have to bring Jack Ruby out of retirement. TruthMonger

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Re: [?????] PGP 5.0 Freeware is available from ???
by Arunas Norvaisa 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

On 09:29 PM 97.06.18 +0700, Peng Chiew wrote (and I quoted): > where is .tr in the first place? >Will you pay for my airticket?? ;) tr is for Turkey and yes, you'll need airticket to get there from .my !!! :) > >Seriously, you can get it at: > > ftp.hacktic.nl > pub/replay/pub/incoming/pgp50trial.exe > Will this be legal??? <= This is the question. BTW, when this 'trial' version will cease to work? -- greetz... Arunas Norvaisa - little guy, The Masses Inc. <mailto:arunas@post1.com> with subject: 'send key' to get PGP key PGP for idiots page <http://www.a-vip.com/an> and a mirror site <http://www.post1.com/~arunas> To understand a program you must become both the machine and the program.

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Kerrey bill introduced in Senate
by Greg Broiles 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Sen. Kerrey's evil "Secure Public Networks Act" was introduced in the Senate today, cosponsored by Sen. McCain. The bill, if passed, would: Criminalize the knowing use of crypto to encrypt data or communications in furtherance of a crime; (s. 104) Criminalize breaking another person's ciphertext for the purpose of violating their privacy, security, or property rights; (goodbye, Netscape bugs bounty and DES/RC4 cracks) (s. 105(3)) Criminalize intercepting another's intellectual property for the purpose of violating intellectual property rights (s. 105(4)) Criminalize issuing a key to another person in furtherance of a crime (s. 105(6)) Require federal government purchasers of crypto equipment to buy GAK crypto; (s. 202, 204) Require crypto products purchased with federal funds for use on a public network to employ GAK crypto; (s. 203, 205) Legalize the export of 56-bit DES crypto; (s. 302) Criminalizes the issuance of signature certificates by registered CA's for encryption keys if the user has not complied with GAK procedures; (s. 407(a)(4)) Criminalizes requesting a signature certificate for an encryption key from a registered CA if the user has not complied with GAK procedures; (s. 407(a)(5)) Allows the Secretary of Commerce to "make investigations, obtain information, take sworn testimony, and require reports or the keeping of records by .. any person", to the extent necessary to enforce the Act; (s. 701(a)) Allows the Secretary of Commerce to subpoena witnesses and documents in any State at any designated place; (s. 701(b)(3)(A)) Allows the Secretary of Commerce to impose civil/adminstrative penalties of up to $100K for violations of the Act; (s. 702(1)) Ugh. The original is online at <http://www.senate.gov/~kerrey/encrypt/encrypt2.html>, mirrored at <http://www.parrhesia.com/kerrey.html>. -- Greg Broiles | US crypto export control policy in a nutshell: gbroiles(a)netbox.com | http://www.io.com/~gbroiles | Export jobs, not crypto.

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Deschall Fwd: WE FOUND IT!
by Robert Hettinga 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

--- begin forwarded text Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 17:01:16 -0400 To: dcsb(a)ai.mit.edu From: Kent Borg <kentborg(a)borg.org> Subject: Deschall Fwd: WE FOUND IT! Sender: bounce-dcsb(a)ai.mit.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Kent Borg <kentborg(a)borg.org> 56-bit DES has now been publicly cracked! In a chaotic volunteer effort, no less. Cool! -kb, the Kent who's Macintosh searched quite a few billion keys, but did not find it. << start of forwarded material >> ** Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 13:46:19 -0600 ** From: Rocke Verser <rcv(a)dopey.verser.frii.com> ** To: deschall-announce(a)gatekeeper.megasoft.com ** Subject: WE FOUND IT! ** Sender: owner-deschall-announce(a)gatekeeper.megasoft.com ** Precedence: bulk ** ** -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- ** ** "Strong cryptography makes the world a safer place." ** ** That's the message RSA has been waiting for us to decipher. ** And we did it! ** ** The correct key (8558891AB0C851B6) was reported to RSA Data Security ** shortly before midnight last night (Mountain Time). RSA's automated ** server acknowledged our win! ** ** The winning computer is a Pentium 90MHz, operated by iNetZ Corporation ** of Salt Lake City, Utah. Their employee, Michael K. Sanders, was the ** individual who was running the DESCHALL client. ** ** Congratulations, Michael. And congratulations to all who participated! ** ** ** Many thanks are due, all around. ** ** Special thanks to Justin Dolske and Matt Curtin, who took enormous ** pressure off of me, early in the project; and who have kept the client ** archives, mailing lists, and gateways humming right along; and who ** diligently responded to *so many* questions on the mailing lists. ** Thanks very much! ** ** Special thanks to Darrell Kindred and Andrew Meggs, whose programming ** skill in their respective fields (fast bitslice clients and fast ** user-friendly Mac PPC clients) is unmatched! ** ** Special thanks to Karl Runge, who has spent many evenings into the wee ** hours (is 5 AM wee?) to develop some outstanding stats and to make sure ** those stats were posted each morning! ** ** Special thanks to Jeff Simmons, and others, whose names tragically ** escape me, who did some early publicity to get the project rolling! ** ** Special thanks to the other developers, Guy Albertelli and Kelly ** Campbell. Guy performed a number of "ports", and Kelly produced the ** first Mac client. ** ** Thanks to countless others, who devoted not just their CPU cycles, but ** their boundless energy as well. ** ** ** I offer both thanks and consolations to our only public "competitor", ** SolNET. ** ** Magnus and Fredrik: As I have said before, SolNET is a class outfit. I ** never once heard you disparage your competition. We thank you! ** ** In a sense, the "win" belongs to all of us, who contributed CPU cycles ** and clients and ideas and innovations. We searched less than 1/4 of the ** keyspace. Worldwide, over half of the keyspace was searched. A ** DESCHALL client may have found "the" key, but you deserve credit for ** helping to bring the "expected date of completion" significantly ahead. ** ** Your Web site gave us a goal to shoot for. A goal which we never met. ** Your clients had many features our users wished for. There is no shame ** in not finding the key. But I know the anguish you must feel after ** putting your hearts and souls into a project for 3-4 months, and not ** being "the" winner. ** ** In my eyes, everyone who participated, whether working for the DESCHALL ** team or the SolNET team is a winner! ** ** ** Last but not least, thanks to my dear wife, Myra, who allowed me to ** engage in this project (when I should have been looking for my next ** contract programming job); and to her and my children, who tolerated ** the disruption to our household routine caused by this project. ** ** ** - - Rocke Verser, DESCHALL organizer, rcv(a)dopey.verser.frii.com ** ** -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- ** Version: 2.6.2 ** ** iQCVAwUBM6g4wXI7TKUAAAABAQGNrwQAyuvPPGgIaRMmveI/9MwbTq6SbNerD4A3 ** VluN2EW+GCvT1UiyTV2eQ3tJB+9f5RUVnQ77rqsVvME1Go0M1Vckq0VPzBdMYWgq ** laNv8tf4LEkSyu2LrfoLONyvrNmcByRmO8Bwt/QtqICK4gFpXcnoWXaCz4NG6iZf ** 6NtPgJnQh6o= ** =I+bG ** -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ** << end of forwarded material >> -- Kent Borg H: +1-617-776-6899 kentborg(a)borg.org W: "The language seemed pretty natural to me. I talk a lot like that." - My Minnesota mother Helene commenting on "Fargo" For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "dcsb-request(a)ai.mit.edu" with one line of text: "help". --- end forwarded text ----------------- Robert Hettinga (rah(a)shipwright.com) Philodox e$, 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' The e$ Home Page: http://www.shipwright.com/

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Re: The Tao
by lucifer＠dhp.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Rabid Wombat wrote: > > The Tao of heaven is like the bending of a bow. > The high is lowered, and the low is raised. > If the string is too long, it is shortened; > If there is not enough, it is made longer. I had a boyfriend like that once. TruthMistress

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