December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Internic may be required to return money
by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Holy shit. > > Court: Domain fees appear illegal > By Brock N. Meeks > > WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 - A federal court Monday issued a > temporary injunction barring the federal government from > spending some $50 million it has collected from the > registration of Internet domain names. That money forms a > pool of funds intended to be spent for improving the > Internet. On Monday, the court sided with the plaintiffs in a > lawsuit that claims those fees constitute an illegal tax. > > The money is part of a so-called "intellectual infrastructure > fund," which is funded by 30 percent of all fees paid to > register an Internet domain name. Initial domain names cost > $100; renewal of domain names is $50 annually. The > remainder of registration fees goes to Network Solutions > Inc. (NSOL) to cover its cost of maintaining the registration > service. > > Network Solutions operates as a monopoly, stemming from > a National Science Foundation government grant. That > grant is supposed to end in March; the White House issued > a proposal Jan. 30 that would move domain name > registration into the private sector. > > In October, six domain-name holders filed suit in U.S. > District Court alleging that the National Science Foundation > had no authority to allow Network Solutions to collect any > money in excess of its cost of providing the registration > service. Further, the suit charged, the 30 percent > set-aside amounts to an unconstitutional tax. > > Judge Thomas Hogan said Monday that the plaintiffs "have > made a significant showing that the (intellectual > infrastructure fund) is an illegal tax." > > Hogan said there is "no litmus paper onto which the Court > can drop a regulatory assessment such as this one, hoping > to see whether the paper comes up blue for tax or pink for > fee." Justice Department lawyers had argued in court that > the domain-name registration fee was exactly that, a fee, > because it was paid voluntarily and therefore couldn't be > considered a tax. > > But Hogan disagreed, writing that "there is no dispute that > the assessment (registration fee) is involuntary - it is > automatically charged to every domain registration." > > In 1995 Network Solution's contract was amended to allow > it to begin collecting fees for the registration process, > which it had done for free since 1993, when its contract > was issued. The registration fees set off a firestorm of > criticism in the Internet community. The Intellectual > Infrastructure Fund was supposed to be used for the > betterment of the Internet for the community as a whole; > however, no plan has ever developed on how to spend the > money, which is held in escrow. > > Because no plan had been developed to spend the fund > money, Congress rushed into the vacuum late last year > and simply appropriated some $23 million. Congress > earmarked that money to be spent on the Next Generation > Internet project, which President Bill Clinton highlighted in > his recent State of the Union speech. > > "Under federal law, no independent executive agency - > such as the National Science Foundation - can collect > fees that exceed the cost of providing the service they are > administering," said William Bode, attorney for the plaintiffs. > "NSI, the agent of NSF, spends less than $5 to register > domain names, yet it charges a registration fee of $100 and > renewal fees of $50 per year," he said. > > Network Solutions did not return calls for comment. > > Bode also argued that only Congress has the authority to > tax and that no such authorization has taken place. The > Justice Department argued that because Congress > appropriated the $23 million from the infrastructure fund, it > had essentially ratified the tax. > > Bode argued that ratification of a tax can't take place in > authorization bills. Judge Hogan agreed, noting that > ratification is a legislative function and that "it is well known > that Congress does not normally legislate through > appropriations bills." Hogan added: "Congress may have > intended to grant NSF the authority to collect the > assessment, but it has not effected a legal ratification." > > The suit also is seeking antitrust damages, alleging that the > NSF violated the competition in contracting act when it > allowed Network Solutions to begin collecting the $100 fee. > Bode says the competition act requires the NSF to re-bid a > new contract, not simply amend it. > > The temporary injunction "paves the way for our motion, > which we'll file in two days, to require NSI to return all > registration renewal fees which exceed the cost of > providing that service," attorney Bode said. "We think that > cost [to NSI for the registration process] is significantly less > than $10, probably $2 to $3," he said, "which would mean > that there would be a refund of approximately $100 million > in our judgment."

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Rogue EFF Dir Brad Templeton
by Information Security 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

This jerk should be kicked out of EFF. Brad had stated he wants to eliminate one-way anonymous remailers, make two-way anonymous remailer users identify themselves as the same person every time they use one, and: o require digital signature identification for all email o require digital signature identification for all Usenet posts --------- previously shown ------------- Brad Templeton emailed: * Information Security emailed: * > Nor does your digital signature idea do anything to prevent * > throw-away accounts from doing major spams; you'll have to * > put even MORE controls on people. * * Correct, no throw away accounts. It's coming. * * > The digital signature idea is an astonishingly bad idea, that * > only frustrated control-freaks will accept. * * You are mistaken. I surveyed a roomful of usenet admins at a * conference last year. They were 95% in favor of it. [I replied that those were the control-freaks I was talking about] Brad Templeton emailed, formatted by guy: > As far as I am concerned, no fake addresses is one of my non-negotiable > requirements, because > > the eventual USENET is going to have digital signature requirements. > > It's the only way to stop [people from] posting under fake addresses > where we can't find them, and that means stopping honest users from > doing it too. [I said false: ALL problem posters are locateable to their ISP] http://www.clari.net/brad/spam.html [snipped] [by Brad] Solutions... First, improve internet mail systems and protocols to identify mail with a fake or forged return address. There are some simple steps to do this, and eventually digital signature allows complete verification of the sender. http://polka.clari.net/usenet-format/cert.html Q: What about anonymous remailers? A: A person with an anonymous address that sends mail back will probably be able to get a certificate. They can post without revealing their name, except perhaps to the person who gives them a certificate. Digital signature works fine to prove the same person sent two messages without saying at all who that person is in the real world. Forced to authenticate they are the same person, even through the anonymous remailer. --------- end of previously shown ------------- What's new is Brad has inserted his declaration that access to the Net must require you to authenticate yourself with a digital signature to post to Usenet in the draft text for the new Usenet RFC, which he is heading: Brad's draft Usenet digital signature text: # Systems MAY insist that an article be signed, at least the # body and the minimal header set, or they MAY reject the # article. This policy may vary from group to group and # subnet to subnet. Eventually it is expected that a site # SHOULD reject any article that is not signed. Hey, fine if an individual group wants to vote it in. But ALL OF USENET??? I asked him if he would change the wording to: # An individual group MAY insist that an article be signed, # at least the body and the minimal header set. This is # subject to the normal news standards of users of a group # deciding this issue themselves. Dead silence. He REFUSES TO DISCUSS the last statement: # Eventually it is expected that a site # SHOULD reject any article that is not signed. It is a purely political statement on his part, pushing his vision of a tightly authenticated Net, like they have in China. In fact, it is utterly clueless of him, especially since he was one of the original CDA plaintiffs. [Not to mention it is an "agreement to make an agreement"] NONE of the other list participants has said they agree everyone should authenticate themselves using digital signatures for all Usenet posts, which is the language I am contesting. Yet, he won't even discuss the ramifications. Yep, power corrupts: he's running the show, and answers to no one. ------- begin Crypto Manifesto excerpt ------- * Sandia and Coms21, currently engaged in an agreement to support the * People's Republic of China's driver license and national ID card * program, have partnered to create a fraud-proof solution for on-the-spot * positive identification of card bearers. * "China Tells Internet Users To Register With Police" * The New York Times, 2/15/1996 * * China ordered all users of the Internet to register with the police, as * part of an effort to tighten control over information. * * The order came from the Ministry of Public Security. * * Network users have been warned not to harm national security, or to * disseminate pornography. Well, there's a new way to control Internet users: require them to identify themselves, no doubt your U.S.-created National ID Card will be required for access. That ought to stop pornography: identify each and every user. # "The Great Firewall of China", by Geremie R. Barme & Sang Ye, Wired, 6/97 # # Xia Hong, China InfoHighway's PR man: "The Internet has been an important # technical innovator, but we need to add another element, and that is # control. The new generation of information superhighway needs a traffic # control center. It needs highway patrols; USERS WILL REQUIRE DRIVER'S # LICENSES. THESE ARE THE BASIC REQUIREMENTS FOR ANY CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT." The Supreme Court's CDA ruling: Once most people are fingerprinted, a cheap (say $50) fingerprint scanner that attaches a timestamp and government digital signature will be sold for allowing Internet access to "adult" locations---chat rooms, USENET, WWW sites---and it will be mandatory. The Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court said as soon as the "Internet driver's license" is technically feasible, CDA becomes legal. "Such technology requires Internet users to enter information about themselves--perhaps an adult identification number or a credit card number--before they can access certain areas of cyberspace, 929 F. Supp. 824, 845 (ED Pa. 1996), much like a bouncer checks a person's driver's license before admitting him to a nightclub." ------- end Crypto Manifesto excerpt ------- If everyone has a digital signature, CDA becomes legal. I do wish EFF would kick him out! ---guy

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Cryptography empowering human rights.
by WebWarrior3＠InfoWar.Com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Looking for opinions and leads to resources about human rights and the potential abuse of said rights with public key 'escrow' or recovery agents. Please send info to: mailto:webwarrior3@infowar.com Thanks in advance, Scott R. Brower Electronic Fronteirs Florida http://www.efflorida.org effla(a)efflorida.org

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Fountain of youth found? [SciAm] (fwd)
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: >From owner-tesla(a)ssz.com Wed Feb 4 13:00:02 1998 From: Jim Choate <ravage(a)ssz.com> Message-Id: <199802041857.MAA05778(a)einstein.ssz.com> Subject: Fountain of youth found? [SciAm] To: tesla(a)ssz.com (Experimental Instrumentation) Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 12:57:23 -0600 (CST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 2511 Sender: owner-tesla(a)ssz.com Precedence: bulk Reply-To: tesla(a)ssz.com Note this file has been edited. Forwarded message: > X-within-URL: http://www.sciam.com/explorations/1998/020298telomere/ > Telomere Image: Southwestern Medical Center > > LIFE'S CLOCK. Telomeres are repeating DNA strings (TTAGGG) that cap > chromosomes. Each time a mortal cell divides, its telomeres become > shorter. When they reach a preset length, the cell ceases to divide, > ages and dies. > > Scientists have found a major factor > that controls whether a cell dies or thrives > > It may not sound as appetizing as aquavit, but telomerase--an enzyme > discovered only a decade ago in a single-celled protozoan--may well be > the elixir of youth. This chemical acts in immortal cancer cells, > sperm and ovum to repair telomeres, the strands of DNA that tie up the > ends of chromosomes. And now it seems that activating telomerase in > sundry other cells grants them a longer lease on life as well. > > The finding, which was published in the January 16 issue of Science, > finally proves what was a highly controversial model linking telomeres > to cellular aging. More important, it opens up new avenues for > research into diseases that occur when cells grow old, including > macular degeneration in the eye and atherosclerosis, and those that > arise when cells don't age at all, such as cancer. [text deleted] ____________________________________________________________________ | | | The most powerful passion in life is not love or hate, | | but the desire to edit somebody elses words. | | | | Sign in Ed Barsis' office | | | | _____ The Armadillo Group | | ,::////;::-. Austin, Tx. USA | | /:'///// ``::>/|/ http://www.ssz.com/ | | .', |||| `/( e\ | | -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- Jim Choate | | ravage(a)ssz.com | | 512-451-7087 | |____________________________________________________________________|

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Re: RIP, Carl Gorman, Code Talker
by rdew＠el.nec.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Oh-Oh! Us "newbies" slipped up. Except, when I signed up, my entry notice said: "To post to the whole list, send mail to cypherpunks(a)toad.com" Soooo, maybe you want we should send it elsewhere, to the same lists you send to, you should publish the correction, not just flame ... Until then, we just have to do as told by the list-admin ... On Sat Jan 31 12:20:56 1998 Dr.Dimitri Vulis wrote: > From dlv(a)bwalk.dm.com Sat Jan 31 12:20:56 1998 > To: cypherpunks(a)toad.com > Subject: Re: RIP, Carl Gorman, Code Talker > From: dlv(a)bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM) > Comments: All power to the ZOG! > Date: Sat, 31 Jan 98 14:23:21 EST > > Tim May <tcmay(a)got.net> writes: > > > (As Gary seems to be a newcomer, let me remind him and others that > > "cypherpunks(a)toad.com" is not the place to send messages to the list. > > Please use one of the distributed addresses. It's been a year since the > > list moved off of toad.com. I wish John would just start bouncing messages > > sent to toad.com and be done with it.) > > When are cocksuckers John Gilmore and Guy Polis planning to die from AIDS? > > --- > > Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM > Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps > Ciao, Bob De Witt, rdew(a)el.nec.com

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17 Dec '03

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HUMOR: Bill Gates gets it, True CNN Story!!
by Steve Orrin 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9802/04/belgium.gates.ap/ A Picture Tells A Thousand Words. STEGO

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FW: SEC Rule Announcement
by Trei, Peter 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I haven't been able to confirm this report. Note that it refers to monitoring employee's HOME computers. Peter Trei > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry Layten [SMTP:larry@ljl.com] > Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 1998 11:04 AM > To: cryptography(a)c2.net > Subject: SEC Rule Announcement > > I received information in an Electronic Mail Association (EMA) > bulletin that said the Securities and Exchange Commission > approved a rule that would go into effect February 15th that > requires securities employers to have the ability to monitor > electronic communications between employees and customers > on employees' home computers or through third party systems. > > Does anyone have any more information on this and how it > might apply to encrypted email? > > Larry

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FW: SEC Rule Announcement
by Trei, Peter 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

[sorry if you get this twice - pt] I have not been able to confirm the claim in this letter - the EMA does not seem to have a web site. Note that it refers to employers monitoring employee's HOME computers. Peter Trei > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry Layten [SMTP:larry@ljl.com] > Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 1998 11:04 AM > To: cryptography(a)c2.net > Subject: SEC Rule Announcement > > I received information in an Electronic Mail Association (EMA) > bulletin that said the Securities and Exchange Commission > approved a rule that would go into effect February 15th that > requires securities employers to have the ability to monitor > electronic communications between employees and customers > on employees' home computers or through third party systems. > > Does anyone have any more information on this and how it > might apply to encrypted email? > > Larry

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Re: The Continued Attack on Cash (Was: "The Right of Anonymity"...) (fwd)
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > From: "Attila T. Hun" <attila(a)hun.org> > Date: Wed, 04 Feb 98 22:14:36 +0000 > Subject: Re: The Continued Attack on Cash (Was: "The Right of Anonymity"...) > >You don't know Texas or Texans very well... > > well, I do, real well --but you dont know rural Utahns. Actualy I do, know quite a few people in Utah; both in and out of the Mormon Church and in and outside the handfull of cities. ____________________________________________________________________ | | | The most powerful passion in life is not love or hate, | | but the desire to edit somebody elses words. | | | | Sign in Ed Barsis' office | | | | _____ The Armadillo Group | | ,::////;::-. Austin, Tx. USA | | /:'///// ``::>/|/ http://www.ssz.com/ | | .', |||| `/( e\ | | -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- Jim Choate | | ravage(a)ssz.com | | 512-451-7087 | |____________________________________________________________________|

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