December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

$10million logic bomb goes off
by David Honig 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

http://biz.yahoo.com/upi/98/02/17/general_state_and_regional_news/nyzap_1.h… Tuesday February 17 4:16 PM EST Fired programmer zaps old firm NEWARK, N.J., Feb. 17 (UPI) _ A disgruntled computer programmer dismissed from a defense contractor has been arraigned for allegedly zapping his old firm's computer system in retaliation, causing losses of $10 million. Timothy Lloyd of Wilmington, Del. worked as the computer network programmer for Omega Engineering Corp., in Bridgeport, N.J. The company, which has offices in Stamford, Conn., and elsewhere in the world, produces high-tech measurement and control instruments used by the U.S. Navy and NASA. Lloyd was fired from Omega on July 10, 1996, after working there for about 11 years. Twenty days after his dismissal he allegedly activated a computer ``bomb'' that permanently deleted all of the company's design and production programs, costing the company about $10 million in sales and contracts. Philadelphia Secret Service head Danny Spriggs says the $10 million in damages is believed to be one of the most expensive computer sabotage cases they have ever investigated. Lloyd was also charged with stealing $50,000 in computer equipment from Omega and taking it home. U.S. District Judge William Walls set bail at $25,000 and scheduled trial for April 20. If convicted Lloyd faces up to five years for the sabotage count and up to 10 years for the theft count. He could also be ordered to pay restitution and fines. _- ------------------------------------------------------------ David Honig Orbit Technology honig(a)otc.net Intaanetto Jigyoubu Has Nike hired Monica to endorse kneepads yet?

1 0

Re: Letter of the law
by rdew＠el.nec.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Ken, I guess I was thinking about the NSA, recording the message and deciding to make an example. They seem to do that occassionally just to keep the rest of us folks 'in line'. I can't see the INS even understanding what they were looking at, even if you showed them. "My, my, my! All those bits are really in that little box?" You have to understand the difference between a 'large possibility' and a 'fat chance', yes? Now, drugs! That they understand ... But a PKI key? Or, a file?? Or, a crypto program (especially renamed)??? What piece of this trick question am I missing? Bob De Witt, rdew(a)el.nec.com The views expressed herein are my own, and are not attributable to any other source, be it employer, friend or foe. > From jkwilli2(a)unity.ncsu.edu Tue Feb 17 10:56:22 1998 > X-Authentication-Warning: c00954-100lez.eos.ncsu.edu: jkwilli2 owned process doing -bs > Date: Tue, 17 Feb 1998 13:56:29 -0500 (EST) > From: Ken Williams <jkwilli2(a)unity.ncsu.edu> > X-Sender: jkwilli2(a)c00954-100lez.eos.ncsu.edu > To: Bob De Witt <rdew(a)el.nec.com> > cc: cypherpunks(a)toad.com > Subject: Re: Letter of the law > X-Copyright: The contents of this message may not be reproduced in any form > X-Copyright: (including Commercial use) unless specific permission is granted > X-Copyright: by the author of the message. All requests must be in writing. > X-Disclaimer: The contents of this email are for educational purposes only > X-Disclaimer: and do not reflect the thoughts or opinions of either myself > X-Disclaimer: or my employer and are not endorsed by sponsored by or provided > X-Disclaimer: on behalf of North Carolina State University. > MIME-Version: 1.0 > > On Tue, 17 Feb 1998, Bob De Witt wrote: > > >Doesn't the act of taking it across the border, in the laptop, constitute > >an act of export?? > > well, yes, of course. that was taken for granted in my comments. > likewise, if you go to a tattoo parlor and get the infamous 4 line > crypto-sig tattooed on your ass, then you are classified as a munition, > and you cannot leave the US. > > the only relevant question here regards the odds that a US Customs officer > is going to want you to drop your drawers and bend over... > ;-) > > ken > > >> >>I'm in El Paso Texas... so close to the border > >> >>I can see Old Mex outside my window as I write this.. > >> >>I'm over there nearly every day for lunch ( I actually > >> >>walk there from my house it's so close) If I write > >> >>a crypto program on my laptop over there and ftp > >> >>it to a web page I have on a server outside the US > >> >>will I have avoided the foolish export regs?? > >> >>Does anyone know of someone trying this before?? > >> > > >> >My guess is this: > >> > if it has the name of a US citizen in the copyright > >> >notice, it will be assumed to have been made in the > >> >US. if the morons even go after you. you still may have > >> >a plausable excuse if ever taken to court. > >> >after all, you "exported" youself, which is a perfectly > >> >legal thing to take out of the country, and "yourself" > >> >accidentally spewed a copy of something that couldn't > >> >cross the border. > >> >I don't think anybody has tried this and been challenged. > >> >then again, a lot of us don't have the opportunity. > >> >It's easier to ask forgivness than permission... > >> >Another easier excuse would be to publish it freely in > >> >hardcopy form, and just "happen" to have somebody end up > >> >"typing" in your source code abroad, making a legit > >> >international copy... > >> >-Anon2 > >> > >> i would think that the big question here, legally, is whether or not you > >> would be ustilizing a US ISP and/or cellular provider to make the upload > >> of the crypto program to the foreign server via ftp. as long as all the > >> packets stay outside of US borders, in other words, as long as you don't > >> use a US ISP and cellular provider, then i don't see how you would be > >> violating any laws in this case. > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> TATTOOMAN > >> > >> http://152.7.11.38/~tattooman/ > >> > >Bob De Witt, > >rdew(a)el.nec.com > >The views expressed herein are my own, > >and are not attributable to any other > >source, be it employer, friend or foe. > > > > > > TATTOOMAN > > /--------------------------[ TATTOOMAN ]--------------------------\ > | ORG: NC State Computer Science Dept VP of The E. H. A. P. Corp. | > | EML: jkwilli2(a)adm.csc.ncsu.edu ehap(a)hackers.com | > | EML: jkwilli2(a)unity.ncsu.edu ehap-secure(a)hackers.com | > | WWW: http://www4.ncsu.edu/~jkwilli2/ http://www.hackers.com/ehap/ | > | FTP: ftp://152.7.11.38/pub/personal/tattooman/ | > | W3B: http://152.7.11.38/~tattooman/w3board/ | > | PGP: finger tattooman(a)152.7.11.38 | > \----------------[ http://152.7.11.38/~tattooman/ ]----------------/ > > >

2 1

CAN WE SWAP LINKS? ******************Please DO NOT consider this SPAM!******************
by mark＠mtcnet.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Hi, It's not a secret that the best way to attract traffic is through links from other sites. We currently have apx. 250 links from other sites TO US! This is nothing compared to Yahoo which has over 800,000 links from other sites. We are setting up a links page and offering a link to every domain or page that links to us. If interested visit our site at: http://www.mtcnet.com. If our site is ok link to us and send back your site address and category as IT WOULD FIT ON OUR LINK PAGE AT: http://www.mtcnet.com/links/ and we will link back to you. You should link to our main page: www.mtcnet.com and we will link to your main page. Our site currently gets apx. 30,000+ views a month. Thanks, Mark Cushman P.S. We reserve the right as to which sites we will link back to, ie. no pornographic or related sites. If it's OK for my kids we will link back.

1 0

FREE Pentium II Computer!!!
by rlbrye＠daltek.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

You have been selected to receive this message because of your presence on the World Wide Web. If you wish to be removed from future mailings, please reply with the subject "Remove" and your address will be blocked from future mailings. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Would you like to Win a Free Pentium II Computer?...A Bahamas Vacation for two?... Free advertising?? These are just a few of the fabulous prizes that will be awarded to subscribers to the Enews over the next few months...and the best part is the subscription is FREE!! Whether you are involved in an online business or not.....This FREE weekly Newsletter will benefit you....and cost you nothing!!! Each issue of the FREE Enews is packed with informative articles on doing business on the net, tax tips, methods of analyzing opportunities, reviews of new businesses, reader comments, analysis of products to help your net business, etc. We have had rave reviews from our readers about the meaningful content and most of our new subscribers are referred by current subscribers. We would like to have you as a subscriber and it costs you nothing, ever! That is the best part. To subscribe: mail to:rlbrye@daltek.net?subject=subad4 As soon as you subscribe, an issue will be sent out to you and then each Wednesday you will receive a new issue. Thanks for your time and we look forward to keeping you informed on the latest net marketing techniques. Don't delay....Only subscribers are eligible to win the prizes in our fabulous giveaways!!! Subscribe Today! Good luck in all your endeavors.

1 0

No Subject
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>Doesn't the act of taking it across the border, in the laptop, constitute >an act of export?? Well, yes it would, but the original scenario includes WRITING the code outside of the US, which means it never was a US creation, even if the creature that happened to be writing the code was native to the US. The question is whether the dude could pull a stunt like this and get away with it. I'd say go for it. You got a plausible loophole to a stupid law that might not hold in court anyways. -Anon

1 0

description of my stream cipher
by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Subject: description of my stream cipher From: Jouni Vuorio <Jouni.Vuorio(a)vtoy.fi> Date: 1998/02/17 Message-ID: <34E9D794.371(a)vtoy.fi> Newsgroups: sci.crypt [Subscribe to sci.crypt] [More Headers] Here is description of my stream cipher, it operates one byte at time, instead of one bit at time. itŽs key length is up to 255 bytes (2040 bits) im sure that there are no need for longer description, becourse that vb source code explanes details. only thing that could be difficult to understund is Asc(Mid(Text2, R2 - 1, 1)) that simppely means that take asci value from text (in this case string text2) starting from R2 - 1 and length of 1. i think that everyone understunds the rest. VB source code: Initializing the substitution-box On Error Resume Next D = Len(Key) R = 1 For R2 = 1 To 256 H1 = Asc(Mid(Text2, R2 - 1, 1)) K1 = Asc(Mid(Text2, R, 1)) K2 = Asc(Mid(Text2, D Mod Len(Text2), 1)) K3 = Asc(Mid(Text2, D * R Mod Len(Text2), 1)) K4 = Asc(Mid(Text2, R + D Mod Len(Text2), 1)) R1 = ((R1 + R2 + K + 1) Xor (R1 * R2 + 1)) Mod 256 R3 = ((R3 + R1 + 1) + R2 + (R1 * K + 1 Mod (R3 + R1 + 1))) Mod 256 R4 = (R4 + R3 + R1 + 1) ^ 2 Mod 256 R = R + 1 If (R - 1) = Len(Text2) Then R = 1 C = (C + (H1 + K1 + K2 + K3 + K4 + D + R1 + R3 + R4) Mod 256) Mod 256 C = C Mod 256 SBox = SBox & Chr(C Mod 255 + 1) Next On Error Resume Next Key = Text2 texti = Text1 Text1 = "" R = 1 S1 = Len(Key) S2 = 11 For R2 = 1 To Len(texti) C = Asc(Mid(texti, R2, 1)) - 1 K = (K + Asc(Mid(Key, R2 Mod Len(Key), 1))) Mod 256 K = (K + Asc(Mid(SBox, (((K * R2 Mod 256) - 255) * -1) Mod 257, 1))) Mod 256 R1 = ((R1 + R2 + K) Xor (R1 * R2)) Mod 256 R3 = ((R3 + R1) + R2 + (R1 * K Mod (R3 + R1))) Mod 256 R4 = (R4 + R3 + R1) ^ 2 Mod 256 F1 = (F1 + (Asc(Mid(SBox, R1 Mod 256, 1)) Mod 256) Mod 256) F2 = (F2 + (Asc(Mid(SBox, R2 Mod 256, 1)) Mod 256) Mod 256) F3 = (F3 + (Asc(Mid(SBox, R3 Mod 256, 1)) Mod 256) Mod 256) F4 = (F4 + (Asc(Mid(SBox, R4 Mod 256, 1)) Mod 256) Mod 256) F5 = (F5 + (Asc(Mid(SBox, K Mod 256, 1)) Mod 256) Mod 256) temp = F1 + F2 + F3 + F4 + F5 + M Mod 256 F = (F + (Asc(Mid(SBox, temp, 1)) Mod 256) Mod 256) M = M + 1 If M = 2 Then M = 0 If M = 0 Then C = C Xor ((F + K) Mod 256) If M = 1 Then C = C Xor ((((F + K) Mod 256) - 255) * -1) C = (C Mod 256) + 1 Mid(texti, R2, 1) = Chr(C) Next Text1 = texti -- Jouni.vuorio(a)vtoy.fi GSM 050-5456235 PahaeNTeistä soNTaa viNTiöt peNTteihin aseNTavat...

1 0

Handling spam
by The Sheriff 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

For those of you who use mail-reading/downloading softs that let you filter your messages based on header/body content (ie Eudora, ect), I've found a helpfull tool that assists in the filtering out of spam. If the Sender: header is "owner-cypherpunks(a)toad.com" and the To: line does not contain the list address, you can easily get a lot of the spam that comes through here. I've resigned myself to creatively filtering out the spam into the trash folder (or your equivilent, like deleting) and leaving it at that, because of time constraints. Best wishes and fresh-roasted peanut taste, The Sheriff. -- ***<REPLY TO: sheriff(a)speakeasy.org>*** --- As kinky as this sounds, finger sheriff(a)speakeasy.org for my RSA PGP public key and my ICQ UIN. If you don't know what a UIN is, head on over to http://www.icq.com :) --- Any and all commercial e-mail will be subject to a $5000 downloading, archival and consulting fee. Cash/MO only. Refusals will result in a default judgement of $10,000 and persuit from my favorite collection agency. NO SPAM! --- --- BEGIN INFLAMATORY BLOCK --- Version: 0 (Survivors) Comments: I was stewing about cliques when the rhyming bug bit. Watch them gather, watch them play. Watch the mailman blow them away. --- END INFLAMATORY BLOCK ---

1 0

No Subject
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

nobody(a)REPLAY.COM wrote: ----------------------------------------------------- Here is description of my stream cipher, it operates one ... ... VB source code: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ------------------------------------------------------ Who the hell uses VB of all languages - to write a crypto algorithm? And, which sane person uses MicroSucks Winduhz?

2 1

Stupid Law
by rdew＠el.nec.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Yes, it is. Even if he wrote a program in Mexico, but carried his laptop back and forth daily, each piece can come into the US, but cannot leave again! Uuuuuuuuummmmmmm, gooooood! Read the actual documents. Bob De Witt, rdew(a)el.nec.com > From anon(a)anon.efga.org Tue Feb 17 19:44:29 1998 > Date: Tue, 17 Feb 1998 22:08:26 -0500 > From: Anonymous <anon(a)anon.efga.org> > Comments: This message did not originate from the Sender address above. > It was remailed automatically by anonymizing remailer software. > Please report problems or inappropriate use to the > remailer administrator at <admin(a)anon.efga.org>. > To: cypherpunks(a)toad.com > > >Doesn't the act of taking it across the border, in the laptop, constitute > >an act of export?? > > Well, yes it would, but the original scenario includes WRITING the code > outside of the US, which means it never was a US creation, even if the > creature that happened to be writing the code was native to the US. > > The question is whether the dude could pull a stunt like this and get > away with it. I'd say go for it. You got a plausible loophole to a > stupid law that might not hold in court anyways. > > -Anon > > >

2 1

Squelch discussions of the "spam problem"
by Tim May 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Several lists I'm on are beating the spam problem once again. What to do about it, whether government should step in, and so on. Look, folks, I guarantee that the more everyone talks about the "spam problem," even if most of us don't think it's a pressing problem, the more likely it is that spam legislation will be introduced. And that won't be good, whatever one thinks of spam. Congress operates by catering to special interests and popular calls for "action." Doesn't matter to them what action they take, so long as they can hold up their "Digital Protectin and Children's Safe Surfing Act of 1998" legislation. The more jostling and chatter that goes on, the more likely Congressional aides will start drawing up legislative language. So, even if you think spam is a serious problem, I urge you to suppress the desire to throw your two cents in on what kind of a horrible thing it is, how its corrupting the nation's precious bodily fluids, and how *something* must be done! I guarantee you won't like the results you get, no matter your views on spam. --Tim May Just Say No to "Big Brother Inside" ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, ComSec 3DES: 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Higher Power: 2^3,021,377 | black markets, collapse of governments.

2 1