December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

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by Anonymous 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

> For fast file-system crypto, you really want to implement the ciphers > so that you encrypt several blocks at a time. ... > I'd like to know how this method compares to using an interleaved cbc > mode - for example 8-way interleaved cbc. The n-way interlaved > cbc-mode works by chaining each n'th block together instead of each > block. [...] Am I missing something? In either case, you need to be sure that changed data is always encrypted with different parameters -- that is, a changed file should be encrypted with a new IV or different offset into S1 and S2. Otherwise, the attacks used to recover badly wiped information could be used to look back in time, so to speak, and figure out which portions of the file were changed. It's more of a problem if you're using ofb o ecb o ofb (i.e., the CFS mode) than an interleaved CBC mode. The 8-way interleaved CBC mode should have different IVs for each "lane" (that is, a monster 512-bit IV) -- otherwise, files data types with repetitions in the headers could be identified. The IV should be secret to completely rule out leakage. However, there are some important restrictions on how you can use the key in making an IV -- I suggest something like this to ensure nothing is messed up: hash the passphrase into K0, use nDES-OFB with K0 to make a K1 and K2, then nDES-OFB with K1 for making the IVs which nDES-interleaved-CBC uses with K2 for the actual encryption. > > astor > > -- > Alexander Kjeldaas, Guardian Networks AS, Trondheim, Norway > http://www.guardian.no/

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I must admit. . .
by Joel O'Connor 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

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E-Snoop Law Review
by John Young 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

South Africa published in November a discussion paper, "Review of Security Legislation" on electronic surveillance law in several countries -- South Africa, US, UK, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Canada and Hong Kong, with detailed review of legislation of the last two -- as a basis for new legislation to protect against latest intrusive technology, or, rather, to restrict its usage to government agencies: http://jya.com/za-esnoop.htm (364K) Its comparative review of surveillance law is informative for the way it lays out the similarity of each country's definition of the threat of technology -- somewhat to citizen privacy but more importantly to law enforcement. It notes variations in privacy protection law, and finds, for example, US and UK deficiencies in that area even as these countries excell in manufacturing the evil tools. Still, South Africa is joining the crowd in tightening controls on technology by proposing that telecomm providers make their systems accessible to government (at their own expense), emulating the recent US-EU snooping agreement advanced by the FBI and Europol. Thanks to APB for pointing.

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Trans World Specials Fare Sales
by Trans World Specials 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

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18 Dec '03

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The grandest jury nullification?
by Jim Choate 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

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Re: I must admit. . .
by Tim May 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

At 12:25 PM -0800 12/14/98, Joel O'Connor wrote: >I wonder sometimes whether or not there is hope for us to ever stop >this tyrrany. I've seen a bunch of us diss the strike saying it was >an outlandish and foolish idea, but I hadn't seen anyone of you come >up with something better. Public protests...what have they ever accomplished? (If you cite the so-called Civil Rights Movement, you get minus 10 points.) --Tim May Y2K -- LMGALMAO -- Loading my guns and laughing my ass off ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, ComSec 3DES: 831-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Licensed Ontologist | black markets, collapse of governments.

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FC99 Preliminary Conference Program
by Ray Hirschfeld 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

Financial Cryptography '99 February 22-25, 1999, Anguilla, BWI Preliminary Conference Program FC99, the third international conference on financial data security and digital commerce, will be held in Anguilla, British West Indies. FC99 aims to bring together persons involved in both the financial and data security fields to foster cooperation and exchange of ideas. The conference is organized by the International Financial Cryptography Association (IFCA). PRELIMINARY CONFERENCE PROGRAM Monday 22 February Session 1: Electronic Commerce Experimenting with electronic commerce on the PalmPilot Neil Daswani, Dan Boneh (Stanford, U.S.A.) Blinding of credit card numbers in the SET protocol Hugo Krawczyk (Technion, Israel) Session 2: Anonymity Control Trustee tokens: Simple and practical anonymous digital coin tracing Ari Juels (RSA Laboratories, U.S.A.) A new approach for anonymity control in electronic cash systems Tomas Sander, Amnon Ta-Shma (ICSI, U.S.A.) Session 3: Fraud Management E-cash systems with randomized audit Yacov Yacobi (Microsoft Research, U.S.A.) Assessment of counterfeit transaction detection systems for smart card based ecash Kazuo Ezawa, Gregory Napiorkowski, Mariusz Kossarski (Mondex International, U.S.A.) Tuesday 23 February Session 4: Invited Speaker Adi Shamir (Weizmann Institute, Israel) Session 5: Public-Key Certificates Reasoning about public-key certification: On bindings between entities and public keys Reto Kohlas, Ueli Maurer (ETH, Switzerland) Online certificate status checking in financial transactions: The case for re-issuance Barbara Fox, Brian LaMacchia (Microsoft, U.S.A.) Online certificate checking: One year later Panel discussion led by Michael Myers (VeriSign, U.S.A.) Wednesday 24 February Session 6: Steganography Playing `hide and seek' with stored keys Adi Shamir (Weizmann Institute, Israel), Nicko van Someren (nCipher, England) On channel capacity and modulation in watermarking of digital still images Markus Breitbach, Hideki Imai (University of Tokyo, Japan) Session 7: Content Distribution Towards making broadcast encryption practical Michel Abdalla (U.C. San Diego), Yuval Shavitt and Avishai Wool (Bell Labs, U.S.A.) Conditional access concepts and principles David Kravitz and David Goldschlag (Divx, U.S.A.) Fair use, intellectual property, and the information economy Panel discussion led by Joan Feigenbaum (AT&T Labs, U.S.A.) Thursday 25 February Session 8: Anonymity Mechanisms Anonymous authentication of membership in dynamic groups Stuart Schecter (Harvard), Todd Parnell, Alexander Hartemink (MIT, U.S.A.) Some open issues and new directions in group signatures Giuseppe Ateniese (Universita di Genova, Italy), Gene Tsudik (USC ISI, U.S.A.) Session 9: Auctions and Markets Anonymous investing: Hiding the identities of stockholders Philip MacKenzie (Bell Labs, U.S.A.), Jeffrey Sorensen (IBM Research, U.S.A.) Fair on-line auctions without special trusted parties Stuart Stubblebine (AT&T Labs, U.S.A.), Paul Syverson (Naval Research Lab, U.S.A.) Session 10: Distributed Cryptography "Dynamic Fault"-robust cryptosystems meet organizational needs for dynamic control Yair Frankel and Moti Yung (CertCo, U.S.A.) Improved magic ink signatures using hints Markus Jakobsson (Bell Labs, U.S.A.), Joy Muller (Gutenberg University, Germany) RUMP SESSION In addition to the regular conference program, a rump session will be held on the evening of Tuesday 23 February to provide an opportunity for less formal presentations. Although the rump session will be organized during the conference itself, advance proposals may be submitted by email. Rump session contributions will not appear in the conference proceedings. Send rump session contributions to: Matt Blaze email: mab(a)research.att.com EXHIBITION An exhibition will be held in conjunction with the technical program, with product displays, demonstrations, and presentations of a business-oriented nature. Scientific sessions are primarily scheduled for the mornings and exhibition sessions for the afternoons. CONFERENCE VENUE The conference will be held at Chandeliers, the conference facility of the InterIsland Hotel, which is on Road Bay, near Sandy Ground Village, in the South Hill section of Anguilla. The conference will have TCP/IP internet access. Shuttle service between the conference and the Mariners hotel will be available. REGISTRATION Registration can be done via the web at URL http://fc99.ai/. The fee for the conference, which covers all conference materials and events (including preproceedings, final proceedings, attendance at scientific sessions, and breakfast and lunch each day of the conference), is: $850 regular registration $350 academic registration $150 student registration An additional $50 fee applies to registrations for which payment is received after January 1, 1999. A $100 discount ($50 for academic and student registrations) is available to participants who pay their registration fee by electronic money. Payment may be made by credit card, bank transfer, electronic money, or cash. STIPENDS A limited number of stipends to help defray the costs of attendance may be available to full-time students with a paper accepted for presentation at the conference. If you would like to apply for a stipend, please contact the General Chair at the email address listed below. HOTEL ACCOMODATION The conference hotel is not recommended except to those seeking budget accomodations. The recommended hotel is Mariners, where a block reservation has been made. To reserve a room, please call the hotel at +1 (809) 497-2671 and mention that you will be attending FC99. Information about other hotels is available at URL http://fc99.ai. WELCOME RECEPTION A welcome reception will be held from 6:30pm to 8:00pm on Monday, February 22, 1999, the evening of the first day of the conference. GENERAL INFORMATION Visas Visas are not required for citizens of most American and European countries. If you are uncertain about whether you need a visa, contact the local British consulate for information. Getting to Anguilla >From North America, Anguilla is usually reached via San Juan (Puerto Rico). From Europe, the best connections are via St. Maarten/St. Martin (from Amsterdam or Paris), or Antigua (from London). St. Martin is very close to Anguilla and is connected by ferry as well as by plane. Local Transportation The simplest way to get around Anguilla is to rent a car. You will need to buy an Anguilla drivers license, but this is a formality. Taxis are also available. Another possibility is to hitch rides from local residents, who are eager to provide them and will often stop to offer rides unsolicited. Transportation will be provided at specific times between Mariners and the InterIsland hotel. Weather Expect temperatures in the 20's or 30's Celsius, 70's or 80's Fahrenheit. There is often a strong wind, with cloudbursts that quickly blow over. Dress code for the conference is shorts and T-shirt. Money The local currency is the Eastern Caribbean dollar (EC$), with an exchange rate of approximately EC$2.7/US$1, but many goods and services in Anguilla, particularly those aimed primarily at tourists (such as restaurants and hotels) are priced in US dollars. US dollars are freely tradable everywhere on the island, so there is no need to obtain EC dollars before arrival. PROGRAM COMMITTEE Joan Feigenbaum, AT&T Labs Yair Frankel, CertCo Matthew Franklin, Xerox PARC David Goldschlag, Divx Markus Jakobsson, Bell Labs Ari Juels, RSA Labs Arjen Lenstra, Citibank Clifford Neuman, Univ. Southern California Berry Schoenmakers, Digicash Jacques Stern, ENS Yacov Yacobi, Microsoft Bennet Yee, U.C. San Diego Program Chair: Matthew Franklin email: franklin(a)parc.xerox.com ORGANIZING COMMITTEE General Chair: Rafael Hirschfeld email: ray(a)unipay.nl Local Arrangements Chair: Vincent Cate email: vince(a)offshore.ai SPONSORS FC99 is sponsored by: nCipher Corporation <http://www.ncipher.com> e-gold Transnational <http://www.e-gold.com> Hansa Bank & Trust Company <http://www.hansa.net/> Offshore Information Services <http://offshore.ai/> If you are interested in sponsoring FC99, please contact the General Chair at the email address listed above. For further information, please see the main FC99 conference web page at URL http://fc99.ai/.

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spy cell organization
by Anonymous 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

This article is reprinted from Full Disclosure. Copyright (c) 1986 Capitol Information Association. All rights reserved. Permission is hereby granted to reprint this article providing this message is included in its entirety. Full Disclosure, Box 8275-CI3, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48107. $15/yr. The Central Intelligence Agency like many revoluntionary organizations (including the Russian KGB) organize their agent networks on a "cell" system, with small groups who meet and carry out specific activities. The small groups have very few connections with the rest of the organization. Typically, the connections between cells will involve only one person in each cell. See sample organizational chart prepared by the Central Intelligence Agency for use in Nicaragua by the "Freedom Commandos" (reprinted from Psychological Operations in Guerrilla Warfare, the CIA's Nicaragua manual). When this structure is used and a member of a cell is discovered and forced to talk, he can only inform on members of his own cell. If he was the person with a connection to another cell it is possible that other cell will also be compromised, but only after the connection is traced. However, the tracing procedure is very slow, giving the organization time to regroup. Although the tracing of the cell structure is very slow, intelligence information can be passed to the main organization quickly. The main problem with such a cell structure is that the messages which pass through many cells can get grabled and since the cells have great autonomy they sometimes work at cross purposes. The CIA extends the cell system to include Police Departments, Labor Unions, Student Associations, Medical Associations, Reporters/Editors etc. These cells are created by recruiting (or placing) an agent within the organization. The placement of the agent would depend on the main purpose of infiltrating the organization: information or control. Usually, most of the people in the "organization" cells don't know that they are working for the Central Intelligence Agency. In addition, the CIA controls numerous "private" corporations. Usually, only a few of the top officers are aware of the CIA connection. The corporations conduct normal business operations, and are also available to provide services for the CIA whenever necessary. A top-secret memorandum from Brigadier General Edward Lansdale to General Maxwell Taylor published in The Pentagon Papers, described "unconventional warfare resources in Southeast Asia" as follows: CAT [Civil Air Transport] is a commerical air line engaged in scheduled and nonscheduled air operations throughout the Far East, with headquarters and large maintenance facilities in Taiwan. CAT, a CIA proprietary [corporation], provides air logistical support under commerical air cover to most CIA and other U.S. Government Agencies' requirements. CAT supports covert and clandestine air operations by providing trained and experienced personnel, procurement of supplies and equipment through covert commerical channels, and the maintenance of a fairly large inventory of transport and other type aircraft under both Chinat [Chinese Nationalist] and U.S. registry. CAT has demonstrated its capabilities on numerous occasions to meet all types of contingency or long-term covert air requirements in support of U.S. objectives. During the last ten years, it has had some notable achievements, including support of the Chinese Nationalist withdrawal from the mainland, air drop support to the French at Dien Bien Phu, complete logistical and tactical air support for the Indonesian operation, air lifts of refugees from North Vietnam, more than 200 overflights of Mainland China and Tibet, and extensive air support in Laos during the current crisis... When the goal is to control the organization, the agent would be in a powerful place, like a Sergeant in a Police Department. This would enable the CIA to make use of the Police Department resources, computer data banks, officers, etc. The police officers might perform surveillance on a target for the Sergeant, not knowing that they were really working for the CIA. According to Philip Agee/1, "Thousands of policemen all over the world, for instance, are shadowing people for the CIA without knowing it. They think they're working for their own police departments, when, in fact, their chief may be a CIA agent who's sending them out on CIA jobs and turning their information over to his CIA control". Agents in Labor Unions can encourage strikes to cause economic difficulties when the CIA wants to stir up political problems in foreign countries. Reporters and editors can be used to plant propaganda in the press or have information withheld when its in the CIA's best interest not to have it printed/2. When the goal is information collection the target organization would more likely be other intelligence services, medical or technology associations. The agent would be placed so that he would have access to as much information as possible. This could be a communications or mail clerk, etc. The CIA also targets banks for infiltration. They are good organizations to provide cover for CIA personnel in foreign countries. The bank can provide necessary accounts in bogus names. They can also provide faked account balances so that background checks would out come out positive. Banks are also used for funding mechanisms. The Bank of Boston was used for such purposes by the CIA in Brazil/1. When the cells aren't aware that they're working for the CIA, or think they're working for someone else, they can be put to other devious uses. For example, if the CIA controlled a cell which thought it worked for the PLO, they could send it on a terrorist mission with the intent that they be caught. This would have a two fold advantage for the CIA, first, the PLO would be blamed (providing a good opportunity for the U.S. government to expouse propaganda against the PLO), and secondly, it would allow the CIA to commit a terrorist attack with extremely little risk of exposure -- to achieve a greater level of interference in the affairs of foreign governments. The CIA can also use cells within an organization which aren't aware of their connection to the CIA for less devious purposes. For examples, they can make public statement which have the effect of alienating their supporters. When one section makes offensive public statements, major disruptions can occur within the organization. #!/usr/local/bin/perl -0777-- -export-a-crypto-system-sig -RC4-3-lines-PERL @k=unpack('C*',pack('H*',shift));for(@t=@s=0..255){$y=($k[$_%@k]+$s[$x=$_ ]+$y)%256;&S}$x=$y=0;for(unpack('C*',<>)){$x++;$y=($s[$x%=256]+$y)%256; &S;print pack(C,$_^=$s[($s[$x]+$s[$y])%256])}sub S{@s[$x,$y]=@s[$y,$x]}

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