December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Re: Problem in draft FIPS `CRYPTOGRAPHIC SERVICE CALLS'
by p.v.mcmahon.rea0803＠oasis.icl.co.uk 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> someone please post to me the original "Problem in draft FIPS > `CRYPTOGRAPHIC SERVICE CALLS'" item? (my server was down at the Thanks very much. I now have the mail. > 2. NIST have proposed the draft FIPS to a number of standards > development organisations - including X/Open and POSIX - and I > know that Microsoft have reviewed it, so it will likely influence > interfaces to commercially available cryptographic software and > devices. > If there is anybody with interest in crypto APIs on this list, > then your informed comments on this NIST proposal, or other > candidates (which I could make available if the level of interest > warranted it), or alternatives, would be useful and timely. My interest in this is that I am chair of the X/Open security working group defining a industry consensus specification for which the draft FIPS is one of the inputs, along with other inputs from RSADSI (via Sun), IBM, HP, Olivetti, SESAME etc. Piers

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Two Birds With One Stone / Re: Keepers of the keys
by TruthMonger 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Joe Shea wrote: > And if Tim May does kill me, I hope someone has his key, or better > yet, can go make a showing to a judge and get it from him. It is much more likely that a federal agent, using Tim's escrowed key to read his opinion of you, would whack you out and set Tim up for the crime, thereby eliminating two troublesome birds with one stone. > There are > plenty of them, though, and they are moving vast sums of stolen money and > nuclear weapon parts and stolen information all over the globe. I see no > reason why we should be defenseless against them. We are defenseless against them because they are working for the same fucking governments that you want to give your crypto keys to. Key escrow is meant for fucking the little guy in the ass, not the major players. > On the other hand, > if someone's going to blow up San Francisco this week, it sure would help > to have a key to any encrypted communications he was generating. Yeah, sure. I use an escrowed key to communicate about all of my criminal activities, and I send the FBI a cc: on all of them. It sure would help if LEA's all had access to the American Reporter's files so that they could censor any writing that might encite someone to blow up San Franciso. Why don't you send them all of your writing for approval, Joe? If all the people in favor of key escrow would allow the government total access to all of their communications, then the drop in crime would more than make up for that commited by those who use encryption. If you can't afford to buy a clue, Joe, then try renting. TruthMonger

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EPIC Seeks Release of FBI Wiretap Data
by Dave Banisar 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Electronic Privacy Information Center PRESS RELEASE _____________________________________________________________ For Release: August 9, 1994 2:00 pm Group Seeks Release of FBI Wiretap Data, Calls Proposed Surveillance Legislation Unnecessary Washington, DC: A leading privacy rights group today sued the Federal Bureau of Investigation to force the release of documents the FBI claims support its campaign for new wiretap legislation. The documents were cited by FBI Director Louis Freeh during testimony before Congress and in a speech to an influential legal organization but have never been released to the public. The lawsuit was filed as proposed legislation which would mandate technological changes long sought by the FBI was scheduled to be introduced in Congress. The case was brought in federal district court by the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), a public interest research organization that has closely monitored the Bureau's efforts to mandate the design of the nation's telecommunications infrastructure to facilitate wiretapping. An earlier EPIC lawsuit revealed that FBI field offices had reported no difficulties conducting wiretaps as a result of new digital communications technology, in apparent contradiction of frequent Bureau claims. At issue are two internal FBI surveys that the FBI Director has cited as evidence that new telephone systems interfere with law enforcement investigations. During Congressional testimony on March 18, Director Freeh described "a 1993 informal survey which the FBI did with respect to state and local law enforcement authorities." According to Freeh, the survey describes the problems such agencies had encountered in executing court orders for electronic surveillance. On May 19 the FBI Director delivered a speech before the American Law Institute in Washington, DC. In his prepared remarks, Freeh stated that "[w]ithin the last month, the FBI conducted an informal survey of federal and local law enforcement regarding recent technological problems which revealed over 180 instances where law enforcement was precluded from implementing or fully implementing court [wiretap] orders." According to David L. Sobel, EPIC's Legal Counsel, the FBI has not yet demonstrated a need for the sweeping new legislation that it seeks. "The Bureau has never presented a convincing case that its wiretapping capabilities are threatened. Yet it seeks to redesign the information infrastructure at an astronomical cost to the taxpayers." The nation's telephone companies have consistently stated that there have been no cases in which the needs of law enforcement have not been met. EPIC is a project of the Fund for Constitutional Government and Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility. ================================================================ FBI Director Freeh's Recent Conflicting Statements on the Need for Digital Telephony Legislation _______________________________________________________________ Speech before the Executives' Club of Chicago, February 17: Development of technology is moving so rapidly that several hundred court-authorized surveillances already have been prevented by new technological impediments with advanced communications equipment. * * * Testimony before Congress on March 18: SEN. LEAHY: Have you had any -- for example, digital telephony, have you had any instances where you've had a court order for a wiretap that couldn't be executed because of digital telephony? MR. FREEH: We've had problems just short of that. And I was going to continue with my statement, but I won't now because I'd actually rather answer questions than read. We have instances of 91 cases -- this was based on a 1993 informal survey which the FBI did with respect to state and local law enforcement authorities. I can break that down for you. * * * Newsday interview on May 16: We've determined about 81 different instances around the country where we were not able to execute a court-authorized electronic surveillance order because of lack of access to that particular system - a digital switch, a digital loop or some blocking technology which we didn't have to deal with four or five years ago. * * * Speech before the American Law Institute on May 19: Within the last month, the FBI conducted an informal survey of federal and local law enforcement regarding recent techno- logical problems which revealed over 180 instances where law enforcement was precluded from implementing or fully implementing court orders [for electronic surveillance]. ============================================================

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17 Dec '03

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No more NSA supra-computer?
by Ben.Goren＠asu.edu 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Yesterday I was talking with a friend, and the subject of supercomputers came up. Naturally, I mentioned the NSA 7000 Y-MP equivalent and Gunter Ahrendt's list of supercomputers worldwide (finger gunter(a)yarrow.wt.uwa.edu.au) My friend sent me a note this morning saying that he couldn't find that machine on Gunter's list; sure enough, it's been removed. Anybody know what happened to this machine? Did they lose funding? Decide it's not worth it? Is there some sort of subterfuge involved? It would be nice to think the Congress killed it, or decided to give the computer to a university, instead. b& -- Ben.Goren(a)asu.edu, Arizona State University School of Music net.proselytizing (write for info): We won! Clipper is dead! BUT! Just say no to key escrow. And stamp out spamming, too. Finger ben(a)tux.music.asu.edu for PGP 2.3a (soon 2.6) public key.

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Re: No more NSA supra-computer?
by pcw＠access.digex.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>Yesterday I was talking with a friend, and the subject of supercomputers >came up. Naturally, I mentioned the NSA 7000 Y-MP equivalent and Gunter >Ahrendt's list of supercomputers worldwide (finger >gunter(a)yarrow.wt.uwa.edu.au) My friend sent me a note this morning saying >that he couldn't find that machine on Gunter's list; sure enough, it's been >removed. > My guess, and this is only a guess, is that it disappeared for "security" reasons. They have a habit of keeping the smallest bit of light from emerging. For instance, no one knows the "Black" part of the budget. It's classified. But you can take the total budget amount and subtract the non-Black section and get the result. They make you do the math.

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Re: (fwd) Anonymous posters & Misinformation = Net pollution
by nzook＠math.utexas.edu 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Could you chalk this one up my lack of sophistication as a net.user? I thought c-punks might want to shower this guy with dissenting opinion. No, I've not done so--my poster is down... Nathan

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Airlines to start profiling, bag matching -- "Pick Me"
by Martin Minow 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Alan Olsen forwarded an article from USA Toady (sorry, Freudian spelling slip) on airline bag matching, including this interesting statement: >Airlines are expected to match bags with about 5% of fliers. A >computerized profiling system will identify those who might pose a >security risk. Example: passengers >who buy tickets with cash. >If someone matches the profile, their bags would not be stowed until >they actually board the plane. Hmm, since the last bag on the plane is usually the first one off the baggage carousel, there is an opportunity for better service that ought to be exploited. Now, all I need is the cash. Martin Minow minow(a)apple.com

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Health Care Privacy Alert
by Gerald M. Phillips, Ph.D. 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Posted for general interest - - The original note follows - - From: Susan Evoy <evoy(a)pcd.Stanford.EDU> Newsgroups: comp.org.cpsr.announce Subject: Health Care Privacy Alert Date: 10 Aug 1994 02:05:14 -0700 Sender: al(a)snyside.sunnyside.com FYI, please respond directly to the phone number below. Do not inquire of CPSR about the Coaltion for Patient Rights. ALERT The health care legislation proposed by Gephardt in the House and Mitchell in the Senate contains provisions which would establish a national health care data network and override most state medical confidentiality laws. All health care providers, whether paid by insurance or not, will be required to provide the network with data from the patient medical record after every clinical encounter. (The data elements will not be limited to what is necessary for billing purposes.) A very weak "privacy" (or "fair information") code will regulate the redisclosure of such patient-identified information. The law will permit person-identified information to be made available in various circumstances to law enforcement officials, medical and social studies researchers, and government authorities without the knowledge or consent of the patient. These legislative provisions are being promoted as administrative simplification and cost-saving measures, but they will seriously erode patient privacy. Unfortunately the general public has not been informed about these sections of the health care reform bills. Legislation of this kind requires intensive debate and should not be folded into a bill to extend insurance coverage and reform health care financing. Contact your Representative and your Senators to urge that the "Administrative Simplification," "National Health Care Data Network," and so-called "Privacy" and "Fair Information Practices" sections of these bills be deleted. The general telephone number for Capitol offices is 202, 224-3121. Watch for further updates! You may contact us at 617, 433-0114. Coaltion for Patient Rights, Massachusetts --- CPSR ANNOUNCE LIST END ---

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Re: Are Remailers Liable for What They Remail?
by frissell＠panix.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 11:06 PM 8/11/94 -0400, die(a)pig.jjm.com wrote: > But is it not true that the state can simply decide that >anonymous remailers are a nuisance and a tool of criminals and pass laws >making remailer operators liable or outlawing remailers entirely ? >Considering the things that have been outlawed for flimsy reasons in the >US recently (eg assault weapons, some kinds of scanners) I find it nieve >to presume that anonymous remailers will remain legal. They have yet to outlaw accomodation addresses, voice mail systems, answering services, pay phones, the new phone parlors, the new phone cards (buy one from Sprint inside a Hallmark Card at your local Hallmark store), etc. It is very hard to outlaw something that everyone has or can easily do -- ie. switch voice, data, or physical mail. It is currently easier to send communications than it has ever been. Mere legislation is unlikely to reverse this trend. DCF "So how do you outlaw accomodation addresses, remailers, voice-mail systems, and private phone switches in *other* countries."

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