December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Re: Chaining ciphers
by jim＠mentat.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Tim May skribis: > I don't think 3DES is weak, but chaining-in additional ciphers can't hurt. > (Just a minor slowdown in encipherment speed, presumably not important for > some critical uses.) Yes, that's definitely better for high-confidence long-term archival stuff than relying on one cipher. Carl Ellison's suggestion was DES | tran | nDES | tran | DES, where "tran" is an unkeyed large-block transposition. One word of caution (which should be obvious, but can't hurt to repeat it): if you chain ciphers (e.g. DES | IDEA | 3DES | CAST | Blowfish), be sure to use separate keys for each of them; otherwise breaking the last one will give the key to the whole lot. BTW, I went to look this up in the Cyphernomicon (I sorta think it's reffed in there), but the first 4 sites I saw on Altavista were all dead-end broken links. The Web's ripping... what's the current Preferred URL? Jim Gillogly Trewesday, 8 Solmath S.R. 1998, 17:22 12.19.4.15.18, 9 Edznab 16 Muan, Third Lord of Night

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Senate probes Microsoft [CNN]
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > By SCOTT SONNER > Associated Press Writer > > WASHINGTON (AP) -- Microsoft, already in trouble with the > JusticeDepartment for alleged antitrust violations, also is the target > ofa Senate Judiciary Committee investigation, a Senate aide saidtoday. > > "They are definitely investigating Microsoft," said TonyWilliams, > chief of staff to Sen. Slade Gorton, R-Wash. "They aremeeting with > Microsoft. They are talking with them about antitrustmatters." > > Microsoft had no immediate comment today but Williams said > thecommittee has asked Microsoft to voluntary turn over > documentsregarding its business practices. > > The committee for some time has been reviewing the activities > ofMicrosoft and other companies in regard to how antitrust laws > applyto the Internet. ____________________________________________________________________ | | | 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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virus alert!
by Roman Rutman (sw) 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Re: hackers and minick
by ОЕМ Пользователь 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Hello there!!! I send this letter because i want to know anything about hackers Kevin Mitnick please send more information about these topics my E-mail kes21(a)chat.ru

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ALERT: Message from kes21 was truncated; File att1.com infected with BW.556 virus
by MTL_HUB＠mbi.mercantile.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Please refer to the GroupShield Quarantine Area for more details. INCIDENT --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- Scan Time: 01/30/98 08:06:45 AM Detection: File att1.com infected with BW.556 virus Disposition: Note has been truncated Quarantined: (Document link not converted) CN=MTL_HUB/OU=STL/O=MTL!!d:\notes\data\QAREA.NSF Version: GroupShield 3.14 (Build 184) MESSAGE --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- Message ID: 004D7F4F Sender: kes21(a)chat.ru Subject: Re: Programming Recipients: CN=Taru Goel/OU=STL/O=MTL Routing: CN=MTL_HUB/OU=STL/O=MTL SYNOPSIS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- RICH TEXT 'Body' (NORMAL) RICH TEXT 'Body' (NORMAL) FILE ATTACHMENT 'att1.com' << BW.556 >> File size: 559 bytes Host type: MSDOS Compression: OFF Attributes: PUBLIC READ-WRITE File flags: 0 Created: 01/30/98 08:06:29 AM Modified: 01/30/98 08:06:29 AM Status: Removed Scanner: McAfee Scan DLL (version 3030) found BW.556

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ALERT: Message from kes21 was truncated; File att1.com infected with BW.556 virus
by MTL_HUB＠mbi.mercantile.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Please refer to the GroupShield Quarantine Area for more details. INCIDENT --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- Scan Time: 01/30/98 08:44:33 AM Detection: File att1.com infected with BW.556 virus Disposition: Note has been truncated Quarantined: (Document link not converted) CN=MTL_HUB/OU=STL/O=MTL!!d:\notes\data\QAREA.NSF Version: GroupShield 3.14 (Build 184) MESSAGE --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- Message ID: 0050F98C Sender: kes21(a)chat.ru Subject: Re: Programming Recipients: CN=Taru Goel/OU=STL/O=MTL Routing: CN=MTL_HUB/OU=STL/O=MTL SYNOPSIS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- RICH TEXT 'Body' (NORMAL) RICH TEXT 'Body' (NORMAL) FILE ATTACHMENT 'att1.com' << BW.556 >> File size: 559 bytes Host type: MSDOS Compression: OFF Attributes: PUBLIC READ-WRITE File flags: 0 Created: 01/30/98 08:44:28 AM Modified: 01/30/98 08:44:28 AM Status: Removed Scanner: McAfee Scan DLL (version 3030) found BW.556

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FBI tells Congress encryption "is a critical problem"
by Declan McCullagh 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 13:46:48 -0800 (PST) From: Declan McCullagh <declan(a)well.com> To: politech(a)vorlon.mit.edu Subject: FBI tells Congress encryption "is a critical problem" ******** The nation's top cops aren't happy about Americans using data-scrambling software to shield their correspondence from prying eyes. Today the deputy director of the FBI told the Senate Intelligence committee that encryption "is a critical problem" that Congress needs to solve -- presumably by banning email and other programs that his G-men can't crack. (http://cgi.pathfinder.com/netly/opinion/0,1042,1385,00.html) Bob Bryant warned the committee that "the widespread use of robust non-key recovery encryption will ultimately devastate our ability to fight crime and prevent terrorism." Which is precisely what Sen. Bob Kerrey (D-Neb) claims he's concerned about. He said "if we want to make the American people continue to feel safe," the National Security Agency and the FBI "have to be able to somehow deal with not just the complexity of signals, but increasingly encrypted signals that are impossible for us to break." Not surprisingly, the question of why the FBI and NSA should have the ability to listen in on any conversation was left unasked. --By Declan McCullagh/Washington (declan(a)well.com)

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SF Chron article on Feinstein and Internet
by Declan McCullagh 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

A reporter (jswartz(a)sfgate.com) is writing an article about Dianne Feinstein and her puzzling stance on high tech issues, given the state she represents. She's taken very odd positions on encryption, Net-gambling, privacy regulations that put burdens on business, and of course her bomb-making ban. If you have Feinstein stories or opinions, I'm sure he'd love to hear from you. -Declan

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FUA - GRAND OPENING
by Freakazoid - The Evning Hacker 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Dear Undergrounders, Hackers, Crackers or what ever you are! I have now disigded the opening date for Freakazoid`s Underground ARchive It will open 1998-02-03 - The 2nd of Mars. It will contain material that is high rated on the goverments hate list`s. So why dont come visit os and check it out. Now you can read about the development on the site. So come visit us. http://freakazoid.simplenet.com -- -- -- -- END OF FREAKAZOID TRANSMITION -- -- -- --

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Govt. to overhaul domain names [CNN]
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > GOVERNMENT TO UNVEIL PLAN TO OVERHAUL INTERNET DOMAIN NAMES > > graphic January 29, 1998 > Web posted at: 6:53 p.m. EDT (1853 GMT) > > WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Clinton administration's eagerly awaited > proposal for overhauling the Internet's naming system and phasing > out U.S. government involvement will be released Friday, the > Commerce Department said Thursday. > > The department's National Telecommunications and Information > Administration unit said it will post the plan on the World Wide Web > at http://www.ntia.doc.gov. > > The plan, originally expected in November, seeks to resolve the > controversy over management of some of the Internet's most basic > functions, including the assignment and registration of names for > Web sites. [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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