December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

stupid MacPGP question
by Stanton McCandlish 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I seem to be unable to get Mac PGP to strip old IDs off my key. I never get the option to do so, just add new ones. What's the trick? -- Stanton McCandlish * mech(a)eff.org * Electronic Frontier Found. OnlineActivist "In a Time/CNN poll of 1,000 Americans conducted last week by Yankelovich Partners, two-thirds said it was more important to protect the privacy of phone calls than to preserve the ability of police to conduct wiretaps. When informed about the Clipper Chip, 80% said they opposed it." - Philip Elmer-Dewitt, "Who Should Keep the Keys", TIME, Mar. 14 1994

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Breaking RSA
by fhalper＠pilot.njin.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I read an article in the New York Times business section today, and it talked a out how RSa may be close to being broken, thanks to the help of the Internet. I have two questions: A) If it is broken will PGP no longer be safe. B) Does the gov't have any involvement, since they have an awfully large stake? Thanks, Reuben Halper -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.3 mQCPAi16KosAAAEEAMUwRni4a9+GbuAhHDLcBWK60hCJUYxhr2hYokpELAhx0ejp 2fq61Tu9Hjn051CN8Xy5nu6sv2ODfG/t59l4DJSb5pirQaII3zaX0rMX0ydwGDoW YakL4ow1lNY+d/k14KpIuUW404+fNuNhIGSkdVLQIfbOgh0preK7/P44AKvdABEB AAG0JlJldWJlbiBIYWxwZXIgPGZoYWxwZXJAcGlsb3Qubmppbi5uZXQ+iQCVAgUQ LXorceK7/P44AKvdAQEUxwQAoffTibRlwE5tNQVGvrulh1OQgXNhTRec9vUaUwPy U64FIZ+KnmdfYgiJYXtcItA90EB9MDexazKeqJzMOPShVNOfyiwy2yUlnQs425f8 DxBvM//zuvj6s4/mXDTPUZtG9PP0HVaEGTJY15JdfRqtj/w+HHnsHlgCnj0NnIhX TW8= =D9UX -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

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PGP for OS/2
by Stanton McCandlish 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Just got word there's a 32-bit OS/2 version of PGP in Compu$erve's OS/2 forum library. I'll leave it to the PGP archiving folks to go snag it. -- Stanton McCandlish * mech(a)eff.org * Electronic Frontier Found. OnlineActivist "In a Time/CNN poll of 1,000 Americans conducted last week by Yankelovich Partners, two-thirds said it was more important to protect the privacy of phone calls than to preserve the ability of police to conduct wiretaps. When informed about the Clipper Chip, 80% said they opposed it." - Philip Elmer-Dewitt, "Who Should Keep the Keys", TIME, Mar. 14 1994

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Parker on Clipper PAGE 20?
by fnerd＠smds.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> In the 21-Mar-94 issue of Computerworld p.4 the following statment is > attributed to Donn Parker of SRI, "We have to make strong, nonescrow > encryption a crime"... In my copy it's on page 20, in the article, "Users blast government encryption plan," by Gary H. Anthes. Maybe I've got an east coast edition or something, it doesn't say so as far as I can tell. -fnerd - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - blue pill, Pharm. a pill of blue mass, used as an alterative... alterative, adj. tending to alter... -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.3a aKxB8nktcBAeQHabQP/d7yhWgpGZBIoIqII8cY9nG55HYHgvt3niQCVAgUBLMs3K ui6XaCZmKH68fOWYYySKAzPkXyfYKnOlzsIjp2tPEot1Q5A3/n54PBKrUDN9tHVz 3Ch466q9EKUuDulTU6OLsilzmRvQJn0EJhzd4pht6hSnC1R3seYNhUYhoJViCcCG sRjLQs4iVVM= =9wqs -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: CLIPPER CHIP ON LIMBAUGH
by gtoal＠an-teallach.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

: You obviously don't understand much of the "loud-mouthed ass's psychology." : Limbaugh is very anti-statist and if he had a position on the issue : there's a good change it would be anti-clipper. Last time I checked, : the clipper's biggest supporters were Clinton and Gore, who aren't exactly : Rush's favorite people. Oh, I just meant that by all reports he seems to be driven to disagree with anyone who tries to get him to espouse their favourite pet cause, and that perhaps some kindergarten reverse psychology might be more effective... G

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Profiles and DTII
by VACCINIA＠UNCVX1.OIT.UNC.EDU 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- I would like to offer up a scenario which I have heard allusions to, but has not been concretely spelled out. It is admittedly farfetched, but not out of the realm of possibility. Imagine a room full of Cray XMP's running an AI program developed ala FinCen, NSA etc. This program can obtain "setup" information (because DTII has passed) without need for even a warrant. The program detects certain patterns of information transfer (phone, Net, whatever) that it deems suspicious. Suspects are then "explored" further. What kind of computing power would it take to implement complete survailence on say, Washington, D.C.? This system is very similar to how law enforcement agents now patrol the nations highways. People fitting a certain profile are detained by the police, and searched. Has it been determined if such search and seizures are legal? I recently wrote to NBC to inform them of what the detection of their calling patterns (in real time) could mean to the confidentiality of their sources. How many people would commit sensitive information to the media knowing that they could be easily monitered? It should be constantly pointed out to the media that they have a great deal to lose by passage of DTII, Clipper et al. The information exchange business could easily be coerced by Gov't in the near future. Just a few ramblings I wanted to get off my chest. Scott G. Morham !The First, Vaccinia(a)uncvx1.oit.unc.edu ! Second PGP Public Keys by Request ! and Third Levels ! of Information Storage and Retrieval !DNA, ! Biological Neural Nets, ! Cyberspace -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.3a iQCVAgUBLY+olT2paOMjHHAhAQFDrAP/Qnok1TUHx06MG3oc72So39OkJyVCFph6 yMzeHWw65MfarOy12KcB2ASx0XCX5/q1xMocVKIsNMrqnwA018gzUuOzUUrcVp1I DKqHaBkfcfFkoJ+S3DJQnpXIKw2qjH27dKqsyPLEmH5cripaSSK5xswakwY6mJIu /cKMMXCMCvU= =Yaym -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: CLIPPER CHIP ON LIMBAUGH
by rocker＠hermes.acm.rpi.edu 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

On Mar 22, 7:31pm, Bruce Fancher wrote: } You obviously don't understand much of the "loud-mouthed ass's psychology." } Limbaugh is very anti-statist and if he had a position on the issue } there's a good change it would be anti-clipper. Last time I checked, } the clipper's biggest supporters were Clinton and Gore, who aren't exactly } Rush's favorite people. This is what would concern me. Limbaugh seems to be big on knee-jerk reactions. Has he got some intelligent insights on the Clipper issue, or is it simply another case of "Bill's fer it so I'm agin it!" A well-constructed argument might convince people on both sides, crying "Hey, it's a LIBERAL idea, it MUST be bad!" is likely to lose more support than it gains. -rocker

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Netcom mail queue
by catalyst-remailer＠netcom.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Look what I found. VAA08268* 757 Tue Mar 22 21:49 <owner-cypherpunks(a)toad.com> <beker(a)netcom.com> "|exec `/usr/local/bin/homedir`/bin/procmail <jimn8(a)netcom.com> <argos(a)netcom.com> "| /usr/local/bin/filter -o /u30/jrest" "| /usr/local/bin/filter -vo /u48/vznquest/.e <bkoball(a)netcom.com> quenelle(a)eng.sun.com "|IFS=' ';exec /usr/local/bin/procmail #speac "|IFS=' ';exec /usr/local/bin/procmail #bgome <doug(a)netcom.com> "| /usr/local/bin/filter" "|IFS=' ';exec /u1/pomona/bin/procmail #pomon <zzyzx(a)netcom.com> "| /usr/local/bin/new/filter" |/u1/nates/remailer/remailer.pl <rpandya(a)netcom.com> "|/usr/local/bin/filter -vo /u1/dgordon/.elm/ "|IFS=' ';exec /usr/local/bin/procmail" <plaz(a)netcom.com> "| /u29/catalyst/remail/slocal.pl" "|IFS=' ';exec /u1/rustman/bin/procmail #rust "| /u1/szabo/filter.sh" "|exec /usr/local/bin/new/procmail #jkyser" |"exec /usr/local/bin/new/procmail #mlshew" <moulton(a)netcom.com> <bart(a)netcom.com> <pfarrell(a)netcom.com> "|IFS=' ';exec /usr/local/bin/procmail #chip" <crunch(a)netcom.com> <sjl(a)netcom.com> <ccat(a)netcom.com> <norm(a)netcom.com> <tcmay(a)netcom.com>

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Re: FWD: RIPEM/SIG - Worldwide Digital Signature Software
by Christopher Allen 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 9:23 PM 3/21/94 -0800, Christopher Allen wrote: >At 12:21 AM 3/19/94 -0700, mdbomber(a)w6yx.stanford.edu wrote: > >I tried turning RIPEM Mac loose on this message and it complains about a > >garbled Originator Certificate, then complains that it does not appear > >to be a PEM/RIPEM message. > > > >Did anyone else get this to work? > >I've tested this further - like you I can't seem to verify the press >release using RIPEM Mac. However, I did find someone with the RIPEM 1.2 >software installed and it does verify with that software. > >I've sent a copy to Ray Lau, the author of RIPEM Mac, as I know that he is >working on incorporating the features of RIPEM 1.2 in the next version of >RIPEM Mac. I did send a report to Ray Lau, the author of RIPEM Mac. This is his response: At 11:13 PM 3/22/94 -0500, raylau(a)MIT.EDU wrote: >I've figured out the problem. > >Jim did indeed change his keypair for RIPEM 1.2 so the forged msg. is >because the keypair in the pubkeys file on rpub.cl.msu.edu is outdated. > >Also, since RIPEM 1.2 now supports certificates, but because it is not >fully PEM compliant, it uses a certificate in a RIPEM 2001 (not PEM 4) >msg. proc-type. I have not had the chance to update RIPEM Mac to >recognize certificates within the 2001 proc type yet. > >So, that is the gist of it. > > -Ray ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ..Christopher Allen Consensus Development Corporation.. ..<consensus(a)netcom.com> 4104-24th Street #419.. .. San Francisco, CA 94114-3615.. .. o415/647-6383 f415/647-6384.. ..Mosaic/World-Wide-Web Front Door: .. ..ftp://netcom7.netcom.com/pub/consensus/www/ConsensusFrontDoor.html ..

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Re: Where to find RIPEM/SIG (an exportable version of RIPEM)
by wcs＠anchor.ho.att.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

A slightly older version of ripem can also be found on rsa.com, with much less complicated access (you read a readme file which tells you the rules, and tells you to cd to a random-named directory); you don't need to get an account there or sign anything. It's also got RSAREF, of course, and does have the latest version of that. I assume they'll get current RIPEM there soon, and maybe RIPEM-SIG.

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