December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

(fwd) apgp200.zip - AutoPGP: Offline e-mail encryption with PGP
by bart＠netcom.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Organization: Free Trial Software From: thomas(a)kjemi.unit.no (Thomas Skogestad) Newsgroups: comp.archives.msdos.announce Subject: apgp200.zip - AutoPGP: Offline e-mail encryption with PGP Date: Mon, 9 May 1994 06:30:38 GMT I have uploaded to the SimTel Software Repository (available by anonymous ftp from the primary mirror site OAK.Oakland.Edu and its mirrors): SimTel/msdos/offline/ apgp200.zip AutoPGP: Offline e-mail encryption with PGP AutoPGP v2.00 provides offline e-mail encryption with PGP. It supports XBoard and Offliner, as well as any QWK mail reader. Encrypts, decrypts and signs messages or part(s) of a message; inserts/extracts public keys and ascii armoured files + much more! Special requirements: PGP23A.ZIP. Author: Staale Schumacher (staalesc(a)ifi.uio.no) ShareWare. Thomas Skogestad thomas(a)kjemi.unit.no

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An ignorable test...
by hugh＠ecotone.toad.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Lets see if fixing all the file perms fixes the list... Hopefuly the list will be up in a few minutes. ||ugh Daniel Sometimes Postmaster hugh(a)toad.com

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PGP and Yarn (offline reader)
by cort＠ecn.purdue.edu 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- PGP can now be nicely integrated with the excellent offline news/mail package, Yarn. You can now, at the touch of a key, encrypt an out-going note, sign an out-going note/post and decrypt/verify incoming notes/posts. Yarn (stable beta version .64) can be retrieved by ftp from oak.oakland.edu:/pub/msdos/offline/yarn-064.zip (as well as mirrors and other sites). Yarn imports news/mail in the SOUP format. (I am quite pleased with this combination.) Thanks to the author, Chin Huang. Cort. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.3a iQCVAgUBLc4Txes4vmytylqdAQH4ZAP/beKsMsK0uel1tWN+ApPLKU5FVM9wfimq r8c/rNFEK2BKsqu3m2eDObleKP2r5u4p17jR6q+Z+BCz+3Jcs8so5EYjWbJVaWJz YsuChCJJ1Q6hkfeBlAA8+NQXvZo4Zw6Dxwko4DZ7RoB+5hSwjkLF6apB4CeeKVNI 8XcqYG0GS9g= =R6MF -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Anonymous Faxes Illegal (Re: legal rqmt for FAX return phone #)
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> I thought I heard somewhere that it was illegal to send > anonymous faxes -- namely, that there was some regulation ===== Excerpted from FCC January 11, 1993 Public Notice ===== FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION PUBLIC NOTICE (31291 / DA 92-1716) January 11, 1993 INDUSTRY BULLETIN -- TELEPHONE CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT TELEPHONE SOLICITATIONS, AUTODIALED AND ARTIFICIAL OR PRERECORDED VOICE MESSAGE TELEPHONE CALLS, AND THE USE OF FACSIMILE MACHINES ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ [...] *** [Lots of Q&A's Deleted] *** WHAT OTHER REQUIREMENTS APPLY TO THE USE OR MANUFACTURE OF TELEPHONE FACSIMILE MACHINES? FCC rules require that each transmission to a telephone facsimile machine must clearly contain, in a margin at the top or bottom of each transmitted page or on the first page of the transmission, (1) the date and time the transmission is sent (2) the identity of the ender and (3) the telephone number of the sender or of the sending machine. All telephone facsimile machines manufactured on or after December 20, 1992 must have the capacity to clearly mark such identifying information on the first page or on each page of the transmission. WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPLIANCE WITH FCC RULES ON TELEPHONE FACSIMILE TRANSMISSIONS? The person on whose behalf a facsimile transmission is sent will ultimately be held liable for violations of the TCPA or FCC rules. *** [More Q&A's Deleted] *** ===== Partial Text of FCC January 13, 1993 Public Notice ===== FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION PUBLIC NOTICE (31328) January 13, 1993 PART 68 IMPLEMENTATION OF TELEPHONE CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT FCC Docket No. 92-90, released October 16, 1992, became effective on December 20, 1992. For Part 68 requirements, see 47 C.F.R. sec. 68.318(c)(2) and (c)(3). [...] Form 730 Customer Instructions: The following information must be provided in Exhibit J of the Form 730 application and in instructions furnished the customer as provided in the following example: The Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 makes it unlawful for any person to use a computer or other electronic device to send any message via a telephone fax machine unless such message clearly contains in a margin at the top or bottom of each transmitted page or on the first page of the transmission, the date and time it is sent and an identification of the business or other entity, or other individual sending the message and the telephone number of the sending machine or such business, other entity, or individual. In order to program this information into your fax machine, you should complete the following steps. Insert here instructions for programming the equipment and the required information or the page where it can be found. The fax branding procedure outlined above will be used only for fax machines and not for fax cards used in computers pending reconsideration proceedings. FCC Contact: William von Alven (202) 634 1833 ===== end of attachments =====

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Re: What's Happened to the Cypherpunks list?
by gtoal＠an-teallach.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

: I came in this morning, expecting (as usual), a plethora of : mail from the cypherpunks mailing list. Instead, zilch. : Since this sounded fishy, I tried to find out if there was : a fault with the mecahnisms at U. Q. Since this seemed to : check out, I tried mailing to the Majordomo server with the : magic line: : : : "who cypherpunks" : in the body. I found out that "only" about 12 people were : subscribers. Yet when I last tried it, there were 700 people : listed. Is it a problem with me, or do other people have the : same hassles? Oh dear, looks like our favourite net.kook has forged 700 unsubscribe requests to majordomo on our behalf. This is getting out of hand :-( G

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jarthur remailer down
by Eli Brandt 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

The remailer is down for an indefinite and possibly infinite period of time, due to abuse. Gory details to follow. In the mean time, don't use it. Eli ebrandt(a)hmc.edu finger for PGP key.

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So what happened?
by Robert A. Hayden 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Subject says it all. What happened to the list? Did someone hack it or did it just suffer from sunspots or some such? ____ Robert A. Hayden <=> hayden(a)krypton.mankato.msus.edu \ /__ -=-=-=-=- <=> -=-=-=-=- \/ / Finger for Geek Code Info <=> Political Correctness is \/ Finger for PGP 2.3a Public Key <=> P.C. for "Thought Police" -=-=-=-=-=-=-=- (GEEK CODE 1.0.1) GAT d- -p+(---) c++(++++) l++ u++ e+/* m++(*)@ s-/++ n-(---) h+(*) f+ g+ w++ t++ r++ y+(*)

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sufficantly advanced software...
by a2＠ah.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

...is indistinguishable from a bug. Sufficantly advanced hacking.... ...is indistinguishable from a bug. : The Cypherpunks list has been wiped somehow...everyone was unsubscribed. Send mail to majordomo(a)toad.com with "subscribe cypherpunks" in the subject and as the first line of the message. If you are not on the cypherpunks list, or if you get multiple copies of this message, please ignore it... Mike -a2

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Re: i
by lefty＠apple.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> Some nobody writes > > >should you be interested in congratulating jim nalbandian for his > >recent well thought out and highly intellectual contributions to the list > >feel free to contact him personally > > and then treats us to what he purports to be Mr. Nalbandian's phone > number and address. ... The same goes for anyone who would attempt > to _use_ this information. > >Why? A phone call in time saves nine flames. Perhaps he's not a jerk >in person or on the phone? > >My wife is accrediting a potential LaLeche League Leader whose writing >style is very dry and unemotional. They just met in person this >weekend and she's not that way at all in person. > >So yes, give the guy a call and see what's up with him... > >If you care, that is. I harbor grave doubts as to whether this is what the original poster intended. If anyone cares to take it upon themselves to find out Mr. Nalbandian's phone number to have a chat with him, they're certainly entitled to do so. I continue to feel that posting his phone number and address to the mailing list in this fashion constitutes incitement to harassment and invasion of privacy. -- Lefty (lefty(a)apple.com) C:.M:.C:., D:.O:.D:.

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MIT Announces PGP 2.5
by Jeffrey I. Schiller 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Beta Test Release of PGP version 2.5 May 9, 1994 The Massachusetts Institute of Technology announces the distribution of PGP version 2.5, incorporating the RSAREF 2.0 cryptographic toolkit under license from RSA Data Security, Inc., dated March 16, 1994. In accordance with the terms and limitations of the RSAREF 2.0 license of March 16, 1994, this version of PGP may be used for non-commercial purposes only. PGP 2.5 strictly conforms to the conditions of the RSAREF 2.0 license of March 16, 1994. As permitted under its RSAREF license, MIT's distribution of PGP 2.5 includes an accompanying distribution of the March 16, 1994 release of RSAREF 2.0. Users of PGP 2.5 are directed to consult the RSAREF 2.0 license included with the distribution to understand their obligations under that license. This distribution of PGP 2.5, available in source code form, is available only to users within the United States of America. Use of PGP 2.5 (and the included RSAREF 2.0) may be subject to export control. Questions concerning possible export restrictions on PGP 2.5 (and RSAREF 2.0) should be directed to the U.S. State Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls. Users in the United States of America can obtain information via FTP from net-dist.mit.edu in the directory /pub/PGP. *** Beta Release Note -- May 7, 1994 *** Today's release of PGP 2.5 is a beta test release, designed to permit users to familiarize themselves with the program and to give us feedback before we make the final release. This version of PGP2.5 has been tested on the following platforms: MSDOS, Sun381i, Solaris 2.X, Ultrix 4.X, Linux, RS6000, HP/UX Over the next few days, we will be testing PGP2.5 on a variety of other systems and collecting bug reports from this release. Please send bug reports to pgp-bugs(a)mit.edu. If you obtain a copy of this beta release code, please keep checking http://web.mit.edu for the announcement of the final release, so that you can update your copy of PGP2.5. We expect the final release to occur within a week. *** To Get PGP2.5: The directory where PGP2.5 is located is hidden. To get it you need to telnet to "net-dist.mit.edu" and login as getpgp. You will be asked to confirm that you will abide by the terms and conditions of the 3/16/94 RSAREF 2.0 license. The license is in the file "license.txt" in /pub/PGP on net-dist.mit.edu.

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