December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Re: WNSTORM on ftp.wimsey.bc.ca
by markh＠wimsey.bc.ca 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Subject: Re: WNSTORM on ftp.wimsey.bc.ca > I've just ftp'ed this to ftp.wimsey.bc.ca... it's in the /uploads/WNS210 > directory. > I've copied these files to a more permanent place: ftp.wimsey.bc.ca:/pub/crypto/software/dist/US_or_Canada_only_XXXXXXX/Steg Usual routine to get it. i.e. cd /pub/crypto/software, get the README file, and if you agree to the terms then follow the instructions. Mark -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.4 iQBVAgUBLekUPGrJdmD9QWqxAQH1tQH/WebE3IDtAdl8YcJ7m8KtZ448A1b4aQpM X8E3SCDck/Dql7QMgzYPFpDLZrCiR0pkWR3G9Y5+Wre2G5vClQxZ/Q== =fZOa -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Mark Henderson markh(a)wimsey.bc.ca - RIPEM MD5: F1F5F0C3984CBEAF3889ADAFA2437433 ViaCrypt PGP key fingerprint: 21 F6 AF 2B 6A 8A 0B E1 A1 2A 2A 06 4A D5 92 46 low security key fingerprint: EC E7 C3 A9 2C 30 25 C6 F9 E1 25 F3 F5 AF 92 E3 cryptography archive maintainer -- anon ftp to ftp.wimsey.bc.ca:/pub/crypto

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Re: Compress before encrypting? (Was Re: NSA Helped Yeltsin...)
by jpp＠jpplap.markv.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Date: Mon, 30 May 1994 16:53:32 +0200 From: Alastair McKinstry <amck(a)maths.tcd.ie> [...] While this is true, don't forget the usefulness of known plaintext for brute-force analyses. If you're doing a brute-force search [...] Costs: <$20 million (see Schneier) and this then makes breaking DES keys (for example) trivial, if they all have the plain text. [I presume Alastair ment to say] ...the same known plain text. [...] Ah yes. Well, the state of the art in cryptanalysis (as far as I know) just moved forward a notch. =) j'

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Re: MacPGP2.6 (was Re: Email Stalking on CNN)
by qwerty＠netcom.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Sidney asked, >More to the point of this mailing list, if anyone out there is a member of >the U.S. version MacPGP development group at qwerty, are you all in the >process of upgrading MacPGP 2.3a to play with 2.6, or providing a version >to MIT so they can release a street legal PGP for the Mac? And if not, why >not? More to the point, if anyone out there happens to be a Mac programmer, are you joining the MCIP to create a street smart interface? And if not, why not? :-) Our main concern is ITAR and we are getting legal advice from a team of lawyers, well versed in such matters. MacPGP2.6 will indeed arrive, but it will be the same old beast. We will likely use it as our short-term crypto engine. MacPGP2.6 is a dead end though. PGP3.0 will be turned into a Mac system Manager, adding new routines to the Toolbox. There will also be an Apple Events Linker with a nice interface (to replace MacPGP2.3/MacPGP2.6) for normal programmers and script writers to use. A system-wide menu will get your girlfriends to use PGP with you, FINALLY :-). Drag-and-Drop and "Vaults" for the Finder (thought the Menu could also act on Finder selections, but that's another hack since you guys at Apple wont tell us how to get that info, not to mention how to put up a system-wide menu!). Whoever wants to see what we're up to ftp to ftp.netcom.com in /pub/mcip, and grab MCIP.pictures. There's a bunch of project literature there including a list archive and list of members. -=Xenon=- I heard about MacPGP2.3aV1.1 appearing on ftp.netcom.com in /pub/mpj/... but I can't find it in Europe yet. I mailed Christoph about where he put it. He says he's updating it and will release source, but I heard that in a copy of mail one of our members had with him. No word on the existing source being available overseas, which is rather odd, since it came out of Germany. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.3a iQBVAgUBLellt2qUjHAmZBGNAQHV6QH+LjaNwn78JaNRs3VplnfLSBJNwFZi7N+h Uti2K/SyBCNunxZ55q212bW55myeAnqWpjnlLBSJqoS406Dc8TzdWQ== =rS8Z -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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FBI: to Russia with love
by rishab＠dxm.ernet.in 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Ho ho. Not content with Big Brothering America, the FBI is draping a protective arm around the Russians, to teach the KGB's progeny how to _really_ do their job. Freeh said that Russian mafia selling nukes to terrorists may pose the single largest threat to American security. Whatever happened to all the ferocious pedophiles on the Net? Does Boris know that his new protector's favourite encryption ensures the absolute secrecy of his communications? I thought that US jurisdiction was extended to the whole world through the spooks and the DEA. The FBI's in good company, no doubt. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rishab Aiyer Ghosh rishab(a)dxm.ernet.in Voicemail +91 11 3760335; Vox/Fax/Data 6853410 H-34C Saket New Delhi 110017 INDIA The National Short-Sleeved Shirt Association says: Support your right to bare arms! --------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: MacPGP2.6 (was Re: Email Stalking on CNN)
by sidney＠apple.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

qwerty(a)netcom.com (-=Xenon=-) wrote: >A system-wide menu will get your girlfriends to use PGP with you, FINALLY :-). Yes, I noticed the smiley, but I would like to point out that the name "sidney" is ambiguous regarding both gender and sexual orientation, and the statement is ironic given that almost half of Apple's PowerMac OS team, including the person in charge, is female. (I have no statistics as to how many of the team members would have girlfriends vs. boyfriends). Anyway, back to the topic: >hack since you guys at Apple wont tell us how to get that info, not to >mention how to put up a system-wide menu!). I do my hacking in Macintosh Common Lisp, not at that level. But if there is any information you need for MacPGP that I can find out for you by tracking down people within Apple, if Apple doesn't consider it confidential, e-mail the questions to me directly and I'll see what I can do. Be sure to give me enough detail in the question so that I can understand what it means and how to ask it. I'm still pretty much a Mac novice, although I would like to change that. Hmmm... I haven't looked much into the crypto stuff built in to System 7 Pro. Would that stuff you're talking about for PGP 3.0 integrate it in well enough that the existing 7 Pro facilities for mail encryption and digital signatures could be used to produce PGP compatible output? That would be a real win, letting Apple deal with user interface issues. I guess that the state of MacPGP is relevant to the cypherpunks list, but followups regarding your questions to me can drop back to private mail. -- sidney markowitz <sidney(a)apple.com> SK8board Punk Rocket Scientist [not speaking for Apple!] Advanced Technology Group voice: (408) 862-4319 Apple Computer, Inc., M/S 301-3D fax: (408) 974-8414 1 Infinite Loop AppleLink: SIDNEY Cupertino, CA 95014 Internet: sidney(a)apple.com

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Re: "lifeguard(?)": bullet tracking system???
by rarachel＠prism.poly.edu 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> What's the relevance to crypto or politics of lifeguard? What's the relevance of microphones in Dunkin Donuts? What's the relevance of Digital Telephony II? What's the relevance of 1984? What's the relevance of yet another use of technology by Uncle Sam to strenghen law enforcement and the millitary? I'm surprised at you Eric... I'd expected you jump on this from the other side...

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FBI: to Russia with love
by rishab＠dxm.ernet.in 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Ho ho. Not content with Big Brothering America, the FBI is draping a protective arm around the Russians, to teach the KGB's progeny how to _really_ do their job. Freeh said that Russian mafia selling nukes to terrorists may pose the single largest threat to American security. Whatever happened to all the ferocious pedophiles on the Net? Does Boris know that his new protector's favourite encryption ensures the absolute secrecy of his communications? I thought that US jurisdiction was extended to the whole world through the spooks and the DEA. The FBI's in good company, no doubt. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rishab Aiyer Ghosh rishab(a)dxm.ernet.in Voicemail +91 11 3760335; Vox/Fax/Data 6853410 H-34C Saket New Delhi 110017 INDIA The National Short-Sleeved Shirt Association says: Support your right to bare arms! --------------------------------------------------------------------------

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ecash-info (fwd)
by bart＠netcom.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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tmp's illness and a free world
by rishab＠dxm.ernet.in 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Various people, on Unicorn's suit: > > You only had to find someone who was ill, and then kick him > > while he was down. > > It has never been demonstrated to my satisfaction that tmp(a)netcom.com > is ill, and while the suggestion has been made frequently I don't > think we can use the supposition to accuse Mr. Unicorn of "kicking" a > sick person. This is a serious twisting of the facts. Hee hee. True, Detweiler (who's not tmp, of course) has often been accused of being 'ill' -- meaning mentally deranged. I doubt that he'd agree, though ;-) > > Was it Rousseau who said, "First, we kill all the lawyers"? > > No, my ignorant friend, it was Shakespeare. Shakespeare?? Not Moses... ;-) As I said earlier: > In an ideal world one would have the freedom to express without any risk of > damage, whether it be economic, material or social. Ideally, I should be able > to publicly discuss my views, on anarchy or religion or sadism or whatever, > without risking social censure. In an ideally tolerant society, the need for > anonymity would then be reduced to freedom from analysis. > > Unfortunately our society is far from ideal. Though Unicorn could freely post > on the relatively more tolerant Net, he still faces intolerance in the 'real' > world. > > For all we may talk about reputation systems, multiple identities and so on, > the seven-digit possible loss Unicorn talks about is _real_, in a way > cyberspace and lost net.reputations just aren't, yet. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rishab Aiyer Ghosh rishab(a)dxm.ernet.in Voicemail +91 11 3760335; Vox/Fax/Data 6853410 H-34C Saket New Delhi 110017 INDIA The National Fairness to Game Animals Association says: Support your right to arm bears! --------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Does Estonian RSA chip violate patents?
by rishab＠dxm.ernet.in 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Jyri Poldre <jp(a)jep.pld.ttu.ee>: > Recently i became involved in project of designing semi-custom VLSI device > for endecryption. The device uses variable length RSA for key exchange and > IDEA for data encryption. For pipelinig IDEA block we have to use 6 > multipliers 16 bit ant that leaves us with 96 bit adder for RSA calculations. > ( The chip should be reasonably cheap ). Otherwise the RSA speed would not As this is in Estonia, I don't suppose you're bothered about the patents? As far as I know, RSA/PKP patents are for _algorithms_, not respected outside the US, though patents for RSA/PKP _hardware_ would be respected worldwide. I'm not sure how algorithm patents can be applied to hardware -- you may or may not be able to sell this chip in the US _without_ violating patents. (Though you can freely sell RSA hardware or software outside the US.) You may even be able to apply for a European patent for the hardware, which would then be respected everywhere, except in the US where it may be superceded by the algorithm patents. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rishab Aiyer Ghosh rishab(a)dxm.ernet.in Voicemail +91 11 3760335; Vox/Fax/Data 6853410 H-34C Saket New Delhi 110017 INDIA The National Fairness to Game Animals Association says: Support your right to arm bears! --------------------------------------------------------------------------

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