December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

House Rules Committee marks encryption bill as "open" (fwd)
by Shabbir J. Safdar 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I phoned the House Rules comm. this morning. They informed me that the committee voted 5-4 earlier this week to allow amendments to the General Export Administration Act on the House Floor. This should allow a contingent to restore the strength to the act on the House floor, should Rep. Maria Cantwell and her cosponsors be able to muster the required votes. It was obviously a close vote. If you wrote in, know that your letter probably helped to tip the scales. -Shabbir

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Re: Singularity... what is it?
by doug＠OpenMind.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>Jeff Gostin says: > What _is_ Singularity? It's not a term I'm familiar with. Perry Metzger replies: >The notion that the rate of progress is increasing, and the increase >in the rate is also increasing, so at some point in the next century >more change will occur per hour than occurred in all of human history >to, say, now. "The Singularity" is the point at which the world >becomes not merely odd but incomprehensable TO US. Presumably those >alive at the time will not really notice. This is not the only possible definition -- I wrote a paper in '84 defining it as a singular event or change beyond which "all bets are off". No future events after that point can really be reasonably predicted on this side of it. For example, the sudden development of a "god-like" AI. Or the discovery of some medical treatment which increases human intelligence two-fold... which is cheap and is widely distributed to everyone. Not all of the possible singularities are good... I would call global thermonuclear war a singularity, or the rise of a virus like AIDS, that spreads like the common cold. Sorry, this is getting pretty far away from subjects relevant to cypherpunks. The Extropian's list has been having a discussion recently about the "singularity" of runaway AI development acceleration. That list is probably the appropriate place to look for more info... Doug ___________________________________________________________________ Doug Cutrell General Partner doug(a)OpenMind.com Open Mind ===================================================================

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House Rules Committee marks encryption bill as "open" (fwd)
by Stanton McCandlish 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Final Call: USENIX Winter 1995 Technical Conference
by John Gilmore 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

This would be a good conference to submit a paper for. Our own Peter Honeyman chairs the program committee, and David Chaum is also on the committee. All that's needed on Monday is an extended abstract, not a real paper (yet). John To: kerberos(a)MIT.EDU Date: 13 Jul 1994 13:42:38 GMT From: honey(a)citi.umich.edu (peter honeyman) Subject: Final Call: USENIX Winter 1995 Technical Conference the deadline is monday. at the sound of the bell, please put your pens down and submit your paper. see http://www.citi.umich.edu/u/honey/usenix.html for further info. peter Announcement and Call for Submissions USENIX Winter 1995 Technical Conference January 16-20, 1995 New Orleans, Louisiana CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS The USENIX Winter 1995 Technical Conference in New Orleans will be the only broad-theme USENIX conference in 1995. The emphasis for the USENIX Winter 1995 Conference is on state-of-the-art practice and research in personal, distributed, and enterprise computing. We seek original and innovative papers about the architecture and performance of modern computing systems. We are especially interested to hear reports on practical experiences with such systems. Of particular interest are such topics as: * privacy and cryptography * personal digital assistant applications * enterprise-scale computing * kernelized operating systems * user interface toolkits * standards-based computing environments * file systems and mass storage * nomadic and wireless computing * shared address spaces DATE FOR REFEREED PAPER SUBMISSIONS Manuscripts or Extended Abstracts Due: July 18, 1994 Notification to Authors: August 31, 1994 Camera-ready Papers Due: November 14, 1994 The USENIX conference, like most conferences and journals, requires that papers not be submitted simultaneously to more than one conference or publication and that submitted papers not be previously or subsequently published elsewhere. Papers accompanied by so-called "non-disclosure agreement" forms are not acceptable and will be returned to the author(s) unread. All submissions are held in the highest confidentiality prior to publication in the Proceedings, both as a matter of policy and in accord with the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976 (Title 17, U.S. Code, Section 102). HOW TO SUBMIT A REFEREED PAPER It is important that you contact the USENIX Association office to receive detailed guidelines for submitting a paper to the refereed track of the technical sessions; please telephone to +1-510-528-8649 or E-mail to winter95authors(a)usenix.org In addition, specific questions about submissions to the USENIX Winter 1995 Conference may be made to the program chair via E-mail at honey(a)citi.umich.edu. The program committee will review full papers or extended abstracts. An extended abstract should be 5 manuscript pages (single-sided) or fewer in length. It should represent the paper in "short form." Please include the abstract as it will appear in the final paper. If the full paper has been completed, it may be submitted instead of an extended abstract. Full papers should be limited to 12 single-spaced pages. Include references to establish that you are familiar with related work, and, where possible, provide detailed performance data to establish that you have a working implementation and measurement tools. Every submission should include one additional page or separate E-mail message containing: * the name of one of the authors, who will act as the contact for the program committee * contact's surface mail address, daytime and evening telephone numbers, E-mail address, and FAX number * an indication of which, if any, of the authors are full-time students WHERE TO SEND SUBMISSIONS Submit one copy of an extended abstract or full paper by July 18, 1994 via AT LEAST TWO of the following methods * E-mail to winter95papers(a)usenix.org * FAX to +1 313 763 4434 * Mail to: Winter 1995 USENIX CITI University of Michigan 519 W. William Ann Arbor, MI 48103-4943 U.S.A. CASH PRIZES Cash prizes will be awarded for the best paper at the conference and the best paper by a full-time student. CONFERENCE PROGRAM COMMITTEE Charles J. Antonelli CITI, University of Michigan David Bachmann IBM Austin David Chaum DigiCash b.v. Cecelia D'Oliviera Information Systems, MIT Richard Draves Microsoft Research Lori Grob Chorus Systemes Peter Honeyman (Chair) CITI, University of Michigan John T. Kohl Atria Software Greg Minshall Novell, Inc. Douglas Orr Itinerant Hacker Noemi Paciorek Horizon Research Phil Winterbottom AT&T Bell Laboratories CONFERENCE PROGRAM AND REGISTRATION INFORMATION Materials containing all details of the technical sessions and tutorial program, conference registration, hotel discounts, and airfare discount and reservation information will be available at the end of September 1994. If you wish to receive the registration materials, please contact: USENIX Conference Office 22672 Lambert St., Suite 613 Lake Forest, CA USA 92630 +1-714-588-8649, FAX: +1-714-588-9706 E-mail: conference(a)usenix.org ------- End of Forwarded Message

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(none) (fwd)
by Aron Freed 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Sorry about forwarding this long message but I thought it would be something interesting to read. I have no idea if anyone has seen this before.. But this so you know what is currently happening now. FYI, who ever made this post is not known at this time. Jeremy Cooper sent it to me and he must have found it on a mailing list for his class. The person who found it got it off the NirvanaNet. I e-mailed him and he thought it was joke. I then looked a bit closer and found that the earliest forwarder of this Chuck Zeps, who posted it on the USENET... Anyway the message he sent me is at the end of this message. If anyone has any ideas or comments about it, please send them. There are BBS numbers from the mailer taglines used by local BBSes. I'm sure if I give one of them a call I can figure out who wrote it originally.... Happy reading!!! ________________________________________ To: /mail/ac/ac859 Msg #: 1757 Size: 4757/100 From: jeremy(a)crl.com (Jeremy Cooper) On: 06/15/94 22:07 Subject: a post about Electronic security (fwd) oh oh _ . _ ___ _ . _ ===-|)/\\/|V|/\/\ (_)/_\|_|\_/(_)/_\|_| Stop by for an excursion into the-=== ===-|)||| | |\/\/ mud.crl.com 8888 (_) Virtual Bay Area! -=== ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 14 Jun 94 14:26:43 PDT From: The Great Googly-Moogly <johansen(a)sfsuvax1.sfsu.edu> To: cyberspace/Humanities class list <cyberspace/Humanities(a)sfsu.edu> Subject: a post about Electronic security the following was found on NirvanaNet: D Area: ENCRYPT DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Msg#: 350 Date: 06-13-94 11:57 From: Black Knight Read: Yes Replied: No To: All Mark: Subj: Telco Spying ! DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Thought y'all might find this of intrest. From: chuck.zeps(a)dt-can.com (Chuck Zeps) Newsgroups: alt.cyberpunk Subject: Telco Spying ! Date: Sun, 12 Jun 94 09:20:00 -0500 Message-ID: <fe.966.2106.0NCAB9D8(a)dt-can.com> Organization: Data Tech Canada - (519) 473-7685 *** Telco Snooping ? *** ======================================================================== As someone involved in the telephone industry on the level of security and data integrity... I would like to inform everyone that uses modems and/or are bbs operators of some information. The first thing that everyone that uses a modem should know is that every time you fire up your modem your activating monitoring equipment somewhere in the U.S. I have worked for several large telephone networks that routinely monitor and reroute modem and fax transmissions through devices that allow them to view what is being transmitted and even decodes encrypted data and fax packets used by major corporations and governmental agencies. This is allowed under the heading of "Maintenance Monitoring" and may be continued for up to 6 months without the need of any legal paperwork being generated. Under an obscure pre-WWII ruling by the agency that is now the FCC... "No information may be encoded or transmitted over PUBLIC or PRIVATE forms of telephony or radio with the exception of those agencies involved in the National Security" a further designation goes on to say "with the exception of the MORSE system of 'transmittal', any communication that is not interpretable by the human ear is forbidden and unlawful." The information gathered goes to 3 seperate database facilities...1 is codenamed Diana and is located in Brussels, the 2nd is named Fredrick and is located somewhere in Malaysia, the 3rd is named Elizabeth and is located in Boulder, Colorado. The information stored in these systems is accessable by the US Government, Interpol, Scotland Yard and various other such agencies. Your credit rating is also affected by your modem usage... if you ever get a copy of your credit history and find a listing that has HN06443 <--= this is a negative risk rating. or a code 87AT4 <---= an even more negative risk rating.... these will usually have no description on them... and if you inquire about them they will tell you that it just comes from the system that way. I am currently working for another major carrier as a consultant and have been able to watch these systems operate...at one unnamed long distance carrier here in Columbus Ohio in their NCC, Network Control Center, you can see several rows of computer terminals which have approximately 30 to 40 separate windows in each... these windows have data transmissions that are being monitored... banks of 9 track tapes are going constantly to record everything. Everyone should realize that even if a sysop posts a disclaimer at the beginning of his bbs about no access to governmental agencies or law enforcement...that it isn't worth the time it takes to type it in... looking forward to hearing reactions to this. -!- * SLMR 2.0 * * My Castle BBS 614-236-4015 10pm to 10am M-F 6pm-6pm S -!- QMPro 1.52 Clinton - All hope abandon, ye who voted for a Communist - chuck.zeps(a)dt-can.com =END= ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::c.zeps@genie.geis.com:::NsAc4sEmTeXpEtNbOmBcLiNtOnSsDeAbAtF::: :::CDN.Assn.Rocketry S155::kGbGrUcSiSrCmPdOdsPeTzNaZiJeWmOsSaD::: :::VE3SMN:::NRA Member:::::@8F@CoCaMeXcArTeLgOvDoPeBuShMeNaGuN::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: --- ~ TNet 3.90 w USENET| The Obelisk BBS | London, Ont.| 519.6790021 -!- * Freddie 1.2.5 * "It's art, things have to die"-Nora Maki, what a woman -!- WM v3.10/93-0082 ! Origin: Burn This Flag BBS - San Jose, CA - 408/363-9766 (9:900/6) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 13 Jul 1994 06:12:00 -0400 From: Chuck Zeps <chuck.zeps(a)dt-can.com> To: s009amf(a)discover.wright.edu Subject: (none) Aaron, the "telco" post was a repost of data I got from an import of stuff from the Atlanta area. I regretfuly removed the header data and most people thought *I* wrote it when I reposted it. It was posted to another bbs down there ( data for that one is just above my .sig if you look ). The post was interesting as the methods used are substancially correct and this type of thing does occur up here. I dunno about banks of monitors for *everything* in real-time, but much targeted traffic can be viewed that way ( HP data monitors hooked to archival taping decks). You might call the BBS listed and enquire further if curious ... Regards, Chuck

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Re: NATIONAL SECURITY PORN RISK
by kentborg＠world.std.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

We need another TLA? I propose: TPD: Terrorists, Pedophiles, and Drug-dealers. It seems everytime one of this canonical-trio arises the person who thought it up thinks it was an original thought. If "TDP" got into circulation as term of ridicule, it might help our cause. Think about it, by reducing These Horrors to just another TLA we can then maybe talk about how TDPs are also thought to sometimes use telephones, cars, the post office, money, electricity, and shoes, and what are we gonna *do* about it? -kb, the Kent who wants to make people recognize how silly this all is -- Kent Borg +1 (617) 776-6899 kentborg(a)world.std.com kentborg(a)aol.com Proud to claim 32:00 hours of TV viewing so far in 1994!

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Re: House Rules Committee marks encryption bill as "open" (fwd)
by gtoal＠an-teallach.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Snap! I win! G

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WHITEHOUSE FTP?
by Sandy Sandfort 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

C'punks, Is there an FTP site for Whitehouse press releases? Does anyone have that address? A friend who edits a privacy newsletter wants to use it to keep track of press releases about privacy related issues. Thanks, S a n d y

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Re: House Rules Committee marks encryption bill as "open"
by kentborg＠world.std.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

"Shabbir J. Safdar" <shabbir(a)panix.com> wrote: >I phoned the House Rules comm. this morning. They informed me that >the committee voted 5-4 earlier this week to allow amendments to the >General Export Administration Act on the House Floor. Stanton McCandlish <mech(a)eff.org> then copied it out to a zillion destinations. Aren't we looking a bit amateurish? A loud call is put out in an attempt to lobby this committee, and it took someone (apparently) in New York City to call the committee to find out that, oh yes, a few days ago they had the vote and it went our way. Why was it again that EFF needed to open a Washington, D.C., office? Come on folks! We are playing the *big* time here. Real Lobbiests *know* how important votes go. We are up against real lobbiests on these issues. If EFF is going to make official requests for faxes and phone calls it should also make prompt official reports of the results. I want us to be organized, I want us to look organized, I want the Congress to know we are organized. I also want the folks who sent the faxes and made the phone calls to know when they accomplish something. I would like to know how individual Congressmen voted, so I can follow up my fax with a "thank you" if appropriate. Where is this info?? Is EFF on summer vacation? If matters we care about are up for votes we should be paying close attention *and* making it clear to everyone that we are paying close attention. Crypto export is extremely important, we should not mess this up. -kb, the Kent who is feeling a bit embarrassed -- Kent Borg +1 (617) 776-6899 kentborg(a)world.std.com kentborg(a)aol.com Proud to claim 32:00 hours of TV viewing so far in 1994!

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by Jeff Gostin 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

"Perry E. Metzger" <perry(a)imsi.com> writes: > Jeff Gostin says: >> What _is_ Singularity? It's not a term I'm familiar with. > > The notion that the rate of progress is increasing, and the increase > in the rate is also increasing, so at some point in the next century > more change will occur per hour than occurred in all of human history > to, say, now. "The Singularity" is the point at which the world > becomes not merely odd but incomprehensable TO US. Presumably those > alive at the time will not really notice. So, to borrow a Calculus term, and to bastardize the concept somewhat, Singularity is the point at which the derivative of Progress is undefined? Visually, it'd look like this (only MUCH steeper), if I see it correctly: - .| P - | r - | o - | g - . | r - | e - |<---- Singularity s - . | s - | - . | -. | ------|--------- 12345 Time 1= 1970 2= 1990 3= 2010 4= 2030 5= 2050 Right?? --Jeff -- ====== ====== +----------------jgostin(a)eternal.pha.pa.us----------------+ == == | The new, improved, environmentally safe, bigger, better,| == == -= | faster, hypo-allergenic, AND politically correct .sig. | ==== ====== | Now with a new fresh lemon scent! | PGP Key Available +---------------------------------------------------------+

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