December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Inman
by rishab＠dxm.ernet.in 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> In class today, Inman mentioned that his privacy had been invaded during > the nomination process; when asked for elaboration, he cited cases of the > press going around asking questions about his wife and sons. So Inman > seems sensitive to issues of privacy, but in this case, they seem to be > primarily associated with invasions of privacy by the media rather than by > the government. I seem to remember that Inman was quoted as having said many NSA-ish things in the past; I think this was mentioned on the list during his nomination process - Inman appeared to spooky to be bothered about individual privacy from 'National Security' spooks themselves. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rishab Aiyer Ghosh "Clean the air! clean the sky! wash the wind! rishab(a)dxm.ernet.in take stone from stone and wash them..." rishab(a)arbornet.org Voice/Fax/Data +91 11 6853410 Voicemail +91 11 3760335 H 34C Saket, New Delhi 110017, INDIA

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Work going on behind our backs
by abostick＠netcom.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I found this on ba.jobs.misc > Xref: netcom.com ba.jobs.misc:4520 > Path: netcom.com!ix.netcom.com!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!pipex!uunet!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf01.news.aol.com!not-for-mail > From: deakmaker(a)aol.com (DeakMaker) > Newsgroups: ba.jobs.misc > Subject: DC Network Administrator Sought ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > Date: 24 Nov 1994 22:40:32 -0500 > Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) > Lines: 8 > Sender: news(a)newsbf01.news.aol.com > Message-ID: <3b3mbg$t9c(a)newsbf01.news.aol.com> > NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf01.news.aol.com > > Seeking UNIX/ Internet expert to manage commercial access provider site. > Salary plus profit sharing. > > If its not for you tell your friendly neighborhood guru. Thanks. > > RSVP Mike > > MMann(a)cap.gwu.edu or fax 301-530-5726 > It's about time someone implemented one! ;-) -- | In the other room I passed by Ellen Leverenz as Alan Bostick | someone asked her "Do you know any monopole abostick(a)netcom.com | jokes?" finger for PGP public key | "Sure," she said. "In fact, I know two of them." Key fingerprint: | -- Terry Carr, GILGAMESH 50 22 FB 46 41 A3 17 9D F7 33 FF E1 4E 1C 89 79 +legal_kludge=off

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Re: Encrypttion API (was: PGP DLL)
by merriman＠metronet.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>On Wed, 16 Nov 1994, David K. Merriman wrote: > >> If it helps any, there is a collection of encryption routines in .dll format >> on sable.ox.ac.uk - they're in a file called wincrdll.zip. The zip file >> includes the .dlls, source code, and brief explanatory text. The routines >> are DES, IDEA, MD5, and an MD5 variant the author is calling MDC (?). > >I got the name MDC from the original posting of the method by Phil Karn >to sci.crypt a number of years ago and it seemed sensible to retain it. >Just a small point. > I stand corrected, and my apologies for any slight I may have inadvertently caused. :-) It's a nice collection, and very convenient, in any case. Dave Merriman - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Finger merriman(a)feenix.metronet.com for PGP public key and fingerprint. PGP encrypted Email welcome, encouraged, and preferred. "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." John F. Kennedy

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REMAILER-OPERATORS LIST
by an137768＠anon.penet.fi 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I while back somebody suggested that the <remailer-operators> list ought to be a usegroup (in the interest of openness, I think it was). Why not simply just ask Sameer to open subscriptions to non-operators as well? And post a short how-to-subscribe msg here for all to see? Please sign me up to the <remailer-operators> list right away, thanks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- To find out more about the anon service, send mail to help(a)anon.penet.fi. Due to the double-blind, any mail replies to this message will be anonymized, and an anonymous id will be allocated automatically. You have been warned. Please report any problems, inappropriate use etc. to admin(a)anon.penet.fi.

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Re: ARJ Cracker....
by Michael Handler 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Sorry about the late response, I've been busy. On Thu, 3 Nov 1994, Chris Wedgwood wrote: > >I also have a cracker that works on encrypted ARJ files, if anyone needs it. > > Perhaps need isn't quite the right word - but I'd certainly like to see the > source for it..... (actually I'm bloody keen). Sorry, Chris, it doesn't come with the source... I can still send you the MSDOS binaries if you're interested. > Hmmm.... another thing. Is there a freeware .ARJ program or source. Or are > them some specs for ARJ? I know lots of people use it - but I HATE it, its > soo slow and really doesn't do much for me at all. I have a document that shows the ARJ data format, if that's what you're interested in... -- Michael Handler <grendel(a)netaxs.com> Philadelphia, PA Civil Liberty Through Complex Mathematics VoicePGP Development Team soc.support.youth.gay-lesbian-bi co-moderator

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Internet Shopping Network big league ripoff
by jamesd＠netcom.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I just checked in to the internet shopping network - AAAaaargh Disk drive prices over twice the going rate. Fax modem prices over four times the going rate! And for the vast privilege of being permitted to shop there you have to make a signed membership application by snail mail or fax. Meanwhile Chaums Emoney remains totally disconnected with real money or real goods. Among the bankers, his name is mud. And despite his pious talk about privacy he seems committed to a many-to-few transaction system. A many to few transaction system will not protect privacy, no matter how secure and excellent the protocols. Of course, it took 25 years for the internet to grow from a research project to a major social and political force, so perhaps I am a little impatient. I eagerly await Bill Gates plans. The long and the short: You still cannot do transactions on the internet. It is still vaporware. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- We have the right to defend ourselves and our property, because of the kind of animals that we James A. Donald are. True law derives from this right, not from the arbitrary power of the omnipotent state. jamesd(a)netcom.com

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Wiretap, search and seizure
by rishab＠dxm.ernet.in 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> The other issue, perhaps the real issue, is that wiretaps have more limited > 4th amendment protections than do physical/intrusive devices. This is even truer in most other countries. For instance, in the UK, interception comes under the authorities' prerogatory powers, and is not equivalent to (or balanced by other laws as) 'search and seizure'. India, which derives its laws from the UK, faces a similar situation though here the powers are 'statutory'. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rishab Aiyer Ghosh "Clean the air! clean the sky! wash the wind! rishab(a)dxm.ernet.in take stone from stone and wash them..." rishab(a)arbornet.org Voice/Fax/Data +91 11 6853410 Voicemail +91 11 3760335 H 34C Saket, New Delhi 110017, INDIA

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Brad Templeton's fears
by rishab＠dxm.ernet.in 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> * When he grasped the basic idea, of chained mixes, he got quite upset > and said they were "threats" to his business. (Anonymous forwarding of > ClariNet articles happens, of course. Brad was expecting that he could > get a court order, if it came down to that, and was shocked to hear > that the Cypherpunks model does not make this possible.) He'd have been even more shocked if you told him about other future technologies such as DC-Nets... Of course if faced with a situation he'd probably try to claim 'conspiracy'. > 1. Get as many _remailer accounts_ offshore as quickly as possible. > 2. Separate the "ownership of a machine" from "remailer accounts." > There is no good reason for the owner of a machine that does remailing > to actually be doing the remailing. And many good reasons why a > particular machine should have _many_ separate "mail accounts" that > actually are the remailes. (This is the "remailer-in-a-box" I've been I volunteer again to lend my name (and a little money) to any 'remailer-in-a-box' account. Wasn't Sameer saying something about setting them up at c2.org? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rishab Aiyer Ghosh "Clean the air! clean the sky! wash the wind! rishab(a)dxm.ernet.in take stone from stone and wash them..." rishab(a)arbornet.org Voice/Fax/Data +91 11 6853410 Voicemail +91 11 3760335 H 34C Saket, New Delhi 110017, INDIA

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Re: New remailer concept
by rishab＠dxm.ernet.in 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Jim Pinson <jpinson(a)fcdarwin.org.ec>: > It occurs to me that most people have more to fear from their > neighbors, than they do from the powerful TLA's. Knowing that > you are hunting for a new job is not important to the world at > large, but could be embarrassing if your current employer found > out. Likewise, the people most interested in knowing about that > sex list you subscribe to are your coworkers. This is exactly the sort of thing I'd like. I asked about this earlier but didn't get a very positive response. I haven't found a convenient way of using existing CP remailer features to: 1. accept encrypted mail, decrypt it and forward plaintext 2. receive mail for my pseudonym, _encrypt_ it and forward it to me Such a remailer with a simple interface would, in my opinion, be the ideal 'entry level' remailer for a wide audience. (1) apparently can be managed, but I couldn't figure out a simple way to do (2) with current remailers. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rishab Aiyer Ghosh "Clean the air! clean the sky! wash the wind! rishab(a)dxm.ernet.in take stone from stone and wash them..." rishab(a)arbornet.org Voice/Fax/Data +91 11 6853410 Voicemail +91 11 3760335 H 34C Saket, New Delhi 110017, INDIA

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GATT, IPR and privacy
by rishab＠dxm.ernet.in 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

cactus(a)bb.hks.net (L. Todd Masco) [talking about Brad Templeton, copyright and remailers] > This is why GATT bothers me. Once we have have an alignment of property > laws, particularly IP laws, there's no telling how things will fall. I don't see why countries will protect IPRs universally and efficiently any more than they implement the ratified treaties on privacy, human rights etc. True, China has of late been rather busy with sprucing up its IPR protection ("chop off their heads!") in response to US pressure, much more than it did when the US complained about human rights. But raiding big companies and software pirates is different (and far cheaper) than tracking down all forwarded copies of AP stories. One can even imagine a world where China refuses to crack down on the ILA's hypothetical Beijing outfit (which could save Chinese companies lots of money in an information economy) out of concern for their 'human rights to privacy'! That apart, their are some phenomenal advantages to being run by a slow, out-dated bureaucracy (in China, or India) rather than a Freeh country such as the US where the authorities try harder to keep up with their Cypherpunk enemies... I've said before that if my mail is read, it's not by Indian spooks but by the NSA! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rishab Aiyer Ghosh "Clean the air! clean the sky! wash the wind! rishab(a)dxm.ernet.in take stone from stone and wash them..." rishab(a)arbornet.org Voice/Fax/Data +91 11 6853410 Voicemail +91 11 3760335 H 34C Saket, New Delhi 110017, INDIA

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