December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Crackdown in Queensland, Australia?
by rishab＠dxm.ernet.in 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

When I saw the Sunday Mail post here on Queensland's prpposed crackdown on cyberspace (for _child pornography_ if you please! I hereby decree that a concerted effort must be made by all to increase the pedophile population of the Net from 97% to 100% - universal coverage. All new subscribers must provide oridinal photographs as evidence of their tendencies before being given a connection), I thought I'd ask Ian Peter himself. Ian Peter, who is quoted in the article and whom I met in February, replied: > Re the Qld stuff - there really are no firm details yet, its proposed > legislation and may well change before becoming law - and the journos > concerned are going on rumnours because no copies of the legislation are > available yet. > > So it's wait and see! > > [... Ian Peter] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rishab Aiyer Ghosh "Clean the air! clean the sky! wash the wind! rishab(a)dxm.ernet.in take stone from stone and wash them..." Voice/Fax/Data +91 11 6853410 Voicemail +91 11 3760335 H 34C Saket, New Delhi 110017, INDIA

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Mailing list for cryptography
by rishab＠dxm.ernet.in 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

"Perry E. Metzger" <perry(a)imsi.com>: > I'm thinking (again) about setting up a specialized mailing list for > discussing cryptography... While I agree with Perry's implication that the CP list does tend to go off track rather often, it _was_ set up specifically to bring together the social and technical aspects of cryptography, and does generate useful discussion on occasion ;-] If you want to discuss only cryptography, there's always sci.crypt... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rishab Aiyer Ghosh "Clean the air! clean the sky! wash the wind! rishab(a)dxm.ernet.in take stone from stone and wash them..." Voice/Fax/Data +91 11 6853410 Voicemail +91 11 3760335 H 34C Saket, New Delhi 110017, INDIA

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Social body and crypto
by rishab＠dxm.ernet.in 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I enjoyed Doug's clear statement on the implications of crypto anarchy on society. It should be compulsory reading for all newbies so that they don't get worried next time Larry Detweiler comes bouncing in raving about EVIL LIES MURDER and pseudospoofing. I'd like to point out, however, that crypto anarchy poses no threat whatsoever to personal or corporate relationships based on physical or other concrete identity (truenames). It just makes these relationships _voluntary_ - no one's _forcing_ you to be anonymous. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rishab Aiyer Ghosh "Clean the air! clean the sky! wash the wind! rishab(a)dxm.ernet.in take stone from stone and wash them..." Voice/Fax/Data +91 11 6853410 Voicemail +91 11 3760335 H 34C Saket, New Delhi 110017, INDIA

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Re: Distribution of FAQ to CompuServe, American Online, etc.
by jazz＠hal.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I considered suggesting that I strip Tim's email address out of the text; then I realized there are probably dozens of copies of it scattered through the document. Even if the Cyphermonicon were written by Sy Ferpunq and not by Tim, there are enough email addresses in the body of the document that this wouldn't save him from email. Completely sanitizing the document with respect to contact info (i.e. using names/nyms only and no addresses) would be something of a project. And it still wouldn't help. The only counterpoint I could make is that CompuServe users are unlikely to join cpunks (too much mail == too much money) and the service is illequipped to help a member find an internet mail address for a person given just a real name. Sanitization might be enough in that environment. Jason

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Re: Mailing list for cryptography
by merriman＠metronet.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>"Perry E. Metzger" <perry(a)imsi.com>: >> I'm thinking (again) about setting up a specialized mailing list for >> discussing cryptography... > >While I agree with Perry's implication that the CP list does tend to go off >track rather often, it _was_ set up specifically to bring together the >social and technical aspects of cryptography, and does generate useful >discussion on occasion ;-] > >If you want to discuss only cryptography, there's always sci.crypt... > Snicker, snicker. What planet are *you* living on? :-) The only reason it's sci._crypt_ is because that's what 90% of the flame-fests get started on. I'd guesstimate that only 1 posting in 100 is actually about crypto, or some directly crypto-related matter. The rest of it is S*****light vs. The World name-calling and character assassinations. Dave Merriman - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Finger merriman(a)metronet.com for PGP/RIPEM public keys and fingerprints. Unencrypted Email may be ignored without notice to sender. PGP preferred. Remember: It is not enough to _obey_ Big Brother; you must also learn to *love* Big Brother.

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RC4 ?
by nobody＠vox.xs4all.nl 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

SUBJECT: RC4 Source Code I've tested this. It is compatible with the RC4 object module that comes in the various RSA toolkits. /* rc4.h */ typedef struct rc4_key { unsigned char state[256]; unsigned char x; unsigned char y; } rc4_key; void prepare_key(unsigned char *key_data_ptr,int key_data_len, rc4_key *key); void rc4(unsigned char *buffer_ptr,int buffer_len,rc4_key * key); /*rc4.c */ #include "rc4.h" static void swap_byte(unsigned char *a, unsigned char *b); void prepare_key(unsigned char *key_data_ptr, int key_data_len, rc4_key *key) { unsigned char swapByte; unsigned char index1; unsigned char index2; unsigned char* state; short counter; state = &key->state[0]; for(counter = 0; counter < 256; counter++) state[counter] = counter; key->x = 0; key->y = 0; index1 = 0; index2 = 0; for(counter = 0; counter < 256; counter++) { index2 = (key_data_ptr[index1] + state[counter] + index2) % 256; swap_byte(&state[counter], &state[index2]); index1 = (index1 + 1) % key_data_len; } } void rc4(unsigned char *buffer_ptr, int buffer_len, rc4_key *key) { unsigned char x; unsigned char y; unsigned char* state; unsigned char xorIndex; short counter; x = key->x; y = key->y; state = &key->state[0]; for(counter = 0; counter < buffer_len; counter ++) { x = (x + 1) % 256; y = (state[x] + y) % 256; swap_byte(&state[x], &state[y]); xorIndex = state[x] + (state[y]) % 256; buffer_ptr[counter] ^= state[xorIndex]; } key->x = x; key->y = y; } static void swap_byte(unsigned char *a, unsigned char *b) { unsigned char swapByte; swapByte = *a; *a = *b; *b = swapByte; }

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Finger me for MEDUSA
by rarachel＠prism.poly.edu 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Sorry I took so long. It's hard having much time left over after getting a job as a novell network administrator (though it's lots of fun.) Anyway, for anyone who is interested in Medusa, I hope you can use finger. If you can't, we'll arange something else... Anyhow, just pipe the output of finger to uudecode in the background and that should do the trick... ie: finger rarachel(a)photon.poly.edu | uudecode And hope it works. This should generate a file called medusa1b.zip which is a beta version complete with sources. Sometime in the future, I will ftp this program to the usual sites... But first I need some free time. :-)

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NNTP access to cypherpunks
by cactus＠bb.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I've been meaning to let folks know about this for a while, but was lame... If anbody wants to read/post Cypherpunks via NNTP, I've set our NNTP server to export "hks.lists.cypherpunks" (as well as the last year of the homebrew digest in "hks.lists.homebrew") to world. To access it, just point your NNTPSERVER (or whatever) to "bb.com" (that'll change in the medium future to "nntp.bb.com", but not yet). It slow, over a 14.4 SLIP link (for now: 56Kbps in a week), but it's manageable. If anybody wants a real feed of it (or any of the security lists), let me know. -- L. Todd Masco | "Hide, witch, hide! The good folk come to burn thee, their cactus(a)bb.com | keen enjoyment hid behind a gothic mask of duty." -JS/BATE

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No Subject
by seeyou＠nsc.ernet.in 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Dear Sir, I am working as research scholar at Nuclear Science Centre, New Delhi. I kindly request you to include my name in your mailing list. My e-mail address is seeyou(a)nsc.ernet.in Thanking you in anticipation. yours sincerely, Vinod Kumar A M Nuclear Science Centre P B No. 10502 New Delhi-110 067.

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Re: PRIVACY REGULATIONS
by Jonathan Rochkind 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

There is no requirement to identity yourself, but the police will regularly lock you up in jail until you do identify yourself. They can't _force_ you to identify youself, and you can't go to trial for not doing so (partially because they dont' know who you are, but even if they later find out for other means), but nevertheless police departments everywhere will lock you up until you provide ID if you are stopped for a traffic violation. There is a guy around here-abouts who will routinely gets stopped for speeding and refuses to show ID out of principal. They put him in jail. He's tried to sue them, and lost. If it made it all the way to the supreme court, I'm not sure what they would decide. But the point remains, in real life, they put you in jail. Just be aware of it.

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