December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Re: BofA+Netscape
by marca＠mcom.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

In article <199412131914.LAA26551(a)netcom10.netcom.com>, jamesd(a)netcom.com (James A. Donald) wrote: > > Marc Andreessen says: > > > Great, IPSP looks fantastic and we look forward to supporting it > > > as it moves through and beyond the "near" phase. > > He said that Netscape would look at IPSP when it was beyond > the "near" phase. Nope, I said we "look forward to supporting it". Slight difference. :-) We are looking at it already. Marc -- Marc Andreessen Netscape Communications Corp. Mountain View, CA marca(a)mcom.com

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Enough, already
by merriman＠metronet.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I don't mean to be a wet blanket (well, actually, I do :-), but could folks maybe drop the Netscape stuff - along with the tangential threads it has spawned? I kinda suspect that by now, the subject has been thoroughly flogged to death, and it's cluttering the hell out of the list - without the benefit of actually _resolving_ anything. Netscape is gonna do whatever the hell Netscape is gonna do. "We" can encourage, cajole, reprimand, sneer, laugh, applaud, or whatever; but the bottom line is that clarifying the clarifications of the clarified previous comments isn't accomplishing anything other than making those among us who have to pay for email work overtime to compensate for the subject. It's the holiday season. How about if everyone wishes everyone else a Merry Christmas (or Chappy Chanukka, or whatever else spins your propeller), kisses, and makes up? Dave "I'm just checking how to make Chameleon killfile the subjects 'clarif', 'Netscape', and 'BofA'" Merriman PS - for point of reference, my mailbox has 41 messages in it since I last checked mail (less than 6 hours ago). Only 3 are non-CP; of the 38 that are, only a very, VERY few don't have "netscape" or "clarification" in the subject line. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Finger merriman(a)fohnix.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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Where to get PGP FAQ
by Michael Paul Johnson 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- ===============================BEGIN SIGNED TEXT============================= WHERE TO GET THE PRETTY GOOD PRIVACY PROGRAM (PGP) (Last modified: 13 December 1994 by Mike Johnson) WHAT IS THE LATEST VERSION? |-----------------+---------------------+---------------------------------| | Platform(s) | Latest Version | Distribution File Names | |-----------------+---------------------+---------------------------------| | DOS, Unix, | Viacrypt PGP 2.7 | disk sets | | Mac, Windows, | | | | or WinCIM/CSNav | | | |-----------------+---------------------+---------------------------------| | DOS, Unix, | MIT PGP 2.6.2 | pgp262.zip (DOS + docs) | | others | | pgp262s.zip (source) | | | | pg262s.zip source on CompuServe | | | | pgp262.tar.gz (source) | | | | pgp262.gz (same as above on DOS)| | | | pgp262.tar.Z (source) | | | | pgp262dc.zip (documentation) | | | | pg262d.zip (docs on CompuServe) | |-----------------+---------------------+---------------------------------| | Macintosh | MIT PGP 2.6 | MacPGP2.6.sea.hqx (binary+docs) | | | | macpgp26.hqx (same as above) | | | | MacPGP2.6.src.sea.hqx (source) | | | | macpgp26.src (same as above) | | | | MacPGP2.6-68000.sea.hqx (binary)| | | | mcpgp268.hqx (same as above) | |-----------------+---------------------+---------------------------------| | Mac Applescript | MacPGP 2.6ui v 1.2 | MacPGP-2.6ui-v1.2.sit.hqx | | | + some beta versions| MacPGP2.6ui_V1.2_sources.cpt.hqx| | | based on MIT PGP | MacPGP2.6uiV1.2en.cpt.hqx | | | 2.6.2 | MacPGP2.6uiV1.2src.cpt.hqx | | | | MacPGP2.6uiV1.2.68000.hqx | |-----------------+---------------------+---------------------------------| | Amiga | PGP 2.6.2 Amiga 1.4 | pgp262-a14-000.lha | | | | pgp262-a14-020.lha | | | | pgp262-a14-src.lha | |-----------------+---------------------+---------------------------------| | Atari | Atari PGP 2.6ui | pgp26uib.lzh (binary, docs) | | | | pgp26uis.lzh | |-----------------+---------------------+---------------------------------| | Archimedes | Archimedes 2.3a | ArcPGP23a | |-----------------+---------------------+---------------------------------| | Non-USA version | PGP 2.6.i from | pgp26i.zip | | to avoid RSAREF | Stale Schumacher | pgp26is.zip | | license. | | pgp26is.tar.gz | |_________________|_____________________|_________________________________| WHERE CAN I GET THE PGP VERSION DIRECTLY FROM PHILIP ZIMMERMANN? This is the MIT version. For several good reasons, Phil is releasing the main line freeware PGP through MIT, at net-dist.mit.edu. See a list of sites that also carry this version, below, or use this WWW URL: http://web.mit.edu/network/pgp-form.html WHAT IS PGP 2.6.i? Stale Schumacher <staalesc(a)ifi.uio.no> released an international version of PGP built the "right way." By "right way," I mean that it uses the latest MIT code, but uses a different rsaglue.c to use the mpilib instead of RSAREF for RSA calculations, thus including all the latest bug fixes and features in the main freeware PGP code line, but frees non-USA persons from the limitations of the RSAREF license. This release has been as strongly endorsed by Philip Zimmermann as he can do without incriminating himself. Naturally, by not using the RSAREF code for RSA calculations, this version is not legal for use in the USA (other than limited research, etc.), but is fine anywhere else (like Canada) were RSA patents don't hold. Note that the latest version of Stale Schumacher's PGP is 2.6.i, 2.6i (without the second .) was a beta test version that has been superceded. WHAT IS PGP 2.6ui? The "unofficial international" versions are really just PGP 2.3a, modified just enough to make it compatible with MIT PGP 2.6, but do not include all of the fixes in MIT PGP 2.6 and MIT PGP 2.6.1. They have a "ui" somewhere in their file names. I recommend the use of the "ui" versions only if you are using a platform for which there is no Viacrypt or MIT PGP that works properly. For a version that doesn't use RSAREF, PGP 2.6.i from Stale Schumacher is a better choice, because it is more up-to-date. WHERE CAN I GET VIACRYPT PGP? If you are a commercial user of PGP in the USA or Canada, contact Viacrypt in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. The commecial version of PGP is fully licensed to use the patented RSA and IDEA encryption algorithms in commercial and government environments in the USA and Canada. It is fully compatible with, functionally the same as, and just as strong as the freeware version of PGP. Due to limitations on ViaCrypt's RSA distribution license, ViaCrypt only distributes executable code and documentation for it, but they are working on making PGP available for a variety of platforms. Call or write to them for the latest information. The latest version number for Viacrypt PGP is 2.7. Here is a brief summary of Viacrypt's currently-available products: 1. ViaCrypt PGP for MS-DOS. Prices start at $99.98 2. ViaCrypt PGP for UNIX. Includes executables for the following platforms: SunOS 4.1.x (SPARC) IBM RS/6000 AIX HP 9000 Series 700/800 UX SCO 386/486 UNIX SGI IRIX AViiON DG-UX(88/OPEN) Prices start at $149.98 Executables for the following additional platforms are available upon request for an additional $30.00 charge. BSD 386 Ultrix MIPS DECstation 4.x 3. ViaCrypt PGP for WinCIM/CSNav. A special package for users of CompuServe. Prices start at $119.98 Please contact ViaCrypt for quantity discount pricing. Orders may be placed by calling 800-536-2664 during the hours of 8:30am to 5:00pm MST, Monday - Friday. They accept VISA, MasterCard, AMEX and Discover credit cards. If you have further questions, please feel free to contact: Paul E. Uhlhorn Director of Marketing, ViaCrypt Products Mail: 9033 N. 24th Avenue Suite 7 Phoenix AZ 85021-2847 Phone: (602) 944-0773 Fax: (602) 943-2601 Internet: viacrypt(a)acm.org Compuserve: 70304.41 WHERE CAN I GET THE FREEWARE PGP? These listings are subject to change without notice. If you find that PGP has been removed from any of these sites, please let me know so that I can update this list. Likewise, if you find PGP on a good site elsewhere (especially on any BBS that allows first time callers to access PGP for free), please let me know so that I can update this list. Because this list changes frequently, I have not attempted to keep it complete, but there should be enough pointers to let you easily find PGP. There are several ways to get the freeware PGP: ftp, WWW, BBS, CompuServe, email ftp server, and sneakernet (ask a friend for a copy). Just don't ask Philip Zimmermann directly for a copy. FTP SITES IN NORTH AMERICA There are some wierd hoops to jump through, thanks to the U. S. Department of State and the ITAR, at many of these sites. Telnet to net-dist.mit.edu, log in as getpgp, answer the questions, then ftp to net-dist.mit.edu and change to the hidden directory named in the telnet session to get your own copy. MIT-PGP is for U. S. and Canadian use only, but MIT is only distributing it within the USA (due to some archaic export control laws). 1. Read ftp://net-dist.mit.edu/pub/PGP/mitlicen.txt and agree to it. 2. Read ftp://net-dist.mit.edu/pub/PGP/rsalicen.txt and agree to it. 3. Telnet to net-dist.mit.edu and log in as getpgp. 4. Answer the questions and write down the directory name listed. 5. QUICKLY end the telnet session with ^C and ftp to the indicated directory on net-dist.mit.edu (something like /pub/PGP/dist/U.S.-only-????) and get the distribution files (see the above chart for names). If the hidden directory name is invalid, start over at step 3, above. You can also get PGP from: ftp.csn.net/mpj ftp://ftp.csn.net/mpj/I_will_not_export/crypto_???????/pgp/ See ftp://ftp.csn.net/mpj/README.MPJ for the ??????? See ftp://ftp.csn.net/mpj/help for more help on negotiating this site's export control methods (open to USA and Canada). ftp.netcom.com/pub/mp/mpj ftp://ftp.netcom.com/mp/mpj/I_will_not_export/crypto_???????/pgp/ See ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/mp/mpj/README.MPJ for the ??????? See ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/mp/mpj/help for more help on negotiating this site's export control methods. TO GET THESE FILES BY EMAIL, send mail to ftp-request(a)netcom.com containing the word HELP in the body of the message for instructions. You will have to work quickly to get README.MPJ then the files before the ??????? part of the path name changes again (several times a day). ftp.eff.org Follow the instructions found in README.Dist that you get from one of: ftp://ftp.eff.org/pub/Net_info/Tools/Crypto/README.Dist gopher.eff.org, 1/Net_info/Tools/Crypto gopher://gopher.eff.org/11/Net_info/Tools/Crypto http://www.eff.org/pub/Net_info/Tools/Crypto/ ftp.csua.berkeley.edu (for U. S. or Canadian users) /pub/cypherpunks/pgp/ ftp.wimsey.bc.ca /pub/crypto/software/dist/US_or_Canada_only_XXXXXXX/PGP (U. S. and Canadian users only) See /pub/crypto/software/README for the characters for XXXXXXXX This site has all public releases of the freeware PGP. WORLD WIDE WEB ACCESS http://web.mit.edu/network/pgp-form.html http://www.ifi.uio.no/~staalesc/PGPVersions.html http://www.mantis.co.uk/pgp/pgp.html http://rschp2.anu.edu.au:8080/crypt.html http://www.eff.org/pub/Net_info/Tools/Crypto/ http://community.net/community/all/home/solano/sbaldwin COMPUSERVE The NCSA Forum sysops have a library (Library 12: Export Controlled) that is available only to people who send them a message asserting that they are within the U. S. A. This library contains PGP. I have also seen PGP in some other places on Compuserve. Try searching for PGP262.ZIP in the IBMFF forum for up-to-date information on PGP in selected other areas. The last time I tried a search like this, PGP was found in the PC World Online forum (GO PWOFORUM) new uploads area, along with several PGP shells and accessories. I've also heard that EUROFORUM carries PGP, but have not confirmed this. Compuserve file names are even more limited than DOS (6.3 instead of the already lame 8.3), so the file names to look for are PGP262.ZIP, PG262S.ZIP (source code), PGP262.GZ (Unix source code) and PG262D.ZIP (documentation only). BULLETIN BOARD SYSTEMS Colorado Catacombs BBS Mike Johnson, sysop Mac and DOS versions of PGP, PGP shells, and some other crypto stuff. Also the home of some good Bible search files and some shareware written by Mike Johnson, including ATBASH, DLOCK, CRYPTA, CRYPTE, CRYPTMPJ, MCP, MDIR, DELETE, PROVERB, SPLIT, ONEPAD, QUICRYPT, etc. v.FAST/v.32bis/v.42bis, speeds up to 28,800 bps 8 data bits, 1 stop, no parity, as fast as your modem will go. Use ANSI terminal emulation, of if you can't, try VT-100. Free access to PGP. If busy or no answer, try again later. Log in with your own name, or if someone else already used that, try a variation on your name or pseudonym. You can request access to crypto software on line, and if you qualify legally under the ITAR, you can download on the first call. For free access: log in with your own name, answer the questions, then select [Q]uestionaire 3 from the [M]ain menu. (303) 772-1062 Longmont, Colorado number - 2 lines. (303) 938-9654 Boulder, Colorado number forwarded to Longmont number intended for use by people in the Denver, Colorado area. The Freedom Files BBS, DeLand Florida, USA 904-738-2691 Exec-Net, New York, NY, USA (Host BBS for the ILink net) 914-667-4567 The Ferret BBS (North Little Rock, Arkansas) (501) 791-0124 also (501) 791-0125 Special PGP users account: login name: PGP USER password: PGP This information from: Jim Wenzel <jim.wenzel(a)grapevine.lrk.ar.us> CVRC BBS 317-791-9617 CyberGold BBS 601-582-5748 Self-Governor Information Resource, 915-587-7888, El Paso, Texas, USA In the UK, try 01273-688888 Other BBS -- check your local BBS. Chances are good that it has any release that is at least a month old if it has much of a file area at all. OTHER FTP SITES ftp.informatik.uni-hamburg.de /pub/virus/crypt/pgp This site has most, if not all, of the current PGP files. ftp.ox.ac.uk (163.1.2.4) /pub/crypto/pgp This is a well organized site with most of the current PGP files as well as shells and mailer scripts. ftp.netcom.com /pub/dc/dcosenza -- Some crypto stuff, sometimes includes PGP. /pub/qw/qwerty -- How to MacPGP Guide, largest steganography ftp site as well. PGP FAQ, crypto FAQ, US Crypto Policy FAQ, Steganograpy software list. MacUtilites for use with MacPGP. Stealth1.1 + other steganography programs. Send mail to ftp-request(a)netcom.com with "HELP" in the body of the message if you don't have ftp access. ftp.ee.und.ac.za /pub/crypto/pgp ftp.csua.berkeley.edu /pub/cypherpunks/pgp (DOS, MAC) ftp.demon.co.uk /pub/amiga/pgp /pub/archimedes /pub/pgp /pub/mac/MacPGP ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de ftp.funet.fi ftp.dsi.unimi.it /pub/security/crypt/PGP ftp.tu-clausthal.de (139.174.2.10) (Atari ST/E,TT,Falcon) /pub/atari/misc/pgp/pgp26uib.lzh (2.6ui ttp, 2.3a docs) /pub/atari/misc/pgp/pgp26uis.lzh (2.6ui sources) /pub/atari/misc/pgp/pgp26ui.diffs (Atari diffs for 2.6 sources) wuarchive.wustl.edu /pub/aminet/util/crypt src.doc.ic.ac.uk (Amiga) /aminet /amiga-boing ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de /pub/comp/os/os2/crypt/pgp23os2A.zip (OS/2) iswuarchive.wustl.edu pub/aminet/util/crypt (Amiga) nic.funet.fi (128.214.6.100) /pub/crypt ftp.uni-kl.de (131.246.9.95) /pub/aminet/util/crypt qiclab.scn.rain.com (147.28.0.97) pc.usl.edu (130.70.40.3) leif.thep.lu.se (130.235.92.55) goya.dit.upm.es (138.4.2.2) tupac-amaru.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (137.226.112.31) ftp.etsu.edu (192.43.199.20) princeton.edu (128.112.228.1) pencil.cs.missouri.edu (128.206.100.207) ftp.csua.berkeley.edu kauri.vuw.ac.nz nctuccca.edu.tw /PC/wuarchive/pgp/ ftp.fu-berlin.de:/mac/sys/init/MacPGP2.6uiV1.2en.cpt.hqx.gz Also, try an archie search for PGP using the command: archie -s pgp262 (DOS & Unix Versions) archie -s pgp2.6 (MAC Versions) FTPMAIL For those individuals who do not have access to FTP, but do have access to e-mail, you can get FTP files mailed to you. For information on this service, send a message saying "Help" to ftpmail(a)decwrl.dec.com. You will be sent an instruction sheet on how to use the ftpmail service. It works with messages something like this: > To: ftpmail(a)decwrl.dec.com > Subject: Ftpmail request > Connect ftp.csua.berkeley.edu > chdir pub/cypherpunks/pgp/pgp262 > uuencode > get pgp262.zip > quit Another e-mail service is from nic.funet.fi. Send mail to mailserv(a)nic.funet.fi with the word HELP. For the ftp sites on netcom, send mail to ftp-request(a)netcom.com containing the word HELP in the body of the message. To get pgp 2.6.i by email: Send a message to hypnotech-request(a)ifi.uio.no with your request in the Subject: field. Subject What you will get GET pgp26i.zip MS-DOS executable (uuencoded) GET pgp26is.zip MS-DOS source code (uuencoded) GET pgp26is.tar.gz UNIX source code (uuencoded) For FAQ information, send e-mail to mail-server(a)rtfm.mit.edu with send usenet/news.answers/ftp-list/faq in the body of the message. IS MY COPY OF PGP GOOD? If you find a version of the PGP package that does not include the PGP User's Guide, something is wrong. The manual should always be included in the package. PGP should be signed by one of the developers (Philip Zimmermann, Jeff Schiller, Viacrypt, Stale Schumacher, etc.). If it isn't, the package is suspect and should not be used or distributed. The site you found it on should remove it so that it does no further harm to others. To be really sure, you should get PGP directly from MIT or check the signatures with a version of PGP that you trust. The copies of PGP on ftp.csn.net/mpj, ftp.netcom.com/pub/mp/mpj, and the Colorado Catacombs BBS are direct copies of the ones on MIT, except that the ones on the BBS include a BBS advertisement (automatically added by the system when it virus scans new files) in the outer .zip files. OTHER PGP DOCUMENTATION PGP is rather counter-intuitive to a Mac user. Luckily, there's a guide to using MacPGP in ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/qw/qwerty/Here.is.How.to.MacPGP. For more information on the "time bomb" in PGP, see ftp://ftp.csn.net/mpj/pgpbomb.asc More PGP details are at http://www.pegasus.esprit.ec.org/people/arne/pgp.html Windows shells documentation http://www.LCS.com/winpgp.html LANGUAGE MODULES These are suitable for most PGP versions. I am not aware of any export/import restrictions on these files. German * _UK:_ ftp://ftp.ox.ac.uk/pub/crypto/pgp/language/pgp23_german.txt * _US:_ ftp://ftp.csn.net/mpj/public/pgp/pgp_german.txt * _US:_ ftp://ftp.csn.net/mpj/public/pgp/PGP_german_docs.lha Italian * _IT:_ ftp://ftp.dsi.unimi.it/pub/security/crypt/PGP/pgp-lang.italian.tar.gz * _FI:_ ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/crypt/ghost.dsi.unimi.it/PGP/pgp-lang.italian.tar.gz * _US:_ ftp://ftp.csn.net/mpj/public/pgp/pgp-lang.italian.tar.gz Japanese * _UK:_ ftp://ftp.ox.ac.uk/pub/crypto/pgp/language/pgp23_japanese.tar.gz * _US:_ ftp://ftp.csn.net/mpj/public/pgp/pgp-msgs-japanese.tar.gz Lithuanian * _UK:_ ftp://ftp.ox.ac.uk/pub/crypto/pgp/language/pgp23_lithuanian.zip * _US:_ ftp://ftp.csn.net/mpj/public/pgp/pgp23ltk.zip Russian * _UK:_ ftp://ftp.ox.ac.uk/pub/crypto/pgp/language/pgp26_russian.zip * _RU:_ ftp://ftp.kiae.su/unix/crypto/pgp/pgp26ru.zip (MIT version) * _RU:_ ftp://ftp.kiae.su/unix/crypto/pgp/pgp26uir.zip (ui version) * _US:_ ftp://ftp.csn.net/mpj/public/pgp/pgp26ru.zip Spanish * _IT:_ ftp://ftp.dsi.unimi.it/pub/security/crypt/PGP/pgp-lang.spanish.tar.gz * _FI:_ ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/crypt/ghost.dsi.unimi.it/pgp-lang.spanish.tar.gz * _US:_ ftp://ftp.csn.net/mpj/public/pgp/pgp-lang.spanish.tar.gz Swedish * _UK:_ ftp://ftp.ox.ac.uk/pub/crypto/pgp/language/pgp23_swedish.txt * _US:_ ftp://ftp.csn.net/mpj/public/pgp/pgp_swedish.txt MAILINGLISTE FUER PGP UND VERWANDTES (PGP MAILING LIST IN GERMAN) Die Listenadresse: pgp-friends(a)fiction.pb.owl.de Die *Request*adresse (fuer subscribe/unsubscribe und andere Administra- tiva): pgp-friends-request(a)fiction.pb.owl.de WHAT IS ALL THIS NONSENSE ABOUT EXPORT CONTROLS? For a detailed rant, get ftp://ftp.csn.net/mpj/cryptusa.zip The practical meaning, until the law is corrected to make sense, is that you are requested to get PGP from sites outside of the USA and Canada if you are outside of the USA and Canada. If you are in France, I understand that you aren't even supposed import it. Other countries may be worse. Make sure you follow the laws of your own country. If you want to officially export PGP, you may be able to get permission in limited cases and for a fee. Contact the U. S. Department of State for information. WHAT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RESTRICTIONS EXIST IN THE USA? MIT PGP is only for personal, noncommercial use because of restrictions on the licensing of both the RSA algorithm (attached to RSAREF) and the IDEA algorithm. PKP/RSADSI insist that we use RSAREF instead of the mpi library for reasons that make sense to them. For commercial use, use Viacrypt PGP, which is fully licensed to use both the RSA and IDEA algorithms in commercial and corporate environments (as well as personal use, of course). Another restriction is due to an exclusive marketing agreement between Philip Zimmermann and Viacrypt that applies to the USA and Canada only. Viacrypt has exclusive rights to market PGP commercialy in this area of the world. This means that if you want to market PGP commercially in competition with Viacrypt in the USA or Canada, you would have to create a new implementation of the functions of PGP containing none of Philip Zimmermann's copyrighted code. You are free to modify existing PGP code for your own use, as long as you don't sell it. Phil would also appreciate your checking with him before you distribute any modified versions of PGP as freeware. "PGP", "Pretty Good Privacy" and "Phil's Pretty Good Software" are trademarks owned by Philip Zimmermann. This means that if you modify an older version of PGP that was issued under the copyleft license and distribute it without Phil's permission, you have to call it something else. This avoids confusing all of us and protects Phil's good name. WHAT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RESTRICTIONS EXIST IN CANADA? MIT PGP is only for noncommercial use because of restrictions on the licensing of the IDEA algorithm. Because the RSA algorithm isn't patented in Canada, you are free to use the mpi library instead of RSAREF, if you want to, thus freeing yourself of the RSAREF license associated with the RSAREF copyright, which is valid in Canada. For commercial use, use Viacrypt PGP, which is fully licensed to use the IDEA algorithm in commercial and corporate environments. The exclusive marketing agreement with Viacrypt also applies in Canada. See the section on USA intellectual property restrictions for more details. WHAT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RESTRICTIONS EXIST OUTSIDE NORTH AMERICA? MIT PGP is only for noncommercial in areas where there is a patent on software implementations of the IDEA algorithm. Because the RSA algorithm isn't patented outside of the USA, you are free to use the mpi library instead of RSAREF, if you want to, thus freeing yourself of the RSAREF license restrictions. The RSAREF copyright holds outside of the USA, even though the RSA patent does not. The IDEA conventional block cipher is covered by US Patent 5,214,703 and European patent EP 0 482 154 B1. IDEA is a trademark of Ascom-Tech AG. Commercial users of IDEA (including commercial use of PGP) may obtain licensing details from Ph. Baumann, Ascom Tech Ltd., IDEA Lizenz, Postfach 151, CH-4502 Solothurn, Switzerland, Tel ++41 65 242828, Fax ++41 65 242847. WHAT IS COMMERCIAL USE? Use some common sense. If you are running a business and using PGP to protect credit card numbers sent to you electronically, then you are using PGP commercially. Your customers, however, need not buy the commercial version of PGP just to buy something from you, if that is the only commercial use they make of PGP (since they are spending, not making, money with PGP). If you are just encrypting love letters or other personal mail (for which you don't get paid) on your own personal computer, that is not commercial. If you are encrypting official business mail on your for-profit corporation's computer with PGP, that is commercial use. Note that there are some gray areas not covered above, and the patent owners of RSA and IDEA may differ from my interpretation in the areas not covered above, so if you are in doubt, you should consider the licensing of Viacrypt PGP (or outside of North America, direct licensing of IDEA) to be cheap legal insurance. Indeed, the license fee is probably a lot cheaper than a legal opinion from a lawyer qualified to make such a judgement. Note that I am not a lawyer and the above is not legal advise. Use it at your own risk. WHAT IS THE "TIME BOMB" IN MIT PGP 2.6? There was a version byte change in MIT PGP 2.6 as of 1 September 1994. See ftp://ftp.csn.net/mpj/pgpbomb.asc for details. ARE MY KEYS COMPATIBLE WITH THE OTHER PGP VERSIONS? If your RSA key modulus length is less than or equal to 1024 bits (I don't recommend less, unless you have a really slow computer and little patience), and if your key was generated in the PKCS format, then it will work with any of the current PGP versions (MIT PGP 2.6, PGP 2.6ui, or Viacrypt PGP 2.7). If this is not the case, you really should generate a new key that qualifies. MIT PGP 2.6.2 should be able to use 2048 bit keys. Generation of 2048 bit keys is supposed to automatically be enabled in PGP 2.6.2 in December, 1994. By then, hopefully, most people will have had a chance to upgrade to a version of PGP that can use them, so longer keys won't be a big problem. On the other hand, 1024 bit keys are probably beyond the reach of most criminals and spies to break, anyway. MORE WORLD WIDE WEB URLs http://draco.centerline.com:8080/~franl/pgp/pgp-mac-faq-hinely.html http://draco.centerline.com:8080/~franl/pgp/pgp.html http://draco.centerline.com:8080/~franl/crypto/cryptography.html http://www.pegasus.esprit.ec.org/people/arne/pgp.html http://rschp2.anu.edu.au:8080/crypt.html http://ibd.ar.com/PublicKeys.html http://www.ifi.uio.no/~staalesc/PGPversions.html WINDOWS SHELLS Several shells for running PGP with Microsoft Windows are available at the same places PGP can be found. MACPGP KIT The MacPGP kit is a user interface for the Mac version of PGP. See ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/qw/qwerty ftp://duke.bwh.harvard.edu:/pub/adam/mcip/MacPGP_icons.sit.hqx ftp://duke.bwh.harvard.edu:/pub/adam/mcip/MacPGPkit.hqx ftp://duke.bwh.harvard.edu:/pub/adam/mcip/MacPGPkitSources.sit.hqx BUGS See the documentation that comes with PGP in the latest versions for bugs in the older versions. The latest versions of PGP may not fully wipe all traces of plain text from a file when given the -w option. For more information, see http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/warlord/pgp-faq.html BETSI - BELLCORE'S TRUSTED SOFTWARE INTEGRITY SYSTEM For information on this service, send mail to certify(a)bellcore.com with the subject help, or check http://info.bellcore.com/BETSI/betsi.html INTEGRATING PGP AND PINE Send blank e-mail to slutsky(a)lipschitz.sfasu.edu with Subject: mkpgp to get a c-shell script to interface PGP and Pine. Send a second message with Subject: addtomkpgplist if you want updates sent you automatically. HOW DO I PUBLISH MY PGP PUBLIC KEY? There are lots of ways. One way is to use a key server. Send mail to one of these addresses with the single word "help" in the subject line to find out how to use a key server. pgp-public-keys(a)pgp.iastate.edu public-key-server(a)pgp.ai.mit.edu pgp-public-keys(a)cs.tamu.edu pgp-public-keys(a)chao.sw.oz.au pgp-public-keys(a)jpunix.com pgp-public-keys(a)dsi.unimi.it pgp-public-keys(a)kiae.su pgp-public-keys(a)fbihh.informatik.uni-hamburg.de There is also an experimental public key server at http://ibd.ar.com/PublicKeys.html Another way is to upload it to the PGP public keys area of the Colorado Catacombs BBS (303-772-1062). Another way is to just send it to your correspondents. You could add it to your .plan file so that finger returns your key. You could add it to some of your postings. No matter which way you do it, you should have your key signed by someone who verifies that your key belongs to you, so that you don't have someone else generating a key that has your name on it, but that isn't yours. Here is my public key: - -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.7 mQCNAi4PT2QAAAEEAPPCZnrshEJ9PSnV+mXEwjM4kzJF0kyg2MnLMzo83vWI40ei jogncqdkXT0c2TQWg+Bsu9ckFoXdId0utumYv0aqd8yI/oU/DwJ1zJrqRL2PFbxe ZLofHoKFjvq1TiNiJq9ps3jW6iYS4IU1SzyKhjmyE+K0+WyrPPX0zg8FAL9FAAUR tCdNaWNoYWVsIFBhdWwgSm9obnNvbiA8bXBqQGNzbi5vcmc+IG1wajiJAJUCBRAu G3chZXmEuMepZt0BAZtAA/0Rw5mintlUDgHycNbeoyIiMHoLu8jWaCSaiGSt+dDU 1A/bUCo+gorv5TYxOClRf3XHjD6zSooWyUz3ehotrzPYLunhVOE2YBxPU+OvKFOc 37mcZrnXGBlF5NblnSYxp0186tGaTm7WMWx7NDlHT4GvhzHJQSOoo48ykDkKm/mk LIkAlQIFEC4PWbs/ZwY8hTPrxQEBKyMD/A7kv91C1ZZIRtkbC9k9lsWOgOnO8wG8 bGMajaco465Z5llWD+Y8QCMdSWcowtOBGfW0Wv1bZ1uebeCpg1L66pJ7C+BOExrk gPqRVCstLLiVerKGeSOZo3yXtxYKYX7mHQPrHp98ef7fUG4IiKS+S+znmGxpJwrV sHZRlhJ3hXUsiQCVAgUQLg9ZefX0zg8FAL9FAQFBTAQAh4u4Vun7WhPuL6fsXiXm paaGfeLtd3biRj/aOMAG1eHuhVdWejx71ormyKTdNB2YV56bpsE3JQ/KhBuYDo0N SkRnqeM2S+Ef7aZEg6Q44uXG52pqCZUldtCeYfOs3aLCR9SMlc6Y3zmpSwB1wKP0 5+tN9zruNYVKKBLWEIFAY7W0K01pY2hhZWwgUGF1bCBKb2huc29uIDxtLnAuam9o bnNvbkBpZWVlLm9yZz60IE1pY2hhZWwgSm9obnNvbiA8bXBqQG5ldGNvbS5jb20+ tChNaWtlIEpvaG5zb24gPDcxMzMxLjIzMzJAY29tcHVzZXJ2ZS5jb20+tCtNaWNo YWVsIFAuIEpvaG5zb24gPG1wam9obnNvQG55eC5jcy5kdS5lZHU+tC1EbyBub3Qg dXNlIGZvciBlbmNyeXB0aW9uIGFmdGVyIDI3IEp1bmUgMTk5Ni4= =rR4q - -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Permission is granted to distribute unmodified copies of this FAQ. To get the latest version of this FAQ, get ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/mp/mpj/getpgp.asc or send mail to ftp-request(a)netcom.com with the line SEND mp/mpj/getpgp.asc in the body of the message, or send blank mail to mpjohnso(a)nyx.cs.du.edu. There are many other frequently asked questions. Most of them are covered in the documentation that comes with PGP, and the few that aren't are addressed in documents referenced above. ___________________________________________________________ |\ /| | | | | \/ |o| | Michael Paul Johnson Colorado Catacombs BBS 303-772-1062 | | | | / _ | mpj(a)csn.org aka mpj(a)netcom.com m.p.johnson(a)ieee.org | | |||/ /_\ | ftp://ftp.csn.net/mpj/README.MPJ CIS: 71331,2332 | | |||\ ( | ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/mp/mpj/README -. --- ----- .... | | ||| \ \_/ |___________________________________________________________| -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.7 iQCVAgUBLu3WLvX0zg8FAL9FAQEoEQP+JPh4RjUf5TEvEgdTTOlfMQKo8oFThOPU zWbmWjc4Cs4HTtHK1hs0dLagTCr/TPYA08ue87aiyp5gtMadXJNE0cu9313LzRby 5V6PpmWlAdz2kFCVGTP2BFwS9lajmCGOo4YcIUj/HS6ClKXznIYgg2OPCzJxrLqG UfeQ6m1d22Y= =AG35 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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HyperAccess for Windows 2.0 advertises RSA encryption
by xpat＠vm1.spcs.umn.edu 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Recently received an offer from Hilgraeve, producer of HyperAccess for Windows 2.0. (800) 826-2760 I quote the brochure "Enjoy easier, safer, more secure file transfers with amazing Hyperprotocol enhancements: Autostart, Smart Crash Recovery, and RSA Encryption" "Exchange files containing sensitive data through public data channels (local phone lines, long distance carriers, cellular, or wireless) with complete confidence, using state-of-the-art RSA encryption." Any comments on what they are up to? This is the same company who sent my friend the previous version of the package and told her fer sure fer sure it had full 3270 emulation, but turned out to be a VT100 session with some keyboard remapping to simulate PFkeys. She had to call them twice for her 60 day guaranteed refund. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- P M Dierking xpat(a)vm1.spcs.umn.edu | finger for endless frustration W.A.S.T.E

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Re: calling all cpunks on netcom
by Rick H. Wesson 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> From owner-cypherpunks(a)toad.com Tue Dec 13 13:04 PST 1994 > Date: Tue, 13 Dec 1994 11:46:14 -0800 > From: srikar(a)netcom.com (Shrieks) > Message-Id: <199412131946.LAA26053(a)netcom20.netcom.com> > To: cypherpunks(a)toad.com > Subject: calling all cpunks on netcom > Sender: owner-cypherpunks(a)toad.com > > > Hi all, > > Just floating a trial balloon. Are you tired of the high traffic on > the cypherpunks list and having to wade through a ton of mail every > day? Any of you folks approaching your 5M limit from archiving too > many messages? Well, I am and I don't really want to start paying > for the extra memory. ever tried to get netcom to do anything for you? > I was wondering if it might be worth petitioning the netcom sysadmins > to start up a local newsgroup (eg. netcom.cpunks) that serves as an > archive for the mailing list. That way one gets to use the abilities > of <insert favourite threaded news browser here> to keep threads together > and so forth. I'm sure there are enough netcom subscribers to warrant this. I'm working on a system that indexes,marks up, and serves up html versions of E-Mail lists. It's still very alpha stuff. cypherpunks is in the tryal part of system I call the Biblotech. All URL's that come through the system are also indexed... It's not tiny stuff Sybase, Verity search engine etc are all involved. Would anyone be against me doing such a thing? alowing anyone to view the c-punks list via html etc... -Rick

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Elliptic crypto is patented
by rishab＠dxm.ernet.in 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Eric asks whether elliptic encryption might not be a solution to the world's patenting woes. Last April, schirado(a)lab.cc.wmich.edu (Schirado) asked whether anyone was interested in trying an implementation. I was relatively free of work at that time, and volunteered. Then I got busy; IAC it appeared far too slow for software. Read: _An Implementation of Elliptic Curve Cryptosystems Over F-2-155_ , IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, Vol. 11, #5, June 1993 (page 804). Incidentally Next Computer's Fast Elliptic Encryption, FEE, used elliptic curves, and is patented (by R E Crandell, USP# 5,159,632,27 October 1992); also, elliptic crypto is probably covered by the DH/PKP patents. "We know everything about you that we need to know" - Coleta Brueck, IRS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rishab Aiyer Ghosh "In between the breaths is rishab(a)dxm.ernet.in the space where we live" rishab(a)arbornet.org - Lawrence Durrell Voice/Fax/Data +91 11 6853410 Voicemail +91 11 3760335 H 34C Saket, New Delhi 110017, INDIA

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Academic crypto export over e-mail?
by rishab＠dxm.ernet.in 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

mpj(a)csn.org: > be other restrictions that I am not aware of to your using it. The C++ code > fragment above is just intended to illustrate the algorithm being discussed, > and is not a complete application. I understand this document to be > Constitutionally protected publication, and not a munition, but don't blame > me if it explodes or has toxic side effects. Eeek! My skin just peeled off! Seriously, I thought the whole ITAR hassle was that 'code fragments' intended to 'illustrate algorithms' are only exportable on paper? After all Mike Ingle can't sent me his Perl RSA libraries to 'illustrate cryptographic prototyping techinques' even though the libraries don't run on their own. "We know everything about you that we need to know" - Coleta Brueck, IRS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rishab Aiyer Ghosh "In between the breaths is rishab(a)dxm.ernet.in the space where we live" rishab(a)arbornet.org - Lawrence Durrell Voice/Fax/Data +91 11 6853410 Voicemail +91 11 3760335 H 34C Saket, New Delhi 110017, INDIA

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bashing mcom
by jrochkin＠cs.oberlin.edu 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Can we maybe discuss other things then how Mcom fucked up? They've said specifically that they plan to support IPSP as soon as it is viable to do so. They've said they plan to support whatever MIME encryption thingamajigs exist, as soon as they are standardized. [And don't get mad at them for waiting for it to become standardized when their own protocol isn't. I have talked with someone developing commercial software who spent some serious time writing stuff to handle MIME encryption, only to have the specs change on him significantly.] Now, maybe they are lying about this. But you aren't going to get anything else out of them on this list. They've come as close as they are going to to admitting they made a mistake with SSL. I believe a good paraphrase of what wa said (I didnt' keep a copy of the message) was that "however it looks now, SSL made sense at the time, and it's a done thing now." Maybe they are only saying this much to appease the list, but again, that's all you are going to get out of them. It seems like it would be an impossibility economically and public-relations-ly for them to just abandom SSL, and they probably dont' want to either. But they've said that they plan on supporting IPSP, MIME encryption stuff, and anything else out there that will do the job. I'm not sure what else you want to drag out of them. Can we maybe stop this flame fest and let the list return to it's normal traffic levels?

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Re: Authentication vs encryption: CPs on the web
by Amanda Walker 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> I notice that the people who come to this topic from an > institutional point of view tend to be more interested in > the authentication aspects. > This seems to fit better into the control-oriented mindset. > With authentication you can track what people are doing > better; non-repudiable signatures could actually work in some ways > against the signer. I think that may be one reason Phil Zimmermann > is famous for not signing his messages. :-) But encryption can > actually work against institutional interests (compared to individual > ones) by making it harder to keep track of people's activities. Very much agreed. This is why, in my description of the rough criteria I sent out, I included mention of self-signed certificates (which only show that you do in fact have the private key corresponding to a given public key), bare keys, and so on. There clearly needs to be facilities for encrypted anonymous use. To expand on my example of wanting sales literature to be signed so I know it's genuine, I correspondingly *don't* want to include a certificate with identifying information in my own query--I get enough junk mail already, and I don't want vendors to be able to capture market research at the browsing level (I haven't looked at WIRED's server for precisely this reason). Amanda Walker InterCon Systems Corporation

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RE: Winsock & PGP Integration
by Johnathan Corgan 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Except one. What all of these agents have in common is that they > interface with the Windows Sockets API to establish TCP streams > that are used in the POP and SMTP protocols. Since these are well > known and standardized protocols, this gives us our toehold. > >How might an interposed winsock DLL recognize what high level protocol >it was going to spoof? Getting the port number will be a very good >approximation, but I'm not convinced of its reliability. Well, it could be done "by definition." Let's say I tell my Eudora that the SMTP and POP address to use is 192.0.0.1. I can now configure my spoofing agent that when there is an attempt to establish a TCP stream on port 110 of 192.0.0.1, I can be assured that it is the mailer trying to retrieve mail. Likewise for mail delivery (and news, spoofing NNTP, though this is probably an order of magnitude more complicated than just mail.) >As to the general issue of MSWindows v. Unix, the Unix predominance >for remailer software involves the fact that Unix is on the bulk of >the machines connected to the Internet. It's more reliable for >offering network services than MSWindows and it's got a cleaner >architecture for reconfiguration. None of these explanations, >however, means that there won't be more MSWindows that Unix boxes for >a long time. Of course. Unix was around long before DOS/Windows gained market dominance of the personal computing market. And for automated encryption on that platform, premail seems to do a great job (though there are some features I'd like to see added, Raph). The unfortunate thing I think is that Unix/X-Windows has never gained a foothold in the "consumer" market. - From a marketing perspective, if we are trying to "sell" strong crypto use to the "masses", then it is only prudent to assess where these types of products would be deployed. And the two platforms that will entirely make up the personal computing market will be DOS/Windows95 and to a lesser extent, OS/2 Warp. This was a subject brought up at the last Cypherpunks meeting (by Tim, I think.) For fifteen years we have had some pretty sophisticated theoretical models of strong cryptographic techniques. Some of these, such as PK encryption, have reached the "masses" in the form of PGP. Others, such as digital cash, have been mired in implementation issues. It is frustrating to read about and listen to lectures on advanced cryptographic subjects (such as all the great presentations at the last meeting), knowing that it may be years before this "theory" makes it into "practice." I will be happy when cryptography is as ubiquitous on a PC as screen savers. ======================================================================= Johnathan Corgan "Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent" jcorgan(a)netcom.com -Isaac Asimov PGP Public Key: http://www-swiss.ai.mit.edu/~bal/pks-toplev.html Or send email to: pgp-public-keys(a)pgp.ai.mit.edu Subj: GET jcorgan ======================================================================= -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBLu3ksU1Diok8GKihAQFyXwQApqXdcRfM7cV2EeRbrB6xMDXwJwWSFl5i 3gwTwDkZ8omK/9N+R9gLx4V6CcpPo7kku+GfUy7dkj4wDYtLTZ7m2sZ+mvg0FJNS 3LUSOKC911LpGj9m7uUcFKF+OsthO7WDz5Xtk5AMUTK26Uo0W4lOxBgOTrdiCdDx q3rYla9+ueU= =TL0Z -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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