December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

cryptix java AES effort
by Adam Back 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

(AES is the Advanced Encryption Standard, a NIST standardisation process ongoing at present to select a replacement encryption algorithm for DES. Algorithm submissions were requested by NIST from any interested parties.) AES requires submitters to include reference java implementations. Systemics provides a BSD licensed (free for commercial and non-commercial use) java crypto library called cryptix. Cryptix has an IJCE interface which means that it integrates with other java crypto apps as a standard java cryptographic service class. http://www.systemics.com Systemics are interested to add AES candidate algorithms to cryptix, and are offering to provide the java implementation to any AES algorithm submitters, see: http://www.cs.ucl.ac.uk/staff/I.Brown/cryptix/aes/AES_crypt.html Systemics also are interested in encouraging programmers to join in this effort: http://www.cs.ucl.ac.uk/staff/I.Brown/cryptix/aes/AES_prog.html Adam -- Now officially an EAR violation... Have *you* exported RSA today? --> http://www.dcs.ex.ac.uk/~aba/rsa/ print pack"C*",split/\D+/,`echo "16iII*o\U@{$/=$z;[(pop,pop,unpack"H*",<> )]}\EsMsKsN0[lN*1lK[d2%Sa2/d0<X+d*lMLa^*lN%0]dsXx++lMlN/dsM0<J]dsJxp"|dc`

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URL for S/MIME CAK discussions
by Adam Back 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I wrote: > (You can follow the thread on the hypertext archive at www.imc.org > (look for IETF S/MIME mailing list, or by subscribing to > ietf-smime(a)imc.org) The discussions on S/MIME CAK/GAK implementations start with: http://www.imc.org/ietf-smime/mail-archive/1038.html Adam

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Disney.com Registration Notification
by guest_mail＠online.disney.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Dear Parent -- We at Disney.com wanted to let you know that a guest has registered at our Web site as your child. We welcome guests of all ages, and it is our policy to let parents and guardians know when children under 16 send us personal information. This message is only a confirmation -- it does not require a reply if you grant your child permission to be registered at Disney.com. If you'd like to cancel that Registration, please see the instructions below. Here's what we received when your child registered: Your child's first name: cypherpunks Your child's last name: cypherpunks Child's e-mail address: cypherpunks(a)algebra.com Parent's e-mail address: cypherpunks(a)algebra.com Your child's year of birth: 1990 Child's Disney.com Registration Name: cypherpunks You might want to ask what your child's Password is and make a note of it. If you or your child lose or forget the Disney.com Registration Name and/or Password, you can retrieve them using the special, easy-to-remember "code word" your child also selected upon registering. If your child wins prizes at Disney.com, you will receive them on his or her behalf. If you'd like to cancel your child's Disney.com Registration, please follow these simple steps: 1. Click the "Reply" button on your e-mail application. 2. Make sure your reply contains the text of this message (including your child's name, e-mail address, and Registration Name). 3. Type "Unsubscribe my child" in the "Subject" area at the top of your message, and send the message back to us. That's it! We welcome you and your child to Disney.com, the best place to find out what's new from Disney! -- Your friends at Disney.com (c) Disney

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Re: Why no "Banner Ad Eaters"?
by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Tim May wrote: >Yeah, I'm surprised that "banner ad eaters" have not been widely deployed. >(If they're available, I haven't about them.) Something to remove the >annoying banners, or stop them from wasting valuable time loading in the >first place. Tim, I'm surprised. WebFree for the Macintosh does this very thing. It matches on URL substrings and simply removes these things wholesale from your browser window. No broken image boxes, nothing. It also kills cookies and stops animated GIFs from leaking through, if you want to nuke either of those things. The URL is: http://www.falken.net/webfree/ Junkbusters (http://www.junkbusters.com/) offers a personal proxy server kind of thing that lets you mash just about everything: HTTP headers, user agent info, referer URL, cookies, etc. It runs on either NT or Unix variants. One could also use it to get around a firewall configured to reject non-standard browsers, but That Would Be Wrong, as Nixon once said. It lets you specify which sites or substrings to look for, and which ones you trust. It also does proxy chaining. Ratbert ratbert at nym dot alias dot net

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Jay Leno on Clinton 1/23/98
by David Miller 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Tonight in Leno's monologue they did a piece on the eriee similarities between Nixon and Clinton: NIXON: Was known for the campaign slogan "Nixon's the One!" CLINTON: Known by the phrase "That's the Guy!" NIXON: Was known for his "widows peak" CLINTON: Known to make widows peak NIXON: Took on Ho Chi Minh CLINTON: Took on Ho NIXON: Was familiar with G. Gordon Liddy CLINTON: Familiar with the G-spot NIXON: Wanted "Peace with Honor" CLINTON: Wanted "Piece while on her" --David Miller middle rival devil rim lad

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by Gortega＠ix.netcom.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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2 sides to the poll on DOJ v. M$
by Attila T. Hun 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- let's look at the tail of the Reuters newsclip on M$ settling the immediate contempt action --a settlement most of the outside experts say gives the government an advantage in the final determination. what I dont like is that M$ scored a huge PR victory by caving in to the government --it had no choice, but many of the fence sitters are now going to state that M$ is "reforming" --which is pure bullshit; they are playing the Lenin-Stalin game of dealmaking so they can regroup and work around it, then blatantly violate it after they have sufficient strength. I like the comment Maureen quoted the 21st from one attorney who liked M$ to smallpox --"...stamp it out, ...or it will come back." But a poll issued Friday cast doubt on how far the public backs the government's scrutiny of Microsoft. A Time/CNN survey of 1,020 adults Jan. 14-15 found 46 percent thought Microsoft's dominant role in the software industry was good for consumers against 30 percent who thought it was bad. I am surprised they determined only 46% thought it was good as it has made for cheap, almost good enough, and ubiquitous software --if you dont mind settling for mediocrity with most innovations products M$ has either preempted or stolen. what is really surprising is that there really were 30% who acknowledged the danger of M$ as a monopoly! people vote for government with their wallets --voting for "cheaper" commerce-- even more so. Americans are not known for their discriminating choice of products based on quality and function --they almost always settle for "almost good enough" and cheap. secondly, they are truly "sheeple" and must have what everybody else has which is a market driven by positive feedback --in analog amplifiers, that often causes smokeouts-- and controlled are commonly referred to as oscillators. The same poll found 51 percent thought the government should refrain from steps to reduce Microsoft's advantage over other software companies vs. 32 percent who thought the government should intervene. this one is also very telling. the 51% is peanuts against the fact that 30% actually believe the government should intervene! --that is even more impressive considering that most Americans want government to do less and trust federal agencies even less. for something as complicated as antitrust actions, I find the 32% proactive intervention percentage rather warm and fuzzy in that there is a real understanding that M$ is a malignant cancer, and needs to be treated as such. M$ made a serious mistake treating the judge, the DOJ, and the American people with the contempt they have always treated their competitors. gone are the home grown 'aw shucks' appreciation of the American success story --Gate$ and crew have been shown to be the selfish 4 year old brats we in the industry have all learned to "love".... the only danger of this recent poll is that M$ spin doctors will show it as a victory --it's not. 30+% that want to curtail your power is not a victory --the percentage changed from a few hundred or a thousand of in the industry who feel Gate$ has long since passed the acceptable level of control to greater than 30% of the population-- _that_ is significant. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3i Charset: latin1 Comment: No safety this side of the grave. Never was; never will be iQBVAwUBNMmLfbR8UA6T6u61AQH4HQH/TIjc9GJhrJdcPvXtQ1A9CNVRk9zQdCRH YHR5X0OGgEWN+U5cLnMRvEGbhoLiKDRHTklsE7vKmsGSBZc7MwAd0A== =uPBW -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: Tossing your cookies [Re: Why no "Banner Ad Eaters"?]
by Brian B. Riley 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

On 1/25/98 12:16 PM, Jim Gillogly (jim(a)acm.org) passed this wisdom: >Heinz-Juergen Keller skribis: >> Just a silly? question on cookies: >> What will happen if I just link cookies.txt to /dev/null ? >> Is there anything speaking against this solution? > >Works fine on Unix and Linux systems if you're not a cookie fan: >the remote sites think you've eaten their cookies, but you've >merely frisbeed them into the bit bin. > >It's better than telling Netscape you want to be asked: some >sites set a dozen cookies per hit, seems like, and saying "no" >to each gets immediately tedious. If you tell Netscape to reject >them, some sites won't serve you the content. Setting the browser >to accept everything and linking cookies.txt to /dev/null works >well for me. On a Mac you can erase the cookies file and then create a folder by the same name in its place ... Brian B. Riley --> http://members.macconnect.com/~brianbr For PGP Keys <mailto:brianbr@together.net?subject=Get%20PGP%20Key> "One of the deep mysteries to me is our logo, the symbol of lust and knowledge, bitten into, all crossed with in the colors of the rainbow in the wrong order. You couldn't dream of a more appropriate logo: lust, knowledge, hope, and anarchy." -- Gassee - Apple Logo

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by majordomo＠bulkemailserver.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Re: Executing Kaczynski
by Greg Broiles 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>The more important silence is about the instant sentencing of the >Unabomber compared to Jim Bell's sentencing. What _is_ happening with >Jim? Kaczynski was not sentenced immediately - but the crimes he plead guilty to and the legal posture of the prosecution (e.g., the withdrawn notice of intent to seek the death penalty) make his sentence a foregone conclusion. He is still, however, subject to the same pre-sentencing rigamarole that Jim was; see, for example, this excerpt from the transcripts of the court proceeding on 1/22 - (at <http://cnn.com/SPECIALS/1997/unabomb/transcripts/9801/012298.txt>). 9THE COURT: Okay. There will be a special assessment of 10 $650 imposed for your guilty plea pursuant to federal law. 11Mr. Kaczynski, do you understand those possible 12 consequences of your plea? 13THE DEFENDANT: Yes, Your Honor. 14THE COURT: Under the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984, the 15 United States Sentencing Commission has issued guidelines for 16 judges to follow in determining the sentence in a criminal 17 case. Have you and your attorneys talked about how the 18 Sentencing Commission guidelines might apply to your case? 19(Discussion off the record between the defendant, 20 Ms. Clarke and Mr. Denvir.) 21THE DEFENDANT: Yes, Your Honor. 22THE COURT: Do you understand that the Court will not be 23 able to determine the guideline sentence for your case until 24 after the pre-sentence report has been completed and your 25 attorney and the Government have had an opportunity to object SUSAN VAUGHAN, CSR No. 9673 -- (916) 446-1347 3810 1 to any of the findings in that report? 2THE DEFENDANT: Yes, Your Honor. 3THE COURT: Do you understand that after it has been 4 determined what guideline applies to a case, the judge has the 5 authority in some circumstances to impose a sentence that is 6 more severe or less severe than the sentence called for by the 7 guidelines? 8THE DEFENDANT: Yes, Your Honor. 9THE COURT: How about the question of appeal? Has that 10 been waived? 11MR. LAPHAM: Yes, Your Honor. It's contained at page 7, 12 beginning at line 16. 13THE COURT: Okay. Do you understand that by entering 14 into the plea agreement you have entered with the Government, 15 you will have waived or given up your right to appeal all or 16 any part of your plea of guilty and anything else that occurs 17 during this conviction hearing and anything that occurs during 18 your sentencing hearing? 19THE DEFENDANT: Yes, Your Honor. 20THE COURT: Do you understand that parole has been 21 abolished and that if you plead guilty, you will spend the 22 rest of your life in prison and you will never be released or 23 paroled? 24THE DEFENDANT: I understand that, Your Honor. 25THE COURT: Do you understand that if the sentence is SUSAN VAUGHAN, CSR No. 9673 -- (916) 446-1347 3811 1 more severe than you expected, you will still be bound by your 2 plea and will have no right to withdraw it? 3THE DEFENDANT: I understand it, Your Honor. 4THE COURT: Do you understand that if I do not accept 5 the sentencing recommendation in your plea agreement, you will 6 still be bound by your plea and will have no right to withdraw 7 it? 8THE DEFENDANT: I understand that, Your Honor. [...] -- Greg Broiles | US crypto export control policy in a nutshell: gbroiles(a)netbox.com | Export jobs, not crypto. http://www.io.com/~gbroiles | http://www.parrhesia.com

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