December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

hmmm, port 25
by nutty_elf＠northpole.org 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

That's strange, that last port 25 forgery didn't behave as expected. Just checking it. --nutty elf

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TJOAUC 1-7
by bart＠netcom.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Recently received by email: ======================================================================= THE JOURNAL OF AMERICAN UNDERGROUND COMPUTING / Published Quarterly ====================================================================== ISSN 1074-3111 Volume One, Issue Seven January 17, 1994 ====================================================================== available for download as jauc1-7.zip of 180Kbytes from ** ftp site: etext.archive.umich.edu /pub/Zines/JAUC ** ftp site: ftp.fc.net /pub/tjoauc of cp interest I thought: Call Security / Voice Crypto FAQ Neil Johnson Telecommunications Security Howard Fuhs and seen here first: My Life As An International Arms Courier Matt Blaze lots more deleted for brevity, listed in the titles.txt file in the .zip

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CPs write code: PRNG conditioning
by Carl Ellison 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

See ftp://ftp.clark.net/pub/cme/ for code to condition random numbers and pseudo-random numbers. There's more to come. - Carl

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Re: Why emoney? Why not a web of debt?
by davidm＠iconz.co.nz 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>To: Censored Girls Anonymous <carolb(a)barton.spring.com> >From: davidm(a)iconz.co.nz (David Murray) >Subject: Re: Why emoney? Why not a web of debt? >Cc: >Bcc: >X-Attachments: > >>Many companies are already founded on "a web of debt". >>"Sallie Mae (Student Loans), Ginnie Mae (General Loans), and Freddie Mac >>(Real Estate Loans)," all come to mind at the moment. They're nicely >>formatted, processed and make even more money for investors as the >>interest rates change. > >Of course the ultimate IOUs these webs of debt are (implicitly, if not >explicitly) based on are those of the American taxpayer -- which means >Uncle Sam is playing collection agency, which the usual supporting cast >of guns and goons. > >>So maybe the remailer IOU's, could be traded for the data haven IOU's, >>and so forth. I think someone does have a credit card IOU situation. >>The systems, and precedence for debt trading are there (and interest >>rates are going up again soon, indicated the Fed last week!). > >Of course, someone's going to have to package up those IOUs (and make >people pay interest if anyone is going to make money out of it... (Even >students pay interest.) Which is why I'm pushing (endlessly, tediously) >the idea of a special purpose corporation whose job it is to issue IOUs >(in return for an equivalent amount of cash). The people who buy the IOUs >get anonymous ecash that anyone (remailers, data vaults, data havens) will >accept (because it is credible that it will be repaid), and the corporation >that issues the IOUs gets to use the money it got paid to earn interest >until the IOUs are cashed in. > >>I just wonder who wants to play "collection agency"? > >Which is the big problem for community action generally -- as the community >gets bigger (and more anonymous?) the effectiveness of communal >disapprobation diminishes (:-)). A special purpose corporation, on the other >hand, not only has a reputation to protect, and can be sued, but has an >interest in making its financial/credit rating details as public as possible >(reassure the customers, and make more intersest income -- although the real >income is likely to come from fees...) > >Cheers, > >D. >

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Re: Locksmith's Guild wants limit on free speech
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Commenting on Tim's comment about the decline of the guilds of "licensed professionals" (I'm a licensed architect long-time arguing against the breed's conceits and camouflages and irresponsibilities): Here in NYC there is a new trial policy to allow architects and engineers to "self-certify" their construction documents as in compliance with the building code rather than being approved by a municipal examiner. Over decades a sub-species has grown called "code consultants" or "expediters", which advises and processes documents for A-E's who have become ignorant of the arcana of the building code. This group of several hundred, has pretty muchly dominated, by default or by design, the non-governmental side of construction through their specialized knowledge of the code, procedures, interpretations, regulations and who to see for favorable treatment in the Building Department. A-E's used these folks with happiness, usually, for it relieved the self-certified high-minded animals to concentrate on the important stuff of design and schmoozing and puffing feathers. On the municipal side, agency employees found that it was easier to deal with these consultants than contrary professionals. And, the culture welcomed ex-public officials into their well-paid ranks to lubricate the wheels. An odd result so far is that while owners and professionals like the idea of speeding up the process they are reluctant to take on the concomitant responsibility for deficiencies in meeting code standards in final construction. The city will inspect 20% to keep tabs. Both fear that they do not know the code well enough to take the risk of being found at fault by random municipal inspections of construction. A-E's dread the liability and blame by owners for well-known construction corner-cutting, and owners suspect their professionals competency and ethics -- afraid that the pros will certify in ignorance or cupidity and that the owners will face costly corrections without having the traditional scapegoat of over-weening government to justify cheating in the field. The code consultants I've talked to say they wait for the animals frightened of their own shadows to return to the safe stables. Perhaps "code consultants" precurse the trajectory of cryptographers?

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Anti-porn conference in Manila
by rishab＠dxm.ernet.in 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

The Religious Alliance Against Pornography has been holding a biggish conference in Manila; the focus is on child pornography, and a major topic of discussion is the evil of electronic networks. The Interpol is among those participating; the head of their kiddie-porn division claims Britain is the source of most European stuff, and bemoans the fact that too little is spent on monitoring traffic, as the war against drugs is considered more important. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Re: bruce s(t)erlings talk
by rah＠shipwright.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>>can you get me a copy of bruce serlings talk given to law enforcement ^^^^^^^^ Uh, yes, well... I wonder if he's related to Rod... S>T<erling, yes? Post 'em first, and lot God sort them out... Bob ----------------- Robert Hettinga (rah(a)shipwright.com) "There is no difference between someone Shipwright Development Corporation who eats too little and sees Heaven and 44 Farquhar Street someone who drinks too much and sees Boston, MA 02331 USA snakes." -- Bertrand Russell (617) 323-7923

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Smoke & Mirrors
by VACCINIA＠UNCVX1.OIT.UNC.EDU 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- A friend of mine has a business setting up networks for business's in the Baltimore area. He contracts out the security end of the setup to a firm called "Smoke and Mirrors". They create firewalls and handle encryption capabilities. I think the company is in the baltimore area, and was wondering if anyone on the list has heard of this company? With a name like smoke and mirrors I guess they better be good. Anybody know? Vaccinia(a)uncvx1.oit.unc.edu -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6 iQCVAgUBLyLIZD2paOMjHHAhAQHIuwQAhMdaCsA5j7W/Z/m2VHLeaendI7/JHNGv qm1hePuz3OolJmYgaWyAODlefcLkaKNapeEh5/xRoleEI8dUWuC+njJKvw6MKkr/ b6b/UbcKpLf/qqpFVuz+BbCnBUIY8iALhCLe832o5yxzAV2GT64Sj5gfjhUa3XVy 5dR4yI51SNc= =ZvUV -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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E-Mail Security - New Book
by schneier＠chinet.chinet.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

E-MAIL SECURITY WITH PGP AND PEM: HOW TO KEEP YOUR ELECTRONIC MESSAGES PRIVATE ...a new book by Bruce Schneier John Wiley & Sons, 1995 ISBN 0-471-05318-X $24.95 The world of e-mail is the world of postcards. Between you and your correspondents may lurk a foreign government, a business competitor, an overzealous law enforcement agency, or even just a nosy neighbor. The problem is, all of these potential eavesdroppers, given fairly simple access tools, can read your messages as easy as a postal worker can read your postcards. E-MAIL SECURITY is about protecting electronic mail fm spies, interlopers, and spoofs--people who may want to destroy, alter, or just look at your private communications. The book shows how you can protect the financial information, contract negotiations, or personal correspondence you entrust to public or private networks--and it shows how this protection is available right now, with free or inexpensive software. The book discusses PGP and PEM: how they work, how they are different, and how to choose which one is right for you. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Part I: Privacy and Electronic Mail Chapter 1: The Problem Chapter 2: Encryption Chapter 3: Key Management Chapter 4: Authentication Chapter 5: Certificates Chapter 6: Keeping Your Private Key Private Chapter 7: Odds and Ends Chapter 8: Patents, Governments, and Export Laws Part II: Achieving Electronic-Mail Privacy Chapter 9: Requirements and Features Chapter 10: Privacy Enhanced Mail (PEM) Chapter 11: Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) Chapter 12: Comparing PGP and PEM Chapter 13: Attacks Against PGP and PEM Appendix A: Pretty Good Privacy Appendix B: Privacy Enhanced Mail ***************************************************************** If you are interested in a copy of E-MAIL SECURITY, please send a check for $25 + $5 postage (ask for rates abroad) to: Bruce Schneier 730 Fair Oaks Ave Oak Park, IL 60302 The book won't be available until at least the end of the month, so please be patient.

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Another Book By Schneier...
by werewolf＠io.org 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Saw this on one of the cryptography conferences..... From: schneier(a)chinet.chinet.com (Bruce Schneier) Subject: E-Mail Security - New book by Bruce Schneier Message-ID: <D2qsIJ.Dzz(a)chinet.chinet.com> Organization: Chinet - Public Access UNIX Date: Sat, 21 Jan 1995 06:25:31 GMT E-MAIL SECURITY WITH PGP AND PEM: HOW TO KEEP YOUR ELECTRONIC MESSAGES PRIVATE ...a new book by Bruce Schneier John Wiley & Sons, 1995 ISBN 0-471-05318-X $24.95 The world of e-mail is the world of postcards. Between you and your correspondents may lurk a foreign government, a business competitor, an overzealous law enforcement agency, or even just a nosy neighbor. The problem is, all of these potential eavesdroppers, given fairly simple access tools, can read your messages as easy as a postal worker can read your postcards. E-MAIL SECURITY is about protecting electronic mail fm spies, interlopers, and spoofs--people who may want to destroy, alter, or just look at your private communications. The book shows how you can protect the financial information, contract negotiations, or personal correspondence you entrust to public or private networks--and it shows how this protection is available right now, with free or inexpensive software. The book discusses PGP and PEM: how they work, how they are different, and how to choose which one is right for you. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Part I: Privacy and Electronic Mail Chapter 1: The Problem Chapter 2: Encryption Chapter 3: Key Management Chapter 4: Authentication Chapter 5: Certificates Chapter 6: Keeping Your Private Key Private Chapter 7: Odds and Ends Chapter 8: Patents, Governments, and Export Laws Part II: Achieving Electronic-Mail Privacy Chapter 9: Requirements and Features Chapter 10: Privacy Enhanced Mail (PEM) Chapter 11: Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) Chapter 12: Comparing PGP and PEM Chapter 13: Attacks Against PGP and PEM Appendix A: Pretty Good Privacy Appendix B: Privacy Enhanced Mail ***************************************************************** If you are interested in a copy of E-MAIL SECURITY, please send a check for $25 + $5 postage (ask for rates abroad) to: Bruce Schneier 730 Fair Oaks Ave Oak Park, IL 60302 The book won't be available until at least the end of the month, so please be patient.

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