December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Re: Welfare Solution #389
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Bill Frantz wrote: > The Swiss friends we visited earlier this week agree that this policy has > had positive effects. We passed a park in Zurich that had formally been > used by heroin addicts as a "shooting gallery", and was now being used by > ordinary citizens including families with small children. They mentioned > the change in the park as one of the benefits of the new policy. Yeah, the kids no longer have to pay "mall prices" for their heroin. Let's be *real* here--it means the kids are giving some pervert a blow job for fifty cents worth of heroin, instead of for twenty dollars worth of heroin. Boy, just talking about this makes me miss my Uncle Jim.

1 0

Returned mail: User unknown
by Mail Delivery Subsystem 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

The original message was received at Mon, 4 Sep 1995 17:35:13 -0400 from unicorn@localhost ----- The following addresses had delivery problems ----- Anonymous <anon-remailer(a)utopia.hacktic.nl> (unrecoverable error) ----- Transcript of session follows ----- ... while talking to utopia.hacktic.nl.: >>> RCPT To:<anon-remailer(a)utopia.hacktic.nl> <<< 550 <anon-remailer(a)utopia.hacktic.nl>... User unknown 550 Anonymous <anon-remailer(a)utopia.hacktic.nl>... User unknown 451 cypherpunks(a)toad.com... reply: read error from toad.com. ----- Original message follows ----- To: Anonymous <anon-remailer(a)utopia.hacktic.nl> Subject: Re: Emergency File Wipe Algorithim From: Black Unicorn <unicorn(a)access2.digex.net> Date: Mon, 4 Sep 1995 17:35:07 -0400 (EDT) cc: mail2news(a)utopia.hacktic.nl, cypherpunks(a)toad.com In-Reply-To: <199509041725.TAA12314(a)utopia.hacktic.nl> On Mon, 4 Sep 1995, Anonymous wrote: > Date: Mon, 4 Sep 1995 19:25:07 +0200 > From: Anonymous <anon-remailer(a)utopia.hacktic.nl> > To: mail2news(a)utopia.hacktic.nl, cypherpunks(a)toad.com > Newgroups: alt.security.pgp, alt.politics.org.fbi > Subject: Re: Emergency File Wipe Algorithim > > When a running computer is seized in some sort of law enforcement > raid, what are the chances someone would think to backup the > contents of a RAMDISK drive prior to powering it down? > > Why would you even ask this question? If the odds are > 0 (which they are) they are too high as the solution is simple. A screensaver which shuts down the system entirely if anything but "}" is pressed. If any key but the secret one is pressed by an excited agent, the ramdisk is gone. If the computer is simply powered down, the ramdisk is gone. I suggest, rather than a ramdisk however, an encrypted partition al la CryptDisk or Secure(Drive? Device?). --- 00B9289C28DC0E55 nemo repente fuit turpissimus - potestas scientiae in usu est E16D5378B81E1C96 quaere verum ad infinitum, loquitur sub rosa - wichtig! *New Key Information* - Finger for key revocation and latest key update.

1 0

Re: Shooting the taggers
by John Smith 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>>>There's a solution for taggers: snipers. >From: Jonathan Wienke <JonWienk(a)ix.netcom.com> >Speaking as a father and as someone who has been followed by gang members >on numerous occasions after witnessing a gang assault and providing >information to the police, I am in agreement with Tim May. You agree that the solution for taggers is snipers? You agree that children who paint graffiti should be shot, perhaps killed? >I don't want my >child to be corrupted or assaulted by worthless, predatory scum. There >would be much less gang crime if private citizens could cane or otherwise >deal with gangsters when they caught them in the act, pour encourager les >autres, like. Your own child gets a ride home with a crowd of high-spirited troublemakers, and on the way home they bash in J. Cypherpunk's mailbox with a baseball bat. JC appears on his porch and rakes the car with his AK-47, killing all on board. Is this justified? "John ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

2 1

Seattle area Cypherpunks
by Joel McNamara 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

With the Labor Day weekend/vacation season almost over and a variety of projects completed, I'm going to attempt to jump-start Cypherpunk activities in the Seattle area (the Seattle Cypherpunks sub-list appears to have withered away, so delete this if you're outside the Pacific Northwest). The first order of business is to get an idea of how many people would be interested in meeting some evening, likely toward the end of September. Send me e-mail (please don't reply to the list) with a time and geographic preference as to location. I'm on the Eastside, so will be slightly biased in finding an appropriate meeting place in the Bellevue/Redmond area, unless persuaded otherwise. Also, let me know if you're interested in discussing (or presenting) any specific crypto/privacy/ecash-related topics in a very informal setting. Aside from key signing and general face-to-face networking, I would like to have a few set items on the agenda. Any suggestions welcomed. Based on your responses, I'll do all of the running around and organizational type activities, and follow-up with e-mail and a general announcement to the main list when arrangements are finalized. This is an opportunity to get away from your keyboards and meet other folks who share your interests. Hope to see you later this month. Joel McNamara joelm(a)eskimo.com - http://www.eskimo.com/~joelm for PGP key Thomas Jefferson used strong crypto, shouldn't you?

1 0

$ Make Extra Cash $
by sussexrct＠1stfamily.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

This message is being brought to you by EMAIL BLASTER 2.5 software. If you would like a FREE copy of this software or any of our other HOT programs ABSOLTELY FREE call our FAX ON DEMAND number at 213-960-7822. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $ Make Real Money With your PC $ If your main goal in life is to become RICH, you are not alone !. Thousands of people from all over the world that have the same GOAL are working together to achieve it. Your PC could make you thousands of dollars with the appropriate software, information and techniques. Work from home with your PC, distributing software and information all over the world via E-mail and the Internet You can make thousands of dollars with our business. It doesn't matter who you are, what you do or where you live, full time or part time. The PC-SUPER-MLM program and its products, Info-Reports, allow you to run the business from anywhere in the world working with your PC computer. Our products are INFO-REPORTS that provide valuable information that helps you to reach financial independence. Our business is operated completely via E-mail, so the operation and distribution cost is zero. Free Software runs under DOS or Windows. Very easy to use. No special skills required. No hassle. Let me put in your hands at no cost to you, the INFORMATION and TOOLS that show you how to sell INFORMATION on the Internet. Read the program. Study the business. Learn how to make lots of money selling Information through MLM and the Internet. You will be amazed at how this INFORMATION can change your life FOREVER !. I invite you to visit my Web Site: http://members.tripod.com/~Sussexrct/ To find out more information about this OUTSTANDING OPPORTUNITY and to download the $ FREE and Virus FREE software for your review without any obligation whatsoever. Be sure to click on "Products" You will see 6 reports that are beneficial for marketing this program or any other you may pursue. Also Click on "Possibilities" to see what the opportunities are! I thank you for your time and wish you success. Respectfully, R. C. Towlen Software Distributor

1 0

Re: e$: More fun with cash: Senate Bill 307
by liberty＠gate.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Black Unicorn wrote: <snips> > >Actually it was aimed at the rumors that Iran had been printing U.S. >currency on a large scale and using it abroad. When I say Iran, I mean >a government backed program. New York Times had an article on the matter >last year. With enough interest I will try to Lexis/Nexus it. I had heard that it was the Columbians, branching out from the cocaine business with those fancy new copy machines, which are supposed to be able to duplicate the blue & red threads in US currency paper. JMR -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 Comment: Freedom isn't Freeh iQCVAwUBMEt7vW1lp8bpvW01AQGnwwQAmPz1SagLoKpAmfUvwyI8GVq8wSOaFH96 vTarz6PxnuNPHhITIAzPeq8EX5N8MexRfHtMbmK0JOxA5L+B+QHP1rTM8mqUbAJh Gg4ZMC9Jzvhq+JENaP8ZG03+pvm1nnZIr8WarY5DJ8FYNMLvDrSUhhWFu7OSo2a+ fS0NKxpm5Ps= =HXa+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Regards, Jim Ray See, when the GOVERNMENT spends money, it creates jobs; whereas when the money is left in the hands of TAXPAYERS, God only knows what they do with it. Bake it into pies, probably. Anything to avoid creating jobs. -- Dave Barry ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PGP key Fingerprint 51 5D A2 C3 92 2C 56 BE 53 2D 9C A1 B3 50 C9 C8 Key id. # E9BD6D35 James M. Ray <liberty(a)gate.net> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Support Phil! email zldf(a)clark.net or see http://www.netresponse.com/zldf ________________________________________________________________________

2 1

Encrypted desktop videoconferencing
by thad＠hammerhead.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

A friend of mine works for a large input-device company, and they are looking to get into the desktop videoconferencing business. Their current business is extremely competitive on price, and they'd like to do something in desktop videoconferencing that would distinguish them from everybody else. Naturally, I suggested cryptography. I have always thought that the biggest problem introducing crypto to phone conversations was the large amount of cpu speed and software complexity to digitize the audio; that adding the crypto code is relatively minor. Certainly RC4 and IDEA for instance, run very fast. In videoconferencing applications, this audio compression is already being done, so adding the crypto should be almost free. Well, except for licensing costs. I'd really like to use Diffie-Hellman to negotiate a key. Does anyone know how much it would cost to license that from PKP? I'd expect that there would be a one time fee, plus a per-copy-sold fee. Does anybody know - and if so, can they say - if anybody else has added or is adding cryptography to their videoconferencing systems? It seems like such a killer ap that I must be overlooking something. thad -- Thaddeus Beier email: thad(a)hammerhead.com Technology Development vox: 408) 286-3376 Hammerhead Productions fax: 408) 292-8624

1 0

In Defense of Pat Robertson and the "700 Club"
by Tim May 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Returning home from a night on the town here in scenic Santa Cruz (The Kingsmen, "Louie Louie" on the Boardwalk, and Dick Dale, "Miserlou" ("Pulp Fiction") at a local club, I see various and sundry articles blasting Pat Robertson. Some are obvious Toto-spoofs, and some quote Robertson as saying UFO enthusiasts ought to be stoned to death. In late 1993, months after the Clipper travesty was unveiled, Pat Robertson's "The 700 Club" denounced Clipper as an unconstitutional, and perhaps Satanic, plot. Not being a Believer, I can't comment on the Satanic part. (At the Hackers Conference, 1993, we sat and watched the "700 Club" videotape with amazement.) But I sure do know that I felt more commonality with Pat Robertson and "The 700 Club" than I ever have felt with Billy Bob Clinton and his fake Christian piety. If Pat Robertson called for the death by stoning of UFO believers, it was almost certainly rhetorical hyperbole, like Rush Limbaugh's suggestions of what ought to be done to lesbians. I'm not a believe in any religion. but I have more in common with Pat Robertson or the Grand Mufti of Mormonism than I do with Bill and Hillary and George and Barbara and Ronnie and Nancy and.... --Tim May, who thinks bashing of Christians can be carried too far. There's something wrong when I'm a felon under an increasing number of laws. Only one response to the key grabbers is warranted: "Death to Tyrants!" ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay(a)got.net 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Higher Power: 2^1398269 | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."

2 1

Re: Emergency File Wipe Algorithim
by Christian Wettergren 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Someone proposed that one could wipe the memory before power-down, for example during 1 second or something like that. Unfortunately, that wont help, unless I misread the paper. It is effectively the same as if the key had been stored in the cell for 1 second less, nothing else. The only way I can see how to avoid generating "imprints" of more or less static data is to make them non-static. Start circulating them around. One way that springs to mind for keys are to do something like inverting the meaning of the key every x milliseconds. Like this; /* pseudo code */ char master_key[KEYSIZE]; int meaning = ZEROS; void encryption(char *input, char *output); /* implicit master_key */ int using_key = FALSE; main() { input_from_keyboard(master_key); timer(100 ms, flipem()); /* calls flipem every 20 ms */ main_loop(); /* occansionally using encryption() */ } void flipem() { if (using_key) /* risk of never being able to flipem() */ return; /* some kind of semaphored section */ using_key = TRUE; master_key = inverse(master_key); meaning = (!meaning); using_key = FALSE; } void encryption(char *input, char *output) { char real_key[KEYSIZE]; /* must be on stack */ copy_key(real_key, master_key); if (meaning == ONES) invert(real_key); /* recovering real content */ encrypt(input, output, real_key); write_random_key(real_key); /* so "real" key doesn't become imprinted as well. */ } Do don't care about the plaintext in the above. Nor stack content vrey much. Nor about coding style.

1 1

Re: e$: More fun with cash: Senate Bill 307
by liberty＠gate.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Black Unicorn wrote: >> >> <more snips> >> > [I said] >> >> I had heard that it was the Columbians, branching out from the cocaine >> business with those fancy new copy machines, which are supposed to be >> able to duplicate the blue & red threads in US currency paper. >> JMR > >I've not heard anything about this. Any sources? Sorry, just my vague memory of a Miami Herald article from a while back. Perhaps someone else on the list is more familiar with good copy-machines. Around here, the Columbian cartels are depicted as very, powerful, with easy payoffs to the highest levels of their country's political and judicial systems, and access to technology such as Motorola's encrypted walkie-talkie (supposedly a restricted-sale item). Of course, US politicians are completely immune to bribes from drug cartels. <g> JMR -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 Comment: Freedom isn't Freeh iQCVAwUBMEuHYG1lp8bpvW01AQFTFwP+NhvKkGzuoXVOkd8oKWxFwQm4LvG+DL08 L6i/oXJVq2+AMApc12TS4VT7AS5UKfPp7Gu2pLKt6/G4m6KqLeN8vi31+ssOEBZs PJhCV/GdXBwXCvHM+oklQI4Tref5zzs0Wu+ai2pE3tCt+sVL4t9SeFexhexbjwn3 H6cnT/g79Qs= =NP8N -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Regards, Jim Ray See, when the GOVERNMENT spends money, it creates jobs; whereas when the money is left in the hands of TAXPAYERS, God only knows what they do with it. Bake it into pies, probably. Anything to avoid creating jobs. -- Dave Barry ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PGP key Fingerprint 51 5D A2 C3 92 2C 56 BE 53 2D 9C A1 B3 50 C9 C8 Key id. # E9BD6D35 James M. Ray <liberty(a)gate.net> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Support Phil! email zldf(a)clark.net or see http://www.netresponse.com/zldf ________________________________________________________________________

1 0