December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Triple-DES controlled?
by Goh Seow Hiong 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Could someone confirm whether the US export restrictions apply to Triple-DES? If so, are there exceptions as in the case of DES (e.g. for banking or financial applications). Thx. SH

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700_dig
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

MH has provided a transcript of Pat Robertson's show on digital cash of March 8, 1995. It includes remarks by David Chaum, Dave Banisar, Steven Levy and others. 700_dig (about 14K)

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WDM_zum
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

RH has provided an informative article on wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) from the August 7 InfoWorld: "Boost in optical-fiber communication capacity is just over the rainbow," by Bob Metcalfe, the founder of 3Com. WDM_zum (about 5K)

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See y'all in a while....
by Phil Fraering 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I'm leaving the list for a while while I try to work out a different way of accessing the net. In short, I've grown dissatisfied with my ISP and need some time to think things through before making other arrangements. It's too frustrating sorting through all of this mail without proper filtering scripts like I had set up back at srl03. And news is kind-of beside the point: the news server is always full, and rejects any attempt to post because of lack of space. In the meantime, while y'all discuss all that stuff about logical proofs and the like, please, _please_, stay away from crosswalks? I'll probably make another attempt at downloading pgp262s.zip before I shut this down... the first two times the modem (I think theirs) went flaky and dropped the connection on me. Okay. time to see if the signature service works. Later, dudes. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 Comment: Gratis auto-signing service iQBFAwUBMBwQDCoTheIowlstareqnot8whaththeyEseemMI5rculIym8xjzYV8C mErjcooperUcoopermcooperqBviplMp =aBGi -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- +----------------+Quote from _Infinite In All Directions_, F.J. Dyson-----+ | Phil Fraering / \"The English Hierarchy, if there be anything unsound in| | pgf(a)tyrell.net\ /its constitution, has reason to tremble even at an air | +----------------+-pump or an electrical machine."---Joseph Priestly------+

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Re: MS Money password problem
by dochobbs＠wwa.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I'm not sure if this has been mentioned or will help, but this company makes crakers for quicken, word and wordperfect (not sure about M$ money though). http://gn2.getnet.com:80/crak/ email: johnk(a)indirect.com _____________________________________________________________ dochobbs(a)wwa.com M.D. Hobbs mhobbs(a)rad.rpslmc.edu http://miso.wwa.com/~dochobbs finger for my pgp key I am human and nothing human do I count alien.

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RSA Catalog
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

For those who've not yet fondled RSA's sleek "Security Solutions Catalog," it can be virtually diddled at: http://www.rsa.com/rsa/sscatw95/P67.HTM

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Re: Where to find Internet growth stats?
by brendan＠Mail.RAth.PeachNet.EDU 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

http://www.tic.com/mids/midshome.html is --cut->>Matrix Information and Directory Services, Inc. (MIDS) is a corporation founded by Smoot Carl-Mitchell and John S. Quarterman. Eric McKinney is Assistant Editor. <<--paste- --- Brendan Mullen brendan(a)chugalug.cosmic.uga.edu Athens GA USA

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Re: Triple-DES controlled?
by Rich Salz 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>I have not heard of export licenses being granted for 3DES. Didn't the ANSI financial committee just adopt 3DES (over NSA objections)? Presumably they consider the export situation solved/solvable. /r$

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Only 1/3 of Government Computers Down So Far
by KALLISTE＠delphi.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Allegations Regarding Vince Foster, the NSA, and Banking Transactions Spying, Part XV by J. Orlin Grabbe The world of money laundering is a difficult one. What are you going to do when your wire transfers to the Caribbean and other offshore centers won't go through? What are you going to do when one-third (as of August 8, 1995) of certain government computers are down with a virus? Or is it a worm? Or an octopus? Did the NSA, in its zeal to modify the PROMIS software to spy on banking and other transactions, create a massive security hole in computer systems sending wire transfers? Well, I do hear it is a nice time to go vacationing in the islands, even for day trips! Perhaps FinCEN could relocate to Havana? [Note to Julie Franklin: Over here in Reno, we're always last to get the news. Well, I'm a taxpayer. *Please* put me on your list. In the future please fax all computer disconnect info to 702-829-0852. Thanks.] Which brings us to the subject of Ed Meese. At the end of Reagan's second term as governor of California, Meese needed a new job. He worked at Rohr Industries for a while. But it didn't suit him, so *Richard Mellon Scaife* set up the San Diego Center for Criminal Justice on condition that Ed Meese be its Director, a post Meese held 1977-1980. Later, after Ed Meese became Attorney General of the U.S. and the the people-tracking PROMIS software was stolen by the U.S. Justice Department using (according to a federal bankruptcy judge) "trickery, deceit, and fraud", Ed Meese's friend Earl Brian--then owner of Financial News Network, UPI, and Hadron corporation--proceeded to market the software all over the world, as well as to U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies. One agency that acquired the software was FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which proceeded to create a data base of political dissidents to be rounded up in event of a national emergency. (Like any information, once collected it found multiple uses.) This data base was called MAINCORE, and the FEMA MAINCORE system was operated out of the basement of a building in Culpeper, VA. Journalist Danny Casolaro, with the help of Alan Standorf, was able to get printouts of this totalitarian application of the PROMIS software just prior to his demise. (When a member of congress attempted to question Oliver North about the FEMA MAINCORE data base, he was rudely shouted down by the chairman of the investigative committee.) Another agency that put the software to use was the Wackenhut Corporation. It used the enhanced PROMIS to keep track of critics of the nuclear industry, an area in which *Richard Mellon Scaife* has a vested financial interest. Now Mellon bank in Pittsburgh finds itself embroiled in very serious money laundering charges. Do these facts explain why the Little-Rock connection to the theft and modification of the PROMIS software for the purpose of spying on banking transactions is a subject carefully avoided in Scaife-sponsored political advertisements? Is this why the Mena-drug-smuggling, Little-Rock-money-laundering operation allegedly stops with Bill Clinton? Is this why the connection of Vince Foster both to bank spying and nuclear espionage has been carefully downplayed? Do Scaife's investments in the "terrorism industry" have anything to do with recent media hyping of the imminent threat to the U.S. of "international" terrorism? Scaife's exposing of the sins of the Democrats has certainly served a useful purpose. But don't think the story stops with Bill Clinton. Perhaps the reason that Mr. Kenneth Starr's independent investigation into the Whitewater affair has gone so slowly is that Mr. Starr, in order to nail Bill Clinton, has to also nail a number of high-ranking Republicans? Well, Mr. Starr, let the facts fall where they may. I have confidence in you. You do want to be Attorney General someday, don't you? If you can find your way to do the right thing, you'll certainly deserve the position. Otherwise the wily hackers of the world may have to do your job for you. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBMChlMWX1Kn9BepeVAQHbhgP/bSlSNnUClp4HPEDiB22JGHrqvMa5B6h8 LW0rR7eZdD2ub9CUj/HBfIrnU4mekw6MfmExxuy+mva1Z5MPsZKuE1qvxWBFHK5S TzMFsPBsZNPH2GEDIQHZp/rIQeKYDsfjOp1OLVUPD9MA4tlTOQPgQ5RVzzKi+tEF K1+Uxvy1lQ4= =5pPJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: www remailer interface
by Will French 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> 1. removing the hardwired > 2. removing the hardwired and forcing you to chain > 3. keep the hardwired in and use some 'established' remailer > or one the group can come to a consensus on. Given the second possibility, I see no reason to hardwire a remailer. It really will make people suspicious! I can easily imagine someone deciding not to use that remailer again, just on general principles. And anyway, chaining is not always necessary, especially if the sender is at a public Web terminal or using an anonymous Web proxy. The remailers don't enforce chaining, why should you? Will French <wfrench(a)interport.net>

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