December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Jill Sixpack wants to know?
by carolann＠censored.org 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Is the cracking of Netscape SSL the equivalant of lockpicking, as opposed to the keycracking stuff we did (making a key). And further, we can do it rather fast, like in minutes? I just want to make sure I explain it to Jill Sixpack correctly. OK! KEWLNESS! Love Always, Carol Anne -- Member Internet Society - Certified BETSI Programmer - Webmistress *********************************************************************** Carol Anne Braddock (cab8) carolann(a)censored.org 206.42.112.96 My Homepage The Cyberdoc *********************************************************************** ------------------ PGP.ZIP Part [017/713] ------------------- M8H,),S$8G>&.WP(8IRA`-M['+`Q%&_C"">5-F%LX@<_Q$;*P'',Q$Z/AA[8M MF=O0H+*%(-S%&>S%+FS&<LS%3(Q&#W1"<]2%`H^;,]^1C$'HBN8PX$4SYAU^ MPGD<Q0ZLA0D+,`MCT!LA**4M[-JPAK9F?40!AJ,CW"'%DR#:'9?Q)3[%<DQ` ------------------------------------------------------------- for next chunk to export --> http://dcs.ex.ac.uk/~aba/export/

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e$: New Ecash Shop
by rah＠shipwright.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Now, this looks interesting... Cheers, Bob Hettinga --- begin forwarded text From: kulz(a)dragon.klte.hu (Kultsar Zoltan) Subject: New Ecash Shop To: rah(a)shipwright.com Date: Mon, 18 Sep 1995 12:30:19 +0200 (MET DST) MIME-Version: 1.0 I have opened a new unofficial shop, that accepts ecash. It's unofficial, because it has not yet a logo. It is an autoresponder, which automatically sends out documents that people reques. Uploading costs 5 USD or 15 cb$s (minimum charges). Your documents will also be available on www, or you can build your homepage if you wish, but I can provide only slow links yet. I bought the original autoresponder for ecash, but it in its original form wasn't secure. Eg. 'send *' type requests sent out private material. Now it's completely secure. Send mail To: kulz(a)dragon.klte.hu Subject: send faxbank There is also a www page at http://dragon.klte.hu/~kulz/faxbank.html, where you can view the documents online. --- end forwarded text ----------------- Robert Hettinga (rah(a)shipwright.com) Shipwright Development Corporation, 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA (617) 323-7923 "Reality is not optional." --Thomas Sowell >>>>Phree Phil: Email: zldf(a)clark.net http://www.netresponse.com/zldf <<<<<

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Re: "alt.cypherpunks" Newsgroup vs. Mailing List?
by danisch＠ira.uka.de 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> Bad idea, it would simply mean that every kook on USEnet would add > alt.cypherpunks onto the crossposting line. We would have black helicopters, gun > loons, Waco Wako's, Loonytarians and turkish government propaganda spamming > forever. And cancel-messages from Co$ ... Hadmut

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List of reliable remailers
by Raph Levien 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I operate a remailer pinging service which collects detailed information about remailer features and reliability. To use it, just finger remailer-list(a)kiwi.cs.berkeley.edu There is also a Web version of the same information, plus lots of interesting links to remailer-related resources, at: http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~raph/remailer-list.html This information is used by premail, a remailer chaining and PGP encrypting client for outgoing mail, which is available at: ftp://ftp.csua.berkeley.edu/pub/cypherpunks/premail/premail-0.33.tar.gz For the PGP public keys of the remailers, finger pgpkeys(a)kiwi.cs.berkeley.edu This is the current info: REMAILER LIST This is an automatically generated listing of remailers. The first part of the listing shows the remailers along with configuration options and special features for each of the remailers. The second part shows the 12-day history, and average latency and uptime for each remailer. You can also get this list by fingering remailer-list(a)kiwi.cs.berkeley.edu. $remailer{"extropia"} = "<remail(a)extropia.wimsey.com> cpunk pgp special"; $remailer{"portal"} = "<hfinney(a)shell.portal.com> cpunk pgp hash"; $remailer{"alumni"} = "<hal(a)alumni.caltech.edu> cpunk pgp hash"; $remailer{"bsu-cs"} = "<nowhere(a)bsu-cs.bsu.edu> cpunk hash ksub"; $remailer{"c2"} = "<remail(a)c2.org> eric pgp hash reord"; $remailer{"ideath"} = "<remailer(a)ideath.goldenbear.com> cpunk hash ksub reord"; $remailer{"hacktic"} = "<remailer(a)utopia.hacktic.nl> cpunk mix pgp hash latent cut post ek"; $remailer{"flame"} = "<remailer(a)flame.alias.net> cpunk mix pgp. hash latent cut post ek reord"; $remailer{"rahul"} = "<homer(a)rahul.net> cpunk pgp hash filter"; $remailer{"mix"} = "<mixmaster(a)remail.obscura.com> cpunk mix pgp hash latent cut ek ksub reord"; $remailer{"syrinx"} = "<syrinx(a)c2.org> cpunk pgp hash cut reord mix post"; $remailer{"ford"} = "<remailer(a)bi-node.zerberus.de> cpunk pgp hash ksub"; $remailer{"hroller"} = "<hroller(a)c2.org> cpunk pgp hash mix cut ek"; $remailer{"vishnu"} = "<mixmaster(a)vishnu.alias.net> cpunk mix pgp hash latent cut ek ksub reord"; $remailer{"crown"} = "<mixmaster(a)kether.alias.net> cpunk pgp hash latent cut mix ek reord"; $remailer{"robo"} = "<robo(a)c2.org> cpunk hash mix"; $remailer{"replay"} = "<remailer(a)replay.com> cpunk mix pgp hash latent cut post ek"; $remailer{"spook"} = "<remailer(a)spook.alias.net> cpunk mix pgp hash latent cut ek reord"; $remailer{"gondolin"} = "<mixmaster(a)gondolin.org> cpunk mix hash latent cut ek ksub reord"; $remailer{"rmadillo"} = "<remailer(a)armadillo.com> mix cpunk pgp hash latent cut"; $remailer{"ncognito"} = "<ncognito(a)gate.net> cpunk"; $remailer{"precip"} = "<mixmaster(a)mix.precipice.com> cpunk mix pgp hash latent cut ek reord"; catalyst(a)netcom.com is _not_ a remailer. lmccarth(a)ducie.cs.umass.edu is _not_ a remailer. usura(a)replay.com is _not_ a remailer. Use "premail -getkeys pgpkeys(a)kiwi.cs.berkeley.edu" to get PGP keys for the remailers. Fingering this address works too. News: the remailer list has been rewritten, and the new version is live! It should be more accurate, reliable, and faster than before. Penet is back up! Enjoy. remailer email address history latency uptime ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ford remailer(a)bi-node.zerberus.de -**-**++*--* 1:29:00 100.00% crown mixmaster(a)kether.alias.net -----++--+++ 51:47 99.99% syrinx syrinx(a)c2.org +++-+++-++++ 41:46 99.99% hroller hroller(a)c2.org ******+##### 1:06 99.99% precip mixmaster(a)mix.precipice.com +-++-+.-- 6:12:30 99.98% bsu-cs nowhere(a)bsu-cs.bsu.edu ++*+--_**#+# 16:52 99.98% robo robo(a)c2.org ******+##*## 1:07 99.97% spook remailer(a)spook.alias.net ----------- 2:16:14 99.95% alumni hal(a)alumni.caltech.edu *** **+*+### 3:07 99.93% portal hfinney(a)shell.portal.com +* *** #+### 3:08 99.81% hacktic remailer(a)utopia.hacktic.nl ****** ++*** 10:42 99.68% rmadillo remailer(a)armadillo.com ++++++++++ + 39:26 99.57% replay remailer(a)replay.com ***** ++*** 7:28 99.55% flame remailer(a)flame.alias.net +*+++ ++*** 27:46 99.42% vishnu mixmaster(a)vishnu.alias.net --+*- +++-+ 1:36:19 99.29% mix mixmaster(a)remail.obscura.com ___.+--._. - 12:46:51 98.98% ideath remailer(a)ideath.goldenbear.com -----.----+ 5:04:07 98.43% extropia remail(a)extropia.wimsey.com -.---.----- 5:56:37 97.65% c2 remail(a)c2.org ++++** *+ * 27:40 96.11% penet * ++ 4:40:10 95.85% rahul homer(a)rahul.net ******+*#+## 2:18 99.99% ncognito ncognito(a)gate.net **+*+*-++ 6:59 68.25% gondolin mixmaster(a)gondolin.org ---.--*-- 3:11:17 67.07% History key * # response in less than 5 minutes. * * response in less than 1 hour. * + response in less than 4 hours. * - response in less than 24 hours. * . response in more than 1 day. * _ response came back too late (more than 2 days). cpunk A major class of remailers. Supports Request-Remailing-To: field. eric A variant of the cpunk style. Uses Anon-Send-To: instead. penet The third class of remailers (at least for right now). Uses X-Anon-To: in the header. pgp Remailer supports encryption with PGP. A period after the keyword means that the short name, rather than the full email address, should be used as the encryption key ID. hash Supports ## pasting, so anything can be put into the headers of outgoing messages. ksub Remailer always kills subject header, even in non-pgp mode. nsub Remailer always preserves subject header, even in pgp mode. latent Supports Matt Ghio's Latent-Time: option. cut Supports Matt Ghio's Cutmarks: option. post Post to Usenet using Post-To: or Anon-Post-To: header. ek Encrypt responses in reply blocks using Encrypt-Key: header. special Accepts only pgp encrypted messages. mix Can accept messages in Mixmaster format. reord Attempts to foil traffic analysis by reordering messages. Note: I'm relying on the word of the remailer operator here, and haven't verified the reord info myself. mon Remailer has been known to monitor contents of private email. filter Remailer has been known to filter messages based on content. If not listed in conjunction with mon, then only messages destined for public forums are subject to filtering. Raph Levien

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Re: "Hackers"-- brief review and anecdote...
by Peter Trei 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> >I saw "Hackers" yesterday. It's not bad and its political sensibility is > >very cyberpunk. The ad campaign even uses the tag line, "Their only crime > >is curiosity." > It may not be a crime, but it's not nice to steal a title. You mean, like you stole it from Dale Luck's (duck@mit oz) stage play of the same name? I saw this (in an Off-Off-Broadway production), years before your book came out. Peter Trei Senior Software Engineer Purveyor Development Team Process Software Corporation http://www.process.com trei(a)process.com

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Re: "Hackers"-- brief review and anecdote...
by Duncan Frissell 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 10:16 AM 9/18/95 -6, Peter Trei wrote: >> It may not be a crime, but it's not nice to steal a title. > >You mean, like you stole it from Dale Luck's (duck@mit oz) stage play of the same name? >I saw this (in an Off-Off-Broadway production), years before your book came >out. Steven knows titles can't be copyrighted. He was just expressing the wish that they had come up with their own title. I'm pissed because the sequel to Jurassic Park is stealing the title of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's dinosaur novel "Lost World." Unfortunately, title-space is more limited than book-space. DCF

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Good random seeds
by Adam Shostack 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Since we can all see how badly time works, I'd like to point out that Will Price, author of the excellent Cryptdisk utility for the Mac, uses mouse movements to seed his PRNG. His code is available for a small fee, and I'd strongly suggest that people who need good, easy PRNs take a look at it, and also take a long look at RFC1750, randomness reccomendations for security (or something like that.) Adam -- "It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once." -Hume "It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once." -Hume

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Re: Anonymous WWW proxy Alpha release available
by Duncan Frissell 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Thanks. What we now need is a proxy located in the US with good connections for performance. Does anyone know a good test page that reads back the info your browser is putting out so you can test proxies? DCF

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Re: Joe Sixpack and his TV
by tbyfield＠panix.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 9:20 PM 9/17/95, Black Unicorn wrote: >As I understand it shows like "The X-Files" don't accept unsolicited >scripts. Not surprising as I'm sure they have writer's agreements. And, given how popular the show is, I doubt their *writers* even accept unsolicited *phone calls*. In principle, the idea of working on positive media exposure is a good one; in practice, it'll likely be mostly dangerous, since there's no way to guarantee a pro-crypto slant when anticrypto slants will widely be seen as making for better "drama." Any number of soap writers would bite a crypto hook if someone took the time to contact them--except on shows like that secrets are *bad* (e.g., So-and-so is suspected of Murdering Whoever for Financial Reasons, but refuses to give up the Password to his Encrypted Files, so Some Chick Seduces him and slips an Invisible Keystroke Capture Program, written by her Little Hacker Brother, onto his computer to Reveal the Ugly Truth). The news programs won't be much better, since reporters, being a suspicious lot, tend to dislike secrets too. Maybe try the Simpsons, hey? I see it all now: Bart encrypts Homer and forgets the password. As far as the family's concerned, the blob of random friction that sits around watching TV and drinking beer is fine, but Homer's boss starts to worry that Home's looking a bit unkempt... ted

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Re: "alt.cypherpunks" Newsgroup vs. Mailing List?
by jgrubs＠left.webcasters.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

hallam(a)w3.org writes: > > >Should there be an "alt.cypherpunks" type of newsgroup instead of this > >mailing list? > > Bad idea, it would simply mean that every kook on USEnet would add > alt.cypherpunks onto the crossposting line. We would have black helicopters, > loons, Waco Wako's, Loonytarians and turkish government propaganda spamming > forever. Hey, create the alt. group and let it draw the kooks. Nobody said WE have to read it. We can stay here as usual... -- WebCasters(tm) James C. Grubs jgrubs(a)left.webcasters.com 6817 Maplewood Avenue Tel.: 419-882-2697 Sylvania, Oh 43560 Fax: 419-885-2814 Internet consulting, HTML programming, Information brokering

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