December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Re: NYT: WWW Usage Monitoring for Marketing
by Eamon Daly 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

On Tue, 03 Oct 1995, futplex(a)pseudonym.com (Futplex) wrote: [snip] >In his regular Advertising column, Stuart Elliott discusses the presentation >of a report on the problem of "assuring accurate and comprehensive measurement >of consumer exposure to advertisements that appear in interactive media like >World Wide Web sites and on-line services." [snip] Could someone please scan this article and post it to the list, or email it to me? Thanks. Eamon Daly eamon(a)cosc.canterbury.ac.nz

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New Windoze PGP Shell (freeware) worth checking out
by Adam Philipp 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- AEgis Research (who I know nothing about) has come out with a very pleasant windows fron end for PGP. It is bone-head compliant, and even works well in Win95. I'm only plugging because I was so impressed. Until Eudora has PGP hooks, this is my shell of choice. Adam Philipp -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQEVAwUBMHJgjm/ZTaRmpgTFAQGp+wf7BO36FpbAdLdDieORKldIe3MvPa8wUDpR Rax38rxSP+aeR0toqtuldmWpfV5I+p40d+6pgWVfOKegS38Qt3k6rEt3r7C++Efi PQZLOE3b4RHT5ZeS4klEZtwu1A8nTWMVZFkwcxTb6s+C3KYv9JxdXFHnrOPlnkcL 5AJhUDvznMnA1WhKmknNjXhGJH9FKtvNuTO/k1fmD6YwclqAbKBiuGwQduWqZfwI 0zGZlpSfbuZ6sCsbHFnw1wJIOONyAEr1dB5qhyV3rX00hm6KfSNsuGqwvlDhaOM9 lODlFwBVt+PJIRHVocCcCdp7/5ffE/hTIXoRNYYF0kcZTotJP05SXg== =fvcQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-+-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-\ |PGP key available on my home page|Unauthorized interception violates | | http://www.rosa.com/~adam |federal law (18 USC Section 2700 et| |-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-|seq.). In any case, PGP encrypted | |SUB ROSA: Confidential, |communications are preferred for | |secret, not for publication. |sensitive materials. | \-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-+-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-/

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Re: More forged cancels
by A.Back＠exeter.ac.uk 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

[someone crossposting to a ton of alt groups about spam, the headers: Newsgroups: news.admin.net-abuse.misc, soc.culture.german, soc.culture.jewish, rec.radio.shortwave, alt.2600, mail.cypherpunks, ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ alt.privacy.anon-server, alt.stop.spamming, alt.stop-spamming] It's started already. This is because of "mail.cypherpunks" in the huge newsgroup line? A news to mail gateway pointing at cypherpunks(a)toad.com? Any chances of disabling this before it gets out of hand? Who runs the gateway(s)? Make it read only please! Or change the gateway so it doesn't forward if there are other groups on the newsgroup line or something. Adam

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(fwd) ETO Trade Points : Correction
by rah＠shipwright.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

--- begin forwarded text Date: Wed, 4 Oct 95 07:49:16 -0400 From: "GORD JENKINS" <jenkins(a)fox.nstn.ca> X-Minuet-Version: Minuet1.0_Beta_14.1 Reply-To: <JENKINS(a)fox.nstn.ca> X-Popmail-Charset: English To: www-buyinfo(a)allegra.att.com Subject: ETO Trade Points : Correction Subject: ETO Trade Points I made a mistake in the Web site address. The correct address is http://www.unicc.org/untpdc Thanks Gordon Jenkins -- GORD JENKINS e maik JENKINS(a)fox.nstn.ca tel 613 794 6735 fax 613 723 8938 ------ Forwarded message ends here ------ -- GORD JENKINS e maik JENKINS(a)fox.nstn.ca tel 613 794 6735 fax 613 723 8938 --- 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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TidBITS article on Netscape
by schampeo＠nando.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Geoff Duncan has written an article about the Netscape security breach in TidBITS, an e-zine for Mac owners. Copies are available at: ftp://ftp.tidbits.com/pub/tidbits/issues/1995/TidBITS#297_02-Oct-95.etx The above version is formatted using Setext. HTML and text/plain versions are also available. Mr. Young? Perhaps this could go into the library? Seems fair, if critical, and c2.org gets a mention. Steve

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Telecommana
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

10-4-95. Jared Sandberg writes in The WSJ on a new Internet payment system by MasterCard, IBM, Netscape, CyberCash and GTE. Says the specs were published yesterday. Another WSJ report is on Lockheed Martin's proposal for a new communications satellite system. John Markoff writes in The NYT on AT&T's proposed new 12- satellites system. $ for Qualcomm. Another NYT piece is about "naysayers" of satellite services. And, Financial Times has a bountiful insert on Information Technology, with a lead story on Internet security, black- hearted hacking and, to the rescue, princely encryption and authentication. Or is the blanco prince a negro hacker? All these bleating for mana at Telecom 95 manana in gelt- berotten Geneva.

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Re: New Windoze PGP Shell (freeware) worth checking out
by Martin Diehl 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

On October 4, 1995, Adam Philipp <adam(a)powergrid.electriciti.com> at Internet-USA wrote: AEgis Research (who I know nothing about) has come out with a very pleasant windows fron end for PGP. It is bone-head compliant... LYCOS had 1 entry for AEgis Research, but that page could not be found on the cited server. Martin G. Diehl

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[Fwd] Security Threat to Internet shopping (DT)
by Dave Evans 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Security threat to Internet shopping Daily Telegraph (paper edition), 3 October 1995, p. 12 by Robert Uhlig Home shopping on the Internet is under threat after hackers cracked the encryption coding used to protect credit card transactions on Netscape, the most popular software used for access. A second security flaw, discovered in Microsoft Windows 95's E-Mail electronic messaging system, has caused alarm. Ian goldberg and David Wagner, the hackers, belong to a group called Cypherpunks and said they had exposed Netscape's weaknesses to show the ease with which digital money or electronic messages could be intercepted by criminals, governments or business competitors. The two computer science students took only a few days to find that the software used a predictable date and time-based formula to generate a random encryption code made up of 30 numbers each time a message was sent. They then posted their findings on the Internet. Netscape responded by saying it would share parts of the security code with security experts including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the hope that this would improve its security. The company has also released a free updated version of its software for browsing the World Wide Web part of the Internet. The company said it also planned to extend the encryption key from 30 digits to 300 digits and use more random information to generate the key. However, American law on encryption technology forbids the export of software containing encryption keys longer than 40 digits, so Internet users outside America will not be able to download copies of the software from Netscape. Visa and Microsoft have been working jointly on what they call Secure Transaction Technology, which they claim will allow users to buy goods over the Internet. However, users of Microsoft's Windows 95 have found that it ignores the security passwords on private electronic mail sent or received using software other than Windows 95. (end)

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FIZ_zle
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

10-4-95. W$Japer: "MasterCard, Backed by IBM and Others, Enters Fight for Internet-Payment Rules." MasterCard said it entered into a collaborative effort with IBM, Netscape, CyberCash and GTE to release a draft of technical requirements for any software companies and financial institutions that want to develop programs for electronic commerce. "Lockheed Plans Satellite System For $4 Billion." Lockheed Martin proposed to build a $4 billion satellite system for two-way global computer networking, videoconferencing and other on-demand services in a challenge to plans by the Hughes unit of GM and the separate Teledesic venture. Lockheed disclosed that it has filed for FCC authority to place nine large satellites in high-altitude orbits by about the year 2000 to form a new system called Astrolink for high-data-rate transmissions. "Morgan Stanley Puts $200 Million In Telecom Venture." In an effort to ride the global telecommunications boom, Morgan Stanley Capital Partners is investing $200 million in Sita Group in a move to allow the world-wide airline cooperative to create a for-profit telecommunications unit. Trinity: FIZ_zle (11 kb)

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PIZ_zaz
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

10-4-95. NYPaper: "AT&T Puts New Emphasis On Satellites. 12-Spacecraft Network Proposed to Regulators." The AT&T Corporation, in an early sign of how it plans to pursue its Internet and global communications strategy after the company's planned divestiture, has quietly filed a Federal application to build and launch a multibillion-dollar global satellite network. The system would let computer users bypass local telephone networks and connect directly to the Internet via satellite dish antennas slightly larger than two feet in diameter. "Satellite Services Hear the Naysayers." The concept has great promise: a string of satellites offering global wireless telephone service, where the caller is never out of range. Making the concept reality, however, is proving stubbornly difficult. The four major services in the nascent global wireless business are on the defensive for the first time in their brief history. A pair of troubled debt offerings have raised questions about the viability of so-called global personal communications. "A New Computer Dazzles a Jaded Industry Crowd." The BeBox is incompatible with everything now on the market. But the sheer dazzle of the new personal computer by Jean-Louis Gassee, the former engineering head of Apple Computer Inc., drew a standing ovation from a normally skeptical crowd of 500 of some of the most discerning executives in technology. Trio: PIZ_zaz (16 kb)

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