December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

ACLU Cyber-Liberties Update
by ACLUNATL＠aol.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

----------------------------------------------------------------- October 25, 1995 ACLU CYBER-LIBERTIES UPDATE A bi-weekly e-zine on cyber-liberties cases and controversies at the state and federal level. ----------------------------------------------------------------- IN THIS ISSUE: * Universities Censor Student Internet Use * Conferees Named for Federal Online Indecency Legislation * Search for Plaintiffs Continues in Suit to Challenge Online Indecency Legislation * Effect of Telco Bill on Universal Access * Conferences ----------------------------------------------------------------- STATE PAGE (Legislation/Agency/Court Cases/Issues) ----------------------------------------------------------------- * Universities Censor Student Internet Use In a knee-jerk reaction to the cyber-porn scare, many universities around the country have begun to enact policies to regulate student Internet use. The ACLU believes that university censorship of student Internet usage is inconsistent with the principles of academic freedom. In addition, state universities are required as state institutions to uphold the free speech guarantees of the First Amendment. The Internet flourished for years as primarily an academic -- and uncensored -- domain. Colleges should not now cave in to the Luddites by enacting restrictive computer usage policies. Here are a few examples of university computer usage policies that tread on cyber-liberties: * After a year-long battle that made national news, Carnegie Mellon University is expected this November to approve a policy to censor certain Usenet newsgroups on Andrew, their flagship computing system. Their decision to censor is based on fear that the university could be held criminally liable under state obscenity and harmful to minors laws for providing access to newsgroups that "might be" obscene. The administration refused to accept the suggestion of both the CMU Faculty Senate and the ACLU that the computer network be categorized as a library, which would entitle the network to an exemption from the Pennsylvania obscenity statute. * The University of Minnesota will not allow students to have "offensive" content on their web sites, or even to create links to "offensive" content elsewhere on the Internet. They have also adopted the double standard of commercial services like America Online and Prodigy -- despite U of Minn's explicit content control, student web pages must include a disclaimer that the university takes "no responsibility" for anything on the pages. * At George Mason University, the "Responsible Use of Computing" policy begins with the following statement: "The following rules are not complete; just because an action is not explicitly proscribed does not necessarily mean that it is acceptable." (One could hardly imagine a better example of ambiguity with the potential to chill protected speech.) The policy creates a Security Review Panel that investigates reports of "offensive" computer behavior. As could be predicted, the backlog of cases before this panel is already quite long. (The head of the Security Review Panel is none other than Dr. Peter Denning, husband of Dr. Dorothy Denning, infamous proponent of the Clipper Chip.) On the bright side, students and faculty groups continue to hotly oppose these policies when they arise, and have been instrumental in shaping Internet usage policies to be less inhibitive of free speech and privacy rights. The following online resources will be useful to students and faculty faced with a draconian Internet usage policy: * Report on Computers at Harvard, by the Civil Liberties Union of Harvard: _Very_ comprehensive and useful report on students' computer usage rights on Harvard's network. Included are five general principles for computer use, an application of the general principles to specific aspects of computer use, and a discussion of areas where Harvard should take immediate action to secure students' rights on the network. Available at gopher://fas-gopher.harvard.edu:70/00/.studorgs/.cluh/.computer_report * Web Site on CMU Censorship Proposal: Thorough history and database of documents on Carnegie Mellon University's battle over online censorship. Also includes information on CMU's Coalition for Academic Freedom of Expression (CAFE). See http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/usr/kcf/www/censor/ * ACLU letter and legal analysis to CMU: send a message to infoaclu(a)aclu.org with "Letter to CMU" in the subject line. The ACLU will continue to monitor university polices that restrict online free speech and privacy rights. The ACLU urges all students and faculty to actively work for university computer usage policies that protect their rights. To inform the ACLU of a computer usage policy at your school that may violate cyber-liberties, contact Ann Beeson, ACLU, beeson(a)aclu.org. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FEDERAL PAGE (Congress/Agency/Court Cases) ----------------------------------------------------------------- * Conferees Named for Federal Online Indecency Legislation Congress recently named the official conferees to the telecommunications bill. The Senate version of the telco bill (S 652) contains the Exon Amendment, approved 84-16 by the Senate on 6/14/95. The House version of the telco bill (HR 1555) contains the Cox/Wyden Amendment (the Internet Freedom and Family Empowerment Act), approved 421-4 on 8/4/95. The House version also contains Exon-like amendments to the existing federal obscenity statute, which came out of the House Judiciary Committee and were adopted as last-minute additions through a larger Manager's Amendment on 8/4/95. The conference committee is in charge of reconciling the differences between the House and Senate versions of the telco bill, including the obviously incompatible provisions regarding online content. While more details are offered in the list below, the following facts should be highlighted: _Notable Conferees_ -Senator Exon: sponsored the Exon Amendment and launched the cyber-porn scare. -Senator Gorton: original co-sponsor of the CDA. -Representative Hyde: sponsored the inclusion of indecency amendments to the federal obscenity laws in the House telco bill. -Representatives White, Markey, Goodlatte, Fields, and Barr: spoke in favor of Cox/Wyden amendment on the House floor during the telco debate. _Some Absent Conferees_ -Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. -Senator Leahy: sponsored the study alternative to the CDA in the Senate (Senator Leahy is a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee). -Representatives Cox & Wyden: sponsored the Cox/Wyden "Internet Freedom and Family Empowerment Act." -Senators who voted against the CDA. _Other Notable Facts_ -All the Senate conferees voted for the CDA. -All the House conferees voted for the Cox/Wyden amendment. -All the House conferees also voted for the Exon-like indecency amendments to federal obscenity laws. However, they may not have been aware of this vote because it was not a separate vote but rather a vote to approve the Manager's amendment, which contained many provisions unrelated to the censorship legislation. -Given the conferees named, it is highly likely that the House leadership, including House Speaker Newt Gingrich, will play a substantial role in the conference process. THE LIST OF CONFEREES: Conferees from the House were assigned to particular titles of the telco bill; Senate conferees have jurisdiction over all titles. The list that follows indicates the titles over which each conferee has jurisdiction, and the conferee's relevant committee status, party, and area of constituency. *Title I: Development of Competitive Telecommunications Markets (contains the Cox/Wyden amendment) Title II: Cable Communications Competitiveness Title III: Broadcast Communications Competitiveness *Title IV: Effect on Other Laws (contains the Exon Amendment and the Exon-like indecency amendments to the federal obscenity statute) Title V: Definitions Title VI: Small Business Complaint Procedure Representatives from the House: Jurisdiction over Titles I and IV (these conferees may participate in discussions to reconcile the conflicting online content provisions in the Cox/Wyden Amendment, the Exon Amendment, and the Exon-like indecency amendments to the federal obscenity statute): Representatives from the House Commerce Committee, in order of rank: Republicans: Bliley, Thomas J. (Richmond, Virginia) all titles Fields, Jack (Houston, Texas) all titles Oxley, Michael G. (northwest Ohio) all titles White, Rick (northwest Washington) all titles Barton, Joseph (Fort Worth, Texas) I, II, IV, V Hastert, J. Dennis (northeast Illinois) I, II, IV, V Klug, Scott (Madison, Wisconsin) I, III, IV, V, VI Democrats: Dingell, John D. (southeast Michigan) all titles Markey, Edward J. (northeast Massachusetts) all titles Boucher, Rick (southwest Virginia) all titles Eshoo, Anna G. (San Francisco Bay Area, California) all titles Rush, Bobby L. (Chicago, Illinois) all titles Representatives from the House Judiciary Committee, in order of rank: Republicans: Hyde, Henry J. (Chicago, Illinois) all titles Moorhead, Carlos J. (Los Angeles area, California) all titles Goodlatte, Robert W. (Western Virginia) all titles Buyer, Steve (northwest Indiana) all titles Flanagan, Michael P. (Chicago, Illinois) all titles Democrats: Conyers, John (Detroit, Michigan) all titles Schroeder, Patricia (Denver, Colorado) all titles Bryant, John (Dallas, Texas) all titles Title I only (these conferees may participate in discussions to revise the Cox/Wyden Amendment, but may not participate in discussions to reconcile the conflicting online content provisions in the Cox/Wyden Amendment, the Exon Amendment, and the Exon-like indecency amendments to the federal obscenity statute): Representatives from the House Commerce Committee, in order of rank: Republicans: Paxon, Bill (western New York) I, III Frisa, Dan (New York, New York) I, II Stearns, Cliff (northeast Florida) I, III Democrats: Brown, Sherrod (northeast Ohio) I Gordon, Bart (central Tennessee) I Lincoln, Blanche Lambert (northeast Arkansas) I Representatives from the House Judiciary Committee, in order of rank: Republicans: Gallegly, Elton (southern California) I Barr, Bob (western Georgia) I Hoke, Martin R. (northeast Ohio) I Democrats: Berman, Howard L. (Los Angeles area, California) I Scott, Robert C. (Richmond, Virginia) I Lee, Sheila Jackson (Houston, Texas) I Conferees from the Senate Commerce Committee, in order of rank (the Senate conferees have jurisdiction over all titles): Republicans: Pressler, Larry (South Dakota) Stevens, Ted (Alaska) McCain, John (Arizona) Burns, Conrad (Montana) Gorton, Slade (Washington) Lott, Trent (Mississippi) Democrats: Hollings, Ernest F. (South Carolina) Inouye, Daniel K. (Hawaii) Ford, Wendell H. (Kentucky) Exon, James J. (Nebraska) Rockefeller, John D. (West Virginia) For a copy of the online indecency amendments, send a message to infoaclu(a)aclu.org with "Online Indecency Amendments" in the subject line of the message. For more information on the legislation and what you can do to fight it, see: http://epic.org/free_speech http://www.panix.com/vtw/exon http://www.eff.org/ http://www.cdt.org/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- * Search for Plaintiffs Continues in Suit to Challenge Online Indecency Legislation As noted above, the online community should continue to urge the conference committee to remove the censorship provisions from the telco bill. At the same time, a coalition has formed to organize litigation to challenge these provisions if they are signed into law. The first step is the selection of plaintiffs. We need plaintiffs who use online networks to discuss or distribute works or art, literary classics, sex education, gay and lesbian literature, human rights reporting, abortion information, rape counseling, controversial political speech, or any other material that could be deemed "indecent" and therefore illegal under the proposed law. We received a tremendous response to our first call for plaintiffs, in the last issue of the ACLU Cyber-Liberties Update. Thanks to all the organizations who contacted us. We urge other groups to join the battle to save free speech in cyberspace. Please contact Ann Beeson at the ACLU if your organization is interested in being a plaintiff in this ground-breaking litigation that will define First Amendment rights in cyberspace. 212-944-9800 x788, beeson(a)aclu.org. ----------------------------------------------------------------- * Effect of Telco Bill on Universal Access In addition to the online censorship provisions in the telco bill, the ACLU is seriously concerned about the effect of other provisions in the bill on universal access. For more information about the effect of the telco bill on universal access and other public interest matters, see the Ad Hoc Site Against the Telecommunications Bill, co-sponsored by Center for Media Education, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility, Consumer Federation of America, Electronic Privacy Information Center, Media Access Project, People for the American Way, and Taxpayer Assets Project, at http://www.access.digex.net:80/~cme/bill.html. ----------------------------------------------------------------- CONFERENCES ----------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 26, 5 pm: "Law in Cyberspace: Free Expression and Intellectual Property on the Internet," Georgetown University Law Center, 600 New Jersey NW, Gewirz Conference Room, Gewirz Hall. Co-sponsored by ACLU-GULC and Student Intellectual Property Law Association. Panelists include David Post (GULC Law professor and author of column on cyberspace law in American Lawyer); John Podesta (GULC professor and former senior policy advisor to President Clinton on govt information policy); and David Johnson (co-founder of the Cyberspace Law Institute, President of Lexis Counsel Connect). Nov 3, 8 pm: John Perry Barlow on "Creating Cyberculture," Kane Hall - University of Washington in Seattle. $12 ($10 students). The lecture is part of a series, co-sponsored by the ACLU of Washington, that explores the impact and implications of the technology revolution on art and culture. Other cosponsors include 911 Media Arts Center, the University of Washington's New Media Lab, and the University of Washington Technical Communications Department. Nov 16, 5 pm: Nadine Strossen (National President, ACLU) speaks on "Defending Pornography: A Feminist Perspective on New Technologies and Old-Fashioned Sex," GULC, 600 New Jersey NW, 12th Floor Ballroom, Gewirz Hall. Co-sponsored by ACLU-GULC and the Student Bar Association Speakers Fund. ----------------------------------------------------------------- ONLINE RESOURCES FROM THE ACLU ----------------------------------------------------------------- Stay tuned for news on the ACLU's world wide web site, under construction at http://www.aclu.org. In the meantime, you can retrieve ACLU documents via gopher at gopher://aclu.org:6601 (forgive the less-than-updated state of our gopher -- we've devoted all our resources to WWW construction!). If you're on America Online, check out the live chats, auditorium events, *very* active message boards, and complete news on civil liberties, at keyword ACLU. ----------------------------------------------------------------- ACLU Cyber-Liberties Update Editor: Ann Beeson (beeson(a)aclu.org) American Civil Liberties Union National Office 132 West 43rd Street New York, New York 10036 To subscribe to the ACLU Cyber-Liberties Update, send a message to infoaclu(a)aclu.org with "subscribe Cyber-Liberties Update" in the subject line of your message. To terminate your subscription, send a message to infoaclu(a)aclu.org with "unsubscribe Cyber-Liberties Update" in the subject line. For general information about the ACLU, write to infoaclu(a)aclu.org. ----------------------------------------------------------------- **PLEASE REPOST WITH HEADER INTACT**

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Re: DigiCash
by szabo＠netcom.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Darren New: > If I give you a dollar for an online newspaper and the > newspaper never gets to me, or I give you $50 for a textbook and the > textbook never shows up in the mail weeks later, who do I go to to get my > money back? This is a bad-case scenario, since it involves long delay and delivery of goods that, unlike information, have a nontrivial marginal cost to the merchant. These both give the merchant incentive to skip the delivery step. For this kind of business, there are several possibilities, none of which is mature enough to have actually been deployed yet (which is why ecash is currently aimed at small, immediately delivered goods and services). * Escrow services, which take responsibility for delivery each way (and develop a public reputation for reliably doing this). This has the value that it still allows the parties to be mutually anonymous (although additional tools are needed to actually have strongly anonymous connections, the payment/delivery protocol doesn't preclude it). * Ripped bill protocols might be able to substitute for escrows. (these are quite esoteric, but can again be hidden behind a nice metaphor). * Deal only with a jurisdictionally reachable merchant and hope the law is on your side (often not an available solution on the global Internet, but usually assumed by identified payment schemes, so it's a reasonable fallback from that point of view). For smaller transactions with rapid delivery times, complaining loudly and publicly on Usenet will soon put the business out of it. Receipts will give such complaints more credibility, and will also allow the clearing agent to credibly get involved. (Obviously in these cases anonymity is lost for a particular transaction, but unlinkability with one's unchallenged transactions remains). Finally, in a few markets the value add of confidentiality is enough to outweigh the risks for even large transactions. Nick Szabo szabo(a)netcom.com

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The real value of munition t-shirts (Re:
by QLDM75A＠prodigy.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> I've found that the real value of my shirt is the fact that it's > a valuable cypherpunk detector device for strangers who have come > up to me and said,"Wow! Is that the shirt I've heard so much about. . are > you really a cypherpunk... hey there nice perl... " etc. etc. etc. I've > been approached about it at a Taco Bell, at the movies, and > at a favorite coffee house of mine (several times, in fact). One night I > wore it to a dance club here in Baltimore, and no less than 6 people, all > of whom I had never met before, approached me about it and wanted to talk > about cypherpunk issues. None of them were on the list. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- Same here. I also find that it is a good way to let other people - know- about ITAR and crypto. At school I have had around 20 people ask me about it. From students to teacher to administration. I also wore mine to a dance club here in Salt Lake City and was approached by a few people. I think it is a good way to at least let people know about the situation. Makes some news friends also. Eldon Jenkins PRODIGY Tech Support =================== Usual disclaimer ===================

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Re: Crypto's Role in Evil?
by Carl Ellison 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I wrote: >Date: Tue, 24 Oct 95 12:52:40 EDT >In-Reply-To: Timothy C. May's message of Mon, 9 Oct 1995 11:20:41 -0700 <199510100354.UAA10505(a)comsec.com> >Subject: Re: Crypto's Role in Evil? >I heard a particularly scary quote from Director Freeh last Sunday on NPR's >Weekend Edition (I believe that was the show -- segment A-1) in which he >declared "our job is to protect the people". The show was Thursday 10/19, All Things Considered. BTW, there was another interesting quote on the 15th on ATC -- a segment about the DA office in New Orleans -- with a DA claiming that the presumption of innocence is a legal fiction which *starts* when the trial starts -- implying that from arrest to trial, the person is guilty. Interesting way of thinking.... - Carl +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Carl M. Ellison cme(a)acm.org http://www.clark.net/pub/cme | |PGP: E0414C79B5AF36750217BC1A57386478 & 61E2DE7FCB9D7984E9C8048BA63221A2 | | ``Officer, officer, arrest that man! He's whistling a dirty song.'' | +---------------------------------------------- Jean Ellison (aka Mother) -+

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symmetric key algorithms
by Goh Seow Hiong 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Could anyone comment on the acceptability and reliability of the SAFER algorithm, in comparison with other algorithms such as IDEA, Triple-DES, DES, RC4, .... Has there been any comparison paper written on the pros and cons of the different symmetric key algorithms? Thanks.. SH

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Let's Not Merge Mailing Lists, OK?
by tcmay＠got.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

There's been an upsurge in "cross-mailed" messages, with Cypherpunks copied on "www-buy-blah-blah," and vice versa, and Cypherpunks copied on the growing number of lobbyist lists (EPIC, EFF, etc.). A lot of this is not new, but some of the cross-posts between our list and the various "Net commerce" and like groups are causing debates to blur. This message drove it home for me: -----begin excerpt----- From: ali(a)eit.COM (Ali Bahreman) Date: Wed, 25 Oct 1995 15:28:00 -0700 To: ali(a)eit.COM, dnew(a)sgf.fv.com, www-buyinfo(a)allegra.att.com, ljo(a)ausys.se Subject: Digital Cash, Privacy, Anonymity, Double spending protection and Cheating protection Cc: cypherpunks(a)toad.com Reply-To: bahreman(a)eit.COM X-Sun-Charset: US-ASCII Sender: owner-cypherpunks(a)toad.com Precedence: bulk Let's think out loud here for a minute... I am sending this to Cypherpunks to see if someone out there has already thought of a solution to this. Alice wants to get a file from Bob and wants to pay him $1 using some Digital Cash scheme. - Do we want Alice's identity to remain Anonymous (and Bob's too)? (Note that this means that neither party knows who the other really is. They could be using aliases to conceal their real identity.) ... rest of speculations about crypto elided.... ----end excerpt---- I don't know if "ali(a)eit.COM (Ali Bahreman)" is subscribed to the Cypherpunks list or not. From the nature of his comments, I suspect not. There is great danger in constantly "casting the net wider," in trying to reach more and more people. I understand the temptation for some on both lists to cross-post some messages. I urge that they do this, as Bob H. has done on occasion, by personally forwarding the message, with only _one_ of the lists getting it. (This because the real danger is as above, where multiple lists are in the recipient or cc: fields, and followups semi-spam multiple lists.) Clearly we cannot have our list used to educate others on other lists. Or, rather, I'm finding it hard enough to stay on top of a list with 1200+ subscribers. Adding people from other lists, at varying levels of competence in areas we think important, will simply be too much. For me, at least. For now, I plan to filter out stuff that gets echoed over from www-buy, as I can't keep track of their conversations as well as our own. --Tim May Views here are not the views of my Internet Service Provider or Government. ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay(a)got.net 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Higher Power: 2^756839 | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders are just speed bumps on the information superhighway."

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Re: Mandatory ID in California?
by btmoore＠iquest.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- At 08:45 AM 10/25/95 -0700, Ian Goldberg wrote: >>From "The Daily Californian", Wed., 25 October, 1995, page 3: > ><snip> >"Police were called to the scene by an officer who passed Burton >and smelled marijuana smoke, Phelps said. The officer believed >it was coming from Burton's cigarette. > >"The officer issued a citation to Burton for smoking marijuana >and requested to see identification. Burton refused to show >identification and argued that smoking marijuana is legal in >Berkeley, Phelps said. > >"The officer, in accordance with police policy, arrested Burton >for refusing to properly identify himself." ><snip> > >That last sentence seemed ominous to me... > > - Ian > Actually, "Failure to Identify" is a misdemeanor in most municipalities nationwide. It is definitely so here in Indiana, and in most places I've been to. The only thing surprising is that YOU were not aware of this! :-) The point being the Cops always want to know who they're fuc... er, dealing with. The first thing they'll do is radio in who they're accous... er, stopping. The reason for this is, should they get their just desserts... I mean come to some harm, the rest of their gang... I mean, brother officers will know who to come after! :-) Benjamin T. Moore, Jr. (Jian #AJF IRChat) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQEVAwUBMI7qioSAJOVFNaChAQG4pAf+MzOXKt3SvEkPiOERTGBGsz1SpJk7/XR2 8L0FeCfWcrVsxiPunXz58ekqeSXuiWy0y4bx+zu4TMo8Rq/rgwlzyYAcztI+FMnn VmA562w5RUMmwPZ6UznrRYpaOcycUeQ4ewEdVyCqogR7L3Itm14Jwd8QEekEyUGz BVNoZEc5XQReCKQU2WVFDA1Q6ycyc1IZDcQE0JIjTXVD8L8wTr2LgHXD7pHKEsmA /jfHfNj0Gm0v2SQTWOtY0UL219UaniWuwU3R+GuDJd/YtpizyTQpDZDPHjsZhAs9 lvgevrvFBRluvLdI2oDk47L6n1qnnzPCy73uQ/GFGlyKsumizFOtqw== =qtGt -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: Welcome to cypherpunks
by patrick＠Verity.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> > Why am I getting this when I am already subscribed to the list?????? > Because someone signed the list up to the list...probably inadvertently. They probably sent something to majordomo with a line like: subscribe cypherpunks cypherpunks(a)toad.com thinking it actually made sense for some reason...then again they might have done it on purpose. Patrick _______________________________________________________________________ / These opinions are mine, and not Verity's (except by coincidence;). \ | (\ | | Patrick J. Horgan Verity Inc. \\ Have | | patrick(a)verity.com 1550 Plymouth Street \\ _ Sword | | Phone : (415)960-7600 Mountain View \\/ Will | | FAX : (415)960-7750 California 94303 _/\\ Travel | \___________________________________________________________\)__________/

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HTTP Request-Header & Server Environment Echoes
by Richard.Johnson＠Colorado.EDU 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>What Your Browser Says Behind Your Back</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <PRE><TT> The what your browser told me about you when you weren't looking echo CGI at UIUC mentioned on cypherpunks (http://www.hks.net/cpunks/ cpunks-9/0095.html) in Nov. 1994 seems to be down for the count (it was http://www.uiuc.edu/cgi-bin/printenv )). It would provide you with a page showing the information your browser had given to the server in the HTTP Request-Header. However, others exist to take up the slack. Here's a directory I compiled today (thanks to WWWW, Lycos, etc.) of current, working HTTP Request-Header and resulting server environment variable echoes. I'm sure I've missed some, if not many. Follow up with additions, if you want. Better yet, add these and the additions to your favorite privacy and security pages. HTTP Request-Header Echoes Machine Information at MIT (http://www.mit.edu:8001/machine) Feeds back your machine name, IP address, and finger info. Not really a request-header echo at all, but useful. Echo at TU-Berlin (http://www.cs.tu-berlin.de/sui/eserte/cgi-rcs/home/ eserte/.public_html/index.html Raw text echo of your HTTP request-header info. Echo by Pierre Omidyar at best.com (http://www.best.com/~pierre/printenv. cgi) and at ebay.com (http://www.ebay.com/printenv.cgi) Two paths for reaching the same CGI script. Produces nicely formatted HTML output showing your HTTP request-header info. Simple perl source for the script is available from Pierre's Web Tips (http://www.best. com/~pierre/web-authoring.html) page. Echo by mjd at cis.upenn.edu (http://www.cis.upenn.edu/cgi-bin/mjd/ printenv) Produces formatted HTML echo of your HTTP request-header info. Echo at hyperreal.com (http://www.hyperreal.com/cgi-bin/printenv) Produces plaintext HTML echo of your HTTP request-header info. Echo at Whithead Institute--MIT (http://www-genome.wi.mit.edu/WWW/ examples/Ch9/printenv.pl Produces formatted HTML echo of your HTTP request-header info. Simple perl source for this script is available in the Chapter 9 script examples (http://www-genome.wi.mit.edu/WWW/examples/Ch9/) from Lincoln Stein (http://www-genome.wi.mit.edu/~lstein/)'s book, How to Set Up And Maintain a World Wide Web Site (http://www-genome.wi.mit. edu/WWW/). Echo by cloos at io.com (http://www.io.com/cgi-user/cloos/environment) Raw text echo of your HTTP request-header info. Also provides a whole bunch more, including the script's runtime environment. And now, again in the original HTML: </TT></PRE> The <CENTER>what your browser told me about you when you weren't looking</CENTER> echo CGI at UIUC <A HREF="http://www.hks.net/cpunks/cpunks-9/0095.html">mentioned on cypherpunks</A> in Nov. 1994 seems to be down for the count (it was http://www.uiuc.edu/cgi-bin/printenv) It would provide you with a page showing the information your browser had given to the server in the HTTP Request-Header. However, others exist to take up the slack. Here's a directory I compiled today (thanks to WWWW, Lycos, etc.) of current, working HTTP Request-Header and resulting server environment variable echoes. I'm sure I've missed some, if not many. Follow up with additions, if you want. Better yet, add these and the additions to your favorite privacy and security pages. <H3>HTTP Request-Header Echoes</H3> <DL> <DT>Machine Information at MIT <DD>Feeds back your machine name, IP address, and finger info. Not really a request-header echo at all, but useful. <DT><A HREF="http://www.cs.tu-berlin.de/sui/eserte/cgi-rcs/home/eserte/.public_html/inde…">Echo at TU-Berlin</A> <DD>Raw text echo of your HTTP request-header info. <DT><A HREF="http://www.best.com/~pierre/printenv.cgi">Echo by Pierre Omidyar at best.com</A> and at ebay.com <DD>Two paths for reaching the same CGI script. Produces nicely formatted HTML output showing your HTTP request-header info. Simple perl source for the script is available from <A HREF="http://www.best.com/~pierre/web-authoring.html">Pierre's Web Tips</A> page. <DT><A HREF="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/cgi-bin/mjd/printenv">Echo by mjd at cis.upenn.edu</A> <DD>Produces formatted HTML echo of your HTTP request-header info. <DT>Echo at hyperreal.com <DD>Produces plaintext HTML echo of your HTTP request-header info. <DT><A HREF="http://www-genome.wi.mit.edu/WWW/examples/Ch9/printenv.pl">Echo at Whithead Institute--MIT</A> <DD>Produces formatted HTML echo of your HTTP request-header info. Simple perl source for this script is available in the <A HREF="http://www-genome.wi.mit.edu/WWW/examples/Ch9/">Chapter 9 script examples</A> from <A HREF="http://www-genome.wi.mit.edu/~lstein/">Lincoln Stein</A>'s book, <CITE><A HREF="http://www-genome.wi.mit.edu/WWW/">How to Set Up And Maintain a World Wide Web Site</A></CITE>. <DT><A HREF="http://www.io.com/cgi-user/cloos/environment">Echo by cloos at io.com</A> <DD>Raw text echo of your HTTP request-header info. Also provides a whole bunch more, including the script's runtime environment. </DL> </BODY> </HTML>

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Your Majordomo request results
by Majordomo＠toad.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-- Your request of Majordomo was: >>>> subscribe cypherpunks cypher(a)infinity.nus.sg Succeeded. Your request of Majordomo was: >>>> end END OF COMMANDS

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