December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Re: The LOGIC of Navigator 2.0 ?
by James M. Cobb 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Steve, I posted a message, The LOGIC of Navigator 2.0 ?, to the list on 01 08 96. That message quoted a couple of paragraphs from a Bloomberg news agency newsstory. The story is headlined, Netscape Will Release an Updated Internet Browser in Two Weeks. The story's datelined Mountain View CA. Your 01 08 96 followup message characterized my original message as "garbage." You posted your message via Best Internet Communications Inc in Mountain View CA... Whatever the significance of that may be, there's the additional matter that you may not understand the significance of the phrase GOVERNMENT LOGIC which I used in my original message. I hope the following provides you sufficient context-- In 02 96 Internet World, science fiction writer Vernor Vinge is interviewed: Suddenly [about 1984] people realized that if a 100 million people each had computers that were one-tenth of one percent as smart as the government's computers, they had much less to fear about government. Now we've entered an era where the government understands this. On the one hand, police forces are legitimately [?] frightened; law enforcement could become much more difficult. But at the same time --with some new laws and technology-- police powers could be much greater than before.... You've heard of ubiquitous computing, but how about UBIQUITOUS LAW ENFORCEMENT? Developing that line of thought, Vinge says: ...the old Clipper chip proposal recommended that GOVERNMENT LOGIC be present in certain communications equipment. For the future I think this aspect of Clipper was as significant as the crypto issues. What would it be like if a certain amount of GOVERNMENT LOGIC were mandated in the design of every host in a country? And Vinge concludes: WE COULD HAVE REAL-TIME TAXATION. and ...very fine-grain CONTROL would be possible. Capitalization in the above excerpts is mine. The whole interview is worth reading. Its title is: Reality & Fiction. It starts at page 82. Jeff Ubois asked the questions. Every HOST in a country? As Larry Ellison says in 12 26 95 / 01 02 96 Computerworld 41: The ideal operating system arrives across a network when you turn your computer on. The GOVERNMENT LOGIC arrives too... Cordially, Jim INCLOSURE: Date: Mon, 8 Jan 1996 16:03:06 -0800 (PST) From: Steven Weller <stevenw(a)best.com> To: "James M. Cobb" <jcobb(a)ahcbsd1.ovnet.com> Subject: Re: The LOGIC of Navigator 2.0 ? Please refrain from posting such garbage on the cypherpunks mailing list. You are not a friend, you are a pest. On Mon, 8 Jan 1996, James M. Cobb wrote: > > > Friend, > > > 01 07 96 the business news agency Bloomberg reports: > > Netscape Communications Corp. said it will release in two > weeks a new version of its popular browsing software, de- > signed to keep the Internet software company ahead of rival > Microsoft Corp. > ... > > The [new] browser can use programs that are stored on cen- > tral computers on the Internet, making a personal computer's > operating system less important. > > > And thereby making GOVERNMENT LOGIC more important? > > > Cordially, > > Jim > > > > > NOTE: The newsstory's headline? NETSCAPE WILL RELEASE AN > UPDATED INTERNET BROWSER IN TWO WEEKS. Its dateline? > MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (Jan 7, 1996 4:16 p.m. EST). Its > Nando News online filename? biz7_1087.html > > >

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Re: SSH for Windows
by Alex de Joode 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

: ...can be found at URL http://public.srce.hr/~cigaly/ssh/. FYI. also on ftp.hacktic.nl/pub/replay/pub/incoming/ssh-1-2.zip (the .hr link is _very_ slow) -AJ-

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Don't type: "g**d t*m*s v*r*s"
by tcmay＠got.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 6:35 PM 1/9/96, Kent Dahlgren wrote: >God...are we going to have to endure this like we have had to endure that >stupid g**d t*m*s v*r*s e-mail crap? Let it die. Let it die. I have edited the name of this virus so as to minimized its damage. I read that even _typing_ the phrase "g**d t*m*s v*r*s" in its full form can cause the information stored in the phrease "g**d t*m*s v*r*s" to unpack itself, install itself on all types of disk drives, and then initialize the disks. I hope we caught it in time! (More seriously, I notice that "alt.folklore.suburban(a)c2.org" was in the distribution list for the message I'm replying to (pared out by me on this message). I really hope that this does not mean what I think it means, that "alt.folklore.suburban" is not being copied! The cross-contamination of many mailing lists is one thing, but cross-contaminating our mailing list and Usenet groups would truly be the work of the Army of the Twelve Monkeys.) --Tim May We got computers, we're tapping phone lines, we know that that ain't allowed. ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- 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: 2^756839 - 1 | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."

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RE: S.652 (H.R. 1555) (\"obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, or indecent...et al\")
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Responding to msg by blancw(a)accessone.com (blanc) on Tue, 9 Jan 8:41 PM >What needs to do is to learn to speak like politicians. > Learn to go around the subject, make indirect >reference, make vague allusions, be indirect & >wavering, ambiguous & obfuscating, evasive & >hypocritical; never openly offending, never possible >to be held liable for having said anything of >consequence. > >Of course it will still be annoying, but how can they >criticize their own style & manner. Ah, you've godiva'd le roy, and guttered moi.

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Re: PRIVACY: Private traces in public places
by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Responding to msg by tcmay(a)got.net (Timothy C. May) on Wed, 10 Jan 0:9 AM >I'm not trivializing the issue of search engines and >archiving systems turning up articles written, old >posts, etc. Every couple of weeks, sometimes more >often, someone sends me a copy of one of my postings >and claims that someone else must be forging my name >(recent posts on racial issues, for example--while I'm >not a racist, I despise quotas, setasides, and >preferential treatment for lazy people, of any >race...this obviously makes some people "ashamed for >me" :-}). http://nytsyn.com/live/News3/006_010696_101827_2723.html Last summer the first case in Britain of a libel on the Internet was settled out of court when Laurence Godfrey accepted undisclosed damages from another nuclear physicist, Philip Hallam-Baker, over remarks made in 1993 on Usenet, an electronic conference with 16 million users. And Peter Lilley, the Social Security Secretary, sent a stiff letter to the vice-chancellor of Leeds University after one of its students used a faculty computer to make defamatory allegations about him.

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Re: The LOGIC of Navigator 2.0 ?
by Alan Olsen 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 06:12 PM 1/8/96 -0500, you wrote: > The [new] browser can use programs that are stored on cen- > tral computers on the Internet, making a personal computer's > operating system less important. > > > And thereby making GOVERNMENT LOGIC more important? I think they are refering to Java scripting in this article. (You have to remember that such articles are phrased for those who have little or no technical knowledge.) I find it amazing though that they claim a two week release date when I have not heard of a Java version for the Mac as of yet. I would think that they would have put it through at least one beta first. (But then again, this is netscape we are talking about...) [Note to Jeff and other Netscape employees: I realize you have gotten better. Lets hope it stays that way. (And I won't make *any* comments about "tech support".] Alan Olsen -- alano(a)teleport.com -- Contract Web Design & Instruction `finger -l alano(a)teleport.com` for PGP 2.6.2 key http://www.teleport.com/~alano/ "Governments are potholes on the Information Superhighway." - Not TCMay

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Re: Encryption sales ban costs U.S. $60 billion
by Bill Stewart 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 09:40 PM 1/7/96 -0800, dang(a)netcom.com (DRG) wrote: >S.F. Examiner: > >ENCRYPTION SALES BAN COSTS U.S. $60 BILLION > >NEW YORK U.S. companies will lose as much as 30 percent of the $200 >billion in U.S. computer system sales expected in 200 because of federal >export laws that limit the encryption of information, a recent study found. OK, so crypto export laws will cost about as much as direct expenditures on the War On Politically Incorrect Drugs, or medical costs of tobacco. No problem.... :-( #-- # Thanks; Bill # Bill Stewart, stewarts(a)ix.netcom.com, Pager/Voicemail 1-408-787-1281 # # "The price of liberty is eternal vigilance" used to mean us watching # the government, not the other way around....

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Book on Electronic Commerce
by E. ALLEN SMITH 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

From: IN%"rre(a)weber.ucsd.edu" 7-JAN-1996 08:47:56.17 Date: Sat, 6 Jan 1996 12:32:20 -0600 (CST) From: "Andrew B. Whinston" <abw(a)uts.cc.utexas.edu> To: misfaculty(a)moe.cc.utexas.edu Subject: Electronic Commerce Hi: We are pleased to announce the publication of a new book on electronic commerce titled: FRONTIERS of ELECTRONIC COMMERCE (868 pages). The publisher is Addison-Wesley (1-800-822-6339) and the ISBN no. is 0-201-84520-2. For more details -- Preface, Chapter 1, Research issues in Online Banking Syllabus of course using the book, Tranparencies of talks on Electronic Commerce -- see: http://commerce.ssb.rochester.edu/book.html ================== Table of Contents: ================== Frontiers of Electronic Commerce Ravi Kalakota, University of Rochester and Andrew B. Whinston, University of Texas at Austin ISBN: 0-201-84520-2, 868 pp., softcover, 1996. Preface 1 Welcome to Electronic Commerce 1.Electronic Commerce Framework 2.Electronic Commerce and Media Convergence 3.The Anatomy of E-Commerce Applications 4.Electronic Commerce Consumer Applications 5.Electronic Commerce Organization Applications 6.Summary 2 The Network Infrastructure for Electronic Commerce 1.Market Forces Influencing the I-Way 2.Components of the I-Way 3.Network Access Equipment 4.The Last Mile: Local Roads and Access Ramps 5.Global Information Distribution Networks 6.Public Policy Issues Shaping the I-Way 7.Summary 3 The Internet as a Network Infrastructure 1.The Internet Terminology 2.Chronological History of the Internet 3.NSFNET: Architecture and Components 4.National Research and Education Network 5.Globalization of the Academic Internet 6.Internet Governance: The Internet Society 7.An Overview of Internet Applications 8.Summary 4 The Business of Internet Commercialization 1.Telco/Cable/On-Line Companies 2.National Independent ISPs 3.Regional-Level ISPs 4.Local-Level ISPs 5.Service Providers Abroad 6.Service Provider Connectivity: Network Interconnection Points 7.Internet Connectivity Options 8.Logistics of Being an Internet Service Provider 9.Summary 5 Network Security and Firewalls 1.ClientÜServer Network Security 2.Emerging ClientÜServer Security Threats 3.Firewalls and Network Security 4.Data and Message Security 5.Challenge-Response Systems 6.Encrypted Documents and Electronic Mail 7.U.S. Government Regulations and Encryption 8.Summary 6 Electronic Commerce and World Wide Web 1.Architectural Framework for Electronic Commerce 2.World Wide Web (WWW) as the Architecture 3.Web Background: Hypertext Publishing 4.Technology behind the Web 5.Security and the Web 6.Summary 7 Consumer-Oriented Electronic Commerce 1.Consumer-Oriented Applications 2.Mercantile Process Models 3.Mercantile Models from the Consumer's Perspective 4.Mercantile Models from the Merchant's Perspective 5.Summary 8 Electronic Payment Systems 1.Types of Electronic Payment Systems 2.Digital Token-Based Electronic Payment Systems 3.Smart Cards and Electronic Payment Systems 4.Credit Card-Based Electronic Payment Systems 5.Risk and Electronic Payment Systems 6.Designing Electronic Payment Systems 7.Summary 9 Interorganizational Commerce and EDI 1.Electronic Data Interchange 2.EDI Applications in Business 3.EDI: Legal, Security, and Privacy Issues 4.EDI and Electronic Commerce 5.Summary 10 EDI Implementation MIME, and Value-Added Networks 1.Standardization and EDI 2.EDI Software Implementation 3.EDI Envelope for Message Transport 4.Value-Added Networks (VANs) 5.Internet-Based EDI 6.Summary 11 Intraorganizational Electronic Commerce 1.Internal Information Systems 2.Macroforces and Internal Commerce 3.Work-flow Automation and Coordination 4.Customization and Internal Commerce 5.Supply Chain Management (SCM) 6.Summary 12 The Corporate Digital Library 1.Dimensions of Internal Electronic Commerce Systems 2.Making a Business Case for a Document Library 3.Types of Digital Documents 4.Issues behind Document Infrastructure 5.Corporate Data Warehouses 6.Summary 13 Advertising and Marketing on the Internet 1.The New Age of Information-Based Marketing 2.Advertising on the Internet 3.Charting the On-Line Marketing Process 4.Market Research 5.Summary 14 Consumer Search and Resource Discovery 1.Search and Resource Discovery Paradigms 2.Information Search and Retrieval 3.Electronic Commerce Catalogs or Directories 4.Information Filtering 5.Consumer-Data Interface: Emerging Tools 6.Summary 15 On-Demand Education and Digital Copyrights 1.Computer-Based Education and Training 2.Technological Components of Education On-Demand 3.Digital Copyrights and Electronic Commerce 4.Summary 16 Software Agents 1.History of Software Agents 2.Characteristics and Properties of Agents 3.The Technology behind Software Agents 4.Telescript Agent Language 5.Safe-Tcl 6.Applets, Browsers, and Software Agents 7.Software Agents in Action 8.Summary 17 The Internet Protocol Suite 1.Layers and Networking 2.Internet Protocol Suite 3.Desktop TCP/IP: SLIP and PPP 4.Other Forms of IP-Based Networking 5.Mobile TCP/IP-Based Networking 6.Multicast IP 7.Next Generation IP (IPng) 8.Summary 18 Multimedia and Digital Video 1.Key Multimedia Concepts 2.Digital Video and Electronic Commerce 3.Desktop Video Processing 4.Desktop Video Conferencing 5.Summary 19 Broadband Telecommunications 1.Broadband Background Concepts 2.Frame Relay 3.Cell Relay 4.Switched Multimegabit Data Service (SMDS) 5.Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) 6.Summary 20 Mobile and Wireless Computing Fundamentals 1.Mobile Computing Framework 2.Wireless Delivery Technology and Switching Methods 3.Mobile Information Access Devices 4.Mobile Data Internetworking Standards 5.Cellular Data Communications Protocols 6.Mobile Computing Applications 7.Personal Communication Services (PCS) 8.Summary 21 Structured Documents 1.Structured Document Fundamentals 2.Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) 3.Summary 22 Active/Compound Document Architecture 1.Defining Active Documents 2.Approaches to Active Documents 3.Object Linking and Embedding 4.OpenDoc 5.COBRA: Distributed Objects 6.Summary References Index -- Ravi __________________________________________________________________________ Ravi Kalakota POTS: (716) 275-3102 Fax: (716)273-1140 Xerox Assistant Professor of Information Systems Simon School--University of Rochester Rochester, New York 14627 e-mail: kalakota(a)uhura.cc.rochester.edu __________________________________________________________________________

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Sci-Atlanta Uses RSA
by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Scientific-Atlanta Announces Development of PowerKEY Conditional Access System Using RSA 'Public Key' Encryption Techniques PowerKEY System Will Provide Sophisticated Security For Signal Content, Interactive Messaging and Electronic Commerce S-A Becomes First Digital Set-Top Terminal Provider To Use Patented RSA Algorithms Atlanta, Jan. 9 -- Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. announced today that it has licensed advanced encryption technology from RSA Data Security, Inc. to be included in its PowerKEY(TM) digital conditional access system, which is being developed for use in set-top terminals, headend components, cable modems and network element management software. The system will combine public key and secret key cryptographic methods in physically secure implementations to provide a high-performance security solution for broadband networks. Sophisticated conditional access systems allow cable and other broadband network operators to be more flexible in implementing new services that employ easy-to-use security. For example, both content providers and network operators can have their own secure way to protect content and communicate interactively with subscribers. Theft of services, falsified orders, and vandalism of software and databases can be curtailed. Sensitive information, such as credit card numbers, can be encrypted and exchanged. In addition, the identity of the sender and the message content can be authenticated -- an important capability for multi-provider authorization environments and for validation of orders from subscribers. The PowerKEY system, which is designed to be a licensable access control and security system, will combine robust security and encryption techniques with physically secure implementation and sophisticated control systems. The PowerKEY system will be available on a variety of interactive and broadcast networks, including CATV broadcast, data, broadband multimedia, switched and terrestrial wireless. Its key functions will include: -- message authentication to reject altered content and prevent downloading computer viruses to digital terminals -- RSA's method of digital signature to provide unambiguous confirmation of sender's identity -- public key encryption for secure transfer of entitlements, authorizations and consumer orders -- high-speed secret key encryption to protect against theft of services -- physically secure logic with renewable and replaceable security modules to thwart pirate tampering -- seamless operation in support of both analog and digital services -- multi-provider authenticated key management -- forward and reverse path protection -- messaging with guaranteed non-repudiation without need for trusted third parties RSA's products are considered a de facto standard for data encryption and authentication all over the world. The license to Scientific-Atlanta is the first that RSA has granted to a set-top terminal manufacturer of its widely adopted, patented technique for private messaging and digital signature authentication. The agreement provides for the licensing of RSA technology, including the algorithms that enable RSA's public key-private key cryptography. No other terms of the agreement were disclosed. With the PowerKEY system, Scientific-Atlanta plans to use RSA cryptography algorithms in its end-to-end digital systems -- set-top terminals, headend equipment and control systems -- to improve communications security for digital pay-per-view, cable modems and other broadcast and interactive applications. Scientific-Atlanta also plans to license the PowerKEY system for use by other manufacturers. The widespread deployment of RSA encryption methods supports the move to open standards of interactivity. "RSA's public key technology is one of the most advanced forms of commercial cryptography available today," said Michael P. Harney, Scientific-Atlanta's vice president and general manager of broadband systems and technology. For the first time, this highly sophisticated encryption technology will be bundled in a conditional access system for both broadcast and interactive applications. This means carriers and MSOs will have a much better way to manage conditional access issues." The PowerKEY system's implementation of RSA algorithms and Cylink Corporation's "Stanford patents" (licensing of which was also announced today by Scientific-Atlanta) is designed to be compatible with global open standards, such as MPEG, DVB and DAVIC. RSA developed and patented a method of exchanging authenticated secret messages without exchanging secret keys. Most encryption systems rely on the sender of a message or document to know the receiver's "secret key." The more parties a secret key is distributed to, the more vulnerable it becomes to unauthorized use. With RSA's "public key" approach, a person's public key can be made available to any interested party to send that person a private message. There is no need to privately exchange secret keys. For other parts of the electronic network services application, such as digital video transmission, the PowerKEY system will employ proven private key algorithms that provide high-speed operation and excellent signal security. RSA Data Security is a leading cryptographic research and development firm. Its products focus on the secure creation, transmission and storage of data, as well as authenticating the author of data. RSA provides software developers with its BSAFE(TM) cryptography engine, which includes multiple algorithms and modules for adding encryption and authentication features to any application. Scientific-Atlanta plans to use RSA's engines for development of some elements of the PowerKEY system. Scientific-Atlanta is a leader in providing conditional access systems for broadband and satellite communications networks. Its Vari-Axis(TM) analog descrambling systems are deployed in millions of analog set-tops, and a robust, secret-key digital conditional access system, based on proven BMAC technology, is part of the PowerVu(TM) system family of products. The PowerKEY system will expand Scientific-Atlanta's product line to include the industry's first conditional access system to utilize public key cryptography. Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. (http://www.sciatl.com) is a leading supplier of broadband communications systems, satellite-based video, voice and data communications networks and worldwide customer service and support. The company is the Official Broadband Video Distribution Sponsor of the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Sci-Atlanta Uses Cylink
by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Scientific-Atlanta Licenses Cylink's Security Techniques for Digital Broadband Application First Use of Patented Cylink Public Key Methods by a Digital Set-Top Terminal Supplier for Two-Way Message Encryption, Decryption and Authentication Atlanta, Jan. 9 -- Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. announced today the licensing from Cylink Corporation of communications security techniques for use by cable and other broadband television systems. Cylink, a provider of enterprise-wide network information security products and wireless communications, has licensed to Scientific-Atlanta what are known as the "Stanford patents," which cover the field of public key cryptography, a security technique that ensures privacy, authentication and integrity of electronic information. The license gives Scientific-Atlanta the right to practice public key cryptography methods, as defined in certain intellectual property holdings of Cylink. These include methods for generation, authentication and exchange of "public keys" used in securely communicating point-to-point network messages. Scientific-Atlanta plans to use these cryptography techniques in its development of a conditional access system for digital networks -- including set-top terminals, headend components, and network element management software -- to improve communications security for digital pay-per-view, cable modems and other broadcast and interactive applications. The license is the first that Cylink has granted to a set-top terminal manufacturer of its patented cryptographic techniques. No other terms were disclosed. With sophisticated encryption systems, cable and other broadband network operators can be more flexible in implementing new services that employ easy-to-use security. For example, both content providers and the network operator can have a secure way of interactive communications with subscribers. Sensitive information, such as credit card numbers, can be encrypted and exchanged. The identity of the sender and the message content can be authenticated -- an important capability for multi-provider authorization environments and for validation of orders from subscribers. A public key-based cryptography system controls the encryption and decryption of messages. Each user is assigned two unique mathematically-related keys: a published public key, and a secret private key. In a cable TV environment, the public key for each subscriber's set-top terminal can be distributed or "published" while keeping the private key in secure memory. "We're excited about the opportunities this license opens for content providers and network operators," said Bob Van Orden, Scientific-Atlanta's product line director of digital subscriber systems. "With Cylink's innovations, we have the foundation necessary for designing very advanced security into any digital broadband application, including pay-per-view, cable modems and electronic shopping." "Through the use of public key technologies, Scientific- Atlanta will help network operators to protect the value of their services," said David Morris, vice president of marketing for Cylink. "This is a vitally important step for operators as they migrate to digital networks." Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. (http://www.sciatl.com) is a leading supplier of broadband communications systems, satellite-based video, voice and data communications networks and worldwide customer service and support. The company is the Official Broadband Video Distribution Sponsor of the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia.

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