December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Re: Only accepting e-mail from known parties
by Robert A. Rosenberg 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 14:33 12/25/95, tallpaul wrote: >Thoughts? (I see one problem with this but it should be able to be worked >out once the basic method is agreed to). I assume that the "Problem" is that by only giving each corespondent ONE E-Stamp, you are single streaming your connections with them (ie: Are talking Half-Duplex). Not only are they restricted to one message "in-flight" but they can not start another message until they have done a capture run to acquire your ACK and get the new key.

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Austin CPunk Video Update
by combee＠techwood.org 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

First, a lot of thanks to all of you who sent me ideas for the Cypherpunk video we are working on here in Austin. I'm sorry I haven't individually acknowledged all of you, but it was been a busy couple of months. Here is our status: We have agreed on the meeting infrastructure, with a video working group meeting twice a month of planning/strategy meetings and at other times for filming, editing, and so on. We have decided to do a 30 minute video with segments dealing with crypto history, basic theory, popular applications, and possible futures. We may go one to produce further videos which look at these topics in more detail. We have a outline of the segments of the video. The outline was originally conceived for a 60 minute program, so some items might have to be cut. This outline should be available online sometime soon off my web page at http://www.yak.net/combee/crypto/ (URL not yet active). This program will initially air on Austin's public access stations, but we have nebulous plans to distribute it once that requirement is met. Questions? Just write to me or to all the Austin CPunks at austin-cpunks(a)einstein.ssz.com. -- eebmoC .L nimajneB | Benjamin L. Combee (REVERSE) gro.doowhcet@eebmoc | combee(a)techwood.org (ENGINEERING) \eebmoc\ten.kay.www\\:ptth | http://www.yak.net/combee/ (RESERVE)

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Re: a new idea: stocks == currency
by Mark Hittinger 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> I've not seen promoted by any single author yet (although I have seen > some prominent cpunks argue the opposite). There was a book written some time ago called "SuperMoney" that basically argues this point (that stocks were not only money, they were *better* than money). One example would be a deposit at a bank. How can you tell if there is a potential solvency problem at the bank? One quick and easy check is to look at the value of the stock of the bank! You see this behavior in currencies when you are exchanging a stronger one for a weaker one or vice versa :-) PS: I read Prechter's "turn of the tidal wave" book over the holidays, and although it is mostly dry, it is an interesting read. Regards, Mark Hittinger Netcom/Dallas bugs(a)freebsd.netcom.com bugs(a)ritz.mordor.com

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Re: HRB Systems Data Storage Encryptor
by James A. Donald 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 09:45 AM 12/26/95 +0100, Anonymous wrote: >Check out http://www.hrb.com/encryption/ssp.html, your >exclusive source of the Ultron Crypto-Engine (tm) The web page proudly announces: "is the only NSA-approved Type I data encryptor available today." There are probably some people ignorant enough to regard that as a recommendation. --------------------------------------------------------------------- | We have the right to defend ourselves | http://www.jim.com/jamesd/ and our property, because of the kind | of animals that we are. True law | James A. Donald derives from this right, not from the | arbitrary power of the state. | jamesd(a)echeque.com

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Employer Probing Precedents?
by "Jason D. Livingood/WSC"＠hks.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- To Whom It May Concern: I was curious as to where I might find some electronic freedom legal precedents. If, for example, an employer was planning to probe file systems on PCs in the off-hours and employees began encrypting their hard drives, what legal precedents would support the employees or would support the employer in blocking the encryption? Thanks for any info you can give me!! Jason Livingood jlivingood(a)hammer.net - --- [This message has been signed by an auto-signing service. A valid signature means only that it has been received at the address corresponding to the signature and forwarded.] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 Comment: Gratis auto-signing service iQBFAwUBMOG/6ioZzwIn1bdtAQHQ2QF/cOq8vE9o+V/yGuk5KLbYv5E6xWJjV2cB pSHFhr4O0HtiTgOtTxMhylVmXFZpuosm =fIWG -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: FH radios
by jim bell 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 05:06 PM 12/25/95 -0500, you wrote: > There is certainly little additional cost to building a >trully secure digital cordless phone given the dense ASIC technology >that is standard in this kind of product - but someone has to >persuade the manufacturers that there is a real need and find a way >to allow them to export the product. > > Dave Emery N1PRE Is there actually a restriction on the export of really-fast frequency-hopping radios, even those (like cordless phones) which have no clear military value?

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Re: [Rant] Flame threads and factual accuracy
by jim bell 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 07:30 AM 12/25/95 -0500, you (Fred Cohen) wrote: >With rights come responsibilities. If you want the right of free speech, you >have to use it responsibly - otherwise, you will lose the right - and quite >possible lose it for me as well. This commentary is pure bullshit. If it were possible to quantify it throughout history, I strongly suspect that the vast majority of instances where "free speech" was LOST (or was never had in the first place) occurred NOT because of some objectively agreed-upon ABUSE (irresponsible use) of that free speech, but in fact merely because those in power WANTED there to be no free speech. In short, "losing the right" had NOTHING to to with abuse. (Though admittedly, that might be a common excuse given...in lieu of the truth!) Fred, you richly deserve your bad reputation.

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Mix Ported to DOS Yet?
by kdf＠gigo.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

[Please respond netmail, as I have but periodic contact w/list.] Subject says it all: Has anyone ported Mixmaster to DOS yet? It has been impending for about a year, it seems, but no one had actually done it last time I asked. Thanks for any new info... JE -- : Fidonet: John Erland 1:203/8055.12 .. speaking for only myself. : Internet: kdf(a)gigo.com

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Re: FH radios
by andr0id＠midwest.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Dave Emery writes: > There is also a newer technology called direct digital synthesis >or DDS that works by accumulating phase (adding to the previous value) We use DDS in some of our Microwave equipment between sites. > > There is certainly little additional cost to building a >trully secure digital cordless phone given the dense ASIC technology >that is standard in this kind of product - but someone has to >persuade the manufacturers that there is a real need and find a way >to allow them to export the product. > I agree; but, if the information you are passing is truly that important just use a landline phone. Eliminate the possable "leak". I'm not claiming that a landline phone is secure, but your cordless is connected to it, so no matter how good your security is on the phone its no longer secure once it leaves the base station and enters the landline. Further encryption can be implemented but this requires equipment on both ends. Really aren't we trying to create the most secure methods of information exchange with the least amount of cost? I'm budget restricted so PGP and the internet are more secure and cheaper for me than most other means of comunication, so far. :) Dr0id (andr0id(a)midwest.net callsign: N9XLM) ( Computer Consulting & Management ) (P.O. Box 421 Cambria, IL 62915-0421) -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6.2 mQENAzCsIi4AAAEH/1hb5+tO/n99Nbppf0ImLJ6AaVZ3NlZP0ZHwRQor00uA129i d4zWixNXxc8t2auaqN+asV99LpIip3/nQzBnjydiumeBdGLF2PR9+6X8X/RrqKa1 dVIukxM5Agg2eM6ih+0J38hgKJ3qzKXSz6sjYmpaxvbXZoHHOLUk/ZtHUKvvEyPw hnJEYnut8NUnIeK56lqeqRw86yoeRKymbfCdjdpgeY2aRwK2FJts8sbb7Fs10s4y jgxWIxIipBznbGUTh1hb2XrLGPENwk3E/qqXQJEsrySbtwdl6VgTVQjhDDEJMitL DYeiQ3W5EgxfcdbM1j2FwYu3P/dM6Y0I8xLMYT0ABRG0NmFuZHIwaWRAb2ljdTgx Mi5jb20gKG9pY3U4MTIuY29tIHN5c3RlbSBhZG1pbmlzdHJhdG9yKYkBFQMFEDCs LO90C7R/GkJcSQEB01cH/0KC3sd+u4OxMku5378SJktoN6QIQYLJ7uVbuV4S51yK NAotCGf4Wl6wwjynzZvXKU0H87oDuMiq7FybgMNL2n+4bQIZi0iz0lIuzwoMDu63 NrHUW9Kz42pOnhrEhrdkHhHL9O5GgD1yc40fJ3qw5h7LQEjDxgypyw0IFILFc34u LeRLliNibxKp8JwAxXNHWSgxu28TQvmnkHi0AHP6tJ/uZYe+4dqJtrMMsYFjzZaz DPmxD+dzbTwlQKtJaP1ZkDI0Sr072wrZDv+G86GyGBMX2lpSafpRitnxuUttjU9o wsQ9Qo5xiH1nZRCs/bDzJe/gng+GHzevixDIITurtNA= =SgPT -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

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COMMUNITY CONNEXION ANNOUNCES APACHE-SSL COMMERCE
by sameer 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

For Immediate Release Contact: Sameer Parekh 510-601-9777 COMMUNITY CONNEXION ANNOUNCES APACHE-SSL COMMERCE Community ConneXion today announced Apache-SSL Commerce, a commercial version of the Apache webserver with support for Netscape Communication Corporation's Secure Sockets Layer, a standard for encrypted communications over the Internet. Community ConneXion's Apache-SSL package includes Apache v1.0.0, extensions to Apache which enable the SSL protocol, additional customizations to the webserver, and tools to aid in server and SSL maintainence. The server supports virtual hosts and an extensible API to allow for easy modifications to the behavior of the server. Apache is currently the fastest growing HTTP server, looking set to become the most used web server on the net in 1996. Sameer Parekh, President of Community ConneXion, commented on their release of the encrypting webserver, "We're very happy to make available an affordable SSL server to the Internet community. For security to work, it must be ubiquitous, which requires that encrypting servers be affordable and widely deployed." Apache-SSL is available for free to non-commercial users, and the commercial use package, Apache-SSL Commerce, is available for $495.00. Customers who own versions of other commercial encrypting webservers can upgrade to Apache-SSL Commerce for $295.00. In addition to the right to use the server in commercial applications, the commercial package includes support and free lifetime upgrades from Community ConneXion. Apache-SSL Commerce is not available outside the United States, but Apache-SSL is available for free, both commercially and non-commercially, outside the United States from Ben Laurie, of A. L. Digital, Ltd. The Apache-SSL Commerce webserver is the only commercial encrypting webserver with source available. Ian Goldberg, graduate student at U.C. Berkeley, well-known for his work on SSL security, commented on the importance of available source, "The public release of source, especially for security-critical sections of code, is vital for a product in which the public must put its trust. It's far better for me to be able to check the software that's used, say, for accessing my bank account via the Web, for security problems, than for me to be forced to trust whatever company put out the product. Companies will soon find that releasing more information about the internals of their products will lead not only to better products, but better reputations, as well." Portions developed by the Apache Group, taken with permission from the Apache Server http://www.apache.org/. This product includes software developed by Ben Laurie for use in the Apache-SSL HTTP server project. This product includes software developed by Eric Young (eay(a)mincom.oz.au) Information on Apache-SSL is available at http://www.c2.org/apachessl/. Questions and inquiries regarding the server should be sent to apachessl(a)c2.org. Community ConneXion, founded in June of 1994, is the leading provider of privacy on the Internet. They provide anonymous and pseudonymous internet access and web pages in addition to powerful web service, virtual hosts, and web design consultation. Information is available from their web pages at http://www.c2.org/.

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