December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

E-Cash promotion idea
by Alan Olsen 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

This may or may not fly, but it is at least worth puting out for general comment... Have the people in the e-cash biz thought of getting with the various "Cyber Cafes" around the world to sell e-cash to the patrons. Done properly, this could inject e-cash into a community who would both use the cash, as well as providing privacy and an exchange for real currency. There is probibly some sort of financial regulation against it, but it is an idea to look into... --- 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/ "We had to destroy the Internet in order to save it." - Sen. Exon "Microsoft -- Nothing but NT promises."

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Re: pledge status
by harka＠nycmetro.com 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

* Carbons sent to: In: alanh(a)infi.net -=> Quoting In:alanh@infi.net to Harka <=- In> black-ninjas-pretending-that-they're-in-a-Hollywood-script thread After all these figure of speech comparisons of federal agents with 'ninja's' I think it's noteworthy, that the ninja's of old were a counterculture themselves. In fact, they were despised by the ruling class (government) of the samurai as low-lifes and scum of the earth, because the ninjas families would not subdue themselves to 'codes of honor' like the samurai and also practiced different religions (Buddhism) The samurai in turn tried to eliminate the ninja's by outlawing the use of weapons, repressing religious freedom and even invading the ninja's 'heartland' of the province of IGA. Nevertheless, the subsequent elimination of rights for ninja's led to the opposite effect, the ruling samurai had hoped for: instead of being turned into defenseless kids, the ninja's were now free from any boundaries in terms of existing norms and were thus much more innovative and efficient than the samurai and their 'code of honor'. That enabled the ninja's eventually to survive all onslaughts and dangers to their culture until today. OBCrypto: They also used various cryptographic methods and systems to transport messages. Harka ___ Blue Wave/386 v2.30 [NR]

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A quick question please
by sparks＠bah.com 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hi all, I'm somewhat new to this and was wondering if there is a nice re- mailer fornt end for the Mac ( Same as Private Idaho ) I have unix, mac and intel, I use the Mac on the road for good connectivity back to the office and the net in a small cheep package. Thanks Charley Sparks -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCXAwUBMfQnKOJ+JZd/Y4yVAQGEqgQNEhNp1/WfnIoMp3sTJtcuaZTAg7CsvCxc w3MRCfkkosf2jzRSOvmwJoFmag3I21eCCA7JKhUt+yvtOGyJDxN3fgBl669hZDWG YE05B8QMaQyHkVIJLe4o6UO+JBCvrEA6jylID/Z41BEJErO+kaN49sbZV0x2nBM9 q4s/ET67KhPt7g== =u9sO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Charles E. Sparks http://www.clark.net/pub/charley/index.htm In God we trust, All Others we encrypt Public Key at: http://www.clark.net/pub/charley/cp_1.htm

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Re: Opiated file systems
by Chris Adams 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

On 20 Jul 96 14:46:12 -0800, ceridwyn(a)wolfenet.com wrote: >>BTW, I'd try a fiber-optic connector to the machine because 1) it's > >Do you know anything about where to find info. on connecting drives >(IDE or SCSI) with fiber? I'm very interested in this possibility, >but need to research further. I'd like to home-build a system, but >any info on current products would also be helpful. One, you could probably replace the wires with fiber/xmitter pairs. However, this would probably screw your timings to hell - SCSI probably wouldn't work. OTOH, it's possible that with a careful enough job and some decent components you could pull it off. It would be incredibly wasteful, though, as you would need 40+ fibers to do the job of one... I'd find some network cards that support fiber and breadboard a little system together. Possibly, you could find a hookup that would work off the shelf - look for sources for embedded systems. For instance, at least Novell's networks have embedded system support. I recall a DDJ that had someone wire up a coffemaker as a network controlled device, so I doubt you'd need a PC. As I recall, he had a single chip ethernet device. Now, this was for regular ethernet, but I'd assume you could connect a fiber based ethernet over with some sort of adapter. Search for the article at http://www.ddj.com - if you can't find it there, drop me a note. // Chris Adams <adamsc(a)io-online.com> - Webpages for sale! Se habla JavaScript! // Automatically receive my resume or PGPKEY by sending email with a subject // of 'send PGPKEY' or 'send resume'. Capitalization counts so be careful!

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Re: Responding to Pre-dawn Unannounced Ninja Raids
by Vinnie Moscaritolo 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

On 19 Jul 1996 19:51:39 Hallam-Baker wrote >It is no coincidence that the Tree of Liberty needs to be watered with >blood on occasion. As a native Bostonian, I have to tell you that the original "Tree of Liberty" was cut down many many years ago and in it's place now stands a storefront, if you look up onto the second floor you will notice a frieze of a tree. This is all that stands to commemerate the "Tree of Liberty". oh btw that storefront is in the comabat zone of boston, and the last time I checked that store was called either the "Naked I"or the "Pussycat lounge", can you guess what they sell? It's been a while since I've been in that neighborhood, so I dont remeber the street corner, ask bob hettinga if you want to know where. Speaking of Bob Hettinga put it to words best, told me that standing on the Concord bridge he could see the colors of the American flag eminating outwards to the rest of the country. Yup this is where it all started.. Vinnie Moscaritolo "Law - Samoan Style" http://www.vmeng.com/vinnie/ Fingerprint: 4FA3298150E404F2782501876EA2146A

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No more stupid gun thread ...
by Ernest Hua 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

Ok. This thread has gone on long enough and covered just about every point except the one which I originally made in my first response, which is that I abhor the idea that kids should carry weapons (of any sort) to school as standard equipment. In fact, I abhor the idea that kids should carry weapons at school for any reason. Enough said. I do not care to discuss: 1. Should kids have any weapons at any time? 2. Should kids have guns (specifically guns)? 3. Should kids know how to operate weapons of any sort? If any of you really really have to discuss this issue, let's spare the rest of the list and send me E-Mail directly. Thanks! Ern

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passphrase and Diceware [was Re: Length of passphrase beneficial?]
by Jean-Paul Kroepfli 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

The author of the Diceware system is Arnold G. Reinhold and can be contacted to einhold(a)world.std.com He has three pages: The Diceware Passphrase home page (html), The Diceware WordList (ascii) and a text with the technical rationales behind the list (ascii) I don't remember the URL, sorry Greeting, Jean-Paul ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- Jean-Paul et Micheline Kroepfli (our son: Nicolas and daughter: Celine) eMail: JeanPaul.Kroepfli(a)utopia.fnet.fr Also Compuserve and MSNetwork Phone: +33 81 55 52 59 (F) PostMail: F-25640 Breconchaux (France) or: +41 21 843 27 36 (CH) or: CP 138, CH-1337 Vallorbe Fax: +33 81 55 52 62 (Switzerland) Zephyr(r) : InterNet Communication and Commerce, Security and Cryptography consulting PGP Fingerprint : 19 FB 67 EA 20 70 53 89 AF B2 5C 7F 02 1F CA 8F "The InterNet is the most open standard since air for breathing"

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Re: Responding to Pre-dawn Unannounced Ninja Raids
by drose＠AZStarNet.com 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

Perry E. Metzger writes: >hallam(a)Etna.ai.mit.edu writes: >> > On 19 Jul 1996 19:51:39 Hallam-Baker wrote >> >> >>It is no coincidence that the Tree of Liberty needs to be watered with >> >>blood on occasion. >> >> Nope, that wasn't me who said that. I don't normally quote the words of >> slave owners on the subject of liberty. > >No one would ever accuse you of supporting freedom, Phill. I'm sure it >was an accident. Perry, Can we add "Doc" Hallam-Baker to the pledge program? Seriously, c-punks is an incredibly valuable resource/forum. There are many hundreds of folks on the list (like me) who may not have the relevant technical expertise to contribute intelligently and/or frequently, but I think that we all _learn_ a great deal by reading the timely and thoughtful essays, debates, and points of view selflessly and sometimes thanklessly contributed by the likes of (in no particular order and by no means inclusively) Messrs. May, Sandfort, Unicorn, Green, Parekh, your goodself and many, many, many others. Of course, there are always those who will willfully waste thousands of man-hours per day for the list with their obviously unwelcome drivel (I do not here make reference to the clueless "suscrives" who stumble onto the list with questions about "kewl stuff"). In a physical setting, even the most obtuse person eventually realizes that he or she is being ostracized, but in the ether... (Sigh...) David M. Rose

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Re: Borders *are* transparent
by shamrock＠netcom.com 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

At 4:50 7/23/96, Paul Foley wrote: >"Peter Trei" <trei(a)process.com> wrote: > > Any one up for a distributed brute force attack on single DES? My > back-of-the-envelope calculations and guesstimates put this on the > hairy edge of doability (the critical factor is how many machines can > be recruited - a non-trivial cash prize would help). > >Not quite sure what you mean by "doability" -- it's obviously doable, >it just depends how long you want to wait. > >I'm in. Same here. I think it is about time for another full scale hack. Breaking DES would help get our message more than breaking 40bit RC-4 ever did. -- Lucky Green <mailto:shamrock@netcom.com> PGP encrypted mail preferred. Defeat the Demopublican Unity Party. Vote no on Clinton/Dole in November. Vote Harry Browne for President.

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Win 95 security
by harka＠nycmetro.com 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

Just found this in my Inbox. Maybe somebody wants to check it out... Harka == Forwarded Message Follows ========================================= >From : 75037.725(a)CompuServe.com (Yonat Dascalu): I have uploaded to Simtel.Net: http://www.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/win95/util/wsi95-20.zip ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/win95/util/wsi95-20.zip 1243345 bytes wsi95-20.zip The security solution for Windows 95 Win-Secure-It, v2.00, The Security Solution for Windows 95. Supply Single/Multi user protection against unwanted intruders from accessing items you choose to protect. Protection is done in four levels, completly hiding files and folders, blocking any access to the files, allowing just files read-only access, or just monitor file and data usage. Intruder's log is collected to keep track on unwanted attempts to violate the file security. Can be activated also in Stealth mode. A tool for anyone who tries to protect his files and work data. Special requirements: None. wsi95-20.zip has replaced wsi95-12.zip Shareware. Uploaded by the author. Yonat Dascalu 75037.725(a)Compuserve.com ___ Blue Wave/386 v2.30 [NR]

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