December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Re: FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS
by Duncan Frissell 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 09:55 PM 6/5/96 -0700, Bruce Baugh wrote: >Do I really have to point out that London was writing the better part of a >century ago, in a substantially different legal and cultural environment? >(Heck, his socialism made more trouble for him than anything else.) It was more restrictive in censorship terms than our current environment. >>Advocating the general practice of killing one's opponents is as legal as >>church on a Sunday. The War College (or is it the NDU these days) does it >>all the time. > >And they, of course, are The Government, who Protect Us from the Evil >Terrorists. Ditto for the heroic BATF agents who only burn bad nasty >terrorists, honest. And all the rest. But I can advocate killing commies too. It's like when this dumb California (State) Senator advocated outlawing groups that advocate violence back in 1980 or so, I pointed out that the Public Schools and the Army were then doomed since both of these groups "advocate violence." Obviously the California State Senate "advocates violence" as well in the enforcement of laws. Military types even plan war against friends. The War Department developed Plan Red in the '20s for a war with the British Empire. Called for an amphibious assault on Halifax and a tank assault via Buffalo to secure Toronto as part of a conquest of Canada. Note too that under the Nurenberg principles, I may be legally compelled (or legally permitted) to kill my superior officers or government leaders if they are committing war crimes. And even the Sainted Ronald Reagan and his government was convicted of war crimes by the International Court of Justice for mining the harbor that serves Managua, Nicaragua. (Air-sown mines.) 'War Crimes' are vague, meaningless, and ex post facto and thus justify quite a lot of enforcement actions in theory (which is why Senator Robert A. Taft opposed US participation in the Nurenberg trials. "Yes, your honor, I'd like to pay taxes and everything but I'm afraid that I might risk conviction at future war crimes trials of aiding and abetting the criminal acts of my government." -- From 101 Flaky Anti Tax Arguments (which may become a web site if I can teach myself forms. >The rest of us (in the US) live in a country where the government can now >pretty much declare anyone they like terrorists, Just foreigners and such designation just affects fundraising. (I've often wondered why Hamas uses/used couriers for getting funds to Israel when Israel has a great ATM network with international links.) >and suspend habeus corpus on the flimsiest of grounds, The Anti Terrorism bill doesn't suspend Habeas Corpus it restricts mandatory federal court review of state convictions to one try. One can still submit an unlimited number of Petitions for Writ of Habeas Corpus and any state or federal court that wants to can grant one of them just as before. >and use evidence against foreigners that doesn't have to be presented to the accused, In deportation proceedings. And then they'll have to go to all the trouble of turning around and coming back like the other million illegal entrants a year. DCF

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NDcrypt available for Newtons
by Declan McCullagh 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 5 Jun 1996 22:49:26 -0700 From: Tom Collins <tom(a)newts.com> To: declan(a)well.com Subject: Revisiting an old subject... ** ENCRYPTION TOOL NOW NEWTON 2.0 SAVVY ** Geert Jadoul <76271.2121(a)CompuServe.COM> reports that he has finally finished a Newton 2.0 savvy version of NDcrypt. NDcrypt 2.0 Light is an improved version of NDcrypt v1.6. It has become a US$15 shareware utility with a trial period of 4 weeks. After 4 weeks the "Encrypt" and "UnReadable" buttons will disappear until you fill in the registration code in the preferences window. You will still be able after 4 weeks to "Decrypt" notes or make them "Readable" again, so you will not lose any data. The name "NDcrypt 2.0 Light" also infers that Geert is working on a NDcrypt 2.0 Pro version. This version will have better incorporation of NDcrypt in the system; overview and search functions; and viewing Notes (decrypt a Note to view it but keep it encrypted in the Notes app). NDcrypt 2.0 Light is available at <ftp://newton.uiowa.edu/submissions> with the name "NDcry2Li.sit" and on Compuserve <GO NEWTON> under "NOS 2.0 ONLY". Tom Collins|Innovative Computer Solutions| <http://www.newts.com/> tom(a)newts.com| 1075 North Miller Rd., #142 | <ftp://ftp.newts.com/> pagetom(a)newts.com| Scottsdale, Arizona 85257 |<phone://(602)970-1032/>

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Norton Eyes only
by A5113643667＠attpls.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Dear Cypherpunks, Has anyone been able to analyse the 'patent pending', 'on-the-fly' encryption in Norton's 'For your eyes only'? Peace.. Tom

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USA on Feds Cyberteam
by jya＠pipeline.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

USA Today, June 5, 1996, p. 1. Feds ready anti-terror cyberteam By M.J. Zuckerman The Clinton administration, citing the threat of electronic terrorist attacks, is taking steps to secure cyberspace. The administration is expected to announce later this month formation of: + An emergency response task force, directed by the FBI and based in the Justice Department, to manage any terrorist incident involving an attack in cyberspace. The Cyber Security Assurance Group would funcaon as both an emergency response team and investigative body. It will respond to any collapse of the National Information Infrastructure -- the nation's vital computer systems such as banking, transportation and telecommunications. "The threat is there, it's very real," says CIA General Counsel Jeffrey Smith. "If we have a Unabomber who decides to launch an attack with a PC instead of a bomb, (there could be) a great deal of damage." + A commission, dominated by national security representatives and chaired by a private sector person, to deliver within 12 months a national policy on cyberspace security. The commission faces difficulty in balancing government inter-agency turf battles as well as dealing with industry and the private sector, which oppose Internet regulation. "This is one of the toughest issues government faces today," says Smith. The initiatives have emerged from an unprecedented, closely guarded series of meeangs held in recent months between leading administration officials from law enforcement, national security and defense. Attorney General Janet Reno, acting under a classified presidential directive issued late last year in response to the Oklahoma City bombing, chairs the panel. It includes the directors of the CIA and FBI along with Cabinet secretaries from Treasury, Commerce, Transportation and Energy. Today, the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations holds the second in a series of hearings examining cyberspace security and threats to information systems. The panel's minority staff is expected to endorse administration proposals to clearly draw national policy on information security but calls for a more ambitious emergency response effort by government. [End] ---------- To see adjoining UT article (9 kb), "Post-Cold War hysteria or a national threat?" http://pwp.usa.pipeline.com/~jya/hysteria.txt

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Kook of the Month
by Bruce Baugh 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Cypherpunks don't just write code, they engage in petty vote fraud! =-=-=-=-= From: mlegare(a)wetware.com (M. Legare, etc.) Newsgroups: alt.usenet.kooks,news.admin.net-abuse.misc Subject: KotM Winners for May 1996 - SOMEONE'S miffed! Date: 3 Jun 1996 16:05:12 GMT Organization: Castle Wetware's Western Keep Lines: 112 Message-ID: <4ov2fo$1mm(a)numbers.wetware.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: news.wetware.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Well... it's June and here we go with the Winners for May - at least I'm more on-schedule than I was for April... KOOK OF THE MONTH MAY 1996 - DMITRI VULIS (dlv(a)bwalk.dm.com) In one of the most HOTLY contested KotM races in the history of the award under my watch, Dmitri Vilus NARROWLY edged out vote taker Dave C (tale) Lawrence in a race that was right down to the wire. Let's recap: Dmitri Vulis nominated tale for KotM because tale was involved in a "conspiracy of thousands" to send out "forged rmgroup" messages for a newsgroup that Dmitri wanted to create. Dmitri then posted evidence of somewhat dunious validity, and someone nominated Dmitri. And the votes started pouring in. Some from congress.gov, some from algebra.com, some from bwalk.dm.com... hundreds of votes. Well, after an initial surge ahead by the tale backers, a DELUGE of email backing Vulis for KotM poured in, and, since I had to assume that ALL votes were valid (as Dmitri kept forging posts to misc.test in my name to show his displeasure at my INSINUATING that he might have forged any votes), Dmitri won by a narrow 30 vote margin! Vote Count: Dmitri Vulis - 428 votes David C Lawrence (tale) - 398 votes Ed McClosky - 18 votes Yehuda Silver - 9 votes Bill Palmer - 4 votes ellisd(a)netcom.com - 4 votes Mr SAM - 2 votes None of the Above - 3 votes George Conklin - 1 vote Rachel Ewing-Pace - 0 votes smokindude(a)aol.com - 0 votes Clueless Newbie of the Month for May 1996 - MARGE KRICK Marge won in a less vopulumnous but just as hotly contested race. As you may know, Marge is offering a list of ALL USNET NEWSGROUPS for a very reasonable price - JUST the thing we need, unless you know how to look at your ..newsrc file. Oops. Vote Count: Marge Krick - 12 votes Bill Byers - 11 votes Brian Dear - 7 votes John Turco - 7 votes None of the Above - 5 votes Hook Line & Sinker for May 1996 - NONE OF THE ABOVE Apparently, Charles "Chuckie Monster" Newman didn't impress enough people. Sorry, Charlie. Vote Count: None of the Above - 19 votes Charles "Chuckie Monster" Newman - 9 votes The Victor Von Frankenstein Memorial "Wierd Science" Award - THE USA PARLIAMENT Brainchild of politial mover and reformer James Ogle (joogle(a)netcom.com) the USA PAR is the ONLY "fair" and truly representative governing body in the US. Plan? Scheme? Deluded ravings? Well, several members of the USA PAR (who also post to alt.politics.greens) have voted to disband the USA PAR, to replace James Ogle as secretary, and a few dozen other self- destructive things, yet the ballots just keep rolling out... Vote Count: USA PAR - 19 votes Joly*s 4-Dimensional Speakers - 6 votes the Music Theory of Alber Silverman - 4 votes Church of Scientology (write-in) - 4 votes None of the Above - 15 Votes THE GOLDEN KILLFILE - DR. JAI MAHRAJ I'm not gonna explain, because if you don't know, you're better off. Check soc.culture.hawaiian and a few thousan related newsgroups. Vote Count: Jai Mahraj - 30 votes None of the Above - 13 votes the alt.religion.scientology spammer (write-in): 1 LAW DOCTOR JOHN GRUBOR (write-in): 1 Ted Holden (write-in): 1 OK. That's it for May. Nominees go to alt.usenet.kooks, and I'll have the new nominees post out soon. Oh, and by the way, if anyone sees ANYTHING that is nominally from me BUT is also cross-posted to misc.test, you have my express written permission to CANCEL that article. You know who you are. And no more naughty forgeries ok guys? Matthew Legare KotM Vote Wrangler

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Re: [NOISE] Re: whitehouse web incident, viva la web revolution
by hallam＠Etna.ai.mit.edu 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>>it is an insult to the 10 million civilians >>murdered by Hitler to use the term facist simply as a term of abuse, >You insult everyone's intelligence by equating fascism to genocide. >Suggested reading on the origins, meanings and definition of fascism include >Friere, Foucault and even the damn Utne Reader among many others. Meeks was intending to link Clinton's crypto policy to Hitler's. I see no evidence from Meeks' style that he has read Foucault. If Meeks wanted to be effective he could have accused Clinton and Freeh of seeking to build a Stalininst secret police, or make such an organisation possible. It would probably be more accurate to link Freeh to Hoover and point out how such power has been abused in the US political system before. The point was that Meeks' article is not the type to advance our cause. It basically says "if you are a democrat you believe in cypto-control". Err yes, well done, you have just told half the country that they support the opposite policy to the one we are trying to get them to believe in. Plus Bush and Reagan advocated the same policy so he is also saying Republicans are against our cause. If you want you could reduce the ranks of those fighting for crypto regulations to be removed to members of the Libertarian party, but it would be more effective to widen the base. Phill

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<<Vitamin B>> (June 6, 1996) Reality Check
by Robert Hettinga 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Speak of the devil... Cheers, Bob Hettinga --- begin forwarded text To: DAILY DOSE <DAILY_DOSE(a)notes.worldcom.com> From: VitaminB <VitaminB(a)bionomics.org> Date: 6 Jun 96 20:31:04 Subject: <<Vitamin B>> (June 6, 1996) Reality Check Mime-Version: 1.0 Vitamin B: Your Daily Dose of Bionomics June 6, 1996 Reality Check Everyone knows that you can't predict the future. The question is: Can traditional economics understand the present? Not too many years ago, on the eve of the collapse of the Soviet Union, the leading economics textbook had this to say: "The Soviet economy is proof that, contrary to what many skeptics had earlier believed, a socialist command economy can function and even thrive." -- Paul A. Samuelson, Professor emeritus, MIT (in Samuelson & Nordhaus, Economics, 1989) We wonder what "conventional wisdom" of 1996 will prove to be as, ummm, quotable in the not too distant future. --- end forwarded text ----------------- Robert Hettinga (rah(a)shipwright.com) e$, 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "If they could 'just pass a few more laws', we would all be criminals." --Vinnie Moscaritolo The e$ Home Page: http://www.vmeng.com/rah/

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Tell it like it is, Perry
by attila 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Addressed to: Cypherpunks <cypherpunks(a)toad.com> Perry Metzger <perry(a)piermont.com> now, why would anyone want to send Perry a PerryGram? --Perry's prose is far too elegant to warrant criticism, particularly the closing remark! = Your attitude seems to be "you can't prove anything so you must assume = that they are innocent." My attitude is "I can't prove anything so = they can't go to jail, but that doesn't mean I have to believe that = they are innocent -- in fact, I'm an idiot if I believe that." = = > I think that given Perry's ad-hominem attacks and the fact that this = > has nothing to do with cryptography that its about time someone sent = > Perry a Perry-gram. = = Cypherpunks no longer is a cryptography mailing list. Its a sewer. = = Perry = -- When you can't say 'fuck,' you can't say 'FUCK THE CDA!' --Lenny Bruce rephrased

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DCSB Cocktails Over Back Bay
by Robert Hettinga 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

--- begin forwarded text Date: 6 Jun 96 10:13:48 EDT From: "Julie Rackliffe" <RACKLIFFE(a)tcm.org> Subject: DCSB Cocktails Over Back Bay To: "dcsb" <dcsb(a)ai.mit.edu> Sender: bounce-dcsb(a)ai.mit.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: "Julie Rackliffe" <RACKLIFFE(a)tcm.org> Greetings! As those who attended yesterday's lunch already know, We Have A Date! I am simply delighted to announce that Open Software Foundation has generously agreed to sponsor our first ever cocktail party for the Digital Commerce Society of Boston. I promises to be a memorable evening and I hope that you will plan to come, and please feel free to introduce a friend to this unique group. Our intention is that this event should be used as a networking opportunity in addition to getting some more people interested in DCSB (and, of course, expanding our mailing list!) So, here's the specifics: When: Thursday, June 20, 1996 5-8 pm Where: The Harvard Club, One Federal Street, 38th floor in The Lounge (sunset over the Back Bay will be featured!) Hot and Cold Hors D'oeuvres ala The Harvard Club and cool libations compliments of OSF and DCSB. What's the Catch?- No Catch! Just RSVP to me before June 17 Do Come! Julie Rackliffe The Computer Museum Annual Fund/Membership Manager 300 Congress St, Boston 02210 rackliffe(a)tcm.org 617.426.2800 X432 ******************************************************************************** The Walk-Through Computer 2000 is open! This is a "must see"! Museum Membership:SR/STU $25...IND $35...FAM $50...NON-PROFIT $250...LIB $500 Web Site: http://www.tcm.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To unsubscribe from this list, send a letter to: Majordomo(a)ai.mit.edu In the body of the message, write: unsubscribe dcsb Or, to subscribe, write: subscribe dcsb If you have questions, write to me at Owner-DCSB(a)ai.mit.edu --- end forwarded text ----------------- Robert Hettinga (rah(a)shipwright.com) e$, 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "If they could 'just pass a few more laws', we would all be criminals." --Vinnie Moscaritolo The e$ Home Page: http://www.vmeng.com/rah/

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Re: Terrorism Hysteria on the Net
by Sandy Sandfort 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SANDY SANDFORT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ C'punks, At 05:35 PM 6/5/96 -0700, Rich Graves wrote: >Pooh-poohing the potential risk is not a winning proposition. Pointing out >that the government's policies against properly secure systems have created >this house of cards in which we live is. A classic case of government being a disease posing as its own cure. S a n d y ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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