December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Spy Tech
by jya＠pipeline.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Three feathers for spying technology: TST: "MI6 stole secrets from French navy." Top secret technology for tracking nuclear submarines has been stolen from a French naval base by MI6, Britain's foreign intelligence service, after a French civilian engineer was paid thousands of pounds to betray one of his country's most closely guarded secrets to an MI6 front company which posed as a technical defence consultancy and publishing house. TST: "High-flying gliders replace satellites." Solar powered gliders circling above cities could provide a cheap alternative to satellites for global communication systems, according to a group of American scientists. WaJo: "Israel Asks White House to Place Curbs On 3 U.S. Satellite-Surveillance Firms." The request is regarded as "very sensitive," according to one U.S. official, because Israeli officials say it relates to their national security concerns. However, officials of the affected U.S. companies charge it amounts to unfair competition because an Israeli company is about to enter the space surveillance business and it wouldn't face similar restrictions. http://pwp.usa.pipeline.com/~jya/tekspy.txt (18 kb) Spy surf: http://www.anonymizer.com Or, TEK_spy

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No Subject
by mixmaster＠remail.obscura.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 06:14 PM 6/16/96 -0500, "John A. Perry" wrote: :-----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE----- :Version: 2.6.2 : :hIwDSReYoIbc3PkBA/9xblBrrofx89t5QoJVwCyGB/+futdCXEolwcsQdwWGcDtc :7Vn7orCB8v6iQO+sCgAlYf38ftUxGmzebDd/7eWodTGx8XKnzBIZ9E6bRS38XLRa :XDaipoiNRDi7gX2DA5ADtshTLtUiCjaYurGxGEla2iIMrEacGEyyekdZpUYT1KYA :AAJ17fM4D2X8vpKTtWLr/6REeQvxPU80FpWKa/q1b6wMZ43oG9ZolMONj65hWqX0 :mhY+wp/vUsvQ21P/9VzYF0sy9JIAr45VhoDZBBCG0UW23WoOInXko2Kl2UeZmrut :xR/nZm1sMzU+XYr7QG17aOfeezRs/frYEpvuAbrWYNELlPH72OBJ368nSkesiTo+ :gELda7vNsD12UTEl7gRAo3WizCY2zsQySLOShEiAX7f5vYco8A6pEwJ4XYs4pGn6 :xV4JNUeMjBKGtVkGoZJln3x7W1brgGmRNQbY/dcmCkExOOp+4myRVu0/ufH7n5TO :FWqrb+nqyjgnirqS9DwoqB5JsHiMWU/dJBaCtXH4i1p//oeE9FE82nE2vAOZGMvn :D+MRnheCVRi2TWnwe44PnB+L5z7+J+YJyulGM3bvXhZukjGCAj+EMmWxqkSgc2NS :/xh6efgZNACmQIqxLdsw6TLbh9p+yMaxtaCZU9Bs9jw8dN+7FBZxgFG/hrrI1uh3 :oFahFMDXXAUMUs7lFOcxjAWTRRZKKSOG2mg5M5mr8VbY+5BQdcJJeY+jSCnDinUC :wGFfEWlZMV7sdKhzA0YkHJYBgAPtmTaxrHQidPce46FbIeYVRsUOSEtvttYpMjIz :mCVc5ywueUXbUe5UW3KrlV8uxKH3fEIEZ9Pxf3M9XR/aFXysccnzNzbe87XN8PDk :mxzsRzmoD0CgCSAGfNrTdWl8bFQGnEaweMPnSIFzbSJkRcO0oiBU4/dhEFYiPgx5 :UD2r0uFNjKPt4KFBbFJLi0mrMuOCaxjhva7i70GQ95b4qVsyOZLN5KYSUnSDxDX4 :HFUIrEI/rsw= :=BesD :-----END PGP MESSAGE----- : My Cypherpunk's New Member's Package did not contain the key to decypher this obviously witty and succinct message; I would appreciate an individual with full membership to pgp this and post it for the benefit of others. Anyone with key id 86DCDCF9 come on down! Thanks.

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Re: Remailer Operator Liability?
by Duncan Frissell 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 05:53 PM 6/15/96 +1000, Zed wrote: > >Unlikely. The use of anonymous remailers was given as a reason for why it >was impossible to effectively determine if indecent material was being >distributed to a minor who was using a nym. I think pressure on anonymous >remailers is going to increase as various groups complain that the paw >innocent widdle kiddies are "vulnerable to corruption"(or some bullshit like >that) because their age can be hidden. Read the decision. The CDA _may_ be >declared constitutional if there was an effective and reliable way of >preventing minors from accessing "indecent" material - which anonymous >remailers make harder to do. However, even if remailers didn't exist, kiddies could still be unknowingly reached via mailing lists (anyone know who came up with the term "email exploder" that the Court used instead of "mailing list"?), freenet accounts, un- age verified accounts opened anywhere on earth, or borrowed accounts. The decision mentioned some of this. DCF

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SafE Mail Corporation
by safemail＠ntrnet.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

We would like someone to be able or should I say try and crack our encryption. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE. Our Web site is http://www.sfmc.com Phone number is 1-800-252-9938. Randy Estridge SafE Mail Corporation

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Re: UK users about to get clippered
by jim bell 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 12:03 PM 6/17/96 +0200, Anonymous wrote: >If you live the UK, brace yourself for HMG's "Clipper" annoucement >later this week. Look particularly carefully at the escrow agencies. >- Remailereuters And it should go over even less well than American Clipper. When that was proposed, in April of 1993, there was no standard encryption chip nor the immediate prospect of one. Someone might, at least arguably, have been attracted to Clipper with the argument that it's better than no encryption at all. However, now that the NTT chip has been revealed, nobody is going to be under the illusion that it's "Clipper or nothing." Jim Bell jimbell(a)pacifier.com

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Re: Remailer Operator Liability?
by frantz＠netcom.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>(anyone know who came up with the term "email >exploder" that the Court used instead of "mailing list"?) Brendan P Kehoe's "Zen and the Art of the Internet" (1993) discussing mailing lists says (p11), "Any mail sent to that address will "explode" out to each person named in a file maintained on a computer at ..." I have seen it used elsewhere as well. Bill ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Frantz | The Internet may fairly be | Periwinkle -- Consulting (408)356-8506 | regarded as a never-ending | 16345 Englewood Ave. frantz(a)netcom.com | worldwide conversation. | Los Gatos, CA 95032, USA

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Re: Remailer Operator Liability?
by shamrock＠netcom.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 9:45 6/17/96, Duncan Frissell wrote: >At 08:43 AM 6/17/96 -0400, Declan B. McCullagh wrote: > >>I believe we used the term "email exploder" instead of "mailing list," >>particularly in cross-examination and closing arguments, to convey the >>idea that such a device is often used for conversation, not just one-way >>communication. > >Was this term invented during the hearings or has anyone heard of it before? I have heard of it before. I believe "mail exploder" is a rather old term. -- Lucky Green <mailto:shamrock@netcom.com> PGP encrypted mail preferred. Disclaimer: My opinions are my own.

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Blowfish Reliability
by Computer Virus Help Desk 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Can anyone say with any degree of certainty what resources it would require to crack a file encrypted with 160 Bit Blowfish? Many Thanks! CVHD

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Pathfinder's New Look
by design＠pathfinder.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Re: Snake Oil on the Water...
by David E. Smith 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 12:27 PM 16-06-96 -0700, it was written: >>At the following two sites, you may download the FREEWARE Pegasus Mail >>program version 2.3.3 16 bit for windows 3.x or a version for WIN95. > >I like Pmail. Had I not been an experienced Eudora user before I >tried it (and pretty stuck on the Eudora interface) I would have >probably stuck with it. Kudos to the Pegasus team for releasing >a freeware program with such excellent filtering capabilites. It >is much more of a full-fledged program than Eudora Lite, IMHO. > >> The >>unique thing about it, besides its simplicity and that it's a great mail >>program better than Eudora, it has a built in encryption program that is as >>effective as PGP and lots simpler. All you do is agree on a password with >>your correspondent. That simple. The "encryption" built into PMail is - and the author admits this - crap. He wrote the encryptor interface, which is essentially Message XOR Password, as a demonstration. Then the JN PGP interface was written. >> The encryption program and the mail program >>were developed in New Zealand, and were legally imported, so the encryption >>program is better than PGP, which is regulated by Federal Cypher Laws. > >This is misleading, IMHO. Mild understatement. >PC users who use PGP should try Pegasus and PGP JN. Been there, done that. It's a nice combo, but could be a little better. >Private Idaho is available from Joel McNamara's page, at: >http://www.eskimo.com/~joelm/ Been there, done that. It's also a nice program, but nowhere near a full featured mail client. That's by design, as I understand. dave

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