December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Re: Mind-Altering Drugs
by tcmay＠got.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 3:48 PM 7/10/96, Asgaard wrote: >Thinking of T. Leary in memoriam I looked around for the >present psychedelic scene. Alta Vista sent me to where >'everything' seems to connect ... Santa Cruz, Ca. Guess where I live? Leary came to a Cypherpunks party, a little over a year ago, at the home of Doug Barnes. He was pretty frail-looking. I talked a bit to him, mostly about "Gravity's Rainbow." (Whose author lived anonymously near Santa Cruz, just over a ridge from me, for almost 10 years.) --Tim Boycott "Big Brother Inside" software! 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, Licensed Ontologist | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."

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[ANNOUNCE] - PGP library for Perl
by Gary Howland 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

PGP LIBRARY FOR PERL _________________________________________________________________ DESCRIPTION This library contains a suite of PGP modules for Perl. Many of the modules require the Systemics Cryptix 1.1 library. Although the library is quite usable, it is still a long way from being complete, and the interface subject to change. FEATURES This library contains the modules to do the following: * PGP ascii armouring * PGP conventional encryption * PGP public key encryption/decryption * PGP key generation, including vanity keys! Note - the current version cannot handle compressed data packets, does not handle signatures, and the key management is quite poor. The library can be downloaded from http://www.systemics.com/software/ Enjoy!

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July Freedom Forum Meeting
by Robert Hettinga 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

--- begin forwarded text Date: Tue, 09 Jul 1996 17:48:35 -0500 From: Jack Shimek <jshimek(a)jaqboot.mv.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 To: <very big snip...> Subject: July Freedom Forum Meeting ******** FREEDOM FORUM ******* July Meeting Announcement ********************************** July 15, 1996, 7-9 PM, Newbridge Cafe, Nashua, New Hampshire E$ ---- Electronic Money and Commerce Robert Hettinga, Digital Commerce Society of Boston --------------------------------------- Banks have been doing "electronic funds transfers" for years, and now ATM transactions have skyrocketed, due to their convenience. What happens when you can take complete control by saving your e-money right in your own personal computer's hard drive? Will there be competing e-currencies? Will transactions become invisible? The internet and new encryption techniques make the possibilities absolutely enthralling. Hear Bob Hettinga explore all the technologies and possibilities at the July Freedom Forum! (For directions, see our web page at: http://www.mv.com/ipusers/jaqboot/Freedom/Forum.html apologies to this month's speaker for not creating a full web page on his talk. Will catch up after the talk. Jack Shimek --- end forwarded text ----------------- Robert Hettinga (rah(a)shipwright.com) e$, 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "'Bart Bucks' are not legal tender." -- Punishment, 100 times on a chalkboard, for Bart Simpson The e$ Home Page: http://www.vmeng.com/rah/

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Re: Contracts, Responsibilities, and Drug-Dispensing
by frantz＠netcom.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 5:33 PM 7/9/96 -0700, Wei Dai wrote: >On Tue, 9 Jul 1996, Bill Frantz wrote: > >> ObCrypto: When may a minor child say no to PAK (Parental Access to Keys)? > >Interesting threat model... What can one do in the total absense of >physical security? We've talked about mental cryptography before, but I >think we agreed that it isn't very practical. Perhaps security through >obscurity is a better solution here, since many parents are less computer >literate than their children. Steganography still seems to be useful. However, I don't think total absence of physical security will last for long. Soon school children will be carrying their own portables, the way they now carry calculators. They will have private time alone with the hardware the same way their parents will. Parents and children divided into "armed camps" has always been a lousy way to run a family. Computers are just a new battle ground for families that chose to run that way. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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DES & IDEA built right into the Linux kernel...
by stig＠hackvan.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Nicholas Leon <nicholas(a)binary9.net> has created tools that allow DES and IDEA encryption at the device level for the Linux kernel. Some of the patches are in the 2.0.4 kernel, and the rest can be found at http://www.binary9.net/nicholas/linuxkernel/patches/ Stig

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Spanish Crypto Resources Web
by Alvaro_Ibanez＠idg.encomix.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Cpunks' There is a new Spanish Crypto Resources Web page [it«s enterely in Spanish] on the World Wide Web... <http://bbs.seker.es/~alvy/cripto.html> This page contains information about crypto in Spain, specially links and info on spanish companies, magazines, associations, events... and also some info on security, privacy, hackers & crackers. Quite new right now, I hope it will be updated soon with info and support from other spanish-speaking crypto-fans. You will find some global links and references too. Please, distribute this URL and info freely. Alvaro Ibanez -- Author, Writer and... well ;-) amateur crypto-fan -- Madrid / Spain -- e-mail: <100021.1617(a)compuserve.com> -- homepage: <http://bbs.seker.es/~alvy> [Spanish]

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Offshore is back in Old Ta
by Vincent Cate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

They restored power to our usual address, "Old Ta", and we have now moved back there. So power was only out for 2 days. Angalec is doing a great job of restoring power. Thanks again to Cable and Wireless for letting me setup there till power was back here. -- Vince Cate Offshore Information Services http://online.offshore.com.ai/

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Re: Minitel "saved" by hackers?
by Arun Mehta 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 08:10 10/07/96 -0700, Martin Minow wrote: >Arun Mehta describes the "hijacking" of Minitel (where users changed >a videotex system into two-way communication medium) as a "hacking" >(in the computer breakin sense). > >I think it might be more accurate to call this a "redirection" -- the >people using Minitel "manifest[ing] tastes often opposed to those foreseen >by experts" True, but as I understand it, there was also a hacking involved: they took the original software, modified it (what I would also call hacking) and made it freely available: that is what made the messageries possible. If I'm using the technical terminology wrong, thanks for the correction. I'd love to find out exactly what happened. >Perhaps this is just another example of the cypherpunks manifesto: >"information wants to be free." More than that, we do! Arun Mehta Phone +91-11-6841172, 6849103 amehta(a)cpsr.org http://mahavir.doe.ernet.in/~pinaward/arun.htm The protestors of Tiananmen Square will be back. Next time, the battle will be fought in cyberspace, where the students have the more powerful tanks...

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Encryption tools at www.windows95.com
by Alan Olsen 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

www.windows95.com now has a section for Encryption tools! Check it out at: http://www.windows95.com/apps/encrypt.html Some snameoil here, but they have the latest edition of s-tools, as well as a number of PGP front ends listed. --- |"Computers are Voodoo -- You just have to know where to stick the pins."| |"The moral PGP Diffie taught Zimmermann unites all| Disclaimer: | | mankind free in one-key-steganography-privacy!" | Ignore the man | |`finger -l alano(a)teleport.com` for PGP 2.6.2 key | behind the keyboard.| | http://www.teleport.com/~alano/ | alano(a)teleport.com |

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Re: Word lists for passphrases > Apologies
by Erle Greer 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

My apologies if you thought that I was pinpointing you, Mark, as an individual. You actually did a good job of proving to Ben that his example words were useless in his argument. One should gather actual data before making statements. God knows everyone else will evaluate data ten-times more than the poster will. I was merely trying to state that negative comments (that have no direction or obvious support of the conversation) are not in the interest of the entire group. At most, they should be considered private and voiced via email.

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