December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

C2's Anonymizer in Reuters
by E. ALLEN SMITH 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Not the most friendly of articles... but still pretty good. As usual, edited to stay within fair use. -Allen > Reuters New Media > _ Friday July 5 12:28 PM EDT _ >Web Surfing Incognito > HOLLYWOOD - Ever felt like browsing without leaving those footprints > that site designers, your school and your employer are increasingly > inclined to harvest? > A service being offered at http://www.anonymizer.com purports to give > Web surfers the freedom to travel at will without leaving tell-tale > signs that they've been where they've been. [...] > The visited site's layout and design can be altered, so you are > probably not seeing it in all its glory -- and it is displayed within > a field with hot buttons to take you back to the anonymizer site, a > FAQ or to make a bug report (like, for example, you've reached a site > which isn't preceded by the anonymizer URL). > Privacy is one of those issues veteran Netizens take very seriously -- > it used to be called "anonymous" FTP after all. But many > sites now depend on demographics passively collected, rather than just > the number of hits, to attract advertisers. > Copyright, Reuters Ltd. All rights reserved

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

17 Dec '03

Word-List Builder (this is not an ad) I have a small(5k) program(WordList.EXE) that will extract <words> from any file and append the new words to a textfile(MainList.TXT). It is in early beta, but does the job nicely. I simply drag-n-drop multiple files onto the icon and let it do its dirty work. It prints new words to the screen and echos "." when it encounters old words again. It will, of course, accept parameters from DOS. This is totally free to anyone who wants it. Just email and I will send the latest version. Suggestions are certainly considered. Imagine building a word-list just from your /Netscape/Cache subdirectory! Future versions will include: Larger multiple file handling, *.* in same directory support, better binary file support, and list sorting.

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Re: Net and Terrorism
by vinnie moscaritolo 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>Absent the fearmongering, the Viperweenies would >have turned to something else antisocial, buut they wouldn't have had a >"movement" to cling to. (Or maybe they would have... in another era, they >would have joined up with the Weathermen or the Symbionese Liberation Army.) last time I chacked there were at least two Leftist Militia's in the SantaCruz area. (now ain't that a scary thought... Liberals with guns). These people, both Right and Left don't get it. Blowing shit up and running around in the woods with cheap ChiCom rifles palying army does nothing for your cause. It just distances you from the mainstream morons. This makes it easier for the Feds to get away with kicking in your door, gassing your kids and shooting your wives. all in time for the 6PM news. I guess I dont understand this fascination with Militias and woods, Maybe these guys forgot how much fun it was to toast marshmellows in the woods, assuming you have the proper permit from the CA state parks. >Fortunately, and despite what, say, the SWC says in its fundraising >materials, the middle of the road among the militias isn't that kooky. The SWC arent kooks, they are con men >Bo Gritz and the leaders of the Michigan Militia were heard calling the >Freemen >a bunch of lying scum; I've observed more mainstream (if that's the word) >militiafolk distancing themselves from the Viperweenies both online and on >shortwave. Col Gritz actually does have some interesting stuff to say, He is really a very caring guy. But I do think he could use a (better) PR person. I like about 99% of what he has to say, I just filter out the stuff about UN and weather control. (the UN can't even control it's bowels much less the weather). But hey Bo is old enough to take care of himself. >Anyway, I don't think Vinnie was suggesting that the news be censored -- >just that the press doesn't have an obligation to print the obituary the >"martyrs" want. Absolutely. Something like "some asshole terrorist just blew up a building. No cause was sited, is enough" Don't quote thier organization, don;t quote thier cause. just make look like the kook they are. Oh and offering citizens some bounty money for thier hydes is a good idea. Or better yet, when you catch the fuckers, give em a fair trial, and a public hanging. Same goes for terrorists that shoot pregnant women if you know what I mean, but thats my opinion. As for a solution to governement problems, I have always and still belive in the ballot box first. And the only way to win votes is to appeal to the morons out there who do vote.. Maybe there is hope in the next generation of internet literate kids.. or maybe I am just a dreamer. Vinnie Moscaritolo ------------------ "friends come and friends go..but enemies accumulate." http://www.vmeng.com/vinnie/ Fingerprint: 4FA3298150E404F2782501876EA2146A

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Re: hard drive encryption
by Cerridwyn Llewyellyn 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Thank you all for your comments... to those who suggested I remove and hide the drive, I was intending to do so, but still want a way to encrypt it's contents. Call me paranoid... For those who suggested software, thank you, I'll be d/ling and evaluating all of it, and appreciate the varied responses.. //cerridwyn//

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Re: Net and Terrorism.
by attila 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Addressed to: tcmay(a)got.net Cypherpunks <cypherpunks(a)toad.com> ** Reply to note from tcmay(a)got.net 07/04/96 03:22am -0700 = Date: Thu, 4 Jul 1996 03:22:42 -0700 = To: cypherpunks(a)toad.com = From: tcmay(a)got.net (Timothy C. May) = = Subject: Re: Net and Terrorism. = = At 12:14 AM 7/4/96, snow wrote: = = > Military troops can best be protected by 3 seperate methods: = = > 2) When they _are_ exposed, let them fight the fuck back. Rules of = > engagment are simple. When fired on, shoot to kill. If the shot = > comes from a building, take out the building. If from a crowd, = ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ = = "Colonel, the mission was accomplished. Apparently the sniper was firing = from the 34th floor, so we simply took out the building. There was minor = collateral damage, of course." = unfortunately, that was a modus operandi which I commanded --e.g. if one shoots, waste them all. fortunately, the U.S. SE Asia policies in "denied zones" (we were never there) is no longer in vogue. however, we will probably see that again in parts of the world as many cultures do not have the basic respect for life we do. the first time you witness a small child begging for chocolate exploded by a remote control pressed by her father, you understand --you do not necessarily like it, it's just survival. and faced with a decision of giving up 'n' "friendlies" for 1000n, or even more, to survive, I know where I stood, and still stand. War is hell --and terrorism is war, make no mistake about it. in "black" operations, priority 1 is survival, priority 2 is objective, and accountability is generally not an issue (unless you are out of bounds). = Such overreaction to terrorist events is often precisely what a terrorist = wants, as I've explained a couple of times. = yes, but it is the press, not the commander, who makes the decision to give the terrorist sympathy coverage. basicly: exclude, by whatever means, the press and eliminate the terrorists 15 minutes of fame. = = >> You are essentially making my point, that the biggest danger of the current = >> responses to terrorism is that nations will turn to national terrorism and = >> police state tactics. = > = > I missed that in your original post. = = Well, go back and look for it. The clear point of my post was that the U.S. = should not adopt police state measures so as to reduce terrorism. = no shit; in spades. if the U.S does adopt the police state tactics Bubba is espousing, the U.S. will be faced with _real_ terror, not staged incidents to justify the marial law, etc. if the populace is already disenchanted, absolute loss of freedom will stir to action some very unlikely participants and partners in "brotherhood." = = >> >A third option is quite simply to buy as much of it as possible. = >> No, wouldn't work. As with the "War on (Some) Drugs," all this does is = >> raise the price a bit, actually making it a more tempting market for many = >> to get into. = > = > If the US were to offer Russia $3 billion (or whatever) = >in a one time take it or leave it for their entire chemical weapon stock, = >it might get the soviet shit off the market. The nuclear stuff is a little = >easier to store (I think) and it would be a harder sell. = = As with "buying out" the coca crop in Peru, the poppy crop in Turkey, the = marijuana crop in the dozens of countries, etc., their motto is, obviously = enough, "we'll make more." = The U.S. spooks are still the single largest trafficers in drugs... = Again, the Sarin attack in Tokyo had nothing to do with former U.S.S.R. CBW = weapons. Chemical and biological agents are cheap to make, especially in = the quanties needed to kill only a few thousand people, and in the = non-battlefield delivery environment. = = > I agree tho' that it isn't possible to buy out the market. = = Then why do you float ideas such as buying out the Soviet arsenal if you = think it isn't possible? = U.S. cash has eliminated a lot of Soviet weapons, including, I believe some chemical. however, keep in mind: the obsolete, and expensive to maintain, hardware predominated. However, you will never be able to buy out the religious terrorists --they are on a "mission." The Western world faces far more threat from fundamentalist religious terrorists than it does from the Soviet Union, etc. There is no cure for the "revolutionary" terrorists --just death for their own brand of glory. If we do not even print their obit, there is no glory! = --Tim May = -- Fuck off, Uncle Sam. Cyberspace is where democracy lives!

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

17 Dec '03

At 12:09 AM 7/6/96 -0500, snow(a)smoke.suba.com wrote: >On Fri, 5 Jul 1996, Erle Greer wrote: > >> Word-List Builder (this is not an ad) >> I have a small(5k) program(WordList.EXE) that will extract <words> from any >> file and append the new words to a textfile(MainList.TXT). It is in early >> beta, but does the job nicely. I simply drag-n-drop multiple files onto the >> icon and let it do its dirty work. It prints new words to the screen and >> echos "." when it encounters old words again. It will, of course, accept >> parameters from DOS. > > Is the source code available for porting to other platforms? Sure, I'm not a Unix guru, but if you can port Turbo Pascal, more power to you! I will send the source if someone specifically asks. >> This is totally free to anyone who wants it. Just email and I will send the >> latest version. Suggestions are certainly considered. > > Unixi, recursively scanning directories. Unix, you can do, but the recursive subdirs aren't a prob for me. A final dream would be to convert it to VB4, use MS's WWW custom control, and unleash it as a spider. >> Imagine building a word-list just from your /Netscape/Cache subdirectory! > > Imagine building a word list from /usr/spool/news/* > >Petro, Christopher C. >petro(a)suba.com <prefered for any non-list stuff> >snow(a)crash.suba.com

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Re: What remains to be done.
by Anthony Daniel 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Hi there Should try SECURE DESK-TOP as well (PC only), it can encrypt (DES and IDEA) any: - file - directory - groups of directories - Hard Disk - Floppy - Removable drive And it can add PEM capabilities to most e-mail clients and it's WIN95 and user friendly. Try it at: http://www.systems.it/secure There are NO export restrictions on it as well because it's Italian made. ciao Anthony ------------------------------------------- >At 12:58 PM 7/4/96 +0000, Deranged Mutant wrote: >>Another need is for file/disk-encryption utilities. I'm not familiar >>with what's out there for Macs, but for PCs there's SFS and ASPICRYP >>for SCSI drives (with no source!) and SFS, SecureDrive and SecureDevice >>for HD (or FD). The latter won't work on Win95. AFAIK, SFS and >>SecureDrive aren't 100% friendly with Win95 either, though they'll work. > > I'll just add that Jetico puts out BCrypt, which works perfectly >with Win95. Of course it costs, but one can try out the software only >version, then upgrage to hardware encryption! >_______________________ >Regards, He who knows others is wise. > He who knows himself is enlightened. >Joseph Reagle http://rpcp.mit.edu/~reagle/home.html >reagle(a)mit.edu E0 D5 B2 05 B6 12 DA 65 BE 4D E3 C1 6A 66 25 4E >

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CCC Crypto Lock
by anonymous-remailer＠shell.portal.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

MicroPatent, 4 July 96 Systems and methods for protecting software from unlicensed copying and use (Assignee -- Convex Computer Corporation) Abstract: Disclosed systems and methods for protecting a software program from unauthorized use and copying through the removal at least one of a plurality of instructions comprising a software program, and encrypting the removed instruction utilizing an encryption algorithm to produce an encrypted instruction, the encryption algorithm responsive to a randomly generated key. Ex Claim Text: A processing system for protecting a software program from unauthorized use, said software program including one or more unencrypted instructions stored in memory associated with said software program, said processing system comprising: a processing unit operable to: remove at least one selected said unencrypted instruction from an executable area in said memory associated with executable portions of said program; encrypt said at least one selected unencrypted instruction removed from said software program utilizing an encryption algorithm to produce an encrypted instruction; store said encrypted instruction within a first non-executable data area in said memory associated with said software program; and insert at least one trappable instruction in place of said encrypted instruction within said executable area in memory allowing said software program to be linked with one or more other programs. Assignee: Convex Computer Corporation Patent Number: 5530752 Issue Date: 1996 06 25 Inventor(s): Rubin, Robert J. If you would like to purchase a copy of this patent, please call MicroPatent at 800-984-9800. Copyright 1996, MicroPatent

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Need PGP-awareness in common utilities
by bryce＠digicash.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- <flame="medium">  I just got a letter back from majordomo(a)thumper.vmeng.com because my easy-PGP script had clearsigned my outgoing message to it, and majordomo didn't know what to do with the clearsigned message. I really don't see why programs like majordomo, UseNet moderation-bots, and most noticeably the PGP key distribution program are PGP-unaware. Okay, fine. Having waited for FIVE YEARS or however long it has been, you who are responsible for such handy dandy programs may now convincingly argue that you might as well wait for another few months to get PGPlib. But I sincerely hope that once PGPlib arrives we don't wait another five years before using it. (There is another argument that people sometimes make-- that it is too complicated to ensure pubkey<->True Name. SO WHAT! Pubkey<->True Name mapping is an advanced feature that depends upon the existence of some kind of public key infrastructure. Many people, myself included, wouldn't even USE pubkey<->True Name mapping if we had it! Just implement some basic privacy/authentication functions (trivial, using PGP 2.6 under Unix) and MitCH be damned! If we had started with the simple stuff five years ago we might HAVE a complete, secure infrastructure by now.) As an example of this sad state of affairs, no less of a cryptographic enthusiast than Robert Hettinga runs a mailing list (several actually) which breaks every PGP clear-signature that it encounters. Really pitiful, that even our own mailing lists are incompatible with PGP. Regards, Bryce PGP sig follows: [If you see garbage beyond this line, it means you are an anachronistic troglodyte. If you see a "PGP sig okay!" it means you are hi- tech. If you see "PGP sig not okay!" it means some mail-handling software between me and you is written/maintained by anachronistic troglodytes. :-)] </flame> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2i Comment: Auto-signed under Unix with 'BAP' Easy-PGP v1.1b2 iQB1AwUBMd5l40jbHy8sKZitAQHZZAL7BUlItvGLZaTfBgTORFATkPM141R0P6Ux mOkQY3IG0/Vmf9nJEOg8bubdaCuYmuVCJhAek6boyQsmd6VTxqxVChniSWN1Uhth Ony1VSmufCdeqFbCGBqcAM5rfF8KM49h =9obd -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: Word lists for passphrases
by AwakenToMe＠aol.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I have a util that will create a word list starting from aaaaaaaaaaa on up to anythingggggggg basically you could do every combination. Let me know if ya want it.

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