December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

GameSpot's $20,000 Games Contest
by samantha＠gamespot.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Re: Responding to Pre-dawn Unannounced Ninja Raids
by frantz＠netcom.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 3:10 PM 7/22/96 -0400, Hallam-Baker wrote: >If you apply genetic programming techniques to the system the strategy >that evolves is typically a cooperative one. The facts is that the >theory applied in an evolutionary context disproves Perry. I don't understand this conclusion. One book people aside, it is generally believed that humans evolved in an evolutionary context and they certainly frequently use cooperative strategies. Cooperation usually also involves the ability to sanction misbehavior. Unilateral disarmament is throwing away your sanction. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Frantz | Cave ab homine unius lebri | Periwinkle -- Consulting (408)356-8506 | [Beware the man of one | 16345 Englewood Ave. frantz(a)netcom.com | book] - Anonymous Latin | Los Gatos, CA 95032, USA

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Re: Responding to Pre-dawn Unannounced Ninja Raids
by Duncan Frissell 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 03:38 PM 7/23/96 -0400, hallam(a)Etna.ai.mit.edu wrote: >The facts are very clear, if you have a handgun in the house it is >far more likely to kill a member of the familly than stop an >intruder. The NRA know this which is why they have lobbied for the >CDC to stop research in this area - they do not like the facts. And most people who die after jumping out of airplanes have (defective) parachutes. Therefore it is safer to jump out of airplanes without parachutes. The CDC sucked suicides into the mix to cook the books and suicide by firearms is a *legitimate* use of same. Surely you believe in the "right to die," don't you? DCF

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Re: NSA Lawyers Believe ITARs Would be Overturned if Tested in Court
by Arun Mehta 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 21:32 21/07/96 -0800, jim bell wrote: > Why aren't they (still) restricting >PC-type computers for export? Because, I imagine, it did not stop the clones from Taiwan, but severely hurt US computer manufacturers. Ultimately, this is the argument that will bring the US government kicking and screaming to its senses on the cryptography issue. Arun Mehta Phone +91-11-6841172, 6849103 amehta(a)cpsr.org http://www.cerfnet.com/~amehta/ finger amehta(a)cerfnet.com for public key

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San Diego Cypherpunks Physical Meeting
by Chris Claborne 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

San Diego Area CPUNKS symposium Thursday, August 1st, 1996 Invitation to all Cypherpunks to join the San Diego crowd at "The Mission Cafe & Coffee Shop" were I hope to get an update of Lance Cottrell's anonymous e-mail server, "mixmaster", exchange keys, and discuss other topical CP stuff. There's always the semi-topical discussions; Internet Service Provider in San Diego (providing, anonymous remailers and other privacy services), stelth communications, latest Cypherpunk goings-on, Internet happenings (like recent Federal court decision). Don't forget to bring your public key fingerprint. If you can figure out how to get it on the back of a business card, that would be cool. Place: The Mission Cafe & Coffee Shop 3795 Mission Bl in Mission Beach. 488-9060 Time:1800 Their Directions: 8 west to Mission Beach Ingram Exit Take west mission bay drive Go right on Mission Blvd. On the corner of San Jose and mission blvd. It is located between roller coaster and garnett. It's kind of 40s looking building... funky looking (their description, not mine) They serve stuff to eat, coffee stuff, and beer. See you there! New guy, bring your key fingerprint. Drop me a note if you plan to attend. 2 -- C -- ... __o .. -\<, Chris.Claborne(a)SanDiegoCA.NCR .Com ...(*)/(*). CI$: 76340.2422 http://bordeaux.sandiegoca.ncr.com/ PGP Pub Key fingerprint = 7E BF 38 3F 24 A7 D1 B0 54 44 96 AA 10 D0 5D 51 Avail on Pub Key server. Dreams. They're just screen savers for the brain.

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Re: Question
by Mark O. Aldrich 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

On Mon, 4 Sep 1989, Damien Lucifer wrote: > > On Tue, 23 Jul 1996 pjn(a)nworks.com wrote: > > > OK...A question for you all: > > <snip> Man, this is strange. I think C'punks just got time warped by Agents of the Evil Empire or somethin'. pjn wrote on 23 July 96, but Damien Lucifer replied to it on 4 Sep, 1989! Wow! Somebody better call Special Agent Mulder. <insert X files theme music here> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Just as the strength of the Internet is |Mark Aldrich | |chaos, so the strength of our liberty |GRCI INFOSEC Engineering | |depends upon the chaos and cacophony of |maldrich(a)grci.com | |the unfettered speech the First Amendment|MAldrich(a)dockmaster.ncsc.mil | |protects - District Judge Stewart Dalzell| | |_______________________________________________________________________| |The author is PGP Empowered. Public key at: finger maldrich(a)grci.com | | The opinions expressed herein are strictly those of the author | | and my employer gets no credit for them whatsoever. | -------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Would Netscape take money for 'exported' copies?
by Arun Mehta 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 22:13 23/07/96 -0400, Anonymous Remail Service wrote: >As I have said before, European & other foreign users, who get the strong- >crypto version should pay Netscape what they owe Netscape, to keep the ITAR >as the issue, and not piracy. Yes, but could/would Netscape even take our money? Wouldn't that be complicity (IA obviously NAL)? I'd imagine they'd just return the money, and tell us to please destroy our copies of the software. Arun Mehta Phone +91-11-6841172, 6849103 amehta(a)cpsr.org http://www.cerfnet.com/~amehta/ finger amehta(a)cerfnet.com for public key

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Re: Ross Anderson's Eternity service
by Arun Mehta 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 20:13 22/07/96 -0700, Hal wrote: >Sherry Mayo posted here a while back a reference to Ross Anderson's >Eternity service paper, <URL: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk:80/users/rja14/#Lib >. Got that far, but could not download the Eternity service paper itself. Something about only accepting connections from certain sites. Would someone kind-hearted enough mail me a copy? Arun Mehta Phone +91-11-6841172, 6849103 amehta(a)cpsr.org http://www.cerfnet.com/~amehta/ finger amehta(a)cerfnet.com for public key

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Re: Boobytraps and the American Legal System
by Chris Adams 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

On 24 Jul 96 01:21:34 -0800, dlv(a)bwalk.dm.com wrote: >I think Tim May is growing senile... This is new? <g> >> (Later examples were to be even worse. For example, the burglar who climbed >> on a roof and stepped through a skylight. He sued, and won. I guess the >> owner of the property was obligated to install night lights so burglars >> could see their way, and to generally make his property more >> "burglar-friendly." > >Actually, he fell through the roof of a school he was trying to burgalize. > >In a similar incident a burglar broke into a house that was being treated >for pests (i.e., was full of toxic fumes). He died; his family sued the >owners and won. > >Maybe someone can post a reference to these two cases. I recall that both >happened in New York, but I could be wrong. I remember hearing about a case on this end of the continent (west coast) that involved a store that had been robbed many times. The owner noticed that most burglars came through the skylight, so he electrified it. Not much of a charge, just something like 12 volts - enough to keep someones hands off of it... However, a klutzy burglar managed to fall into the skylight and get stuck. His partner deserted him. Over the course of several hours, he died... *ouch* Needless to say, his next-of-kin sued and won. The guy lost his store. Another one I liked: in (I believe) Pennsylvania, a drunk peed on an electrified third rail. His next of kin sued the trolley company and won... A man tried to commit suicide in Chicago by jumping onto an El track. He was only crippled, so he sued and won! // 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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Brute-forcing DES
by trollins＠interactive.visa.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Hi, Anyone have a FPGA chip PCI board layout that they would like to share. Having seen the paper "Minimal Key Lengths for Symmetric Ciphers to Provide Adequate Commercial Security", the FPGA chip seems like a perfect addition to my pc. Count me in... Thanks, -tom > 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). -- Tom Rollins <trollins(a)interactive.visa.com>

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