December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Nymrod is shutting down
by John Perry 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted as well. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- The nymserver located at nymrod.jpunix.com is shutting down due to abuse. The type-I/type-II MiddleMan remailers are unaffected. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBMhjnFVOTpEThrthvAQFcQAP+LYtkT16wJGmmzbYymzRJv1IRdVotwvrY 4hUKn5y+TyCTWoyHQlUR3//L0nRPzViqm1GBeT4Tw88kmEvmRSguCYTxuNV3gr6t n8gOP/MKoYTZ1tdxYRMDd+LN2I4j2phUF90sItiLT04/JD65CwRNblD0bFWSbGr7 X8YiOIVkxTQ= =VA6N -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: US Taxes on X-Pats (getting off topic)
by Stephen Cobb 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 11:24 PM 8/18/96 -0400, you wrote: >As I understand the proposal, the immigrant-benefits thing would be for >immigrants admitted AFTER the act was, uh, enacted. So, no ex-post-facto >problems. > > I know this is getting way off topic...but what I am not clear about is this: 1. Americans living and working in London used to be eligible for certain benefits from the British social security system, into which they are required to pay. There is a reciprocal arrangement between the US and UK on soc sec benefits and payments. The new US law seems to alter that, which could affect the US citizen living in London, as in, "sorry mate, you can't come in here with that knife wound, not without your cheque book you can't." 2. Making legal immigrants living in the US pay soc sec "taxes" without being eligible for benefits sounds pretty unfair, even "unamerican." Maybe someone who knows more about the law in these matters can clarify. Stephen

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[fnord] Re: Discordians a-gogo (aggoo)
by Alan Olsen 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 09:00 AM 8/19/96 -0400, Simon Spero wrote: >On Mon, 19 Aug 1996, WinSock Remailer wrote: >> >> DISCORDIAN SOCIETY SUPER SECRET CRYPTOGRAPHIC CYPHER CODE > >BTW, have you ever looked really closely at a Terisa systems business >card. Really closely? HAve you seen the Fnord? If you do not see the fnord, then it cannot eat you. ObDiscordian: Have you noticed that there are five levels of priority in Eudora? --- |"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: Hackers invade DOJ web site
by Nick West 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 06:46 PM 8/18/96 -0700, you wrote: >> CNN online (http://www.cnn.com) is reporting a "breakin" by "hackers" >> to the DOJ web site. They don't elaborate exactly how thy did it. > >Did anyone save a copy of the altered web page? I would like to see >what the crackers did. > >Thanks. > > They showed a the page on CNN Headline News yesterday. They might show it sometime again today, stay tuned. Nick West nick(a)multipro.com Member of the National Wild Turkey Federation and The Libertarian Party of Tennessee http://members.tripod.com/~NWest/index.html PGP Fingerprint= F9 F7 92 D9 D3 0B 56 3E FA 2A 78 59 27 32 7D 6F Public key available on request.

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[NOISE] Re: Indonesia detains democracy activist after post to mailing list (fwd)
by mccoy＠communities.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Declan wrote: [...] > Back to Indonesia -- my column should have said the Indonesian military is > *trying* to ban the mailing list from the country. They haven't succeeded > yet. Time will tell. > > I have more information on Indonesia at http://www2.eff.org/~declan/global/ >-- > right now, use the www2 address since not all directories seem to be > updating on the mirror servers properly right now. For those who are curious, Indonesia is an interesting test case among the Pacific Rim counties because the current iron-fisted ruler is beginning to get a bit long in the tooth and no one has any idea what it going to happen when he finally croaks. Indonesia has had almost no political opposition since a rather violent anti-Communist crackdown/coup in the 60s. All media access was rigorously controlled and the possibilities the Internet and similar computer networking technologies offer (ObCryptoAnarchy ref...) are just now becoming apparent to those who are in charge. How this plays out will have interesting reprecussions in other such countries where politicial discourse is a new phenomenon and where the Internet is just now being seen as a threat to the current order. jim, former exchange student to Indonesia who hopes the transition is less bloddy than Indonesia's last change of government...

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Re: "Utilization Review"
by frantz＠netcom.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 12:22 AM 8/19/96 -0400, Black Unicorn wrote: >I listened with horror this evening to a radio program which >discussed the state of medical record privacy today. Unfortunatly, it is still true that whoever pays the piper calls the tune. The best way to ensure medical record privacy is to eliminate medical insurance. Perhaps, within our current social order, medical savings plans are the best option on the table. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Agents, Spiders, Linda, and BlackNet
by Vincent L. Diaz 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Tim: At 10:58 AM 8/19/96 -0700, you wrote: > >Key Phrases: agents, spiders, linda, blacknet, indexing, hierarchy, >alternatives to hierarchy, emergent indexing, aptical foddering, tuple >spaces, virtual communities, shared environments (Snip) >Just some ideas. Nothing new, to me at least. But I thought some of the >newer list members might not have seen some of these ideas, part of the >assumed culture to we crypto anarchists. I currently subscribe to DigitalLiberty and am very new to Cypherpunks. I wanted to thank you for thinking of us "Newbies" in the Crypto field with this submission. I hope that your will at some time in the future seriously consider a comprehensive book on this and other subjects skewed towards the general public. Regards, VINCENT L. DIAZ U-SAVE COMMUNICATIONS Business Line: 619-277-2411 Fax Line: 619-277-0298 http://www.cognigen.com/agencies/

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Re: No Subject - Lesson in cracking (cryptoanalysis 001)
by Scottauge＠aol.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

In a message dated 96-08-19 05:44:34 EDT, you write: > SAMPLE MESSAGE: ("HAIL ERIS") > > CONVERSATION: > A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z > 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 > > STEP 1. Write out the message (HAIL ERIS) and put all the vowels at the end > (HLRSAIEI) > STEP 2. Reverse order (IEIASRLH) > STEP 3. Convert to numbers (9-5-9-1-19-18-12-8) > STEP 4. Put into numerical order (1-5-8-9-9-12-18-19) > STEP 5. Convert back to letters (AEHIILRS) > > This cryptographic cypher code is GUARANTEED TO BE 100% UNBREAKABLE. > > Hmmmmm, lets see here.... The numbers are one to one with the letters - hence this suggests a frequency attack right off the bat. You see, poor pathetic soul, if we know the algorithm, as you have spelt it out, and we know the alphabet of the plaintext (thats the message your trying to protect), we know that the language has certain letters used more frequently than others. Like, ya know "e" is a very popular letter, so is t and s. Collect enough cypher text and ya just match frequency to frequency - a high number of 6's are replaced with an e, and so on down the line. QED why you don't go one to one with the alphabet. OK, so we got the letters we are interested in working with. Now, still knowing the language the alphabet represents, we know that certain letters usually follow other letters. For example, re, ent, th, st, ing, need I really go on? Now we just start chunking up the peices according to spelling rules we know about - then with the help of a handy dandy spell checker like thing, when we get close to a word, we clump the chunks together. Actually, mixing your letters around helps cuz one needs to do a lot of shuffling here - but believe me, algorithms are out there. Plus, the more cipher text you provide, the easier it is to nab your info cuz there is more information for the particular algorithm I'm thinking of to work with. Once ya get a likely set of words, ya start looking for a pattern that can get ya these set of words into and gain the original pattern. QED why one does not depend on shuffling for protection. Anyone else wanna explain things too?

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Re: BlackNet: Commercial Posts?
by tcmay＠got.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 1:05 PM 8/19/96, Ross Wright wrote: >On Or About 19 Aug 96, 7:03, Hal wrote: > >> service, or in fact a network of any sort. Rather, it is a vendor. >> It buys and sells information. > >My question to the list: > >Who benefits from all this publicity and brew-ha-ha? Who makes all >the BlackNet money? Who really cares if it is a Data Haven or just a >remailer? I'm just asking. Well, obviously I do. I receive $1.42 for every posting which mentions BlackNet, 7% of gross sales for all commercial transactions, and 12.5% plus a sliding finder's fee for all military and intelligence secrets sold via BlackNet. But all true paranoiacs knew this. --Aldrich Ames 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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Re: No Subject - Lesson in cracking (cryptoanalysis 001)
by Daniel Miskell 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Wait wait wait! I have a bridge I want to sell him first. Course, I shouldn't talk. I bought the planet yesterday. You all owe me $5k/hour rent. Daniel.

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