December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

[CRYPTO] E-Cash
by nobody＠replay.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Tim C[reep] May uses an Adolf Hitler action figure as a dildo. ____ \ _/__ Tim C[reep] May \\ / \/

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A new memetic message
by dlv＠bwalk.dm.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I've never seen this one before: >Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 08:28:10 +0100 (MET) >From: Ahsan Yousaf Durrani <c948148(a)student.dtu.dk> >To: dlv(a)bwalk.dm.com >Subject: *splat* (fwd) >Message-Id: <Pine.HPP.3.95.961210082806.19729V-100000(a)lorenz.gbar.dtu.dk> >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII > > > >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >Date: Fri, 6 Dec 1996 14:02:10 +0100 (MET) >From: Ahsan Yousaf Durrani <c948148(a)student.dtu.dk> >To: c948148(a)student.dtu.dk >Subject: *splat* > > > > > salaaaam, you've been hit! > > > **** * * *** * * > * * ** * * * * * > * * * * * * * * > * * * * * * * * > * * * * * * * * * > * * * * * * * * * * > * * * * * * * * * * > * * * * * * * * * * * > **** * ** *** * * > > *** * * * > * * * * * * > * * * * * * > * * * * * * > ***** ******* * * > * * * * * * > * * * * * * > * * * * * * > ***** * * ****** ****** > > > Consider yourself hit by a snowball !! > >Send this message to as many people as possible, in the first > *E-MAIL SNOWBALL FIGHT!* > >Send it back or to people already listed above. Send it to your >parents, siblings, politicians, teachers, bullies or anyone else >you've wanted to hit with a snowball. have fun. but don't blame me if >you're hit back !! > >Remember: e-mail snowballs don't hurt, don't get you soaked and >don't melt away. Throw one today ! > > > >

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Re: Codebreakers on the shelves!
by Xenu 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Subject: Re: Codebreakers on the shelves! > Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 02:36:11 -0800 > From: "Timothy C. May" <tcmay(a)got.net> [snip] > I took a look at it a few days ago, and am disappointed. [snip] > However, the public key cryptography revolution is covered in about two or > three pages (or at least this is my recollection). Brief mention is made of > Diffie, Hellman, etc., but nothing surprising or new. 2 or 3 pages for public key crypto? That's disgusting! > So, it seems a better deal is to get one of the many used copies of the > original, for $20 or less, and then read any of the many good articles on > modern cryptography. I was considering getting a copy of the new edition, but now I think I'll look for a used 1st edition. > I'm hoping the new edition of Bamford is handled better. Let's hope... > --Tim May Xenu <Xenu(a)nym.alias.net> 1024/0C436F8D 1996/07/14 PGP KEY Fingerprint 06 94 31 1F 96 EF C9 ED E9 86 6A AF 6E 10 E2 86 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: cp850 iQCVAgUBMq3wDV4LyFQMQ2+NAQEbcAP9FIj8LxwQB2Jq5MivyRp0Nj1Lo25BnSqk 6phIL7jSNiwZGDa735zD8cIJz+Rh8Fq42MEBX3NczCae3nBr8BBPXLR6k4XKH7wR u1eWMaqM2Dl5h9w7XwA/Edd1miw/f85gxKIiF7tYE/whkD/bMK8+Ry9Sh9bMDGKm DowxFvOMwAU= =wTVs -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: PICS is not censorship
by jbaber＠mi.leeds.ac.uk 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Mike McNally <m5(a)vail.tivoli.com> writes: > jbaber(a)mi.leeds.ac.uk wrote: > > > > Not having a detailed knowledge of the American right to free > > speach I can only go on my opinions, but lieing with the intent > > to defraud would almost certainly be illegal over here. > > So where lies intent to defraud in the act of deliberately > mislabeling a web page? Why is that any different from me > standing on the street corner (or at Hyde Park Corner) announcing > that I'm the Messiah? I seem to have edited the previous message badly and left out the context which was false labeling on pages for which there was a charge to view. More along the lines of false advertising to be sure but still fraud in my opinion. Also, of course, it would be very hard to show that you were not, in fact, the Messiah (;->). Jon Baber jbaber(a)mi.leeds.ac.uk http://chem.leeds.ac.uk/ICAMS/people/jon

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Re: Patriots should use PGP
by Jim Byrd 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Why on earth would an American football team need PGP?

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[Crypto Patent] Authentication "scheme"
by nobody＠cypherpunks.ca 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Just snatched off the newspool... Anitro --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scheme for authentication of at least one prover by a verifier Source: MicroPatent MicroPatent via Individual Inc. : Abstract: A new procedure for authentication of at least one prover by a verifier, the authentication being based on public and secret key cryptographic techniques and making use of a zero-knowledge protocol. In addition, this protocol is established using the problem of constrained linear equations and finds applications in cryptography. This procedure uses a published matrix M of dimension m.times.n where coefficients are chosen at random from the integers from 0 to d-1, where d is generally a prime number close the square of a number c. The "prover" authenticates itself to a "verifier" by performing hashing functions based on a randomly chosen vector U of dimension m and a randomly chosen vector V of dimension n, the results of which are called commitments and are sent to the prover. The prover then chooses one of several predefined functions and requests that the verifier perform this one predefined function. When the verifier receives a result of the predefined function, it compares the result with the commitments to determine if the prover has provided a correct set of responses. The procedure also can be repeated for other random vectors U and V for increased security. Ex Claim Text: Method for authenticating a prover by a verifier based on a cryptographic technique using a secret key, a public key and a zero-knowledge protocol, the method comprising the steps of: a) generating a secret key, including at least one vector S of dimension n having coordinates chosen from a set X, b) generating a matrix M of dimensions m.times.n whose coefficients are chosen at random from integer values from 0 to d-1, where d is a prime integer close to the square of a number c, c) generating a public key comprising at least one vector P such that P=g(M(S)), where g is a function defined by said set X and a subgroup G of a set of integers (1, 2, . . . d-1) and which associates an element g(x) of G to each coordinate x of the at least one vector P such that x is described uniquely as a product of g(x) and an element k(x) of X; d) generating at least two random vectors by the prover; e) generating plural commitments by applying a cryptographic hash function to functions of S, M and the at least two random numbers; f) exchanging plural messages between the prover and the verifier based on said public key and said secret key; and g) authenticating the prover by the verifier based on said plural messages, said public key and said secret key. Patent Number: 5581615 Issue Date: 1996 12 03 Inventor(s): Stern, Jacques [12-09-96 at 14:42 EST, Copyright 1996, MicroPatent]

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Java DES breaker?
by Ray Arachelian 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Here's a thought, While Java isn't a workhorse performance wise, it's very simple for anyone with a half decent browser to use java applets. Writing an implementation of DES in Java should be fairly easy, however it will run slow on most browsers. This performance drop will make it far easier for Joe Webuser to easily help break DES for us. Previous efforts at breaking DES and RSA have done quite well, but the number of people involved can be greatly increased if you tell someone just go to this page and leave your browser on overnight, every night. The applets would get a key range from the server, process them, and return a yeah or nay back for however far they manage to process before the user returns in the morning. With JIT's (Just In Time Compilers) and the sheer numbers of users that this can attract, the efforts at breaking weaker cyphers can be increased. =====================================Kaos=Keraunos=Kybernetos============== .+.^.+.| Ray Arachelian | "If you're gonna die, die with your|./|\. ..\|/..|sunder(a)sundernet.com|boots on; If you're gonna try, just |/\|/\ <--*-->| ------------------ |stick around; Gonna cry? Just move along|\/|\/ ../|\..| "A toast to Odin, |you're gonna die, you're gonna die!" |.\|/. .+.v.+.|God of screwdrivers"| --Iron Maiden "Die With Your Boots on"|..... ======================== http://www.sundernet.com =========================

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Re: Puzzle Palace 2nd edition (1983) Info
by Alan Olsen 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 10:03 AM 12/10/96 -0800, you wrote: >>Hope that clears things up... > >No, I fear you are _confusing_ people with this comment. > >Yes, there was a 1983 paperbound edition, with a few new items added to the >1982 orginal. Ho hum. (I have both, and have for many years. It was finding >the '92 edition that sparked much of my interest in the NSA, back in 1982.) > >What we are waiting for is the _real_ Second Edition, the long-awaited >revising of "The Puzzle Palace." It is expected later this year or next. Sorry I was unclear. Actually I was refering to what _Schneier_ was calling the "Second edition". (The penguin edition is more like version 1.1.) The afterward just seems to be a tacked on collection of fragments. Hopefully the real Second Edition will add more content. --- | "Spam is the Devil's toothpaste!" - stuart(a)teleport.com | |"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.ctrl-alt-del.com/~alan/ |alan(a)ctrl-alt-del.com|

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No Subject
by pfarrell＠cybercash.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Re: Redlining
by E. Allen Smith 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

From: IN%"mjmiski(a)execpc.com" "Matthew J. Miszewski" 11-DEC-1996 03:35:52.25 >My question was a real one. The basis of it comes from my work with the >homeless in which they have a difficult time getting a job because they >have no "home address" to put on the forms, some do not have or remember >their SSNs, etc. This causes a cyclic problem for the homeless. My >question to Tim was, in the real world, how is the protection of this data >feasible. And what institution ultimately requires the SSN and a considerable number of these other pieces of information? What institution puts a considerable number of roadblocks in the way of getting a post office box, for use as a home address, without a "home address"? >I do have responses to each of your "points" in your last post, but have >found the process of responding point-by-point tedious and non-productive If you've got such responses, please give them. They may very well be tedious; I'd disagree about them being non-productive, based on my past experience. Without such responses from you to some very well-reasoned arguments, we are left with the equivalent of the Feds on cryptography, i.e., "if you knew what we know you'd agree with us." -Allen

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