December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

RE: LivePGP (fwd)
by Adam Shostack 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

----- Edited message from Ming-Ching Tiew ----- >From mctiew(a)csi.po.my Thu Sep 26 22:36:39 1996 Message-ID: <01BBAC57.C7351E60@minuet> From: Ming-Ching Tiew <mctiew(a)csi.po.my> To: "'Adam Shostack'" <adam(a)homeport.org> Subject: RE: LivePGP Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1996 09:39:21 +-800 Encoding: 38 TEXT Do you already have this information ? http://www.vv.com.au/vv/resources/security/livepgp/README.html The copy is expiring soon. I will soon be releasing a new copy which is much for polished. I am not releasing the source. ----- End of forwarded message from Ming-Ching Tiew -----

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HBO_ped Phill's AP Op-Ed
by jya＠pipeline.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

9-27-96. NYP: "Unnoticed but Deadly, the I.R.A.'s Secret 'Sleeper' " Members of a counterterrorism force stormed the building where Mr. O'Neill lived, threw tear-gas canisters into his second-floor back apartment and shot him six times as he stood in the doorway. The police said Mr. O'Neill made a threatening gesture at them, but he was later found to have been unarmed. An intelligence officer said, "The sleeper is totally committed, aware of all the surveillance techniques and our ability to penetrate the organization. He knows when to keep his mouth shut. He stays as anonymous as possible." "South African Links Top Spy To the Slaying Of Olof Palme" The commander of a police hit squad testified today that the assassination, by a lone gunman who shot Mr. Palme in the back of the head, had been the work of Operation Long Reach, a secret apartheid-era program intended to harass, silence and gather information about opponents of South Africa's white-led Government abroad. "It was one of Craig Williamson's Operation Long Reach projects," he said. Officially, Mr. Williamson left the police department in 1985, ostensibly to go into business with an Italian millionaire operating from the Seychelles. In reality, he then started Long Reach, a company that did some legitimate international security work, but which was largely created to give him the cover to do whatever he pleased around the world. ----- http://jya.hboped.txt HBO_ped

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Re: Public Schools
by Robert Hettinga 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I forwarded this to someone, who said: --- begin forwarded text From: somebody Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1996 00:26:28 -0400 To: rah(a)shipwright.com Subject: Re: Public Schools Bob, I'm not sure I want to get my name on this particular set of info, but the story on IQ and SAT scores is, to a certain extent, spelled out in "The Bell Curve." The simple, short version is for IQ where the distribution is nearly normal with a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 15. (Recall that, in a normal distribution, two standard deviations above the mean (2-sigma) is achieved by only 1-2%, and 3-sigma, by a factor of 10 fewer.) There used to be a simple (public) answer for the SAT: mean of 500 and standard deviation of 100. So 500 = 100 and 800 = 145? Well, maybe. The answer for SAT (verbal) scores (1961 data only, sorry) is neither short nor simple. The distribution is decidely non-normal. The peak is at 280-ish, and the high side looks kind of like a normal distribution. If it were, the standard deviation would be 170 or so. Because of this, the average is 475-ish. Oh, well. Thus, maybe, an SAT of 800 = an IQ of 145. But 475 = 100? Or is it 280 = 100? And of course, the populations aren't even close to the same. Only those who might go to college take the SAT. And in 1961 that was even more so. Maybe that's why they call them social scientists. --- end forwarded text Cheers, Bob Hettinga ----------------- 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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Columbian guerrillas get kicked off of the Net
by Declan McCullagh 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1996 07:25:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Declan McCullagh <declan(a)well.com> To: fight-censorship(a)vorlon.mit.edu Subject: Columbian guerrillas get kicked off of the Net [Perhaps it's time to mirror the Columbian guerrillas' home page? Volunteers, anyone? (I wonder what the British, had the Internet existed in 1776, would have done to muzzle the colonial rebels' web sites -- which would have called for a violent overthrow of the government. Perhaps the founding fathers' home pages would have been copied and mirrored in France?) --Declan] ********* Colombia censors guerilla home page By Reuters September 26, 1996, 4:15 p.m. PT A Colombian guerrilla group currently involved in a bloody offensive in the mountains and jungles, suffered a setback in its propaganda battle when its new voice on the Internet was mysteriously silenced. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), which has periodically paralyzed half the country with road blocks, found its route to the information superhighway barred. The Communist insurgents, who rose up in arms in 1964, embraced new technology last year in their fight to overthrow the government by launching a home page on the Internet. "Using weapons naturally comes within the logic of the armed struggle. Just fighting through the Internet would be like shooting rubber bullets. Not using it would be like continuing to fight the army with a 12-bore shotgun," said Marco LeDon CalarcDa, the FARC's Mexico City-based international spokesman. But in unexplained circumstances, which a spokeswoman for the Mexico City-based Internet provider Teesnet said may or may not be linked to external pressures, the plug was pulled on the service Monday--a day after being publicized in Colombia's leading daily, El Tiempo. CalarcDa admitted the loss of the Internet page was a serious reversal but vowed the computer-age conflict was far from over. [...] The Colombian guerrillas used their Web site to publish their political magazine Resistencia, whose distribution is banned in Colombia, and to offer explanations about their latest armed actions. FARC, labeled narcoguerrillas since the 1980s when U.S. ambassador Lewis Tambs highlighted the group's alleged connections with Colombia's drugs trade, have been dubbed cyberspace guerrillas since their appearance on the Internet. "Cyberspace guerrillas may seem a fun name but I think it is pejorative and belittles what we're doing," said LeDon CalarcDa. "We are looking to topple the government and set up a new Colombia. In the four weeks since the FARC unleashed its latest offensive with an attack on a jungle base in southern Putumayo province, more than 150 soldiers, police, and civilians have died. ###

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[Fwd: Email Robot draws fire from CypherPunkz]
by geeman 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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"Soul Catcher" Computer Chip (fwd)
by Lucky Green 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

What's next? Thought escrow? --Lucky ---- Forwarded Message from other list ------ Figured you might be interested in this. I copied it from Nexus Oct/Nov 1996. QUOTE SOUL CATCHER IMPLANTS British scientists are developing a concept for a computer chip which, when implanted into the skull behind the eye, will be able to record a person's every life time thought ands sensation. "This is the end of death," said Dr. Chris Winter of British Telecom's artificial-life team. He predicts that within thirty years it will be possible to relive other people's lives by playing back their experiences on a computer. "By combining this information with a record of a person's genes, we could recreate a person physically, emotionally and spiritually." Dr Winter and his team of scientists at BT's Martlesham Heath Laboratories, near Ipswich, call the chip "the Soul Catcher." British telecom would not divulge how much money it is investing in the project, but Dr. Winter said it was taking "Soul Catcher 2025" very seriously. He confessed there were profound ethical considerations, butr emphasised that BT was embarking on this line of research so it could keep at the forefront of communications technology. Dr. Winter said "an implanted chip would be like an aircraft's black box, and would enhance communications beyond current concepts. "For example, police would be able to use it to relive an attack, rape or murder from the victims viewpoint, to help catch the criminal... I could even play back the smells, sounds and sighs of my holidays to friends. Other more frightening applications include downloading an older person's experiences into a newborn baby by transplanting the chip. Sources: The Daily Telegraph, the Daily Mail, 18 July 1996 UNQUOTE

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David Sobel interview on ISP-TV Monday Night Sept. 30
by ISP-TV Main Contact 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

*** ISP-TV Program Announcement: David Sobel Interview *** Monday, Sept. 30 9:00 PM ET David Sobel is a legal counsel to the Electronic Privacy Information Center, and an outspoken crusader for Internet free speech, cryptographic rights, and on-line privacy. He has litigated dozens of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) cases involving subjects such as the Digital Signature Standard, the Clipper Chip, the FBI's Digital Telephony proposal and the 2600/Pentagon City Raid. He has also written for WIRED magazine, and "The Net" online magazine. This video interview can be viewed on the ISP-TV main CU-SeeMe reflector at IP 205.197.247.33, or other ISP-TV affiliate reflectors listed at http://www.digex.net/isptv/members.html See URL http://www.digex.net/isptv for more information about the ISP-TV Network To obtain CU-SeeMe software, see URL http://www.wpine.com/cudownload.htm

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Jena Remailer
by mixmaster＠remail.obscura.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

wmono(a)Direct.CA wrote: w> On Sun, 22 Sep 1996, Mixmaster wrote: >> Can any native English speaker please paraphrase the account >> start-up procedure for us? w> I took a stab at re-writing the help file, and I've attached it below. w> The operator of jena might want to use it instead of the help file w> currently being distributed, after correcting any errors and adding w> the German sections back in. OK, it's an improvement, but there's still some obscurity and a couple of other problems: w> I believe these instructions are correct -- I was able to follow them w> to create a nym, and use it. YMMV. So far I have had no luck, but this may be due to a mail lag, I dunno... w> * The hexadecimal key-ID forms the Email address. For example, if the nym's key is 0x01020304, the address will be: anon-01020304(a)as-node.jena.thur.de Already a confusion: Is not the address pseudonym(a)as-node.jena.thur.de? And, since the key ID is an eight-digit hex number, why the confusing "...if the nym's key is 0x01020304, the address will be:" ^^ ...or am I missing something already? w> * The user-ID of the key contains the pseudonym, only. Note: This is different from the convention, which is to include the Email address in angle brackets. OK, so if I understand this properly, when prompted for an account name in PGP one simply enters pseudonym ...with no quotes or address ("pseudonym" <pseudonym(a)someplace.net>). w> If the signature is valid, the decrypted body should be a header for w> the outbound mail, followed by a blank line, then the body for the w> outbound mail. The following are headers considered valid by the w> server: w> * Subject: (or Anon-Subject:) w> * To: (or Anon-To:) w> * Newsgroups: (or Post-To: or Anon-Post-To:) The header fields in parens are identical in function or not? w> - Run 'pgp -esa -u "pseudonym" anon@as-node anonid.asc' to sign and w> encrypt the extracted key for the server. These various command lines in the helpfile do not work in the pre-legal PGP 2.6/uix/ui versions preferred by many, though equivalent command lines of course exist. w> - Test your nym by posting to a test group (de.test is recommended due to the location of the server) and wait several days before requesting mail delivery. Well, the sent message didn't show up in the newsgroup here, but there are often lengthy delays anyway... w> - If it didn't work, repeat the entire procedure. It's possible that the key-ID already exists in the server's database and belongs to another pseudonym. The procedure didn't produce results for me so far, but before trying again I wish to get confirmation that I am trying properly: (Shortform directions) 1: Generate key with simple, one-word pseudonym, no quotes, no address, no nothing. 2: Generate -kxa keyfile, pseudo.asc 3: -esa encrypt keyfile with Jenaer Remailer's PGP key and send to anon(a)as-node.jena.thur.de via a remailer. 4: Account is automatically established and should work immediately. To test... 1: Prepare message textfile according to sample: Newsgroups: de.test Subject: Test This is the test message textbody... [or, alternately...] To: de.test(a)news.demon.co.uk Subject: Test This is the test message textbody... 2: PGP encrypt the filebody and two header lines with the Jenaer Remailer's key using the -esa command, signing the cyphertext with your key previously sent to the remailer. 3: Send the resulting cyphertext message to the Jenaer Remailer via another remailer, making sure to avoid command words in the Subject: field of the outgoing message. As I say, following these protocols I have not yet seen a resulting message in the test group I have chosen. Do you feel this is due to lag, or am I doing something obviously wrong? w> 2E.request Email to be delivered? [...] w> - Never request a delivery to your real Email address. So here's what I really want to know: When/if the new account is up and running, how _does_ one discreetly retrieve his mail? I don't see how, other than to have it sent to alt.anonymous.messages via a mail2news netmail address such as alt.anonymous.messages(a)news.demon.co.uk and then pick through the mess there until some cyphertext message responds to his right key. Either that or else have it sent to yet another pseudonymous account, with all the uncertainties and delivery vicissitudes that entails.

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Re: Public Schools
by jbugden＠smtplink.alis.ca 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

ronsimpson(a)unidial.com wrote: >I hate to burst any bubbles but, the school with the highest number > of National Merit Finalists and highest number of 1600 SATs is a > Public High School (Jefferson High in Fairfax, VA) The same is true for Montreal (Royal Vale) using the equivalent scoring methods. But there are public schools at both extremes of the curve. While it is true that Private Schools would not survive due to market forces if they did consistently poorly, it is also true that they filter their incoming student body in a manner that Public Schools can not. If you want to refuse those who are too stupid or anti-social from Public Schools in order to improve the social or intellectual climate, you better have a solution for the resulting cast-offs. James

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The periodic word of advice about Timothy May, the licenced fellatiologist
by nobody＠huge.cajones.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

There's a rumor that Timothy May sells his dead relatives as fertiliser as they constitute the best shit in California.

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