December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

[URGENT] Meet-in-the-middle attack
by nobody＠huge.cajones.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Here, Tim C. Maya descends into total inanity. He should have a cold shower and/or a Turkish coffee. _ / ' | /><oo><\ Tim C. Maya //[ `' ]\\

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The 'Thot Police'
by Carl Johnson 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

The best defence against the Thot Police is to say something intelligent, and make your break for it while they are scratching their head, and saying, "Huh?"

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Thank You, CypherPunks
by Carl Johnson 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I don't care if conference does contain the weirdest bunch of bozos it has ever been my misfortune to encounter. Thank you, each and every one, for not posting 58,287,489 messages saying "Merry Xmas", "Happy Holidays", and "Season's Greetings". All I want for 'Xmas' is for just 'one' of these 58,287,489 people to give me a 500 Gigabyte hard drive to store all these Xmas greeting messages on. Toto

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Re: RE: Scalpers (SJPD does crack down)
by Tim Simmons 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

A >for $60 (face = $69, and I would have taken anything over $50 without a >haggle), about 5 minutes before game time, on the far side of Guadalupe >Expressway (e.g. @ Almaden Blvd.), which the Arena-patrolling uniformed >officers have repeatedly said is "outside the no-vending zone"... >>> > >Correct me if I'm wrong. Did the Police arrest you because you were selling >em or because you were in a no vending zone? If they did arrest you for >selling them, why'd they areest you for selling them under face value? In >other parts of the country it's a crime to sell them above face value, but >not below. According to my contact in the ticket office it is NOT illegal to re-sell tickets, even if you are selling them ABOVE face value. San Jose Box office makes a legal business out of this practice. It is only illegal to sell them within a certain proximity of the venue. You must have been within the "no vending zone" if you were outside of the zone, you should be able to get the charges dismissed. Tim S. Manufacturing Engineering x 2162

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Canuckonics
by Carl Johnson 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Gubmint-sponsored online gambling
by dlv＠bwalk.dm.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

In about 2 weeks Off-track Betting Corporation (the quasi-state agency in NYS that's in charge of horse betting) is planning to open a Web site where gamblers will be able to place bets. One will have to fork over real $$ to OTB before being able to bet it on the Web site. --- Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps

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Re: Internet Message
by BJORN2LUZE＠prodigy.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Sorry I wasn't able obtain the original SUBJECT here. Through-out the moral existance of the internet I find no reason to stop the comunications. There are factors like no AT&T, MCI, or SPRINT (those dime-a-minute rates are baffling). GOOD. Then there are more ideas exchanged. This can be a PLUS for businesses that are RETAILERS (in the long run). The internet can be used to UNITE the world with a single language. The internet can be used to share ideas, learn, and a good place to visit when you are feeling down. Now if you believe anything I said, than the idea that the iternet brings is UNITY. Isn't it strange that within the last 3 years, (taken from a local news channel) people have agreed that the U.S. is moving in a positive direction? Not really, within these last three years is the exact time the internet had become most publicly available. With PRODIGY, AOL, and COMPUSERVE making it happen. Who is the original credit due to? Tell me. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- my favorite site: http://pages.prodigy.com/VT/hackersguide on the internet today. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- --Nathan

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booklet-bus-97
by health711＠cyberpromo.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Fuck_You_Nerds, I just thought I would write you a short note,to tell you about a free booklet I discovered.I ordered and I can not believe the fun and money I am making.All you need to do is send them a self addressed stamped envelope to homebusiness 870 market street #450 San Francisco,Calif. 94102.Find it out for yourself.Available in 34 countries warmest regards & Happy Holidays Ellen

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Cash - Covenience and privacy over the threat of being mugged
by varange＠crl.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> It's that wonderful season again, when all the assholes > are out in force, and people feel obligated to purchase > merchandise to give to each other. For various reasons, > I don't believe in credit cards, and yet, trying to pay for > something by personal check at the local Hecht's, they either > *require* a credit card, or go through the Nazi check-warranty > company Equifax. Why not just carry sufficient cash for your purchasing needs? Irrational fear of muggers I guess is the primary reason not to carry around, say, $500.00 cash. But if you were mugged for that much, wouldn't you feel worse about the mugging itself than the actual loss of the money? I doubt the mere carrying of greater amounts of cash makes someone more likely to be mugged than someone carrying nothing. So it boils down to whether you think it's better to use the inconvenience and invasion of privacy of credit cards and/or checks and getting them stolen over convenience and privacy of cash and getting an anonymous $500.00 cash stolen. (You also can *sign* your cash to help trace thefts. I used to do this when hanging around disreputable charactors. Hell, drug dealers will accept your money if you wrote down his identification and "Crack Bill of Sale" in magic marker on every bill.) > Is it legal to require credit cards? Yes. BTW, my uncle was mugged at Provo Park for thirty five cents and my front windshield of my car was smashed in for the fifty cents in open view between the passenger seats. You know those ancient mono AM only radios that are almost always broken down in old cars? Yep, had a window smashed and the worthless radio stolen. In another vehicle that was even shittier looking I never locked the doors and nothing was ever stolen; the radio and cassette player actually worked! Merry bloody crassmus. -- Cheers!

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RE: [NOT NOISE] Microsoft Crypto Service Provider API
by Blake Coverett 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> Not quite. The API comes with a program SIGN.EXE that will create a > "debugging signature" for your CSP, and a new ADVAPI32.DLL, described as > a "Modified advapi32.dll to load providers that are signed with > sign.exe." So the patch point is a bit more accessable than inside the > kernel. Maybe the "Modified advapi32.dll" should find its way offshore? Even better than exporting the hacked advapi32.dll, compare the it with the original one. I'd bet good money that the only difference is the contents of the RC_DATA/#102 resource attached to the image. (It's useful to note that the advapi32.dll from versions of NT before CryptoAPI doesn't have any RC_DATA resources.) And to think MS was good enough to provide an UpdateResource API that I haven't yet had a good reason to use. > Interestingly enough, CSP signatures are held in the registry instead of > the binary, necessitating some install procedure for a given CSP. Not > to start rumors, but NT 4.0 does use threads to watch some registry > entries that control the version (workstation/server). Not much of a > stretch to imagine a thread that tracks (reports?) changes to Nope, a little experimentation shows you can change those entries while the system is running to your hearts contents. Try temporarily renaming the signature key of the base provider. regards, -Blake

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