December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Thank you all for the help.
by Thanks＠yourself.up 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>To: cypherpunks(a)toad.com >From: Thanks(a)yourself.up >Subject: Thank you all for the help. > >RareTrip >Mexico Baja California Norte Ensenada >-I think, therefore i am.- <---Sorry you didn't do it > >The file you received was the HUSH Trojan, of course it was Encrypted using Cryptcom of Nowhere Man and ICE. So ITS NOT A VIRUS! >I am not proud of what i did, but if i can get you to gain knowledge (NEVER RUN FILES ATTACHED TO AN EMAIL) i would do it no matter what. >Dont say i didn't warn you (fuck(a)yourself.up) >Hey guys! No hard feelings ok. Sorry. i feel bad. need a doctor. > >******** You can email the next address: AVSECURE(a)HOTMAIL.COM ***************** >

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Info about FUCK@YOURSELF.UP
by sorry＠lame.guys 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Ok, you better sleep nicely cause i would never again Post nothing to this list. Sorry again. Sincerely *RareTrip*

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Password Keystroke Snarfer Programs
by Bill Stewart 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Several articles on the PGP-users mailing list have discussed keystroke snarfers that unexpectedly grab and save keystrokes, including passwords, severely weakening any benefits from encryption. taoboy <taoboy(a)sprynet.com> mentioned Mac programs FileGuard and HiddenOasis and the SpellCatcher spell-check program's Ghostwriter feature, which he'd noticed had stuck his password into a disk file; he suggests that Windows machines probably have similar surprises. From: patm(a)connix.com (Pat McCotter) > Which is why, every once in a while, I do a search of my entire disk for my > PGP pass phrase and various other passwords I use. [....] I do this with > Norton DiskEditor. I have to upgrade to do this on my Win95 machine which I > understand is much worse than Win3.x in this area. Be careful - PGP goes to a lot of effort to overwrite your passphrase when it's done using it; Norton or grep or other disk-crawlers are unlikely to do so, because that sort of paranoia's not part of their job, and simply typing in a command in a command window will often get it saved in a command history file. So your search for the passphrase on disk makes it _more_ likely that some program will stash it on your disk... You could work around this by using a complex passphrase and adding a distinctive word to the end, e.g. "mumblefrotz foobaroid zarquon FINDTHIS", which doesn't become much less secure if the FINDTHIS gets left on the disk from your "grepemall FINDTHIS c:" command. # Thanks; Bill # Bill Stewart, +1-415-442-2215 stewarts(a)ix.netcom.com # You can get PGP outside the US at ftp.ox.ac.uk/pub/crypto/pgp # (If this is a mailing list, please Cc: me on replies. Thanks.)

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Encryption ?
by SHARK 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I am a Mathematic student at Bosphorus University in Turkey. I am interested in both computer applications and mathematical base of encryption.Where can I find this kind of staff on internet. Is it necessary to have high level of mathematical background in order to deal with encryption?? By the way Is there any member of this list from Turkey?

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Mr. throw@yourself.up
by jamie＠comet.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- He's some little turd at telnor.net. Probably rex(a)telnor.net Throw ftp://ftp.telnor.net/pub/firewall/downloaders.HTM into your favorite browser. The ftp server is world writable too. Fuckin' IRC scum. Oh yeah. Merry Christmas. jamie - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ jamie(a)comet.net | Comet.Net | Send empty message | Charlottesville, Va. | to pgpkey(a)comet.net | (804)295-2407 | for pgp public key. | http://www.comet.net | "When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators" -P.J. O'Rourke. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQEVAwUBMrkpX/MDfTuunU79AQEeogf+Lq4bmq3klEUXHyMAozReqBJgX55AshYs SKh+dZUSEd4kXGM2zDbApLyO8htzxVlpMfcql8ra//9S55OqIOrI3EaVlm3MJ1jt q0oBLM93SNPUmExVAiR38LEybPi7m8qWpfPj6xQUrt20Jlh3FG1aZJJW0JxW1vHP QwsZCbp2QKifCYA+ej404HdsVjfPoC/IyTcZ/QTi5BOcXMLRbjkfLb3XuVjPfuiE 5wrqqVnXmQpGOp9Pd1yUHvGUYcxKIRBqx23IwaxcIpfONtWsDfTlZixLGZNVOjc8 SJmbOukE+KeOSJRElwrJFuWVTB+qtTyif9qksopmuj6vsCQpbrQ94g== =aDfS -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Proof that "cypher punks" have complete degenerated...
by dlv＠bwalk.dm.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

No one even commented on the latest Dr. Dobbs issue. --- Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps

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BUY_spy
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

12-18-96. "Special Chips Off-Load and Speed Encryption Transactions" Buy-spy GAK chips from IRE, Rainbow, Atalla, IBM. "Clinton administration opposed to encryption bills" "Goodlatte to resubmit encryption bill" Commerce Department has said it expects to issue rules implementing the new Clinton export policy by January 1, 1997. [NYT reports final rules are due out December 22.] "Method and apparatus for the secure communication of data" Patent: An auto-dialer suitable for use as a smart card capable of being acoustically coupled to a telephone and being reprogrammed in response to acoustic signals. A device for generating a set of tones encoded with data. "Enciphered file sharing method (Fujitsu)" Patent: An enciphered file sharing method adapted to an area distributed type data processing system. "EMD Encryptor; First 32-Bit desktop utility to provide multiple encryption capabilities for home and corporate computer users Largest encryption key size: 256-bit. ----- BUY_spy

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RE: The virus I got...
by Mullen Patrick 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

You already had the Monkey (or whatever) virus. It was not included in the file distributed to the list. The file was a pure Trojan, not infector. PM _______________________________________________________________________________ From: Internaut on Thu, Dec 19, 1996 3:30 Subject: RE: The virus I got... From: Mark Rosen[SMTP:mrosen@peganet.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 1996 04.37 PM >Oh, and as far as I know, no virus was installed, >though you should check for one just for good measure. There was one, though I don't remember what it's name was. Maby it was Monkey. I already deleted it. --Internaut

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RE: !! Point 'n Crypt -- Win95 Privacy for Everyone !!
by Peter Trei 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> From: Walt Armour <walt(a)blarg.net> > Subject: RE: !! Point 'n Crypt -- Win95 Privacy for Everyone !! > Security through obscurity is no security at all. > > As for PnC (actually, the scCryptoEngine beneath it), we get the 40 bits > from the 56 bits by nulling out the high nybble of every other byte. > > walt > > ---------- > From: Peter Trei[SMTP:trei@process.com] > Would you mind telling us just how you expand the 40 key to the 56 > bits needed for DES? (Security through obscurity has a bad rep on > this list). For many methods of doing so, 40bit DES is NOT > secure against a motivated individual's attack. > > Peter Trei > trei(a)process.com Thanks for being so forthcoming! There are methods for using 40 bit keys that are a lot better than this. My contention stands: 50 200MHz Pentiums *WILL* crack this overnight. A single 100 MHz Pentium will do it in a month. (This assumes a known plaintext attack in EBC or CBC mode). Not utterly trivial, but well within the means of a motivated individual. Peter Trei trei(a)process.com

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EFF: Bernstein court declares crypto restrictions unconstitutional
by Rich Burroughs 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> COURT DECLARES CRYPTO RESTRICTIONS UNCONSTITUTIONAL > Free Speech Trumps Clinton Wiretap Plan > >December 18, 1996 [snip] This is the best news that I have heard in some time :) Congrats to John, EFF, Cindy Cohn, and the other counsel for Professor Bernstein. I am very much looking forward to seeing that decision... Rich ______________________________________________________________________ Rich Burroughs richieb(a)teleport.com http://www.teleport.com/~richieb U.S. State Censorship Page at - http://www.teleport.com/~richieb/state dec96 issue "cause for alarm" - http://www.teleport.com/~richieb/cause

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