December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Re: sendmail-type thing for Windows
by Sean Roach 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 12:00 PM 1/10/97 -0600, Igor Chudov wrote: >Hi, > >Does anyone know of a simple program for windows that can, like >sendmail, work as a mail agent ans send mail messages from its stdin? I >am interested in sending email messages from Windoze boxes as part of >some automated process driven by .BAT files. > >i.e., what I need is a program that I could invoke like this > >DOS> sendmail some(a)address.com >From: sender(a)originator.com >To: some(a)address.com >Subject: hello > >hello > I don't know if this will help you, but, I have found that by typing win winmine.exe at the dos prompt, I am taken straight to minesweeper. The program manager window is minimized in this example. It seems that most of windows programs, when accessed from File/Run act like command line programs, this is how the File Manager can bring up a text file in the Write program. I haven't tried it, but you might try nesting arguments, for instance WIN WRITE FILE.TXT to see if it comes right up into Write, working on file.txt. I will have to get back to you on rather or not this works, but if it does, and someone has cracked the windows macro Recorder, such as what you described should be possible from a batch file.

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[NOISE] Re: IMPORTANT: Additional information about UDCM.
by Sean Roach 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 02:13 PM 1/10/97 -0600, Igor Chudov wrote: ... >I am also wondering, I am listed as visitor 189 on his web site. Under >most optimistic assumptions, if *every* visitor bought his product, he would >have made $40*188 = $7520. Of course, it is possible that so many people visited his site that the counter started over. For instance, if the counter had 8 digits, perhaps you were visitor number 10000189. Just a thought.

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17 Dec '03

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Re: PBS program - Turing/Enigma
by dlv＠bwalk.dm.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

dave_gellerman(a)newbridge.com (Dave Gellerman) writes: > In article <01bbfde7$950f4820$fb1093cf(a)worldnet.worldnet.att.net>, "Tech" > <TIER-1(a)worldnet.att.net> wrote: > > > Feb 2,1997 (one 90 minute show) ref: www.pbs.org > > > > bill_h <bill_h(a)azstarnet.com> wrote in article > > <32D1F2C1.9B1(a)azstarnet.com>... > > > Just caught a teaser on Public Television for an upcoming Mobile > > > Masterpiece Theatre presentation billed as "the true story of > > > Alan Turing" titled 'Breaking The Code'. > > > > > > The little bit of clips they showed looked fascinating. > > > > > > Is this a 'new' show or a re-run? Anybody know anything about it? > > > > > From the pbs web site: > > > "Breaking the Code" (2/2) Based on the play by Hugh Whitemore and > the book Alan Turing: the Enigma by > Andrew Hodges, this program tells the story of Turing (Derek > Jacobi), the mathematical genius who was > responsible for designing the computer that enabled the allies to > crack the German Enigma code and, some would > argue, win the war. On Churchill's specific instructions, Turing was > given all the resources he required and his > personal behavior was tolerated - Turing was an active homosexual at > a time when homosexuality was illegal. > Amanda Root, Prunella Scales, Harold Pinter, Alun Armstrong and > Richard Johnson also star. > > > Dave Homosexuality was pretty well accepted in GB in 1930's, as evidenced by the success of Comrade Philby and his friends. Homosexuals have a strange attraction to cryptography, perhaps because of its connection to privacy and anonymity. But they haven't made any contribution to it (or to any other area of human knowledge). They ascribe to Turing the results of heterosexual cryptographers; they libel prominent heterosexuals like Leonardo da Vinci to argue that their perversion somehow leads to intellectual superiority. While homosexuality used to be a detriment to obtaining a security clearance, being gay at NSA was a big plus under Inman. Of course now being gay is a big plus anywhere in the KKKlintoris administration. ObHomophobocReference: cocksucker John Gilmore is full of shit. --- Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps

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Crypto site move http://www.sni.net/~mpj/usa/warning.htm
by Michael Johnson 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- The method for accessing my strong crypto library ftp site has changed to one that I hope is easier for those of you who are in the USA or Canada. Simply point your browser to http://www.sni.net/~mpj/usa/warning.htm and follow the instructions. This should work even with text-based browsers, like lynx, and should be easier to navigate for AOL customers. You may be amused that the President of the United States has determined that cryptographic software export controls are necessary for U. S. "National Security" even though the same software is available "or appears to be available" from outside of the USA. For a partial list of cryptographic software sites outside of North America, see http://www.sni.net/~mpj/freecryp.htm -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.7.1 iQEVAgUBMtrB/G+Iqt/O4EnZAQGUVwf7BP3gqjQ5Ur1ymToHdMs2ctf8wLmrf1mS Pw4xr5QGKYMzPP4cK1dnqXSiWI4vxOTK+/WC+ZxH1Cvxrw6+3qlKp1o005qsAAY5 AetqLP6skW7hEesT27bGzwtKBEWrnFRa3YLc6vC+opu78Kz9myAQPdPcQ0tuI8mI +eD0EIiBVWEoWyvxuvW/vN/6bsqLsXZswGVV2+i3kv4HmOEBMVPwzounoA3P7L73 b7wLxiJvbIF3fld9Dcyy577U+pJ/qhXla8yss/Vs9Wmfc7id7GtVoJtrcQ7qqxm2 JiRn7W1A2YIvNQqMizUxOnoGnazkp6rMBCYvV6wTb2MCbQ8U/BLBGw== =X33F -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: A vote of confidence for Sandy
by Sean Roach 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 01:18 AM 1/11/97 -0600, Igor Chudov wrote: >Bill Frantz wrote: ... >> Let me rant a bit about the "ideal" moderation structure. Igor Chudov's >> software lets people like Matt Blase and Bruce Schneier post whatever they >> want. (I would add people like Black Unicorn as well. YMMV) Other posts >> go into a pool accessible to all moderators. If one moderator approves, >> the message goes out. If N reject, it is rejected. These rejections could >> either be anonymous or be included in an x-moderators-rejecting: header for >> the "worst of cypherpunks" list. > >I think that Bill proposes a very interesting idea. His suggestion would >eliminate a lot of [well-grounded] suspicion about arbitrary rejections >at a "whim" of moderators. > >My only concern is that there will be more work for moderators, because >in his scheme each "bad" message has to be reviewed by N people instead >of 1. > >It is a tradeoff between a more liberal policy and efficient use of >moderators' time. As long as a number of moderators have access, then why not also include in the header information the number of available moderators that gave the content a "thumbs up". If this were tacked on to the front of the subject field, (for people like me whor are using Eudora Lite), then messages could be chosen, by the readers, based on the number of moderators that gave it approval. Ideally, a relatively large number of moderators would be on hand so that the scale would be an accurate cross-reference of the groups opinions.

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Re: Comments on moderation
by Sean Roach 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 09:28 AM 1/11/97 -0800, Dale Thorn wrote: >Alan Olsen wrote: ... >> I >> have seen little evidence that the doom they predict is going to happen. > >Did you really want to say "no evidence", but were just hedging your bet? This is not intended to place me on either side of this issue, but, by referring to personal experiences, he does not need to hedge his bet. Just an observation.

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Newt's phone calls
by Clay Olbon II 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I just caught the news reports of Newt Gingrich's cell phone calls being taped by "a little old retired couple" with a scanner. These were then given to a congressman, who gave them to a newspaper. The take on this that we won't hear is: "This is outrageous! Why don't cell-phones offer encryption to ensure our privacy?" Unfortunately, I think crypto is still so far beneath the public consciousness that the obvious solution to these sorts of problems is ignored in favor of the "there oughta be a law" non-solution. (Of course, in this case there is a law!) What I really hope this incident spawns is a market ... Clay ******************************************************* Clay Olbon olbon(a)ix.netcom.com sys-admin, engineer, programmer, statistitian, etc. **********************************************tanstaafl

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Diehard can be found at.
by AaronH4321＠aol.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I found this address for it after a couple of tries getting to the "Diehard.html" site. I couldn't connect to that. This FTP site works though. I found it at http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/bob_jenkins/testsfor.htm To qoute, "An excellent test of random sequences is DIEHARD, maintained by George Marsaglia. You get it by ftp from stat.fsu.edu, login anonymous, cd pub, cd diehard, then get what you want. NOTE: George needs you to send him mail at geo(a)stat.fsu.edu when you download it so he can keep getting grants to support his excellent work." Aaron.

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Multi-drop quantum cryptography article in Nature 385, 47-49 (1997)
by Paul Pomes 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

(Reproduced from <http://www.nature.com>) Eavesdropping on the line Secure electronic communication is becoming increasingly important. In recent years, quantum cryptography has been investigated as a means of detecting eavesdroppers on private lines. When quantum mechanical processes are used to establish the 'key' used for encryption and decryption, any eavesdropping during transmission leads to an unavoidable and detectable disturbance in the received key information. This technique has been demonstrated to be effective on standard communication lines between two users, but Paul D. Townsend now introduces a practical scheme for a multi-user network. This work demonstrates the technical feasibility of quantum cryptography for practical applications. P D Townsend Quantum cryptography on multi-user optical fibre networks (Letter to Nature) Nature 385, 47-49 (1997)

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