December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Re: RSA over Rubiks Cube
by Scottauge＠aol.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

This problably wouldn't be to cool a thing to do. A fella named Douglas Hopstader(?) wrote a book called Meta-Mathematics (same guy who wrote The Golden Knot). In this book he developed (or showed, forget who should get credit) an algorithm to solve Rubiks cube from any beginning state. It makes for interesting reading, but kills any attempt to use the cube as a cipher machine.

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Re: encryption program
by paul＠fatmans.demon.co.uk 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> > * The two 'e's in the first word have different ciphertext equivalents, > > so it's not a single-alphabet substitution > yes Could be homophonic substitution or possibly (more probably, in my estimation, polygram substitution. There is also the possibility of a polyalphabetic cipher... > I also likes "follows": "vkbcjtp" note how ll gets translated to "bc". > That suggest that after some encryption of each letter from the plaintext > there is a consecutively increasing number added. This tends to suggest polyalphabetic substitution. Datacomms Technologies web authoring and data security Paul Bradley, Paul(a)fatmans.demon.co.uk Paul(a)crypto.uk.eu.org, Paul(a)cryptography.uk.eu.org Http://www.cryptography.home.ml.org/ Email for PGP public key, ID: 5BBFAEB1 "Don`t forget to mount a scratch monkey"

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Re: ok, htf do I get off this list?
by paul＠fatmans.demon.co.uk 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> OK, I've now sent THREE requests to majordomo to get off this list.. I got > a reply back 4 hours ago saying I was off, and the next two said I wasn't > a member of the list. Interesting list (minus the spamcrap obviously) and > I think the moderation will be a good thing Just wait a few hours more, I would expect it`s just a backlog and you will be properly unsuscribed soon. If you want to subscribe try filtering your mail to remove things you don`t want to read, this can cut the list down to a more manageable 20 or 30 messages a day although I read nearly all of the 100 or so messages a day passing through here. > , BUT the 20 emails I've received > in the last 4 hours (since I 'officially' unsubbed) is (to say the least) far > more than I (or any reasonable mortal) can deal with. Absolutely, you will find all of the long term suscribers on this list are immortal. Datacomms Technologies web authoring and data security Paul Bradley, Paul(a)fatmans.demon.co.uk Paul(a)crypto.uk.eu.org, Paul(a)cryptography.uk.eu.org Http://www.cryptography.home.ml.org/ Email for PGP public key, ID: 5BBFAEB1 "Don`t forget to mount a scratch monkey"

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RE: spamming
by Blanc Weber 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

From: MOESCH(a)aol.com I saw your posting. What is your feelings about spamming? ..................................................... It is presumptuous and annoying. This list is aimed at discussions of a distinct subject, and not intended to be available, like Usenet, to random disturbances from disinterested parties. .. Blanc >

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Re: New Carmen Sandiego shows announced
by dlv＠bwalk.dm.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Path: perun!news2.panix.com!panix!news.columbia.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.erols.net!news.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.idt.net!enews.sgi.com!lll-winken.llnl.gov!fugue.clari.net!funny-request From: verax(a)mindspring.com (Serenleono, the Serene Lion) Newsgroups: rec.humor.funny Subject: New Carmen Sandiego shows announced Keywords: chuckle, swearing, racial stereotypes Message-ID: <Sa90.6d7a(a)clarinet.com> Date: Fri, 10 Jan 97 19:30:03 EST Organization: Lord Tower Productions (USA) Lines: 57 Approved: funny-request(a)clari.net BOSTON, M. A. (Freuder) - The two most popular children's educational game shows -- "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?" and "Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?" -- now have two new siblings, according to an announcement made today by WGHB Boston, one of the production entities that owns the popular programs. "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?" is a game show which challenges young contestants on their knowledge of world geography while they "track down" the infamous villain Carmen Sandiego. Similarly, "Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?" quizes children about ancient and modern history. Because of the enormous positive response received from educators, parents' groups, and kids alike, WGHB Boston, WPED Pittsburgh, and the Incorporation for Public Broadcasting this week announced a new set of television programs to expand their children's educational programming group. The two new incarnations will be entitled "Where Dat Carmen Bitch At?" which challenges contestants on their knowledge of racial stereotypes, and "Where the Fuck is Carmen Sandiego?" which quizes young contestants on their knowledge of the human reproductive system. from the first broadcast of: WHERE DAT CARMEN BITCH AT? QUERIST: "Okay, contestants, the next question is, 'What do you call the white man when he oppresses your people?" CONTESTANT TIMMY: "A 'honkey'?" CONTESTANT TRISHA: "I answer, 'a jive-ass mother fucker'?" CONTESTANT LAWANDA: "I also say, 'a jive-ass mutha fucka.'" QUERIST: "Right you are, Trisha and Lawanda! And may the white man never forget what he has wrought against the tribe of Shabaaz." from the first broadcast of: WHERE THE FUCK IS CARMEN SANDIEGO? QUERIST: "Okay, contestants, here's the next question in our 'testosterone teaser round': What is the name for fellatio during which the penis is taken into the throat?" CONTESTANT TIMMY: "Uh, I answer a 'Madonna mouthwash'?" CONTESTANT TRISHA: "The 'mother of all blow jobs'?" CONTESTANT LAWANDA: "That's nasty! Momma, get me off this show!" -- Selected by Jim Griffith. MAIL your joke to funny(a)clari.net. Attribute the joke's source if at all possible. A Daemon will auto-reply. Remember: Only ONE joke per submission. Extra jokes may be rejected. For the full submission guidelines, see http://comedy.clari.net/rhf/

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OTA papers
by azur＠netcom.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I came across a couple of very good Office of Technology Assessment papers, "Electronic Surveillance in a Digital Age (July 1995)." Download the .pdf at: http://www.wws.princeton.edu/~ota/disk1/1995/9513_n.html Another paper sure to be of interest to many CPs is the excellent "Information Technologies for the Control of Money Laundering (September 1995)." Get the .pdf at: http://www.wws.princeton.edu/~ota/disk1/1995/9529_n.html Its too bad OTA got the budgetary ax. I met several of the staff and I regarded them highly. -- Steve

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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] U.S.S. Liberty
by nobody＠replay.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Timmy C[unt] Maya's father, an idiot, stumbled across Timmy C[unt] Maya's mother, an imbecile, when she had no clothes on. Nine months later she had a little moron. \\\\\|///// \\\\|//// < * | * > | * | \( . )/ \___/

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Re: If guilty of a lesser crime, you can be sentenced for a greater
by Sean Roach 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 06:04 PM 1/9/97 -0500, Black Unicorn wrote: >On Wed, 8 Jan 1997, Mark M. wrote: > ... >Sentencing enhancements: > >There is a big book called the Federal Sentencing Guidelines Handbook (or >some such). To arrive at the appropriate sentence range, you add up the >points of all the offenses the defendant was convicted of (Assume Bank >Fraud is 18 points, Murder 35 or whatever- I dont remember them offhand) >and run across a chart which has "criminal history catagory" on the >vertical axis. Where the two meet gives you the sentence range. I'm not >near my office right now, but if there is enough interest I will dig up >the current handbook and run a sample sentencing through. > >The most common one I see is "Victims helpless or infirm" which usually >boosts 2 to 5 points. > >Sentencing enhancements are not double jeapordy either. I don't see how >you can argue they are. For example, there is a provision in bank fraud >sentencing guidelines which enhances the sentence according to the size of >the loss, and I believe there is a kicker if the financial institution >folds. > >I believe the highest base offense level was "Espionage" or some such. > >There are also sentencing limiters. "Defendant displays clear remorse." >I think is one. > >Go out to a law book store and take a look at the guideline book. It's >actually a lot of fun. "Ok, say I killed my wife for her coke stash and >recruited my brother to dump the body..." > ... >> In one case, the defendant was convicted of possession of cocaine with intent >> to distribute but was found not guilty of possession of a firearm related to >> a drug charge (apparently, this is a crime). > >It's both a crime and an enhancement for most federal drug offenses. > I have seen in the paper where a person has been convicted of using a scanner in the commition of a felony. In my opinion, this is exactly how crypto would be a crime, when using it in the commission of another crime. In most cases, it seems, the scanner is used to monitor the police bands so that the criminals will have advance warning when to hide thier actions. Of course, around here, a person owning a scanner for monitoring the police and fire bands is normal. It is just one more way of gathering news. Please correct me if any of my facts are in error.

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Re: It's a great new year! telemarketers and solicitors
by Sean Roach 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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17 Dec '03

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