December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Re: Internal Passports
by drose＠AZStarNet.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Tim May wrote: >At 6:09 PM -0700 12/29/96, drose(a)AZStarNet.com wrote: > >>"After Austria and Germany, Switzerland is my favourite country. I have >>spent the past 40 winters and 10 summers there. I love the place because >>it's clean, beautiful, very conservative and its people mind their own >>business." >> Taki, in today's _Sunday Times_(London). > >Yes, the same Germany that is restricting Internet access, that proposed to >jail Compuserve executives for allowing banned material on the Net, and >that has laws making various opinions illegal (specifically, the opinion >that the Holocaust never happened as the official version declares, or that >Aryans are superior to non-Aryans, etc.). > >I enjoy all three countries, as a tourist, but I strongly doubt the "its >people mind their own business" characterization, even for Switzerland >alone (and certainly not for Germany). Woops. Guess that I should elided the "After Austria and Germany" clause. Ob C-punks issues, I recall that Remo Pini, one of the Swiss on the list, was preparing a CD-ROM crypto compilation disc. He hasn't posted in some time, so perhaps the authorities have decided that such a project was in fact "their business." Seriously, I hope that Remo is able to give some information on the state of the current Swiss crypto regs.

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Re: Crypto Rules
by silly＠ugcs.caltech.edu 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

John Young <jya(a)pipeline.com> writes: >Federal Register: December 30, 1996: >Page 68572-68587 >Bureau of Export Administration > >Encryption Items Transferred From the U.S. Munitions List >to the Commerce Control List >... >Note to paragraphs (b)(2) and (b)(3) of this section: A printed >book or other printed material setting forth encryption source code >is not itself subject to the EAR (see Sec. 734.3(b)(2)). However, >notwithstanding Sec. 734.3(b)(2), encryption source code in >electronic form or media (e.g., computer diskette or CD ROM) remains >subject to the EAR (see Sec. 734.3(b)(3)). >... It's curious that they're still making this distinction. I've got to wonder, if push came to shove, how they'd differentiate between, say, a book and a TeX document of the same book, on a CD. Unfortunately, the person testing this may go to prison for a long time. I saw no mention of prison time or fines for breaking these provisions -- I can only assume that the teeth are buried in other Commerce regulations. Does anyone know offhand what penalties are involved? Also, the choice of the Commerce Department to play gatekeeper is an interesting one, tactically. Is the addition of a few "or import" clauses likely? "One small step..." as they say. (me)

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by multi＠manybiz.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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New Web Site - Pass It On
by teralee＠hotmail.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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LAW_dno
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

12-29-96. "Cybercash at risk/Money laws lacking" The laws that govern digital money are unclear, partly because governments have failed to revise finance rules to include the online realm explicitly. However, the feds want to be able to trace funds in some way in order to guard against online money laundering. Although no one wants interference from the government, some clear statements from lawmakers might help. ----- LAW_dno (10K)

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[ADMINISTRATIVIUM] PGP
by mixmaster＠remail.obscura.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

The arrival of warm weather is heralded by the pig shit (or whatever kind of shit Intel swines have for brains) getting soft in Tim C. May's mini-cranium and the resulting green slime seeping through his cocaine- and syphilis- damaged nose and onto his keyboard. )_( [@ @] Tim C. May |/ \| \O/

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FCC Access Charge Proceeding
by azur＠netcom.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>Date: Sun, 29 Dec 1996 10:19:56 -0600 >Reply-To: telecomreg(a)relay.doit.wisc.edu >Originator: telecomreg(a)relay.doit.wisc.edu >Sender: telecomreg(a)relay.doit.wisc.edu >Precedence: bulk >From: NJF <NJF(a)commlaw.com> >To: Multiple recipients of list <telecomreg(a)relay.doit.wisc.edu> >Subject: FCC Access Charge Proceeding >X-Comment: Requests (UNSUBSCRIBE/HELP) to: listserver(a)relay.doit.wisc.edu >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Status: U > > I have placed on our Web site at: > > http://www.commlaw.com/pepper/Memos/InfoLaw/access.html > >an analysis of the FCC's Notice of Inquiry on whether ISPs should be >required to pay access charges. We also have available the full text of >the NOI (long) for downloading in Word and WordPerfect formats. > > This is an extremely important proceeding for anyone doing business >online. If the RBOCs get their way, the cost of connecting to the Net >could go through the roof. Pepper & Corazzini is preparing to file >comments and reply comments on behalf of interested parties. This will >be a very time-consuming effort as we anticipate voluminous comments to >be filed by a large number of companies. We are prepared to file joint >comments and replies on behalf of companies supporting the present >policy of exempting ISPs from access charges. This will enable a large >number of firms to participate at a nominal cost. Please contact me if >you are interested. And please feel free to circulate this to any list >that may be relevant. > >Neal J. Friedman >Telecommunications and Information Law >Pepper & Corazzini, L.L.P. >1776 K St., N.W. >Washington, DC 20006 >njf(a)commlaw.com >Voice: 202-296-0600 Fax: 202-296-0600 >Web Site: http://www.commlaw.com >> >

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Random ITAR violations
by Blake Coverett 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I was looking through the current rfc index for something else a few minutes ago when I noticed rfc2040 from the end of October. Machine readable C code for several modes of RC5.

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Re: "Structuring" of Communications a Felony?
by azur＠netcom.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>At 10:57 PM -0800 12/28/96, Lucky Green wrote: > >>IMHO, this closes the door on the foreign contracting loophole used by C2 >>and others. It is now illegal for US persons to finance or contract out >>overseas crypto development, since doing so will obviously assist in >>proliferation. While not unexpected (I offered a bet on Cypherpunks that >>this would happen. Nobody took the bet.), this provision sets a dangerous >>precedence. The technical assistance prohibitions of the past have been >>transformed into general prohibitions against "financing, contracting, >>service, support, transportation, freight forwarding, or employment". >> >>Again, IANAL. > >Nor am I, but I have a "prediction" to make in the spirit of Lucky's types >of predictions of doom. > >I predict that we will see within two years a law making it illegal to >"structure communications" with the intent to avoid traceability, >accountability, etc. > >This would be along the lines of the laws making it illegal to "structure" >financial transactions with the (apparent) intent to avoid or evade certain >laws about reporting of income, reporting of transactions, etc. > [snip] > >How long before the U.S. Code declares "attempting to obscure or hide the >origin of a communication" to be a felony? That would rule out orninary >mail without return adresses, but I think there are ample signs we're >already moving toward this situation (packages that could be bombs >putatively require ID, talk of the Postal Service handling the citizen-unit >authentication/signature system, etc.). > [snip] >You heard it here. > >--Tim May Tim, I think that this is highly unlikely. The SC has ruled repeatedly that anonymous speech is a foundation of American politics (e.g., the Federalist Papers). Care to make this prediction a bet? -- Steve

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17 Dec '03

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