December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

[CRYPTO], or hash, anyway
by P. J. Ponder 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I need a copy of the appendix to the SHA FIPS pub (180-1?) that has the three test texts and corresponding SHA hashes, so that I can test an SHA implementation I'm working with. I have tried the NIST site, and can't seem to get through. If anybody has this test deal, or knows where it is out there on the net somewhere, please let me know. Thanks in advance. (My problem is I keep getting different hashes between an MS-DOS version I'm running and one running on a Linux box, when I ftp the same files back and forth. @#$%. I thought maybe I was having problems with some kind of Line-feed vs. Carriage Return/Line-feed conversion deal, but it also generates different hashes on binary files. So I thought I would test the Linux and the DOS one against the specs in the FIPS, and see which one is hosed up.) -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ to unsubscribe, send to majordomo(a)toad.com a message that reads: unsubscribe cypherpunks in the message body, not the SUBJECT: line. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

1 0

Re: WARNING: This Message Actually Contains a Question Reguarding Crypto!
by cvhd＠indyweb.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>A program called F-Secure Desktop for Windows 3.x and Windows 95 is using >Blowfish with 256-bit keys. It is meant for encrypting the files on your >hard disk and it works nicely together with Windows File Manager or >Windows95 shell. I would say it is one of the best strong and easy to use >HD encryption programs (only that it costs $$). Yes, but how "safe" is a 256-bit key with blowfish? Would it withstand the efforts of big bro' ?

1 0

[NOISE, was CRYPTO], or hash, anyway
by P. J. Ponder 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Please disregard earlier message about finding copy of the SHA document: FIPS PUB 180-1, I found it at: http://bilbo.isu.edu/security/isl/fip180-1.html Thanks, anyway.

1 0

EFF Distributes Terrorist Information On Internet - Wiretaps Needed!! :-)
by Bill Stewart 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

The recent electronic newsletter of that suspicious organization calling itself the EFF contains terrorist material: > Received: (from daemon@localhost) by eff.org (8.7.5/8.6.6) id QAA17422 for > effector-comc-exploder; Fri, 27 Sep 1996 16:57:26 -0700 (PDT) > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Comic exploders? How totally un-American. They must be stopped! Because a MIME is a terrible thing to waste.... # Thanks; Bill # Bill Stewart, +1-415-442-2215 stewarts(a)ix.netcom.com # <A HREF="http://idiom.com/~wcs"> # You can get PGP software outside the US at ftp.ox.ac.uk/pub/crypto

2 1

Re: GPS and other Dual-use technologies
by jim bell 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 10:34 AM 9/29/96 -0700, Steve Schear wrote: >I used to be an avid RC modeler and have contemplated organizing an >on-going amateur cruise missile contest. The object would be to accurately >deliver various payload weights over courses of various terrain and >distances (perhaps out to a hundred miles or more in the case of Giant >Scale craft). Judging would be based on speed, stealth (noise, IR >emissions and radar cross section) and accuracy. > >Craft are free to use any navigational technology, but must be autonomous >from launch to delivery. To aid navigation I was considering the design of >a substitute differential GPS beacon functionally interchangable with those >offered by the USCG. My device would work on a different frequency, >possibly using very wideband direct sequence spread spectrum (for low >probability of intercept/detection) and be actuated by the missile as it >neared the target in order to refine its position. The data standard for differential corrections is called "RTCM-104", and it's the signal you input into differential-capable GPS receivers. Boxes to generate RTCM-104 are probably relatively cheap, primarily needing a multi-channel GPS receiver and another processor for coding. Differential corrections can, of course, be transmitted on any frequency you'd like, including frequency-hopping if you're really concerned about intercept. (which you won't be...) Incidentally, GPS receivers are getting REALLY small these days, particularly for just the module-level products. A size like about 1 inch by 2-inches is pretty close to state-of-the-art. Power consumption is about 3/4 watt. Jim Bell jimbell(a)pacifier.com

1 0

Re: Looking for Qualified Individual/Firm to Contract for Cryptanalysis
by dlv＠bwalk.dm.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Julian Assange <proff(a)suburbia.net> writes: > > I am looking for one or more people (or firms) who are qualified to perform > > world class cryptanalysis work. Please send mail to me at joswald1(a)msn.com > > call in the U.S. at +1 408.479.7874 > > > > Jack Oswald > > > > Find your father's little black book under the couch? Well, I dialed the number out of curisotity (it's in San Diego). The answering machine says "This is Jack Oswald with R.P.K." Sounds gay. --- Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps

1 0

[CRYPTO] Labeling messages
by nobody＠cypherpunks.ca 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Fart fart fart fart TWA 800 fart fart fart. Tim May fart fart AP fart Taxes fart fart fart. Fart.

1 0

What about making re-mailers automatically chain?
by Geoffrey C. Grabow 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Would it be a good idea to have a re-mailer "randomly" decide whether to send the mail to the destination or to another re-mailer. If all re-mailers performed this way, not even the sender would know the path. The chain could be short sometimes and long others. Granted, there is a possibility that every mailer decides to chain instead of sending the message to the recip, but some clever counter tag could keep the number of links to a certain maximum. The "randomness" of this would aid in traffic analysis, and of course each mailer that decides to chain the mail would encrypt under the next mailer's pub key. Any thoughts? G.C.G. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | Geoffrey C. Grabow | Great people talk about ideas. | | Oyster Bay, New York | Average people talk about things. | | gcg(a)pb.net | Small people talk about people. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------| | PGP 2.6.2 public key available at http://www.pb.net/~wizard | | and on a plethora of key servers around the world. | | Key ID = 0E818EC1 | | Fingerprint = A6 7B 67 D7 E9 96 37 7D E7 16 BD 5E F4 5A B2 E4 | |----------------------------------------------------------------------| | That which does not kill us, makes us stranger. - Trevor Goodchild | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

1 0

Re: Public Schools [NOISE]
by Bill Stewart 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

attila: >= .> a very unusual situation --but I live in rural southern >= .> utah where the regional middle school of 1200 can support 4 >= .> bands, the top 2 being very impressive, and provide full AP >= .> classes, and ACT Tim: >= .Wow! Utah is teaching AP? Is Jim Bell being brought in as a >= .Special Lecturer? attilla > come on, Tim... you are not that old. AP has three meanings > (at least): > 1. Associated Press (news gathering) > 2. Advanced Placement (as in college credit for HS classes) > 3. not widely known: Jim Bell's Assassination Political Hey, if a high school can teach kids to read the Associated Press critically and think about what it's saying and means, they're doing a really fine job! For that matter, if they can teach kids to just read the news at all, they're accomplishing something. I was surprised by the idea of teaching Advanced Placement classes in a middle school - in the reasonably high-quality public school I went to, most of the AP classes were taken by 12th graders and a few by 11th-graders, though this was partly because that's when we started getting slack in our schedules after taking the regular courses. # Thanks; Bill # Bill Stewart, +1-415-442-2215 stewarts(a)ix.netcom.com # <A HREF="http://idiom.com/~wcs"> # You can get PGP software outside the US at ftp.ox.ac.uk/pub/crypto

1 0

No Subject
by backdraft＠earthlink.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

desubscribe

1 0