December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Re: Scandinavian Goverments provide PGP to postal customers...
by Bill Stewart 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 06:29 PM 1/24/97 -0800, Hugh Daniel wrote: >> Based on PGP, with no "third-party" key holder, the Nordic system >> uses unbreakable RSA-algorithm encryption with a 1024-bit key. >> However, some hardware is required. Because the key is on a >> smartcard, users must have smartcard readers installed on their >> computers, which aren't yet widely available. But Pdr Andler of >> Finnish Hewlett Packard says that later this year, smartcard readers Guess what - it's still got "key escrow"! If you've got a smartcard that holds your key, then you've got something well-defined that can be subpoenaed.... It's better than Yankee-style giving the government your keys in advance, but it's still key escrow. On the other hand, it's voluntary, and if it interoperates with Real PGP, then great - but will there be an expectation that you need to have your key signed by The Post Office to use it? # 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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None Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] GAK
by nobody＠zifi.genetics.utah.edu 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Timmy C[ocksucker] May's abysmal grammar, atrocious spelling and feeble responses clearly identify him as a product of the American education system. ,,, (. .) -ooO-(_)-Ooo- Timmy C[ocksucker] May

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Mis-quote...
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Hi, I want to thank all those who sent me email apologizing for the mis-quote. Your courtesy is appreciated. Jim Choate CyberTects ravage(a)ssz.com

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Re: Encrypting ZIP disks
by azur＠netcom.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>Paul Kocher announced that he has cracked it, and can recover data >quickly. He is not publishing details of the break. > >Adam Shostack Sorry, I don't believe it any more than I believe other unsubstantiated crypto claims. Publish the code/method for others to verify or keep the clains to yourself Paul. --Steve

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by idea4u＠concentric.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Fan mail from Gilmore, Sandfart, and friends
by dlv＠bwalk.dm.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>From iverson(a)usa.net Sat Jan 25 12:51:37 1997 >Received: by bwalk.dm.com (1.65/waf) > via UUCP; Sat, 25 Jan 97 13:06:18 EST > for dlv >Received: (qmail 17565 invoked by uid 0); 25 Jan 1997 17:47:20 -0000 >Received: from nyc-ny15-18.ix.netcom.com (205.186.166.50) by netaddress.usa.net via mtad (2.0) on Sat Jan 25 10:47:15 1997 >Message-Id: <3.0.32.19970124203349.006a229c(a)pop.netaddress.com> >X-Sender: iverson(a)pop.netaddress.com (Unverified) >X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 (32) >Date: Sat, 25 Jan 1997 12:46:01 -0500 >To: "Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM" <dlv(a)bwalk.dm.com> >From: Casey Iverson <iverson(a)usa.net> >Subject: Re: No Dimitri?? >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >At 10:33 PM 1/23/97 EST, you wrote: >>"William H. Geiger III" <whgiii(a)amaranth.com> writes: >> >>> I have noticed that there has not been any post from Dimitri in a couple of >>> days. >>> >>> I am assuming that this means that the list moderation has now started? >> >>Yes - anything I say is junked irrespective of content. > >Devoid of content you piece of Russian Shit > >You have not completed the NetAddress survey. Please login to http://netaddress.usa.net/ to start using NetAddress > So much shit in NYC...

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by schtief＠juno.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Re: Encrypting ZIP disks
by Steve Schear 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>Paul Kocher announced that he has cracked it, and can recover data >quickly. He is not publishing details of the break. > >Adam Shostack Sorry, I don't believe it any more than I believe other unsubstantiated crypto claims. Publish the code/method for others to verify or keep the clains to yourself Paul. --Steve

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Re: overview.htm (fwd)
by Dale Thorn 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Jim Choate wrote: > Forwarded message: > > Date: Sat, 25 Jan 1997 10:31:49 -0800 > > From: Dale Thorn <dthorn(a)gte.net> > > Subject: Re: overview.htm > > Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM wrote: > > > Jim Choate <ravage(a)einstein.ssz.com> writes: [snip] > WOAH Bessie! > I had nothing to do with this exchange, and definitely didn't write ANY of > the above. Please get me out of there and keep me out of it. I am more than > able to speak for myself thank you. I don't know what could have happened. I use the Netscape email editor in stupid mode, i.e., I just press the buttons, I don't have any idea how it works. Sorry!

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Re: overview.htm (fwd)
by Dale Thorn 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM wrote: > > > > [For the record, I have serious doubts whether the HIV virus causes AIDS. > > > Both homosexual males and IV drug users are well known to take a lot > > > of antobiotics, which lowers the efficacy of the immune system enough > > > to allow most anything to happen, ultimately leading to auto-immune > > > problems. > Jim and Dale, I agree. > Also shooting one's bloodstream full of fecal matter hardly helps. My point about the antibiotics is that the male gays take a dis- proportionate amount of them, which compounds their problems. It suggests to me that the immune system is already seriously debilitated or damaged before AIDS can take hold, rather than the notion that a healthy person can get it from the virii alone. One could argue that in the cases where the cures (antibiotics) add to a person's problems by further corrupting their immune system, that they should simply change their habits. Since I don't see that as a reasonable possibility, the only thing left is that the public should be made aware of *all* of the relevant facts, even those which are heavily suppressed now for PC reasons.

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