December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Why keep that cash in the US?
by Adam Shostack 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

HOUSTON (AP) -- The U.S. government can seize $7.9 million from the bank account of Mexico's former top drug prosecutor, who was accused of taking bribes from drug traffickers, a jury decided Saturday. http://www.cnn.com/US/9703/15/mexico.money.ap/index.html Adam -- "Well, that depends. Do you mind the end of civilization as we know it?"

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Re: Triangle Area {Coder,Cypher}punks Group
by dlv＠bwalk.dm.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

The Deviant <deviant(a)netlite.com> writes: > > On Sun, 16 Mar 1997, Simon Spero wrote: > > > [Partial resend from when the cryptography was down] > > > > > > Anybody interested in starting a Triangle area cpunks? Seems to be > > enough folks in the area to start putting together some regular > > physical meetings; since there's starting to talk about putting togethe > > a triangle-wide PKI pilot, now's a great time to get started. > > > > If you're intersested, please ack so I can get an idea if Mayberry RSA is > > going to fly or not > > > > Simon > > Count me in for triangle cpunks... Pink triangle? > Just no meatings on the first or third fridays of the month... > > --Deviant > PGP KeyID = E820F015 Fingerprint = 3D6AAB628E3DFAA9 F7D35736ABC56D39 We came to WashDC cpunk physicals a few times and it wasn't worth it. There's an interesting exhibition of Romanoffs' jewerly at the Corcoran - much more fun than any cpunks we've ever met. > Sendmail may be safely run set-user-id to root. > -- Eric Allman, "Sendmail Installation Guide" Well, do you, punk? :-) --- Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps

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Froomkin in the news
by Brad Dolan 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

A Moot-Court dry run of the upcoming CDT hearing by the Supremes was held Thursday in San Francisco and carried today by C-SPAN2. None other than our own M. J. Froomkin was one of the mock berobed ones. His vigorous pro-CDT probing of the ACLU anti-CDT guys was probably good practice for them, but he sure gave me the impression he really believed what he was saying. Brad ... Who has resolved to hold his nose and renew his ACLU membership.

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Froomkin in the news II
by Brad Dolan 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

A Moot-Court dry run of the upcoming CD_A_ hearing by the Supremes was held Thursday in San Francisco and carried today by C-SPAN2. None other than our own M. J. Froomkin was one of the mock berobed ones. His vigorous pro-CD_A_ probing of the ACLU anti-CD_A_ guys was probably good practice for them, but he sure gave me the impression he really believed what he was saying. Brad ... Who has resolved to hold his nose and renew his ACLU membership.

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Stereotypes and other Shenanigans
by shiftcontrol＠nml.guardian.co.uk 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Ireland. The land of the little people; the Emerald Isle of Yeatsian yearning and pastoral simplicity; a Celtic oasis free from the madness of modern life. As if. This week we present the Oirish issue of Shift Control, inspired not so much by St Patrick's Day as by the clichés enveloping it. Our Hibernian hypertour starts with a look at 10 Legends of Blarneyland, an examination of fables and stereotypes that takes the 'pub' out of 'Republic' and identifies the myths in the mist. Following this, Connor O'Conn, one of the great Conns of Irish letters, casts his sceptical eye over 10 Irish literary masterpieces. And in Shamrock 'n' Roll Nicholas Allen tunes his ear to Irish contributions to the world of pop music, from Daniel O'Donnell to Boyzone. Our quiz this week asks how wild you are about Wilde, and in Around the Word we bung 'Cork' into the search engines. Also this week: a man gets high on skis, hygiene-freaks get a mouthful of foam, Kate Spicer gets drunk, and you get a chance to win books, CDs, fame, and £200. And finally Freebee, our animated bee and pop historian, presents a new chapter of his memoirs and lets you send another animated online postcard. It's all yours, it's all free, and it's all at http://www.shiftcontrol.com Cheers, The Shift Control Team Shift Control is produced by the Guardian's New Media Lab with help from Boddingtons and Stella Artois Dry

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No Subject
by Bovine Remailer 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Tim C[unt] May's IQ is lower than the belly of a pregnant snake. <<<< o(0-0)o -ooO-(_) Ooo-- Tim C[unt] May

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No Subject
by Ross Wright 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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No Subject
by Bovine Remailer 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Timmy C[unt] Maytag is not only as queer as a three dollar bill, but he is also into having sex with children. \\/// |O O| Timmy C[unt] Maytag | ( | |_@_| H

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BAD_gyz
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

TWP writes Page Oner on the FBI's computer upgrade snafu for NCIC and national fingerprint info on demand, with multi-millions in overruns and mismanagement. It says that as a result Congress has refused initial $100m for digital wiretap and will not release funds until the feebies show technological and managerial competence. Freeh and Gorelick claim they were misled on costs of the upgrades by underlings. However, a feebie says that the budgets were deliberately under-priced to get approval, and that everyone knew more would be needed. The implication is that $500 million is too low for DTA, but that Congress thinks its way too high for bumblers. ----- BAD_gyz

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Re: Wassenaar Arrangement and "sensitive dual-use items"
by pgut001＠cs.auckland.ac.nz 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>In my far memory, it was about 50-70 pages. It seems to >be a digest or a boneless version. There are two separate documents here which people are getting confused. The first is the text of the Wassenaar arrangement, which is quite short and (as described by one person who's seen it) "consists of a lot of weasel words". The second is the one which sets down what is controlled. This is rather lengthy, around 100 pages. The EAR changes which were made in the US contains some of the text of this document, which predates Wassenaar and is just the older COCOM text under a new title. The COCOM text originates from the US, and some of the countries still have versions with US spellings even though the countries use proper :-) Englishm which indicates its origins. Peter.

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