December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Re: Nym Servers
by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Re: Nym Servers To: Cypherpunks Igor and D.V. have been discussing the viability of cyberpromo as a host site for remailers; Igor points out that many recipients will auto-trash anything from there. On the other hand, it's a good entry point for a middleman remailer or a nym remailer, as long as you can trash anything from there without also trashing your remailer's mail :-) In particular, your remailer was going to remove direct references to cyberpromo anyway. However, the prices have changed since I brought up the idea a month ago. At the time, they had auto-responders with POP mail - - - $50/2yrs POP+autoresponder, or $39 one-time for a mail forwarder. Now, however, they offer autoresponders for 3/$99 for three years, with no mention of POP mail or forwarding - I don't know if they've dropped the service (in favor of web hosting at $25/month), or if it's still there and just not advertised. (Of course, there's still the moral dilemma that even $99 is $99 in Spamford's pocket :-) Spambert -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 5.0 beta Charset: noconv iQBFAwUBM4uEWYuqXu2FMJm1AQGMWAF9FCraS1yFl5EOFPW/ISNCH+Sqc1qnUwCi +du2tY+MiRiAz64yHX95HNZ5iz/DZLij =c6PD -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Wasting Away
by Wazoo MixMaster 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

An anonymous signature: "When they came for the 2nd Amendment, I said nothing, for I owned no gun Then the sixth was next to go, and I remained silent, as I was not on trial They took away the fourth, and I said nothing, as I had nothing to hide And then they came for the First, and I could say nothing." TruthMonger #26

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PRNG
by nobody＠huge.cajones.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Tim C[unt] Mayonnaise carries a turd in his wallet for identification purposes. /_/\/\ \_\ / Tim C[unt] Mayonnaise /_/ \ \_\/\ \ \_\/

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Mysteries of the Bible - Live on Tuesdays on the Web
by 47574096＠microsoft.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

****** NOTE: There is no cost to enroll in this program. To participate and for further information please reply with the word "yes" in the subject line. ****** A N N O U N C E M E N T Live on the Internet every Tuesday Night "Mysteries of the Bible Revealed and Resolved" Contrary to the popular opinion created by Time and Newsweek, every historical event in the Tanakh can be found in the archaeological and historical records of the Near East when our revised chronology is taken into account. All events from Sodom and Gomorrah, through the captivity in Egypt, the subsequent conquest of the land of Canaan to the story of Esther will be presented in its archaeological and historical context and the Biblical account shown to be completely accurate. Every Tuesday night, one topic will be presented live on the Internet starting in the next few days with visuals, expert interaction and debate by all who wish to be involved. Each topic will be presented to enable the widest possible audience to understand and participate. Moderated by experts in each field. Please inform all your friends and ask them to send their e-mail address to: bible(a)primesolution.com for ongoing information. Some topics to be covered include: Creation vs. Evolution Codes in the Torah. Sodom & Gomorrah: 1.5 million bodies found! The Famines of the Patriarchs - In Egyptian Records! The Pyramids and The Sphinx, tombs or .......? Kabbalah. Who was the Pharaoh of the Exodus? Dan, Dan, The Travelling Man The Hyksos/The Israelites. The Jericho Story: The Bible and the Archaeology match at last. The City of David found. Solomon's Family - a son in Egypt! Raiders of the Lost Ark: Found. Hear Oh Israel, Where Oh Israel?...The Lost tribes...found. Ezra and The Great Assembly? The Aleph-Bais, alphabet or Holy Language? Esther the truth at last. The Dead Sea Scrolls, a mystery solved. The Messiah in Prophesy and Reality. The Times of the End. etc.etc.etc. Please note that the focus of this program is scholarly rather than religious.

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OECD attacks one of the Four Horsemen
by Tim May 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

News reports this morning that the OECD is moving out of strictly economic matters and is focussing on "child porn," calling a special meeting in July to discuss the laws of various countries and how they can be regularized to control the availability of porn and child porn on the Net. (The OECD is the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development, or some permutation like that, and is a kind of "economic NATO," but with various non-European players. It was the OECD that David Aaron was special ambassador to, before assuming his current duties as Crypto Tsar.) So, one of the Horsemen is being invoked to control the Net. (And the story on CNN right after this one was about cryptography, with "drug smugglers and terrorists" prominently mentioned. The spin was that citizen-units need cryptography on the Net so that they'll feel more secure about Net commerce and thus buy more stuff, but that the security cannot be good enough to make the drug smugglers and terrorists--not to mention the pornographers!--safe from being caught.) The war is moving into its next phase. --Tim May There's something wrong when I'm a felon under an increasing number of laws. Only one response to the key grabbers is warranted: "Death to Tyrants!" ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay(a)got.net 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Higher Power: 2^1398269 | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."

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Re: OECD attacks one of the Four Horsemen
by nobody＠huge.cajones.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Tim May wrote: > > News reports this morning that the OECD is moving out of strictly economic > matters and is focussing on "child porn," calling a special meeting in July > to discuss the laws of various countries and how they can be regularized to > control the availability of porn and child porn on the Net. > > (The OECD is the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development > The war is moving into its next phase. There will be a "War on Porn" on the internet that will mirror the "War on Drugs" currently taking place. All that the government wants is their piece of the action. Like drugs, the porn will always be available, but the price will fluctuate according to the level of government control and/or illegality. The "War on Porn" will turn into another essential national industry which will become part of the GNP. The "winners" in this war will be the journalists who have covered the "War on Drugs" as they will merely have to dust off old stories and substitute "Porn" for "Drugs" wherever it occurs. The "loser" will be the Hoover Vacume Cleaner Company, whose development of Virtual Cathouse technology will fall victim to new legislation. TruthMonger > --Tim May > > There's something wrong when I'm a felon under an increasing number of laws. > Only one response to the key grabbers is warranted: "Death to Tyrants!" > ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- > Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, > tcmay(a)got.net 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero > W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, > Higher Power: 2^1398269 | black markets, collapse of governments. > "National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."

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FWD: Statement on nym.alias.net
by nobody＠huge.cajones.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 13:16:27 -0400 (EDT) From: "Fred B. Ringel" <fredr(a)joshua.rivertown.net> Subject: Statement on nym.alias.net Hi all- An important message from the administrator of one of the best run remailers (IMHO), nym.alias.net, follows. This is especially important to those using nym.alias.net in their reply blocks or as their sole nym remailer. Fred /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ Fred B. Ringel -- Rivertown.Net Internet Access Systems Administrator -- Voice/Fax/Support: +1.914.478.2885 PGP- Public Key -- email: fredr-pgpkey(a)joshua.rivertown.net Although in theory, there's no difference between theory and practice, in practice, there is. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: 28 May 1997 14:14:08 -0000 From: lcs Remailer Administrator <mix-admin(a)nym.alias.net> Subject: Statement on nym.alias.net. Newsgroups: alt.privacy.anon-server The alias.net domain has been put "on hold" by the internic. The result of this, among other things, is that host nym.alias.net no longer exists. Since the alias.net domain itself it not administered by the same people as nym.alias.net, I don't yet know why this is. Given that today is exactly 3 months after the creation anniversary of alias.net, and the fact that the internic does an extremely poor job of billing people and processing their payments, I suspect this has resulted from some sort of billing confusion rather than any kind of anti-remailer activity. However, I've not heard back from the alias.net administrators yet, so don't know anything for sure. I just wanted to get the word out that we have no intention of shutting down nym.alias.net. The machine is still up and running, and will be useable as soon as domain name service is restored.

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by maxx＠compuserve.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Re: Nym Servers & cyberpromo
by nobody＠huge.cajones.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Clever Computers (http://www.clever.net) is worth a look. More expensive than what's been mentioned so far, but not extraordinarily so. They're pretty flexible and I suspect that the sysadmins would be discreetly sympathetic to the cause.

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1996 Wiretap Report
by Eric Blossom 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I've been enjoying the 1996 Wiretap report. A couple of my favorite observations are: (1) Of the 1149 intercept applications authorized for 1996, 821 were for "Narcotics" and 114 were for "Gambling". I.e., 81% of the authorized intercepts were targeted at good old fashioned entrepreneurs. (2) In the past 11 years (1986 - 1996) a total of 9,912 intercept applications were approved. Of that number 5 (five!) were for "Arson, explosives, and weapons." Unless they've classified wiretaps against "suspected terrorists" in the "Other" category, it looks as if the LEOs don't think (targeted) wiretaps are useful for stopping small groups of modestly skilled people bent on blowing things up. No Shit.

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