December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Re: [EFGA] WE won our court case!! (fwd)
by Bill Stewart 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>From: "Robert A. Costner" <pooh(a)efga.org> >To: action(a)efga.org >Subject: [EFGA] WE won our court case!! > >EFGA was granted a preliminary injunction in our court case >against the state of Georgia. Details and press release to follow. Yee-hah! If you ignore CONgress, we've had a good week, between this court and the New York CDA courts doing the right thing and the DES crack finishing. >Let's meet somewhere tonight to celebrate! Obviously y'all should meet in the Atlanta Underground, wearing masks :-) (though I won't be there, since it's a bit far from the West Coast...) # 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 or news, please Cc: me on replies. Thanks.)

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Mail server down :(
by William H. Geiger III 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hi, My ISP is in the process of switching backbone providers and as a consenquence all my mail is bouncing. This more than likely will not be fixed until Monday. Thanks, - -- - --------------------------------------------------------------- William H. Geiger III http://www.amaranth.com/~whgiii Geiger Consulting Cooking With Warp 4.0 Author of E-Secure - PGP Front End for MR/2 Ice PGP & MR/2 the only way for secure e-mail. OS/2 PGP 2.6.3a at: http://www.amaranth.com/~whgiii/pgpmr2.html - --------------------------------------------------------------- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3a Charset: cp850 Comment: Registered_User_E-Secure_v1.1b1_ES000000 iQCVAwUBM6q7SY9Co1n+aLhhAQFWNwP+Mg19u/wKUBH/CkO2VimaIurS8AI5GR7J G7EU4dysnq3+yx5BU6vtGpkMVNLRjv8t5Q5BuT1jMfkXn5NKdt1XbUQATVsQz1X0 N3p1ojP+4DXekn4DO02N3s/5hxHT/jYX5k9EPUSgpwbp8KzG2y9DttVhz+pUeXZC O0kOCo6XJyg= =OD5S -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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It's not over
by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Let's cut all the doom and gloom here. The bill isn't passed yet. It's got to go through at least one and possibly two more committees before it reaches the senate floor, where we'll have another chance to defeat it. Even then the house has to pass similar legislation. That will be yet another chance. When Clipper was proposed, a wave of anger and opposition swept forth. The same thing needs to happen now. This fatalism is self defeating. Either you're part of the solution or you're part of the problem. People who say there's no use fighting, who give up, who oppose the efforts of the crypto lobbying groups in the name of ideological purity, are not part of the solution. They have no right to complain if this law passes. By sitting aside and carping at the efforts of those who are trying to stop this kind of legislation, they are only helping to bring it about. There is no reason this new bill should be any more acceptable or more successful than Clipper was. We only have to fight it.

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Re: [EFGA] WE won our court case!! (fwd)
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > From: "Robert A. Costner" <pooh(a)efga.org> > Subject: Re: [EFGA] WE won our court case!! (fwd) > Reasonable men adapt to match the world around them. Unreasonable men try to > adapt the world to themselves. Therefore, only unreasonable men bring about > change in the world. I may be unreasonable, but I'm not pathetic. This is an interesting insight into the underpinnings of a democracy or republic. The secret to success and ultimate limitation of government authority is people standing up and saying "Hell NO!, I won't take it any more." In short, for democracy (any democracy I suspect) to work it REQUIRES people being unwilling to compromise. So many people labor under the impression that compromise is how they get to where they want to be. Very successful indoctrination I suspect... ____________________________________________________________________ | | | _____ The Armadillo Group | | ,::////;::-. Austin, Tx. USA | | /:'///// ``::>/|/ http:// www.ssz.com/ | | .', |||| `/( e\ | | -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- Jim Choate | | ravage(a)ssz.com | | 512-451-7087 | |____________________________________________________________________|

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New Laws in Oregon - "Land of the Legal betatest"
by Alan 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I sometimes think that Oregon is being used as a beta test for some of the more draconian laws due for the rest of the country. An example is the new law waiting to be signed by the Govenor. It would expand the reasons a cop can use to detain and search you. Currently they need to have probable cause that you committed a crime. The new law expands that to probible cause that you are about to commit a crime and a whole host of things they can detain and question you on. (The TV coverage has been less than good. The TV anchor they had covering it was pushing it as a good idea. Only until later did they bring up any reasons of protest.) Yet another tool to keep the masses down. alano(a)teleport.com | "Those who are without history are doomed to retype it."

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Feinstein Amendment Text
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Senator Feinstein's office has provided a copy of her S.936 amendment which passed yersterday 94 to 0 "to prohibit the distribution of certain information relating to explosives, destructive devices, and weapons of mass destruction." http://jya.com/fein-sp419.htm (5K) Via links in the file, the amendment may be compared to earlier draft versions and debate as well as for the effect of the recent Justice Department report on its language.

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[Noise] Random thought...
by Alan 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

With all of the "punish the evildoers amongst us" and the "Improving Security by making it illegal" raving in congress, this came to mind... "The Congressional Definition of the Strength of a Firewall is how many times you can march the citizenry in front of it for summary execution before it crumbles." You may now go back to the regularly scheduled panic. alano(a)teleport.com | "Those who are without history are doomed to retype it."

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Garbled in transmission.
by ET 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I caught the Headline News mention of the DES crack and it unfortunately put the wrong spin on things. I can't remember it word for word, but it went like this: "If you're going to decrypt financial transactions you'd better be prepared to get 1000 computers and spend 3 months on the project." The report was delivered with a hint of a smile, as if to suggest that the time and resources might have been better spent. *Sigh*

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PGP Crack Challenge Announced
by C.J. Parker 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Pearl Harbor Computers has announced the "PGP Crack Challenge" with a prize of $10,000.00 for the first person to decrypt a PGP cyphertext file which reveals the location of the Jews being hidden by anarchistic CypherPunks. Despite the best efforts of the U.S. legislative bodies and secret government comittees, the danger remains that outlaw cryptographers will be able to illegally avoid future Government Access to Keys legislation and prevent law enforcement agencies from being able to read their communications through use of strong, non-GAKed crypto. Imagine the burden that would have resulted if strong crypto had prevented the German Gestapo from accessing information needed to meet the legitimate needs of law enforcement during World War II. Pearl Harbor Computers will post a file called "hidejews.asc" to the CypherPunks list in the near future. It will use 2048 bit PGP 5.0 encryption signed with Pearl Harbor Computers secret key. In order to win, whoever decrypts the message must post their results to the cypherpunks list, signed with their secret key. The $10,000.00 prize will be paid in the equivalent of removed gold tooth-fillings held in escrow in safety deposit boxes in a secure Swiss bank. C.J. Parker, President, Pearl Harbor Computers "We've been bombed since 1941"

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Mykotronx builds Fortezza/DES card
by John Gilmore 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

This is great -- they've put TWO insecure crypto algorithms on one PCMCIA card! Mykotronx leads the industry, as usual! John :-) Rainbow subsidiary Mykotronx and Western Datacom announce joint development of industry's first dual-mode cryptographic modem -- FORDESZA Business Wire - June 17, 1997 09:03 MYKOTRONX WESTERN-DATACOM RNBO %CALIFORNIA %DISTRICT %OF %COLUMBIA %INTERACTIVE %MULTIMEDIA %INTERNET %COMED %COMPUTERS %ELECTRONICS %PRODUCT %TRADESHOW V%BW P%BW TORRANCE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 17, 1997--Mykotronx Inc., a subsidiary of Rainbow Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:RNBO), and Western Datacom have announced joint development of FORDESZA, a Type II PCMCIA PC modem card that provides both DES and FORTEZZA-based encryption and decryption in a single unit. FORDESZA, the first dual-mode cryptographic device designed for the commercial marketplace, integrates a FORTEZZA cryptographic chip manufactured by Mykotronx with 56-bit DES encryption. ``Mykotronx' collaboration with Western Datacom further demonstrates the company's commitment to providing the highest-quality cryptographic solutions for secure data communications,'' said John Droge, vice president of product development for Mykotronx. ``The first of its kind, FORDESZA is a state-of-the-art modem design that delivers both high connection speed and quality cryptographic protection.'' ``Western Datacom is pleased to be working with Mykotronx on the development of FORDESZA,'' said Phil Ardire, president of Western Datacom. ``Western Datacom and Mykotronx have combined their respective expertise to create a breakthrough cryptographic security product to support users' need for secure communication.'' Functioning as a V.34 bis 33,600 bps modem, FORDESZA operates as a FORTEZZA Crypto Card, a FORTEZZA encryptor/decryptor with a V.34 bis modem and as a DES encryptor/decryptor with a V.34 bis modem. FORDESZA will incorporate all security features previously developed for FORTEZZA, including personal identification numbers (PINs) for user authentication; the digital signature standard (DSS) for originator authentication; the key exchange algorithm (KEA) for Diffie-Hellman variant public key exchange; FORTEZZA and DES encryption; and the secure hash algorithm (SHA) for data integrity. FORDESZA accomplishes key management via both a certification authority workstation (CAW) and a FIPS 171-compliant software system. The CAW operates FORTEZZA card initialization software to program the modem with the user's distinguished name (DN) and public key information stored in X.509 certificates. A distributed database, called the directory system agent (DSA), handles the storage and distribution of these keys. For DES key management, the FIPS 171 software, which is compatible with existing Western Datacom DES-based products, accommodates private key changes and management of DES encryptors. FORTEZZA encryption has been accepted by the Department of Commerce's key recovery program. Encryption keys can now be kept by an approved third party, with copies available to law-enforcement agencies only under a court order. For more information about FORDESZA, contact Mykotronx at 310/533-8100 (fax 310/533-0527) or Western Datacom at 216/835-1510 (e-mail: wdc(a)western-data.com) With headquarters in Torrance, Mykotronx is a world leader in providing high-grade encryption and decryption equipment essential for use in space and other sensitive digital communication environments. Founded in 1979, and acquired by Rainbow Technologies in 1995, Mykotronx has more National Security Agency approved products than any other corporation. Demonstrating the company's commitment to quality, Mykotronx designs and manufactures products that meet the requirements of MIL-Q-9858 A (``Quality Program Requirements'') and MIL-I-45208 (``Inspection System Requirements''). Rainbow Technologies, with 1996 revenues in excess of $81 million, is a leading supplier of software-protection, license-management and Internet-security products worldwide. Rainbow has offices in the United States, France, Germany, Russia and the United Kingdom, and is ISO-9002 certified. CONTACT: Rainbow Technologies Inc. Ann Jones, 714/450-7350 ajones(a)rnbo.com or Bock Communications Inc. Valerie Christopherson/Brian Bardwell, 714/374-3530 vchristopherson(a)msn.com REPEATS: New York 212-752-9600 or 800-221-2462; Boston 617-236-4266 or 800-225-2030; SF 415-986-4422 or 800-227-0845; LA 310-820-9473 All content is compiled from a variety of sources by News Alert and provided as a service of PC Quote. See important copyright information. Refresh your screen often for the latest information. © 1997 News Alert Inc.

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