December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Re: PDAs as alternatives to smart cards?
by Bill Stewart 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 04:49 PM 2/17/97 -0800, Steve Schear <azur(a)netcom.com> wrote: >With the widespread adoption of an industry standard IR link between PDA >type devices, networks and PCs might this not present an opportunity for >their use as more user-configurable and application agile financial and >communiation privacy instruments? PDAs are becoming somewhat widespread among technical and sales people, but there are a lot of different varieties and horsepowers, and some are generally programmable with near-free-ware while others aren't. Newtons have horsepower, but aren't that common; most of the others have 8086en or so, including the easily-programmable DOS HPs, the cool objecty Psion OS, a few different GeoWorks based systems (is Pilot one of those?), etc. Then there are a huge number of totally non-programmable Rolodex/Calendar widgets. Any of the interesting ones cost too much to go after the retail market, and they're owned by people who can use email. For the broad market you want a <=$10 device, and stores grumble if you charge more than $200 for a really complete reader system - which means smartcards. Perhaps once pager capability in PDAs becomes widespread and cheap, the retail/wholesale pharmaceutical trading set could get interested :-) # 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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Security alert!!!
by winsock＠rigel.cyberpass.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

WARNING: There's a rogue trojan horse out there on the internet known as the "stronghold web server". It's actually a hacked-up version of Apache with a backdoor, which allows hackers (or whoever knows the backdoor) to steal credit card numbers and other confidentil information on the Internet. Be careful! Always use encryption. Do not send confidential information (such as passwords and credit card numbers) to any site running the trojan horse "stronghold". In general, beware of "snake oil" security products and hacked-up versions of free software. Please repost this warning to all relevant computer security forums.

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Re: Constitution and a Right to Privacy
by Alec 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 09:33 AM 2/18/97 -0800, you wrote: :Let's not start this. : :Tim wasn't arguing for or against abortion; he made no comments :about abortion. His comment was that the _argument_ used to "legalize" :abortion was unconvincing to him. : :If we are going to discuss privacy, that's fine. :It we are going to discuss abortion, there are better fora. : : :-- Marshall : :Warning: Objects in calendar are closer than they appear. Good for you!!!!! I appreciate your post. However, it smells like a Daleism. I revel in fora. (Had to think about that.) Nice sig too. Alec

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FIPS 196
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

NIST announced in the Federal Register today "that the Secretary of Commerce has approved a new standard, which will be published as FIPS Publication 196, Entity Authentication Using Public Key Cryptography." http://jya.com/fips196.txt (12K)

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Address -- Invalid (was Re: message to USSA Senate) (fwd)
by alexandr＠win.tue.nl 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I really don't know what this is all about!!!! This is one of the messages that I seemed to have sent...... I can give you about Apparently-To: vice.president(a)whitehouse.gov, first.lady(a)whitehouse.gov, Bclinton(a)Washington.DC, feedback(a)www.whitehouse.gov, Senator_Stevens(a)stevens.senate.gov, email(a)murkowski.senate.gov, sessions(a)wrldnet.net, senator(a)shelby.senate.gov, senator(a)bumpers.senate.gov, info(a)kyl.senate.gov, Senator_McCain(a)mccain.senate.gov, senator(a)boxer.senate.gov, senator(a)feinstein.senate.gov, sen_dodd(a)dodd.senate.gov, senator_lieberman(a)lieberman.senate.gov, senator(a)biden.senate.gov, bob_graham(a)graham.senate.gov, connie(a)mack.senate.gov, senator_coverdell(a)coverdell.senate.gov, senator(a)inouye.senate.gov, tom_harkin(a)harkin.senate.gov, chuck_grassley(a)grassley.senate.gov, larry_craig(a)craig.senate.gov, dirk_kempthorne(a)kempthorne.senate.gov, senator(a)moseley-braun.senate.gov, lugar(a)iquest.net, wendell_ford(a)ford.senate.gov, senator(a)mcconnell.senate.gov, senator(a)breaux.senate.gov, senator(a)kennedy.senate.gov, john_kerry(a)kerry.senate.gov, senator(a)mikulski.senate.gov, senator(a)sarbanes.senate.gov, Olympia(a)snowe.senate.gov, senator(a)levin.senate.gov, michigan(a)abraham.senate.gov, mail_grams(a)grams.senate.gov, senator(a)wellstone.senate.gov, john_ashcroft(a)ashcroft.senate.gov, kit_bond(a)bond.senate.gov, senator(a)cochran.senate.gov, max(a)baucus.senate.gov, conrad_burns(a)burns.senate.gov, senator(a)faircloth.senate.gov, jesse_helms(a)helms.senate.gov, senator(a)conrad.senate.gov, senator(a)dorgan.senate.gov, email(a)hagel96.com, bob(a)kerrey.senate.gov, mailbox(a)gregg.senate.gov, opinion(a)smith.senate.gov, frank_lautenberg(a)lautenberg.senate.gov, torricel(a)torricelli.com, Senator_Bingaman(a)bingaman.senate.gov, senator_domenici(a)domenici.senate.gov, senator(a)bryan.senate.gov, senator_reid(a)reid.senate.gov, senator_al(a)damato.senate.gov, senator(a)dpm.senate.gov, senator_dewine(a)dewine.senate.gov, senator_glenn(a)glenn.senate.gov, senator(a)nickles.senate.gov, senator(a)wyden.senate.gov, senator(a)santorum.senate.gov, senator_specter(a)specter.senate.gov, senator_chafee(a)chafee.senate.gov, reed(a)collegehill.com, senator(a)thurmond.senate.gov, senator(a)hollings.senate.gov, tom_daschle(a)daschle.senate.gov, senator_thompson(a)thompson.senate.gov, senator_frist(a)frist.senate.gov, senator(a)hutchison.senate.gov, senator(a)bennett.senate.gov, senator_hatch(a)hatch.senate.gov, senator_robb(a)robb.senate.gov, senator(a)warner.senate.gov, senator_leahy(a)leahy.senate.gov, vermont(a)jeffords.senate.gov, senator_murray(a)murray.senate.gov, Senator_Gorton(a)gorton.senate.gov, russell_feingold(a)feingold.senate.gov, senator_kohl(a)kohl.senate.gov, senator_byrd(a)byrd.senate.gov, senator(a)rockefeller.senate.gov, mike(a)enzi.senate.gov, craig(a)thomas.senate.gov names who got this message from the gang of cypherpunks. What is this ???? Forwarded message: > From home(a)collegehill.com Tue Feb 18 15:05:24 1997 > Message-Id: <3.0.32.19970218100100.00731388(a)pop03.ca.us.ibm.net> > Precedence: bulk > X-Sender: chill03(a)pop03.ca.us.ibm.net > X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 (32) > Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 10:03:05 -0500 > To: alexandr(a)win.tue.nl > From: College Hill Internet <home(a)collegehill.com> > Subject: Address -- Invalid (was Re: message to USSA Senate) > Mime-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > At 12:45 AM 2/18/97 PST, you wrote: > >All files on the Senate's computers will be deleted by our > >gang of cypherpunks dedicated to the eradication of your systems. > > > > I'm furious! Now I get about 10 messages every 15 minutes of mail delivered and lots of other trash. Who 's got the courage to admit this crime ?

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Raph
by camcc＠abraxis.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- I have found it convenient to retrieve Raph's list off c'punks, as opposed to fingering. I do hope this service to the community will continue on one forum or another. Thanks. Alec -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 4.5 Comment: Message PGP 2.6.2. signed/encrypted. Public key available on request or from keyservers. iQCVAgUBMwnJQCKJGkNBIH7lAQFRHgQAtLqCK9vtYgLVp0bU9wSjUoiZ7Wx3ade6 PcQQtOeNSxYy7n5i6qQuAaOTg1rvStOBEYpIDnWHo7p8In1fQE2v0QaOMbYm60QG Kc/CsoHAvq74PHN6/QdQ6JatyzSVsHL5r7hBEJZQGSFr2DWdW7xTclpqSUtviHHB X6HtqBfk5Pc= =cIv9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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FIPS 196
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

NIST announced in the Federal Register today "that the Secretary of Commerce has approved a new standard, which will be published as FIPS Publication 196, Entity Authentication Using Public Key Cryptography." http://jya.com/fips196.txt (12K)

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Re: The Science Generations, II
by Dale Thorn 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

drose(a)azstarnet.com wrote: > > To Toto, Dimi, D.Thorn, whomever, etc.: while I may appreciate being > subscribed to a million and one lists that I never knew I needed (and so > quick!--appreciate the service, dude) this address, like c-punks(a)toad.com, > is going away *real * quick, so save your keystrokes. My point has been proven once again! Another spineless coward pollutes the list with worthless criticism, and then slinks away from those s/he attacks like a mangy coyote.

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Re: The Science Generations, II
by Dale Thorn 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

drose(a)azstarnet.com wrote: > My dear fellow: > I suppose you missed the notion that, on the Internet, *some* folks know > that you are a dog. If you, sir or madam, had 1/10 the brainpower that the most active subscribers to this list have, you would: 1. Understand the subtleties I put forth (ditto Toto and Dr. V). 2. Be able to filter who you don't want to read. 3. Help other less fortunates like yourself to learn filtering. It is you who pollute the list with worthless crap, which you falsely interpret as criticism, but which is actually a poor excuse for what you've failed to learn in life. A pox on you.

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Re: Cypherpunks FAQ
by aga 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

On Mon, 17 Feb 1997, Dale Thorn wrote: > Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 17:12:19 -0800 > From: Dale Thorn <dthorn(a)gte.net> > Reply-To: freedom-knights(a)jetcafe.org > To: freedom-knights(a)jetcafe.org > Cc: cypherpunks(a)toad.com > Subject: Re: Cypherpunks FAQ > > Toto wrote: > > ISP_Ratings wrote: > > > Yes--and given the role Dr. Vulis has played in this matter > > > it would be most appropriate for him to write an FAQ (although > > > I personally ignore most FAQs). > > >Perhaps it would be more appropriate for the good doctor to write a FUQs. > > Why not do it like the Declaration of Independence? A primary author > puts the basic document together, and other persons with expertise in > other important areas add to it, then it gets circulated on the list > for comments and suggestions. > > "Other areas" not normally addressed in these kinds of documents > should include subscribers' awareness that the crypto lists are > a prime target of attention from federal agencies, et al, and > that much of the material posted could be pure disinformation. > I do not think that any Federal Agency would be interested in any group so undisciplined as cypherpunks.

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