December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

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by relay＠relaynet.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Re: e$: $MTP?
by Ryan Anderson 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

On Fri, 4 Jul 1997, Robert Hettinga wrote: > > We still need to work out how to fit mailing lists fit into this without > > eliminating them entirely. Chargebacks to the subscribers? If this list > > will work in a proposed plan, I think all the others probably would as > > well.. :-) > > Send 'em collect? Postage due? :-). > > Or, maybe people buy subscriptions? Of course, since you're collecting the > postage, you owe it to yourself... > > Curioser and curiouser... Well, as a thought, I'm on BugTraq as well, and it periodically forces you to renew your subscription to the list. If everything required this (or some sort of it) you could simply charge a large amount for the renewals, based on expected cost over the next time period. Your initial subscription would be costed based upon the average of all the subscribers. This might be the simplest way, though charging a bunch for a specific message could be complicated.. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ryan Anderson - <Pug Majere> "Who knows, even the horse might sing" Wayne State University - CULMA "May you live in interesting times.." randerso(a)ece.eng.wayne.edu Ohio = VYI of the USA PGP Fingerprint - 7E 8E C6 54 96 AC D9 57 E4 F8 AE 9C 10 7E 78 C9 -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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hi
by Moreno Daltin 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

hi everybody !

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Walsh Report Update
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forward: Date: Sat, 05 Jul 1997 14:19:59 +1000 To: jya(a)pipeline.com From: gtaylor(a)gil.com.au (Greg Taylor ) Subject: Walsh Report mirror John, Electronic Frontiers Australia has now been able to "officially" release the Walsh Report, after negotiating copyright permissions. It is now available at: http://www.efa.org.au/Issues/Crypto/Walsh/ There are two versions provided: 1. A multiple file version suited to reading online. 2. A complete version (267K HTML) suitable for downloading. These versions have some updates from the original so I suggest you replace your mirror version with the amended versions we have now released. The main changes are: 1. The Terms and Abbreviations section has now been marked up. 2. Paragraphs deleted from the copy liberated under FOI are now annotated with references to the relevant sections of the FOIA. 3. Minor typos corrected. Regards, Greg Taylor Chair EFA Crypto Committee ---------- The July 1 version of the Walsh Report at jya.com has been replaced with the EFA version: http://jya.com/walsh-all.htm (270K) Or a Zip-compressed file: http://jya.com/walsh-all.zip (88K) See related news article: http://jya.com/walsh.htm

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InfoWorld discovers reputation capital
by Robert Hettinga 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

--- begin forwarded text Date: Sat, 05 Jul 1997 09:00:32 -0400 From: Robert Hettinga <rah(a)shipwright.com> Reply-To: rah(a)shipwright.com Organization: The Shipwright Development Corporation MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rah(a)shipwright.com Subject: InfoWorld discovers reputation capital http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayStory.pl?97073.eabi.htm Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name="displayStory.pl" Content-Disposition: inline; filename="displayStory.pl" X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by lbo.leftbank.com id IAA11662 [Image] [Click here to download free Microsoft Visual FoxPro tools!] [| Navigational map -- for text only please go to the bottom of the page |] [|Top News Stories|] ABI offers instant company background check on the Web By Lisa Moskowitz PC World Online Posted at 9:03 AM PT, Jul 3, 1997 If you run a company, large or small, it's good practice to know exactly who you're doing business with before you sign any contracts. Now you can get the lowdown on potential partners online at a low price. American Business Credit, a division of American Business Information (ABI), sells reports on the credit of the more than 10 million businesses in the United States for $3 a pop. Reports include company name, address, phone number, fax number, number of employees, type of business, Standard Industrial Classification codes, estimated sales volume, names of competitors, branch and headquarter locations, Internet address, and credit rating. The rating is based on in-house research of public information conducted by ABI. "A lot of small businesses looking for initial credit screening up front come to our Web site," said Rich Chrostek, ABI general manager. "The Web service is good for small orders, between 20 and 50 a year, and there's no long-term contract involved." Customers can order one of ABI's Business Profiles by typing in the name of the business they wish to check on, registering as a user, and entering a credit card number. Within minutes they can view the profile online, then download and print it. The same information at the same price can be ordered by calling (888) 274-5325. Dun & Bradstreet, ABI's chief competitor, also offers credit reports via the Web, but only contract subscribers have access to the most comprehensive of its documents, Business Information Reports. Subscription fees vary according to customer needs. Dun & Bradstreet offers two types of credit profile on the Internet: the Business Background report for $20, and the Supplier Evaluation for $85. Although these reports are more expensive than ABI's Business Profiles, they contain different -- and sometimes more extensive -- information. According to ABI's Chrostek, the company's Business Profile is the cheapest business credit report available on the Web. "We're giving a cost-effective snapshot of a business," he said. "We're a tool, not an end-all solution." ABI also sells a CD-ROM of Business Profiles, which is recommended for customers who need several hundred credit reports. The CD-ROM is updated quarterly and costs $595 for an annual license and 1,000 profiles. American Business Information Inc. can be reached at http://www.lookupusa.com//. PC World Online, an InfoWorld Electric sister publication, can be reached at http://www.pcworld.com/. Go to the Week's Top News Stories Please direct your comments to InfoWorld Electric News Editor Dana Gardner. Copyright © 1997 InfoWorld Publishing Company | SiteMap | Search | PageOne | Conferences | Reader/Ad Services | | Enterprise Careers | Opinions | Test Center | Features | | Forums | Interviews | InfoWorld Print | InfoQuote | --- end forwarded text ----------------- Robert Hettinga (rah(a)shipwright.com) Philodox e$, 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' The e$ Home Page: http://www.shipwright.com/

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Fuck the Fourth (and the First, Second....)
by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Vin Suprynowicz wrote: > Most Americans should be ashamed to celebrate the Fourth > Recently, President Clinton's then-Drug Czar, Lee Brown, told me the role > of government is to protect the people from dangers, such as drugs. I > corrected him, saying, "No, the role of government is to protect our > liberties." > > "We'll just have to disagree on that," the president's appointee said. Since the government was incapable of protecting either the people at Waco or those at OKC, then who exactly are they protecting? > The War for American Independence began over unregistered, untaxed guns, > when British forces attempted to seize arsenals of rifles, powder and ball > from the hands of ill-organized Patriot militias in Lexington and Concord. > American civilians shot and killed scores of these government agents as > they marched back to Boston. Are those Minutemen still our heroes? Or do we > now consider them "dangerous terrorists" and "depraved government-haters"? We consider them Branch Davadians. > In "The Federalist" No. 46, James Madison told us we need have no fear of > any federal tyranny ever taking away our rights, arguing that under his > proposed Constitution "the ultimate authority ... resides in the people > alone," and predicting that any usurpation of powers not specifically > delegated would lead to "plans of resistance" and "appeal to a trial of > force." This was before Dan Rather and Kookie Roberts became "the ultimate authority." Since they have to compete with Bart Simpson for ratings, their primary interest is in making sure that the citizens don't "have a cow" during their broadcast. {"Today, all rights and freedoms of the citizens were suspended by Executive Order. And, in the lighter side of the news..." <cut to "cute puppy" story>} > Another prominent federalist, Noah Webster, wrote in 1787: "Before a > standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost > every kingdom in Europe." Adolph Hitler obviously understood what Noah Webster was writing about. If we could get the writings made into a TV movie (or a cartoon), there might be a minute chance to get the American public to understand, as well. > In Phoenix last week, an air conditioner repairman and former Military > Policeman named Chuck Knight was convicted by jurors -- some tearful -- who > said they "had no choice" under the judge's instructions, on a single > federal "conspiracy" count of associating with others who owned automatic > rifles on which they had failed to pay a $200 "transfer tax" -- after a > trial in which defense attorney Ivan Abrams says he was forbidden to bring > up the Second Amendment as a defense. > > Were the Viper Militia readying "plans of resistance," as recommended by > Mr. Madison? Would the Constitution ever have been ratified, had Mr. > Madison and his fellow federalists warned the citizens that such > non-violent preparations would get their weapons seized, and land them in > jail for decades? > > Happy Fourth of July. > > Vin Suprynowicz is the assistant editorial page editor of the Las Vegas > Review-Journal. Readers may contact him via e-mail at vin(a)lvrj.com. The web > site for the Suprynowicz column is at http://www.nguworld.com/vindex/. Is it still legal to say this stuff? Perhaps we need a new law that... TruthMonger

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PGP 5.0 source soon to be available for d/l
by Lucky Green 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

According to the International PGP Homepage, the scanning effort is making good progress. 100% of the platform independent core (the part most of us are interested in :) is scanned. 48% of said source is error corrected, up from 18% a few days ago. http://www.ifi.uio.no/pgp/ --Lucky Green <shamrock(a)netcom.com> PGP encrypted mail preferred. DES is dead! Please join in breaking RC5-56. http://rc5.distributed.net/

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CyberSitter "Encryption"
by Alan Olsen 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

In reading one of the lawyer letters going back and forth between Peacefire and SolidOak, one of them <http://peacefire.org/archives/SOS.letters/james.tyre.2.bm.txt> describes the "encryption" used by the filter file in CyberSitter. You are going to get a big chuckle out of this one... The "encryption" is XORing each byte with 0x94! Just when I thought my contempt for Millburn could not get any worse... --- | "That'll make it hot for them!" - Guy Grand | |"The moral PGP Diffie taught Zimmermann unites all| Disclaimer: | | mankind free in one-key-steganography-privacy!" | Ignore the man | |`finger -l alano(a)teleport.com` for PGP 2.6.2 key | behind the keyboard.| | http://www.ctrl-alt-del.com/~alan/ |alan(a)ctrl-alt-del.com|

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Inexpensive Web Space
by websp＠wsp1.websp.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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golf stuff
by ballman＠t-1net.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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