December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

C2Net Software's Stronghold Web Server Adds nCipher Hardware Encryption Support
by Robert Hettinga 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

--- begin forwarded text X-Authentication-Warning: fma66.fma.com: majordomo set sender to owner-espam(a)lists.espace.net using -f X-Orig-From: Robert Hettinga <rah(a)shipwright.com> X-e$pam-source: Various X-Sender: rah(a)atanda.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Tue, 15 Jul 1997 13:04:32 -0400 To: espam(a)intertrader.com, e$pam <e$pam(a)atanda.com> From: Robert Hettinga <rah(a)shipwright.com> Subject: C2Net Software's Stronghold Web Server Adds nCipher Hardware Encryption … [View More]Support X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by lbo.leftbank.com id NAA11958 Sender: owner-espam(a)lists.espace.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: e$(a)thumper.vmeng.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- This mail is brought to you by the e$pam mailing list --------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Robert Hettinga <rah(a)shipwright.com> Reply-To: rah(a)shipwright.com Organization: The Shipwright Development Corporation MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Robert Hettinga <rah(a)shipwright.com> Subject: C2Net Software's Stronghold Web Server Adds nCipher Hardware Encryption Support http://www.prnewswire.com:80/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/s tory/7-14-9 7/275856&EDATE= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name="275856&EDATE=" Content-Disposition: inline; filename="275856&EDATE=" X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by lbo.leftbank.com i d KAA11101 [Todays News] C2Net Software's Stronghold Web Server Adds nCipher Hardware Encryption Support OAKLAND, Calif., July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- C2Net Software today announc ed its Stronghold(TM) secure web server now supports the nFast hardware cryptographic accelerator from nCipher Corporation Ltd. "Like Stronghold, the nFast accelerator is manufactured outside of the U.S., enabling us to off er our world-wide customers a simple, platform-independent way to speed up s ecure web server throughput," said C2Net Software president Sameer Parekh. "Man y will find that Stronghold's terrific out-of-the-box performance is more t han enough for their needs. If not, adding one or more nFast units is a fast, simple way to increase encryption performance as required." "nCipher's nFast cryptographic accelerators enhance e-commerce and on line transactions by speeding up the processing of crypto keys," said Alex van Someren, president of nCipher. "Using nFast together with the Stronghold web server gives customers throughout the world a quickly-scalable environmen t for conducting secure business on the Internet." nCipher's nFast cryptographic accelerator interfaces via a standard S CSI2 interface, making it compatible with virtually any computer platform, and mounts within the space of a standard 3.5-inch disk drive bay. Each nFast accelerator can carry out approximately three hundred 1024-bit public key signings per second. The Stronghold Web Server is an enhanced, secure, commercial version of the popular Apache server. Based on figures in a Netcraft survey (http://www.netcraft.com/survey/) Stronghold is the second most popular commercial server for UNIX and the second most popular for secure applica tions on the Internet. nCipher Corporation Ltd. (http://www.ncipher.com/) an affiliate of the Newbridge Network Corporation (NYSE: NN), is a privately-owned developer of cryptographic technologies for securing server transactions, including bo th software and hardware cryptographic acceleration products. nCipher headquarters are located in Cambridge, England, with US offices in Andove r, MA and in Santa Clara, CA. C2Net Software, Inc. (http://www.c2.net/) is a leading provider of uncompromised network security software. Through its international offsho re development programs, all C2Net products are exempt from U.S. government export restrictions, allowing the company to offer uncrippled, strong cryptography solutions to customers worldwide. SOURCE C2Net Software Inc. 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See <http://www.shipwright.com/beg.html> Or, for e$/e$pam sponsorship, <mailto:rah@shipwright.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------- --- end forwarded text ----------------- Robert Hettinga (rah(a)shipwright.com) Philodox e$, 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/ [View Less]

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Re: CCTV Cameras in Britain
by Damaged Justice 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-- forwarded message -- Path: wmich-news!gumby!newspump.wustl.edu!fas-news.harvard.edu!oitnews.harvard.edu!rutgers!usenet.logical.net!news-out.internetmci.com!infeed1.internetmci.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uwm.edu!computer-privacy-request From: David Alexander <davea(a)caplin.demon.co.uk> Newsgroups: comp.society.privacy Subject: Re: CCTV Cameras in Britain Date: 14 Jul 1997 16:05:55 GMT Organization: Computer Privacy Digest Lines: 71 Sender: comp-privacy(a)uwm.edu … [View More]Approved: comp-privacy(a)uwm.edu Message-ID: <comp-privacy11.3.12(a)cs.uwm.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.89.2.6 X-Original-Submission-Date: 10 Jul 1997 11:33:18 +0100 X-Submissions-To: comp-privacy(a)uwm.edu X-Administrivia-To: comp-privacy-request(a)uwm.edu X-Computer-Privacy-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 003, Message 12 of 16 X-Auth: PGPMoose V1.1 PGP comp.society.privacy iQBFAwUBM8oxCjNf3+97dK2NAQF46gF/RZ6tN/V6TQwOCyyAzJeCTngaqMu4IW9h Wm81iJFNAWYI59zJGoRVjd+b9u3TefKX =im9q Originator: levine(a)blatz.cs.uwm.edu Xref: wmich-news comp.society.privacy:424 I read with interest the comments about CCTV cameras that were in the last 2 mailings. I note that Steve does not live in the UK, and I would like to present a residents' view of these cameras. Privacy International says that in Britain, there are an estimated 300,000 CCTV surveillance cameras in public areas, housing estates, car parks, public facilities, phone booths, vending machines, buses, trains, taxis, alongside motorways and inside Automatic Teller (ATM) Machines. Originally installed to deter burglary, assault and car [...] Do we try to protect Democratic freedoms by legislating safeguards against the abuse of private data? Must we accept that the mightiest individuals and institutions cannot be held accountable, and there is no use in trying? Or do we simply acquiesce, and accept that privacy is an outdated concept when cheap technology makes everyone vulnerable, wolves and lambs alike? The choices are not easy, but in the words of David Brin, "asking questions can be a good first step". Yes, there are many cameras, and more going up all the time. The vast majority of the population is glad that these cameras are being introduced. Ordinary crime has been reduced greatly in those areas (proven fact) where the cameras are in use. We also have a big problem with Terrorism by the Provisional IRA over here, and the same cameras have been instrumental in the foiling of numerous terrorist operations and capture of those responsible for others (we have had 3 bombs detonated in England larger than the one at Oklahoma in the last 3 years). A very popular and effective program on UK TV is called 'Crimewatch' where video footage, from these cameras, of crimes and suspects is shown not for sensationalism and ratings but in order to ask for help identifying the perpetrators. It is very effective and crimes featured have a very high clear-up rate. One of the instruments needed to thwart such surveillence is the adoption of 'masks' which are socially acceptable for public use. Ideally they should all look alike, sort of something out of The Prisoner. Once a certain threshold of adoption has been passed the only option for law enforcement will be to remove the offending devices or declare maks illegal for public use (a real stretch for civil liberties). Yeah, right, get real. The only reason you might want to avoid being identified is if you have something to hide. Wearing a mask is only going to draw attention to you, and if you think everyone is suddenly going to start wearing masks...like I said in paragarph one, most people over here welcome the cameras. Please don't misinterpret my motives. I would be the first to celebrate if no threat to privacy existed. Unfortunately there are immoral, irresponsible and downright antisocial (not to mention the psychologically unsound) people who will not abide by the law, or to what we regard as social norms and persist in infringing our rights. As long as those people exist, and no better way of deterring and tracking them down after the (often tragic) offence has been committed, then we need such laws and technology. I would feel very ashamed if my attempts to protect my rights caused the death of innocent people because security against those who are irresponsible had to be drastically cut back. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ David Alexander AIX Support Professional V3 & V4, SP Certified Technical Manager Caplin Cybernetics Corporation E-mail: davea(a)caplin.com Windmill Business Village Tel: 01932 778172 Brooklands Close, Sunbury-on-Thames Fax: 01932 779606 Middlesex TW16 7DY, England ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- end of forwarded message -- [View Less]

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White House swaps stand and decides to invite ACLU after all
by Declan McCullagh 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 15 Jul 1997 15:28:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Declan McCullagh <declan(a)well.com> To: fight-censorship(a)vorlon.mit.edu Subject: White House swaps stand and decides to invite ACLU after all [Two hours after the ACLU issued this press release and journalists started to call, the White House reversed its stand. Now it says the ACLU is permitted to come to the meeting tomorrow after all. --Declan] *********** White … [View More]House Excludes ACLU and Others From Summit Meeting on Internet Censorship FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, July 15, 1997 Contact: Emily Whitfield, (212) 549-2566 WASHINGTON -- Contrary to earlier Administration statements, the White House has failed to invite the American Civil Liberties Union and other leading civil liberties organizations to its high-level conference on Internet censorship. "With this last-minute shift, the Administration has set an unfortunate beginning to this important process," said Donald Haines, ACLU Legislative Counsel for the Washington National Office. "Just as the ACLU continues to work with members of Congress as they shape national policy regarding the Internet," Haines said, "we were most interested in working with President Clinton and Vice President Gore on finding strategies to empower parents to help their children use the Internet wisely." The conference, set to take place on Wednesday, July 17, includes representatives from Internet giants Microsoft, America Online and Prodigy and executives from filtering software companies, as well as the Internet censorship group Enough is Enough. The American Library Association, a defender of online free speech, was invited, but the Electronic Privacy Information Center, a Washington, D.C.-based cyber-liberties group, was excluded along with the ACLU. "The Administration's failure to open this process to all interested parties is short-sighted and could ultimately lead to another expensive legal battle," Haines added. Tomorrow's meeting on Internet censorship comes in the wake of a landmark Supreme Court decision late last month striking down censorship provisions of the Communications Decency Act as unconstitutional. The ACLU filed a lawsuit challenging the CDA on behalf of 20 organizations and individuals, the day after President Clinton signed the law. Several weeks later, a second group of plaintiffs filed another challenge, American Library Association v. Department of Justice. The two challenges were consolidated into ACLU v. Reno by a federal district curt in Philadelphia, which ultimately ruled that the law was unconstitutional. The government appealed that ruling and the case moved up to the Supreme Court. Writing for a nearly unanimous Court in Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union, Justice John Paul Stevens said that "the interest in encouraging freedom of expression in a democratic society outweighs any theoretical but unproven benefit of censorship." Commenting on the law's purported aim to protect minors from so-called indecency, Justice Stevens noted that "Under the CDA, a parent allowing her 17-year-old to use the family computer to obtain information on the Internet that she, in her parental judgment, deems appropriate, could face a lengthy prison term." "The Court's decision was clearly written to protect individual online users," said the ACLU's Haines. "They, not industry giants, are the people the ACLU represents, and they are the people who are being denied a voice in this meeting." -endit- [View Less]

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[FC97] Anonymous Networking?
by Secret Squirrel 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Can someone summarize McCoy's `Anonymous Networking and Virtual Intranets' from FC97 plz?

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No Subject
by Secret Squirrel 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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White House "kinder, gentler"-CDA/censor empowerment meeting
by Declan McCullagh 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 00:23:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Declan McCullagh <declan(a)well.com> To: Seth Finkelstein <sethf(a)MIT.EDU> Cc: jseiger(a)cdt.org, jberman(a)cdt.org, fight-censorship(a)vorlon.mit.edu Subject: Re: White House "kinder, gentler"-CDA/censor empowerment meeting Below we see an excellent example of the naivete inherent in Net-libertarian and cypherpunk writing. Obviously the writer does not understand the complexities and … [View More]

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Prepaid/anon net access
by Greg Broiles 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 www.wired.com has a little blurb about the people at <http://www.auricweb.com/Accesscard.html>, apparently they're offering/planning to offer prepaid net access cards (similar to prepaid phone cards) whereby one can dial an 800 number, then enter a username/PW for 20 mins of dialup PPP. (they don't provide E-mail accounts, you have to have your own provider for that.) More tools for tentacles. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: … [View More]

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Global Banking Docs
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

For those who may have missed it, the European Committee for Banking Standards offers its "Secure Banking Over The Internet," March, 1997. An abstract of the 62-page report which also evaluates global electronic security and cryptographic tools: This ECBS Technical Report shall provide a survey of current and planned banking use of the Internet, investigate the security requirements for secure banking on the Internet, provide a survey of the security-related protocols, … [View More]

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SPA statement and RSAC release
by Declan McCullagh 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 08:17:19 -0700 (PDT) From: Declan McCullagh <declan(a)well.com> To: fight-censorship(a)vorlon.mit.edu Subject: SPA statement and RSAC release Statement by Ken Wasch, President, Software Publishers Association PR News Wire via Dow Jones White House Forum: Children on the Internet WASHINGTON, July 16 /PRNewswire/ -- The following is a statement by Ken Wasch, President of the Software Publishers … [View More]Association: "The software industry recognizes -- and understands -- the legitimate concerns of parents, educators, the President and Vice President, legislators and other citizens about the content and suitability of many Internet sites for our children. We believe parents should have the opportunity, and readily available tools, to monitor -- and block -- objectionable online content. "Today's White House Forum is an important step in highlighting this issue by bringing together a diverse group of concerned organizations and individuals to focus on what must be done. SPA appreciates the invitation of the President and the Vice President to represent the software industry at this forum. However, after we leave the White House, the responsibility of marrying freedom of speech with these legitimate concerns falls on the shoulders of the software industry. The software industry develops the tools and products that, in turn, can put a brown wrapper around objectionable material on the Internet. Others may talk; the software industry must act. "Understanding its responsibility, the software industry several years ago helped establish a process of self-regulation and content ratings through the Recreational Software Advisory Council (RSAC). Today, RSAC, through its Internet ratings system -- RSACi -- has assigned objective content labels to more than 35,000 online sites in just 12 months. RSACi is now the world's leading Internet content ratings system, empowering parents everywhere to block online content they believe offensive. It is important to keep in mind that 'Truth in Packaging' has nothing to do with suppression of content. RSACi is a labeling system, not a system of censorship. "At today's White House Forum, the success of RSACi as an effective, no-cost tool for concerned parents was highlighted. It is no coincidence that two of this nation's largest corporations have committed to using the RSACi ratings system in their online efforts. SPA and the software industry congratulate Disney -- with its strong family emphasis -- and IBM on their decisions to work with RSAC. We know others will join them. Then RSACi will become the universal ratings standard, allowing everyone everywhere to benefit from the exciting world of the Internet, without the inhibition of state-imposed regulation or censorship." SPA is the leading trade association of the software industry, representing 1,200 leading publishers as well as start-up firms developing software applications and tools for use on the desktop, the Internet, and client-server networks. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE RECREATIONAL SOFTWARE ADVISORY COUNCIL WELCOMES IBM AS CORPORATE SPONSOR IBM Supports RSAC Initiative to Provide Self-Regulation of Internet Content Washington, D.C. -- July 16, 1997 The Recreational Software Advisory Council (RSAC) today announced that IBM has become a corporate sponsor of RSAC the non-profit organization committed to providing Internet users with detail regarding web site content. IBM is contributing $100,000 to RSAC, the non-profit developer of RSACi, the voluntary, non-judgmental content labeling software system that allows consumers and Webmasters to create customized filters of online content. "The astounding popularity and growth of the Internet has brought about its greatest challenge -- controlling the flow of content that some feel is inappropriate for children, students, or corporate staff. RSAC's goal has never been to restrict the act of free speech, but rather to allow free speech while simultaneously empowering consumers to control the content to which they're exposed," commented Stephen Balkam, executive director of RSAC. "We're very pleased to be working with IBM to continue our effort to make the Internet fun and safe for everyone." "Effective technology complements the efforts of parents and teachers in monitoring children's' use of the Internet," said John Patrick, IBM's Vice President, Internet technology. "IBM is committed to providing parents and educators with the tools to help children leverage the Internet appropriately. We are proud to be working with RSAC in creating an Internet environment that is consistent with the interests of parents, teachers and children." RSACi, or RSAC on the Internet, is the objective content-labeling advisory system that is fully compliant with the World Wide Web consortium's industry standard for web content rating, the Platform for Internet Content Selection (PICS). RSACi is a fully-automated system that relies on Webmasters to complete a detailed questionnaire regarding the level, nature and intensity of the sex, nudity, violence or offensive language (vulgar or hate-motivated) found within their web site. The responses given then generate rating tags that -- when posted on the web site -- are read by not only popular browsers (such as Microsoft's Internet Explorer), but by blocking system software (such as MicroSystem's Cyber Patrol), allowing consumers to anticipate Internet content and block any materials they deem inappropriate, or offensive. To date, the RSACi content advisory system has been used to rate more than 35,000 web sites -- and it is anticipated that this number will grow to more than 120,000 in the coming year. "It's our opinion that the IBM sponsorship -- together with the recent formation of the International Ratings Working Group at the Bonn Ministerial Conference -- will lead to a four-fold increase in rated sites over the next calendar year," commented Stephen Balkam. IBM has been a leader in developing and supporting standard content filtering programs and technologies for years. In addition to sponsoring RSAC, IBM contributed to the development of PICS within the W3C earlier this year. IBM also ships NetVista, an Internet server designed for educational institutions that helps teachers integrate the Web directly into the classroom while filtering inappropriate content. IBM, the world's largest software provider, creates, develops and manufactures the industry's most advanced information technologies, including computer systems, software, networking systems, storage devices and microelectronics. IBM offers complete information about the company, its products, services and technology on the World Wide Web at http://www.ibm.com. For more information about IBM Software to go to the IBM Software home page at http://www.software.ibm.com. The Recreational Software Advisory Council is an independent, non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C, that empowers the public, especially parents, to make informed decisions about electronic media by means of an open, objective, content advisory system. The RSACi system provides consumers with information about the level of sex, nudity, violence, offensive language (vulgar or hate-motivated) in software games and Web sites. To date, RSACi has been integrated into Microsoft's browser, Internet Explorer, and MicroSystem's Cyber Patrol Software. CompuServe (US and Europe) has also committed to rate all its content with the RSACi system. More information on RSAC and the RSACi rating system is available at http://www.rsac.org. # # # [View Less]

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sorry
by Ross Wright 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

My foot in my mouth. =-=-=-=-=-=- Ross Wright King Media: Bulk Sales of Software Media and Duplication Services http://www.slip.net/~cdr/kingmedia Voice: (408) 259-2795

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