December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Interactive Programming - Self-modifying code
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > From: Brandon Crosby <bcrosby(a)mncs.k12.mn.us> > Subject: Re: [LONG, off-topic]] Interactive Programming > Date: Mon, 20 Oct 1997 10:22:23 -0500 (CDT) > > As are some perl programmers. As both a perl programmer and a lisp > > programer I have never had the need to use self modifing code. In fact I > > would consider haveing to use s-m code as a sine that I have made a > > mistate in my desinge. Come on, tell us how you really feel... What if your design specificaly includes self-modifying code for reasons of execution speed or some recursive efficiency? Glad to know I don't have to compete with you on those sorts of jobs...thanks. > PERL is a pretty high-level language... how do you add sub's after > running the code? Well I would include all the possible functions I would need and then keep some sort of array. Each branch point would depend upon the contents of that array. When the program starts it would use either some default configuration or perhaps the 'last-state' of the engine on the previous run. Then as the contents of the array changed the dynamic configuration of the sub-routines would change. Another good mechanism is to store addresses in immediate mode, which means the address is hard-coded. Then dynamicaly change the contents of the address of that address. I once wrote a machine code utility that cleared large blocks of RAM 256 byte pages at a time. Each time the code ran it would go through and incriment the address stored in that address a fixed amount, the page size, and then jumped back to the beginning of this single loop. Ran very quickly. I used it to clear video ram faster than the os functions could. ____________________________________________________________________ | | | The financial policy of the welfare state requires that there | | be no way for the owners of wealth to protect themselves. | | | | -Alan Greenspan- | | | | _____ The Armadillo Group | | ,::////;::-. Austin, Tx. USA | | /:'///// ``::>/|/ http://www.ssz.com/ | | .', |||| `/( e\ | | -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- Jim Choate | | ravage(a)ssz.com | | 512-451-7087 | |____________________________________________________________________|

3 2

Re: SMTP Encryption Extension
by Ariel Glenn 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>Well, what are we really concerned about? Not Web traffic - although your >web surfing history is private information, the data itself is by nature >public and encrypting it is kinda pointless. Not at all! Most of my time is spent trying to keep 'restricted data' from being scooped by the wrong people... from the Web. We have licensed data, students' private data, surveys and voting (the results of which should be available only in certain formats and then only to certain people), etc. etc... So data kept on the filesystem has to be protected and it has to be encrypted when it is sent out to the browsing (legitimate) user. Nice try... Ariel Glenn ariel(a)columbia.edu

2 1

I am a homosexual!@#$!@#@!!
by Bronc Buster 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Hi, my name is Bronc Buster and you all know me. but what you donot know is that I AM A HOMOFAGGOT who likes lil' boys cocks and stuff. you all have to email me here cuz some body email bombed my other adress and then my new one. i also want to see pics of your cocks but please wtrie my name on your dick before you mail them to me so i know You love me. off to spank my small monkey, Bronc Buster ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

1 0

French GAK
by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Wall Street Journal, October 20, 1997: French Proposal For Encryption Is Worrying EC By Jennifer L. Schenker A proposed French law ensuring government access to corporate electronic communications is setting off alarm bells in the business community and on the European Commission. France, presenting the law as a liberalization of its current policy, is the only Western country that bans any domestic use of cryptography - technology that encodes data for protection against prying eyes. France also places strict controls on the export of encryption tools, a restriction imposed by certain other countries, including the U.S. The new rules, submitted to the European Commission on Thursday, allow businesses operating in France to encode their corporate secrets but require that keys to unlock the code be given to a French government-approved entity in which the majority of the capital or votes is retained by French nationals. Microsoft Corp., Netscape Communications Corp. and the Business Software Association have raised objections to the French proposal. The BSA represents major international software publishers and high-tech companies, including Novell Inc., Compaq Computer Corp., Apple Computer Inc. and Lotus, a unit of International Business Machines Corp. The proposal also requires companies selling products with embedded encryption software in France to reveal "source code" - the rough equivalent of asking Coke to reveal its secret formula. Some believe that such a key-recovery system would make it easier for competitors to gain access to a company's secrets. The BSA's European chapter is expected to release a public statement this week supporting the European Commission's decision earlier this month to reject the key-recovery approach to encryption, which is championed by both the U.S. and France. The commission, which will formally comment on the French proposal by month's end, is concerned partly because the French ownership requirements may violate internal market rules. "I do not say this is the best system. It is the least bad in trying to find a balance between national-security interests, economic interests and the protection of personal privacy," said Gen. Jean-Louis Desvegnes, chief of France's Central Service for the Security of Information Systems, a civilian agency that reports directly to the French prime minister's office. He indicated that France might be flexible on the ownership requirements. -----

1 0

everybody wants a piece of Microsoft's monopoly
by Brandon Crosby 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> > If you thought Microsoft and Bill Gates were bad for the > evolution of our precious technology, you'll _love_ the > new "Guvsoft", lead by everyone's favorite businesswoman > Janet Reno. > > > The race to see who can play "Little Mister Gates" best > and earn a cut of the action is accelerating. Pundits > are already taking bets on Scott "Now Selling Licenses > For 100% Pure Anything-Non-Microsoft" McNealy, Steve > "Competition Is Great As Long It Doesn't Actually Affect Us" > Jobs, and Janet "I've Already Demonstrated My Grasp Of Tactics > And Tact" Reno. > > > > I mean, _sure_ Microsoft is an oppressive monopoly, but then > what the hell is the USG? > > The Dept of Justice pulled an Antitrust on Microsoft (sourced, the morning news)... $1 mil/day fine. Based on Internet Explorer. -Brandon Crosby

1 0

tell me more...
by adri 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Hi! I just loved +The Plot, Thickening;, it4s great! I4m from Portugal and I4m very concerned about these kind of problems nowadays. I think we4re coming to state of apocalyptic brainstorm, I think it4s also simtomatic. Please send news because I became curious about cyberstuff. Email me to adrimacedo(a)rocketmail.com Thank you.

1 0

index.html
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

CNN logo Navigation Infoseek/Big Yellow Pathfinder/Warner Bros Tech banner IBM Active Channel for Microsoft Internet Explorer. Find out about your chance to win a computer click here for official rules and information. rule U.S. SAID VULNERABLE TO COMPUTER ATTACK cyberwarfare October 21, 1997 Web posted at: 5:02 a.m. EDT (0902 GMT) WASHINGTON (AP) -- A report concluding the nation is vulnerable to electronic warfare was delivered to the White House Monday by a presidential commission. The classified findings and recommendations of the Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection say the danger of computer attacks that could shut down communications and power grids is real and requires early action. "Today, the right command sent over the Internet to a power generating station's control computer could be just as effective as a backpack full of explosives and the perpetrator would be harder to identify and apprehend," the panel wrote in its executive summary to the report. The report recommends stepping up research and establishing a nationwide program to educate people on the scope of the problem. It also recommends revising existing laws to ensure protection against electronic attacks through the Internet. "Law has failed to keep pace with technology. Some laws capable of promoting assurance are not as clear or effective as they could be," the panel wrote. Because revamping laws would be a "lengthy and massive undertaking," the commission offered several suggestions to jump-start the process. "We identified existing laws that could help the government take the lead and serve as a model of standards and practices for the private sector," it wrote. "We identified other areas of law that can enable infrastructure owners and operators to take precautions proportionate to the threat." P.J. Crowley, a White House spokesman, said a task force composed of representatives from several government agencies will review the report and come up with recommendations, which is likely to take the rest of the year. In addition, an advisory committee headed by former Sen. Sam Nunn, D-Ga., and former Deputy Attorney General Jamie Gorelick will work with the private sector on ways to protect against cyber attacks. At a conference on computer security two weeks ago, commission Chairman Robert T. Marsh said the ability to do serious harm over the Internet is real. "While a catastrophic cyber attack has not occurred, we have enough isolated incidents to know that the potential for disaster is real and the time to act is now," he said. Copyright 1997 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. rule Related stories: * Threat of 'techno' terrorism being explored - March 18, 1997 * Military sees high-tech future - March 8, 1997 Related sites: Note: Pages will open in a new browser window * Argonne National Laboratory Decision and Information Sciences - Presidential Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection Survey Form * Naval Research Laboratory Information Technology Division - Clinton creates Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection * U.S. Business Advisor - Survey -- Presidential Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection * The Whitehouse - Executive order on Critical Infrastructure Protection External sites are not endorsed by CNN Interactive. _________________________________________________________________ Infoseek search ____________________ ____ ____ _________________________________________________________________ rule Watch these shows on CNN for more sci-tech stories: CNN Computer Connection | Future Watch | Science & Technology Week rule Message Boards Sound off on our message boards You said it... [INLINE] IBM Active Channel for Microsoft Internet Explorer. Find out about your chance to win a computer click here for official rules and information. rule To the top © 1997 Cable News Network, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Terms under which this service is provided to you.

1 0

Re: OUBAKAYAROU!! (fwd)
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > Date: Fri, 17 Oct 1997 18:25:39 -0700 > From: Bill Stewart <stewarts(a)ix.netcom.com> > Subject: Re: OUBAKAYAROU!! > > Meanwhile, there is a cypherpunks-j(a)htp.org, in Japanese, > and there's probably still a cypherpunks-e(a)htp.org in English, > though the last time I checked it, it had been > mostly a mirror for the cypherpunks list with almost no independent content, > and its mail gateway broke badly and splattered all over its subscribers. What is your problem Bill regarding cypherpunks-e you've made accussatory comments regarding that list a couple of times now? It is simply another member of the CDR just like SSZ or algebra.com - is your claim that each of these has their own indipendant content? If so, catch a clue and realize they don't unless their broke somehow and quit forwarding. If somebody on cypherpunks-e submits something it gets gatewayed through SSZ (and hopefuly others by now) just like traffic from one of the other member remailers. I wanted to gateway cypherpunks-j as well but we decided folks might get confused if there were something other than english on here. And considering both the -e and -j are in Japan, new, and relatively unadvertised does it really suprise you that they don't have a lot of English based traffic from that end? You must be the one(s) who keeps subscribing and unsubscribing to the 3 US remailers from a variety of (forged?) aliases in the hopes of carrying on the 'moderation experiment' meme. Or perhaps your hope is to catch one of us down and claim we're filtering because the traffic didn't show up from three different sources. I can't speak for the other CDR operators but I can say that SSZ cache's all mail originating on this end and sends it out to the other remailer sites as soon as we come back online. So nothing gets missed from SSZ. My internet provider is supposed to be cache'ing incoming mail to SSZ if we go down and I hope the other remailers also cache their mail as well. If not, oh well, I 'm not going to miss any sleep over it. Just in case you missed it the other day, I believe Igor has started gatewaying a new remailer as well because I saw a 'Test' message from a cypherpunks mailing list I didn't recognize as one of the known remailer hosts. If so that means we're at 5 remailers in the network. One of them in Japan, which meets at least one of our goals to get a remailer node outside the US. This is a GOOD thing. My offer to gateway the CDR to any site that requests the subscription stands. So, if you are operating a remailer with only a single feed point and that point is not currently SSZ please send me email and I'll add your site to my re-send list. As to cypherpunks-e, one of the other CDR sites should consider adding them to their re-send/subscription list. ____________________________________________________________________ | | | The financial policy of the welfare state requires that there | | be no way for the owners of wealth to protect themselves. | | | | -Alan Greenspan- | | | | _____ The Armadillo Group | | ,::////;::-. Austin, Tx. USA | | /:'///// ``::>/|/ http:// www.ssz.com/ | | .', |||| `/( e\ | | -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- Jim Choate | | ravage(a)ssz.com | | 512-451-7087 | |____________________________________________________________________| ps Regarding SSZ's downtime yesterday, at this point don't have a clue why the system crashed without warning and then cored when it came back up. Once I got home and did a hard reboot it has worked without a glitch. Though we still have intermittent droppages of the ISDN link lasting 1-5 minutes. I have turned in another trouble call to SWBT in the hopes of them fixing it. That makes the 5th ISDN trouble ticket in 4 weeks. I think SWBT gets lonely if I don't call them at least once a week or else their field folks really have forgotten how to write...

4 4

Dark is faster than Light
by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Bell Labs Proves Existence of Dark Suckers For years it has been believed that electric bulbs emitted light. However, recent information from Bell Labs has proven otherwise. Electric bulbs don't emit light, they suck dark. Thus they now call these bulbs dark suckers. The dark sucker theory, according to a Bell Labs spokesperson, proves the existence of dark, that dark has mass heavier than that of light, and that dark is faster than light. The basis of the dark sucker theory is that electric bulbs suck dark. Take for example, the dark suckers in the room where you are. There is less dark right next to them than there is elsewhere. The larger the dark sucker, the greater its capacity to suck dark. Dark suckers in a parking lot have a much greater capacity than the ones in this room. As with all things, dark suckers don't last forever. Once they are full of dark, they can no longer suck. This is proven by the black spot on a full dark sucker. A candle is a primitive dark sucker. A new candle has a white wick. You will notice that after the first use, the wick turns black, representing all the dark which has been sucked into it. If you hold a pencil next to the wick of an operating candle, the tip will turn black because it got in the path of the dark flowing into the candle. Unfortunately, these primitive dark suckers have a very limited range. There are also portable dark suckers. The bulbs in these can't handle all of the dark by themselves, and must be aided by a dark storage unit. When the dark storage unit is full, it must be either emptied or replaced before the portable dark sucker can operate again. Dark has mass. When dark goes into a dark sucker, friction from this mass generates heat. Thus it is not wise to touch an operating dark sucker. Candles present a special problem, as the dark must travel in the solid wick instead of through glass. This generates a great amount of heat. Thus it can be very dangerous to touch an operating candle. Dark is also heavier than light. If you swim deeper and deeper, you notice it gets slowly darker and darker. When you reach a depth of approximately fifty feet, you are in total darkness. This is because the heavier dark sinks to the bottom of the lake and the lighter light floats to the top. The immense power of dark can be utilized to mans advantage. We can collect the dark that has settled to the bottom of lakes and push it through turbines, which generate electricity and help push it to the ocean where it may be safely stored. Prior to turbines, it was much more difficult to get dark from the rivers and lakes to the ocean. The Indians recognized this problem, and tried to solve it. When on a river in a canoe travelling in the same direction as the flow of the dark, they paddled slowly, so as not to stop the flow of dark, but when they traveled against the flow of dark, they paddled quickly so as to help push the dark along its way. Finally, we must prove that dark is faster than light. If you were to stand in an illuminated room in front of a closed, dark closet, then slowly open the closet door, you would see the light slowly enter the closet, but since the dark is so fast, you would not be able to see the dark leave the closet. In conclusion, Bell Labs stated that dark suckers make all our lives much easier. So the next time you look at an electric bulb remember that it is indeed a dark sucker.

1 0

everybody wants a piece of Microsoft's monopoly
by Zooko Journeyman 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

If you thought Microsoft and Bill Gates were bad for the evolution of our precious technology, you'll _love_ the new "Guvsoft", lead by everyone's favorite businesswoman Janet Reno. The race to see who can play "Little Mister Gates" best and earn a cut of the action is accelerating. Pundits are already taking bets on Scott "Now Selling Licenses For 100% Pure Anything-Non-Microsoft" McNealy, Steve "Competition Is Great As Long It Doesn't Actually Affect Us" Jobs, and Janet "I've Already Demonstrated My Grasp Of Tactics And Tact" Reno. I mean, _sure_ Microsoft is an oppressive monopoly, but then what the hell is the USG? Zooko

3 2