December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Meganet's Unbreakable Virtual Matrix Encryption Takes the Market by Storm; Finally in 1998 Absolute Security...
by ichudov＠Algebra.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

CNN Custom News: Repeat/Meganet's Unbreakable Virtual Matrix Encryption Takes the Market by Storm; Finally in 1998 Absolute Security... LA Times 02-JAN-98 LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 31, 1997--Finally Meganet's highly acclaimed unbreakable encryption, Virtual Matrix Encryption (VME) is for sale. Meganet, a San Fernando Valley software development company, is proud to announce the release of a full line of encryption products. VME 98 is available in six (6) levels of front-end applications in three (3) flavors: DOS, Win 16 (Windows 3.x), and Win 32 (Windows 95 & NT). The VME 98 Standard Edition, VME 98 Professional Edition, VME 98 Enterprise Edition, VME 98 Custom Client Edition, VME 98 Custom Server Edition, & VME 98 Batch Server Edition provide unprecedented security, options, and flexibility. The pricing ranges from $100.00 for a single retail license to over $1,000,000.00 for the most sophisticated VME 98 Batch Server Edition. In addition, three (3) SDK's (Software Developer Kits) are ready to assist software developers in easily integrating VME 98 into their existing and future products. The three (3) SDK's include an 8bit DOS Engine, 16bit Windows DLL (Win 3.x) and 32bit Windows DLL (Win 95 & NT). The possibilities are endless with the array of VME 98 products. Now any application including but not limited to Internet commerce, Government communications, banking transactions, corporate secrets and personal computer data can be guaranteed complete impenetrability. Yes, the VME 98 is the same product that was posted on the Internet with a $1 million reward for anyone that could break a VME encrypted file. Over fifty five thousand (55,000) tried with zero (0) success. Yes, the VME 98 is the same product that challenged Microsoft, IBM, AT&T, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, America Online, Netscape, etc. to break a VME encrypted file. All the great computer minds in this country have had an opportunity to dispel the bold claims of unbreakable encryption, yet none have. Meganet is pleased to offer the same standard of excellence with all of the VME 98 packages. Additional information about this exciting new technology can be found at www.meganet.com

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17 Dec '03

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17 Dec '03

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Re: remailer
by Mix 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

In a message dated 20:44 01/01/98 EST, you wrote: > Check out <http://www.cyberpass.net/~winsock/>, for a remailer that will > run on any winsock compatible connection. I think there is a ftp site in > europe. I can't remember if it runs on NT, so check out the site. Thanks for the help - I've tried the latest version with no luck. The docs state that it works under win95 now but there are still some issues with NT 4.0 Has anyone got this to work under NT? I really want to give something back to the remailer/cypherpunk community and this is the only way I can think of. If anyone has experience of the Winsock remailer and can help...

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Re: Meganet's Unbreakable Virtual Matrix Encryption Takes the Market by Storm; Finally in 1998 Absolute Security...
by jim＠mentat.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

IChudov relays from CNN Custom News: > Repeat/Meganet's Unbreakable Virtual Matrix Encryption Takes > the Market by Storm; Finally in 1998 Absolute Security... That reminds me... in PR Newswire on 16 Dec 1997 it was reported that IBM had endorsed Meganet's VME, and recommended that NIST replace the DES standard with it (presumably in the AES bake-off). This was humorous enough that I thought it worth sharing with IBM -- I ingenously asked them whether it was true, and, if so, how they came to the conclusion that it was a useful product. They responded: I would like to apologize for the length of time it took to reply to your message. I had to make a few phonecalls and had to wait for someone to get back to me. I spoke with a Cryptography Specialist and she informed me that IBM has, in fact, not tested their product and therefore has not endorsed it. IBM has no further comment regarding the report. I hope this helps. Thank you for using askIBM. George Lavasidis (ASKIBM(a)vnet.ibm.com) IBM Internet Support Group 1-800-IBM-4YOU I, too, have no further comment. Jim Gillogly Hevensday, 11 Afteryule S.R. 1998, 20:11 12.19.4.14.11, 8 Chuen 9 Kankin, Third Lord of Night

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Microsoft
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Windows is still fucking me up the ass! I'm bleeding to death here!

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best body armor for cypherpunks [serious]
by Mix 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

What is, in your opinion, the best (price and performance-wise) body armor for cypherpunks?

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E-Cash cost advantage acknowledged
by Robert Hettinga 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Remember all the stuff I say about the markedly reduced costs of digital bearer transactions? Wanna bet that if a bunch of big bankers say the cost reduction one order of magnitude, given Moore's Law and a little programming elbow grease, we can bring it down to three? Cheers, Bob Hettinga --- begin forwarded text X-Sender: schear(a)mail.lvdi.net (Unverified) Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Fri, 2 Jan 1998 23:01:06 -0800 To: rah(a)shipwright.com From: Steve Schear <schear(a)lvdi.net> Subject: E-Cash cost advantage acknowledged The vast cost advantages of e-cash transactions was acknowledged in a Banking Industry Technology Secretariat (BITS) paper presented at last year's Electronic Payment Forum meeting in Hilton Head, SC on July 17-18, 1997. http://www.epf.net/PrevMtngs/July97Mtng/Presentations/Schutzer/index.htm BITS, a Division of The Bankers Roundtable, members are the 125 largest U.S. holding companies represent 70% of financial assets and deposits in the United States and employ over 1 million people. Projections provided by Salomon Brothers, Nilson Report, Financial Institutions and Markets, and Boston Consulting Group, show e-cash transaction costs easily outdistance ACH/EFT by a factor of 10. Credit cards will be about 40 times as costly. Even the highly touted ECP (Electronic Check Payment) approaches are likely to be 20 times as expensive. What is most interesting is that despite this acknowledgement almost all the BITS member institutions are pursuing a path away from e-cash and second place EFT embracing higher margin (and higher merchant/consumer cost) alternatives, for example VISACash (cash in name only). In fact, many major banks see EFT/POS (and e-cash) is a threat to their franchises and have moved to keep them from expansion through non-competitive practices and regulatory pressure. --Steve PGP mail preferred, see http://www.pgp.com and http://web.mit.edu/network/pgp.html RSA fingerprint: FE90 1A95 9DEA 8D61 812E CCA9 A44A FBA9 RSA key: http://keys.pgp.com:11371/pks/lookup?op=index&search=0x55C78B0D --------------------------------------------------------------------- Steve Schear | tel: (702) 658-2654 CEO | fax: (702) 658-2673 First ECache Corporation | 7075 West Gowan Road | Suite 2148 | Las Vegas, NV 89129 | Internet: schear(a)lvdi.net --------------------------------------------------------------------- I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me ECache or give me debt! "It's your Cacheª" --- 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/ Ask me about FC98 in Anguilla!: <http://www.fc98.ai/>

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[Humor] Kennedy's New Legislation
by Eric Cordian 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Something amusing from alt.true-crime with definite crypto parallels to certain Swinestein and Freeh initiatives. It is rare to find material that rises to the Toto level of comedy on Usenet. ----- Newsgroups: alt.true-crime Subject: Kennedy Death Spurs Legislative Initiative Date: Fri, 02 Jan 1998 22:44:03 GMT Message-ID: <68jrg6$eil(a)dfw-ixnews6.ix.netcom.com> BOSTON, Mass. (AP) - Sen. Ted Kennedy announced here today that he will introduce a bill limiting access to skis and ski poles. The "Winter Sports Safety Bill" is believed to be a reaction to the recent death of the Senator's nephew Michael Kennedy in a skiing accident. "When skis were invented, they were made out of wood," Kennedy said. "Today's skis are simply to powerful and dangerous to be in the hands of people. There is no constitutional right to skiing. We feel that people will have to sacrifice some of their freedoms for the protection of society as a whole." One provision will license all dealers in skis. These licenses will involve fingerprinting, background checks, body cavity searches, and photographs of anybody wishing to be in the business of selling skis and ski poles. Another section of the bill bans any ski pole under 36" in length and any ski which is not at least 48" in length. The bill also addresses ski wax. Studies have shown that some waxes actually make the skis go faster, creating a greater danger of death to the skier. Skiers also use the faster skis to outrun the ski patrol, which is not an acceptable practice. A five day waiting period will be required for all ski and ski pole sales. People will be required to provide their social security number and floor plan of their homes before being permitted to purchase skis. "There are simply too many people getting excited about skiing. Easy access to skis is the major reason people get killed on those things. They should have to wait before they can pick up their skis. I am sure that this 'cooling off period' will save lives," Kennedy said. Another bill has been introduced that will ban 'ski carrying devices' on tops of cars that have a capacity of greater than ten skis. "There is simply no reason why anybody needs more than ten skis. You can't ski on more than two at the same time. People with more than ten skis are simply up to no good," said Kennedy. Statistics quoted by the Center for Disease Control show that skiing was second only to drowning as the leading cause of death for people close to the Kennedy family. OTHER RELATED STORIES: - Ted Kennedy Denies Driving Michael to Aspen. - Study Links Skiing to Suicides. - Clinton Calls for Restrictions on "Cop Killer" Ski Poles. - Washington DC to Buy Back Skis for $2 Each. - Dianne Feinstein Vows Defeat for the National Skiing Association. -- Eric Michael Cordian 0+ O:.T:.O:. Mathematical Munitions Division "Do What Thou Wilt Shall Be The Whole Of The Law"

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Re: FCPUNX:Anonymous IRC (was 'Cypherpunks IRC Christmas EveParty')
by Lance Cottrell 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 1:32 AM +0000 12/31/97, wayne clerke wrote: >On Tuesday, December 30, 1997 7:56 AM, Mark Hedges >[SMTP:hedges@rigel.cyberpass.net] wrote: >> >> >> We found IRC users to be so involved in petty information wars -- >> ping floods, malicious prank hacking, and the like -- that we directed >> policy against use of IRC from the anonymous shell accounts at CyberPass. >> >> If IRC users weren't so easily lulled by the tempation to crash a server >> or run malicious bots or just plain irritate other people for fun, and >> if they would gang up and kick out people who did that, then perhaps we'd >> switch that back on. >> >> They were just too much overhead. Everyone else seems pretty nice, really, >> as far as the system goes. They're all self-interested in keeping the >> anonymous publishing and so on going, so the peace keeps itself. > > >What's the reason behind the policy direction against the use of personal web >proxies running in a (paid for) shell account? >Seems like less risk than you already accept anyway. Something I've missed? > System load is the issue in this case. If a proxy becomes publicly known the load it imposes on the system could quickly become gigantic. In addition we found that people were setting up proxies on any old port, sometimes causing all kinds of conflicts. Our accounts are priced assuming light personal usage. Running servers on our systems is negotiable. -Lance ---------------------------------------------------------- Lance Cottrell loki(a)infonex.com PGP 2.6 key available by finger or server. http://www.infonex.com/~loki/ "Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra. Suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night the ice weasels come." --Nietzsche ----------------------------------------------------------

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