December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Re: Software license detector vans
by The Spectre 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 20:44 3/18/98 -0500, you wrote: >Standard UPS's do not operate with their batteries "on-line" but in >standby mode. Because of this you do not get any of the filtering affect >from the batteries. You can get good "online" UPS's with gel-cell battery >banks but they cost $$$. Look at some of the companies that service the >telcom industry providing UPS for switchrooms. Line conditioning on the >standard UPS's (PC Decsktop grade) is medeocere at best and are designed >for leveling out power fluctuations not for filtering data leakage. > >If Tempest is a serious concern I recomend a dual battery bank so one bank >can be charging while the other is in use. Physicial disconnects on both >battery banks between the computer and between outside power grid to >insure physicial issolation durring operations. While I agree with you in that total security is only possible if you completely isolate the system, I think that the original person posting wasn't referring to the batteries, but rather the conditioning that is going on inside the UPS. Any decent ups will put the incoming power through a "conditioner" that will filter out noise in the incoming power, and rebuild the wave so that transient sags and spikes don't get through. It stands to reason that these filters would work in reverse, since they are AC filters. Most AC circutry works equally well in reverse as forward. DC circuitry would probably filter out noise equally as well since it simply won't work in reverse for the most part, it'll simply resist any reverse current until it blows. Of course, I make no claims about noise that the transformer itself may make while it does it's filtering that someone might be able to use to determine what was filtered out. -The Spectre [SP4 w/ Clam Cluster] -http://www.anthrax.net/cos "No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does." - La Rochefoucauld

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MISTY1 and MISTY2
by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

MISTY1 and MISTY2 operate with 64-bitplain text and cypher text blocks and is contolled by a 128-bit key. These two encryption algorithms call MISTY generically.

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Re: Chicken "anons" and "nobody's"
by StanSquncr 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

In a message dated 98-03-18 22:53:53 EST, anon(a)anon.efga.org writes: << I count on TruthMonger as -my- mainstream news source.>> Who's that, the "TruthMeister? (Rush Limbaugh)" You would, you're an idiot (any person who counts on any one person as the only source of news, is an idiot). Stan

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Re: UPSs
by StanSquncr 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

In a message dated 98-03-18 23:54:33 EST, spectre(a)anthrax.net writes: << ... Any decent ups will put the incoming power through a "conditioner" that will filter out noise in the incoming power, and rebuild the wave so that transient sags and spikes don't get through. ... >> BUT, even the fastest electronics cannot respond fast enough to the initial spike, if that spike is too high in the first place (if your incoming power lines get hit by lightning, for instance), it's already too late. My suggestion, don't trust a UPS to eliminate spikes, get it if you anticipate a need for back-up power to shut down your system in case of black-out (and screw the surge protectors, trust the filtering in your power supply to do that for you.) Stan

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JDesignerPro 2.5 just released
by Tristan Muller 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Data Fellows Introduces the Security Solution for Corporate Networks - VPN+
by Mia Westerholm 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Data Fellows Ltd. Media Release For immediate release 19 March 1998 DATA FELLOWS INTRODUCES THE SECURITY SOLUTION FOR CORPORATE NETWORKS F-Secure VPN+ offers worldwide strong security for all aspects of todays networking ESPOO, FINLAND -- Data Fellows Ltd., a leading software development company known for its F-Secure anti-virus and cryptography products, has today introduced F-Secure VPN+, a complete security solution for all enterprise networking. F-Secure VPN+ is the successor of the award winning F-Secure VPN, an encrypting router that enables one to build a virtual private network over the Internet using strong cryptographic security. Now the F-Secure VPN+ product family is going one step further by facilitating the security integration of small sites and independent workstations to the corporate network. The extended corporate network may include corporate sites, partners or distributors, remote offices and even laptops. F-Secure VPN+ consists of three products: F-Secure VPN+ Gateway, F-Secure VPN+ Client (for the desktop), and F-Secure VPN+ Server. These components can be combined to build a variety of secure virtual private networks that cover all aspects of corporate networking. Such VPNs include the following: - Business VPN+: provides a cost-effective security solution for intranet connections between corporate sites. In-corporate communication can be encrypted with powerful F-Secure VPN+ Gateways regardless of the network technology. - Partner VPN+: offers strong authentication and filtering capabilities for extranet connections between an organization and its partners, subcontractors, or distributors. It keeps unwanted users out and facilitates secure communication no matter where the data goes to. - Remote Office VPN+: supports telecommuting as a method of working. 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US court system
by bill payne 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Guys When Sandia assigned me to break locks for the FBI/Engineering Research Facility, project leader Peter Hamilton told me that if we got caught there were judges who would help us. I was not sure that I believe Hamilton then. I do now. Morales and I signed and mailed the petition for writ of prohibition on the 18th bill

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Re: Your Request for information on JDesignerPro from BulletProof, Corp
by Soft Export- Nancy Matte' 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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G8 action plan on online anonymity?
by ulf＠fitug.de 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Apparently restrictions on online anonymity have been discussed at the meeting of the Justice and Interior Ministers of the G8 in Washington, Dec 8--12, 1997 on "high-tech and organized crime". >From Janet Reno's press release <URL: http://www.usdoj.dov/opa/pr/1997/December97/518cr.html>: "each nation has committed to develop faster ways to trace attacks coming through computer networks, so that we can quickly identify the hacker or criminal who is responsible." What are these fast ways to trace attacks? Did the ministers also discuss anonymous speech? Anyone have the full text of the declaration and the action plan?

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A little Paranoid, William?
by StanSquncr 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Their paranoia is something else that shows you who they are ("Know-nothings") - In a message dated 98-03-19 07:25:54 EST, whgiii(a)invweb.net writes: << -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- ... -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3a-sha1 Charset: cp850 Comment: Registered_User_E-Secure_v1.1b1_ES000000 iQCVAwUBNREBTo9Co1n+aLhhAQE0tAP9GR39xeKrtAYRc31BjhjC6EGRqOI46we0 NFBwTWXX6saynTvEo4gdk35Kko9W/cEKAxNsOmjDz8zsFaCX0LJNtzzcVai6g7/t o8GLb/PbDv3i1rMw/1vJqyvMH6D2d3IuIQvUFg0luNeHnSxUT+cze1r4moeHw+Fj yTDV7hk+lb4= =cOih -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >>

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