December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

RE: The exponent of the RSA public key must be odd.??
by Beattie, Doug 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

The exponent must be relatively prime to (p-1)(q-1) where p and q are prime numbers. Doug On Thursday, May 28, 1998 4:14 AM, Luis Saiz [SMTP:LSaiz@atos-ods.com] wrote: > OS/390 Integrated Cryptographic Service Facility Application > Programmer's Guide Version 2 Release 5 Publication No. SC23-3976-02 > : > http://ppdbooks.pok.ibm.com:80/cgi- > bin/bookmgr/bookmgr.cmd/DOCNUM/SC23-3976/CCONTENTS > > > > In several parts of the document it's specified that, as a > restriction: > > > > The exponent of the RSA public key must be odd. > > > It's there any (unknown to me) security reason to be this way, or > itŽs > an implementation/standard option?? > >

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Mrs [Delicate Touch] Hanks
by bill payne 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Thursday 5/28/98 2:48 PM John Young J Orlin Grabbe On return from my walk this afternoon, I spoke with Mrs [Delicate Touch] Hanks http://207.33.92.15/art/va/artworkSearch.html$search http://www.eslawrence.com/Hankspage.htm http://www.artcorner.com/ http://www.sea-art.com/hadleyhouse/hanks/index.cfm http://www.eslawrence.com/hankprint.htm http://www.birchgrove.com/artists/steve%20hanks.htm http://www.artsource1.com/hanks.html http://www.nice-things.com/hanks.html who lives just down the street from us. I asked her if the large edition being built on top of the previous single-story home was going to be a studio. She responded in American. Yah Occasionally I see some REALLY GOOD LOOKING women outside Hanks home. We REALLY should get this UNFORTUNATE MATTER settled before it gets WORSE. And it looks like it is getting WORSE. http://www.jya.com/whp052898.htm Later bill

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Payne v. NSA: Plaintiff's Motion and Objection
by bill payne 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

John Young Just saw whp052898.htm Payne v. NSA: Plaintiff's Motion and Objection May 28, 1998 at http://www.jya.com/crypto.htm THANK YOU SO MUCH. And for http://www.mckennacuneo.com/practice/Quitam/QU02519960901.html too! We need visibility to get this HORRIBLE MESS SETTLED. PEACEFULLY! There are other ways of settling matters. Aggrieved Shiite Muslims have a fair record at other means of settlement http://www.netlink.co.uk/users/impact/namir/martyrs.htm#allvictims I want to get this settled and revise my book for the 80c52. http://www.apcatalog.com/cgi-bin/AP?ISBN=0125475705&LOCATION=US&FORM=FORM2 and maybe do something more with shift registers too http://av.yahoo.com/bin/query?p=gfsr&hc=0&hs= Best bill

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Asymmetric Warfare
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 15:34:10 -0500 From: "90. USAFnews" <usafnews(a)AFNEWS.AF.MIL> 980734. Special operations commander outlines future threats by Capt. John Paradis 16th Special Operations Wing Public Affairs HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. (AFNS) -- More Chechnyas. If a military strategist needed to look at a good model for the typical future conflict, the war torn republic of Chechnya comes to mind, said Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker, U.S. Special Operations Command commander in chief. Speaking recently to about 2,000 Hurlburt Field troops at the 55th Aircraft Maintenance Unit hangar, Schoomaker said the only certainty in the future of warfare is that security challenges will be more ambiguous and will follow less traditional paths. Looking at Chechnya as an example of future conflict, confrontation will likely differ from the more conventional and familiar "total war" by the inclination of future adversaries to use "psychological terror" and the influence of international media, the Internet and even cell phones to employ open brutality as an information warfare tactic. Russian President Boris Yeltsin, determined to crush the secessionist drive of the tiny, mainly Muslim southern republic, ordered about 40,000 troops into Chechnya in December 1994. What was planned as a quick campaign turned into a long and costly war, in which the outnumbered rebels time and again dealt heavy blows to a demoralized Russian military. It's such "asymmetric" opponents like separatists, rebel groups, insurgents and terrorists that U.S. special operations forces will need to prepare for -- enemies who won't attack U.S. strategic strengths, but will instead target U.S. vulnerabilities by executing unorthodox measures to gain success, Schoomaker said. "That's the future. More Chechnyas," the general said. "We are going to see more conflict of this nature because it's a much different world we're facing."

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HOW DO YOU HANDLE AN ERRANT WIFE?
by glowing＠americanteleport.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Lack of net access blows:
by one4evil＠juno.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Cyberpunks, Que pasa? My name is D and I am new to the list...I will most likely just be lurking for a while, till I get a visit from the Duel Pentium II 266, 128megs of RAM, running Linux on one PII and Win98 on the Other Fariy...She should be along by the end of the summer... Anywhoo, the point of the subject is that at this point and time I don't have net access so I was hopeing someone out there would send me the FAQ that is talked of in the welcome message. It can be found at: anonymous ftp to rtfm.mit.edu:pub/usenet-by-group/sci.crypt At least I think that is where it is at... I thank who ever is nice enough to send it to me...Also, maybe post a message to me as soon as you send it...That way I don't end up with like all of you sending it and Juno kicking my ass again for flooding there box. TNX, D. _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

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Re: D.A.R.E. and a Bullpup
by cons0005＠algonquinc.on.ca 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Date sent: Thu, 21 May 1998 13:56:38 -0700 To: cypherpunks(a)cyberpass.net From: Tim May <tcmay(a)got.net> Subject: D.A.R.E. and a Bullpup Send reply to: Tim May <tcmay(a)got.net> > I often wear a t-shirt around town which reads: > > > D. A. R. E. > > I turned in my parents > and all I got was this > lousy t-shirt > I think you should get one: If your a nigger, I'm Aryan. <G> http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Senate/8018/ http://wabakimi.carleton.ca/~nmarion/ http://www.engsoc.carleton.ca/~jproud/yash/ (For when you're bored)-PGPd Mail Preferred

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Timmy Mc Veigh
by nobody＠nsm.htp.org 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Text of essay said written by Timothy McVeigh - something to think about. May 28, 1998 Web posted at: 10:10 p.m. EDT (0210 GMT) (AP) -- The June 1998 issue of Media Bypass Magazine includes this essay it says was written by Timothy McVeigh: The administration has said that Iraq has no right to stockpile chemical or biological weapons ("weapons of mass destruction") -- mainly because they have used them in the past. Well, if that's the standard by which these matters are decided, then the U.S. is the nation that set the precedent. The U.S. has stockpiled these same weapons (and more) for over 40 years. The U.S. claims that this was done for deterrent purposes during its "Cold War" with the Soviet Union. Why, then, is it invalid for Iraq to claim the same reason (deterrence) -- with respect to Iraq's (real) war with, and the continued threat of, its neighbor Iran? The administration claims that Iraq has used these weapons in the past. We've all seen the pictures that show a Kurdish woman and child frozen in death from the use of chemical weapons. But, have you ever seen these photos juxtaposed next to pictures from Hiroshima or Nagasaki? I suggest that one study the histories of World War I, World War II and other "regional conflicts" that the U.S. has been involved in to familiarize themselves with the use of "weapons of mass destruction." Remember Dresden? How about Hanoi? Tripoli? Baghdad? What about the big ones -- Hiroshima and Nagasaki? (At these two locations, the U.S. killed at least 150,000 non-combatants -- mostly women and children -- in the blink of an eye. Thousands more took hours, days, weeks, or months to die.) If Saddam is such a demon, and people are calling for war crimes charges against him and his nation, whey do we not hear the same cry for blood directed at those responsible for even greater amounts of "mass destruction" -- like those responsible and involved in dropping bombs on the cities mentioned above? The truth is, the U.S. has set the standard when it comes to the stockpiling and use of weapons of mass destruction. Hypocrisy when it comes to the death of children? In Oklahoma City, it was family convenience that explained the presence of a day-care center placed between street level and the law enforcement agencies which occupied the upper floors of the building. Yet when discussion shifts to Iraq, any day-care center in a government building instantly becomes "a shield." Think about that. (Actually, there is a difference here. The administration has admitted to knowledge of the presence of children in or near Iraqi government buildings, yet they still proceed with their plans to bomb -- saying that they cannot be held responsible if children die. There is no such proof, however, that knowledge of the presence of children existed in relation to the Oklahoma City bombing.) When considering morality and "mens rea" (criminal intent) in light of these facts, I ask: Who are the true barbarians? Yet another example of this nation's blatant hypocrisy is revealed by the polls which suggest that this nation is greatly in favor of bombing Iraq. In this instance, the people of the nation approve of bombing government employees because they are "guilty by association" -- they are Iraqi government employees. In regard to the bombing in Oklahoma City, however, such logic is condemned. What motivates these seemingly contradictory positions? Do people think that government workers in Iraq are any less human than those in Oklahoma City? Do they think that Iraqis don't have families who will grieve and mourn the loss of their loved ones? In this context, do people come to believe that the killing of foreigners is somehow different than the killing of Americans? I recently read of an arrest in New York City where possession of a mere pipe bomb was charged as possession of a "weapon of mass destruction." If a two-pound pipe bomb is a "weapon of mass destruction," then what do people think that a 2,000-pound steel-encased bomb is? I find it ironic, to say the least, that one of the aircraft that could be used to drop such a bomb on Iraq is dubbed "The Spirit of Oklahoma." This leads me to a final, and unspoken, moral hypocrisy regarding the use of weapons of mass destruction. When a U.S. plane or cruise missile is used to bring destruction to a foreign people, this nation rewards the bombers with applause and praise. What a convenient way to absolve these killers of any responsibility for the destruction they leave in their wake. Unfortunately, the morality of killing is not so superficial. The truth is, the use of a truck, a plane, or a missile for the delivery of a weapon of mass destruction does not alter the nature of the act itself. These are weapons of mass destruction -- and the method of delivery matters little to those on the receiving end of such weapons. Whether you wish to admit it or not, when you approve, morally, of the bombing of foreign targets by the U.S. military, you are approving of acts morally equivalent to the bombing in Oklahoma City. The only difference is that this nation is not going to see any foreign casualties appear on the cover of Newsweek magazine. It seems ironic and hypocritical that an act as viciously condemned in Oklahoma City is now a "justified" response to a problem in a foreign land. Then again, the history of United States policy over the last century, when examined fully, tends to exemplify hypocrisy. When considering the use of weapons of mass destruction against Iraq as a means to an end, it would be wise to reflect on the words of the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis. His words are as true in the context of Olmstead as they are when they stand alone: "Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or ill, it teaches the whole people by its example." Sincerely, Timothy J. McVeigh

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Re: Satellite processing (was Re: DRUDGE-REPORT-EXCLUSIVE pablum)
by Dave Emery 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

On Thu, May 28, 1998 at 06:22:16PM -0700, Tim May wrote: > > ROMs currently have no sensitivity to cosmic rays or alpha particles from > natural radioactivity in the environment, and are not expected to. Single > event upsets typically happen with cross-coupled static RAM cells or with > dynamic RAMs. _Some_ errors happen in logic circuits, including > microprocessors, but not many. > > No doubt some examples of reported errors in ROM circuits can be found, but > I suspect the errors are either in the decode logic or elsewhere, and > certainly not in the mask-programmable bits or the blown fuse sections. > Lots of ROM types exist, so I don't want to try to list all major types > here. > > Some EAROMs (Electrically Alterable) or EEPROMs (Electrically Erasable) are > sensitive to some radiation events, but not nearly as sensitive as RAM > chips are. The IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, the December issue of > every year, is devoted to reporting on actual sensitivity levels and > physical mechanisms. I certainly defer to your expertise, as I have no particular knowlage of radiation effects aside from reading an occasional technical paper or article touching on the subject tangentially. What I should have said in any case is damage to Flash EPROM or other electrically programmed EPROM, as several people have pointed out that fuse and mask programmed ROMs are not at all subject to single event radiation damage. I suppose that ROMs on board a satellite could easily afford to be masked types, but of course there still are sound engineering reasons to keep ROM'd code as minimal, simple and straighforward as possible, especially when it cannot ever be changed and hundreds of millions of dollars of satellite depends on it. -- Dave Emery N1PRE, die(a)die.com DIE Consulting, Weston, Mass. PGP fingerprint = 2047/4D7B08D1 DE 6E E1 CC 1F 1D 96 E2 5D 27 BD B0 24 88 C3 18

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Re: Timmy Mc Veigh
by StanSqncrs＠aol.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

In a message dated 5/28/98 10:41:37 PM Central Daylight Time, nobody(a)nsm.htp.org quotes: << ... It seems ironic and hypocritical that an act as viciously condemned in Oklahoma City is now a "justified" response to a problem in a foreign land. Then again, the history of United States policy over the last century, when examined fully, tends to exemplify hypocrisy. ... >> I tell you folks, that's some of the best written propaganda I've ever seen. Here's it's only faults that I see. Tim McVeigh is now taking the position that the OKCity bombing was a bad thing. I don't ever recall him ever taking that position before. And, while his post recognizes the old saying '2 wrongs don't make a right', the post still goes against that saying (thanks to his history.) But he's definitely got some valid points as to how it relates to the USA's use of weapons of mass destruction and Iraq, it's an excellent argument for that. Stan

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