December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Re: [MORE] Re: A Pretty Good Story
by Declan McCullagh 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 07:41 -0500 12/9/97, Lynne L. Harrison wrote: >Citing unintended political consequences, Network Associates - the new >owner of PGP - has withdrawn from the Key Recovery Alliance. Um, yes. This is exactly what I wrote in my article yesterday. ("The McAfee-PGP combo, called Network Associates, has dropped out of the alliance") Zimmermann didn't even know McAfee was in it until late last week. -Declan

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Re: Remailer Trivia / Re: Singapore & Freedom (fwd)
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > Date: 8 Dec 1997 17:40:04 -0000 > From: Charlie Comsec <comsec(a)nym.alias.net> > Subject: Re: Remailer Trivia / Re: Singapore & Freedom > I find it interesting that most of the people who refer to anonymous > posters as "hiding behind" or "hiding behind the skirts of" something > usually have unlisted telephone numbers when you try to do a search > for them. <g> I wonder why "hiding behind" an unlisted telephone number > is considered acceptable but having an "unlisted" e-mail address is not > considered acceptable? > BTW, do you "hide behind" clothes when you walk on the street? If so, why? > Got something to hide? Huh? COWARD!!!! <g> Public anonymity and having an unlisted phone number are not even the same thing. An unlisted phone number is to reduce public exposure, anonymity is to enhance public exposure and secure plausible deniability. To have an analogous situation you would need to use a *listed* phone number registered to anonymous in such a way that ANI displayed the number but any directory search resulted in anonymous w/ no address or other tracing info even for the phone company. To the best of my knowledge no phone company anywhere will allow a customer to purchase service without identifying themselves to the phone company. Please let me know if there is such a beast somewhere. Generaly people wear clothes because it is convenient and required by social mores and legal statute. Put your money where you mouth is, send your bank acct. no. & PIN to the list....come on, you can trust US. ____________________________________________________________________ | | | | | We built your fort. We will not have it used against us. | | | | John Wayne - Allegheny Uprising | | | | | | _____ The Armadillo Group | | ,::////;::-. Austin, Tx. USA | | /:'///// ``::>/|/ http://www.ssz.com/ | | .', |||| `/( e\ | | -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- Jim Choate | | ravage(a)ssz.com | | 512-451-7087 | |____________________________________________________________________|

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A little proffessional advice required
by Jyri Poldre 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Hello everyone. Some time (Actually some years) ago there was a discussion about Cryptographic device being devoloped in Estonia. Well now we have some real results to share. I will include a short description with some questions. Hope to hear from you all soon. As a result of scientific research project a team in Tallinn Technical University has developed a cryptographic processor. The first phase of the project has been a success. It ended with a prototype and presentation at NORCHIP'97 conference. Now the team is specifying the tasks for second phase of the project. If you have some time to answer to few questions, we would be extremely pleased. The data could help us to create a real circuit for solving real problems not just one for satisfying academic curiosity :) The circuit is a programmable modular arithmetic calculator and IDEA block cipher. ALU is 96 bits wide and is shared between IDEA and modular calculations. The circuit contains RAM for storing key exchange data, total of 16 registers. Two of them are used for Internal ALU calculations, 2 for storing expanded IDEA keys and one for several small 32 bit variables (cycle counter, upper parts of expanded IDEA keys, raw IDEA keys, & so on). Currently modular calculations length is 768 Bits. We have produced a test circuit and got the following results: Technology: Atmel ES2 1.0um 2 Metal CMOS, standard cell, 50 Kgates Speed: 20 MHz Modular exponent time: 0.1 Sec ( currently 768 Bits ) IDEA speed 20 Mbit/Sec All these results are also at: www.pld.ttu.ee/~prj/norchip.html Now we are designing a new circuit, what should provide some real interest to encrypting devices users. The obvious things to do with the previous circuit are: Add Second ALU, RAM, redesign datapath and use faster technology for Longer modular calculations ( 2*768 bits ) Faster exponent using 2 ALUS in parallel and CRT 100 Mbit/sec IDEA speed In pursuit of perfection we must keep in mind the penalty of silicon area, lower yields, longer devolopment time and thus higher price. Question 1: How much speed would be reasonable enough for both IDEA and modular exponent? Question 2: The second question concerns external interface. What protocol if any should we include into the circuit? The RS232 strikes as a first possible solution for smart card applications. Could there be some other common interfaces that we should consider including into the circuit? Sincerely, Tallinn Technical University, Design and Test laboratory, IDEXP circuit design team.

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Re: Remailer Trivia / Re: Singapore & Freedom (fwd)
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > From: Adam Shostack <adam(a)homeport.org> > Subject: Re: Remailer Trivia / Re: Singapore & Freedom (fwd) > Date: Tue, 9 Dec 1997 10:55:26 -0500 (EST) > With both Nynex and Bell Atlantic, I've gotten phone service under a > nym. No SSN, no credit references, no problem. > > Just don't call yourself Bill Clinton. That isn't the same as having it listed under the nym 'anonymous', when you can get a phone company to start service, accept payment under that 'name' and keep it that way in their records let me know. Further, with the cross to the service address your anonymity isn't. ____________________________________________________________________ | | | | | We built your fort. We will not have it used against us. | | | | John Wayne - Allegheny Uprising | | | | | | _____ The Armadillo Group | | ,::////;::-. Austin, Tx. USA | | /:'///// ``::>/|/ http://www.ssz.com/ | | .', |||| `/( e\ | | -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- Jim Choate | | ravage(a)ssz.com | | 512-451-7087 | |____________________________________________________________________|

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Senator to review "voluntary" privacy guidelines
by Declan McCullagh 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

[So much for the privacy code being "voluntary." It's precisely as voluntary and ill-advised as the Vchip or PICS. All illustrate one point: if corporations don't self-regulate, the government will do it for them. --Declan] ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 08 Dec 1997 18:11:38 -0500 From: Aaron Pressman <aaron.pressman(a)reuters.com> US lawmaker to review info industry's privacy code WASHINGTON, Dec 8 (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Commerce Committee chairman John McCain said Monday he planned to review voluntary industry efforts to protect the privacy of people using the Internet. The Arizona Republican made the statement in a letter to the head of the Information Technology Industry Council, a group of computer manufacturers that unveiled on Monday a code of conduct for respecting privacy on their sites on the Internet's World Wide Web. "I look forward to reviewing these standards at the Commerce Committee," McCain said. McCain called the group's eight privacy principles "a good first step," adding that he was "pleased the industry took it upon itself to attempt to deal with this important issue." Council officials said the voluntary guidelines were, in part, intended to address the concerns of lawmakers and President Bill Clinton, who in July challenged the industry to come up with practices to protect privacy. The council included major personal computer makers such as Dell Computer Corp <DELL.O> and Compaq Computer Corp <CPQ.N>, chipmakers like Intel Corp <INTC.O> and Motorola Inc <MOT.N> and manufacturers of related gear like AMP Inc <AMP.N> and Lexmark International Group Inc <LXK.N>. The guidelines recommend that a company notify consumers of what personal data are being collected on a Web site and allow them some degree of choice over how the data are used. Technological solutions should be employed "enabling individual data providers to exercise choice and control over their personal data," the guidelines said. Companies should also limit the collection of data to what is needed for valid business reasons and to ensure the data's accuracy and security. One aspect of the guidelines that could draw fire from the White House and Capitol Hill concerns the protection of children's privacy. In July, Clinton said protecting children, who might be unable to make "informed choices" about revealing personal information, could justify some legislation. The new guidelines recommend only that parents teach their children appropriate behavior. "Individuals should use their powers of choice in the marketplace to safeguard their personal data and that of the children," the guidelines said in the only explicit reference to youngsters.

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Encrypted InterNet DEATH THREAT!!! / ATTN: Ninth District Court Judges / PASSWORD: sog
by TruthMailer 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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ABCnews/Nightline on Cyber Terror 8-Dec-97
by x4＠juno.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Last night, ABC news once again stroked the fires of fear and raised the boogieman of "Hackers" destroying the goverment, banks, power plants, ad nauseum. Of course, the main guest was from the US Govt's new trumpeter of CyberTerrorizm, "the President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection". A full transcript is available. _______________________________________________________ Revolution in a Box -- Cyber Terror -- AIR DATE: Monday, Dec. 8, 1997 http://www.abcnews.com/onair/nightline/html_files/transcripts/ntl1208.html ABC technology correspondent Gina Smith investigates the vulnerability of our nations computer systems and what is being done to protect them from the threat of hackers. Guest: Jamie Gorelick, co-chair, Advisory Committee of the Presidents Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection Jamie Gorelick: Well, there are a number of things we can do. I mean, the effort that has been started already is one to build a partnership between the government and the private sector to work together to know when were being attacked, to share information, to ensure that we have the right research and eventually to be in a position to respond to an attack with the best efforts we can.

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Re: [RePol] ABCnews/Nightline on Cyber Terror 8-Dec-97
by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

X Four wrote: > > Last night, ABC news once again stroked the fires of fear and raised the > boogieman of "Hackers" destroying the goverment, banks, power plants, ad > nauseum. Of course, the main guest was from the US Govt's new trumpeter > of CyberTerrorizm, "the President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure > Protection". A full transcript is available. > _______________________________________________________ > > Revolution in a Box -- Cyber Terror -- AIR DATE: Monday, Dec. 8, 1997 > http://www.abcnews.com/onair/nightline/html_files/transcripts/ntl1208.html > > Jamie Gorelick: Well, there are a number of things we can do. I mean, the > effort that has been started already is one to build a partnership > between the government and the private sector to work together Is it not funny how this theme of the "government and the private sector" working together is becoming a worldwide theme, just as the theme of "cooperation between governments" is also becoming a universal theme? Can you say, "Fascism?" Sure you can... Can you say, "New World Order?" Sure you can... Can you say, "Bend me over and stick a crowbar up my ass?"...

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[Censored] Quote of the Day
by bureau42 Anonymous Remailer 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

From: Fyodor <fygrave(a)freenet.bishkek.su> Reply-To: fygrave(a)usa.net ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 9 Dec 1997 03:50:03 -0700 From: Quote of the day <qotd-request(a)ensu.ucalgary.ca> "Free Speech, Democracy" - complete text of a sign put up on a roadside fence in Vancouver by university law student Craig Jones. Jones was arrested for doing so by Royal Canadian Mounted Police, who were protecting dictators attending the APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation) meeting in Vancouver, November 1997 from dissent. He was released without being charged after 14 hours in custody. Submitted by: Terry Labach Dec. 1, 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------- Send quotation submissions to qotd(a)ensu.ucalgary.ca Send list changes or requests to qotd-request(a)ensu.ucalgary.ca

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Re: Cato forum tomorrow: should money laundering be a crime?
by Mix 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Lucky Green wrote: >If the feds can *kill* you for any reason or no reason at all, they >certainly can throw you into the slammer for whatever you may choose to >utter. >From Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience": "Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison." [...] "If the injustice is part of the necessary friction of the machine of government, let it go, let it go: perchance it will wear smooth, -certainly the machine will wear out. If the injustice has a spring, or a pulley, or a rope, or a crank, exclusively for itself, then perhaps you may consider whether the remedy will not be worse than the evil; but if it is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law. Let your life be a counter friction to stop the machine. What I have to do is to see, at any rate, that I do not lend myself to the wrong which I condemn."

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