December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

FBI tells Congress encryption "is a critical problem"
by Declan McCullagh 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 13:46:48 -0800 (PST) From: Declan McCullagh <declan(a)well.com> To: politech(a)vorlon.mit.edu Subject: FBI tells Congress encryption "is a critical problem" ******** The nation's top cops aren't happy about Americans using data-scrambling software to shield their correspondence from prying eyes. Today the deputy director of the FBI told the Senate Intelligence committee that encryption "is a critical problem" that Congress needs to solve -- presumably by banning email and other programs that his G-men can't crack. (http://cgi.pathfinder.com/netly/opinion/0,1042,1385,00.html) Bob Bryant warned the committee that "the widespread use of robust non-key recovery encryption will ultimately devastate our ability to fight crime and prevent terrorism." Which is precisely what Sen. Bob Kerrey (D-Neb) claims he's concerned about. He said "if we want to make the American people continue to feel safe," the National Security Agency and the FBI "have to be able to somehow deal with not just the complexity of signals, but increasingly encrypted signals that are impossible for us to break." Not surprisingly, the question of why the FBI and NSA should have the ability to listen in on any conversation was left unasked. --By Declan McCullagh/Washington (declan(a)well.com)

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SF Chron article on Feinstein and Internet
by Declan McCullagh 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

A reporter (jswartz(a)sfgate.com) is writing an article about Dianne Feinstein and her puzzling stance on high tech issues, given the state she represents. She's taken very odd positions on encryption, Net-gambling, privacy regulations that put burdens on business, and of course her bomb-making ban. If you have Feinstein stories or opinions, I'm sure he'd love to hear from you. -Declan

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by Freakazoid - The Evning Hacker 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Govt. to overhaul domain names [CNN]
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > GOVERNMENT TO UNVEIL PLAN TO OVERHAUL INTERNET DOMAIN NAMES > > graphic January 29, 1998 > Web posted at: 6:53 p.m. EDT (1853 GMT) > > WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Clinton administration's eagerly awaited > proposal for overhauling the Internet's naming system and phasing > out U.S. government involvement will be released Friday, the > Commerce Department said Thursday. > > The department's National Telecommunications and Information > Administration unit said it will post the plan on the World Wide Web > at http://www.ntia.doc.gov. > > The plan, originally expected in November, seeks to resolve the > controversy over management of some of the Internet's most basic > functions, including the assignment and registration of names for > Web sites. [text deleted] ____________________________________________________________________ | | | The most powerful passion in life is not love or hate, | | but the desire to edit somebody elses words. | | | | Sign in Ed Barsis' office | | | | _____ 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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Michigan upset - children fingerprinted w/o permission [CNN]
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > > CHILDREN'S FINGERPRINTING RILES MICHIGAN PARENTS > > fingerprint graphic January 29, 1998 > Web posted at: 3:51 p.m. EST (2051 GMT) > > DETROIT (AP) -- Parents and legal experts have identified a problem > with Michigan standardized testing -- 122,000 fifth-graders provided > their fingerprints without permission. > > The public-school children had to fill out a "Fingerprint > Investigation Journal" as part of the science segment on the > Michigan Educational Assessment Program. > > "It's offensive," said Andrea Lang of St. Clair Shores, who learned > that her 10-year-old daughter provided fingerprints for the test > last week. "It's an invasion of privacy. Only criminals get their > fingerprints taken." > > The fingerprint journal was merely a hands-on experiment designed to > make the science portion of the test more interesting, Peter Bunton > of the MEAP office, said Wednesday. > > State law says that with few exceptions, children's fingerprints > can't be obtained without parents' permission. Bunton said he was > unaware of the law. [text deleted] ____________________________________________________________________ | | | The most powerful passion in life is not love or hate, | | but the desire to edit somebody elses words. | | | | Sign in Ed Barsis' office | | | | _____ 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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The source code of corrected RC2
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

There was a mistake in the source code of RC2 that I did a mailbox on January 21 '1998. The following is the source code of corrected RC2. RC2 C++ source code #include <string.h> #include <assert.h> void RC2Keyschedule::schedule( unsigned short K[64], const unsigned char L[128], unsigned T8, unsigned TM ) { unsigned char x; unsigned i; static const unsigned char PITABLE[256] = { 217,120,249,196, 25,221,181,237, 40,233,253,121, 74,160,216,157, 198,126, 55,131, 43,118, 83,142, 98, 76,100,136, 68,139,251,162, 23,154, 89,245,135,179, 79, 19, 97, 69,109,141, 9,129,125, 50, 189,143, 64,235,134,183,123, 11,240,149, 33, 34, 92,107, 78,130, 84,214,101,147,206, 96,178, 28,115, 86,192, 20,167,140,241,220, 18,117,202, 31, 59,190,228,209, 66, 61,212, 48,163, 60,182, 38, 111,191, 14,218, 70,105, 7, 87, 39,242, 29,155,188,148, 67, 3, 248, 17,199,246,144,239, 62,231, 6,195,213, 47,200,102, 30,215, 8,232,234,222,128, 82,238,247,132,170,114,172, 53, 77,106, 42, 150, 26,210,113, 90, 21, 73,116, 75,159,208, 94, 4, 24,164,236, 194,224, 65,110, 15, 81,203,204, 36,145,175, 80,161,244,112, 57, 153,124, 58,133, 35,184,180,122,252, 2, 54, 91, 37, 85,151, 49, 45, 93,250,152,227,138,146,174, 5,223, 41, 16,103,108,186,201, 211, 0,230,207,225,158,168, 44, 99, 22, 1, 63, 88,226,137,169, 13, 56, 52, 27,171, 51,255,176,187, 72, 12, 95,185,177,205, 46, 197,243,219, 71,229,165,156,119, 10,166, 32,104,254,127,193,173 }; assert(len > 0 && len <= 128); assert(bits <= 1024); if (!bits) bits = 1024; memcpy(xkey, key, len); for (i = 0; i < 128; i++) { L[i] = PITABLE[L[i-1] + L[i-T]]; } T8 = (T1+7) >> 3; TM = 255 MOD 2^(8 + T1 - 8*T8); L[128-T8] = PITABLE[L[128-T8] & TM]; for (i = 0; i < 127-T8; i++) { L[i] = PITABLE[L[i+1] XOR L[i+T8]]; }; i = 63; K[i] = L[2*i] + 256*L[2*i+1]; }; void RC2Encryption::ProcessBlock( const unsigned short K[64], ) { unsigned R3, R2, R1, R0, i; for (i = 0; i < 16; i++) { R0 += (R1 & ~R3) + (R2 & R3) + K[4*i+0]; R0 = R0 << 1; R1 += (R2 & ~R0) + (R3 & R0) + K[4*i+1]; R1 = R1 << 2; R2 += (R3 & ~R1) + (R0 & R1) + K[4*i+2]; R2 = R2 << 3; R3 += (R0 & ~R2) + (R1 & R2) + K[4*i+3]; R3 = R3 << 5; if (i == 4 || i == 10) { R0 += K[R3 & 63]; R1 += K[R0 & 63]; R2 += K[R1 & 63]; R3 += K[R2 & 63]; } } void RC2Decryption::ProcessBlock( const unsigned short K[64], ) { unsigned R3, R2, R1, R0, i; for (i = 0; i < 16; i++) { R3 = R3 << 5; R3 += (R0 & ~R2) + (R1 & R2) + K[4*i-3]; R2 = R2 << 3; R2 += (R3 & ~R1) + (R0 & R1) + K[4*i-2]; R1 = R1 << 2; R1 += (R2 & ~R0) + (R3 & R0) + K[4*i-1]; R0 = R0 << 1; R0 += (R1 & ~R3) + (R2 & R3) + K[4*i-0]; if (i == 4 || i == 10) { R3 -= K[R2 & 63]; R2 -= K[R1 & 63]; R1 -= K[R0 & 63]; R0 -= K[R3 & 63]; } }

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17 Dec '03

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Re: Kooks and their Kookies
by dlv＠bwalk.dm.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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17 Dec '03

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17 Dec '03

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