December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

NASA computers to be hacked
by Spam the President 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

http://www.msnbc.com/news/164582.asp NASA computers to be hacked National Security Agency wants to know if space agencys computers are secure enough to fend off cyber-intruders ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON, May 9 Agents from the National Security Agency will try to break into NASAs computers to determine whether the space agency can fend off cyber-intruders who could threaten launch-control and other critical operations, the trade publication Defense Week reports. THE PENETRATION STUDY of the National Aeronautics and Space Administrations unclassified computer networks is an effort to learn how easily troublemakers can get to sensitive data and what NASAs doing about it. Teams from the intelligence agency will soon try to penetrate NASA networks in up to eight states, said the newsletter in the edition to be published Monday. Last June, NSA hackers showed they could cripple Pacific Command battle-management computers and U.S. electric power grids. PENETRATION STUDY The NASA penetration study, which will be run under the auspices of the General Accounting Office, stands out because it involves a U.S. civilian agency, and such operations are barred by the 1952 law that created NSA, the newsletter said. However, the law barring domestic activities contains an exception if the spy agency is invited to do the work. Still, the publication said the planned test raised questions of privacy. John Pike of the Federation of American Scientists, a veteran observer of both NASA and the intelligence community, told the newsletter that the NASA test breaks new ground and bears close watching. This is the next big step in NSAs expanding role in domestic information security, he said. Its certainly the first reported major initiative of this sort with respect to a non-military agency. While a number of safeguards are in place, there are concerns about the potential for abuse of this type of activity. But Charles Redmond, the space agencys manager of information-technology security, said the test was not an invasion of privacy. NASA preferred to have the intelligence agency do the tests because it wanted to protect security and proprietary data and to avoid any conflict of interest, Redmond said. The tests will determine how easy it is to access sensitive sites and whether they can be accessed through the Internet.

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Spy Satellite Launched
by Spam the President 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

http://www.abcnews.com/sections/science/DailyNews/rocket980508.html C A P E C A N A V E R A L, Fla., May 8 A top secret spy satellite blasted off on Friday atop the U.S. military's most powerful rocket booster. The 20-story U.S. Air Force Titan 4B rocket, carrying the classified National Reconnaissance Office spacecraft, lifted off its Cape Canaveral launch pad at 9:38 p.m. EST. The rocket's comet-like streak through the moon-lit night sky was visible as far away as Orlando. According to the trade journal Aviation Week and Space Technology, the Titan, built by Lockheed Martin Corp., placed an electronic eavesdropping satellite into orbit. "It will be used to listen in on communications in hostile areas, such as the Middle East and North Korea," said Craig Covault, the magazine's space technology editor. The rocket soared into the sky several hours late after a problem-plagued countdown. Air Force launch controllers had to deal with technical trouble at a tracking station and high upper-level winds. The countdown was also disrupted by a container ship and a small sail boat that strayed into the launch danger area in the Atlantic Ocean, east of Cape Canaveral.

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nsa police & ammunition theft
by Vladimir Z. Nuri 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

------- Forwarded Message From: believer(a)telepath.com Subject: IP: NSA police suspected in agency thefts Forwarded: - ----------------- >Source: The Baltimore Sun, May 9, 1998 >http://www.sunspot.net > >NSA police suspected in agency thefts > >50,000 rounds of ammunition reported stolen; 'An active investigation'; 2 >officers allowed to resign; at least 9 others targeted > >By Tom Bowman >Sun National Staff > >WASHINGTON -- Nearly a dozen members of the police force that guards the >top-secret National Security Agency are suspected of stealing ammunition >from the Fort Meade-based agency, sources and federal officials said >yesterday. > >The thefts, which included up to 50,000 rounds of ammunition, represent an >embarrassing incident for the NSA, an intelligence agency that eavesdrops >on foreign communications and makes and breaks codes. Besides NSA >officials, agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms are >investigating the thefts. > >While no arrests have been made, several police officers have been >implicated, officials said. But details about the thefts and the progress >of the investigation remained sketchy yesterday. > >Larry Stewart, special agent in charge of the bureau's Baltimore office, >declined to comment on the amount of ammunition stolen or the number of >officers from the NSA's Security Protective Officer force who are under >investigation. > >"That I can't share with you," Stewart said. "The only thing I can tell you >is it's an active investigation, and we can't comment on that." > >NSA officials also declined to discuss the investigation. The agency >released a brief statement yesterday saying it was "nearing completion on >an investigation involving Security Protective Officers." > >Agency sources said two sergeants on the force have been allowed to resign >as a result of the investigation, including one who oversaw the force's >ammunition and weapons. At least nine other officers are under >investigation. > >The sergeant who was in charge of ammunition, William R. Fabus, said he had >resigned voluntarily on May 1 after he was questioned by agents. > >"I was not aware that anything was missing," said Fabus, 36, of >Catonsville, adding that he expects no further inquiries or criminal >charges. "I was told there was nothing criminal that I did."Fabus, a >10-year veteran of the force, declined to say why he had abruptly resigned. >"I don't know where I'm stepping," he said. "If I give out any information >considered national security stuff, it would be adverse toward me." > >Officer named others > >Officials would not say when they believe the thefts began or how they were >detected, though one former agency employee said the thefts had been >occurring for at least two months. The source said one officer was caught >and began implicating others. > >The thefts have resulted in new security procedures at the agency, sources >said, and employees have been warned not to talk about the investigation. >The NSA, which employs about 23,000 people at Fort Meade, is the largest >employer in Maryland. > >As part of the inquiry, investigators found grenades and assault rifles, >although neither were NSA property, sources said. > >"It shocked a lot of people," the former employee, who requested anonymity, >said of the thefts. "[The officers] are not kids; they've been working >there a long time." > >The uniformed police force includes several hundred officers and provides >security at NSA's sprawling complex off the Baltimore-Washington Parkway >and its satellite locations throughout Maryland. > >Top-security clearance > >The officers, whose average salary is about $30,000, undergo two months of >training at a facility in Georgia with other federal police officers, and >carry either 9 mm or 38-caliber handguns, former members of the force said. > >They also possess the government's top-security clearance, known as SCI for >Sensitive Compartmented Information, the eavesdropping product that is >among the nation's most guarded secrets. > >Officials would not say whether they suspect that the officers were using >the ammunition for their own use or were selling it. FBI spokesmen and >staffers on the congressional intelligence oversight committees said they >were unaware of the investigation. > >"This is the first I've heard of it," Larry Foust, an FBI spokesman in >Baltimore, said when called by a reporter. One top FBI official in >Washington privately expressed surprise that the bureau had not been >notified, considering the possible extent of the theft. > >Morale problems > >Besides the thefts, agency officials have pointed to administrative and >morale troubles among the force. In a recent report, portions of which were >obtained by The Sun, the agency noted tensions among the uniformed police >supervisors, many of whom are high school graduates, and a rising number of >college-educated officers who are being hired. > >"The supervisors may feel threatened by subordinates who may be brighter >and more willing to empower themselves to make independent decisions," the >report said. > >Moreover, the report said, newly hired officers have not been given a >"realistic job preview." > >"It was widely believed that applicants may have been misled to believe >that the job entailed more sophisticated and responsible police functions >than actually take place," according to the report. "Boredom and lower >levels of job satisfaction are believed to be widespread amongst the more >educated [officers]." > >Sun staff writer Larry Carson contributed to this article. > >Originally published on May 8 1998 ********************************************** To subscribe or unsubscribe, email: majordomo(a)majordomo.pobox.com with the message: subscribe ignition-point email@address or unsubscribe ignition-point email@address ********************************************** ------- End of Forwarded Message

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by your.friend＠02433.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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17 Dec '03

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Hi
by Sumanth 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Hi there, Is there anyway a mail from mix(a)anon.lcs.mit.edu can be tracked? If so how..? Awaiting a reply sumanth

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Re: corvette.bxa.doc.gov followup
by csvcjld＠nomvs.lsumc.edu 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

192.239.70.124 hit my ftp site on 4/13/98, the day after I announced a program to crack simple substitution ciphers on this list. When I announced the program, I accidently gave it an .exe extension (when it actually had a .zip extension). 192.239.70.124 tried to get the .exe extension and then gave up. Is it possible that 192.239.70.124 is driven by http://infinity.nus.sg/cypherpunks? I've since purchased a $10 article from the ACM and extended my program to implement G.W.Hart's algorithm; the result is archived as ftp://colbleep.ocs.lsumc.edu/pub/crypto/simplsub/win95/gwhart.zip. C source code is included; it should compile under Unix as well as Windows 95/NT.

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What Does Crash Mean? and Motion to Amend Order
by bill payne 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Sunday 5/10/98 3:49 PM J Orlin Grabbe John Young Orlin, u 5/10/98 Albuquerque Journal What Does Crash Mean? Hang Around William Pfaff Syndicated Columnist PARIS - A friend said to me the other day that the word crash no longer is part of the American vocabulary. We only know stock market correction, and corrections have just be waited out. He explained to me that the stock market only goes up, because immense popular and political interests, as well as corporate interests are today committed to its only going up. His implied argument was that the American government has no choice but to make it go up. It struck me, as he was peaking, that this might have been what Jay Gatsby was saying to his friends during the luxurious summer of 1929, a few months before Gatsby disappeared off the end of that dock in West Egg, on Long Island Sound, or went back to the Middle West - if it was the Middle West - which, for Gatsby, would have been worse. But I am a child of the Depression. ... Pfaff concludes I would stick with an older American assumption, that if something seems too good to be true, it probably is. Accompanying picture by NANCY OHANIAN/ LOS ANGLES TIMES SYNDICATE has a bull pictured precariously perched atop a pinnacle ... with rocks falling around its feet. John I just saw Payne-Morales v. NSA: Motion to Amend Order May 9, 1998 and Froomkin on Payne-Morales Motion to Amend Order May 9, 1998 at http://www.jya.com/crypto.htm But I will not read them until Monday. Lets all hope someone sees the importance of posting the requested documents on Internet. Then settling this unfortunate mess. Later bill

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The information as requested -40730
by 83398.advsr＠msn.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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First meeting of DCS-NY -- The Digital Commerce Society of NewYork
by Robert Hettinga 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

--- begin forwarded text To: dcs-ny-rsvp(a)piermont.com Subject: First meeting of DCS-NY -- The Digital Commerce Society of New York Reply-To: perry(a)piermont.com X-Reposting-Policy: redistribute only with permission Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by tm-edit 7.108) From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry(a)piermont.com> Date: 10 May 1998 18:30:48 -0400 Lines: 31 [You are getting this either because you are either someone who I think would be interested in this announcement, or because you are on a mailing list devoted to issues related to electronic commerce. To prevent people from accidentally replying to the whole list, I've bcc'ed the recipients. Please feel free to forward this message to other interested individuals.] As some of you probably know, Robert Hettinga has been running a group called the Digital Commerce Society of Boston for some time now. DCSB meets once a month for lunch at the Harvard Club in Boston to hear a speaker and discuss the implications of rapidly emerging internet and cryptographic technologies on finance and commerce -- "Digital Commerce", in short. Interest has been expressed in starting a similar organization here in New York. I'm therefore pleased to announce the initial meeting of the Digital Commerce Society of New York (DCS-NY). We intend to meet the second Tuesday of each month for lunch, probably at the Harvard Club in New York, and conduct meetings much like those of DCSB. If you are interested in attending our first luncheon meeting, which will be held on June 9th, or if you wish to be informed of future meetings by e-mail please send an RSVP to "dcs-ny-rsvp(a)piermont.com" We will send out an announcement in about another week informing people of the final choice of venue and the cost for the lunch. Perry --- 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/

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