December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

FW: U.S. Official Cites Key Escrow Flaws
by Trei, Peter 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Found this in sci.crypt. I'm suprised it didn't hit the lists yet. Peter Trei trei(a)ziplink.net > -----Original Message----- > From: epic-news(a)epic.org [SMTP:epic-news@epic.org] > Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 1998 11:37 PM > Subject: U.S. Official Cites Key Escrow Flaws > > > ================================================================== > > U.S. OFFICIAL CONCEDES THAT "KEY RECOVERY" ENCRYPTION > IS INFERIOR TO ALTERNATIVE PRIVACY TECHNIQUES > > > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: > Wednesday, March 25, 1998 David Sobel/Dave Banisar > (202) 544-9240 > > WASHINGTON, DC -- A top U.S. official acknowledged more than a > year ago that the Internet privacy technique championed by the > Clinton Administration is "more costly and less efficient" than > alternative methods that the government seeks to suppress. The > concession is contained in a newly-released high-level document on > encryption policy obtained by the Electronic Privacy Information > Center (EPIC). > > In a November 1996 memorandum to other government officials, > William A. Reinsch, the Commerce Department's Under Secretary for > Export Administration, discussed the Administration's efforts to > promote "escrowed" or "recoverable" encryption techniques in > overseas markets. Such techniques enable government agents to > unscramble encrypted information and they form the cornerstone of > current U.S. encryption policy. > > After noting that government regulations permit the export of non- > escrowed encryption products only to "safe end-users" such as > foreign police and security agencies, Reinsch recognized the > inferiority of the Administration's favored technology: > > Police forces are reluctant to use "escrowed" encryption > products (such as radios in patrol cars). They are more > costly and less efficient than non-escrowed products. > There can be long gaps in reception due to the escrow > features -- sometimes as long as a ten second pause. Our > own police do not use recoverable encryption products; > they buy the same non-escrowable products used by their > counterparts in Europe and Japan. > > Ironically, Reinsch's concession is contained in a memorandum that > discusses the Administration's strategy to "help the market > transition from non-recoverable products to recoverable products." > According to EPIC Legal Counsel David Sobel, the newly released > document "suggests that the Clinton Administration is trying to > sell key recovery technology while quietly recognizing its > inferiority. This approach will ultimately weaken the global > position of the American computer industry and hold back the > development of the privacy protections so badly needed on the > Internet." > > EPIC and other critics of current U.S. encryption policy have long > maintained that "key escrow" and "key recovery" approaches > compromise the security of private information by providing > "backdoor" access to encrypted data. > > The Reinsch memo was released in response to a Freedom of > Information Act request EPIC submitted to the Department of State > concerning the international activities of former U.S. "crypto > czar" David Aaron. That request is the subject of a pending > federal lawsuit initiated by EPIC last year. > > The memorandum is available at the EPIC website at: > > http://www.epic.org/crypto/key_escrow/reinsch_memo.html > > > - end - > > .

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WordSmith Crypto -- Fw: AWADmail Issue 8
by Toto 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----Original Message----- From: Wordsmith <wsmith(a)wordsmith.org> To: linguaphile(a)wordsmith.org <linguaphile(a)wordsmith.org> Date: Thursday, March 26, 1998 1:35 PM Subject: AWADmail Issue 8 > AWADmail Issue 8, March 26, 1998 > A Compendium of Feedback on the Previous Week's Words in AWAD, > and Other Interesting Tidbits about Words and Languages > >------------------------------ > >From: Anu Garg (anu(a)wordsmith.org) >Subject: AWADmail is back! > >AWADmail is back after a long hiatus. Last week's theme, "Words whose >pronunciations differ a lot from their spellings" generated a huge response. >Some sent their favorite words in this category (colonel coming at the top >of the list), while others forwarded poems lamenting the intractability of >English orthoepy and orthography. Here are selected responses. > >------------------------------ > >From: E. Richard Cohen (ercohen(a)aol.com) >Subject: Phonetic Pronunciation > >In line with this week's critique of English pronunciation, dare I bring up >George Bernard Shaw's plea for spelling reform with the word 'GHOTI" > >GH as in "rough" >O as in "women" >TI as in "nation" > >GHOTI = "fish" > > Also noted by Marc J. Broering (dad(a)louisville.edu) Ted Schipper > (ted.schipper(a)utoronto.ca) (Tim Nelson) tsn(a)deakin.edu.au, Sheila > Crosby (sheila(a)ing.iac.es) Vimala Rodgers (vimala(a)iihs.com) and > martina(a)aol.com. -Anu > >------------------------------ > >From: Derek Winkler (derek(a)aim-systems.on.ca) >Subject: Ruminations & Ponderances > >It's funny that a couple of the words you're featuring for being pronounced >differently than they are spelled have French origins. Being from Canada and >therefore being exposed to French, I look at the word and think "What do you >mean pronounced differently then they are spelled, how else would you >pronounce oeuvre." > >------------------------------ > >From: David Isaacson (isaacson(a)wmich.edu) >Subject: Another Pronunciation for "chaos" > >One of the characters in Sean O'Casey's play, "Juno and the Paycock," (it's >either Captain Jack Boyle or his sidekick "Joxer" Daly) regularly >mispronounces this word as "chassis." > >------------------------------ > >From: Fred Bartlett (fredb(a)springer-ny.com) >Subject: Chaos > >When I traveled to the old Soviet Union to edit the proceedings of a >conference on nonlinear dynamics, I was baffled by the (English) speech >of my Russian colleagues. They kept talking about "House" -- that is, >"chaos". It was all perfectly reasonable (though wrong, of course): >transliteration to Cyrillic and then pronunciation as if it were Russian. > >------------------------------ > >From: Steve Royster (roysters(a)sec.gov) >Subject: Re: A.Word.A.Day--rendezvous > >I was willing to let oeuvre pass after I mistook it initially for the French >word for "egg." I learned something on that one. But isn't "rendezvous" a >direct French import? > > See next message. -Anu > >French, as the comedian Steve Martin has noted, is more torturous than >English: "It's like those French have a different word for everything!" On >the album "A Wild and Crazy Guy," from early in his oeuvre, Martin describes >a man who dies trying to speak French. > >------------------------------ > >From: Ken Maher (ken_maher(a)nhmbm1.dos.nortel.com) >Subject: Re: A.Word.A.Day--chaos > >Your note on the need for pronunciation guidance in English reminds me of >what I used to tell students when I taught English as a second language for >ten years, mostly to native speakers of Spanish, Arabic, or Swahili. All >languages are thieves, but most languages have the good sense to hide what >they've stolen by making it look like their own. English, however, is more >vain or, perhaps, careless, and often keeps the stolen goods in their >original forms. For example, when Spanish stole the word for driver from >French, it changed the spelling to "chofer," whereas English kept it as >"chauffeur." This linguistic practice makes English one of the most >difficult of the Latin-alphabet languages to learn to spell. > > In polite company it is called borrowing. Whether these > loanwords are ever returned is another matter. -Anu > >------------------------------ > >From: Bob Simmons (bsimmons(a)compassnet.com) >Subject: (Mis)pronunciation Guide > >While I applaud your intention to include pronunciation in AWAD, I think you >should look for another source. Specifically, I have a problem with each of >the last three days' pronunciations: > >oeuvre (oe-VRUH) -- since this one retains its French pronunciation, it is >just about impossible to render in English. When I say it, it sounds more >like e(r)-vra (with neither syllable accented). The way you've written it, I >would say e(r)-VREW. > >segue (SAG-way) -- I have never heard this pronounced other than SEG-way > >rendezvous (RAN-day-voo) -- I would argue that RON-day-voo is closer. > > > While reducing a spoken sound to its written form is tough enough > in any language, it is nearly impossible to accurately represent > pronunciation information using only the lowest common denominator > of characters -- those found on a standard English keyboard. Not > all systems have the capability to show phonetic characters. (Once > Unicode is more widely adopted, it would be possible to show all > IPA characters but for now we have to do with the seven bit ASCII > character set). It must also be noted that the pronunciation of > words varies a great deal from region to region and any single way > of pronouncing a word cannot be called the only correct one. In that > spirit, the pronunciation guide provided with the words here should > be taken as an approximation and not as a precise phonetic equivalent. > > If you disagree with a given pronunciation or anything else in AWAD, > please drop me a line at anu(a)wordsmith.org. Due to large volume of > messages, I can't always respond to you but I do read all messages. -Anu > >........................................................................... ... >Every other author may aspire to praise; the lexicographer can only hope to >escape reproach. -Samuel Johnson > >To see previous issues of AWADmail, visit www.wordsmith.org/awad/archives.html >You can get them by email too. Send a blank message to wsmith(a)wordsmith.org >with Subject line as: AWADmail nn, where nn is the issue number. For example, >to get the first issue, make the subject line as: AWADmail 01 . >

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Junger v. USA Notice
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

To: pr_list4(a)samsara.LAW.CWRU.Edu Subject: Press Release Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 15:37:38 -0500 From: "Peter D. Junger" <junger(a)samsara.LAW.CWRU.Edu> Press Release New Judge to Decide Whether Export Restrictions on Software Violate Constitutional Guarantees of Freedom of Speech and of the Press Reply Briefs in Junger v. Daley Available on World Wide Web Government Argues that Much Software is Harmful ---------------------------------------------------------------- Cleveland, Ohio, Tuesday, March 26, 1998 For Immediate Release For More Information Contact: Peter D. Junger (216) 368-2535 <junger(a)samsara.law.cwru.edu> Gino Scarselli (216) 291-8601 <gscarsel(a)mail.multiverse.com> Or see URL: http://samsara.law.cwru.edu/comp_law/jvc/ To be added to, or removed from, the list of those who were sent this press release, please send e-mail to <lawsuit(a)upaya.multiverse.com>. _________________________________________________________________ Cleveland, Ohio, March 26 -- A status conference in the case of Junger v. Daley, the suit in which a law professor at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio seeks to enjoin the enforcement by the United States Department of Commerce of the export regulations on encryption software, will be held Friday, March 27, at 10:00 a.m. in the chambers of Federal District Judge James S. Gwin in the federal courthouse in Akron, Ohio. The case turns on the issue of whether the publication in electronic form of encryption software---software that is used to preserve the privacy of electronic communications and data stored on a computer---is entitled to protection under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. Judge Gwin, a recent appointee to the federal bench who previously served on the Ohio Court of Common Pleas, has replaced Judge Donald C. Nugent as the judge responsible for the litigation. The plaintiff, Professor Peter Junger, who teaches a course in Computing and the Law and who wishes to publish his class materials containing some encryption programs on his World Wide Web server, seeks an injunction against the enforcement by the defendant, Commerce Secretary Daley, of the export regulations promulgated the Department of Commerce that require anyone who wishes to publish encryption software of the Internet or on the World Wide Web to first obtain a license from the Bureau of Export Administration. Both sides have filed for summary judgment. Junger argues that the freedoms of speech and of the press that are secured by the First Amendment protect the writing and publication of computer programs. The government, on the other hand, argues that computer programs are not entitled to the protection of the First Amendment because they are ``functional''. Each side has filed a brief in support of its motion for summary judgment. These briefs and the complaint and motions for summary judgment are available at <http://www.jya.com/pdj.htm> and <http://samsara.law.cwru.edu/comp_law/jvd/>. In addition both sides have filed reply briefs that are now available at: <http://www.jya.com/pdj6.htm> <http://www.jya.com/pdj7.htm> In his reply brief the plaintiff's lawyers argue: ``Making software available on the Internet and the World Wide Web is publication of that software, and publication in that medium is entitled to the unqualified protection of the First Amendment.'' The government responds to this argument in its reply brief by claiming that software is a ``functional item'' and thus not entitled to protection as speech. In furtherance of this claim it points out, ``Much software ... is designed to cause substantial harm,'' and that ``software can be used to invade privacy, commit fraud, and substantially disrupt and endanger people's lives.'' ``That is rather a perverse argument,'' says Junger, ``considering that encryption software is used to protect against exactly the harms that the government lists and that there is no law against the use of encryption software, while, of course, there are laws against invading privacy, committing fraud, and substantially disrupting and endangering people's lives. It is clear that the government does not claim just the right to regulate the writing and publication of encryption software. It claims the right to forbid the writing and publication of any type of computer program whatsoever without being in any way restricted by the First Amendment. There are, of course, some types of speech, like obscenity, that the courts have held are not entitled to the protection of the First Amendment, but no court has ever subscribed to the government's remarkable theory that the First Amendment does not protect functional speech.'' ``My case,'' says Junger, ``is not just about the constitutionality of the regulations forbidding the export of encryption software, though that is an extremely important issue. The real issue is whether the First Amendment protects the writing and publication of any type of computer program.'' -30-

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17 Dec '03

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17 Dec '03

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anti-snoop RF detector
by Dave Del Torto 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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17 Dec '03

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Fwd: 10 Laws the Net Needs - Article/Survey
by Bill Stewart 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Sigh. Another control freak concerned about the anarchy of the Net is doing a survey. Voting is still open, and I'd encourage you to go see the mix of opinions of the 8000 or so current voters and add your own. ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- From: http://www.cnet.com/Content/Features/Dlife/Laws10/index.html 10 Laws the Net Needs CNet Features By Susan Stellin (3/23/98) When the U.S. Congress passed the Communications Decency Act in 1995, Net activists staged a collective revolt. Protestors set up anti-CDA Web pages, launched campaigns to stop Net censorship, and hit the streets to voice their opposition. When the Supreme Court struck down the CDA, many online activists breathed a sigh of relief. But as it turns out, that law was just a preview of things to come. This year, there are more than 50 bills before Congress that propose some kind of Internet regulation. And policymakers from China to the European Union have been equally busy. Like it or not, this genie's been let out of the bottle; Net laws are on the way. So as the saying goes, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em. We've taken the lead on this one and drafted ten of our own Internet laws: proposals dealing with real issues like the proliferation of spam, the invasion of online privacy, and yes, the too-easy access to pornography. Some of our ideas match bills Congress is already considering; others address problems that Washington hasn't thought of yet. Brazen? You bet. In fact, not everyone at CNET agrees with all of these proposals--and you may not either. So we've decided to put them up for a vote. We've paired each law with an electronic ballot box. So exercise your (virtual) right to vote, and let us know how on-track--or off-base--our ideas are. The polls are open... Susan Stellin is an executive editor at CNET. The ideas expressed in this article are her own and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of CNET: The Computer Network or its executives, board of directors, TV hosts, public relations department, yadda yadda yadda. Susan's mom, however, agrees with everything in here. For the full article and voting see: http://www.cnet.com/Content/Features/Dlife/Laws10/index.html -------------------------- Thanks! Bill Bill Stewart, bill.stewart(a)pobox.com PGP Fingerprint D454 E202 CBC8 40BF 3C85 B884 0ABE 4639

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by wowcom＠ctia.org 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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17 Dec '03

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