December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Re: "In dreams begin responsibility" - W.B. Yeats
by Edwin E. Smith 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 06:22 PM 9/5/98 -0000, you wrote: > > >---------- >| Date: vrijdag 4 september 1998 22:44:00 >| From: The White House >| To: Public-Distribution(a)pub.pub.whitehouse.gov >| Subject: 1998-09-04 Remarks by President to Officials of Gateway Computers >| ---crap cut--- I thought you were dead.

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Re: Thoughtcrime
by Information Security 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> From: Ray Arachelian <sunder(a)brainlink.com> > > IMHO, it shouldn't matter to us who is arrested, whether Jim Bell, Toto, > Anonymous, or Vulis if the crime is nothing more than thoughtcrime. Whether something is "thoughtcrime" can be shades of grey, when it involves talk of threats of violence. Thoughtcrime: arrested for possessing or viewing certain images of sex. 1/4 shade of grey: lottery talk to terminate government workers. 1/2 shade of grey: above person also caught hassling government employees. (I haven't really followed the Bell case; wasn't he caught stink-bombing IRS offices or something? 3/4 shade of grey: a magazine accepting an ad for ~"killer for hire". black: Vulis sending threats in my name. ---guy, Vulis AntiMatter

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Re: 090498_crypto
by Information Security 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Ying: > From: Jim Choate <ravage(a)EINSTEIN.ssz.com> > > Tauzin: FBI won't get crypto key and more on high-tech and Capitol Hill > September 3, 1998 5:55 PM PT > Updated at 6:58 PM PT > > SAN FRANCISCO -- An influential Congressman says Congress is close to > resolving the bitter dispute over encryption software, and it looks as > though it will be decided in favor of the high-tech industry. > > U.S. Rep. Bill Tauzin, R-La., said flatly that "we're not going to > give the FBI the keys to the encryption system." The remark came as > part of a wide-ranging interview with ZDNN. Yang: Subject: Terrorist FBI, on Terrorism Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 09:58:23 EDT Statement for the Record FBI Director Louis J. Freeh before the Senate Judiciary Committee, September 3, 1998 Good morning Chairman Hatch and members of the judiciary committee. I am pleased to be with you this morning as you explore the U.S. Government's response to international terrorism. [snip] THE FUTURE Would like to close by talking briefly about steps we can take to further strengthen our abilities to prevent and investigate terrorist activity. ENCRYPTION One of the most important of these steps involves the FBI's encryption initiative. Communication is central to any collaborative effort -- including criminal conspiracies. Like most criminals, terrorists are naturally reluctant to put the details of their plots down on paper. Thus, they generally depend on oral or electronic communication to formulate the details of their terrorist activities. For this reason, the law enforcement community is very concerned about the serious threat posed by the proliferation of encryption technology. Current standards do not allow for law enforcement access or the timely decryption of critical evidence obtained through lawful electronic surveillance or search and seizures. The FBI supports a balanced encryption policy that satisfies fourth amendment concerns for privacy, the commercial needs of industry for robust encryption, and the government's public safety and national security needs. The encryption capabilities available to criminals and terrorists today effectively thwart the ability of law enforcement agencies to implement the court-ordered surveillance techniques that have helped put some of the nation's most dangerous offenders behind bars. Whether a state police department is racing the clock to find a kidnapped child or the FBI is attempting to track and prevent the destructive ambitions of an international terrorist group, the need for timely access to legally obtained electronic surveillance cannot be overstated. [snip] EXPANSION OF FBI LEGATS Likewise, the expansion of the number of FBI LEGATS around the world has enhanced the ability of the FBI to prevent, respond to, and investigate terrorist acts committed by international terrorists against U.S. Interests worldwide. As evidenced by developments in the embassy bombing cases in East Africa, the ability to bring investigative resources to bear quickly in the aftermath of a terrorist act can have significant impact on our ability to identify those responsible. I encourage Congress to support our efforts to counter the international terrorist threat by continuing to support expansion of our LEGAT program. [snip]

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"Einstein's degree wasn't honorary...."
by Robert Hettinga 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

...says Jim Choate from the bowels of my kill file. I believe I was talking about his doctorate, which, I think you'll see, was in fact given to him on the strength of his already published work, by a school in which he wasn't enrolled. I would call that, no matter the rigor attached to the degree and the quality of the school handing it out -- both of which were considerable, if I remember -- an "honorary" doctorate. As honorary degrees go, the Swiss school which did confer a doctorate upon Einstein, and upon Diffie as well, I think, was supposed to be about the best one you can get. Cheers, Bob Hettinga ----------------- Robert A. Hettinga <mailto: rah(a)philodox.com> Philodox Financial Technology Evangelism <http://www.philodox.com/> 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'

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Einsteins Doctorate
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > X-within-URL: http://tesuque.cs.sandia.gov/~bbooth/docs/einstein/einachievements.html > Einstein worked at the patent office in Bern, Germany from 1902 to 1909. While > he was there, he completed many publications of his theories concerning > physics. He finished these on his own with no help from any scientific > literature or colleagues. Eins tein earned a doctorate from the University of > Zurich in 1905. In 1908, he became a lecturer at the Universtiy of Bern, and in > the following year became professor of physics at the University of Zurich. Nothing here or anywhere else I can find about Einstein getting an honorary anything other than a membership in the New York Plumbers Union after Albert had made a comment about being a plumber after being asked what he would do if he didn't do physics. ____________________________________________________________________ To understand is to invent Jean Piaget The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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Einstein, more specific about degree
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > X-within-URL: http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/3555/einwho2.html > Einstein as a patent clerk Albert Einstein returned to the Zurich > Polytechnic, after attending secondary school at Arau and graduated > there in the spring of 1900 as a secondary school teacher of > mathematics and physics. By then he had given up German citizenship in > favor of Swiss, to avoid the draft. He worked about two month as a > mathematics teacher, before he was employed as examiner at the Swiss > patent office in Bern. Having now a certain economic security he > married Mileva Maric, his university girlfriend three years later. > > Einstein became father in 1904 when his wife gave birth to his son > Hans Albert. > > Early in 1905 he published a thesis, "A New Determination of Molecular > Dimensions" in the prestigious physics monthly "Analen der Physik" > which won him a Ph.D. from the University and was the begin of the end > for the old view of the universe. Previous ____________________________________________________________________ To understand is to invent Jean Piaget The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: ISAKMP Key Recovery Extensions
by ulf＠fitug.de 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>From the IETF's IPSEC Working Group: Title : ISAKMP Key Recovery Extensions Author(s) : T. Markham Filename : draft-rfced-exp-markham-00.txt Pages : 13 Date : 31-Aug-98 This document describes the proposed approach for negotiating and exchanging key recovery information within the Internet Security Association Key Management Protocol (ISAKMP). ftp://ftp.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-rfced-exp-markham-00.txt

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Last Einstein & his degree...
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > X-within-URL: http://www.humboldt1.com/~gralsto/einstein/early.html > After two years he obtained a post at the Swiss patent office in Bern. > The patent-office work required Einstein's careful attention, but > while employed (1902-09) there, he completed an astonishing range of > publications in theoretical physics. For the most part these texts > were written in his spare time and without the benefit of close > contact with either the scientific literature or theoretician > colleagues. Einstein submitted one of his scientific papers to the > University of Zurich to obtain a Ph.D. degree in 1905. In 1908 he sent > a second paper to the University of Bern and became a lecturer there. > The next year Einstein received a regular appointment as associate > professor of physics at the University of Zurich. ____________________________________________________________________ The seeker is a finder. Ancient Persian Proverb The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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Bruise Cruise: New charter liner offers harsh reception/Grave Throbbing: Cemetary sex
by STUFFED NEWS DAILY 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Welcome to The New York Times on the Web
by announce＠inbox.nytimes.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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