December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Re: Stego-empty hard drives... (fwd)
by Jim Choate 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 09:38:18 -0500 > From: Petro <petro(a)playboy.com> > Subject: Re: Stego-empty hard drives... (fwd) > If you do (1), and simply have _no_ prompt, just a small space in > time AFTER the POST (say, immediately after) to type in your passkey, and > things are > set up that if you type the wrong keys, it goes straight into hidden space > mode, then there would be no suspicion, other than a slightly long boot > sequence (and if the wait time were only 2 or 3 seconds, it might not even > be noticable.) If we are discussing only the customs inspector doing a visual inspection this will certainly work. It won't hold up to TEMPEST analysis where they fingerprint a known un-mod'ed unit and then compare that to yours. The POST shouldn't change from laptop to laptop, irrespective of the filesystem or OS that is actualy installed. The point is that this is a weak approach with a variety of attacks open. When one considers the amount of work required to collect BIOS'ed , reverse engineer them (unless you got lots of mullah), develop the crypto, develop the camouflage code, distribute the code, burn the ROM's, distribute the ROM's, cost of suitable TEMPEST monitors, etc. the benefit seems questionable at best. Even if they can't crack it in may places (eg France) such actions would be prosecutable in and of themselves. ____________________________________________________________________ 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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Re: Stego-empty hard drives... (fwd)
by Jim Choate 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 09:32:49 -0500 > From: Petro <petro(a)playboy.com> > Subject: Re: Stego-empty hard drives... (fwd) > Why prompt, you installed it, just have the startup stop at a > certain point, just simply pause. You hit a couple keys (4-8) and go on. > Given this case you don't really need the security of a long passphrase > since if they are looking to get in, you've lost already. You'll probably not want it to stop, simpy wait a few seconds. Also, if the passphrase is incorrect you'll not want to issue any error messages. Stopping the boot may be a good indication of a problem. ____________________________________________________________________ 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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Re: atheism (was: RE: Democracy... (fwd)) (fwd)
by Jim Choate 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 09:27:57 -0500 > From: Petro <petro(a)playboy.com> > Subject: Re: atheism (was: RE: Democracy... (fwd)) (fwd) > Basically he is saying you can't deny the existence of something if > you don't know what it is. That's the rub, in transcendental religions with this as a proviso it becomes impossible to even talk about God, he transcends the natural world and escapes any hope of comprehension other than a simple label. In effect transcendental religions have defined themselves into a circle. They define God as something undefinable and then claim that anyone who counters their beliefs is at fault because they can't define God. ____________________________________________________________________ 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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18 Dec '03

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Re: Stego-empty hard drives... (fwd)
by Jim Choate 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 00:46:03 +0000 > From: Michael Hohensee <mah248(a)is9.nyu.edu> > Subject: Re: Stego-empty hard drives... (fwd) > I believe that the idea was to set it up so that BIOS defaults to > HD-hiding mode. How do you propose to do this? Via a BIOS setting? > When you're taking your laptop through customs, you do > nothing while the machine boots up, the doctored BIOS does its thing, > and everybody's happy. When you want to get at the stuff on the rest of > the HD, you reboot and type in your passphrase. How do you propose to prompt the user for the correct time to type? ____________________________________________________________________ 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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Re: Stego-empty hard drives... (fwd)
by Jim Choate 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 11:32:03 -0500 > From: Mark Hahn <mhahn(a)tcbtech.com> > Subject: Re: Stego-empty hard drives... (fwd) > If you need fast random access, then neither version of CD will be > suitable. Hence the PCMCIA Hard Disk. However, you may have > difficulty coming up with a cover story if, indeed, you do not want > to tell a customs officer, "Oh, yeah, that's a portable disk drive". It occured to me that it might be feasible to ship such devices seperately via Fed-Ex or whatever. The question becomes, what do such countries as Great Britian plan for materials crossing their borders in this manner? Are they going to search each package and examine its contents? What does this mean for Dell and their ilk? The ramifications of this aspect are of some interest... ____________________________________________________________________ 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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Re: Clinton's fake apologies (fwd)
by User of DOOM 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

Anonymous wrote: > On 20 Sep 1998, [I] wrote: [about lieing] > > I agree it's bad. I agree it undermines the justice system a little bit. > > But, ... impeachment? > > Yes. > > We have some jokester sitting in Washington with full authority over our > military forces. The people can't believe a word he says. Congress can't > believe a word he says. He rules by executive order. He ignores the > Constitution. > > There is argument over whether he ordered military strikes to divert > attention from his scandal and whether he sold the country out to the Red > Chinese. Now people like myself are thinking - totally justified - that > this guy will do absolutely anything to hold on to his presidency. > > I don't feel particularly secure with some guy who I can't trust running > the military and with his finger on the nuclear button. That itself is a > violation of national security. Understandable sentiments. The position I can't understand is Jim's, of being totally outraged by the lieing under oath regardless of anything else. [although I respect his right to that opinion]. Unfortunately, you now wear the mantle of wanting to put away Bill "Al Capone" Klinton not for tax evasion, but for "fibbing". -- an anonymous aol32 user.

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Re: Clinton's fake apologies (fwd)
by Anonymous 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

on 20 Sep 1998 at 09:52:24 Reeza! wrote: > > At 09:21 PM 9/19/98 -0000, Anonymous wrote: > > > >What? To tell a lie is one thing, but ...[etc] > It was prefaced with "...to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing > but the truth...". > Straighten out your head, you seem to be a few neurons short of a > functional synapse. > > Reeza! I understand you think this is persuasive, but I don't understand why. and then at Sun, 20 Sep 1998 15:26:05 Reeza! wrote: > At 03:24 AM 9/20/98 -0000, Anonymous wrote: > > > >I agree it's bad. I agree it undermines the justice system a little bit. > >But, ... impeachment? > > > > I could care less if he had an affair, personally. But he had an affair > with a subordinate in his direct employ. [more] > I congratulate you for your defense of a person who demonstrably has broken > his marriage vows, his oath of public office, and purjured himself while > under an additional oath in a court of law. You do remember from 6 hours earlier that we're talking about lieing? Your raising other issues is irrelevant. You're building up the bogey man. [Jim Choate recently described this method as a "Strawman".] I suggested there are things Bill's done that are worse. Are you sure you're disagreeing? Do you have anything worthwhile to bring to the discussion? > You, too, are a few neurons short of a functional synapse. > > I suggest you discuss it with the maker. The best way is large caliber > bullet at sufficient velocity to penetrate and exit the cranial cavity. > > God speed, you fucking idiot. > I guess not. > Reeza! -- an anonymous aol32 user.

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IP: Dead Men Tell No Tales
by Robert Hettinga 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

--- begin forwarded text Delivered-To: ignition-point(a)majordomo.pobox.com Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 05:18:16 -0400 (EDT) To: ignition-point(a)majordomo.pobox.com From: softwar(a)us.net (CharlesSmith) Subject: IP: Dead Men Tell No Tales Sender: owner-ignition-point(a)majordomo.pobox.com Precedence: list Reply-To: softwar(a)us.net (CharlesSmith) http://www.worldnetdaily.com/smith/980922.comcs.html It is said, "dead men tell no tales." If that were true, then America would have never known of the real story behind the Clinton administration. Two dead men are calling from their graves for the last few years of their lives to be told. The ghosts of Vince Foster and Ron Brown hover over Bill Clinton. Vince Foster and Ron Brown were both involved in the Clinton - China encryption scandal. One known event took place in May 1993 when Vince Foster, Webster Hubbell and Bernard Nussbaum paid the National Security Administration (NSA) a visit. These three fine gentlemen, with close connections to Hillary Clinton and the Arkansas Rose Office Law Firm, were tasked by President Clinton to help develop policy for U.S. communications technology. According to Foster's secretary, the White House lawyer also had binders from the NSA in his office. Binders that were never turned over by the White House. White House officials denied that Foster had any connection with the NSA. However, documents forced from the NSA by Washington Weekly and an interview with former NSA Director Adm. McConnell both confirmed Foster's presence at Ft. Meade in 1993. Foster's attendance at Ft. Meade also confirmed that Attorney General Janet Reno tasked Hubbell to encryption policy. Hubbell had access to Top Secret material on U.S. encryption. This fact was confirmed by a series of 1997 interviews with Democratic and Republican staff members in the House. Congressman Dan Burton currently holds documents where Hubbell held long meetings with Foster and now CIA Director George Tenet inside the White House in 1993. Burton cannot release those documents because Democratic members have threatened to walk. Hubbell was convicted in 1994 for fraud at the same time he was paid hundreds of thousands of dollars by Indonesian billionaire Moctar Riady. Riady and his Lippo group had a great deal of interest in advanced U.S. technology. Riady's man inside the Clinton administration was John Huang at the Brown Commerce Department. The Commerce Department asserted in writing in 1997 to this author that John Huang had no encryption documentation. Yet, the CIA briefed Huang 37 times on satellite encryption technology while at Commerce. Huang's co-worker, former DNC fundraiser Ira Sockowitz, walked out of the Commerce Department in 1996 with over 2,000 pages of top secret information on satellite encryption, space launch and earth imaging technology. Sockowitz was supposed to fly with Brown on the fatal trade trip but he took an advance flight ahead of the Secretary instead. Sockowitz identified Ron Brown's body at the crash scene. Sockowitz left Commerce with the secrets only days after Brown's death. He was never prosecuted nor investigated. One Sockowitz document was so classified that the NSA sent a representative to testify before Federal Judge Royce Lamberth in order to keep it secret. NSA testimony showed that Sockowitz took a highly classified report based on informants from inside other countries and inside the U.S. The list of nations and foreign intelligence services affected by the leaked report reads like a Rand McNally road map of secret services around the world. According to the testimony, release of the report would affect the "careers" of many foreign officials. The last U.S. official who had similar career problems was convicted spy Johnathan Pollard - now spending life in prison for passing U.S. encryption secrets to Israel. Other documents hidden among the Sockowitz files include a classified series of memos from the Commerce Undersecretary for Export Administration (BXA) William Reinsch. The memos detail a July 1996 Clinton waiver for Loral satellite exports to China and Russia. In July 1998, House National Security Committee Chairman Spence told BXA head Reinsch to produce that memo and other documents taken by Sockowitz. So far, the White House and Reinsch have been unable to comply. Loral attorneys also claimed to Chairman Rohrabacher of the House Space Sub-Committee that the million dollars Loral CEO Schwartz gave to the DNC bought no special favors, and that Loral passed no military technology to China. The Loral claims are ridiculous. Loral's own letters of complaint to Ron Brown clearly show both claims to be false. The claim that no military technology was exported is disputed by Loral's own 1994 briefing memo given to Ron Brown that states that satellites such as Globalstar were "commercial applications of DoD technology." Another example is when Loral DEFENSE President Jerald Lindfelt wrote Brown a letter in 1996 where he expressed his desire to sell advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) technology to China. Lindfelt wrote "We've worked hard trying to resolve these problems with the Department of State, the Department of Commerce and the Defense Technology Security Administration (DTSA), but someone in these organizations always manages to block our participation... Could you help us by identifying someone in the Commerce Department high enough in the organization to help us resolve these issues and open this marketplace to our participation." Thus, Loral "Defense" President Lindfelt asked Brown to over-ride the State Department, the Defense Department and the Commerce Department to ship a radar system that experts in all three agencies had objected to. Only Clinton could do that, and he took big dollars from Bernard Schwartz. The claim that Mr. Schwartz received no special favors is almost laughable. In 1996 Loral requested that President Clinton hold up his signature on the Globalstar export waiver so Loral could include an encrypted satellite telemetry control station for China. In 1994 President Clinton arranged for Schwartz to meet Shen Rong-Jun, Vice Minister of the Chinese Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (COSTIND). Of course, Shen Rong-Jun usually goes by his better known title of Lt. General Shen Rong-Jun of the People's Liberation Army. COSTIND, according to the GAO, is "an agency of the Chinese military (which) oversees development of China's weapon systems and is responsible for identifying and acquiring telecommunications technology applicable for military use." Another example from the files of Ron Brown shows that the wife of Chinese General Ding Henggao, Madam Nie Li, obtained permission under a "commercial license" through the Commerce Department to export an advanced - encrypted - secure fiber optic communications system to China. According to the same documentation, General Ding Henggao is also the Director of COSTIND. The same 1996 document notes that Mr. Xie Zhichao, COSTIND Electronics Design Bureau Director, and communications expert Deng Changru were part of the executive management for the same Chinese front company. Mr. Xie and Mr. Deng also have other formal titles. They are both Lt. Colonels in the Chinese Red Army. These astonishing facts on Clinton - Chinese Army deals come directly from the U.S. Commerce Department. Yet, the Commerce Department claimed on September 1, 1998 that it cannot "confirm nor deny the existence of any records" in regard to a Freedom of Information (FOIA) request for information on "COSTIND". Furthermore, the Commerce Department claims "If records were to exist they would be exempt from disclosure... unless the release of such information is determined by the Secretary to be in the national interest." Obviously, I can confirm that documents on COSTIND exist inside the Commerce Department. There is still more evidence the Commerce Department is covering up crimes committed under Secretary Brown. For example, in response to two different FOIA requests, the Commerce Department returned one trade report twice in 1998. The first version of the trade report was heavily blacked out for "commercial" and "privacy" reasons. The second, a duplicate of the first, revealed that Indonesian dictator Suharto had cut his son-in-law in on a private powerplant deal built and financed by the U.S. government. Of course, the U.S. contractor that needed Brown advocacy to win the deal was also a big donor to the DNC. The accidentally released 1994 APEC Advocacy trade report spells out exactly the kind of data being withheld from the U.S. public. The report shows the Brown Commerce Department pushed the power plant despite known corruption and kickbacks. "ADB is skiddish about involvement of Indonesia's first family (a minority shareholder is married to Pres. Suharto's daughter)... Ambassador Barry has been working with Executive Director Linda Yang, at the ADB who is 'doing all she can.'" Another page from the 1994 trade report shows that Commerce officials were suspicious of Indonesian corruption with French space companies. The document notes the intense competition to win satellite launch contracts for Indonesia between the U.S. and France included "allegations that the French have paid 'incentive money' to the Indonesians, but this cannot be confirmed." Written evidence that American, Indonesian and French taxpayers were being swindled. Three governments, spanning three continents, all involved in one crime. A trail of evidence leading to the Commerce Department and to Bill Clinton, all blacked out in one hidden report from the late Ron Brown. The ghosts of dead men haunt this government, kept alive by fresh lies and hidden under blacked out reports. Evidence on the transfer of nuclear missile technology to communist China and kickbacks to the Clinton/Gore campaign. Despite the evidence of crimes - the cover-up continues at the Commerce Department, at Ft. Meade, and inside the White House. ============================================================ index of source documents - http://www.softwar.net/costind.html ================================================================ 1 if by land, 2 if by sea. Paul Revere - encryption 1775 Charles R. Smith SOFTWAR http://www.softwar.net softwar(a)softwar.net Pcyphered SIGNATURE: 2BCB1A1B6350FF06670487EF4EC39FA8539A8B6B2720FA81AFA3F989DE9212C9 0F35E078318ED643A042651B7D3AB98E1FFC6193C4BD66B6ECD09A7284497DD0 A830BB83F7E72248 ================================================================ SOFTWAR EMAIL NEWSLETTER 09/22/1998 *** to unsubscribe reply with "unsubscribe" as subject *** ================================================================ ********************************************** To subscribe or unsubscribe, email: majordomo(a)majordomo.pobox.com with the message: (un)subscribe ignition-point email@address ********************************************** www.telepath.com/believer ********************************************** --- end forwarded text ----------------- 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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