December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

One Nation tax policy on ABC
by Scott Balson 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Dear One Nation supporter in NSW We anticipate that the ABC's 7.30 Report will cover One Nation's discussion document on tax: "2%EASYTAX" tonight. We cannot guarantee how it will be presented but we are pleased that the ABC, unlike other Australian media, are apparently giving us the opportunity to present our views on why the tax should be considered. The tax proposal has not been given a fair go by the media so far. See: <A href="http://www.gwb.com.au/tax.htm">http://www.gwb.com.au/tax.htm Global Web Builders Scott Balson Pauline Hanson's Web Master

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RE: radio net (fwd)
by Matthew James Gering 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

BTW, is all this talk about rules for specific frequencies dedicated to amateur radio? Why not use some of the frequency ranges that were recently opened up for unlicensed SS/RF use? Matt (who sends encrypted traffic over the airwaves with his Ricochet modem)

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Re: radio net (fwd)
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 22:28:02 -0400 > From: Robert Hettinga <rah(a)shipwright.com> > Subject: Re: radio net > Someone here already said it, but nobody else got it, so I'll repeat it: > SSB, or Single Sideband. It's commercial ham radio, if you will, and all > the ships use it. I expect that you can shove anything down an SSB set that > you want, including encrypted traffic. > > Ham radio is a government nerd subsidy, and as such, doesn't do much but > make more government funded/sactioned/approved/whatever nerds. :-). > > SSB would do just fine. It's an international standard, after all, and > probably not under the control of any one government, even.e Single-sideband (SSB) isn't an international standard, it's a physical effect. See: The Art of Electronics Horowitz, Hill ISBN 0-521-37095-7 pp. 897 ____________________________________________________________________ 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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No Subject
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Found this: http://offshorehaven.nu/banking/index.html no idea whether a trap or a jewel.

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Re: Impossible Analysis Paper at Crypto98
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> There's talk of a paper given at Crypto98 on "Impossible > Differential Analysis" which got the NSA people scribbling > like mad taking notes as though this was something that > had never come up at the agency and they'd better get > right on it. > > Roughly, as I heard it (and I may be way off), the premise is > that instead of using differential analysis for finding weaknesses > in a cipher, to flip that to determine what could not possibly be > a weakness in a cipher and build one with just those attributes. > > Is this report correct, and is there a source for that paper? This was presented at the rump session and apparently there is no paper writeup yet. Biham's home page at http://www.cs.technion.ac.il/~biham/ has a place you can register to be notified when new material comes out. With conventional differential cryptanalysis, you look for pairs of inputs which have differences (xors usually) such that after a certain number of rounds, the ciphertexts have certain differences with excess probability. With "impossible" differential cryptanalysis, you look for inputs with differences which lead to ciphertext differences that are "impossible", or at least have reduced probability. It's the same basic idea but you look for diminution rather than enhancement of the probability of later differences. Because of the reversal of the effect, the techniques for identifying differentials, exploiting them, and designing against them are rather different. As a result ciphers which were designed to resist differential cryptanalysis may be vulnerable to impossible differentials. This technique has apparently led to an improved attack on SkipJack, announced on Biham's web page above as "coming soon". There was also a moderate improvement in attacks on reduced-round IDEA (not effective against the full number of rounds though). At Crypto everyone was scurrying off to see if any of the AES candidates could be knocked out by the new technique.

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by bman offer 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Writing skills
by s9812127＠postino.up.ac.za 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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by s9813117＠postino.up.ac.za 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Impossible Analysis Paper at Crypto98
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

There's talk of a paper given at Crypto98 on "Impossible Differential Analysis" which got the NSA people scribbling like mad taking notes as though this was something that had never come up at the agency and they'd better get right on it. Roughly, as I heard it (and I may be way off), the premise is that instead of using differential analysis for finding weaknesses in a cipher, to flip that to determine what could not possibly be a weakness in a cipher and build one with just those attributes. Is this report correct, and is there a source for that paper?

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SNET: [FP] Alaska: Nearly 93% of new parents choose Enumeration At Birth (EAB)
by Vladimir Z. Nuri 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

From: "ScanThisNews" <mcdonalds(a)airnet.net> (by way of jeremy.compton(a)stonebow.otago.ac.nz (Jeremy Compton)) Subject: SNET: [FP] Alaska: Nearly 93% of new parents choose Enumeration At Birth (EAB) Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 01:37:30 +1200 To: snetnews(a)world.std.com -> SNETNEWS Mailing List ====================================================================== SCAN THIS NEWS 9/10/98 This article actually ran in '96, but it is worth reviewing. ====================================================================== Press release from Alaska's Department of Health and Social Services found at: http://health.hss.state.ak.us/htmlstuf/com/pr/media.htm Electronic Birth Certificates and Social Security Cards at Birth Make Life Easier For Parents Februrary 6, 1966 (sic) The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services Bureau of Vital Statistics reports that the Electronic Birth Certificates (EBC) have been installed in all but three of Alaska's hospitals. In a little over a two year time period, the Bureau has gone from no electronic birth certificates to nearly 99% of all Alaska hospital births coming to the Bureau in electronic format. "Innumerable man-hours have been saved at both ends of the registration process," said Al Zangri, Chief of the Bureau. In addition, in cooperation with state-wide hospitals, the Bureau has implemented the Social Security Administration's Enumeration At Birth (EAB) program statewide during 1995. The Enumeration at Birth program allows parents to request a social security number for their newborn through the birth registration process. This program has proven to be so popular with new parents that nearly 93% of all births transmitted to the Bureau request a social security number. ======================================================================= -----Original Message----- From: Katherine A. Sent: Thursday, Sep. 10, 1998 ======================================================================= Reply to: <fingerprint(a)networkusa.org> ======================================================================= To subscribe to the free Scan This News newsletter, send a message to <majordomo(a)efga.org> and type "subscribe scan" in the BODY. Or, to be removed type "unsubscribe scan" in the message BODY. For additional instructions see www.efga.org/about/maillist.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "Scan This News" is Sponsored by S.C.A.N. Host of the "FIGHT THE FINGERPRINT!" web page: www.networkusa.org/fingerprint.shtml ======================================================================= -> Send "subscribe snetnews " to majordomo(a)world.std.com -> Posted by: "ScanThisNews" <mcdonalds(a)airnet.net> (by way of jeremy.compton(a)stonebow.otago.ac.nz (Jeremy Compton))

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