December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

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17 Dec '03

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No Subject
by watcher＠freeyellow.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

10/29/98 Y2K Solution! 8 Pine Circle Dr., Silicon Valley, Calif. OTC Company "TCFG" 21 st. Century Frontier Group has through several members of their administrative research department leaked vital information about their companies efforts. Everyone was tight lipped and interviews were refused, and through un-named sources we have learned that the technology and software solution are in the process of being patented! In over 1640 trials, using various data systems the use of the new technology and software solved the Y2K problem 100% of the time. This small publicly traded company "TCFG" which is just 3 years old is through various sources now negotiating with the "Big Boys"! "TCFG" the letters to look for!

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Re: No Subject
by Michael Motyka 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> Shift registers are cracked. > OK. But if used prior to another cipher wouldn't it substantially complicate the job of, say, looking for English letter distributions in a test decryption? I like the other explanation of the hash isolating the key bits from the whitening operation and adequately serving the same purpose as another source. > Traditional block ciphers are expensive bleach, take note. > Unnecessary. > Expensive how? In terms of CPU time? What alternative makes traditional block ciphers obsolete?

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Re: personal tracking
by Michael Motyka 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

There was an SBIR solicitation for an amusing version of this several years ago. They ( army? ) wanted a robotic version that would detect and 'affix' itself to the target. Probably been built already. I can see them now : popping out of the ground like bouncing bettys, dropping from trees like mountain lions, crawling up your leg like disease-carrying ticks...each one with its own address and destruct code. Connection to crypto - secure communications probably. **** TITLE: Tracking and Reporting System (TRS) OBJECTIVE: To conceive, design, implement, and develop a small (vest-pocket-size) satellite transceiver that can be overtly (and possibly covertly) affixed to personnel, vehicles, or goods in transit for the purpose of tracking and position reporting of the host. Prev by Date: 1999 U$ budget for facial recognition Next by Date: airline id Prev by thread: 1999 U$ budget for facial recognition Next by thread: airline id Index(es): Date Thread

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cypherpunks@algebra.com moving
by ichudov＠Algebra.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

This list will move to another machine tonight because it is relocating to another colocated server. It has nothing to do with subpoenas. Hopefully things will work transparently, but if they do not, write me to ichudov(a)yahoo.com (there is a possibility that all algebra.com may be shut out of mail). - Igor.

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Re: lotus notes id file
by Charlie_Kaufman＠iris.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> I'm using lotus notes and I have a big problem. I have a id file with no >password. How can I get a password for it or reset it. Is there some type of >utility or something someone knows of?I have been told that I'm out of luck >unless I have the original. I assume you mean the ID file has a password, but that you have forgotten it. Notes uses your password as an encryption key and encrypts the ID file. There is no utility existing or possible that can reconstruct the ID file without knowing the password. There is a company called AccessData Corporation in Lindon, Utah that claims to have written a utility that will do a brute force search guessing large numbers of passwords and trying to verify each guess. If you have a vague recollection that you didn't pick your password very carefully, they might be able to help you. I have no experience with the company and have no idea what they charge, whether they actually provide this service, or indeed whether they still exist. Otherwise, your system administrator can create a new ID file for you. That will work fine except that if you have any data encrypted under your key (e.g. you received any encrypted email), that data is forever lost. Notes System Administrators at sites where people use encryption are strongly encouraged to have a backup strategy for archiving ID files for just this eventuality. You might ask whether he did so, and encourage him to do so in the future if not. [Note: the tradeoff between protecting the privacy of employees from nosy system administrators and bailing them out when they forget their passwords is a sensitive one. People have strong opposing views on what's "right".] Good luck. --Charlie Kaufman

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An interesting set of observations... [fwd]
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 14:30:32 -0700 > Southerners are extremely patriotic. Isn't a foreign army in the world could > invade the South, take it and hold it without fighting partisans in every > nook and corner! > >Lost the war but won the peace! > > Lost the war and lost the right of the States to determine for themselves > how they would be governed. Won a strong central government, a huge social > welfare problem and income tax. Sure looks like a clear cut victory to me! ____________________________________________________________________ To know what is right and not to do it is the worst cowardice. Confucius The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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Another interesting observation...
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 16:21:21 EST > Excuse me! The S. L. A. Marshall study to which you refer; the one that > slammed the American Army infantryman for not firing, has been debunked as > based on pure fantasy by no less a person than SLAM;s #2. Training does work > and ammunition depletion was a problem for front line units. > Although I an now guilty of failing to meet Pauls request to take this strain > private, as a damn Yankee :-), I strongly protest comments by by people > outside the family on this whole GD, err GC, subject. For the record, if your > country has a history of dictatorship in this century, you need to research > your own history, like the government death squads so prevalent SOB. As to > our distant northern cousins, you still have government censorship of the > press, a draconian official secrets act, and border police who stop and search > any US car with an NRA decal that has the temerity to cross into Canada. > In 2 weeks, those of us who remember, celebrate Veterans Day, once known as > Armistice Day. So when you choose to rag on the US, remember Bois de Belleau, > Chateau Thierry, Bastogne, and keep a moment of silence for the gun crazy > Americans who gave their last full measure of devotion. > > Rant off. ____________________________________________________________________ To know what is right and not to do it is the worst cowardice. Confucius The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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by kderby＠bayoucity.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Rootshell.com hacked via SSH
by Lucky Green 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Anybody here have any idea how this was done? This one has me rather concerned... http://www.rootshell.com/beta/news.html On Wed Oct 28th at 5:12AM PST the main Rootshell page was defaced by a group of crackers. Entry to the machine was made via SSH (secure shell) which is an encrypted interface to the machine at 04:57AM PST this morning. Rootshell was first informed of this incident at 6:00 AM PST and the site was immediately brought offline. The site was back up and operational by 8:00AM PST. We are still in the process of investigating the exact methods that were used. The paranoid MAY want to disable ssh 1.2.26. Rootshell runs Linux 2.0.35, ssh 1.2.26, qmail 1.03, Apache 1.3.3 and nothing else. The attackers used further filesystem corruption to make it harder to remove the damaged HTML files. -- Lucky Green <shamrock(a)cypherpunks.to> PGP v5 encrypted email preferred.

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