December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

NEW TRAVEL INFO -- Worldwide Caution (fwd)
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: >From owner-travel-advisories(a)stolaf.edu Wed Sep 9 03:16:16 1998 Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 16:22:27 -0400 From: owner-travel-advisories <owner-travel-advisories(a)stolaf.edu> Subject: NEW TRAVEL INFO -- Worldwide Caution Sender: "U.S. Department of State" <76702.1202(a)compuserve.com> To: travel-advisories(a)stolaf.edu Message-ID: <199809041625_MC2-5871-DEBE(a)compuserve.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Precedence: bulk X-List-Info: LN=travel-advisories WHOM=76702.1202(a)compuserve.com STATE DEPARTMENT TRAVEL INFORMATION - Worldwide Caution ============================================================ PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT - WORLDWIDE CAUTION September 4, 1998 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Office of the Spokesman In light of the bombings of the U.S. Embassies in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on August 7, 1998 and the U.S. air strikes in Afghanistan and Sudan on August 20, 1998, the potential for retaliatory acts against Americans and American interests exists. In addition, terrorists, including Osama Bin Ladin, continue their threats against the United States and have not distinguished between military and civilian targets. We take these threats seriously. The U.S. has increased security at United States Government facilities worldwide and a number of our posts have suspended or limited services to the public. The Department of State reminds Americans to maintain a high level of vigilance and to take appropriate steps to increase their security awareness to lessen their vulnerability. Americans should maintain a low profile, vary routes and times for all required travel, and treat mail from unfamiliar sources with suspicion. American citizens traveling abroad should contact the nearest U.S. embassy or consulate by telephone or fax for up-to-date information on security conditions. Current information on post operations is also available on the Internet at http://travel.state.gov. In addition, U.S. citizens planning to travel abroad should consult the Department of State's Public Announcements, Travel Warnings, Consular Information Sheets, and regional travel brochures. This Public Announcement replaces the August 20, 1998, Public Announcement Worldwide Caution and expires on December 4, 1998. ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- The "travel-advisories(a)stolaf.edu" mailing list is the official Internet and BITNET distribution point for the U.S. State Department Travel Warnings and Consular Information Sheets. To unsubscribe, send a message containing the word "unsubscribe" to: travel-advisories-request(a)stolaf.edu Archives of past "travel-advisories" postings are available at the URL: "http://www.stolaf.edu/network/travel-advisories.html" or via Gopher: gopher.stolaf.edu, Internet Resources/US-State-Department-Travel-Advisories

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RE: Any good hacking sites?
by Gregg Housh 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

any1 not1ce th4t jun0 1s ju5t a5 b4d a5 aol? Gregg "If your going to use the net, might as well exploit little children." - Anonymous > -----Original Message----- > From: kamikaze23(a)juno.com [SMTP:kamikaze23@juno.com] > Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 1998 5:22 PM > To: cypherpunks(a)toad.com > Subject: Any good hacking sites? > > hey all, > > any1 know of any good hacking sites that teach u the basics and stuff? > > also, any1 here into AOL hacking??? > > thanx, > ~Fallen Angel > > _____________________________________________________________________ > You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. > Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com > Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

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IP: Casual Talk Can Produce Wealth of Corporate Intelligence Data
by Vladimir Z. Nuri 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

From: Richard Sampson <rjsa(a)sprintmail.com> Subject: IP: Casual Talk Can Produce Wealth of Corporate Intelligence Data Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1998 22:42:21 -0400 To: "ignition-point(a)majordomo.pobox.com" <ignition-point(a)majordomo.pobox.com> Casual Talk Can Produce Wealth of Corporate Intelligence Data Sep. 6 (The Record/KRTBN)--"Spies are the most important element in war, " Sun Tzu wrote in "The Art of War," "because upon them depends an army's ability to move." The man in this story is one such spy, but his battlefield isn't a blood-soaked Third World country, and his army wears no uniforms and carries no guns. His battlefield is the grand panorama of world commerce, his army a well-known, high-tech company in North Jersey. This man -- he spoke on condition of anonymity -- for four years has been the company's director of competitor intelligence. His job is to study competitors and gather information his company can use to make strategic decisions on everything from mergers to new-product launches to pricing. Unlike covert operatives -- who engage in all sorts of skulduggery to gather information, from phone taps to undercover work -- he relies on public sources: the Internet, government documents, published reports, and trade shows. Beyond that, his greatest resource is the eyes and ears of company employees: the salesman who regularly encounters competitors on the plane, the executive who hobnobs with officers from other high-tech companies, the company spokesman who deals with the media, the secretary who answers the phone. "Eighty percent of what you need to know about your competition is already in your company," he said. "You just don't know where it is." On the Internet, this corporate spy will monitor competitors' Web sites, and also his company's own, using software tools that allow him to determine who is visiting the site and which pages they're viewing. Since many competitors use aliases, additional research is necessary to determine who is targeting the site. He also monitors chat groups on the Web to determine who is discussing his company in cyberspace. Within the company itself, "several dozen" people are assigned competitive intelligence functions, including human resources personnel, secretaries, and press officers. But everybody is in on it. Airline tickets issued to employees carry a suggestion to be "competitor aware," a subtle reminder to keep eyes and ears open at all times and to make sure they don't inadvertently leave documents where competitors can find them. And, according to the spy, it works. Here's how: In one instance, a salesperson preparing to demonstrate a product for a customer was asked if any special equipment was needed. When the salesperson requested a specific type of monitor, the customer said it wouldn't be a problem, since a competing high-tech company had recently requested the identical monitor. >From that bit of information, the salesperson was able to determine which product his competitor was pitching and to tailor his presentation to point out the weaknesses in the competitor's product, allowing him to close the sale. In another instance, a salesperson called up a customer and discovered that another company had begun offering a deep discount on a competing product. The move was initially interpreted as a "full court press" to gain market share, and the company began contemplating deep discounts of its own. But within 24 hours, the competitive intelligence unit -- using media reports and the Internet -- was able to determine that the competitor was trying to decide whether to discontinue the product. Salespeople were dispatched with instructions to inform customers of that fact -- a so-called FUD mission, since it instills "fear, uncertainty, and doubt" in customers -- and a potentially devastating price war was averted. "It was a bullet avoided," he said. The corporate spy's true forte, however, is the trade show, where dozens of companies gather to hawk their wares, and schmoozing is the order of the day. As many as a dozen operatives will be employed to gather information at a trade show, each one assigned to a specific exhibition booth, panel discussion, or press conference. One might sidle up to a human resources representative at a competitor's exhibition booth, start a conversation about the difficulty of finding good employees, and walk away minutes later with the number of employees the company hired for a specific unit. Another might collar a reporter for the trade press and pump him for information. Another might be assigned to stake out the restaurant where the executives from a competing company gather for breakfast every morning. Another might hurl questions at a competing executive who is speaking at a panel discussion. "A lot of times you can ask them a question from the floor," he said. "You never hear them say, 'Who do you work for again?' " Within 24 to 48 hours, all the operatives will write down what they have learned, which is then analyzed and condensed into a document for distribution within the company. The corporate spy says his operatives adhere to a strict ethics code that prohibits them from misrepresenting who they are and what they are doing. The code also prohibits theft, trespassing, and other illegal acts. But he said the inability of most people to refrain from casual conversation with a friendly stranger makes such tactics unnecessary. What remains vitally necessary, however, is making the best use of the information at one's disposal. "You're not seeing Reds under the bed," he said, an allusion to Cold War-era spying that targeted Communists. "You're trying to extend your product cycle by six months. And you have to be aware that information can sink you in a hurry." By Louis Lavelle -0- Visit The Record, Hackensack, N.J., on the World Wide Web at http://www.bergen.com (c) 1998, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News. END!A$9?HK-BIZ-SPY News provided by COMTEX. 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IP: FTC: Internet merchant barred for life from "net-based" commerce
by Vladimir Z. Nuri 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

From: Richard Sampson <rjsa(a)sprintmail.com> Subject: IP: FTC: Internet merchant barred for life from "net-based" commerce Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1998 15:10:43 -0400 To: "ignition-point(a)majordomo.pobox.com" <ignition-point(a)majordomo.pobox.com> FTC: Internet merchant barred for life from "net-based" commerce SEP 9, 1998, M2 Communications - An Internet "entrepreneur" who advertised low priced computers in online auction houses and collected the sales price but never delivered the goods would be barred for life from conducting any Internet commerce, under the terms of a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission. The defendant, who did business as Experienced Designed Computers and C&H Computer Services, would be prohibited from advertising, marketing or selling goods or services via the Internet, from making misrepresentations about any goods or services he sells and from violating the Mail or Telephone Order Merchandise Rule. The defendant, Craig Lee Hare, also known as Danny Hare, operates from Lake Worth, Florida. In April, 1998, the FTC alleged that Hare had used online auction houses to offer new and used computers for sale. After "successful bidders" paid as much as $1,450 per computer, Hare provided them with neither the computer nor a refund. At the request of the FTC, a federal district judge issued a temporary restraining order and froze Hare's assets, pending trial. The agency asked the court to issue an injunction permanently barring Hare from violating the FTC Act and the Mail or Telephone Order Merchandise Rule. The stipulated permanent injunction and final judgment announced today would settle those charges. The settlement would permanently bar Hare from participating in any online commerce. It also would bar him from misrepresenting his identity in commercial e-mail and misrepresenting any fact that is material to a consumer's decision to purchase any goods or services in any form of commerce. In addition, the order would prohibit future violations of the Mail or Telephone Order Merchandise Rule. Finally, the order provides record keeping provisions to allow the FTC to monitor compliance. Stephanie J. Herter, also known as Stephanie Branham, also entered in a settlement with the Commission. She was named in the FTC complaint against Hare as a relief defendant because checks Hare received from consumers were deposited in her checking account. In settlement of the charges against her, Herter will release Hare's funds in that account to be used for consumer redress, or, if that is impractical, to be deposited into the U.S. Treasury. The stipulated permanent injunctions were filed in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida, West Palm Beach Division. NOTE: These consent judgments are for settlement purposes only and do not constitute an admission by the defendants of a law violation. Consent judgments have the force of law when signed by the judge. Copies of the complaint, Stipulated Final Judgment and Orders and a consumer alert, "Online Auctions: Going, Going Gone!" are available from the FTC's web site at http://www.ftc.gov and also from the FTC's Consumer Response Center, Room 130, 6th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20580; 202-FTC-HELP (202-382-4357); TDD for the hearing impaired 202-326-2502. To find out the latest news as it is announced, call the FTC NewsPhone recording at 202-326-2710. -0- (C)1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTDCONTACT: Claudia Bourne Farrell, Office of Public Affairs Tel: +1 202-326-2181 *M2 COMMUNICATIONS DISCLAIMS ALL LIABILITY FOR INFORMATION PROVIDED WITHIN M2 PRESSWIRE. DATA SUPPLIED BY NAMED PARTY/PARTIES.* News provided by COMTEX. [!BUSINESS] [!HIGHTECH] [!INFOTECH] [!WALL+STREET] [ADVERTISING] [BUSINESS] [COMMERCE] [COMPUTER] [CONSUMER] [E-MAIL] [FLORIDA] [INTERNET] [MARKETING] [MTO] [NEWS] [NEWSGRID] [ONLINE] [PENNSYLVANIA] [SALES] [TRADE] [TRIAL] [USA] [WASHINGTON] -- ----------------------- NOTE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ----------------------- ********************************************** To subscribe or unsubscribe, email: majordomo(a)majordomo.pobox.com with the message: (un)subscribe ignition-point email@address ********************************************** www.telepath.com/believer **********************************************

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CP Cite
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

We're putting together copies of cpunk messages Jeff Gordon cites in the Carl Johnson complaint and have found all in the archives except one dated June10, 1998. Jeff describes it: 15. On June 10, 1998, an anonymous message was posted to the Cypherpunks Internet group. In the message, it is stated that the bomber "placed the bomb before embarking on a middle-leg of the TruthMonger SoftTarget Tour of Planet Terra." The message also referenced an RCMP plan to "drive a known madman crazy enough to finally put him away turned bad, and resulted in a backlash of death and destruction ..." I noted that this message contained information about the courthouse bomb incident which had not previously been made public, and was written in a style and manner which I recognized as being similar to other writings which my investigation has linked to JOHNSON. In his interview with Special Agent Sheridan, JOHNSON acknowledged using the name TruthMonger, and also stated he had psychological problems, both of which correspond to this message. We'd appreciate getting a copy (yes, Jeff, if you would, anon ok). BTW, there's a brief message from Lucky Green yesterday in the archives on CEJ which did not appear on the cyberpass list, AFAIK, although it was sent to ssz.com. Do such gaps happen much in CDR? Yeah, yeah, I post to toad, and aim to be the last one who does, so drive me AP-mad. BTW2, anybody know what Linda Reed thinks of her infame? BTW3, we heard from TX that CJ's music/perform art is going to be boosted in concert with his god-sent cornseed of publicity.

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Exported PGP
by HyperReal-Anon 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I've never heard this anywhere else but I was browsing www.infowar.com and I saw this quote Question the priorities Private sector intellectual property deserves pride of place Data integrity and system survivability are the priorities Unencumbered encryption is vital for national competitiveness Protecting all private sector data is more important than a marginal enhancement to our governments ability to catch criminals and terrorists ****PGP is not good enough"exported PGP" has Soviet back doors Lotus reported to have given away half the key to NSASwedes are pissed Does anyone have info on this? I assume that since the source code for PGP is publicly available someone would have questioned this already... The full url I was using: http://www.infowar.com/class_1/class1_083198a_j.shtml

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CP Cite (fwd)
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1998 09:12:28 -0400 > From: John Young <jya(a)pipeline.com> > Subject: CP Cite > BTW, there's a brief message from Lucky Green yesterday > in the archives on CEJ which did not appear on the > cyberpass list, AFAIK, although it was sent to ssz.com. Do such > gaps happen much in CDR? I've noticed such discrepencies in the past as well. Unfortunately I have been unable to figure out exactly why a particular remailer (I've seen every one do this at one time or another) will drop the resend. I don't know whether it's a time out in the various time-to-lives or what. I've noticed that the various remailers will sometimes change message id's causing multiple copies as well. I don't believe it's important since it doesn't happen very often, as near as I can determine. As long as any archives subscribe to all the lists and use some sort of duplicate filtering it shouldn't be a real issue. I do know that SSZ holds messages at least 4 days and my ISP holds them for 5 days so I don't think it's a connection problem resulting in dropped traffic. ____________________________________________________________________ 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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MISTY encryption algorithm source code
by Nobuki Nakatuji 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

MISTY source code posted by me at long ago had many mistake. Attachment file are revised MISTY source code and revised readme. Thanks. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com misty.zip

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Renewable Energy Stuff (was citizenship silliness) (fwd)
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

First, let me say (again) to everyone .... Quit sending these responses to my private email. If you want to discuss it keep it on the list. Any further such private submissions go into /dev/null unread. This also means you don't need to cc: if you send it to the cpunks list since I'm subscribed...;) Now, back to more intersting discussion... Forwarded message: > Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 11:26:47 -0600 (MDT) > From: Jim Burnes <jvb(a)ssds.com> > Subject: Renewable Energy Stuff (was citizenship silliness) > Apparently hemp hurd gassification yields a fairly sizeable, renewable > amount of energy per acre. Lemme see if I have the reference.... > Historically Hemp (Cannabis Sativa L.) has been a very high yielding plant > (Haney 1975). Assuming that hemp produces up to 4 tons/acre seed plus 10 > tons/acre stalks, Table 1 shows how many gallons of liquid fuel import could be > saved by each of the following proven biomass fuel conversion routes. > > Table 1. Conversion technologies for hemp stalks and hemp oil > > CONVERSION CONVERSION GASOLINE EQUIV > TECHNOLOGY EFF - % GAL/ACRE > > 1 Ethanol from fermentation of hydrolyzed cellulose 20 200 > 2 Digestion of whole stalks to methane 50 500 > 3 Producer gas from thermal gasification of stalks 85 1000 > 4 Methanol from syngas from gasification of stalks 65 750 > 5 Methanol from pyrolysis of stalks 3 30 > > OIL SEEDS - 4 tons/acre > > 6 Hemp Seed oil from Seeds, no conversion 100 300 > 7 Biobioesel premium diesel fuel from hemp seed 90 270 > oil combined chemically with methanol You're going to seriously claim that 1 gallon of hemp oil is equivalent to 3 gallons of gasoline? I don't think so. I've seen hemp burn and it don't burn anywhere near that efficiently. I also notice it doesn't mention what it costs to raise that 4 tons/acre... ____________________________________________________________________ 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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Spot The Fed
by Raymond D. Mereniuk 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

About a week ago I sent a message the list regarding Toto and how I found it hard to believe he was a country & western artist. I mentioned a tribute to Toto and an URL pointing to a web page on a data security product at a web site which is total spoof. The URL lead to a page touting a data security product called PUP, Pretty Useless Privacy. I shamelessly plagiarized Toto's concept, and even some of sentences, from a post on Pretty Lousy Privacy. I even managed to get most of the characteristics of Snake Oil in one sentence. The graphics on the page is a Snake Charmer. Now you figure the Feds will visit for sure, just try and spot them. Resolve the IP addresses to a domain name might work but if they had a clue they would use dummy domains. I would like to nominate the folks at IP address 204.249.179.54, or better yet the whole Class C as possible Feds. The IP address does not resolve to a domain name, actually all the IP address in the Class C plus the 204.249.178 Class C. I didn't bother to try any other neighbouring Class Cs. I can understand a few IP addresses of isolated machines not resolving to a domain name but not the whole Class C. You should also be able to see the default gateway's domain name. Seems like this may be the site of some paranoid privacy loving folks. If I have slandered any Cypherpunk and their company, who may be at least privacy loving, please accept my apologies in advance but please let me know if I made a mistake.

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