December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

XS4ALL
by Alex de Joode 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

It seems that XS4ALL has been bought by KPN (The Dutch Telco) -aj-

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Comrade Klinton at it again
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Comrade Klinton just started another bombing run, curiously after it became widely known that the impeachment hearings wouldn't be delayed until next week. So far, every target hit has been in camera range. NBC said that the Iranian Embassy might have been hit by a Tomahawk.

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No Subject
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

McAfee has announced that they are giving away the commercial version of PGP 6.0.2 for free for a limited time. It also includes PGP Disk, which creates virtual encrypted drives. PGP 6.0.2 also claims to have anti-TEMPEST protection, by using a special font. My question is: what's the catch? It is a fact that Network Associates (McAfee's owner) is a member of the Key Recovery Aliance. Is the decision to give the software away part of something that's not being said (i.e. reduced security) or did I spend $39.99 on PGP and an additional $39.99 on PGP Disk for no reason because it would become available for free two weeks later? And, has anyone tested the anti-TEMPEST features in PGP 6.0.2?

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Encryption chip
by Vortexia 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Does anyone know if there is some kind of chip, or IC commercially available that does secure encryption? Thanx Andrew Alston

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RE: Clinton Attacks Iraq
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> -----Original Message----- > From: Rabid Wombat [mailto:wombat@mcfeely.bsfs.org] > Sent: Thursday, December 17, 1998 1:04 AM > To: Anonymous > Cc: cypherpunks(a)EINSTEIN.ssz.com > Subject: RE: Clinton Attacks Iraq > > Was it my imagination, or did the T'Hawk strikes pause for > Bubba's speech? > It seemed like they were coming into Baghdad every half hour, like > clockwork, but they seem to have skipped one half-hour's > worth when Bubba > was on the air. By the order of the new Joint Chief of Staff, the newly commissioned Nielsen rating system, the bombings were halted due to most targets being pointed at the White House for Clinton-mania by select TV viewers nationwide. Once Clinton was off the air the new targetting systems available at select Nielsen homes nationwide resumed proper operation by select War@Home families tuning to their favorite news channels covering sites in Iraq. Unfortunately a select number of viewers took shine to the Iranian Embassy causing a tomahawk's guidance system to be changed and resulting in the destruction of mentioned structure. This will, of course, be blamed on user error at the next press hearing. yours virtually forever (however long that may be), WarMonger "Wag the Dog" was just the beginning...

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RE: PGP Disk for free??
by Walter Burton 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> -----Original Message----- > From: Anonymous [mailto:nobody@replay.com] > Sent: Thursday, December 17, 1998 2:42 PM > To: cypherpunks(a)toad.com > Subject: > > > McAfee has announced that they are giving away the commercial > version of PGP 6.0.2 for free for a limited time. It also > includes PGP Disk, which creates virtual encrypted drives. > PGP 6.0.2 also claims to have anti-TEMPEST protection, by > using a special font. My question is: what's the catch? They feel guilty 'cause there was a flaw in previous versions of PGP Disk. It's a gesture of good will. > It is a fact that Network Associates (McAfee's owner) is a > member of the Key Recovery Aliance. Is the decision to give > the software away part of something that's not being said > (i.e. reduced security) The source for 5.x is freely available, and I expect the source for (at least the free versions of) 6.x will soon be. Now, as far as I'm aware, the source for PGP Disk is not yet available, and probably won't be, since that's a commercial product. Not that that's a GOOD reason ;). > or did I spend $39.99 on PGP and an > additional $39.99 on PGP Disk for no reason because it would > become available for free two weeks later? Bingo. Perhaps they'll give you a refund! > And, has anyone tested the anti-TEMPEST features in PGP 6.0.2? Not I. That would take some serious equipment! I doubt even Phil Zimmerman or Network Associates has tested it thoroughly. Throughout the online help regarding the Secure Viewer and Tempest attacks, they use phrases like "MAY reduce levels of radio frequency emissions" and "MAY make it harder for the signals to be remotely detected" (my emphasis). --- Walter S. Burton <mailto:wburton@pipestream.com> For my PGP public key, send a message with the subject "get public key." Fingerprint: 3E28 7C81 536C 92FE ED01 6B70 0E37 DB49 9F6C 8DF8

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"They've started bombing Mars! I repeat, they're bombing Mars!"
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

"We just intercepted a coded transmission from Earth Force Command. They've started bombing Mars! I repeat, they're bombing Mars!" (scene of two fighters on approach to a biodome) Omega One: "Standing by. Weapons hot." Radio: "Don't do it! We have women and children down here! Don't do it!" Radio2: "Omega One, you are clear for drop." (weapons fly, killing a few thousand innocent men, women, and children.) It amazes me how much similarity Babylon 5 has to reality. Is Clinton a fan who fancies himself as President Clark? I'm starting to worry.

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Re: Comrade Klinton at it again
by Michael Motyka 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Don't you mean "Iraqui" Embassy? Or is this thing spreading? I hope not. Comrade Klinton is no worse than Comrades Hyde, Ingliss, Gingrich, Coble, Bono, well you know the rest. They all call themselves statesmen but they are pretty damned pedestrian. **************** Comrade Klinton just started another bombing run, curiously after it became widely known that the impeachment hearings wouldn't be delayed until next week. So far, every target hit has been in camera range. NBC said that the Iranian Embassy might have been hit by a Tomahawk.

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Crypto related... [/.]
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > X-within-URL: http://slashdot.org/ > RIAA's Encypted Music-Working with defense contractors? The Internet > Posted by Hemos on Friday December 18, @08:32AM > from the things-that-make-you-go-hmm dept. > Tom Holroyd passed along some interesting pieces of information from > Eric S Arnum's recent piece over at SonicNet. Many of you saw that the > RIAA has decided to lauch their Secure Digital Music Initiative > (SDMI). Well, that's not so interesting on it's own, but their choice > of company is. It's a subsidary of SAIC, a privately held company that > does work in secure defense commnuications. The company (SAIC) has > worked with the CIA, NSA, and Navy, amongst others. Click below for > the full story. > Read More... > (18 comments, 2554 bytes in body) > Wassenaar agreement not to apply to free software? Encryption Posted > by sengan on Thursday December 17, @04:53PM > from the eh? dept. > The Free Software Foundation states that the Wassenaar agreement does > not apply to free-software. It'd be nice to know why. Is this a > provision for research, or some sort of loophole? Link countesy of > Linux Today. > Read More... > (89 comments) ____________________________________________________________________ What raises the standard of living may well diminish the quality of life. The Club of Rome The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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Howdy neighbor! Can I borrow an egg, some sugar, and a SCSI cable?
by Robert Hettinga 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

--- begin forwarded text Resent-Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 16:32:14 -0500 To: 0xdeadbeef(a)substance.abuse.blackdown.org Subject: Howdy neighbor! Can I borrow an egg, some sugar, and a SCSI cable? Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 16:36:36 -0500 From: glen mccready <glen(a)qnx.com> Resent-From: 0xdeadbeef(a)substance.abuse.blackdown.org Resent-Sender: 0xdeadbeef-request(a)substance.abuse.blackdown.org Forwarded-by: Nev Dull <nev(a)bostic.com> Forwarded-by: "Kevin D. Clark" <kclark(a)cabletron.com> Source: http://online.guardian.co.uk/theweb/911396071-geekville.html Leander Kahney inspects a des. res. for hackers House fit for a mouse TO RENT: apartment; sleeps 2.8 computers; unique address (on the Web); Linux in all rooms; only geeks need apply. This isn't quite how Walden Internet Village advertises itself but it is how the complex sees itself: 'run by geeks for geeks'. The 12-building complex in Houston, Texas, boasts pleasant decor and beautiful landscaped gardens but for the tenants it is trying to attract the most important feature will be the way it is wired for the future, offering the kind of high-speed Internet access enjoyed only by big companies and universities. "It's a community for hackers," says Alan LeFort, marketing director and network administrator. "It's not easy to find a place where your neighbours are Perl programmers or Linux freaks." Every apartment has a 10 Megabit per second pipe to the Internet -- a connection about 175 times faster than the standard 56k modem. It also has assigned its own unique Web address, so residents can run their own Web sites from inside their apartments. "We don't care what they run as long as its not a porn site," LeFort said. All apartments also have wiring built into the walls for their own little home network. "The average resident has 2.8 machines," LeFort says. "They like to connect them together." The complex also offers several big computers on an internal network, one dedicated to the game Quake and another for storing the GNU/Linux software favoured by most tenants. The few running Windows NT will have to be "educated", LeFort said. At first sight, Texas with its cowboy image, might seem an unlikely place for a geek community. But Houston is home to Nasa's Johnson Space Center, Compaq, and a major axis for the engineering, medical, and, of course, the oil and energy industries. Already geeks have snapped up about half the 200 apartments. The company hopes to fill the rest with geeks as non-hackers' leases expire. Rents range from $675 (L409) per month for a one-bedroom flat to $1,400 a month for a three-bedroom, two-bathroom home. The complex boasts an active social life. Every fortnight is party night when up to 50 people turn up with their computers and hook them into a fast Local Area Network for playing games. Walden is a pilot project. The company owns five other complexes in Houston and is considering re-wiring three of them for hackers. Visit Walden Internet Villages at http://www.waldenweb.com and two of the complex's game sites at http://www.gamerscircle.com, http://www.quake2.com 18 November 1998 --- 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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