December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

No Subject
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Navy ordinace personnel always to have a keen sense of irony and, therefore, a fine sense of humor. On Cohen. Well, he affirms his belief in his coic. What else needs to be said? This press statement does sound like Algore though. Maybe the two have been spending too much time together or drinking from the same fruit bowl. ;) anon y. mous

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Re: Jury Duty
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Greg Broiles writes: >If you really do want to avoid jury service, mentioning FIJA or jury >nullification ought to do the trick - it may get every juror within >earshot excused, too, depending on how paranoid the locals are. > >But I think that's a horrible idea - jury participation is an opportunity >to exercise much more influence than you wield if/when you vote in an >election. All by yourself, voting your conscience as shaped by the >evidence and the jury instructions, you can force a mistrial, which might >or might not mean the end of the case. If your view of the evidence and >your understanding of the law, as explained by the judge in the jury >instructions, proves to be persuasive to your fellow jurors, you will >collectively make the law as it applies to the parties in your trial. It's >pretty difficult to overturn a jury verdict - not impossible, but it's >harder than you might think from watching TV. Be aware that concealing your opinions on this matter can get you into hot water. Juror Laura Kriho was convicted of obstruction of justice for not revealing that she believed in jury nullification, during the selection process. Kriho has appealed. More information is at http://home.utah-inter.net/don-tiggre/jrp.krihotoc.htm. The judge's ruling, at http://www.eagle-access.net/index3.html: :} After reviewing all the evidence and the law, and applying the standard :} of proof beyond a reasonable doubt, the Court reaches the following :} conclusions. During the jury selection process Ms. Kriho was aware that :} the trial court and the lawyers felt it was a juror's duty to follow the :} law as given by the trial court, and they wanted to know if any juror :} disagreed with this proposition. Ms. Kriho was also aware that the trial :} court and the parties wanted to know if the jurors could follow the rule :} that punishment was not to enter into their deliberations. Ms. Kriho :} was also aware that the trial court and the parties wanted to know if :} the jurors could follow the rule that punishment was not to enter into :} their deliberations. Ms. Kriho was also aware that the trial court and :} the parties wanted to know if any juror had strong feelings concerning :} the enforcement of drug laws or any experience that would affect their :} attitude about drug laws. While being aware of the importance of these :} issues and having been given the opportunity to comment on these issues, :} Ms. Kriho deliberately withheld her opinions on these topics from the :} trial court and the parties during the jury selection process. Based on :} all the evidence, this Court concludes that it was Ms. Kriho's intent to :} withhold this information from the trial court and the parties so that :} she could be selected to serve on the jury and obstruct the judicial :} process. By deliberately withholding this information, she obstructed :} the process of selecting a fair and impartial jury. The selection of :} jurors who have open minds and who have not preconceived the verdict :} is essential for a fair trial. Ms. Kriho's lack of candor about her :} experiences and attitudes led to the selection of a jury doomed to :} mistrial from the start. This Court finds this conduct constitutes :} obstruction of justice and this conduct was offensive to the authority :} and dignity of the trial court.

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Re: http://walkerdigital.com/html/patents.html
by Robert Hettinga 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

--- begin forwarded text Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 15:18:40 -0800 (PST) From: <Somebody (who founded a software company :-))> To: rah(a)shipwright.com Subject: Re: http://walkerdigital.com/html/patents.html Status: U IMHO, the patent office has no clue what the hell they're doing. Maybe it is time we do away with patents and let people who feel ripped off rely the courts for restitution. I have always thought that patents were to protect the inventor from being ripped off. However, i now find that: 1. patents are slowing down progress, since someone with a better idea can't use that idea since somehow, any incarnation of the patented idea, however different it may be, is covered by the broadness of the patent, thanks to some high paid lawyer. 2. patents are meant for "inventions", not ideas. Ideas are getting patented everyday. I know of many. Why do I consider them ideas and not inventions? Because the patented "thing" isn't available. There is a description of how it will work, what it will do and how someone could build it, in a million different ways, if they could figure out the tiny details themselves, since that is the part missing. But can you go anywhere and touch the invention, or see it operate or use it in some manner, however preliminary? No. I still have the folder that E*Data sent me four or more years ago, stating: We would rather license than litigate. Here is a list of companies we've sued. You'd look through the paperwork and everything was spelled out except what you would get from them if you licensed their patent, other than permission. You remember E-Data? Where are they now? Well they had a big blow a few months ago to their silly patent. All in all, I don't think patents help the small inventor any more. Those who can afford it, tell a lawyer what they are thinking and in 60-90 days, the attorney will have filed a patent with no more than a few follow-up phone calls or faxes. Those who can't afford it will continue to be robbed of their inventions. My rant. --- 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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Re: Question about 'TEMPEST': UPS (fwd)
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 17:22:58 -0800 > From: Michael Motyka <mmotyka(a)lsil.com> > Subject: Re: Question about 'TEMPEST': UPS > These were commercial cages used in the consumer products design Someplace you might want to check into about actual real-world cage design and computers is Cray. When I worked at UT Austin and we put in the comp center at the Balconese Research Center it had a wire mesh cage installed per spec by Cray for the X-MP & Y-MP. It would not surprise me if they didn't have some literture and design guides available. ____________________________________________________________________ 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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Merry Christmas from <Somewhere>
by Robert Hettinga 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Now, *this* is curious... Anyone, especially from C2NET, wanna take a shot at the following? I think I can tell him what CTO means ;-), but what about the rest? Cheers, RAH --- begin forwarded text From: Somebody To: <rah(a)philodox.com> Subject: Merry Christmas from <Somewhere> Date: <would actually tell you where they were...> Status: U Dear Rob Hettinga Merry Christmas and a happy new year! Hi, my name is <Somebody> I hope you remember me from FC98. I am trying to find out what is happening with C2net. I heard a rumor that C2net had corporate restructuring and Sameer quit CEO and became CTO. What is CTO anyway? Also, there was a rumor that someone who was in charge of the development of the SSL in Australia quit working for C2net. Does this have to do with Sameer's announcement of the OpenSSL project? I really need to know this. Please reply to my e-mail if you know anything about it. Thank you. <Somebody's .sig> --- 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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Expansion of handgun bans? [CNN]
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > X-within-URL: http://www.cnn.com/US/9812/23/gun.study/ > > EXPAND THE HANDGUN BAN? STUDY DRAWS FIRE > > guns December 23, 1998 > Web posted at: 4:28 p.m. EST (2128 GMT) > > In this story: > * Misdemeanor convictions linked to future crimes > * Critic: Study flawed > * Related stories and sites > > > > CHICAGO (CNN) -- It's legal in the United States for a person > convicted of a misdemeanor to buy a handgun. But, according to a study > being challenged as flawed, such purchasers are more likely than those > without a criminal record to commit a crime and should be barred from > buying handguns, just as felons are. > > The study was published Wednesday in the Journal of the American > Medical Association. [text deleted] ____________________________________________________________________ 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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bug recipes
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

..someone describes the use of mutton for anthrax breeding.. The mils are already vaccinated, so anthrax is passe. What you *really* want to do is dig up a smallpox victim...

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ruskies on crypto
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

http://www.jmls.edu/cyber/docs/ruscrypt.html DECREE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Concerning legal matters in the area of development, production, sale and usage of encoding devices, and also for the assignment of responsibility concerning the encoding of information http://www.emoney.ru/eng/about/our_publications.htm Our publications "What is "Digital Money" A.I.Demidov, C.V.Preobrazhensky. "Planet Internet", 1997, July, Russian. "Cryptography basics" A.I.Demidov. "Internet World" #7(10), 1997, July. Russian. "Internet commerce" A.I.Demidov. "Itogi" (JV with "Newsweek") #24(57), 1997, June. Russian. "The main types of Internet payment systems" A.I.Demidov "Internet World" #6(9), 1997, June. Russian. "Digital Cash" A.I.Demidov. "CardWorld" #8, 1997, May. Russian. "Information site: www.emoney.ru" C.V.Preobrazhensky. ROCIT workshop "Electronic commerce and Internet payment systems", 1997, April. Russian. "Ways of Internet payment systems development in Russia" A.I.Demidov. ROCIT workshop "Electronic commerce and Internet payment systems", 1997, April. Russian. "What is digital money?" A.I.Demidov. "Money" #8(116), 1997, March. Russian. http://www.fortunecity.com/skyscraper/coding/379/lesson1.htm CLASSICAL CRYPTOGRAPHY COURSE

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Re: bug recipes
by uhm, yeah.. 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> >..someone describes the use of mutton for anthrax breeding.. > What? >The mils are already vaccinated, so anthrax is passe. What >you *really* want to do is dig up a smallpox victim... > You must have a lot of time on your hands, eh? > - neotek ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

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No Subject
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

INTELLIGENT VIRUS INVADES NT SERVERS A new computer virus that attacked 10 MCI Worldcom networks last week is capable of spreading throughout computer networks and scrambling the documents on those networks as it goes. "We've never seen anything this sophisticated in 10 years of doing this," says Network Associates' general manager of network security. "This is a completely new strain of virus and the first we've seen that propagates itself with no user interaction." The "Remote Explorer" virus runs on Microsoft Windows NT servers and affects common programs like Microsoft Word. Users clicking on their Word icon might experience a slight delay, but otherwise would be unable to detect the presence of the virus; meanwhile, the virus is busy corrupting files and spreading to other programs. Microsoft officials say they're "aware of other viruses that have the same characteristics," and Network Associates says it has developed a Remote Explorer detector and is working on a solution to decode the affected files. (Wall Street Journal 22 Dec 98) #!/usr/local/bin/perl -0777-- -export-a-crypto-system-sig -RC4-3-lines-PERL @k=unpack('C*',pack('H*',shift));for(@t=@s=0..255){$y=($k[$_%@k]+$s[$x=$_ ]+$y)%256;&S}$x=$y=0;for(unpack('C*',<>)){$x++;$y=($s[$x%=256]+$y)%256; &S;print pack(C,$_^=$s[($s[$x]+$s[$y])%256])}sub S{@s[$x,$y]=@s[$y,$x]}

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