December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

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by Richard.Bragg＠ssa.co.uk 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

In addition: You shall inform your local party representative (lpr) of all journeys to be made and the purpose thereof. Only the guilty will wish to conceal their movements. You shall also inform your lpr on any deviation from the registered journey. The innocent have nothing to hide. You shall share all personal information about yourself including bank access codes and all passwords. You do trust The Party don't you? Failure to comply with any regulation shall incure a with-holding of all bodily functions order. Compliance is entirely volentary. Assistance with complience can be found in you local Yellow Pages or other business directory under Surgery, lobotomy or Political Party, Membership. Long life to the Party, slow and painful death to all who oppose us. Resistance is useless. You want a secure and happy life don't you? Anonymous <nobody(a)replay.com> on 21/12/98 13:29:50 To: cypherpunks(a)toad.com cc: (bcc: Richard Bragg/UK/SSA_EUROPE) Subject: The Ministry of Information announces the following: In order to ensure domestic tranquility and the maximum protection of human rights by reducing crimes against humanity, be it enacted that - There shall be no whispering in public; you should have nothing to hide unless you are a criminal - You may not walk or gather in groups of two or more; such gathering is an indication that you may be conspiring to commit some illegal act - You may not have locks on your house; you should have nothing that you are keeping from the collective - You are not to draw the blinds or curtains in your house; law-abiding citizens have nothing to hide - All future voting will be by voice vote before the General Assembly; you will also proclaim your support for the Party before casting your vote - You will not think. Free thought is for those that conspire against the righteous government - You will not associate with the Cypherpunks; they are enemies of those that would oppress you <UNSUB>

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Hayek Quote of the Week - Rule of Law
by Robert Hettinga 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

--- begin forwarded text Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 12:17:05 EST Reply-To: Hayek Related Research <HAYEK-L(a)MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU> Sender: Hayek Related Research <HAYEK-L(a)MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU> From: Hayek-L List Host <HayekList(a)AOL.COM> Subject: Hayek Quote of the Week - Rule of Law To: HAYEK-L(a)MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU Hayek Quote of the Week "It is often not recognized that general and equal laws provide the most effective protection against infringement of individual liberty, this is due mainly to the habit of tacitly exempting the state and its agents from them and of assuming that the government has the power to grant exemptions to individuals. The ideal of the rule of law requires that the state either enforce the law upon others -- and that this be its only monopoly -- or act under the same law and therefore be limited in the same manner as the private person. It is this fact that all rules apply equally to all, including those who govern, which makes it improbable that any oppressive rules will be adopted. It would be humanly impossible to separate effectively the laying-down of new general rules and their application to particular cases unless these functions were performed by different persons or bodies. This part of the doctrine of the separation of powers23 [fn23. See W. S. Holdsworth's review of the 9th edition of A. V. Dicey, _Constitution_, in the _Law Quarterly Review_, Vol. LV (1939), which contains one of the latest authoritative statements in England of the tradition conception of the rule of law. It deserves quotation at length, but we will reproduce only one paragraph here: 'The rule of law is as valuable a principle today as it has ever been. For it means that the Courts can see to it that the powers of officials, and official bodies of persons entrusted with government, are not exceeded and are not abused, and the rights of citizens are determined in accordance with the law enacted and unenacted. Insofar as the jurisdiction of the Courts is ousted, and officials or official bodies of persons are given a purely administrative discrection, the rule of law is abrogated. It is not abrogated if these officials or official bodies are given a judicial or quasi-judicial discretion, although the machinery through which the rule is applied is not that of the Courts.'] must therefore be regarded as an intergral part of the rule of law. Rules must not be made with particular cases in mind, nor must particular cases be decided in light of anything but the general rule -- though this rule may not yet have been explicityly formulated and therefore have to be discovered. This requires independent judges who are not concerned with the temporary ends of government ,,, " Friedrich Hayek, _The Constitution of Liberty_, Chicago: U. of Chicago. 1960. pp. 21-211. Hayek Quote of the Week is a regular feature of the Hayek-L list. --- 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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Felices Fiestas
by vdomingo＠medialabs.es 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Con mis mejores deseos de Felicidad y Prosperidad para el Año Nuevo. Víctor Domingo. Archivo Adjunto idea de mi amigo Antonio Montorio (http://villanos.net) _____________________ MediaLabs SuperMailer 2.5 http:\\www.medialabs.es\supermailer

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SNET: A Little Humor
by Vladimir Z. Nuri 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

From: BStokes45(a)aol.com Subject: SNET: A Little Humor Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 18:21:38 EST To: johnsonlm(a)prodigy.net, dstokes(a)wt.net, skeptichat(a)lists.sonic.net, wethepeople(a)onelist.com, NOEL123(a)juno.com, SNETNEWS(a)world.std.com, Roxrfun2me(a)aol.com -> SNETNEWS Mailing List Congress' Night Before Christmas "Twas the week before Christmas and those sly little elves, Our congressmen, labored to better themselves. They cared not a whit what the public might think "Let them eat cake," some said with a wink. And putting their thumbs to the tip of their nose, they waved as they shouted "Anything goes!" They scoffed at the thought that we might object, to a tax cut for the wealthy of a posh percent. They've got prerequisites-franking, per diem, and more -- bargain-priced haircuts and gyms (three or four!) Paid speaking engagements and meals on the cuff, celebrity status -- (they've sure got it tough!), Yet they claim they're in touch with the man on the street, as John Q. Public struggles to make both ends meet. If all workers decided what they were due, they'd be getting those fat paychecks too! But while we take cutbacks or raises quite small, and one out of 20 has no job at all, our millionaire Congress decides on the budget land trimming Medicare and Medicaid will do it, they say. In this season for giving, our Congress is taking. We've had it with them and our backs are breaking. With hard times, disasters, and layoffs on our dockets, we bit the bullet and they fill their pockets! Oh jobless, oh homeless, oh desperate and needy - dare anyone say our Congress is greedy? If in this feeling I'm not alone, take up your pen or pick up your phone. As dry leaves before the wild hurricane fly, let the road of your anger mount to the sky. Indignant, outraged, appalled and beset let your congressman know that you won't forget! When election times comes -- and certain it will -- you're voting him out for passing that bill. More rapid than eagles, their elections assured they toasted each other and laughed at the herd. And I heard them exclaim with adjournment at hand, "Merry Christmas to us, and the public be damned! The Audit =========== A man, called to testify at the IRS, asked his accountant for advice on what to wear. "Wear your shabbiest clothing. Let him think you are a pauper," the accountant replied. Then he asked his lawyer the same question, but got the opposite advice. "Do not let them intimidate you. Wear your most elegant suit and tie." Confused, the man went to his Rabbi, told him of the conflicting advice, and requested some resolution of the dilemma. "Let me tell you a story," replied the Rabbi. "A woman, about to be married, asked her mother what to wear on her wedding night. 'Wear a heavy, long, flannel nightgown that goes right up to your neck.' But when she asked her best friend, she got conflicting advice. Wear your most sexy negligee, with a V neck right down to your navel." The man protested: "What does all this have to do with my problem with the IRS?" "No matter what you wear, you are going to get screwed." Does anyone find it strange that we can find humor in the truth? -> Send "subscribe snetnews " to majordomo(a)world.std.com -> Posted by: BStokes45(a)aol.com

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SNET: [Fwd: [FP] Biometric National ID Card Now A Reality]
by Vladimir Z. Nuri 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

From: Lynford Theobald <telnet12(a)burgoyne.com> Subject: SNET: [Fwd: [FP] Biometric National ID Card Now A Reality] Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 08:51:19 -0700 To: "snetnews(a)world.std.com" <snetnews(a)world.std.com> -> SNETNEWS Mailing List This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------408C3A349997A1C52693F214 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Here is more on the same. LT --------------408C3A349997A1C52693F214 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Received: by bci for telnet12 (with Cubic Circle's cucipop (v1.21 1997/08/10) Sun Dec 13 20:32:27 1998) X-From_: owner-scan(a)efga.org Sun Dec 13 19:03:49 1998 Return-Path: <owner-scan(a)efga.org> Received: from inferno.serversystems.net (inferno.serversystems.net [207.15.209.253]) by burgoyne.com (8.8.7/8.8.6) with ESMTP id TAA04271 for <telnet12(a)burgoyne.com>; Sun, 13 Dec 1998 19:03:48 -0700 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by inferno.serversystems.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) id UAA00009 for scan-list.efga; Sun, 13 Dec 1998 20:14:22 -0500 Received: from alpha.airnet.net (page.airnet.net [207.120.51.2]) by inferno.serversystems.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id UAA00006; Sun, 13 Dec 1998 20:14:18 -0500 Received: from scottmcd (209.64.77.41) by alpha.airnet.net (Worldmail 1.3.167); 13 Dec 1998 19:11:29 -0600 From: "ScanThisNews" <mcdonalds(a)airnet.net> To: "ScanThisNews Recipients List" <scan(a)efga.org> Subject: [FP] Biometric National ID Card Now A Reality Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 19:13:18 -0600 Message-ID: <000501be26fe$f051e480$294d40d1@scottmcd> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-scan(a)efga.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: owner-scan(a)efga.org X-Web-Site: http://www.efga.org/ X-Mail-List-Info: http://efga.org/about/maillist/ X-SCAN: http://www.networkusa.org/fingerprint.shtml ====================================================================== SCAN THIS NEWS 12/13/98 [forwarded from Larry Becraft] THE BIOMETRIC NATIONAL ID CARD IS NOW A REALITY... By Jon Christian Ryter Author of WHATEVER HAPPENED TO AMERICA? and THE BAFFLED CHRISTIAN'S HANDBOOK America was rightfully alarmed in late September when Representatives Bob Barr (R-GA) and Ron Paul (TX) revealed the fact that somehow, unbeknown to anyone, and for some as yet unexplained reason, the National ID Card that Hillary Clinton, Marc Tucker and Ira Magaziner had adroitly concealed in the failed Health Security Act of 1994 had somehow "accidentally" been passed, in a somewhat illegal and unconstitutional fashion, and was now "the law of the land." Pictured (see link below) is the actual "Healthcare Passport" card currently being used in three American cities. Displayed is the front and back of that card. This photo was scanned from the brochure used by the National Institute of Health to introduce the new card in a seminar in Denver earlier this year. The word "passport" on the card had to have been a tongue-in-cheek addition, since it is the precursor of the internal passport that will ultimately control your ability to move freely throughout this great land. The card is biometric. Stored on this card is the complete medical history of the card's owner. Also stored on the card is every conceivable piece of information about that person. Imbedded in the card is a tracking devise. The plan to create and implement a National ID Card, while first made "public" in a private White House meeting on Nov. 11, 1993 and discussed in a disavowed protocol that detailed the dialogue of that meeting, is not uniquely a Clintonoid idea even though the National ID Card first appears innocuously concealed in the Health Security Act as a "healthcare benefits card" that the First Lady insisted had to be carried by every American--even if they refused to be covered by the plan--under penalty of law. The same card, in the form of a national driver's license, had just been mandated by the European Union for all of the new European States. A brief battle waged in Europe over the national driver's license. Most Europeans had experienced national identity cards in the past and realized quickly the new universal European driver's license was an internal passport that would give their new government the tool they needed to control their lives. The media immediately labeled those who resisted the EU driver's license as "globalphobes" who were against progress, and wanted to return Europe to the days of the cold war. They were the extremists. In the United States, the Clinton's knew a National ID Card spelled problems, regardless what name was put on it. However, as a healthcare card that provided each American with thousands of dollars of free medical care, they correctly surmised that the ramblings of the right wing zealots could be easily dismissed by the mainstream liberal media. The media did its job well. The Health Security Act was the best thing since sliced bread and peanut butter. According to the media, the Health Security Act would provide healthcare for the millions upon millions of uninsured Americans. The media even obliged by ignoring the obviously flawed cost assessments as well. Hillary demanded that Congress pass the Health Security Act without and changes--reminiscent of FDR's passing the "emergency legislation" that kicked off the New Deal without allowing members of Congress to even see the legislation they were voting on--and unconstitutionally granting Roosevelt almost dictatorial power over the United States. Congress wasn't buying. They read the Health Security Act. Then, they rejected it. It was, they declared, the most expensive social experiment in the world. Buried in the National Archives, in the working papers of the Hillary Clinton healthcare plan, was a game plan in the event the Health Security Act went down in flaming defeat. The game plan? Implement another healthcare act that provided healthcare for children. No one would dare deny healthcare to children. To introduce the plan, they called on Teddy Kennedy. Kennedy failed. Kennedy, they realized, was trusted by most Americans even less than the Clintons. Next they turned to Orrin Hatch, who teamed up with Kennedy and rammed the legislation through Congress. Healthcare for kids. Of course, everyone was in favor of it. Voting against it was a good way to lose an election. And, once the law was codified, the bureaucracy possessed the authority to simply expand it to include anyone and everyone. What was not in the legislation was funding to create a biometric health care card. The authority to do it was there, but not the money. For the money, the Clinton administration turned to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The foundation, created by the founder of Johnson & Johnson, obliged and funded the experimental program which was kicked off in three western cities (noted above). What was introduced to members of the National Institute of Health in Denver as a card that will record the inoculation records of children, includes everything from DNA typing to that individual's medical, psychiatric and financial history. It was because the biometric card would also contain the psychiatric history of the cardholder that an employee of the National Institute of Health approached me and offered me the data that is contained in this report. In my initial meeting with the NIH employee, I was also told that this person had commented to a NIH executive that it was not good for the card to contain so much personal information that was not needed to monitor the rates of inoculation of the children covered by the program, since it would provide the government information that could easily be misused. At that point the NIH executive laughed and said: "What do you think we have do with the data we get from Medicare and Medicaid? We've been using it for years to apprehend and deport illegal aliens and to capture those wanted by the law." In the case of the Health Passport, which is the precursor of the National Driver's License that will go into affect nationwide on October 1, 2000, however, the is one added feature--it contains a tracking chip. At a recent National Institute of Health seminar, an NIH executive proudly displayed an electronic map created by the NIH computer technicians that pinpointed every Health Passport card holder in Denver, Colorado. It was a "living map" that would track each Health Passport card holder if and when they moved. Whether or not such a map had been created for the other two "pilot" cities is not known. NOTE: Before I left Washington this afternoon, I spoke for about a half hour with Stan Johnson of the Prophecy Club, and emailed Stan a copy of the Heath Passport Card. Stan has additional information on this subject, particularly with respect to a new computer mainframe that the government recently installed in Denver that ties in with the information I have been receiving from my own source in the National Institute of Health. Apparently this is the planned topic for the Prophecy Club's radio talk show next Monday (and because it is, I will not reveal any of the revelations that Stan shared with me on the phone this afternoon. I would strongly urge you to visit Stan's website for additional information. http://www.prophecyclub.com/ --------------------------------------------- http://www.westgov.org/hpp/hpp-web.htm HEALTH PASSPORT A Project of the Western Governors' Association - Frequently Asked Questions - Introduction to the Health Passport Project What is the Health Passport Project? The Health Passport Project is a three-city demonstration that uses what is called a "smart card" to put important health-related information at the fingertips of mothers and their children. People participating in the demonstration are those eligible for care under public health programs. The Health Passport Project is the largest health-care demonstration in the United States for smart cards and will be conducted over two years in the cities of Bismarck, North Dakota; Cheyenne, Wyoming; and Reno, Nevada. The project will demonstrate how people can use these electronic cards to give up-to-date information to their health-care providers, including physicians, nurses, nutritionists and early childhood educators. Food Retailers Grocers who handle thousands of checks for nutrition benefits will find the new system involves less paperwork, results in quicker check-out, and provides more timely reimbursement. The Health Passport works like a bank card at the check-out counter. Benefits are automatically downloaded to the client's card at the retailer. Distribution of WIC benefits will be demonstrated in Reno and Cheyenne. More About the Demonstrations Which public health programs are participating? --- Bismarck, North Dakota The Family Doctors, Bismarck Burleigh Nursing, WIC, Head Start, Immunizations, Medicaid, the Optimal Pregnancy Outcome Program, and Maternal and Child Health Bertie Bishop (701) 255-3397 --- Cheyenne, Wyoming Cheyenne Children's Clinic, the University of Wyoming Family Practice Residency Center, Laramie County Public Health Nursing, Medicaid, WIC, Head Start, Maternal and Child Health, and Immunizations Terry Williams (307) 777-6008 --- Reno, Nevada WIC, Immunizations, and Head Start Marty Brown (702) 883-6992 ------------------------------------------------- http://www.westgov.org/hpp/ http://www.westgov.org/wga/publicat/hppsum.htm Health Passport Information Technology: Toward a Health Card for the West "Congress is considering the most sweeping changes to the delivery of social services since the New Deal. In this environment, the Health Passport presents an innovative tool to help ensure the continued delivery of critical services to low income women and children--even as government sponsored programs are consolidated or eliminated. While devolution of authority to the states is expected to reduce duplicative federal administrative structures, the debate in Washington has done little to provide practical solutions. The Health Passport offers a tool to help achieve these administrative savings empowering citizens and preserving the integrity of services." ======================================================================= Don't believe anything you read on the Net unless: 1) you can confirm it with another source, and/or 2) it is consistent with what you already know to be true. ======================================================================= 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. 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You Have Won World Class Florida/Caribbean Vacation Package!
by ABDULRAZAQ＠aol.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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No Subject
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

i got a mail message delivered by the friendly old postal service, from Toto. he says he has been elected Santa Calus (aka Santa Loco) of Yucca South CellBlock, at FCI-Tuscon but 'Santa is in The Hole (TM).' he is or at least was sharing a cell with a skinhead called 'reaper.' but reaper has 'great reading material' - such as GQ magaazine - so it's 'not as grim as it might seem.' he says he has come down with a skin condition that is still untreated by the prison authorities. his toto-eque notes to the prison staff on 'inmate request' forms don't seem to be helping. that's all.

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Amazing New Virus from NAI!!!
by remailer＠rugratz.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Network Associates has just announced an NT virus which spreads over LAN/WANs. Fortunately, there is a solution. To speak to an NAI customer service representative, please call 800 338-8754. * Written in "C", an initial estimates is that it took NAI programmers 200 or more man-hours to write. Fortunately, there is a solution. To speak to an NAI customer service representative, please call 800 338-8754. Remember, there's a FREE Solution for Licensed NAI Corporate Customers Or If you are not a Licensed NAI Customer, just click to purchase the necessary anti-virus products online on our handy webpage. http://www.nai.com/antivirus/remote_explorer.asp Network Associates: The company you can trust, because we bought out Phil Zimmermann! Copyright (C) 1998 by Your Friends at Network Associates

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Re: Good archive of AES algorithms?
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> Is there a good archive of all the algorithms submitted for > AES? I'd be interested especially in one that also had > info on what's been broken so far, plus implementations and > performance numbers. I can't find all this info on any one > site, but I can't believe that one doesn't exist. The home page for the AES is http://www.nist.gov/aes/ There is a page with current attack/break information at: http://www.ii.uib.no/~larsr/aes.html. Bruce Schneier et al have done performance comparisons of AES algorithms; links to their results at http://www.counterpane.com/AES-performance.html.

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export controlled fermenters
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

http://www.acda.gov/factshee/wmd/bw/auslist.htm LIST OF DUAL-USE BIOLOGICAL EQUIPMENT FOR EXPORT CONTROL 1. Complete containment facilities at P3, P4 containment level Complete containment facilities that meet the criteria for P3 or P4 (BL3, BL4, L3, L4) containment as specified in the WHO Laboratory Biosafety manual (Geneva, 1983) are subject to export control. 2. Fermenters* Fermenters capable of cultivation of pathogenic micro-organisms, viruses or for toxin production, without the propagation of aerosols, and having all the following characteristics: (a) capacity equal to or greater than 100 litres; *Sub-groups of fermenters include bioreactors, chemostats and continuous-flow systems. 3. Centrifugal Separators* Centrifugal separators capable of the contiuous separation of pathogenic micro-organisms, without the propagation of aerosols, and having all the following characteristics: (a) flow rate greater than 100 litres per hour; (b) components of polished stainless steel or titanium; (c) double or multiple sealing joints within the steam containment area; (d) capable of in-situ steam sterilization in a closed state. *Centrifugal separators include decanters. 4. Cross-flow Filtration Equipment Cross-flow filtration equipment capable of continuous separation of pathogenic microorganisms, viruses, toxins and cell cultures without the propagation of aerosols, having all the following characteristics: (a) equal to or greater than 5 square metres; (b) capable of in-situ sterilization. 5. Freeze-drying Equipment Steam sterilizable freeze-drying equipment with a condensor capacity greater than 50 kgs of ice in 24 hours and less than 1000 kgs of ice in 24 hours. 6. Equipment that incorporates or is contained in P3 or P4 (BL3, BL4, L3, L4) containment housing, as follows: (a) Independently ventilated protective full or half suits; (b) Class III biological safety cabinets or isolators with similar performance standards. 7. Aerosol inhalation chambers Chambers designed for aerosol challenge testing with microorganisms, viruses or toxins and having a capacity of 1 cubic metre or greater. The experts propose that the following item be included in awareness raising guidelines to industry: 1. Equipment for the micro-encapsulation of live micro-organisms and toxins in the range of 1-10 um particle size, specifically: (a) Interfacial polycondensors; (b) Phase separators. 2. Fermenters of less than 100 litre capacity with special emphasis on aggregate orders or designs for use in combined systems. 3. Conventional or turbulent air-flow clean-air rooms and self-contained fan-HEPA filter units that may be used for P3 or P4 (BL3, BL4, L3, L4) containment facilities. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- AUSTRALIA GROUP LIST OF BIOLOGICAL AGENTS FOR EXPORT CONTROL CORE LIST1 Viruses V1. Chikungunya virus V2. Congo-Crimean haemorrhagic fever virus V3. Dengue fever virus V4. Eastern equine encephalitis virus V5. Ebola virus V6. Hantaan virus V7. Junin virus V8. Lassa fever virus V9. Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus V10. Machupo virus V11. Marburg virus V12. Monkey pox virus V13. Rift Valley fever virus V14. Tick-borne encephalitis virus (Russian Spring-Summer encephalitis virus) V15. Variola virus V16. Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus V17. Western equine encephalitis virus V18. White pox V19. Yellow fever virus V20. Japanese encephalitis virus Rickettsiae R1. Coxiella burnetii R2. Bartonella Quintana (Rochalimea quintana, Rickettsia quintana) R3. Rickettsia prowasecki R4. Rickettsia rickettsii Bacteria B1. Bacillus anthracis B2. Brucella abortus B3. Brucella melitensis B4. Brucella suis B5. Chlamydia psittaci B6. Clostridium Botulinum B7. Francisella tularensis B8. Burkholderia mallei (pseudomonas mallei) B9. Burkholderia pseudomallei (pseudomonas pseudomallei) B10. Salmonella typhi B11. Shigella dysenteriae B12. Vibrio cholerae B13. Yersinia pestis Genetically Modified Micro-organisms G1. Genetically modified micro-organisms or genetic elements that contain nucleic acid sequences associated with pathogenicity and are derived from organisms in the core list. G2. Genetically modified micro-organisms or genetic elements that contain nucleic acid sequences coding for any of the toxins in the core list, or their subunits. Toxins as follow and subunits thereof:2 T1. Botulinum toxins T2. Clostridium perfringens toxins T3. Conotoxin T4. Ricin T5. Saxitoxin T6. Shiga toxin T7. Staphylococcus aureaus toxins T8. Tetrodotoxin T9. Verotoxin T10. Microcystin (Cyanginosin) T11. Alflatoxins __________________ 1. Except where the agent is in the form of a vaccine. 2. Excluding immunotoxins. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WARNING LIST1 Viruses WV1. Kyasanur Forest virus WV2. Louping ill virus WV3. Murray Valley encephalitis virus WV4. Omsk haemorrhagic fever virus WV5. Oropouche virus WV6. Powassan virus WV7. Rocio virus WV8. St. Louis encephalitis virus Bacteria WB1. Clostridium perfringens* WB2. Clostridium tetani* WB3. Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli, serotype 0157 and other verotoxin producing serotypes WB4. Legionella pneumophila WB5. Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Genetically Modified Micro-organisms WG1. Genetically modified micro-organisms or genetic elements that contain nucleic acid sequences associated with pathogenicity and are derived from organisms in the warning list. WG2. Genetically modified micro-organisms or genetic elements that contain nucleic acid sequences coding for any of the toxins in the warning list, or their subunits. Toxins as follow and subunits thereof:2 WT1. Abrin WT2. Cholera toxin WT3. Tetanus toxin WT4. Trichothecene mycotoxins WT5. Modeccin WT6. Volkensin WT7. Viscum Album Lectin 1 (Viscumin) __________________ *The Australia Group recognizes that these organisms are ubiquitous, but, as they have been acquired in the past as part of biological weapons programs, they are worthy of special caution. 1. Except where the agent is in the form of a vaccine. 2. Excluding immunotoxins. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- AUSTRALIA GROUP LIST OF ANIMAL PATHOGENS FOR EXPORT CONTROL1 Viruses AV1. African swine fever virus AV2. Avian influenza virus2 AV3. Bluetongue virus AV4. Foot and mouth disease virus AV5. Goat pox virus AV6. Herpes virus (Aujeszky's disease) AV7. Hog cholera virus (synonym: Swine fever virus) AV8. Lyssa virus AV9. Newcastle disease virus AV10. Peste des petits ruminants virus AV11. Porcine enterovirus type 9 (synonym: swine vesicular disease virus) AV12. Rinderpest virus AV13. Sheep pox virus AV14. Teschen disease virus AV15. Vesicular stomatitis virus _____________________ 1. Except where the agent is in the form of a vaccine. 2. This includes only those Avian influenza viruses of high pathogenicity as defined in EC Directive 92/401EC: "Type A viruses with an IVPI (intravenous pathogenicity index) in 6 week old chickens of greater than 1.2, or Type A viruses HS or H7 subtype for which nucleotide sequencing has demonstrated multiple basic amino acids at the cleavage site of haemegglutinin." Bacteria AB3. Mycoplasma mycoides Genetically-modified Micro-organisms AG1. Genetically modified micro-organisms or genetic elements that contain nucleic acid sequences associated with pathogenicity and are derived from organisms in the list. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- AUSTRALIA GROUP CONTROL LIST OF PLANT PATHOGENS FOR EXPORT CONTROL CORE LIST Baceria PB1. Xanthomonas albilineans PB2. Xanthomonas campestris pv. citri Fungi PF1. Colletotrichum coffeanum var. virulans (Colletotrichum Kanawae) PF2. Cochliobolus miyabeanus (Helminthosporium oryzae) PF3. Microcyclus ulei (syn. Dothidella ulei) PF4. Puccinia graminis (syn. Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici) PF5. Puccinia striiformis (syn. Pucciniaglumarum) PF6. Pyricularia grisea/Pyricularia oryzae Genetically-modified Micro-organisms PG1. Genetically-modified micro-organisms or genetic elements that contain nucleic acid sequences associated with pathogenicity derived from the plant pathogens identified on the export control list. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- ITEMS FOR INCLUSION IN AWARENESS RAISING GUIDELINES Bacteria PWB1. Xanthomonas campestris pv. oryzae PWB2. Xylella fastidiosa Fungi PWF1. Deuterophoma tracheiphila (syn. Phoma tracheiphila) PWF2. Monilia rorei (syn. Moniliophthora rorei) Viruses PWV1 Banana bunchy top virus Genetically-modified Micro-organisms PWG1 Genetically-modified micro-organisms or genetic elements that contain nucleic acid sequences associated with pathogenicity derived from the plant pathogens identified on the awareness raising list.

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