December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

RE: export restictions and investments
by Lucky Green 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

On Tue, 18 Nov 1997, Jack Oswald wrote: > > I am also aware of a company called VASCO that bought a crypto chip maker in Belgium which was apparently OK too. At this point a brief overview of modexp accelerators might be in order: o the Belgian chips I've seen are too slow. o the Rainbow board is OK, but non-exportable. o the Chrysalis PCMCIA card has the same performance as the Rainbow board at half the price. Also non-exportable. o the Ncipher SCSI based accelearator screams, but it a bit pricey. UK product. Exportable (?) http://www.ncipher.com/ o a high-end Alpha also performs rather nicely, according to some benchmarks Eric Young once posted. -- Lucky Green <shamrock(a)cypherpunks.to> PGP v5 encrypted email preferred. "Tonga? Where the hell is Tonga? They have Cypherpunks there?"

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New Idea to Generate Random Numbers
by James F. Marshall 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Tue, 18 Nov 1997 16:36:08 -0500, Edupage Editors wrote: >RANDOMLY GROOVY >Scientists at Silicon Graphics have taken the mesmerizing flow of the lava >lamp to the next level of utility -- using the favorite fixtures of the '60s >to generate truly random numbers, something computers cannot do. The >process involves using a digital camera to snap periodic shots of six oozing >cylinders, combining those images with electronic noise and converting it >into 1s and 0s, and then using the Secure Hash Algorithm from the National >Institute of Standards and Technologies to compress and scramble the binary >string to create a seed value for a standard random-number generator. >(Scientific American Nov 97) How do I implement this at home? ;*) - -- James F. Marshall, Esq., Pasadena, California Subject "JFM Public Key" for PGP Public Key - -- OS/2 is to Windows as Stradivarius is to Yamaha -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBNHJOjDbjGennrhqZAQG9egP/bC1wgxS3y+ce3/T+qNsg2uqNzBm3yLkN W54kSEl+ou18wcdj0sYnsyD6hjJqFbte5jnZ72SKZmX5gufHJgbyadge4QiTwYe8 dbtAgg0R3ycY4Hb8CbCbE6KpWF5WHPs++WZ5oLQ0hCO5JcmK/e6AizxsW1nfR2hZ cAN4xQui6nY= =QgNJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: Report on UN conference on Internet and racism
by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Mr. Geiger writes: >I think that there is plenty of case law of extending constutional >protections to non-citizens. One that comes to mind were the rulings >against California inwhich the courts ruled the they were obligated to >provide schooling and social services to illegal aliens (a really fucked >rulling IMNSHO but if some good can come out of it no sense not making use >of it). But that applied to non-citizens on US soil. IIRC, it removed the distinction between "good aliens" (i.e., those who had green cards) and "bad aliens" where availability of services was concerned. I don't think non-citizens who aren't on US soil have any particular protection under US law. They can bring a lawsuit against the US or a US entity, but I think that's about it (cf. Jim Choate's posting of the relevant Constitutional sections).

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Re: [cpj:250] (fwd) I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-openpgp-formats-00.txt
by TruthMonger 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Intercepeted email: Makoto MITSUI wrote: > $B$O$8$a$^$7$F!";00f$H$$$$$^$9!#(J > > --/ Hayashi_Tsuyoshi <take(a)barrier-free.co.jp> /-- $B$5$s$N(J > $B!X(J[cpj:248] (fwd) I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-openpgp-formats-00.txt$B!Y$K$D$$$F(J... > > >OpenPGP $B$N%$%s%?!<%M%C%H%I%i%U%H$,=P$?!"$H$$$&$*CN$i$;$,(J > >$B2s$C$F$-$^$7$?!#(J > > $B$9$_$^$;$s(J(^^; > > $B$I$J$?$+(J PGP $B$H(J PGP/MIME $B$H(J OpenPGP $B$N0c$$$d(J > $B$I$N$h$&4XO"$,$"$k$N$+65$($FD:$1$J$$$G$7$g$&$+!)(J(^^; > > >$B<B:]$N%I%i%U%H$O>e5-(J ftp $B$GF~<j$G$-$^$9!#0l1~(J > > http://www.barrier-free.co.jp/homes/PGPJ/ > > > >$B$K$bCV$-$^$7$?!#$I$J$?$+K]Lu$7$F$$$?$@$1$k$H=u$+$k$N$G$9(J > >$B$,(J...$B!#(J > > ('')(..) > > -- > Makoto MITSUI > e-mail mitsui(a)nds.co.jp, m-mitsui(a)imasy.or.jp > Key fingerprint = 82 CB 8D 9C A8 89 1E 53 45 51 E2 C5 DB 8A F0 4B Translation: Pearl Harbor Computers...Dec. 7th...Code Phrase: "Nuke Tim C. May"

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While we waste our time discussing crypto issues...
by TruthMonger 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

* News of the Weird reported in 1994 on the controversy over who owned the world's largest cow hairball, but it now appears that an also-ran at that time, Mike Canchola of Sterling, Colo., is now number one. In 1994 a Garden City, Kan., historical society had a 37-incher, but Canchola has since come across one measuring 43.3 inches around. In the course of his work at a local beef plant, Canchola plucks out the non-championship hairballs, dries them, has colleague Frank Alcala paint faces or scenery on them, and sells them for $50 each. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To read these News of the Weird newspaper columns from the past six months, go to http://www.nine.org/notw/notw.html (That site contains no graphics, no photos, no video clips, no audio. Just text. Deal with it.)

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But will it work for Congress?
by TruthMonger 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

* The University of Minnesota was seeking more "specialists" to work on its three-year, $390,000 program to set an "odor emissions rating system" for regulating the state's 35,000 animal feedlots, according to an August Minneapolis Star Tribune story. Having judges, or government officials, go sniff the feedlot apparently would give insufficient due process of law; rather, a panel of sniffers will develop objective standards on the types of odors and their strength. Already 35 people are employed and have begun sniffing the nearly-200 chemical components of cow and pig manure in order to categorize them for the formal state stench test. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To read these News of the Weird newspaper columns from the past six months, go to http://www.nine.org/notw/notw.html (That site contains no graphics, no photos, no video clips, no audio. Just text. Deal with it.)

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But, do they insure Japenese CypherPunks...?
by TruthMonger 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

* In February, members of the West Palm Beach, Fla., Pit Bull Terrier Club received notices that some insurance companies would not renew their homeowner policies because that breed of dog was responsible for an increasing number of liability claims. Club officer Linda Kender termed such insurance company stereotyping "dog racism." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To read these News of the Weird newspaper columns from the past six months, go to http://www.nine.org/notw/notw.html (That site contains no graphics, no photos, no video clips, no audio. Just text. Deal with it.)

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Glad I could clear that up for everyone...
by TruthMonger 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

* The Dutch Federation for Military Personnel union (which 20 years ago won the right for soldiers to wear their hair long) announced in April it would back a female recruit's desire to wear a tongue ring. The code of conduct, the union said, bans jewelry "on the head," not "in the head." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To read these News of the Weird newspaper columns from the past six months, go to http://www.nine.org/notw/notw.html (That site contains no graphics, no photos, no video clips, no audio. Just text. Deal with it.)

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Password Snarfing
by TruthMonger 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

* Life Imitates TV: (1) A Bangkok hotel worker was convicted in July of stealing from guests' safe-deposit boxes by rubbing his nose oil onto the buttons so he could check later to see which buttons had been pushed by the guest to open the safe. He said he learned the trick from watching the TV show "MacGyver." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To read these News of the Weird newspaper columns from the past six months, go to http://www.nine.org/notw/notw.html (That site contains no graphics, no photos, no video clips, no audio. Just text. Deal with it.)

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Flight 007 and our Civil Liberties
by Tim May 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

The FBI has just completed a long press conference in which it reported its "no terrorist activity suspected" conclusions. Having watched most of it, and having seen the CIA animation shown at the press conference, I agree with their conclusions. (Cypherpunks arch-enemy James Kallstrom, Assistant Director of the FBI, nevertheless did a fine job, both in the investigation and in the reporting. Credit where credit is due.) However, now that the Flight 007 explosion has been ruled a non-terrorist event, will we get our freedoms back? The other big "terrorist event" of that summer of 1996 was the bomb in a crowd at the Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta. The "fits the profile" perp, Richard Jewell, was finally cleared of all charges. So, these were the two big events which stimulated the FAA, under higher orders, to require mandatory ID of all travelling passengers. And more multimillion dollar sniffers to be installed in airports. It seems that each such event ratchets down certain civil liberties, and even the later repudiation of terrorists and other Horsemen in these events never results in the liberties coming back.... --Tim May The Feds have shown their hand: they want a ban on domestic cryptography ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, ComSec 3DES: 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Higher Power: 2^2,976,221 | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."

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