December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Re: Br'er Tim and the Bug Hole
by Benjamin Chad Wienke 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Re: Overcoming War with Information
by Secret Squirrel 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Monty Cantsin wrote: > The post-Yugoslav governments probably >cooperated in creating hatreds and division to lock in their rule. > >This can be hard to study because usually we don't have access to the >people doing this, their files, or their communications. Hmmmmmmmmm... So whose files and communications do "we" have access to? And who is "we"? Nerthus -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP for Personal Privacy 5.0 Charset: noconv iQEVAwUBNHRaxOFWwZe05jcJAQGAtAf+M9WiR+ldO0Wc2q7aj49N1jtugEGlALcc 6aYbRnzv7PaRqF+oexamjpO0YNCH/YAVIrAX29df/mPDs3yUZxwPZ2XaKKmfgIK9 3GVIXpv7ZyCbspPffe3hvzpWuu/myoQakL2RLm9YVbxg3gv94tIBrwYU0/Fki4CD 8b/8B0kmetBpAmbHSsdCv7MmXo0nCozX9JsNWLqwKFqVVWmjBrH8MCO6DPeKAXQT 3myXVaeJ3giUEJUUxxik6FNfxNEqCNB11pCO+Eo2AnIZ5q9IrMvDn0/Gq9p+v+OA J5Knyq+/Ckvq3C/zbRvi6NQSjuGjya9qe1Hdl+COsubrbPRk5YQiOg== =jzF7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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(No Subject)
by Benjamin Chad Wienke 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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No Subject
by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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SMTP forgeries
by Adam Back 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

What is the state of the art with SMTP mail forgeries? It seems that the forwarding SMTP agent can determine the senders IP address. I am wondering if this could be prevented by using IP level spoofing to put fake return IP address on the TCP/IP connection to the receiving mail hubs SMTP port, in that the sender does not really need the information the SMTP hup sends back. This would then be a variant of the IP spoof attack. What would be needed would be a site which blindly accepted the one sided traffic from the receiving SMTP hub where it thought it was replying to the traffic. eg. Sender says: HELO nsa.gov 250 locahost Hello locahost [127.0.0.1], pleased to meet you The sendmail seems to be trying to be clever doing a reverse name lookup, and ignoring what you tell it on the HELO line. The 250 reply is not required by the sender. MAIL FROM: nobody(a)nsa.gov 250 nobody(a)nsa.gov... Sender ok RCPT TO: joe(a)acme.com 250 joe(a)acme.com... Recipient ok DATA 354 Enter mail, end with "." on a line by itself asdfasdfasdf

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Copyrights and Wrongs, from The Netly News
by Declan McCullagh 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

********* http://cgi.pathfinder.com/netly/opinion/0,1042,1588,00.html The Netly News (http://netlynews.com/) November 20, 1997 Copyrights and Wrongs By Declan McCullagh (declan(a)well.com) If you think nothing of trading copyrighted software with your friends, think again. A new law passed by Congress will make even casual copyright breach a crime punishable by a fine of up to $250,000 and five years in a federal prison. While you're cooling your heels in Club Fed, you'll have plenty of time to consider your misdeeds -- which in this case could have been making just three copies of Adobe Photoshop (cost: $389). The legislation covers anyone who copies compact discs, videocasettes or computer software worth at least $1,000. The No Electronic Theft Act, which President Clinton is expected to sign later this month, will be the first law in the history of the U.S. to imprison copiers looking to save (not make) a few bucks. The President's signature will come not a nanosecond too soon for the software and recording industry lobbyists who have demanded this legislation for years. "The function of the criminal copyright law is to deter people from commercial-scale piracy, just as it is to penalize those who prosecutors take to court," says Mark Traphagen, vice president of the Software Publishers Association, the software industry's largest trade organization. [...] ------------------------- Declan McCullagh Time Inc. The Netly News Network Washington Correspondent http://netlynews.com/

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Call for Papers: The 3rd Mac Crypto/ internet commerce workshop
by Robert Hettinga 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

--- begin forwarded text Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 13:36:19 -0800 To: mac crypto list <mac-crypto(a)vmeng.com> From: Vinnie Moscaritolo <vinnie(a)vmeng.com> Subject: Call for Papers: The 3rd Mac Crypto/ internet commerce workshop Sender: <mac-crypto(a)vmeng.com> Precedence: Bulk -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Its that time again folks. I am starting to put together the 3rd Mac Crypto/ internet commerce workshop. The dates should be around the last week of Jan 98, most likely at in Apple, Cupertino, (unless something changes) This year looks like it will a really hot ticket. >>>>>>>> I am looking for folks to talk, papers etc.. <<<<<<<<< This years goals are to: 1) Provide a place for developers to learn how they can embed crypto support into thier MacOS / Rhapsody products today. 2) Give developers a chance to show off some of the work that has been done in the past year. 3) Plan what needs to be done and talk about product oppertunities. 4) Give the developers a chance to tell Apple and other vendors what they want to see in the future. to see what we have done the past two years, please check out the webpage at http://www.vmeng.com/mc/ . I should be posting a preliminary schedule, formal announcements and registration form shortly. Vinnie Moscaritolo http://www.vmeng.com/vinnie/ Fingerprint: 3F903472C3AF622D5D918D9BD8B100090B3EF042 1 if by land, 2 if by sea. Paul Revere - encryption 1775 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP for Business Security 5.5 iQA/AwUBNHNb3tixAAkLPvBCEQISvgCdG64v3uFhudPPEHHXxOyyvMoWLTYAoLx+ BZ4Q95KF7d8HWFfyrbbCE1pj =Su9T -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --- end forwarded text ----------------- Robert Hettinga (rah(a)shipwright.com) Philodox e$, 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' The e$ Home Page: http://www.shipwright.com/ Ask me about FC98 in Anguilla!: <http://www.fc98.ai/>

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Re: Factor a 2048-bit number
by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Antonomasia wrote: >The wording of the original challenge suggested there was a trick to >this particular factorisation. That is exactly right. Hint 3 is more like an insight a puzzle solver would have rather than that of a mathematician. When you have this insight you will know it. If you want me to post Hint 3, just ask. You'll have a good laugh if you get it yourself, though. Monty Cantsin Editor in Chief Smile Magazine http://www.neoism.org/squares/smile_index.html http://www.neoism.org/squares/cantsin_10.htm -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQEVAwUBNHXyUpaWtjSmRH/5AQFAaQf9G1maM+b9pd68VGCyotMk9MSEc4yCVsos KrKrcUgaEQrjrWlH2HB1Qosuc42fubREzKZVdUxREIM05STEJsTKJl1AK4qeU5L9 hkHBMUFNWGbp7BuXiN0+CRx802vxyoFNdFJv8sxGBbPZebmR6OqaeTSOwswmaJ7J 6JwA1ZXle4n8cBR0d5C0NfjEnj0j7//pFHh+6mxJbNiLfBlNQp4qPRhEX/asq/UU Mlk2Yd1INGvCMcrJzOgQL4fb9WoNs42vDQ9Bm8LwJzIGGG1nwzI7Vs0jtHJeC1r7 +kMo1wXDcM9sVQJhBjgoI4cvARtHh5x4D+pN/6Tz3r8YwxZ6dyieYQ== =PD9O -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: The Illusion of Freedom
by nobody＠neva.org 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Monty Cantsin wrote: >However, most people who engage in war are not in any sense free and >the single most apparent feature of life in a military organization is >the elimination of freedom and privacy. > >It is most often the case that in order to wage war, one must first >become enslaved. Those who wage war are rarely the slaves. Those who die usually are. The "cannon fodder" you mentioned. Gives new meaning to to phrase "...give me liberty, or give me death." Nerthus -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP for Personal Privacy 5.0 Charset: noconv iQEVAwUBNHJy7eFWwZe05jcJAQHwPwf/c6s/6rWtmsaMIgVrFVqQOsxaSPx8XBnP 0dzZxX6VgMzI3Pi1wztEmw1mcHtQxosyI81mKqlb+TkXV7epxdc0LBYP/sKcMctw jw5hzZnkrEqiH9fyFXIjXPhesuerKk8FRPV8kSa7YH14X/NliXrHiS9mnr9J5E9c xXTO6VRrzERZjeNSG1mwfSdTIK22QVmOLvOFqHgNwREGKH5zGJvxLCokVF3QiswI xbnz4FpQdG5rU6vxXIC/y9Tby32g4DI4i2EQG26Li79/EfoXXWrcx7kiTm3FDUHy VN4lxsjytUV0Qow34pESCnXVkvP7gDlmV4NYC7sLe4E+OUpzpKfpJQ== =XYXW -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Forwarded mail...
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > Date: Thu, 20 Nov 1997 21:24:12 +0100 (MET) > From: nobody(a)REPLAY.COM (Anonymous) > Subject: Re: The Great Awakening (fwd) > Jim Choate wrote: > >No, "The Second Great Awakening" which happened to be followed by "The Third > >Great Awakening". > > > >You didn't read the various posts that I sent out earlier on this did you... > > Uh, Hello? Your post entitled "1st Great Awakening" describes the exact > same thing that I called simply, "The Great Awakening." It was not, as you > say above, the 2nd one. They are they same if we ignore the fact that there is 50+ years between the 1st (1700-1750) and the 2nd (1800-1850). > I did read the various posts you sent. I don't know who chose the names for > the 2nd and 3rd "Great Awakenings", but they don't seem to have much to do > with religious revivalism like your "1st Great Awakening" and what I (and > the definitive Norton Anthology) refer to as simply "The Great Awakening." > > Nerthus Then you should go back and read them some more. In fact, if you still have the originals they include in the header the URL where I got the data from. Take the 10 minutes and go over and take a look at them. All three were related to religous revivalism in one form or another. The 1st (which itself some consider to be the second occurance of a previous movement as indicated in the title) did not occur in the 1800's which was the original precis that somebody threw out I did some looking around as well and other then Norton, yourself, and whoever it was that made the original claim all references I can find to the Great Awakening refer to the 1700-1750 event(s) as the first one to occur in the America's. If I can find my Norton Anthology I'll take a look at it, though it is 15+ years old. > >Subject: 1st Great Awakening > [...] > > X-within-URL: http://www.fourthturning.com/html/great_awakening.html ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > The Great Awakening (Second Turning, 1727-1746) began as a spiritual ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ____________________________________________________________________ | | | The financial policy of the welfare state requires that there | | be no way for the owners of wealth to protect themselves. | | | | -Alan Greenspan- | | | | _____ The Armadillo Group | | ,::////;::-. Austin, Tx. USA | | /:'///// ``::>/|/ http://www.ssz.com/ | | .', |||| `/( e\ | | -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- Jim Choate | | ravage(a)ssz.com | | 512-451-7087 | |____________________________________________________________________|

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