December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Key Recovery Policy in Japan
by Joichi Ito 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Hi folks. I'm on a Japanese National Police Agency study group board working on proposals for Key Recovery policy in Japan. The only documents that are currently being reviewed are rather official OECD type documents from the US and I am trying to find other opinions (technical, legal, political) which I can add to the reports/documents being reviewed by the panel. Any pointers or opinions would be greatly appreciated. My deadline for submitting materials is 7/11 and I will be giving my verbal opinions on 7/28. Thanks in advance. - Joi P.S. I am also working with politicians, the Ministry of Posts and Telecom, The Ministry of International Trade and Industry, and several other ministries as well in similar policy areas. So even after 7/11, please point me at anything (or point anything at me) that you would like the Japanese policy makers to consider. Lots of stuff is currently being reviewed in Japan in this area in the wake of the stuff going on the US. -- home page: http://domino.garage.co.jp/jito/joihome.nsf bithaus: http://www.bithaus.co.jp/

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Re: Key Recovery Policy in Japan
by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Joichi Ito wrote: > > Hi folks. I'm on a Japanese National Police Agency study group board working > on proposals for Key Recovery policy in Japan. The only documents that > are currently being reviewed are rather official OECD type documents > from the US and I am trying to find other opinions (technical, legal, > political) which I can add to the reports/documents being reviewed by > the panel. {Excerpt from "The Xenix Chainsaw Massacre" (c) 1989, Pearl Publishing} http://bureau42.base.org/public/xenix We now live in an age where, in between the slumber of the soap operas and the bewitchment of 'prime time,' we are fed our opinions and our world-views in catch-phrases and ten second sound-bytes. At the same time, Gomez sees to it that there is enough trouble and turmoil in the world that the World Leaders, even in democracies, can chip away at human and individual rights under the guise of dealing with various 'threats' that they, themselves, have concocted as a means of retaining power over the masses. Even as the governments of the world strive to bring everyone and everything, however minute, under tight control and regulation, Gomez and the Dark Allies are behind the scenes, helping to guide the development of a technology that will, along with television, be the ultimate weapon in their struggle for the domination of all mankind--the Computer. The rich and powerful have managed to lull us to sleep with the hypnotizing power of television---stealing our thoughts and our reasoning processes in our slumber, feeding us our reality via the airwaves...according to the 'official' party line. The government and the media have placed us on neat little shelves where we are numbered and labeled according to their own wants and needs. We are allowed the illusion of freedom of thought, and individual choice, as long as we have our 'Freedom of Thought Permit 1136.51.709' and don't stray too far from the permitted paths. In the great battles of the past the Dark Forces have always been beaten by the individuals scattered in the secret places, living unnoticed in obscurity. Living quietly and unobtrusively, forgotten about in the madness storming the land, they have kept alive the spark of Thought and Reason. They were able to go quietly about their work, making contact with the individuals who were ready to escape the madness and work towards restoring Sanity in the land. This time there will be no escape. Every man, woman and child on the face of the earth will have a dossier documenting their life from the time of their arrival on the face of the planet. Information gleaned from the Department of Motor Vehicles, their Social Security Number, banks, credit cards, magazine subscriptions, charitable and political contributions. When Gomez removes the masks of his human allies, revealing them as dark agents who have been rewarded with wealth and power for doing the bidding of the Evil One, the names of the misfits and wrong-thinkers will be spit out of the computers at the speed of light---to be rounded up and disposed of in the opening salvo of the new Holocaust. Only then will the final Battle of Armageddon begin, ravaging the face of the earth and devouring humanity; bringing total control of humankind under the Dominion of the Evil One, with nobody but the Waking Dead left to carry on the human race. *** *** *** {Excerpt from "Webworld" (c) 1997, Pearl Publishing} http://bureau42.base.org/public/webworld Prologue to 'WebWorld & The Mythical Circle of Eunuchs' The great tragedy of it, is that it didn't have to happen. Not at all...we were warned. And yet, still, it has come to this. I don't know why I feel this overwhelming compulsion to go on and on about it. I could have done something. We all could have done something. Perhaps the final epitaph on the gravestone of Freedom will be, "Why didn't somebody _do_ something?" That seems to be the common battle-cry of the legions of humanity that have been sucked into the vortex of the New World Order. None of the imprisoned seem to know that the very phrase itself is reflective of the source of their imprisonment...that this desperate cry of anguish is in no way an antidote for the terrible disease that has afflicted 'Liberty and Justice', and that it is, rather, merely the final symptom of the cursed blight itself. I can hear the rumbling of the trucks as they come up the street, and soon I will be hearing the thumping of the jackboots storming up the staircase, as I have heard them so many times before. But I suspect that this time, the sound will be different, that it will have an ethereal quality about it, one which conveys greater personal meaning than it did when I heard it on previous occasions. This time, they are coming for me. My only hope, is that I can find the strength of character somewhere inside myself to ask the question which lies at the heart of why there is a 'they' to come for me at all...why, in the end, it has finally come to this for me, as for countless others. The question is, in retrospect, as simple and basic as it is essential for any who still espouse the concepts of freedom and liberty to ask themselves upon finding themselves marveling at the outrageousness being perpetrated upon their neighbors by 'them'...by 'others'...by 'Friends of the Destroyer.' The question is: "Why didn't _I_ do something?"

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Hack the Mars rover
by Lucky Green 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 10 PM sharp, my local cable switched, as per city requirements, from the imminent deployment of the Mars rover to a city video BBS informing the viewer about recent changes to local dog tag regulations. Putting thoughts of Jim Bell aside, this gives me time to ask a question that has been on my mind since yesterday. With the solar system's hottest RC vehicle on Mars, how hard would it for a hacker to take control of the rover? Is NASA using any encryption/authentication of the commands issued to the rover? Thanks, --Lucky Green <shamrock(a)netcom.com> PGP encrypted mail preferred. DES is dead! Please join in breaking RC5-56. http://rc5.distributed.net/

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The easiest credit repair and improvement kit
by relay＠relaynet.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Re: e$: $MTP?
by Ryan Anderson 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

On Fri, 4 Jul 1997, Robert Hettinga wrote: > > We still need to work out how to fit mailing lists fit into this without > > eliminating them entirely. Chargebacks to the subscribers? If this list > > will work in a proposed plan, I think all the others probably would as > > well.. :-) > > Send 'em collect? Postage due? :-). > > Or, maybe people buy subscriptions? Of course, since you're collecting the > postage, you owe it to yourself... > > Curioser and curiouser... Well, as a thought, I'm on BugTraq as well, and it periodically forces you to renew your subscription to the list. If everything required this (or some sort of it) you could simply charge a large amount for the renewals, based on expected cost over the next time period. Your initial subscription would be costed based upon the average of all the subscribers. This might be the simplest way, though charging a bunch for a specific message could be complicated.. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ryan Anderson - <Pug Majere> "Who knows, even the horse might sing" Wayne State University - CULMA "May you live in interesting times.." randerso(a)ece.eng.wayne.edu Ohio = VYI of the USA PGP Fingerprint - 7E 8E C6 54 96 AC D9 57 E4 F8 AE 9C 10 7E 78 C9 -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Walsh Report Update
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forward: Date: Sat, 05 Jul 1997 14:19:59 +1000 To: jya(a)pipeline.com From: gtaylor(a)gil.com.au (Greg Taylor ) Subject: Walsh Report mirror John, Electronic Frontiers Australia has now been able to "officially" release the Walsh Report, after negotiating copyright permissions. It is now available at: http://www.efa.org.au/Issues/Crypto/Walsh/ There are two versions provided: 1. A multiple file version suited to reading online. 2. A complete version (267K HTML) suitable for downloading. These versions have some updates from the original so I suggest you replace your mirror version with the amended versions we have now released. The main changes are: 1. The Terms and Abbreviations section has now been marked up. 2. Paragraphs deleted from the copy liberated under FOI are now annotated with references to the relevant sections of the FOIA. 3. Minor typos corrected. Regards, Greg Taylor Chair EFA Crypto Committee ---------- The July 1 version of the Walsh Report at jya.com has been replaced with the EFA version: http://jya.com/walsh-all.htm (270K) Or a Zip-compressed file: http://jya.com/walsh-all.zip (88K) See related news article: http://jya.com/walsh.htm

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InfoWorld discovers reputation capital
by Robert Hettinga 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

--- begin forwarded text Date: Sat, 05 Jul 1997 09:00:32 -0400 From: Robert Hettinga <rah(a)shipwright.com> Reply-To: rah(a)shipwright.com Organization: The Shipwright Development Corporation MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rah(a)shipwright.com Subject: InfoWorld discovers reputation capital http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayStory.pl?97073.eabi.htm Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name="displayStory.pl" Content-Disposition: inline; filename="displayStory.pl" X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by lbo.leftbank.com id IAA11662 [Image] [Click here to download free Microsoft Visual FoxPro tools!] [| Navigational map -- for text only please go to the bottom of the page |] [|Top News Stories|] ABI offers instant company background check on the Web By Lisa Moskowitz PC World Online Posted at 9:03 AM PT, Jul 3, 1997 If you run a company, large or small, it's good practice to know exactly who you're doing business with before you sign any contracts. Now you can get the lowdown on potential partners online at a low price. American Business Credit, a division of American Business Information (ABI), sells reports on the credit of the more than 10 million businesses in the United States for $3 a pop. Reports include company name, address, phone number, fax number, number of employees, type of business, Standard Industrial Classification codes, estimated sales volume, names of competitors, branch and headquarter locations, Internet address, and credit rating. The rating is based on in-house research of public information conducted by ABI. "A lot of small businesses looking for initial credit screening up front come to our Web site," said Rich Chrostek, ABI general manager. "The Web service is good for small orders, between 20 and 50 a year, and there's no long-term contract involved." Customers can order one of ABI's Business Profiles by typing in the name of the business they wish to check on, registering as a user, and entering a credit card number. Within minutes they can view the profile online, then download and print it. The same information at the same price can be ordered by calling (888) 274-5325. Dun & Bradstreet, ABI's chief competitor, also offers credit reports via the Web, but only contract subscribers have access to the most comprehensive of its documents, Business Information Reports. Subscription fees vary according to customer needs. Dun & Bradstreet offers two types of credit profile on the Internet: the Business Background report for $20, and the Supplier Evaluation for $85. Although these reports are more expensive than ABI's Business Profiles, they contain different -- and sometimes more extensive -- information. According to ABI's Chrostek, the company's Business Profile is the cheapest business credit report available on the Web. "We're giving a cost-effective snapshot of a business," he said. "We're a tool, not an end-all solution." ABI also sells a CD-ROM of Business Profiles, which is recommended for customers who need several hundred credit reports. The CD-ROM is updated quarterly and costs $595 for an annual license and 1,000 profiles. American Business Information Inc. can be reached at http://www.lookupusa.com//. PC World Online, an InfoWorld Electric sister publication, can be reached at http://www.pcworld.com/. Go to the Week's Top News Stories Please direct your comments to InfoWorld Electric News Editor Dana Gardner. Copyright © 1997 InfoWorld Publishing Company | SiteMap | Search | PageOne | Conferences | Reader/Ad Services | | Enterprise Careers | Opinions | Test Center | Features | | Forums | Interviews | InfoWorld Print | InfoQuote | --- end forwarded text ----------------- Robert Hettinga (rah(a)shipwright.com) Philodox e$, 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/

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PGP 5.0 source soon to be available for d/l
by Lucky Green 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

According to the International PGP Homepage, the scanning effort is making good progress. 100% of the platform independent core (the part most of us are interested in :) is scanned. 48% of said source is error corrected, up from 18% a few days ago. http://www.ifi.uio.no/pgp/ --Lucky Green <shamrock(a)netcom.com> PGP encrypted mail preferred. DES is dead! Please join in breaking RC5-56. http://rc5.distributed.net/

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CyberSitter "Encryption"
by Alan Olsen 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

In reading one of the lawyer letters going back and forth between Peacefire and SolidOak, one of them <http://peacefire.org/archives/SOS.letters/james.tyre.2.bm.txt> describes the "encryption" used by the filter file in CyberSitter. You are going to get a big chuckle out of this one... The "encryption" is XORing each byte with 0x94! Just when I thought my contempt for Millburn could not get any worse... --- | "That'll make it hot for them!" - Guy Grand | |"The moral PGP Diffie taught Zimmermann unites all| Disclaimer: | | mankind free in one-key-steganography-privacy!" | Ignore the man | |`finger -l alano(a)teleport.com` for PGP 2.6.2 key | behind the keyboard.| | http://www.ctrl-alt-del.com/~alan/ |alan(a)ctrl-alt-del.com|

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by websp＠wsp1.websp.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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