May 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Re: faster modexp()? cipheractive
by Nomen Nescio 11 May '03

11 May '03

On Sat, 10 May 2003 11:32:58 -0700, "Major Variola (ret)" <mv(a)cdc.gov> wrote: >Forwarded from cryptography list... note that this company has a >download >of their fast RSA library (its probably an assembly hack) > >---------- > >Anyone heard of these guys? An Isreali technology firm that claims to >have a new patent-pending process for modexp that's 3-6 times faster >depending on playtform. > >URL is at http://www.com/technology/technology.htm Could someone please post a pointer to the cryptography list that is referred to above? I'd ask the good Major himself directly, but his email address doesn't look replyable. Thanks

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Re: faster modexp()? cipheractive
by Major Variola (ret) 11 May '03

11 May '03

At 10:50 PM 5/11/03 +0200, Nomen Nescio wrote: >Could someone please post a pointer to the cryptography >list that is referred to above? I'd ask the good Major >himself directly, but his email address doesn't look replyable. My associate, Major Domo, handles subscriptions at: cryptography(a)metzdowd.com the list is moderated and mostly politics/killlist/agriculture free :-)

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Re: Asperger's Syndrome
by Tyler Durden 11 May '03

11 May '03

>Ten thousand years ago, the natural environment in California was different >in almost every way. Who is to say that one was better than the other? Exactly. That's why we should NUKE THE WHALES! -TD >From: "James A. Donald" <jamesd(a)echeque.com> >To: cypherpunks(a)einstein.ssz.com >Subject: Re: Asperger's Syndrome >Date: Fri, 09 May 2003 09:40:06 -0700 > > -- >On 8 May 2003 at 18:47, harlequin wrote: > > I think that this is the whole point. It's impossible to tell > > what effect removing a species from an ecosystem will have > > due to the phenomenal complexity of the system. > >In any one area, species come and go all the time, usually >without much consequence. Attempting to stop nature from >changing is also an interference in nature. Ten thousand >years ago, the natural environment in California was different >in almost every way. Who is to say that one was better than >the other? > > > --digsig > James A. Donald > 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG > BEnR8PihYq9g0xC8I+RKaclqA2jFJl4srhkGkFCi > 4W8kkpgJRdeP7h2VR0DnWRaVO5OBU8fUrshdGOgk1 _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus

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11 May '03

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Re: Asperger's Syndrome
by Roy M.Silvernail 11 May '03

11 May '03

On Friday 09 May 2003 04:40 pm, Sunder wrote: > No, no, no. Whales should be lightly roasted over a charcoal grill after > being properly marinated in olive oil, vinegar, salt and pepper. Which would be a waste of olive oil, vinegar, salt and pepper. Whale tastes awful *any* way it's prepared.[1] > As for dolphins, A1 is the way to go - or you can do chicken fried dolphin > steaks. :^) Yumm! Ni! Garlic, olive oil and lime juice. Seal in foil and 20 minutes on the outdoor grill. Chicken fried dolphin is an abomination. [1] Having grown up in rural western Alaska, I've tried a lot of unusual food. Bad as whale tastes, I'd take it over walrus nose anytime.

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New Nuclear Weapons Design Budget passes Senate Committee
by Bill Stewart 10 May '03

10 May '03

http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/5830795.htm http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/05/10/1052280479334.html Now that the Bush Administration has finished the War On Some People Who Might Have Weapons of Mass Destruction, they've gotten approval from the Senate Armed Services Committee for their budget request for about $50M in nuclear weapons design research and improvement of their testing facilities. Most of the design half of the budget is for nuclear bunker busters, but they're also starting some work on new small nukes. The "small" nukes are "up to 5 kt", so they're probably not the very small backpack-carriable weapons, while the bunker busters could be up to a megaton. This is just one Senate committee, not the full budget or a complete bill, but it does break the ban on new weapons of mass destruction development that's been around for ~11 years.

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Q: A question of security vulnerability
by Jim Choate 10 May '03

10 May '03

Given a basic Linux (or *nix) system with a user bob. Assume that bob has sudo capability. There are two approaches (I'm not going to use exact syntax): 1. bob sh 2. bob All So, in the first case bob can: sudo sh -c "foo" and in the second bob can: sudo foo Why would the first approach represent a more secure mechanism? It is true that sh could be a wrapper or have sticky bits, etc. We'll assume these are not an issue. The point being why is running a program directly as root in this manner less secure than running the program through a shell as root? Example? Explanation? Thanks. -- ____________________________________________________________________ We are all interested in the future for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives. Criswell, "Plan 9 from Outer Space" ravage(a)ssz.com jchoate(a)open-forge.org www.ssz.com www.open-forge.org --------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: Asperger's Syndrome
by Major Variola (ret) 10 May '03

10 May '03

At 09:26 PM 5/8/03 -0500, Harmon Seaver wrote: >And as I said before, the mosquitoes really aren't that bad, just >quit swatting at them. I'll take bugs over smokers anytime. My serious point is 1. you don't need to hunt for mushrooms to live 2. you haven't had children die from mosquito bites 3. you/yours have access to western med if you get mosquito-vectored diseases Contrast with the state of much of the population.. They would roast all the gnatcatchers to live better and not blink an eye. Dodo burger, anyone? ------ RNA can mutate faster than scientists can sequence.

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Iris scanning
by Harmon Seaver 09 May '03

09 May '03

An article on BBC mentions how little iris scanning has actually been tested, and that China, for instance, is refusing to use it because of possible dangers, or at least, perceived dangers. Which has me wondering, could there be actual dangers from iris scanning, say a malfunctioning laser damaging the eye? http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3003571.stm -- Harmon Seaver CyberShamanix http://www.cybershamanix.com

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Re: Sheeple Syndrome [was: Asperger's Syndrome]
by Major Variola (ret) 09 May '03

09 May '03

At 04:24 PM 5/7/03 -0400, Trei, Peter wrote: >As long as as people are going to wall off >particular personality types, and label them as >"Something-or-other Syndrome", we ought to be >able to have fun with this too. Financial Stockholm Syndrome: Suffered by people who enjoy paying taxes.

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