July 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Brit death
by netkita＠earthlink.net 20 Jul '03

20 Jul '03

I can't remember EVER hearing of someone slashing just ONE wrist. It is a given that both are done.Sounds too odd to be true. D

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Re: FC: John Gilmore: I was ejected from a plane for wearing "Suspected Terrorist" button
by J.A. Terranson 19 Jul '03

19 Jul '03

<Huge Snip> "You can see the button at: http://eminism.org/store/button-racism.html" Errr... No, you can't. It appears they have removed this selection. Very interesting :-/ -- Yours, J.A. Terranson sysadmin(a)mfn.org "Every living thing dies alone." Donnie Darko

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Re: Unsubtle Wetwork
by proclus＠gnu-darwin.org 19 Jul '03

19 Jul '03

It now appears to be a suicide, or _very_ subtle wetwork indeed! http://news.google.com/url?q=http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/20/internationa… No surprise that Blair would like the Kelly tragedy put to rest. After all, much of the government has Kelly's blood on their hands (figuratively speaking). Oh how they were hoping that it was suicide, so that the truth is beside the point. There are now many facts that Blair and the US warmongers would like to have laid to rest. Then again, what is a little murder after you have unleashed devastating war on the world. ;-\ Regards, proclus http://www.gnu-darwin.org/ -- Visit proclus realm! http://proclus.tripod.com/ -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GMU/S d+@ s: a+ C++++ UBOULI++++$ P+ L+++(++++) E--- W++ N- !o K- w--- !O M++@ V-- PS+++ PE Y+ PGP-- t+++(+) 5+++ X+ R tv-(--)@ b !DI D- G e++++ h--- r+++ y++++ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ [demime 0.97c removed an attachment of type APPLICATION/pgp-signature]

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by Nomen Nescio 19 Jul '03

19 Jul '03

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Final announcement for ECC 2003
by R. A. Hettinga 19 Jul '03

19 Jul '03

--- begin forwarded text

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Kingdom of Fear - 2003
by R. A. Hettinga 19 Jul '03

19 Jul '03

--- begin forwarded text

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Fwd: Re: Unsubtle Wetwork
by proclus＠gnu-darwin.org 18 Jul '03

18 Jul '03

Thanks you for your interesting notes, and this is my first post. My best current theory is that the "real mole" killed Kelly as a diversion. Now that Gilligan has changed his story, he has been discredited, but at least he lives. With Kelly dead, it may be harder to trace to their sources the lies that the Government told, and Campbell & Co. will be sleeping better at night. Anyway, everyone has a favorite conspiracy theory. If this is too far off topic, feel free to reply in private or direct me to another list. Regards, proclus http://www.gnu-darwin.org/ On 18 Jul, Tim May wrote: > -- Visit proclus realm! http://proclus.tripod.com/ -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GMU/S d+@ s: a+ C++++ UBULI++++$ P+ L+++(++++) E--- W++ N- !o K- w--- !O M++@ V-- PS+++ PE Y+ PGP-- t+++(+) 5+++ X+ R tv-(--)@ b !DI D- G e++++ h--- r+++ y++++ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ [demime 0.97c removed an attachment of type APPLICATION/pgp-signature]

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Unsubtle Wetwork
by Major Variola (ret.) 18 Jul '03

18 Jul '03

Weapons Adviser Named as Possible Source for BBC Story Disappears; Man's Body Found LONDON (AP) - Police searching for a missing Ministry of Defense adviser, who was named by the government as the possible source for a disputed news report on Iraqi arms, said Friday they have found a man's body near his home. http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGABVMP3AID.html Maybe he's just hanging out with Ritter in upstate NY...

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Re: Optical Tempest? I have my doubts...
by Major Variola (ret) 18 Jul '03

18 Jul '03

At 01:33 PM 7/17/03 -0700, Meyer Wolfsheim wrote: > >For what it's worth, a "secure viewer" that displayed text in red on a >black background should make an optical tempest attack much more >difficult. Why? On a black background you have higher contrast, which you don't want here. The eye is most sensitive to greenish, so if you are trying to reduce the signal, use barely visible green. On a nearly-same-luminance green background. Green on green or gray on gray is *low contrast*. That's what you want. (You may as well use gray on gray, assume the adversary has color vision, and might even have the CIE chart on your monitor phosphor. The different RGB phosphors also have different decay times, which smears the signal if the adversary has no color vision) Possibly dither the text. You might also have brighter lines or areas on the screen to obscure the signal from the less-bright e-beamed text areas. Actual distribution should depend on the decay over time of the phosphor (you want the bright "distractors" to be as bright as the text-pixel even though the distractor is no longer illuminated by the e beam). You also want some incandescants and fluorescant lights, the latter running off batteries (with switching converters) so they run out of phase and frequency with the ones on wall current. Optical jamming. Or just close the windowshade and put a towel under the door gap. (Others may think you're [sm|t]oking, however.. and with the multiple, multitinted fluorescants, they'll think you're growing too) Or use a box. (I once did med-imaging related vision experiments... the setup was a Sun with a calibrated greyscale monitor, in a medical office, behind the receptionists until we got more space... we had a giant cardboard box over the monitor & subject to control ambient light.. which stayed while I was programming it too.. it amused the patients who came in to see their cardiologist to see a guy working with his head in a big box.. probably would have been more disconcerting if the MD was a psychiatrist :-)

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Security for Mafiosos and Freedom Fighters
by Tim May 17 Jul '03

17 Jul '03

Several good suggestions in this thread about securing machines and keyboards against FBI black bag jobs and the like. (By the way, the USB flashdrive (a 256 MB FlashHopper) I have on my keychain--my physical keychain!--is probably waterproof. The USB port has a little plastic cover which slides on snugly. Until I eventually misplace it, I am using it. I expect the thing is showerproof, though I don't intend to test it. Water resistance can be tested nondestructively with things like Fluorinert, of course. Also, surfers and kayakers often have O-ring sealed gizmos they wear under their wet suits, coming in different sizes. It would be trivial to find one to hold either a USB flashdrive or a Compact Flash card.) The larger issue is a business/consulting opportunity: The collection of "lore" on resisting bugs and intercepts and bad security measures is not something the average Mafioso or freedom fighter is much interested in learning himself. Just as specialists are used to sweep rooms for bugs, the same should apply to helping Vito Corleone beef up his computer system. --- "Have LAN, will Travel." Security Consultants, Inc. will provide you, your family, and your associates with a computer and communications package which is resistant to FBI or CIA wiretaps, black bag jobs, Van Eyck interception, and remote surveillance. We will evaluate your current system, your needs, and design a system for you. This will included throwaway cellphones, easy to use but robust encryption, steganography, access to offshore accounts, physical security for the computers, digital dead drops, use of untraceable remailers, personal security devices (such as USB flash drives storing sensitive material), and set up of t.v. cameras under your control for monitoring snooping, intrusion, and even dishonest associates and family. Security Consultants does not currently handle weapons issues, but all your other bases are belong to us. --- I mean this somewhat whimsically, but the fact is that this kind of security consulting will become more and more important as even mobsters move into the information age. (When I was developing some of the ideas prior to the formation of Cypherpunks, one of the interesting news items was about how a guy on the run from the Feds was using an early bulletin board system--I think it was GEnie, but it may have been Prodigy--to communicate with his wife in chat rooms.) In a free society, those who provide services like roofing or plumbing or security needs are of course not implicated in the possible crimes or other activities of their customers. A guy who builds a security fence for Don Corleone is not guilty of aiding and abetting. But we have not had a free society for many decades, and it is more than possible that RICO and Espionage statutes would be interpreted by government to say that assisting someone like Aldrich Ames in improving his tradecraft is ipso facto part of a conspiracy. Or the spooks could demand that Security Consultants, Inc. place "special" networks and cameras... Issues of trust and fear. (When the Mob finds out this has been done and snatches one of the children of the company and returns the child as a "turkey," with both arms, both legs, the nose, the ears, and the tongue precisely and surgically removed, others in the industry may realize the dangers of crossing the Mob.) --Tim May, Occupied America "They that give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin, 1759.

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