September 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Austin Cypherpunks Montly Social
by Jim Choate 21 Sep '03

21 Sep '03

Time: October 14, 2003 Second Tuesday of each month 7:00 - 9:00 pm (or later) Location: Central Market HEB Cafe 38th and N. Lamar Weather permitting we meet in the un-covered tables. If it's inclimate but not overly cold we meet in the outside covered section. Otherwise look for us inside the building proper. Identification: Look for the group with the "Applied Cryptography" book. It will have a red cover and is about 2 in. thick. Contact Info: http://einstein.ssz.com/cdr There is an irc channel that is available 24/365 at irc.open-forge.org on port 6667. This resource is made available by the good graces of Open Forge, LLC. The mailing list can be joined by sending an email to majordomo(a)ssz.com with 'subscribe austin-cpunks' in the body. News & Events: The H18 Plan 9 efforts are well underway with three three (3) boxes available in Austin (more on the way) and other boxes in places like Russia, Spain, and Portugal. We are currently working on kernel patches that allow an increased pool of cpu servers to be available to user processes. Another P9 effort is integrating RSA into the factotum. We've got several wireless nodes available now and will be upgrading the SSZ node in particular in the next couple of weeks. We're expanding our system from just 802.11b to include a, b, & g. There will be a road trip to Dallas on Oct. 4 for the 1st Saturday Computer Sale that is held each month.

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The Register - eBay to Fees: come and get what you want (fwd)
by Jim Choate 20 Sep '03

20 Sep '03

Another example of why CACL [1] approaches don't work. Claims that business are not as bad as the government are bogus because they fail to realize that both are activities of people and people are the cause of problem. The evils of man are not a function of government, business, or whatever. They rest solely on the human mind. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/32936.html [1] Crypto-Anarchy, Anarcho-Capitalist, Capitalist, Libertarian And note the 'big C' on capitalist....the distinction is whether the commerce is the means or the ends. Big C capitalism it is the ends and human lifetimes are the means. -- -- God exists because mathematics is consistent, and the Devil exist because we can't prove it. Andre Weil, in H. Eves, Mathematical Circles Adieu ravage(a)ssz.com jchoate(a)open-forge.com www.ssz.com www.open-forge.com

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Cryptome: Torch Concepts threatening Cypherpunks
by Nomen Nescio 20 Sep '03

20 Sep '03

http://cryptome.org/jetblue-spy.htm The attorney for Torch Concepts has sent cease and desist letters to Bill Scannell and Len Sassaman for offering the Torch Concepts file, the "smoking gun" in the Jet Blue privacy violation scandal. The file is currently still available on Len Sassaman's website, as well as Cryptome.

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careful with that nym, eugene
by Major Variola (ret.) 20 Sep '03

20 Sep '03

The man who e-mailed The Times and claimed credit for the attacks used the name Tony Marsden, which he said was a pseudonym. The man also said that one of his hobbies was math and that he and his accomplices had painted Euler's Theorem on the side of one of the cars. FBI Searches Computers at Caltech in Hummer Probe The man said he used the name Tony Marsden because he had known people named Tony and Marsden. There is a Caltech professor named Jerrold E. Marsden who co-wrote a textbook titled "Vector Calculus" with Anthony J. Tromba. Jerrold Marsden was on vacation in Northern California this week. On Friday, he told The Times that he had not been contacted by the FBI or Caltech. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-hummer20sep20,1,1054265.story?coll=… (Next time try Marion Hornyak or Thomas Finney...)

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Judges taste for kiddy prawns (1st, 4th amends, hacking for pigs)
by Major Variola (ret.) 19 Sep '03

19 Sep '03

Ex-Judge May Testify in O.C. Porn Case Testimony by Ronald C. Kline could affect ruling to admit evidence found on workplace computer. By Christine Hanley, Times Staff Writer Former Orange County Judge Ronald C. Kline may be called to the witness stand to explain why he didn't realize his courthouse computer could be searched for child pornography especially since he helped draft the rules for such searches. Kline is expected to be asked Monday to explain his role on the Orange County Superior Court's Technology Committee, which developed the policy that warned judges and court staff that their computers were not their property and could be searched. The hearing could prove pivotal as prosecutors try to salvage a child pornography case that has all but collapsed since Kline was arrested. The case has drawn national attention, particularly as Kline waged a reelection campaign while facing the charges. He later quit the race and gave up his seat on the bench. Judge Consuelo B. Marshall has already tossed out evidence including diary entries about his sexual desires and more than 1,500 pornographic images of young boys that support six of the seven charges. In her decision earlier this summer, she ruled that Kline's right to privacy was violated by a Canadian man who was working for police when he hacked into the computers used by Kline at home and at work. Prosecutors are appealing that decision, but first Marshall must rule on whether to suppress the handful of e-mails, pornographic images and diary entries allegedly found on Kline's courthouse computer. Those items support a single count of possessing child pornography the lone criminal charge facing Kline. Kline's attorneys argue that the government's attempt to save the evidence collected on his work computer is misleading. The question of whether Kline knew about the policy is moot, they say, because his computer wouldn't have been searched without the information provided by the Canadian hacker. "The chambers computer search was the fruit of the primary illegality; as such, it must be suppressed," said lead defense attorney Paul S. Meyer. But prosecutors contend police did not need a search warrant to inspect Kline's computer. They argue the court's own policy warned judicial officers and other staffers that their computers were not their property and could be monitored for questionable activity at any time. The eight-page policy warns computer users that access to sexually explicit and other offensive information is strictly prohibited and that "e-mail, Internet access and personal computers are provided for business use and not a public forum, and as such does not provide for First Amendment Freedom of Speech guarantees." At the same time, it also states that management may be required "based on a subpoena" to release computer files to law enforcement agencies in a criminal investigation. Prosecutors have filed a copy of the policy, as well as declarations from Richard Droll, the chief technology officer of Orange County Superior Court since 1993, and Kathleen E. O'Leary, an associate justice of California's 4th Appellate District. Droll confirms that Kline was on the Technology Committee and attended meetings in 1996 when the policy was drafted and later when it was revised. O'Leary, who was presiding judge of the Orange County court system when the policy was imposed, sent a memo to the staff on Oct. 13, 1998, which was distributed via e-mail and to office mailboxes. One of her intents, she said, was to remind staffers that "management retained the right to inspect and examine computers and their contents if necessary." But Superior Court Judge John M. Watson, the head of the civil panel who has been subpoenaed to testify, says he believes that any judge's work computer is and should be protected by the Fourth Amendment, regarding search and seizure of property. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-kline19sep19,1,4891037.story?coll=l…

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JetBlue Shared Passenger Data
by Gil Hamilton 19 Sep '03

19 Sep '03

http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,60489,00.html wherein JetBlue helps you bend over while TSA unbuckles... - GH _________________________________________________________________ Try MSN Messenger 6.0 with integrated webcam functionality! http://www.msnmessenger-download.com/tracking/reach_webcam

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Versign creates man-in-the-middle attack on DNS
by Neil Johnson 19 Sep '03

19 Sep '03

Just a few hours ago Versign modified the Internet's root DNS servers to respond to ANY DNS lookup that doesn't resolve in a real hostname to return the IP address of one their servers where they claim to have a search engine. For example, if you access http://www.thisisjunk55666.com , you will get a Verisign page, not a "Host can not be found error". This means that many anti-spam checks will fail among other issues. They will also intercept mail to mistyped email hosts (They claim to reject the mail, but not after having collected the From and To address). This really bites. -- Neil Johnson http://www.njohnsn.com PGP key available on request.

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Dead Address Test (no reply plz)
by Jim Choate 19 Sep '03

19 Sep '03

-- -- God exists because mathematics is consistent, and the Devil exist because we can't prove it. Andre Weil, in H. Eves, Mathematical Circles Adieu ravage(a)ssz.com jchoate(a)open-forge.com www.ssz.com www.open-forge.com

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Inferno: fwd: those hysterical librarians (fwd)
by Jim Choate 19 Sep '03

19 Sep '03

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 10:07:08 -0500 (CDT) Subject: Inferno: fwd: those hysterical librarians ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 17:43:56 -0500 Subject: those hysterical librarians "Ashcroft Mocks Librarians and Others Who Oppose Parts of Counterterrorism Law" http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/16/politics/16LIBR.html And, in case you missed it, a related "News in Brief" story from The Onion: Revised Patriot Act Will Make It Illegal To Read Patriot Act WASHINGTON, DC-President Bush spoke out Monday in support of a revised version of the 2001 USA Patriot Act that would make it illegal to read the USA Patriot Act. "Under current federal law, there are unreasonable obstacles to investigating and prosecuting acts of terrorism, including the public's access to information about how the federal police will investigate and prosecute acts of terrorism," Bush said at a press conference Monday. "For the sake of the American people, I call on Congress to pass this important law prohibiting access to itself." Bush also proposed extending the rights of states to impose the death penalty "in the wake of Sept. 11 and stuff."

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Plain talk from Bush
by Steve Schear 19 Sep '03

19 Sep '03

Either Bush's ignorance or hubris is showing again. You decide. In the CNBC interview, Mr. Bush also criticized China for manipulating its currency in order to boost sales of Chinese exports. The president told CNBC's Ron Insana that Treasury Secretary John W. Snow had failed during recent talks in Beijing to persuade China to tie its currency value to the market. "We don't think we're being treated fairly when a currency is controlled by the government," Mr. Bush said. "We believe the currency ought to be controlled by the market and ought to reflect the true values of the respective economies." "The State is the great fiction by which everyone seeks to live at the expense of everyone else." --Frederic Bastiat

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