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Re: Cypherpunk Certification Authority
by anonymous-remailer＠shell.portal.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

On Sat, 25 Nov 1995, Adam Shostack wrote: > Does X.509 version 3 fix the problem that Ross Anderson points > out in his 'Robustness Principles' paper? (Crypto '95 proceedings, or > ftp.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/rja14/robustness.ps.Z) > > Its an excellent paper, well worth reading, but the basic > problem is that X.509 encrypts before signing. You'd rather sign before encryption?? Doesn't that give you "known plain-text" to attack? i.e. the signature. I'm not sure whether it would or wouldn't, but I'm sure some cryptographers here might clear that up mighty quick -- before any more harm is allowed, I mean. > Adam > > -- > "It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once." > -Hume Alice de 'nonymous ... ...just another one of those... P.S. This post is in the public domain. C. S. U. M. O. C. L. U. N. E.

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Re: [NOISE] Re: crypto for porno users
by James A. Donald 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 03:42 PM 11/26/95 +0000, Rev. Mark Grant wrote: > Incidentally, the "Sun" newspaper, one of the most popular in the UK > (sells 3,000,000-4,000,000 copies daily, AFAIR), has often printed > half-page erotic pictures of topless sixteen-year-old girls. Would this be > "kiddie porn" in the US ? Yes --------------------------------------------------------------------- | We have the right to defend ourselves | http://www.jim.com/jamesd/ and our property, because of the kind | of animals that we are. True law | James A. Donald derives from this right, not from the | arbitrary power of the state. | jamesd(a)echeque.com

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Elliptic curves, current status?
by James A. Donald 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I have read: That public key cryptography using elliptic curves is much faster than using integers, for comparable security. That public key cryptography using elliptic curves is much slower than using integers, for comparable security. That the numbers required have many more bits. That the numbers required have somewhat less bits. That elliptic curves are about the same, but the programs are a lot nastier. Can someone tell me the true story? --------------------------------------------------------------------- | We have the right to defend ourselves | http://www.jim.com/jamesd/ and our property, because of the kind | of animals that we are. True law | James A. Donald derives from this right, not from the | arbitrary power of the state. | jamesd(a)echeque.com

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Re: Cypherpunk Certification Authority
by rah＠shipwright.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>Is this another one of those LD tentacles? ;) Must that or a spoof of somekind... "She" didn't sign it, and "she" claims to have issued a signature... Cheers, Bob Hettinga ----------------- Robert Hettinga (rah(a)shipwright.com) e$, 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA (617) 958-3971 "Reality is not optional." --Thomas Sowell The e$ Home Page: http://www.webstuff.apple.com/~vinnie/Rah >>>>Phree Phil: Email: zldf(a)clark.net http://www.netresponse.com/zldf <<<<<

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Re: Junk E-Mail - Part 4
by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Alice: >Heavens, no. Than again, I'm waiting for the day that the NY Times >allows advertising on its op-ed page. It does and has for years and years, every day. Maybe you meant the editorial page?

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Re: Register
by anonymous-remailer＠shell.portal.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

On 8 Mar 95 at 22:46, Robert East wrote: > Register > > I'd like to sign up for email > > Bob You got it, Bub! Er, Bob.

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List of reliable remailers
by Raph Levien 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I operate a remailer pinging service which collects detailed information about remailer features and reliability. To use it, just finger remailer-list(a)kiwi.cs.berkeley.edu There is also a Web version of the same information, plus lots of interesting links to remailer-related resources, at: http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~raph/remailer-list.html This information is used by premail, a remailer chaining and PGP encrypting client for outgoing mail, which is available at: ftp://ftp.csua.berkeley.edu/pub/cypherpunks/premail/premail-0.33a.tar.gz For the PGP public keys of the remailers, finger pgpkeys(a)kiwi.cs.berkeley.edu This is the current info: REMAILER LIST This is an automatically generated listing of remailers. The first part of the listing shows the remailers along with configuration options and special features for each of the remailers. The second part shows the 12-day history, and average latency and uptime for each remailer. You can also get this list by fingering remailer-list(a)kiwi.cs.berkeley.edu. $remailer{"extropia"} = "<remail(a)extropia.wimsey.com> cpunk pgp special"; $remailer{"portal"} = "<hfinney(a)shell.portal.com> cpunk pgp hash"; $remailer{"alumni"} = "<hal(a)alumni.caltech.edu> cpunk pgp hash"; $remailer{"bsu-cs"} = "<nowhere(a)bsu-cs.bsu.edu> cpunk hash ksub"; $remailer{"c2"} = "<remail(a)c2.org> eric pgp hash reord"; $remailer{"penet"} = "<anon(a)anon.penet.fi> penet post"; $remailer{"ideath"} = "<remailer(a)ideath.goldenbear.com> cpunk hash ksub reord"; $remailer{"hacktic"} = "<remailer(a)utopia.hacktic.nl> cpunk mix pgp hash latent cut post ek"; $remailer{"flame"} = "<remailer(a)flame.alias.net> cpunk mix pgp. hash latent cut post ek reord"; $remailer{"rahul"} = "<homer(a)rahul.net> cpunk pgp hash filter"; $remailer{"mix"} = "<mixmaster(a)remail.obscura.com> cpunk mix pgp hash latent cut ek ksub reord ?"; $remailer{"syrinx"} = "<syrinx(a)c2.org> cpunk pgp hash cut reord mix post"; $remailer{"ford"} = "<remailer(a)bi-node.zerberus.de> cpunk pgp hash ksub"; $remailer{"hroller"} = "<hroller(a)c2.org> cpunk pgp hash latent ek"; $remailer{"vishnu"} = "<mixmaster(a)vishnu.alias.net> cpunk mix pgp. hash latent cut ek ksub reord"; $remailer{"robo"} = "<robo(a)c2.org> cpunk hash mix"; $remailer{"replay"} = "<remailer(a)replay.com> cpunk mix pgp hash latent cut post ek"; $remailer{"spook"} = "<remailer(a)valhalla.phoenix.net> cpunk mix pgp hash latent cut ek reord"; $remailer{"rmadillo"} = "<remailer(a)armadillo.com> mix cpunk pgp hash latent cut"; $remailer{"ecafe"} = "<cpunk(a)remail.ecafe.org> cpunk mix"; $remailer{"wmono"} = "<wmono(a)valhalla.phoenix.net> cpunk mix pgp. hash latent cut ek"; $remailer{"shinobi"} = "<remailer(a)shinobi.alias.net> cpunk mix hash latent cut ek reorder"; $remailer{"amnesia"} = "<amnesia(a)chardos.connix.com> cpunk mix pgp hash latent cut ek ksub"; catalyst(a)netcom.com is _not_ a remailer. lmccarth(a)ducie.cs.umass.edu is _not_ a remailer. usura(a)replay.com is _not_ a remailer. Groups of remailers sharing a machine or operator: (robo syrinx c2) (flame hacktic replay) (alumni portal) Use "premail -getkeys pgpkeys(a)kiwi.cs.berkeley.edu" to get PGP keys for the remailers. Fingering this address works too. Last update: Mon 27 Nov 95 6:46:42 PST remailer email address history latency uptime ----------------------------------------------------------------------- hroller hroller(a)c2.org +*#####---## 46:11 99.99% robo robo(a)c2.org + ####--*## 39:57 99.75% amnesia amnesia(a)chardos.connix.com *+ 39:12 99.66% mix mixmaster(a)remail.obscura.com -- ---_.--. 6:36:54 99.37% hacktic remailer(a)utopia.hacktic.nl +* **** *** 8:47 98.47% replay remailer(a)replay.com +*. *** *** 6:20 98.31% c2 remail(a)c2.org + ++++- +** 1:12:49 97.94% ecafe cpunk(a)remail.ecafe.org +* .-- # ### 46:27 97.81% flame remailer(a)flame.alias.net +* ** *** 17:41 97.50% rmadillo remailer(a)armadillo.com ++ +++ +++ 39:47 97.23% portal hfinney(a)shell.portal.com +*#*# # *## :28 96.79% spook remailer(a)valhalla.phoenix.net ** *** *** 28:42 96.76% alumni hal(a)alumni.caltech.edu + * +* 3:02 96.68% wmono wmono(a)valhalla.phoenix.net * *** ** 13:11 96.44% vishnu mixmaster(a)vishnu.alias.net * *** * * 8:55 95.93% extropia remail(a)extropia.wimsey.com ------- -- 5:04:15 95.47% penet anon(a)anon.penet.fi ---- -- -+ 6:23:22 95.06% ideath remailer(a)ideath.goldenbear.com -- - -_ .- 11:42:46 95.01% bsu-cs nowhere(a)bsu-cs.bsu.edu * ## # # :29 90.69% rahul homer(a)rahul.net +* +** +*- 21:04 98.77% shinobi remailer(a)shinobi.alias.net + +*+ 24:54 85.54% ford remailer(a)bi-node.zerberus.de * +++ ++ 6:56:02 80.39% History key * # response in less than 5 minutes. * * response in less than 1 hour. * + response in less than 4 hours. * - response in less than 24 hours. * . response in more than 1 day. * _ response came back too late (more than 2 days). cpunk A major class of remailers. Supports Request-Remailing-To: field. eric A variant of the cpunk style. Uses Anon-Send-To: instead. penet The third class of remailers (at least for right now). Uses X-Anon-To: in the header. pgp Remailer supports encryption with PGP. A period after the keyword means that the short name, rather than the full email address, should be used as the encryption key ID. hash Supports ## pasting, so anything can be put into the headers of outgoing messages. ksub Remailer always kills subject header, even in non-pgp mode. nsub Remailer always preserves subject header, even in pgp mode. latent Supports Matt Ghio's Latent-Time: option. cut Supports Matt Ghio's Cutmarks: option. post Post to Usenet using Post-To: or Anon-Post-To: header. ek Encrypt responses in reply blocks using Encrypt-Key: header. special Accepts only pgp encrypted messages. mix Can accept messages in Mixmaster format. reord Attempts to foil traffic analysis by reordering messages. Note: I'm relying on the word of the remailer operator here, and haven't verified the reord info myself. mon Remailer has been known to monitor contents of private email. filter Remailer has been known to filter messages based on content. If not listed in conjunction with mon, then only messages destined for public forums are subject to filtering. Raph Levien

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[NOISE] Chi Sun Times SS# Sweepstakes
by Alex Strasheim 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

The Chicago Sun-Times is running a contest in which readers are asked to send in their social security numbers. Someone will win a cash prize after a random drawing. I can't figure out the angle on this. If they simply want to run a promotional contest, why are they asking for ssn's? If there's an ulterior motive, what is it? Are they going to sell the list? Would they have a use for it themselves? The frustrating thing is that there are probably many millions of Americans who will give away the keys to the store for next to nothing. The feds probably made a tactical error: instead of trying to force mandatory key escrow down our throats, they ought to have offered everyone who is willing to submit to voluntary escrow a chance to win a Chrysler Minivan. -- Alex Strasheim, alex(a)proust.suba.com

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Re: Sharp Knives
by tcmay＠got.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 1:38 PM 9/2/96, Dave Harman OBC wrote: >In California, it's a felony to merely *own* a Ninja star. It's a >felony to carry a *concealed* knife, but carrying it openly in a >holster is legal. It's a felony for most people to carry a >concealed loaded handgun on the street only on a *second* offense. >It'a a felony to merely *own* a switchblade, brass knuckles, etc. >Do our weapons laws sound strange? Are many of our weapons laws >stricter than countries like Sweden? Yes! Most laws about knives, dirks, daggers, brass knuckles, saps, etc. were devised to control the coloreds, who could not afford the weapons of choice of whites and other gentlemen. Hence, a colored who gets picked up on some charge, or detained, can be jailed on a felony charge for having a pocketknife, or a sap, or brass knucks. Coloreds from Asia can be jailed for having the martial arts sorts of weapons. A white gets a misdemeanor charge for carrying a gun. (This analysis is not original with me. The gun magazines have noted the racist origins of misdemeanor/felony dichotomies for many years. One article I read a few years ago traced the precise times at which these laws came into being...mostly the times in various states corresponded with periods of high immigration of coloreds to major cities.) Here in California there's a bill pending in the legislature which would decriminalize the carrying of a pocketknife that can be opened with one hand (a la the Spyderco, Benchmade, Buck, Cold Steel, etc., knives with thumb holes or studs). Even though such knives are openly sold in every sporting goods store I have ever been in, and are carrried by a truly large fraction of the population, such knives are currently classified as "switchblades" and can be prosecuted as a felony. A good way to selectively harasss someone. Interestingly, it was the District Attorneys lobbying group in California which made the difference: they argued that such laws are unenforceable or are selectively enforced. --Tim May We got computers, we're tapping phone lines, I know that that ain't allowed. ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay(a)got.net 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Licensed Ontologist | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."

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Encrypted Email
by Connie Sadler 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Can anybody briefly summarize for me some options for encrypting email that are secure? I know about PGP but I need something for (my environment) with an easy to use interface (PC-Windows) - for use by people who really aren't very computer literate. Any ideas? Thanks! Connie

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