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Crypto Patents and PGP Lib 3.0?
by allan＠spamport.excite.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I haven't seen any mention lately of the mythical PGP Lib 3.0. The last I recall hearing was that it was waiting to be release this month when certain patents expired. Does anyone know which patents or algorithms those are? I know that D-H expired back in April, but what about RSA and any other "basic" algorithms? -- Allan Bailey Excite, Inc. (Austin)

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HOPE and Wiretap News
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

NYT had a front page story yesterday on the HOPE meet. Featuring hack of NYC's Metrocard, with wry commentary on new adventures "underground." A quote: Bruce Schneier, a highly regarded cryptography expert who spoke at the conference, said experience bad taught him that hackers often understood computer systems better than the engineers who designed them. "Hackers just have a much more holistic view," he said. Mr. Schneier, who is a consultant to Cubic on the next-generation Metrocard, said he believes someone will inevitably figure out a hack. "I believe that, fundamentally, a system as complicated as the Metrocard cannot be absolutely secure," he said. --------- See full report at: http://jya.com/beyond-hope2.htm Aptly, with Bruce's emphasis at HOPE on the need for laws to punish computer criminals and to close the global jurisdictional gap so there's no refuge for outlaws, there's Markoff's report yesterday on a petition to the FCC opposing the FBI's digital wiretap plan: http://jya.com/tap-opp.htm

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Re: Feds Seek PKI Bids
by geeman＠best.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

despite the CBD item, keep your eye on the key recovery demonstration projects; links at http://www.best.com/~geeman At 01:53 PM 8/11/97 -0400, A. Padgett Peterson P.E. Information Security wrote: > > >>USG published a solicitation today in the CBD for a >>Public Key Infrastructure which outlines the system >>requirements: > >> http://jya.com/pkicbd.htm > > >Interesting from what is *not* there - any mention of key recovery/key >escow. Looks like they may finally understand what a Certificate Authority >is (not holding breath). Do not think much of appelations (Classic & Gold) >and suspect they may need more than two but sounds like a good start. > > Warmly, > Padgett > > >

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Re: Eternity Uncensorable?
by John Kelsey 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- [ To: cypherpunks(a)algebra.com, Wei Dai ## Date: 08/08/97 10:37 pm ## Subject: Re: Eternity Uncensorable? ] >Subject: Re: Eternity Uncensorable? >To: Cypherpunks Lite <cp-lite(a)comsec.com> >From: Wei Dai <weidai(a)eskimo.com> >Date: Wed, 06 Aug 1997 11:33:55 -0700 (PDT) >I suggest using information dispersal to spread risk amongst >remailer operators. Use Rabin's information dispersal technique >to divide up a document into n shares such that k of them can >reconstruct the original, and post each share via a seperate >remailer. It would be hard for the government to single out an >operator to go after since an individual share by itself is >useless. I'm a little concerned with the usefulness of this idea in a legal sense. Imagine the physical analogue: Alice buys the guns and masks, and leaves them in a pre-arranged place. Bob anonymously buys a car and leaves it, with the keys inside, in another pre-arranged place. Carol and Dave collect the guns, masks, and the car, and use them to rob a bank or hijack an airplane. Do you suppose the feds will have any problem prosecuting Alice and Bob for their part in the conspiracy? >If n>k this also increases reliability and resilience of the >eternity service against technical attacks. This part is somewhat more useful. However, n copies of the message are probably better. I think the general problem here is unsolveable--running an Eternity server is just going to be a dangerous thing to do if you live somewhere where the police are likely to see possessing, distributing, or selling some of the information on it as a crime. There are two possible solutions I can see: Either make Eternity servers so widespread that taking down individual servers in individual jurisdictions is futile, or find some jurisdictions where virtually *nothing* will provoke the police to act. (Note that legal jurisdiction isn't the only issue here. Some groups may be willing to use terrorist tactics to shut down these servers.) Note: Please respond via e-mail as well as or instead of posting, as I get CP-LITE instead of the whole list. --John Kelsey, kelsey(a)counterpane.com PGP 2.6 fingerprint = 4FE2 F421 100F BB0A 03D1 FE06 A435 7E36 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBM/ChJUHx57Ag8goBAQFTdwP/cX/+SsXEkjmSrTYcvSBP9bHsAzRcXs+z FmPIq1dd9T7Mm6tlJGe8iC4lXmpm4JVqhmZMTGoJlkw6ld1MWGiOevpDWhycpAPQ 6ohDd/R2G3dRHkWCvPklyeKQx3v8GfWAhPrupJZNNAUCIJqDMlg6kJQv4BDiEukr G7C89qeaXqA= =WXLf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --John Kelsey, Counterpane Systems, kelsey(a)counterpane.com PGP 2.6 fingerprint = 4FE2 F421 100F BB0A 03D1 FE06 A435 7E36

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No Subject
by Mixmaster 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Wednesday, September 16, 1998 - 20:16:25 I'm trying not to be paranoid or anything, but the thing is, ... where the heck is everybody??!! Nomad

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Re: HIP hip hooray
by Mark Grant 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Zooko Journeyman (zooko(a)xs4all.nl) wrote: >HIP rocked. I'm still trying to adjust to the mundanity >of everyday life. I loved meeting some cpunks in Real >Life. Hey, Zooko! You were the only Cypherpunk who made the article in the 'Independent' (by that blonde reporter who was wandering around), though Lucky Green was mentioned by name. '"[hacking] can be a wonderful thing", explained Zooco, a member of the CypherPunks. "Pretty much every useful aspect of modern computing was devised by hackers -- like the Internet and email."' So did she spell your name wrong, or were you using a pseudonym ;-) ? Mark

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by mornings＠concentric.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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