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Re: whois cypherpunks.org ?
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

cypherpunks (REMAILER-DOM) 1819 Woolsey St. Berkeley, CA 94703 Domain Name: REMAILER.NET Administrative Contact: Hughes, Eric (EH9) eric(a)SAC.NET (415) 392-0526 Technical Contact, Zone Contact: Levy, Elias M. (EML2) aleph1(a)DFW.NET 619-794-8383 (FAX) (619) 794-8373 Billing Contact: Hughes, Eric (EH9) eric(a)SAC.NET (415) 392-0526 Record last updated on 17-Oct-96. Record created on 09-Nov-94. Domain servers in listed order: FLYING.FISH.COM 140.174.97.13 NS1.SAC.NET 208.146.161.2 ---------- CypherPunks (CYPHERPUNKS-DOM) 9705 Standford Road Ft. Meade, MD 20755 Domain Name: CYPHERPUNKS.COM Administrative Contact, Technical Contact, Zone Contact: Levy, Elias M. (EML2) aleph1(a)DFW.NET 619-794-8383 (FAX) (619) 794-8373 Record last updated on 14-Sep-95. Record created on 14-Sep-95. Domain servers in listed order: NS1.CYBERWORKS.NET 206.170.116.21 NS2.PARANOIA.COM 207.239.130.25 WKP.COM 205.199.64.11 ---------- CypherPunks Group (CYPHERPUNKS3-DOM) 9705 Standford Road Ft. Meade, MD 20755 Domain Name: CYPHERPUNKS.ORG Administrative Contact, Technical Contact, Zone Contact: Levy, Elias M. (EML2) aleph1(a)DFW.NET 619-794-8383 (FAX) (619) 794-8373 Record last updated on 03-Oct-95. Record created on 03-Oct-95. Domain servers in listed order: NS1.CYBERWORKS.NET 206.170.116.21 NS2.PARANOIA.COM 207.239.130.25 WKP.COM 205.199.64.11 ---------- Cypherpunks (ANONYMOUS-DOM) PO Box 170608 San Francisco, CA 94117-0608 Domain Name: ANONYMOUS.NET Administrative Contact, Technical Contact, Zone Contact: Gilmore, John (JG150) gnu(a)TOAD.COM +1 415 221 6524 (FAX) +1 415 221 7251 Record last updated on 24-Jun-93. Record created on 24-Jun-93. Domain servers in listed order: CYGNUS.COM 205.180.230.20 RTL.CYGNUS.COM 205.180.230.21 ----------

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Re: Moderation experiment almost over; "put up or shut up" (fwd)
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 08:30:54 -0800 > From: Alan Olsen <alan(a)ctrl-alt-del.com> > >offered nothing in the past but criticism, it's now time to get a > >bit more real. What will it be, your money, time, equipment? > > What kind of memory requirements/machine load does the list eat up? I have a > machine that may fit this purpose... (Need to know if I need to upgrade the > box though.) A minimum standard for a useable remailer (YMMV): 486DX(blah) 16M 1G IDE Mitsumi CD Rom (very widely supported) VGA 1M NE2000 x 2 (Internet & Intranet) High-speed serial ports x 3 (Mouse, Modems x 2) [optional] ISDN Bridge (incl. NT-1, no POTS) ISDN Line (contact business office) Internet Provider (commercial service, nameservice, news, etc.) 10BaseT Bridge [optional, depends on Bridge] Registration of domain name [optional, suggested] Linux (WinNT if clueless) For a full-time commercial feed in Austin, Tx. your talking about: Startup: $600 Machine $100 VGA Monitor $100 Computer accessories $400 28.8 Modems ($200 x2) $150 ISDN install $1k ISDN Bridge $500 ISP setup & init (this is commercial, not hobby) $100 Initial name registry $300 UPS $3,250 Monthlies: $50 Phones ($25 x2) $25 Utilities $75 ISDN $400 ISP connection $550 Note: * This machine can't be your personal workstation. It will be entirely too busy. * Learn shell, c, Pearl to start. * O'Reilly makes very useful books. * Such a machine will handle from between 100 to 500 accounts depending on how you set up your system. * If you have the money, put it in the bandwidth first. * I would very strongly suggest against using your employers resources for such activities. * You will want at least one dedicated dial-in, no matter what. This is a good place for distinctive ring and a line splitter. Consider this when buying the modem, it will raise the price of the modem. Also consider the personal 800 numbers that are available. * Consider strongly the use of an encrypted file system. While they make automated re-boots impossible their security can be quite appealing. (This is an issue that somebody who is already designing encrypted file systems should look into, how to allow automated reboots w/o manual entry of the key(s).) * Anonymous remailer extensions would not be a major resource hog. * If you are going to consider allowing general access by your users via dial-in use 10 - 15 users per line per day, assuming no enforced quota. Hope this helps anyone who might be interested in starting up such a beast. Jim Choate CyberTects ravage(a)ssz.com When I was a kid, I lived in Pasadena, Tx. just down the street from the Washburn Tunnel. There was a big sign going from Pasadena to the Houston side that said "The grass is greener in Pasadena". This sentiment is the true liberator of the human spirit. Keeping up with the Joneses is burned into our genes.

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Cypherpunks Distributed Remailer
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Hi, What is the current future of the Cypherpunks webpage? Will it continue to be kept up or is it going down as well? Jim Choate CyberTects ravage(a)ssz.com

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Re: Recommendation: Creation of "alt.cypherpunks"
by Anil Das 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

On Feb 11, 2:42pm, Alan Bostick wrote: > new alt.* newsgroups are better > received if they don't have top-level names. Using existing top-level > hierarchies is better (e.g. alt.security.cypherpunks or > alt.privacy.cypherpunks). I agree that alt.privacy.cypherpunks is the best bet, if alt.group is the route we go. -- Anil Das

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Re: Recommendation: Creation of "alt.cypherpunks"
by Lucky Green 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 09:15 AM 2/11/97 -0800, Timothy C. May wrote: >- propagation is often spotty, and some sites have no access at all to the >"alt.*" hierarchy. (Many corporate sites block the alt heirarchy. Many >academic sites block just the alt.binaries.pictures heirarchy. Etc. A news >to mailing list gateway is possible for these readers.) Everybody with a web browser has access to alt newsgroups via http://www.dejanews.com/ -- Lucky Green <mailto:shamrock@netcom.com> PGP encrypted mail preferred "I do believe that where there is a choice only between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence." Mahatma Gandhi

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Remove
by "jeannie＠accucomm.net"＠accucomm.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Please remove our e-mail address from your services we received three viruses from erractic re-mail. Thank You Allen Woffard

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Re: Moderation experiment almost over; "put up or shut up" (fwd)
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 08:30:54 -0800 > From: Alan Olsen <alan(a)ctrl-alt-del.com> > >offered nothing in the past but criticism, it's now time to get a > >bit more real. What will it be, your money, time, equipment? > > What kind of memory requirements/machine load does the list eat up? I have a > machine that may fit this purpose... (Need to know if I need to upgrade the > box though.) A minimum standard for a useable remailer (YMMV): 486DX(blah) 16M 1G IDE Mitsumi CD Rom (very widely supported) VGA 1M NE2000 x 2 (Internet & Intranet) High-speed serial ports x 3 (Mouse, Modems x 2) [optional] ISDN Bridge (incl. NT-1, no POTS) ISDN Line (contact business office) Internet Provider (commercial service, nameservice, news, etc.) 10BaseT Bridge [optional, depends on Bridge] Registration of domain name [optional, suggested] Linux (WinNT if clueless) For a full-time commercial feed in Austin, Tx. your talking about: Startup: $600 Machine $100 VGA Monitor $100 Computer accessories $400 28.8 Modems ($200 x2) $150 ISDN install $1k ISDN Bridge $500 ISP setup & init (this is commercial, not hobby) $100 Initial name registry $300 UPS $3,250 Monthlies: $50 Phones ($25 x2) $25 Utilities $75 ISDN $400 ISP connection $550 Note: * This machine can't be your personal workstation. It will be entirely too busy. * Learn shell, c, Pearl to start. * O'Reilly makes very useful books. * Such a machine will handle from between 100 to 500 accounts depending on how you set up your system. * If you have the money, put it in the bandwidth first. * I would very strongly suggest against using your employers resources for such activities. * You will want at least one dedicated dial-in, no matter what. This is a good place for distinctive ring and a line splitter. Consider this when buying the modem, it will raise the price of the modem. Also consider the personal 800 numbers that are available. * Consider strongly the use of an encrypted file system. While they make automated re-boots impossible their security can be quite appealing. (This is an issue that somebody who is already designing encrypted file systems should look into, how to allow automated reboots w/o manual entry of the key(s).) * Anonymous remailer extensions would not be a major resource hog. * If you are going to consider allowing general access by your users via dial-in use 10 - 15 users per line per day, assuming no enforced quota. Hope this helps anyone who might be interested in starting up such a beast. Jim Choate CyberTects ravage(a)ssz.com When I was a kid, I lived in Pasadena, Tx. just down the street from the Washburn Tunnel. There was a big sign going from Pasadena to the Houston side that said "The grass is greener in Pasadena". This sentiment is the true liberator of the human spirit. Keeping up with the Joneses is burned into our genes.

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Re: Moderation experiment almost over; "put up or shut up"
by ichudov＠algebra.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

John Gilmore wrote: > A pentium is definitely up to this task. I've been running it the > whole time on a slower 40MB SPARCstation-2 (that also runs netnews and > general computing). Give it a big /var/spool partition (mine is 60MB) > because every message will sit in the queue for days (*somebody* on > the list will have an unreachable name server or MX server until the > msg times out). Give it lots of RAM and paging space, since each > sendmail process takes about 2MB virtual, 1.4MB physical, and you will > have dozens running at the same time. > > The new version of majordomo (that allows confirmation of > subscriptions) will help a lot. It needs a small patch though, to do > exponential backoff on the lock file, or when you get a flood of > messages, thirty majordomo processes will burn up the whole machine > trying and failing to get the lock file. > > You'll need a BIG mailbox for the bounce messages, and someone (or > some unwritten software) to scan it every day or two and delete the > lusers whose mailboxes are full or who dumped their account without > unsubscribing. The bounce mailbox on toad gets between 1 and 4MB of > email a day; more when the list is under attack. > > You'll want to run the latest version of BIND on the machine, too, > since doing DNS name-lookups on a thousand email addresses is expensive. > You want them all in the in-memory cache on the same machine. The > name daemon burns about 7MB virtual, 5MB real RAM once its cache > gets loaded. > > Make sure that every message sent to the list gets into at least > two logfiles -- on separate partitions, in case one fills up. At > least if you want to have an archive of what's been sent. > > > I can provide a pentium box running Linux with a T1 connection to > > MAE-West to host the list, if there is still interest. > > Make sure you are getting "transit" service to the Internet, instead > of trying to cheap out with "peering" to a few major networks. > Without transit service ("we'll carry your packets to anywhere even if > the destination is not on our network") you won't be able to route > packets to some places on the net. This will cause mail to those > subscribers to sit in the queue for days and then bounce. > > The real issue is how willing you are to put your own time into > dealing with problems. Not only do things go wrong by themselves, but > there are malicious assholes in the world who will deliberately make > trouble for you just because they like to. Spending a day or two > cleaning up the mess is just part of the job. Check your level of > committment two or three times before taking on the task -- so you > won't end up getting disgusted after a month or two and putting the > list's existence into crisis again. It's not a "set it up and forget > it" kind of operation. Listen to it, John is absolutely right. Running a big mailing list is an incredible commitment and it is important to realize what you are getting into. Another suggestion may be to set sendmail expire option to one day instead of five so that messages that cannot be delivered would bounce faster and not clog the queue. - Igor.

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Re: STE_pup
by Lucky Green 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 11:39 AM 2/11/97 -0500, John Young wrote: > Oracle's new fingerprint checking device to assure bona fide > log-on privileges. Covers other such devices, quotes a maker: > "if criminals or hackers get through these, industry will > step up one more level." Fingerprint readers tend to work regardless if the finger is attached to a body or not. All that fingerprint readers will do is increase the damage to those relying on ever increasing, but misguided, methods of authentication. See the rise in "identity theft" since SSN's began to be used for identification. -- Lucky Green <mailto:shamrock@netcom.com> PGP encrypted mail preferred "I do believe that where there is a choice only between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence." Mahatma Gandhi

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http:--cnnfn.com-digitaljam-wires-9702-11-hackers_wg-
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Click here to download the shareware YOU want at ZDNet [INLINE] Digital Jam hackers graphic Hackers victimize firms Experts tell House panel breaking into networks is too simple February 11, 1997: 6:17 p.m. ET [INLINE] Hackers and Feds in Vegas - July 31, 1996 Internet firms make hacking pay - April 12, 1996 WASHINGTON (Reuter) -- Hackers are finding it easier to break into computer networks and steal money, partly because companies are reluctant to admit that they are vulnerable, security experts said Tuesday. [INLINE] "If I want to steal money a computer is a much better tool than a handgun," Daniel Geer, engineering director for Open Market, Inc., told a House of Representatives technology subcommittee hearing on computer security. "They start out stealing $1,000 a day and figure they can get away with $2,000 a day and then they get greedy and hit some figure which sets off alarm bells." [INLINE] A panel of experts assembled by the subcommittee said many companies refuse to report breaches in their security because they want to avoid negative publicity and embarrassment. [INLINE] "Most computer crimes are not reported," Eugene Spafford of Purdue University told the panel. He estimated losses run into "hundreds of millions of dollars" but said no one really knows since so much goes unreported. [INLINE] Daniel Farmer, a security consultant, said penetrating a computer system is relatively easy. "Just using simple tests, I could break into two-thirds of the systems I tried," he said, adding that he could easily raise that figure to three-quarters if he wanted. [INLINE] Farmer said that during his tests he even discovered a problem with the White House World Wide Web site and told the system manager about it. He said he never received a reply. [INLINE] "Defensive programs have been overtaken by offensive programs" developed by hackers, he said. [INLINE] Spafford said law enforcement has kept pace with advances made by hackers who are able essentially to take over entire networks and run them by remote control. [INLINE] In addition to banks and corporations, the experts said, government secrets can be stolen and used to threaten national security. They cited recent computer network tampering at the Justice Department and the CIA. [INLINE] A General Accounting Office study recently found that there were 250,000 "hits" aimed at the Defense Department's computer networks last year and 65 percent were successful. Link to top home | digitaljam | contents | search | stock quotes | help Copyright 1997 Reuters. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Copyright © 1997 Cable News Network, Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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