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Re: The FV Problem = A Press Problem
by tcmay＠got.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 12:05 AM 1/31/96, sameer wrote: > I agree with your points that the press should write real >articles, and not just swallow press releases. The fact of the matter >though, is that that's what they do, swallow press releases. It's a >said state of affairs, but that is the state of affairs. > I wouldn't say *all* news is PR controlled, but most of it >is. It's much less work for the reporter when an article just shows up >on their desk and all they have to do is call one or two people for >some fresh quotes. And I agree with your points, too, Sameer. Like I said, I mean no disrespect to you that you issue press releases in which you interview yourself...it's the form that press releases take, and it's the form that "slides down easily" into a newspaper story. (The form makes it look as though the journalist has conducted the interview and gotten the quotes.) And at least most of Community Connexion's press releases have been about new services being offered, or rewards, etc. And not given vastly more attention than they deserve (as was the case with the FV "discovery"). I really hope this media frenzy with all things related to the Internet will burn itself out. --Tim Boycott espionage-enabled software! We got computers, we're tapping phone lines, we 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, Higher Power: 2^756839 - 1 | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."

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gondolin.org services are back!
by Bryan Strawser 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- After a bout with InterNIC and multiple DNS problems, I am happy to announce that the remailer/nymserver services located at gondolin.org are back on-line and functioning. Type I/II Remailer: mix(a)remail.gondolin.org Nymserver: alias(a)nym.gondolin.org Keys are available via the correct commands and the keyservers. Please contact me with any questions you may have. Bryan - -- Bryan Strawser, System/Network Administrator & Postmaster feanor(a)gondolin.org Gondolin Technologies, Bloomington, Indiana USA -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBMRAR1fvQGgQ7UJMZAQHChwQAqdWdLsEN5++NwiR9dya6bBa6K4pISi5N y/8QQSCqFC21Rz1pq9hpvCiuhCHbuLOga1XM/SeGBCIn54nVfu/HYZP4VaFxUxI2 Fy0DAAKQhMlXT3wSMZdQJkkBX+My76sJP5k4PDouA6R/B1BQiOWa60oVfRM3Dbo9 upi27fcc4PU= =MDZQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re:
by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Online Libel Rules
by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

UK - New Rules For Online Libel Called For Wokingham, Bershire, England, 31 January 1996 -- CompuServe, Europe Online, and Microsoft Network (MSN), have banded together to lobby the British Government for a clear definition of the legal rules for online libel. In British law, libel is defined as a defamatory statement. Because of the "new" nature of online services, however, online libel is treated as something of a gray area as regard legal issues. In a joint submission to the Lord Chancellor's department, the three online companies claim that online service providers typically cannot control the content of messages that users of their services or the Internet, send. The companies are recommending that the online service provider not be held responsible for libels statements made online, unless the service provider has "reasonable notice" that a libels statement has been transmitted on to its system, and "has the ability and the authority to prevent" its publication, but "fails to do so" within a reasonable time. According to Andrew Gray, European business manager with CompuServe, the Chancellor's Department is currently conducting an extensive review of UK libel law to deal with a number of current problems. Based upon this review, the Government is expected to introduce new libel legislation this spring. "We applaud the Lord Chancellor's Department's efforts to bring the defamation law up to date. We hope that the upcoming legislation will deal effectively with the problem of libel that takes place over an online service or the Internet," Gray explained. Andreas Breijs, manager of Europe Online, meanwhile, said that online services are not like traditional newspapers or magazines. "These services are more like a railway train, where the operator may own the passenger cars, but has no idea what the passengers may be saying to each other, and no way of controlling their conversations," he said. Judy Gibbons, manager of Microsoft's MSN operating in the UK, said that the major online providers work hard to run responsible services. "They should not be penalized for the actions of unrelated individuals who might happen to make libelous statements using their services without the knowledge or consent of the service provider," she said. Alistair Kelman, a lawyer specializing in information technology (IT) affairs, said that he was not surprised by the online services' request to the Lord Chancellor's Department, especially given the current situation. "There is no case law on this subject and it is likely that a test case will come sooner, rather than later. The Government is keen on a clarification on the issue, as it is itself publishing a lot of its information on the Internet, in the move towards a more open and IT-relevant Government," he explained. Peter Sommer, an IT security specialist and Fellow of the London School of Economics, said that, far from being just another publishing medium, it was important that people understand that the Internet is very similar to a telephone line. "If I libel someone over the phone, you're not going to involve the telephone company, are you? It's the same with the Internet and some online services. Of course, if the online service has the ability to remove someone's comments and does not do it, then it's a different matter and that is what the definition by the Lord Chancellor's office is all about," he said. --

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parallel encryption
by Simon Spero 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Ok, so I've got my BeBox and so finally have an SMP of my own again; anyone want to suggest any cool crypto stuff that parallelises well? Rogaways hashs look interesting, and nDES offers an obvious process network for pipelining, but what about things like running multiple interleaved CBC streams in parallel, with each stream starting off from a different IV? I can't think of any practical ways of speeding up a single RSA operation, although twice as many processors obviously gives twice the thruput. Simon ------ "GM spent $3.6 billion giving birth to the Saturn, and it doesn't even go supersonic." - Ben Rich, Skunk Works head (75-91)

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France to push for international net legislation
by bofur＠alpha.c2.org 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

According to radio reports here, the French government has just announced it's intention to pressure the European community to create international laws to control the Internet. This is in the wake of the net publication of a certain book that had been heavily censored in France. Does anyone have any more details - has an actual policy been put forward stating how they intend to control the net? And what do/will the laws cover? Bofur. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bofur bofur(a)alpha.c2.org PGP available from PGP key servers Key fingerprint = 81 0C 8F 88 0A 4F 67 3F ED 52 DE 3C 55 34 26 25

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RE: Netscape encrypted email!!
by Miguel Saraiva 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I believe the new microsoft exchange (from msdn level 3 ) also has some sort of security built in. Haven't tried yet. (It needs (?) Exchange Server for it ) >> * Integrated email - Netscape Navigator 2.0 offers full-featured and rich >> email capabilities, allowing you to both read and send secure email >> messages without launching an external email application. >I downloaded it and checked it out. But it was not clear how to use this >secure email - so it may lack something yet in user friendlyness, or I may >have just missed it. Anyway, it should be much easier to use than PGP. >Are we all going to switch to Netscape for email? Is anyone using this? >Want to tell us how? > -- -- -> Leon : Miguel Angelo Saraiva : msaraiva(a)marktest.pt <- -- -- -- Vince

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Re: PGP commercial usage
by take＠imasy.or.jp 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 0:43 PM 96.1.31 +0000, Dave Roberts wrote: >I have read and reread the documentation that is included with the PGP >distribution (although my copy is over a year old now), and am still >trying to work out if commercial use of 2.6ui is allowed outside the USA. > >Could someone elaborate for me, or perhaps point me to some up to date >reference documentation. Few days ago I found good page for it. http://www.ifi.uio.no/pgp/FAQ.shtml#License This page said that: + Can I use PGP 2.6.3i for commercial purposes? + + Yes, you can, but you need to buy a separate license for the IDEA algorithm used in + PGP. (RSA is not patented outside the US, so you don't need a license for this + algorithm.) IDEA licenses can be purchased from Ascom Systec AG in Switzerland. + (The licensing of the IDEA algorithm was formerly administrated by Ascom Tech, but + this responsibility has been transferred to Ascom Systec. Please, do not contact + Ascom Tech about this matter!) The fee is charged on a per-user basis as follows: # Sorry, this is about 2.6.3i, not 2.6ui. P.S. Now I'm studying MacPGP... - Tsuyoshi Hayashi <take(a)imasy.or.jp> --- hayashi(a)scs.sony.co.jp is no longer valid. --- Please update to take(a)imasy.or.jp

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Re: Escrowing Viewing and Reading Habits with the Governmen
by E. ALLEN SMITH 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

From: IN%"trei(a)process.com" 29-JAN-1996 14:32:19.64 >The general reaction of the library community was, I am glad to say, entirely pro-privacy. -------------------- To their credit, yes. One application of this that others may be interested in is that ILL requests (I have been told) come from a library, not from a library's user. Thus, when I made one and got it back from the CIA's lending library (yes, they have one), they didn't know who I was... fortunately, given the book in question. Sort of a lesson for things like sites, et al. If all that someone can tell is that a IP or whatever request came from a particular site, then traffic analysis and other such things are disrupted. One way to do this would be to set up fictional accounts automatically to serve as proxies (relayed to the real account), which would make it impossible for a normal proxy-detector (lack of information or a particular set of information) to filter them out. -Allen

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Re: France to push for international net legislation
by tcmay＠got.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 6:27 AM 2/1/96, bofur(a)alpha.c2.org wrote: >According to radio reports here, the French government has just announced >it's intention to pressure the European community to create >international laws to control the Internet. > >This is in the wake of the net publication of a certain book that had >been heavily censored in France. I guess Declan M. won't be visting France or any of the other EU countries any time soon! --Tim Boycott espionage-enabled software! We got computers, we're tapping phone lines, we 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, Higher Power: 2^756839 - 1 | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."

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