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by damion.furi＠the-matrix.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

DM|Depends on the counter people. The local RS here the clerks don't care |much about it and will enter a random number. I wish they would do that here. I've just about yanked a manager over the counter over it. |A local Service Merchandise |does the same thing, but they're pesky, so I make up silly names to test |the wits of impatient teenage mutant cashiers. (They also used to have |a computer where you enter your telno. and place orders to pick up at |the desk... I don't think the system bills you automatically but the |employees probably won't like it when you have them get 10 wieght sets |out...) <chuckle> I love it when the system has a flaw I can take a crowbar to. :----------:----------:----------:----------:----------:----------:----- : furi(a)the-matrix.com | pgp-public-key(a)demon.co.uk | LIVE LION ALERT : 2.6.2 1024/C1225CE1 | 38 11 7C 59 FB F3 7C C0 F7 E9 67 1F AF B8 2D 94 PGP: When it's none of their damned business. -- SPEED 1.40 [NR]: Evaluation day 134...

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Re: Are booby-trapped computers legal?
by alt＠iquest.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 03:38 PM 9/6/95 -0400, hallam(a)w3.org wrote: >People who go round drawing parallels to gun ownership and cryptography >ownership are simply playing into the governments hands. Which of our rights would you have us surrender so as to not play into the government's hands? >Cryptography has net benefits to society. You would have a hard time proving that cryptography has more, or different "net benefits to society" than gun ownership does. >Most advocates of gun ownership tend to convince me of >little more than they are a danger to society. Regardless of their case they are >the biggest argument for gun control, and therfore poor advocates of their >cause. Statists say the same thing about crypto-advocates. Talking about keeping secrets, and discussing which methods are uncrackable by the government is not what a statist wants to hear - and neither is talk about the real reason behind the 2nd Amendment.

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Re: What is truth?
by James A. Donald 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Crypto relevance: Absolutely none: At 10:57 PM 9/6/95 -0700, Timothy C. May wrote: > If you want more information on my views about truth, check out > the work on "evolutionary epistemology," especially the writings > of William Bartley and Karl Popper. Popper went off the deep end because he tried to justify science without relying on the principle of induction, or its equivalent, Bayesian probability. A hopeless endeavor, like the attempt of the behaviorists to describe behavior without reference to intention, desire, and knowledge. His reasoning leads logically to the polylogism of the fascists, an outcome he imagines he avoided, but in fact he merely rephrased in language that superficially sounds more favorable to science. Bayesian probability leads us to the conclusion that some scientific theories have a probability of truth that is exponentially close to unity. --------------------------------------------------------------------- | 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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by email＠exoticwhispers.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Cryptography Technical Report Server (CTRS) needs submissions!
by David J. Bianco 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Earlier this week I posted a note bemoaning the lack of a good searchable repository for cryptography related technical reports. In short, I volunteered to develop, host and maintain such a system as a service to the rest of the Internet. The system is ready, now the fun part begins... The Cryptographic Technical Report Service needs *YOU*. Specifically, it needs your technical reports (or other technical documentation). In order for CTRS to become popular, it needs to have a useful amount of data to search, so I'm currently soliciting submissions for the database. Contributing to CTRS is pretty simple. Detailed information can be found at <http://porthos.itribe.net/CTRS/FAQ.html#contribute>, but basically all that's required is to send <ctrs-submissions(a)itribe.net> a refer-format bibliographic entry which contains a URL pointing to the paper's real Net location. I'll index the entries (prettyprinting them, of course), and CTRS users will follow that URL if they want to retrieve the paper. If you don't have a URL, I'm willing to host as many papers as I have resources for. Full details can be found at the URL above, but please note that I'm only able to accept papers submitted by the authors (or copyright holder). If you'd like to know more about CTRS, you can check out it's beta version at <http://www.itribe.net/CTRS/> (<https://www.itribe.net/CTRS/> for the SSL version). The database doesn't have much (anything) in it right now, so I'm relying totally on submissions in order to build the collection. I firmly believe that CTRS can provide a useful service to the cryptographic community, so I hope you will all consider contributing your reports to CTRS. If you have questions, please check out the CTRS FAQ <http://www.itribe.net/CTRS/FAQ.html>. If you still have questions, feel free to contact me at the email address below. ========================================================================== David J. Bianco | Web Wonders, Online Oddities, Cool Stuff iTribe, Inc. | Suite 1700, World Trade Center | email: <bianco(a)itribe.net> Norfolk, VA 23510 | URL : http://www.itribe.net/~bianco/

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Cypherpunks in "The Guide"
by Mike Duvos 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

The Cypherpunks have gotten honorable mention as the only intellectually honest defenders of Free Speech left on the Net in a "Guide Magazine" article. http://www.guidemag.com/newsslant/vigilante-censors.html Apparently the author reads the list. I seem to have been quoted. -- Mike Duvos $ PGP 2.6 Public Key available $ enoch(a)zipcon.com $ via Finger $ {Free Cypherpunk Political Prisoner Jim Bell}

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News from the Front (August Issue)
by news＠sldc.ffg.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Re: CAST key size (fwd)
by Cypherpunks Maintenance Account 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

----- Forwarded message from Peter Gutmann ----- >From cpunks Mon Aug 25 08:03:32 1997 From: pgut001(a)cs.auckland.ac.nz (Peter Gutmann) To: hvdl(a)sequent.com Subject: Re: CAST key size Reply-To: pgut001(a)cs.auckland.ac.nz X-Charge-To: pgut001 X-Authenticated: relaymail v0.9 on cs26.cs.auckland.ac.nz Date: Mon, 25 Aug 1997 23:39:58 (NZST) Message-ID: <87250919812278(a)cs26.cs.auckland.ac.nz> Sender: owner-cypherpunks(a)toad.com Precedence: bulk >Just a quick question on the keysize of the CAST algorithm. According to >the bible of Bruce, CAST uses a 64 bit keysize, while in the manual of >PGP 5.0 (page 89), Phill states that CAST uses a 128 bit keysize... > >Am I missing something? "CAST" isn't a particular algorithm, but a design process for creating algorithms. The particular CAST instantiation used in PGP 5 is either CAST-128 or CAST5, depending on who you ask. Other versions of CAST abound, including an earlier one used by MS for unknown purposes which had a 64-bit key, probably the one Bruce is referring to. Peter. ----- End of forwarded message from Peter Gutmann -----

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Stay issued; modified stay to follow
by Cindy Cohn 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

During a conference call with counsel today, Judge Patel issued a stay of the injunctive relief issued in her Opinion of August 25, 1997, effective until September 8. On September 8 (or sooner if we get the papers to her) the Court she will issue a formal Stay Pending Appeal which will stay the injunctive relief issued in her Opinion of August 25, 1997, except that an injunction shall be reinstated to prevent the prosecution of Professor Bernstein for the "unlicensed export" of Snuffle 5.0 (which includes Snuffle and Unsnuffle) and any later versions of that program which he has developed. This eliminates, at least for the meantime, the injunctive relief granted to Bernstein as to any other computer programs which he may have developed or otherwise wished to publish. It also eliminates the protections for persons other than Professor Bernstein. The government has said that it may still challenge this more limited stay in the 9th Circuit. Professor Bernstein may also seek relief from the stay from the 9th Circuit. Cindy ************************ Cindy A. Cohn McGlashan & Sarrail, P. C. 177 Bovet Road, 6th Floor San Mateo, CA 94402 (415) 341-2585 (tel) (415)341-1395 (fax) Cindy(a)McGlashan.com http://www.McGlashan.com

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Bernstein decision is out! (fwd)
by Cypherpunks Maintenance Account 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

----- Forwarded message from John Gilmore ----- >From cpunks Tue Aug 26 09:26:49 1997 Message-Id: <199708261312.GAA02742(a)toad.com> X-Authentication-Warning: toad.com: Host localhost [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: bernstein-announce(a)toad.com, gnu(a)toad.com Subject: Bernstein decision is out! Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 06:12:24 -0700 From: John Gilmore <gnu(a)toad.com> Reply-To: John Gilmore <gnu(a)toad.com> Sender: owner-cypherpunks(a)toad.com Precedence: bulk Judge Patel has made her decision, and it is up on the Web at http://www.eff.org/. We're still preparing the legal analysis, but the basic outline is that she declares the Commerce Dept. export-control scheme unconstitutional. She also issued an injunction against the Commerce Dept. preventing them from enforcing these regulations against Prof. Bernstein or others who distribute his software. More details later... John Gilmore ----- End of forwarded message from John Gilmore -----

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