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Government credentials and picture IDs not a useful thing for Cypherpunks to require
by Tim May 21 Sep '01

21 Sep '01

On Friday, September 21, 2001, at 11:04 AM, V Alex Brennen wrote: > A key-signing party is a get-together with PGP users for the purpose of > meeting other PGP users and signing each other's keys. This helps to > extend the "web of trust" to a great degree. Also, it sometimes serves > as > a forum to discuss strong cryptography, computer security, and related > issues. > > > Required Items? > > 1. Physical attendance > 2. Positive picture ID > 3. A printout of your PGP key's fingerprint information > 4. A pen/pencil or whatever you'd like to write with It's too bad so many people are so confused about what a "Web of Trust" is. Do I need a "positive picture ID" of Lucky Green to communicate with him securely? Black Unicorn? Pr0duct Cypher? Eric Hughes? Attila the Hun? The notion that a particular credential with a picture on it means anything, or should be given weight, is one of the most dangerous ideas there is. For the obvious reasons. As a hint, the people you _don't_ want to trust are a helluva lot more likely to have nice, neat picture IDs than people like Lucky Green are. --Tim May (not my true name)

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Open Meeting: RAND Congressional Advisory Panel on WMD Terrorism
by auto301094＠hushmail.com 21 Sep '01

21 Sep '01

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Congressional Advisory Panel to Assess Domestic Response Capabilities for Terrorism Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction (The Gilmore Commission) Next meeting: Sept. 24th from 9:00 am until 4:00 pm at the RAND Washington Office - 1200 North Hayes Street. Boilerplate: "The Advisory Panel will assess the capabilities for responding to terrorist incidents in the U.S. homeland involving weapons of mass destruction. Response capabilities at the Federal, State, and local levels will be examined, with a particular emphasis on the latter two. The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Attorney General, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, has entered into a contract with the National Defense Research Institute (NDRI), a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) at RAND, to establish the Advisory Panel in accordance with Section 1405 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999, Public Law 105-261 (H.R. 3616, 105th Congress, 2nd Session) (October 17, 1998)." Interesting background PDF: "Toward a National Strategy for Combating Terrorism" http://www.rand.org/nsrd/terrpanel/terror2.pdf RAND site: http://www.rand.org/nsrd/terrpanel/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: Hush 2.0 wl8EARECAB8FAjurg90YHGF1dG8zMDEwOTRAaHVzaG1haWwuY29tAAoJEKadvsVlUK4P mV8AnRwIRyTYZpsFkPyHMNGYLahmtT53AJ9a9X3rVJc+GXPxPKdMSjpEjBrfAw== =I+NA -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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ANNC: PGP Key-signing party @ ITSA Day in Gnv. Fl, USA
by V Alex Brennen 21 Sep '01

21 Sep '01

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 In the interest of helping organizations attending the ITSA Security Day conference establish a best practices model of computer security policy, e-TechServices.com will be sponsoring a PGP Key-signing party. The PGP key-signing party held during the ITSA Security Day on Wednesday, September 26th, 2001 from 12:15pm - 12:45pm at the e-TechServices.com table at the Retiz Union in Gainesville, Florida. Full details at: http://www.e-techservices.com/events/key_signing_party.html What's a key-signing party? A key-signing party is a get-together with PGP users for the purpose of meeting other PGP users and signing each other's keys. This helps to extend the "web of trust" to a great degree. Also, it sometimes serves as a forum to discuss strong cryptography, computer security, and related issues. Required Items? 1. Physical attendance 2. Positive picture ID 3. A printout of your PGP key's fingerprint information 4. A pen/pencil or whatever you'd like to write with Why should I use PGP? You should use PGP, in order to protect your business and personal emails from being read by individuals or entities other than your intended recipient(s). You should also use PGP in order to protect against the forgery or alteration of official communications from your organization. PGP, when used correctly, can provide message privacy, message integrity, message authentication, and to some degree non-repudibility. OK. What are some good applications of PGP? Protection of email traffic of a sensitive nature, such as the coordination of response to ongoing security incidents, requests for DNS modifications, the exchange of passwords, requests for networking changes, and exchange of sensitive personal information like SSNs. At the very least, it would be useful to have all such messages signed, so the recipients could be sure that the notes were not forged. PGP can also be used to provide the same protection in the area of computer software distribution. For example PGP can be used in software distribution where security is critical, such as in the distribution of computer security patches or other security related software updates. Why should I participate in the ITSA Day keysigning party? The formation of a robust web of trust with a deep level of interconnectivity is the foundation for the security and utility of PGP. Participating in the key signing event will allow you to become integrated into the web of trust and thereby place your organization and yourself in a position to enjoy the benefits of the PGP technology. Participation will also help to promote the use of PGP and reinforce people currently using PGP resulting in a more safe and secure computing environment for us all. The more people who use PGP, the stronger PGP becomes. A graph of the Web of Trust formed at recent keysigning parties in Gainesville is available at: http://www.cryptnet.net/fdp/crypto/strong_distro/full-wot.png Please, forward this note to anyone who may be interested in attending. Also, please fee free to contact me for personal assistance with key generation or additional information on participating. Links: <A HREF="http://www.itsa.ufl.edu/">ITSA Security Day</A> <A HREF="http://www.e-techservices.com/">e-TechServices.com</A> - VAB - --- V. Alex Brennen [vab(a)cryptnet.net] [ http://www.cryptnet.net/people/vab/ ] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQE7q20i+pIJc5kqSz8RAkfJAJ9nwZHJw0OzWf7IkP86I0VI4G62rwCgq9l5 rj3D7hWQSDa7nQkWCor0KlI= =+4s+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: Avoid hard targets tomorrow
by Nomen Nescio 21 Sep '01

21 Sep '01

>AMERICA and the West are bracing themselves for another potential >"Day of Infamy" this Saturday, when accomplices of the hijackers are >suspected of having plotted new outrages. It would be stupid to hit now. The terrorists will wait until after the U.S. takes overt action. Their counter-blow will then have the most impact. If Americans learn that every time their troops attack, American civilians die, it will increase pressure to end the campaign. Terrorists might have scheduled something for Saturday, on the assumption that the U.S. would have attacked by now. But the unexpected restraint on the part of the U.S. leadership will require a revision to the timetable. >The three, Ahmed Hanna, 33, Karim Koubriti, 23, and >Farouk Ali-Halmoud, 21, from Morocco and Algeria, worked at Detroit >Metropolitan Airport preparing food for airlines. Is this why the airlines are going to stop serving food?

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invitation to a terrorist conspiracy
by mattd 21 Sep '01

21 Sep '01

Assasination politics was originally proposed for saddam,wasnt it? After several months of hard work and 1 arrest/computor confiscation(no charges) Operation soft drill just received what I believe was genuine pledge,this occured just prior to doomsday. The pledge was for the retirement of richard armitage,btw. Now its hung for shagging a sheep as a lamb time. Big time. I pledge 1$ for the closest prediction of the permanent retirement from politics of the honourable osama bin laden. The SS know where I live,so Im your canary in this coal mine. How about a little anon(of course)backup.I know your not all not plastic anarchists. And the US is a paper tiger.

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Jim Warren on Op-ed on encryption: Privacy is no longer an argument
by Matthew Gaylor 21 Sep '01

21 Sep '01

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Re: somewhat encouraging...
by citizenq＠hushmail.com 21 Sep '01

21 Sep '01

CNN's 'scrolling text' on The Tube last night mentioned "hundreds of campuses" but wasn't more specific. The mainstream news won't have it till some shit hits the fan, but there's plenty if you dig just a bit. >From the decidedly non-mainstream - BAY AREA: --------- THU: Meeting of activists to plan and mobilize for a Sept 29th rally Capp Street Center, 362 Capp Street, San Francisco FRI: Social Justice Center of Marin Peace Vigil Third & Irwin Streets, San Rafael Sacramento Peace Vigil and protest against appearance of Henry Kissinger Memorial Auditorium, 16th & "J" Street, Sacramento SUN: Peace Gathering Peri Park in Fairfax (across from 85 Bolinas Road) www.askpeace.com TUE: Sacramento Peace Vigil Memorial Auditorium, 16th & "J" Street On the day the US begins military action, there will be a protest rally at Powell and Market Street in San Francisco at 5 pm...If the war starts later in the evening, the protest will be held the next day at 5 pm. the day after the Powell and Market protest, there will be a Berkeley BART alert at the downtown Berkeley BART station at 5 pm. www.craigslist.org (Craig's List) has an updated listing of events around the Bay Area BOSTON AREA: ------------ Upcoming Events for Peace (Cambridge Peace Commission and Boston Mobilization) Tuesday September 18, Noon Vigil at the JFK building, government center, messages to Senators and Congress - no more victims, no money for militarism or retaliation (A small group from this vigil will go to the offices of Senators Kerry and Kennedy with the message of peace. If you want to be part of this, call CPPAX). Wednesday, September 19, 6-7pm: Vigil for Peace, 7-9pm: Community-wide organizing meeting (place TBA, near Copley Sq). Sunday, September 23, 12:30-2PM "STANDING AGAINST THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE" time for mourning, call for peace vigil/gathering copley square plaza. Organized by representatives from: American Friends Service Committee, American-Arab Anti Discrimination Committee, Boston Coalition for Palestinian Rights, Cambridge Peace Commission, CPPAX, Boston Mobilization for Survival, Women's Action for New Directions, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, World Federalists of New England For latest information, call AFSC at 617-661-6130. Call 617-782-2313 to help. >>To: Declan McCullagh <declan(a)well.com> >>Subject: Re: somewhat encouraging... >>Cc: cypherpunks(a)lne.com >> >At 10:27 PM -0400 9/20/01, Declan McCullagh wrote: >>I suspect that only at MIT, and certain places in the east bay in California, >>are where you'll find peace marches right now. I read a lot of mainstream >>news, and haven't come across much coverage of them... >> >>-Declan > >The only other place I'm aware of is in Austin. > >Regards, Matt-

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Avoid hard targets tomorrow
by Declan McCullagh 21 Sep '01

21 Sep '01

I think I may take a brief away-from-DC trip... >From the London TImes > >THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 20 2001 > >Weekend alert as FBI warns of new attack > >BY DOMINIC KENNEDY AND DAMIAN WHITWORTH > >AMERICA and the West are bracing themselves for another potential >"Day of Infamy" this Saturday, when accomplices of the hijackers are >suspected of having plotted new outrages. > >The most solid evidence so far is the discovery that five associates >of the suicide gang had booked seats on two internal passenger >flights, taking them from Texas to California, in two days' time. > >FBI agents are trying to capture as many key operatives as possible >before any plot can be put into action. > >Water, gas and electricity suppliers, bridges, tunnels and >underground railways have increased security because of the perceived >threat of biological, chemical or physical attacks. > >In a dramatic development, three Arab airport workers in Detroit were >arrested after FBI agents found them in a house with handwritten >sketches of an airport, aircraft and runways. They had a notebook >containing information about the "American base in Turkey", "Alia >Airport" in Jordan and the "American foreign minister", legal >documents state. The three, Ahmed Hanna, 33, Karim Koubriti, 23, and >Farouk Ali-Halmoud, 21, from Morocco and Algeria, worked at Detroit >Metropolitan Airport preparing food for airlines. > >FBI agents stumbled across the trio while searching the address of >Habil al-Marabh, a suspected associate of the World Trade Centre >hijackers. The Arabs said that they did not know him. They have been >charged with conspiracy and having false immigration papers. > >The FBI is concentrating its energies on deterring more attacks this >Saturday. "Yes, we have heard something about September 22 but >nothing specific," an investigative source told America's Knight >Ridder news service. > >"We have information that leads us to believe that there could be >more attacks very soon. The same murky sources that indicated >something might be happening in the weeks before the attacks have >indicated something may be happening this weekend." > >Bob Graham, chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said that >the New York and Washington suicide strikes were "part of a larger >plan with other terrorism acts, not necessarily the hijacking of >airplanes". > >The FBI has issued a "watch list" of 223 people suspected of being >associates of the hijackers. Nearly a quarter of the people on the >list are able to fly aircraft. >--

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osamawatching with 200 spectral bands and < 1 m resolution commercial
by Subcommander Bob 21 Sep '01

21 Sep '01

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1548000/1548860.stm US spy satellites have been given new instructions to concentrate their attention on Afghanistan and the search for Osama Bin Laden, and groups associated with him, sources have told BBC News Online. So-called Signal Intelligence (Sigint) satellites, designed to intercept radio and mobile phone traffic, have been "retasked", as have two spy satellites that take high-resolution images. The use of Sigint satellites marks a departure from normal procedure, as they are not usually used to gather intelligence about dissident groups in that region. BBC News Online also understands that US military sources have also made approaches to two commercial satellite operators, to use data from two private imaging satellites that will be launched in the next few weeks. Following conversations The so-called "retasking" of spy satellites is an unusual step that reflects the seriousness of the response to the hijack plane attacks on New York and Washington DC. Sigint satellites monitor electromagnetic signals and send them to sophisticated listening posts scattered over the globe where they are relayed to supercomputers in the US for analysis. In co-operation with the Echelon phone, fax and e-mail monitoring system that is also searching for evidence of subversive activity, the Sigint data are analysed using sophisticated programs that allow information to be extracted from the jumbled signals. It is thought that when conditions are favourable, individual mobile phone conversations can be followed. The main suspect identified by the US for last Tuesday's attacks, Osama Bin Laden, is said not to use mobile phones, for fear of being eavesdropped. But US military officials are clearly hoping that they may intercept some phone coverage, a task that should be helped by the small size and sparse communications infrastructure in Afghanistan - the country where Bin Laden is thought to reside. Imaging spy satellites are also returning high-resolution images back to the Pentagon. These images, able to detect individual people, will also be studied by computer to spot movements that could help analysts pinpoint Bin Laden. Private help Military officials are also considering using the capabilities of two private satellites that will be launched in the next few weeks. The first of these, Orbimage-4, is due to be put into orbit on 21 September from California. This is a private remote-sensing satellite with unique capabilities. It carries a camera that takes images in 200 spectral bands - designed to analyse surface composition. Military analysts are considering whether it could be used to see through camouflage, which is often used by those on the ground who do not want their activities exposed by spy satellites passing overhead. The other satellite, Quickbird, to be operated by Digitalglobe, is set for launch on 18 October. It will have the greatest resolution of any non-military satellite. Able to see detail smaller than a metre, Quickbird could be used when military spy satellites are not in the correct place.

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French Nazis censor internet site
by Subcommander Bob 21 Sep '01

21 Sep '01

Thursday September 20 1:12 PM ET http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010920/wr/attack_france_internet_dc_1.html Frenchman Probed for Web Site Applauding Attacks PARIS (Reuters) - A Frenchman who allegedly set up an internet site applauding the deadly attacks on U.S. landmarks and urging Muslims to fight a holy war is being investigated for encouraging suicide acts, judicial sources said Thursday. Smain Bedrouni is under formal judicial investigation after being accused of creating stcom.net, a U.S.-based Web site that calls for ``jihad.'' Endorsing suicide attempts which aim to kill others is illegal in France. The daily newspaper Le Figaro said the site was blocked earlier this week by hackers but was soon accessible again to the public after it squeezed space on the server of a U.S. company. France has been swift to clamp down on extremist or racist Web sites. A French judge made headlines last year with a controversial ruling that Yahoo! Inc. block French citizens' access to its U.S.-based auction site featuring Nazi memorabilia. Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have been on the lookout for sites in their networks that incite violence since last week's terror attacks on the United States in which 6,000 people were killed or are missing.

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