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CDR: Re: Courts interfering with election
by George＠orwellian.org 07 Nov '00

07 Nov '00

TimMay Moroned: # And what is wrong with simply closing the lines at the closing time. # Put a cop or other official at the end of the line and say: "You # arrived at 8:01. Polls are closed. Everyone ahead of you will be # allowed in to vote, but you are too late." Why, that's already been answered. See text about woman who tried to vote all day, starting at 10AM. Any more questions?

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CDR: RE: Courts interfering with election
by Tim May 07 Nov '00

07 Nov '00

Ernest Hua has asked me to call him a numbskull directly. Apparently he did not like my "someone" reference. So I am obliging. >And he says he will not send me anything he doesn't mind having >shared with the rest of the list. And in a later message he defended >the St. Louis legal action by saying "The new rules do not say >"Republicans not allowed during those two hours". His message follows: At 5:44 PM -0800 11/7/00, Ernest Hua wrote: >Look, if you want to call me a "numbskull" feel free to do that to >me directly. And, I will surely not send you something I am not >willing to share with the rest of the list. You aren't that special. > >Ern Retardation is a dangerous thing. --Tim May -- ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, ComSec 3DES: 831-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, "Cyphernomicon" | black markets, collapse of governments.

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CDR: Re: Courts interfering with election
by George＠orwellian.org 07 Nov '00

07 Nov '00

commerce wrote home.com # The obvious complaint is that only select polling areas were # given extended hours, when it would have been just as easy to # extend voting hours for the entire region.... If all polling places had their hours extended, does TimMay withdraw his objections? And on what factual basis was he so taken back anyway? As if the unexpectedly heavy turnout couldn't cause problems somewhere in the nation. Yea heavy turnout. It's a good thing.

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CDR: Coping With Filtering Law
by anonymous＠openpgp.net 07 Nov '00

07 Nov '00

Librarians Running Into Trouble Monitoring Net Use The Associated Press B E R K L E Y, Mich., Nov. 6 Q Librarians trained in opening doors to knowledge must find ways to slam some of those doors shut, agitating many who donUt appreciate laws requiring them to censor Internet use. JJJJ RLibrarians are in the business of giving people information, not preventing them from getting it,S said Carol Windorf, Royal OakUs library director. RItUs an uncomfortable position and it makes it tougher for us to do our job.S JJJJ A state law approved last spring requires public libraries that offer Internet access to keep children from inappropriate sites by installing filters, monitoring behavior or requiring parents to be present. Not Alone Minnesota, Arizona, Utah and Colorado have laws similar to MichiganUs and at least 19 other states are considering legislative action. More than 75 libraries nationwide placed filters on computers last year, bringing the total to about 1,000. JJJJ The American Library Association has raised First Amendment concerns with the laws. But most of MichiganUs libraries are complying, with filters on at least some of their computers, said Stephen Kershner, executive director of the Michigan Library Association. JJJJ Some librarians have decided not to use filters Q calling the software unreliable and an inconvenience to everyone. JJJJ RThe filters can block computer users from obtaining completely acceptable information theyUre looking for on the Internet,S Oxford Library Director Judith Doublestein told The Detroit News for a Sunday story. JJJJ Doublestein said some computer users were denied football statistics from Super Bowl XXX because a filter confused the Roman numerals with a triple-X-rated pornographic Web site. JJJJ Moreover, Doublestein said, children are so adept at computer use that they can often easily get around the filters to look at questionable sites. Surrogate Parents? The American Library Association said it sees little merit in filters and believes libraries are more comfortable forming their own Internet policies. Some librarians said the law forces them to act as parents. JJJJ RIdeally, each person should be able to search the Internet on their own,S Windorf said. RIn the case of children, we feel parents are the best guide.S JJJJ In Berkley, where filters arenUt in use, itUs up to staff members and library visitors to decide what is objectionable. JJJJ In Birmingham, which has only one filtered computer, a patron was arrested during the summer after he ignored repeated warnings and downloaded photos from pornographic sites. JJJJ In Livonia, computers in the adult area donUt have filters and are equipped with privacy screens. Parents must accompany minors under 18 who wish to use them. Unaccompanied children must use computers with filters near the childrenUs area. JJJJ RI guess the filters are getting better, but we had a case where a patron was unable to research RMars ExplorerS because the TsU in Mars and the TexU in explorer triggered to the word sex,S said Livonia Library Director Barbara Lewis. Tips for the Home Some tips for parents and children on Internet use: JJJJ DonUt give out personal information such as addresses, phone numbers or school names and location without parental permission. JJJJ Tell parents right away about any information or message that causes discomfort. JJJJ Never agree to get together with an online contact without checking with parents. JJJJ Never send a personal photo to a person without parental knowledge. JJJJ Decide with parents on the length of time that can be spent online and appropriate sites to visit. JJJJ Install software filters on home computers to block inappropriate sites, although they canUt bar access to everything parents might not want children to see and may block information that is helpful. JJJJ Place computers in the kitchen, family room, or living room so an adult can see the child using it. JJJJ DonUt let young children surf the Web alone. JJJJ Q The Associated Press Copyright 2000 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. [ :-) ]

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07 Nov '00

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CDR: Codebreaking with a multi-Teraflops network: one technique
by Ray Dillinger 07 Nov '00

07 Nov '00

Let's say you're a high-level spook, and you've got a bunch of encrypted intercepts of uncertain origin. Gigabytes and gigabytes of them. Maybe they came with partial keys, maybe they are only 40-bit or 56-bit keyed in the first place. Maybe you have partial keys on some of them (from the "work reduction fields" or whatever on lotus notes for example). You don't have any knowledge that would link a particular one of these with a particular case, but you strongly suspect that somewhere in there are a few dozen that bear on cases you're investigating, and maybe a few dozen more that would be good leads into cases you ought to investigate. You'd like to focus a few dozen Teraflops of processing power on it, but most of your machines are taken up with higher-priority projects pertaining to identifiable cases, or to projects that have better odds of near-term success. What can you do? It should be childs play to set up a "front", as a scientific or charitable organization. Dream up a CPU-intensive task that engages people's imagination or sense of wonder, but which nobody would expect results from anytime soon. Write pages and pages about having written the kind of software you'd need to run to work on that problem -- the Great Idea, the problems, the triumphs and tribulations, the agonizing decisions and occasional design compromises and limitations, and the satisfaction with the end result. All fiction, but hey, this is just a front, right? Now, take your code breaking software and add some pretty graphics to it. Graphics and messages that have to do with the fake project you dreamed up. Arrange it so it runs as a screensaver. Set up a server that breaks the keyspaces and intercepts you need to check into chunks, and let people download chunks to work on and upload results. Set up elaborate tracking stuff that tells how many CPU- hours, how many work units, etc, each contributor has contributed. Hire a bunch of people at the front organization who sincerely believe that all these cycles are expended on the fake project, and let them effusively thank all the people who download and run the software. Explain that you can't release the source, because then people would modify it and your scientific data might be corrupted. It could work. >From the outside, it would look a lot like the SetiAtHome project. Just a thought. Bear

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CDR: Crypto law in Malta
by Frank Dick 07 Nov '00

07 Nov '00

Hello, does anybody knows something about a crypto law in Malta? Regards Frank

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CDR: FW: BLOCK: AT&T signs bulk hosting contract with spammers
by James Wilson 07 Nov '00

07 Nov '00

If any of you get services from AT&T you might want to start looking for a more ethical carrier (if one exists) - AT&T has been caught red handed hosting spammers and promising not to terminate their services. - James D. Wilson, CCDA, MCP "non sunt multiplicanda entia praeter necessitatem" William of Ockham (1285-1347/49) -----Original Message----- From: Spam Prevention Discussion List [mailto:SPAM-L@PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM]On Behalf Of Steve Linford Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 1:16 PM To: SPAM-L(a)PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM Subject: BLOCK: AT&T signs bulk hosting contract with spammers (just sent this to AT&T, thought SPAM-L would like a copy) AT&T, The Spamhaus Project has just received a fax copy of a Bu lk Hos ting contract written and signed by AT&T and sent to a known spamhaus, NEVADA HOSTING (aka spammers Ronnie Scelson and Bruce Connelly, in ATT.NET block NETBLK-NEVADAHOSTING-242, 12.36.242.0 - 12.36.242.255) in which AT&T agrees to provide NEVADA HOSTING with Bu lk Hos ting for spamming purposes. A copy of this fax is now at http://spamhaus.org/rokso/nevadahosting.jpg This fax proves that AT&T knowingly does business with spammers, and shows that AT&T makes 'pink' contracts with known spammers to not terminate the spammers services knowing full well that the only way it can provide this service is to either ignore or bin spam complaints on such "bu lk hos ted" web sites. Here is an extract from the pink contract which says this: "NevadaHosting wishes to operate Bu lk Host ed Web Sites. Bu lk Hos ting is defined as hosting a web site that is Spammed from other gateways. NevadaHosting only hosts the web site that is advertized in the Spam. AT&T Agrees that it will not terminate the provision of services to NevadaHosting because of NevadaHosting's operation of Bu lk Hos ted Web Sites" AT&T Abuse will appreciate that I am now going to make this contract public, and of course it will be passed to the MAPS RBL team. Therefore it is very important that this communication is passed to AT&T Management now. -- Steve Linford The Spamhaus Project http://www.spamhaus.org

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