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02 Oct '00

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CDR: RE: Fw: Others are protecting freedom of speech too.
by Trei, Peter 02 Oct '00

02 Oct '00

The article is in this month or last month's Sci Am. Peter Trei > ---------- > From: Bill Stewart[SMTP:bill.stewart@pobox.com] > Reply To: Bill Stewart > Sent: Friday, September 29, 2000 11:41 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: Re: Fw: Others are protecting freedom of speech too. > > Marcel - did the original posting to the mh_mirror or freenet-chat > lists indicate where the article was from? If you removed it, > could you send me the originals? > It looks newspaperish, but doesn't indicate (AP) or (NYTimes) or whatever. > If it's a newspaper that takes replying letters to the editor, > or at least to the author, it deserves a reply. > > The reason I ran a remailer was that it > we can prevent violent people from telling others what they > can and can't say, whether those violent people are > spouse-beating individuals or citizen-beating governments, > and any one person in the world can stand up to all of them. > That doesn't mean it won't be abused (of course it will, > and I eventually took mine down because of abuse, > as most remailer-operators have), but we don't have to put up > with violence any more. > > At 12:30 PM 9/26/00 -0400, Marcel Popescu wrote: > ><<But "there are much more direct ways to protect whistle-blowers, using > >laws instead of technology," says Joan E. Bertin, executive director of > the > >National Coalition Against Censorship.>> > > Yes, and if they worked, there wouldn't be a need for a > National Coalition Against Censorship :-) > > > >ROTFL... > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >X-Loop: openpgp.net > >From: "mh mirror" <mh_mirror(a)hotmail.com> > >To: <freenet-chat(a)lists.sourceforge.net> > >Sent: Monday, September 25, 2000 2:52 PM > >Subject: [Freenet-chat] Others are protecting freedom of speech too. > > > > > >........ > > INTERNET_ANONYMITY > > > > Speech without Accountability > > > > New software makes it nearly impossible to > > remove illegal material from the Web--or to find out who > put > >it there > > > > SAN FRANCISCO--In the centuries-long struggle to decide what > people > >may say without > > fear of prosecution, almost all the big decisions have been made > by > >constitution writers, > > judges and politicians. When things work properly, these players > ...... > > But is it an appropriate response for a small number of computer > >scientists to create software that subverts the efforts of governments > > who must answer to citizens, and of companies, who must answer > > to both governments and customers? > > ...... > > > > --W. Wayt Gibbs > > > Thanks! > Bill > Bill Stewart, bill.stewart(a)pobox.com > PGP Fingerprint D454 E202 CBC8 40BF 3C85 B884 0ABE 4639 > >

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Fwd: AES winner webcast 4pm today
by Fearghas McKay 02 Oct '00

02 Oct '00

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Fwd: AES winner webcast 4pm today
by Fearghas McKay 02 Oct '00

02 Oct '00

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CDR: First, Mexico's future lies with free, "open source" software like the operating system Linux, and Gnome
by Matthew Gaylor 02 Oct '00

02 Oct '00

[Sent with permission-MG] DIGITAL NATION Mexico Has Resources for High-Tech Success By Gary Chapman Copyright 2000, The Los Angeles Times, All Rights Reserved An open letter to Mexican President-elect Vicente Fox: Congratulations on your historic victory in the presidential election. About 100 million Mexicans and others who love Mexico are eager for change in your country, and they have high hopes when your new administration takes office in December. But clearly, one issue of great importance is how to bring Mexico into the "new economy" of the Internet, high tech and global commerce. Mexico has many resources in technology to exploit, but they have been obstructed by weak or bad government policies. You can change this. Let me offer you some suggestions on how you might start. First, Mexico's future lies with free, "open source" software like the operating system Linux, and Gnome, another open-source effort to build a Windows-like screen. Gnome itself was developed by a young Mexican programmer, Miguel de Icaza, who is 27 years old. This summer, De Icaza started the Gnome Foundation (http://www.gnome.org) to unify and stabilize the Linux desktop software, and he acquired the support of IBM, Sun Microsystems, Hewlett-Packard and Compaq, among other major U.S. companies. He is a hero to young programmers around the world, and he should be a hero to all Mexicans. You should meet with Miguel de Icaza and get to know him and young people like him. They are the best hope for Mexico. Obviously, the biggest benefit of free software to Mexico is that it's literally free, and Mexico is a poor country that needs to preserve its capital. Mexico has a new law on software piracy, for example, and your government will need to enforce this law for Mexico to be regarded as a trusted partner in high-tech trade. But if you do enforce the software piracy law effectively, it will result in a massive transfer of pesos to the United States, and principally to Microsoft, the largest victim of software piracy in Mexico. Alternatively, you could promote the use of free software such as Linux, Gnome and application packages such as Sun Microsystems' StarOffice suite, which are all free. No pesos would leave Mexico and you would get all of the functionality of modern software. Indeed, you'd become part of a trend that is sweeping the computing field in the U.S. IBM, Dell, Hewlett-Packard and Compaq are all offering Linux on computers now. IBM is essentially a Linux company these days, an astonishing transformation. Mexico would not lose anything by adopting free software, indeed, it would move to the cutting edge of technology. Your government should also think about creating an elite but grassroots-oriented corps of young free-software evangelists, programmers, hackers and systems developers who could build on the culture and spirit of the embryonic free-software movement. Give them an identity with special shirts or jackets and specially painted pickup trucks to go out to villages and towns, and elevate them to hero status in Mexico. They should have an esprit de corps that reflects both their enthusiasm for their work and their patriotism. Send them around the world to technical and trade conferences and make them stand out -- make them the young, technically skilled enthusiasts everyone wants to work with. Joakim Ziegler is one of these wizard-like programmers. He's Norwegian, but he lives in Mexico City because he loves it there. He works for Helix Code, the company started by Miguel de Icaza. Ziegler is also in his twenties. He told me, "A change as radical as the internal use of free software" -- meaning use by the government itself -- "would be an indication of real change." The Federal Election Commission in Mexico used free software to run this year's election, but other government agencies have yet to grasp its benefits. Ziegler also said, "Small companies run by enthusiastic young people don't have a lot of status in Mexico right now." Too many of Mexico's young entrepreneurs have moved to the U.S. to start companies. In Mexico, there's too much government red tape, credit is too expensive and there is a culture of "not what you do, but who you know," all of which are obstacles to building the kind of entrepreneurial spirit Mexico needs. You should make Mexico a place that is as easy to start a business in as it is in California or Texas. Mexico also needs a better telecommunications infrastructure. Telmex, the recently privatized national phone company, and its competitors, such as Avantel, are slowly building up their capabilities. But they will not soon reach the vast numbers of Mexicans who live in underserved and poor areas. So you should pay attention to a San Diego company called Tachyon Inc.(http://www.tachyon.net), which is doing business in Mexico. Tachyon has a contract for using SatMex 5, the powerful Mexican satellite that covers all of Mexico. Tachyon is offering inexpensive two-way Internet service via satellite, and it can serve every town and village in Mexico right now. The company's vice president, Santiago Ontañon, who is 33 and from Mexico City, told me that its price for broadband Internet connectivity for a typical Mexican school with five to 10 computers is only about $300 to $400 per month. This is thousands of dollars less than what Telmex can offer, and it can happen tomorrow, not in some indefinite future. Incidentally, the ground equipment Tachyon provides its customers runs on Linux. With the combination of free software and inexpensive Internet connectivity, as well as building on Mexico's Red Escolar (SchoolNet) program for wiring Mexican schools, the country could become the world's leading example of affordable high-tech infrastructure for the rest of the world's developing nations. Moreover, the philosophy behind free, open-source software fits well with your important ideas about a new "open society" in Mexico. There will be strong pressures, both internally and externally, for Mexico to adopt a conventional model of development, dependent on big corporate players and mega-deals. But you have the opportunity to foster something different and far more interesting. Throw your power, prestige and vision to your young people, to your entrepreneurs and innovators and to the practical idealists of the free software movement. This will pay off in the long run, and it could dramatically transform Mexico Gary Chapman is director of the 21st Century Project at the University of Texas at Austin. He can be reached at gary.chapman(a)mail.utexas.edu. ------------------------------------------ ************************************************************************** Subscribe to Freematt's Alerts: Pro-Individual Rights Issues Send a blank message to: freematt(a)coil.com with the words subscribe FA on the subject line. List is private and moderated (7-30 messages per month) Matthew Gaylor,1933 E. Dublin-Granville Rd., PMB 176, Columbus, OH 43229 (614) 313-5722 Archived at http://www.egroups.com/list/fa/ **************************************************************************

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Re: RE: AES winner to be announced Monday.
by paulo.barreto＠terra.com.br 02 Oct '00

02 Oct '00

You are right, I'm sorry. Anyway, it's no longer necessary to ask the AES finalist teams (all of which seem to have been offline for the last few days) about NIST's announcement. Sorry again, and best wishes, Paulo. > Careful on attributions. I did not say this - I quoted a usenet > posting which included this line. No harm done. > > Peter Trei > > > ---------- > > From: Paulo S. L. M. Barreto[SMTP:paulo.barreto@terra.com.br] > > Sent: Friday, September 29, 2000 6:27 PM > > To: Trei, Peter; 'cypherpunks(a)openpgp.net'; 'cryptography(a)c2.net'; > > 'coderpunks(a)toad.com' > > Subject: Re: AES winner to be announced Monday. > > > > On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, Trei, Peter wrote: > > > > > They (explicitly) won't say yet how many algorithms > > > have been chosen as the AES. > > > > So NIST will be silent for three more days. How about the finalist > > submitters? > > Did *they* tell anything? I'll bet NIST has contacted (or will contact) > > them regarding the forthcoming announcement. And the e-mail address > > <ptrei(a)rsasecurity.com> means that at least the RC6 team is easily > > accessible, > > isn't it? > > > > Paulo Barreto. > >

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RE: AES winner to be announced Monday.
by Trei, Peter 02 Oct '00

02 Oct '00

Careful on attributions. I did not say this - I quoted a usenet posting which included this line. No harm done. Peter Trei > ---------- > From: Paulo S. L. M. Barreto[SMTP:paulo.barreto@terra.com.br] > Sent: Friday, September 29, 2000 6:27 PM > To: Trei, Peter; 'cypherpunks(a)openpgp.net'; 'cryptography(a)c2.net'; > 'coderpunks(a)toad.com' > Subject: Re: AES winner to be announced Monday. > > On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, Trei, Peter wrote: > > > They (explicitly) won't say yet how many algorithms > > have been chosen as the AES. > > So NIST will be silent for three more days. How about the finalist > submitters? > Did *they* tell anything? I'll bet NIST has contacted (or will contact) > them regarding the forthcoming announcement. And the e-mail address > <ptrei(a)rsasecurity.com> means that at least the RC6 team is easily > accessible, > isn't it? > > Paulo Barreto. >

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CDR: Rijndael is GREEN
by R. A. Hettinga 02 Oct '00

02 Oct '00

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CDR: Re: Fwd: AES winner webcast 4pm today
by Roy Silvernail 02 Oct '00

02 Oct '00

Rijndael. http://csrc.nist.gov/encryption/aes/ -----Original Message----- From: R. A. Hettinga <rah(a)shipwright.com> Subject: CDR: Fwd: AES winner webcast 4pm today >Strangely enough, http://real.nist.gov/ is, of course, choked. :-). > >Anyone heard yet who the winner is? _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

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CDR: Uma Maça chamada APPLE
by apoio＠giganetstore.com 02 Oct '00

02 Oct '00

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