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The New Yorker, Yes, the New Yorker
by Peter Wayner 11 Aug '93

11 Aug '93

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Any PGP utils for Emacs?
by R.Tait＠bnr.co.uk 11 Aug '93

11 Aug '93

Does anyone have any elisp to integrate PGP into Emacs? I'm fed up of having to use VI to send/receive all my encrypted mail, and there's no point in me writing any code if someone already has. So, is there any out there? -Rick

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Returned mail: Host unknown
by Mail Delivery Subsystem 11 Aug '93

11 Aug '93

----- Transcript of session follows ----- 550 toad.com (TCP)... 550 Host unknown 554 cypherpunks(a)toad.com... 550 Host unknown (Valid name but no data [address]) ----- Unsent message follows ----- Received: by access.digex.net id AA01895 (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for cypherpunks(a)toad.com) Wed, 11 Aug 1993 07:58:38 -0400 Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1993 07:58:38 -0400 From: Peter Wayner <pcw> There is a bit of funny satire in the New Yorker this week. (This is the Aug 16th issue with the funny Bruce McCall painting of a Zeppelin park and the stories about AIDS and the Muppets.) It's aimed at the proposed "V" chip that would allow parents to protect their children from televised violence by shutting off the "violence" mode of the television. The central broadcasters would be required to include a signal saying, "Hey, we're going to be busting some heads in this show. Turn yourself off if the owners don't want you showing violent things." Given that we're talking alot about Big Bubba chips like this, I'll grab a few excerpts: "Sorry. I have a brand-new daughter and I'm already aware of the grim reality: technologically speaking it's us against them-- us the parents, against them, the kids. My kid, Gabrielle, is only five weeks old, and somehow she has already learned how to manipulate the signal from her baby monitor so as to jam my microwave and VCR when she's cranky." "Her mother and I have just hired a pediatric counter-insurgency expert from the Rand Corporation to assist us in eavesdropping on and, if necessary, interdicting some of the electronic conversation that our daughter is involved in." The piece is uneven in spots and given to a few dull jokes, but I thought I would send a blip across your radar screen. -Peter

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patent on remote cash transactions?
by peb＠PROCASE.COM 11 Aug '93

11 Aug '93

American Public Radio reported yesterday that some company was granted a broad patent on remote cash transactions--they mentioned an article in the NYTimes recently (NYT does patent reporting on Saturday typically, but sometimes they do it in the business section on other days; I don't get NYT anymore...); anyone here more about this? Is this yet another example of bozo software patents? If anyone finds out more, please post. Paul E. Baclace peb(a)procase.com

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NIST call for comments on SKIPJACK
by bart＠netcom.com 11 Aug '93

11 Aug '93

From the Clarinet.Newsbytes.Govt: Written comments (from anyone) on the proposed standard are due by September 28, 1993, to Director, Computer Systems Laboratory, Attn: Proposed FIPS for Escrowed Encryption Standard, B154 Technology Bldg., NIST, Gaithersburg, Md. 20899-0001.

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AAAS-ABA `Ethics of Computers' conference announcement
by L. Detweiler 11 Aug '93

11 Aug '93

As the forwarder writes: >I have forwarded this notice because I feel that the "cypherpunk" point of >view could profitably be presented at such a forum. Is there anyone out there >who feels up to putting the case forward in this academic setting? I hope so. > >Yours in plaintext. > >cjl "Keep on 'crypting." ===cut=here=== Date: Tue, 10 Aug 93 15:18:21 EDT From: cjl(a)micro.med.cornell.edu (Chris Leonard) Message-Id: <9308101918.AA12387@ micro.med.cornell.edu> Subject: for your information Reprinted from SCIENCE magazine July 30, 1993 vol.261 pg. 632 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx NETWORK ETHICS: A CALL FOR PAPERS The AAAS-ABA National Conference of Lawyers and Scientists (NCLS) invites proposals for original papers for presentation at a two-and-a-half day invitational conference on "Legal, Ethical, and Technological Aspects of Computer and Network Use and Abuse." Forty participants representing a diverse set of perspectives and areas of expertise will present papers at the conference which will be held in southern California in mid-December 1993. Up to three successful applicants will receive travel expenses and room and board at teh conference. Papers will be included in the conference proceedings and may be published subsequently in a book or journal symposium. The conference will focus on the ways in which the law, ethics, and technology can influence the bounds of the bounds of acceptable behavior and foster the development of positive human values in a shared computer environment. Participants will address handling unwanted intrusions into computer software or networks, including unauthorized entry and dissemination of viruses through networks or shared disks. Also on the agenda: access to information, privacy, security, and equity; the role of computer users, academic institutions, industry, profesional soceities, government, and the law in defining and maintaining legal and ethical standards for the use of computer networks; and a policy agenda for implementing these standards. Although participants may address any aspect of the conference theme, papers reporting empirical research, surveys of computer users, and case studies (other than those that are already well known) are especially encouraged. If you are interested in participating in the conference, please forward a summary or outline of no more than 500 words, together with a one-page resume and a brief statement detailing how your expertise or perspective would contribute to the meeting. These proposals will be reviewed by an advisory committee convened by NCLS and successful applicants will be asked to prepare papers for the meeting. Participants must submit an original previously unpublished paper, between 5000 and 8000 words (25 to 30 double-spaced pages) in length. Proposals must be received by 5 pm EST 15 Sept. 1993. Applicants selected to prepare papers will be informed by 1 October, and draft papers will be due 3 December 1993. Final versions of the papers, revised in light of conference discussions, will be due approximately two months after the conference. NCLS is an organization sponsored jointly by the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Bar Association, dedicated to improving communication between members of the legal and scientific/ technical professions and exploring issues at the intersection of law, science, and technology. Funding for this meeting has been providesd by the Program on Ethics and Vales Studies of the National Science Foundation. For further information or to submit paper abstracts and accompanying materials, please contact Deborah Runkle, Directorate for Science & Policy Programs, AAAS, 1333 H Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005. Phone: 202-326-660, Fax: 202-289- 4950. E-mail: values(a)gwuvm.gwu.edu. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------- End of Forwarded Message

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obtaining Wired article
by L. Detweiler 11 Aug '93

11 Aug '93

>The title is "Crypto Rebels." It was published in the May/June issue of >WIRED, page 54. See my reply to L. Detweiler for information on the >response I got back from them. Mr. W. K. Russel (a rather transparent neophyte =) posted this to the list referencing private mail he sent to me, which perhaps he meant to cc: to the list (it was both to: and cc: me, maybe a mistake). Anyway, he said the following: ===cut=here=== I finally got a note back from Jane Metcalfe (jane(a)wired.com) saying that the article text is available on America Online, or you can order that issue of the mag for $10. She told me WIRED is available on most newsstands, and at B Dalton, Waldenbooks, Safeway, and Egghead Software. I went right down to B Dalton and bought the current issue. It's very slick and looked interesting (not cheap, though--$6.00 an issue). You can subscribe at $29.95 for 12 issues to subscriptions(a)wired.com. Keith

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Legal Net Newsletter mail server -- now in service
by fergp＠sytex.com 11 Aug '93

11 Aug '93

<warning: blatant plug follows> Legal Net News is now available via e-mail subscription. What it is - Legal Net Newsletter is dedicated to providing information on the legal issues of computing and networking in the 1990's and into the future. Legal Net News contains information which directly affects you and how you you compute. How to get it- To subscribe, send a message to <maiser(a)ins.tstc.edu>, with the following text in the body of the message: SUBSCRIBE LNN To unsubscribe send the message text: UNSUBSCRIBE LNN Or subsitute "UNSUB LNN" or "SIGNOFF LNN" instead of "UNSUBSCRIBE" if you like. The mail server has no facility for requesting help at this time, however, when you join the list you will be sent a "WELCOME" message describing Legal Net News in more detail, i.e. what Legal Net News is about, and how to handle unsubscribing from the list. Please send any admin mail (problems with the mailserver, etc.) to: postmaster(a)tstc.edu Back issues of Legal Net News can be obtained by anonymous FTP at: tstc.edu (161.109.128.2) Directory: /pub/legal-net-news E-mail submissions, comments and editorials to: fergp(a)sytex.com Paul Ferguson | "Government, even in its best state, Network Integrator | is but a necessary evil; in its worst Centreville, Virginia USA | state, an intolerable one." fergp(a)sytex.com | - Thomas Paine, Common Sense Type bits/keyID Date User ID pub 1024/1CC04D 1993/03/15 Paul Ferguson <fergp(a)sytex.com> Key fingerprint = EE D2 93 7D 04 6D C6 05 AC 36 AD 9D 8E 4F 41 58

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Re: Using a 'telserv' program to redirect mail
by Mark 11 Aug '93

11 Aug '93

>>I will >>not post this code unless I am assured that it is not going to be a legal >>problem. As you can see from the above written statement >yada yada >> >>treason@gnu >> > >Why not post it anoymously? Too late now. Cypherpunks not only write code, >they write code that people can use. Um guys, it was already posted here over a year ago by myself and another person. It's a simple port bouncer and not that hard to write. treason: just post it. it's no big secret. If anyone is in a hurry it's been up for ftp as /pub/perl/telserv.c on coombs.anu.edu.au [150.203.76.2] since Nov 92. It's still there. (Note it's C code not perl, thats just the tree I maintain). Mark.

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Using a 'telserv' program to redirect mail
by nobody＠pmantis.berkeley.edu 11 Aug '93

11 Aug '93

>I will >not post this code unless I am assured that it is not going to be a legal >problem. As you can see from the above written statement yada yada > >treason@gnu > Why not post it anoymously? Too late now. Cypherpunks not only write code, they write code that people can use.

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