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Forwarded article.
by whitaker＠eternity.demon.co.uk 08 Jun '93

08 Jun '93

This article was forwarded to you by whitaker(a)eternity.demon.co.uk (Russell Earl Whitaker): --------------------------------- cut here ----------------------------- Newsgroups: uk.events Path: eternity.demon.co.uk!demon!zaphod.axion.bt.co.uk!uknet!nessie! comms.ee.man!colin From: colin(a)comms.ee.man.ac.uk (Colin Boyd) Subject: Cryptography Course 7th-8th July Message-ID: <1993Jun7.103708.6901(a)nessie.mcc.ac.uk> Sender: news(a)nessie.mcc.ac.uk (Usenet News System) Organization: Comms Research Group, EE Dept, Manchester University, UK. Distribution: uk Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1993 10:37:08 GMT Lines: 45 *Cryptography : Theory and Practice* A Two Day Course at the University of Manchester 7th-8th July 1993 Electronic communications are being used more and more in all areas of business practice. The convenience and efficiency of using new technology brings with it new security risks to the confidentiality and integrity of important commercial data. Many of these threats can only be practically countered by the use of cryptography. This short course will give a basic grounding in the capabilities, and also the limitations, of modern cryptography. The course is intended for engineers and managers who require familiarity with modern cryptographic theory and practice. Lectures cover background theory, current algorithms, and their application in the provision of security services. Supporting practical sessions provide "hands-on" experience using software implementations of modern cryptographic algorithms. Syllabus Topics: Cryptographic Basics Cryptographic Theory Symmetric Ciphers Authentication Public Key Cryptography Digital Signatures Cryptographic Protocols The cost of the course is 225 pounds per person. This fee includes full course documentation and tea/coffee and lunch each day. Overnight accommodation, at extra cost, can be arranged on request. Please reply by email for further details and a booking form or write to: Dr Colin Boyd Communications Research Group, Electrical Engineering Labs., University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL -- Colin Boyd (colin(a)comms.ee.man.ac.uk) Tel: +44 61 275 4562 (Direct line) Fax: +44 61 275 4512 --------------------------------- cut here -----------------------------

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subscribe
by locklin＠titan.ucs.umass.edu 08 Jun '93

08 Jun '93

let me check it out for now...

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Returned mail: Host unknown
by Mail Delivery Subsystem 08 Jun '93

08 Jun '93

----- Transcript of session follows ----- 550 jsday@THUNDER... Host unknown: Can't assign requested address ----- Unsent message follows ----- Received: by ishara.poly.edu (5.59a/25-eef) id AA23805; Tue, 8 Jun 93 01:13:11 EDT From: A1 ray arachelian (library) <rarachel> Full-Name: A1 ray arachelian (library) Message-Id: <9306080513.AA23805(a)ishara.poly.edu> Subject: Re: ROT-13 on fido To: jsday@THUNDER Date: Tue, 8 Jun 93 1:13:10 EDT In-Reply-To: <9306070029.AA09898(a)thunder.LakeheadU.Ca>; from "Jer!" at Jun 6, 93 8:29 pm Thank you for your letter of support, I'm now keeping a folder of all the ROT-13 related messagess off this echo and when it dies down, I'll send the whole thing to the moderator of EchoMac. Don't worry about the reformatting of your letter, I'll take care of it before sending the message. (And yes, I will forward >ALL< letters about the rot-13 issue to him, even those who disagree with me. :-) I do believe in freedom of speech, even when it doesn't match my point of view.) His address again: (you needn't mail him unless you want to, as I'll forward all messages about this to him anyway) Steve.Ebener(a)f42.n152.z1.ieee.org My mail adress: rarachel(a)ishara.poly.edu

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Mailing list request
by Cypherpunk.Echo＠f28.n125.z1.FIDONET.ORG 08 Jun '93

08 Jun '93

SUBSCRIBE CYPHERPUNKS CYPHERPUNK ECHO ----- Hi! I don't know if this is automated at your end, or if I should just be emailing a request, so I'm doing both - I'd like to subscribe to the cypherpunk mailing list under the name cypherpunk echo. I'll be porting the list to an area on my BBS. Thanks for any help, if any is required. Peter Wadsworth - Sysop, Coconino County BBS, 415-861-8290 -- Cypherpunk Echo - via FidoNet node 1:125/1 UUCP: ...!uunet!kumr!shelter!28!Cypherpunk.Echo INTERNET: Cypherpunk.Echo(a)f28.n125.z1.FIDONET.ORG

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ALERT: PGP now back on soda
by Eric Hughes 08 Jun '93

08 Jun '93

You can stop spreading the word now. PGP is back on soda. Remember, it is my analysis that soda is still able to distribute PGP because we keep a low profile. Please keep it that way. You can find pgp with archie, so I don't feel the need to advertise. Lots of stuff happened today after I posted my initial announcement that PGP had gone offline. Because of the intervention of Eric Hollander with the folks who are in charge of the machine, reasonableness has prevailed. What happened in a nutshell was the following. Person A, a fascist asshole by all accounts, simply turned off the PGP directory without telling me. I started getting questions by email from folks trying to get PGP. Person A's argument was that PGP was illegal, therefore soda should not distribute it. Eric Hollander, after some initial rounds, played trump and observed that the machine had been recompiled without the user limit that had been part of the OS license agreement, and recommended that soda be shut down immediately because the kernel that soda was running was contrary to the license agreement. Very quickly the president of the organization which runs soda intervened and everything was OK. What is still troubling to me is the nastygram that came down from CERT. We don't know how they were informed, nor what their policy is on this. I'll have another message on that angle later. Eric

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ALERT: PGP removed from soda archive site
by Eric Hughes 08 Jun '93

08 Jun '93

The ftp site at soda will no longer be able to distribute PGP, I'm afraid. It appears that CERT informed someone on campus that "pirated" software was available on soda. The word came down, and the directory has been chown'd root and has had permissions removed. There will be more later on this. In the meantime, spread the word. Eric

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Dbase encryption
by mallen＠redvax1.dgsca.unam.mx 07 Jun '93

07 Jun '93

There is an encryption option in Dbase (SET ENCRYPTION ON). How secure is this encryption? How it works? I suspect it is not secure at all as the US Government allows its exportation :-( Guillermo

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Re: CryptoStacker, long term vision
by norm＠netcom.com 07 Jun '93

07 Jun '93

When the Iranians took over the American Embassy in Teheran they, acquired access to the machines there. Subsequently there was talk of computer systems that were guaranteed to be volatile except for ciphered disks. There would be an unciphered boot block on disk that did not have the key to the rest of the disk but did have code to read and decipher the rest of the operating system. That key, however, would be in a safe place such as Washington DC. The system could not be booted until the key was available, presumably thru secure communications. If you trusted the operating system to only use the key for reading and writing the disk but not otherwise then pulling the plug made the all data in the computer inaccessible baring action from Washington.

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remailer lossage: blank lines
by Eli Brandt 07 Jun '93

07 Jun '93

Well, nobody told me whether a message did or did not get through, but I'm now sure they didn't. All of the failed messages have blank lines before the :: token, which is consequently not recognized by recurse.pl. I dunno how they got in there, but I guess I should learn some perl and robustify against this -- unless somebody can think of a reason why :: needs to be able to start a message without being stripped. Damned in-band signalling... Eli ebrandt(a)jarthur.claremont.edu

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eastedge aDDRESS CHAnge
by b2men of EastEdge 07 Jun '93

07 Jun '93

Attention| E-mail address of EastEdge has changed to jza3001(a)huszeg11.bitnet Old address will not exist in 5 days Please spread this information Thanx -b2men signing off

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