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by Daniel Sadowsky 14 Dec '06

14 Dec '06

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[Clips] FC'07 : Financial Cryptography 2007
by R.A. Hettinga 14 Dec '06

14 Dec '06

--- begin forwarded text Delivered-To: rah(a)shipwright.com Delivered-To: clips(a)philodox.com Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 11:10:56 -0500 To: Philodox Clips List <clips(a)philodox.com> From: "R.A. Hettinga" <rah(a)shipwright.com> Subject: [Clips] FC'07 : Financial Cryptography 2007 Reply-To: clips-chat(a)philodox.com Sender: clips-bounces(a)philodox.com <http://fc07.ifca.ai/> Financial Cryptography and Data Security '07 Eleventh International Conference February 12-15, 2007 Hilton Tobago Resort Lowlands, Scarborough, Trinidad/Tobago Program Chair Sven Dietrich General Chair Rafael Hirschfeld Sponsorship Chair Burton Rosenberg Financial Cryptography and Data Security 2007 (FC07) is the eleventh edition of a well established and major international forum for research, advanced development, education, exploration, and debate regarding security in the context of finance and commerce, covering all aspects of securing transactions and systems. These aspects include a range of technical areas such as: cryptography, payment systems, secure transaction architectures, software systems and tools, user and operator interfaces, fraud prevention, secure IT infrastructure, and analysis methodologies. The focus will also encompass financial, legal, business and policy aspects. Material both on theoretical (fundamental) aspects of securing systems and on secure applications and real-world deployments will be considered. The conference goal is to bring together top cryptographers, data-security specialists, and scientists with economists, bankers, implementers, and policy makers. Intimate and colorful by tradition, the FC07 program will feature invited talks, academic presentations, technical demonstrations, and panel discussions. FC07 will take place at the Hilton Tobago Resort in Tobago, West Indies from February 12th to 15th, 2007. Please see the conference call for papers and the other pages of this website for details on conference coverage, submission, and logistical information. A workshop on Usable Security will be held in conjunction with FC07 immediately following the conference. This conference is organized annually by the International Financial Cryptography Association. -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah(a)ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' _______________________________________________ Clips mailing list Clips(a)philodox.com http://www.philodox.com/mailman/listinfo/clips --- end forwarded text -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah(a)ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'

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[Clips] FC'07 : Accepted Papers
by R.A. Hettinga 14 Dec '06

14 Dec '06

--- begin forwarded text Delivered-To: rah(a)shipwright.com Delivered-To: clips(a)philodox.com Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 11:10:58 -0500 To: Philodox Clips List <clips(a)philodox.com> From: "R.A. Hettinga" <rah(a)shipwright.com> Subject: [Clips] FC'07 : Accepted Papers Reply-To: clips-chat(a)philodox.com Sender: clips-bounces(a)philodox.com <http://fc07.ifca.ai/accepted.html> Accepted Papers Regular papers category 1. Vulnerabilities in First-Generation RFID-enabled Credit Cards, Thomas S. Heydt-Benjamin (University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA), Daniel V. Bailey (RSA Laboratories, USA), Kevin Fu (University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA), Ari Juels (RSA Laboratories, USA), and Tom O'Hare (Innealta, Inc.) 2. Hidden Identity-Based Signatures, Aggelos Kiayias and Hong-Sheng Zhou (University of Connecticut, USA) 3. Improved multi-party contract signing, Aybek Mukhamedov and Mark Ryan (University of Birmingham, UK) 4. Using a Personal Device to Strengthen Password Authentication from an Untrusted Computer, Mohammad Mannan and Paul C. van Oorschot (Carleton University, Canada) 5. Cryptographic Securities Exchanges, Christopher Thorpe and David C. Parkes (Harvard University, USA) 6. Informant: Detecting Sybils Using Incentives, N. Boris Margolin and Brian Neil Levine (University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA) 7. The unbearable lightness of PIN cracking, Omer Berkman (The Academic College of Tel Aviv Yaffo, Israel) and Odelia Moshe Ostrovsky (Algorithmic Research Ltd. and Tel Aviv University, Israel) 8. A Model of Onion Routing with Provable Anonymity,Joan Feigenbaum (Yale University), Aaron Johnson (Yale University, USA), and Paul Syverson (Naval Research Laboratory, USA) 9. An Efficient Aggregate Shuffle Argument Scheme,Jun Furukawa (NEC Corporation, Japan) and Hideki Imai (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan) 10. S pace-Efficient Private Search, George Danezis and Claudia Diaz (K.U. Leuven, Belgium) 11. Certificate Revocation using Fine Grained Certificate Space Partitioning, Vipul Goyal (UCLA, USA) 12. On Authentication with HMAC and Non-Random Properties, Christian Rechberger and Vincent Rijmen (Graz University of Technology, Austria) 13. Scalable Authenticated Tree Based Group Key Exchange for Ad-Hoc Groups, Yvo Desmedt (University College London, UK), Tanja Lange (Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands) and Mike Burmester (Florida State University, USA) 14. Conditional E-Cash, Larry Shi and Bogdan Carbunar (Motorola Labs) and Radu Sion (Stony Brook University, USA) 15. K-Anonymous Multi-party Secret Handshakes, Shouhuai Xu (UTSA) and Moti Yung (RSA Laboratories and Columbia University, USA) 16. Dynamic Virtual Credit Card Numbers, Ian Molloy (Purdue University, USA), Jiangtao Li (Intel Corporation) and Ninghui Li (Purdue University, USA) 17. A Privacy-Protecting Multi-Coupon Scheme with Stronger Protection against Splitting, Liqun Chen (HP Laboratories), Alberto Escalante, Hans Lvhr, Mark Manulis, and Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi (Horst Gvrtz Institute Bochum, Germany) System Paper Category 1. The Motorola Personal Digital Right Manager, Siddharth Bhatt (Stony Brook Univerrsity, USA), Carbunar Bogdan (Motorola Labs), Radu Sion (Stony Brook University, USA), and Venu Vasudevan (Motorola Labs) -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah(a)ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' _______________________________________________ Clips mailing list Clips(a)philodox.com http://www.philodox.com/mailman/listinfo/clips --- end forwarded text -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah(a)ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'

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[Clips] FC'07 : Travel
by R.A. Hettinga 14 Dec '06

14 Dec '06

--- begin forwarded text Delivered-To: rah(a)shipwright.com Delivered-To: clips(a)philodox.com Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 11:11:04 -0500 To: Philodox Clips List <clips(a)philodox.com> From: "R.A. Hettinga" <rah(a)shipwright.com> Subject: [Clips] FC'07 : Travel Reply-To: clips-chat(a)philodox.com Sender: clips-bounces(a)philodox.com <http://fc07.ifca.ai/travel.html> Travel Getting to Tobago There are some international flights to Tobago's Crown Point International Airport (TAB), notably from London Gatwick and from Bardados, but most attendees will probably fly to Piarco International Airport in Port of Spain, Trinidad (POS) and connect to Tobago from there. Tobago Express operates 40 flights daily between Trinidad and Tobago (20 each way) at a cost of about $25 each way. Group discounts have been arranged for flights with airlines in the SkyTeam alliance (including Continental and Delta, which fly to POS) and for American Airlines. The American Airlines discount is also valid for other airlines in the oneworld alliance, but at least one leg must be flown with American. To get the SkyTeam discount, visit http://globalmeetings.skyteam.com/ and enter Event ID 0049S. To get the American Airlines discount, mention Discount Code A3927AX when booking your flight. The SkyTeam discount is valid for travel in the period February 7-21, 2007 for 5% off discounted fares and 10% off full fares. The American Airlines discount is valid for travel in the period February 9-19, 2007 for 5% off the lowest applicable published fare (with some fare classes excepted). Local Transportation To get to the Hilton from the airport, simplest is to take a taxi. Please let the FC07 General Chair know when you are scheduled to arrive; if a number of attendees are arriving together on the same flight we will try to meet the group and travel together to the hotel. Visa Information Conference attendees are advised to check with the nearest Trinidad and Tobago Embassy for entry requirements (visa and travel documents). Much information is also available online. Nationals of EU countries, the USA, and Canada generally do not need visas for stays of up to 3 months. -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah(a)ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' _______________________________________________ Clips mailing list Clips(a)philodox.com http://www.philodox.com/mailman/listinfo/clips --- end forwarded text -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah(a)ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'

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[Clips] FC'07 : Accommodations
by R.A. Hettinga 14 Dec '06

14 Dec '06

--- begin forwarded text Delivered-To: rah(a)shipwright.com Delivered-To: clips(a)philodox.com Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 11:11:09 -0500 To: Philodox Clips List <clips(a)philodox.com> From: "R.A. Hettinga" <rah(a)shipwright.com> Subject: [Clips] FC'07 : Accommodations Reply-To: clips-chat(a)philodox.com Sender: clips-bounces(a)philodox.com <http://fc07.ifca.ai/accommodations.html> Accommodations IFCA has made arrangements for discounted rooms for conference and workshop attendees. The discounted rates are valid until the cutoff date of January 8, 2007, and attendees are strongly encouraged to reserve a room by this date. On the cutoff date any rooms in the block that have not been booked definitively will be be released for sale to other customers, and the group rates will no longer be available. To reserve a room, contact the hotel directly and specify that you are attending the "Financial Cryptography" or "FC07" or "IFCA" conference to get the special rates. Reservations by email are preferred (to reduce the chance of spelling errors), but you may want to follow up an initial email reservation by phone or fax rather than send your credit card information by email. Please do not assume that your reservation has been accepted until you receive a confirmation from the hotel! All rates listed are inclusive tax and service charges and are for single or double occupancy. * Hilton Tobago Resort * rate: $222/night (superior), $249 (deluxe) * advance purchase rate: $175/night (run of house) * tel: +1 (868) 660-8500 * fax: +1 (868) 660-8503 * email: reservations.tobago(a)hilton.com * http://www.hilton.com/en/hi/hotels/index.jhtml?ctyhocn=TABHIHI The superior and deluxe rooms at the Hilton differ in location/view but are otherwise the same. The advance purchase rate also includes broadband internet in the room (normally an extra $15/night). To get the advance purchase rate, the entire stay must be paid by the cutoff date and the payment is non-refundable, so for attendees who make use of this option travel insurance with cancellation coverage is recommended. * Tobago Plantations * rate: $150/night (condominium style) * tel: +1 (868) 631-1054 * fax: +1 (868) 639-9801 * email: rentals(a)tobagoplantations.com * http://www.tobagoplantations.com/ On the same grounds as the Hilton, the Tobago Plantations rooms are about a 15 minute walk away. This is not a hotel but a collection of individually owned units whose owners have placed them in a rental program. The rooms blocked for the conference resemble (nice) hotel rooms, and each small group of rooms shares a swimming pool, but many hotel services are not available. Reservations are made through the sales/rentals office, which is open only during business hours (M-F 8:00-16:30, GMT-4); email is preferred. Note that these rooms are not available for very short-term (one- or two-night) stays and are thus probably not suitable for persons attending only the workshop. -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah(a)ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' _______________________________________________ Clips mailing list Clips(a)philodox.com http://www.philodox.com/mailman/listinfo/clips --- end forwarded text -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah(a)ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'

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[Clips] FC'07 : Sponsorship Opportunities
by R.A. Hettinga 14 Dec '06

14 Dec '06

--- begin forwarded text Delivered-To: rah(a)shipwright.com Delivered-To: clips(a)philodox.com Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 11:11:15 -0500 To: Philodox Clips List <clips(a)philodox.com> From: "R.A. Hettinga" <rah(a)shipwright.com> Subject: [Clips] FC'07 : Sponsorship Opportunities Reply-To: clips-chat(a)philodox.com Sender: clips-bounces(a)philodox.com <http://fc07.ifca.ai/sponsorship.html> Sponsorship Opportunities Financial Cryptography and Data Security 2007 February 12-15, 2007 Hilton Tobago Resort Lowlands, Scarborough, Trinidad/Tobago IFCA is actively seeking sponsors for Financial Cryptography and Data Security 2007. FC07 represents a unique opportunity to present your company to key decision makers in the field. Attendees come from a variety of areas including banking, business, and top universities. With senior security architects from many major international businesses in attendance, as well as representatives from the key commercial players in the field, FC07 delivers exposure to a select but highly influential audience. Sponsorship is available at a number of levels as listed below. Bronze Sponsor Bronze Sponsors will have their company logo displayed on the FC07 website and on the conference program. In addition, Bronze Sponsors may select one person to attend the conference free of charge. Bronze Sponsorship costs $ 2,500. Silver Sponsor Silver Sponsors will have a more prominent company logo placement, including a display in the conference hall. A small exhibition area will be available alongside the conference hall where sponsors may set up a tabletop exhibition booth and offer company and product literature to attendees. In addition, Silver Sponsors may select two persons to attend the conference free of charge. Silver Sponsorship costs $ 5,000. Gold Sponsor Gold sponsors get all the benefits of Silver Sponsorship and more. In addition to the benefits listed above, Gold Sponsors may select one of the major evening events to be held in their name. The Gold Sponsor logos will be displayed in the headline on the website, on the program and in the conference hall. Gold sponsors may send three attendees to the conference free of charge. Gold Sponsorship costs $ 9,500. Sponsor in Kind IFCA is also looking for companies to help with the provision of services for the conference. If you are able to assist then please contact us. For more information contact Burton Rosenberg, FC07 Sponsorship Chair. -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah(a)ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' _______________________________________________ Clips mailing list Clips(a)philodox.com http://www.philodox.com/mailman/listinfo/clips --- end forwarded text -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah(a)ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'

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Take it easy
by Winfred Goddard 14 Dec '06

14 Dec '06

Santa is comming soon! Happy New Year!!! We’re pretty sure you worked hard and did your best this year to achieve a success in your business and private life. So now the time comes to credit yourself and your partner with the most wonderful holiday ever. And we’re right here to help you! Take advantage of the variety of products we’ve got you to offer & enjoy the holiday you deserved!!!

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Re[1]: From me with hope
by Carito 14 Dec '06

14 Dec '06

Hi, Franz I am looking for a man who can make me happy. I want to hear the whisper of tender words in my little ears every morning I wake up. I want to feel the tender touches of his strong hands every evening when we are alone. I want to smell his perfume and to see him smiling when we are together out in the restaurant enjoying each other. I want to make his life a miracle... I am looking for a husband and I am here: http://datingforalonelys.com/inlovedpeople If my words found an answer in your soul, I am waiting for your note. The best of luck! Karito

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Re: Mixmaster?
by Ulex Europae 14 Dec '06

14 Dec '06

Let's get one thing straight. I hate how Gmail does threading. IT SUCKS. Anyone miss that? GMail threading SUCKS. Maybe even their sniffers will catch that. GMail SUCKS is always a winner but I want THREADING in the string. At 10:42 27-11-06, R.A. Hettinga wrote: >At 10:04 AM -0500 11/27/06, Ulex Europae wrote: >>No. Galileo advanced a fact and might swatted him for it, that the >>Earth was the center of the universe has never been a fact. There are >>other "facts" that simply aren't so despite consensus to the contrary. > >Physics causes finance. Finance causes law. Law causes politics. Politics >causes religion. Your point is? Oh, horse shit. Physics predates everything but it the last to be discovered and explored. Law and Religion are inexorably twined. The predecessor of religion, superstition, gives rise to many things. Finance and Politics are after-effects of everything else. You did that one up right -n- proper, inchoate. >>A refresher: the EFF is >>suing AT&T for getting into bed with the NSA and the widespread >>eavesdropping that has been engaged in. Widespread encryption has been >>needed for quite some time, it hasn't been particularly wanted because >>it isn't easy or accessible. Yet. > >And that, besides proving that EFF can't do much but sue, proves what, >exactly? Given that their sole enforcement arm is lawsuit, you are inchoate again. It proves that they can bring a lawsuit and on occasion, win. Duh. >Again. You want mixmaster code. Write code. Quit whining. Again: you demonstrate why that code is not widespread already. Ted wrote code. It still isn't widespread. Why fucking not? See below. --Ulex -- http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/12/unabombers_code.html Schneier on Security A weblog covering security and security technology. December 06, 2006 The Unabomber's Code This is interesting. Ted Kaczynski wrote in code: In a small journal written in code, he documented his thoughts about the crimes he was committing. That code was so difficult, a source says the CIA couldn't crack it -- until someone found the key itself among other documents, and then translated it. Look at the photo. It was a manual, pencil-and-paper cipher. Does anyone know the details of the algorithm?

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redgene might be gone
by Eugen Leitl 14 Dec '06

14 Dec '06

I might have my (rented, colocated) redgene Tor server, which isn't due to expire before 12 December and has so far been spared by the recent German Tor crackdown been seized by law enforcement as evidence. Then, it might just be down. More as this develops (when I get an answer for my trouble ticket, that is). Needless, to say, there are no logs, and not even any content there at all. -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org">leitl</a> http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature which had a name of signature.asc]

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