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Re: MIB Subponeas (fwd)
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 18:33:59 +0100 > From: Anonymous <nobody(a)replay.com> > Subject: Re: MIB Subponeas (fwd) [various pieces of good advice in dealing with LEA's deleted] It wasn't so much that they were IRS or whatever, it was they showed up in the middle of my crit-sit patch regression and completely distracted my attention from working on the patch for the customer. It was something *else* to deal with in the priority 1 bin. ____________________________________________________________________ To know what is right and not to do it is the worst cowardice. Confucius The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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No Subject
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 02:35 PM 10/27/98 -0800, Michael Motyka wrote: >> Most of nature is a very high quality vacuum, actually. >> >Yup, I did my 100hrs of Physics, Chemistry and Math too. I like the way >the 'vacuum' behaves near very hi-Z nuclei. Fine, lets get into vacuum energy, but not waste cpunk time. >More interesting, though, is this: why would a block cipher use key bits >rather than an LFSR to do input or output whitening? Is it strictly a >performance issue? Is it proven that doing this doesn't leak key bits in >some way? Shift registers are cracked. Good ciphers haven't been. (Love tautologies.) Traditional block ciphers are expensive bleach, take note. Unnecessary.

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1999 U$ budget for facial recognition
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

The committee recommends an increase of $5.0 million for the facial recognition technology program. http://www.dp.hq.af.mil/DP/dprc/SENREPT.HTM Report to Accompany S. 2060 The Department of Defense Authorization Bill for Fiscal Year 1999 (large document)

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personal tracking
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

http://fotlan5.fotlan.army.mil/STRATEGIC/appa.html TITLE: Tracking and Reporting System (TRS) OBJECTIVE: To conceive, design, implement, and develop a small (vest-pocket-size) satellite transceiver that can be overtly (and possibly covertly) affixed to personnel, vehicles, or goods in transit for the purpose of tracking and position reporting of the host.

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airline id
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 12:43 PM 10/27/98 -0800, Joel O'Connor wrote: >you flew to. Even with trains, all's it will take is one bomb and you >better believe security will be pumped up as high as it is with >airlines. Naaah, you pull rail-spikes to get trains, no big ba-da-boom required. And it does happen.

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cypherpunk fashion accessories
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

A piece of luggage in the form of an attache case is equipped with destruct means for destroying the contents therein in response to an intentionally given signal. The interior of the case comprises a compartment in the form of a metallic box with a cover, which box when closed serves as a combustion chamber to incinerate the contents therein when so desired. Fuel and electric igniter means are placed within the box and ignition current is supplied by a power pack housed in the attache case. A heat insulation barrier surrounds the box and prevents transfer of combustion heat to the walls of the attache case. The circuit interconnecting the electric power pack and the igniter means includes a number of normally open switches arranged in series; all of which must be closed to initiate and start the destruct cycle. One switch is closed in response to closure of the attache case, and others may be deliberately closed by key means or the like. The final switch is closed by a pushbutton in the vicinity of the attache case handle, whereby the carrier of the case may set off the destruct cycle by manipulating the pushbutton with a finger of the hand around the handle. http://www.patents.ibm.com/details?pn10=US03643609

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No Subject
by research＠hampton.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

10/29/98 Y2K Solution! 8 Pine Circle Dr., Silicon Valley, Calif. OTC Company "TCFG" 21 st. Century Frontier Group has through several members of their administrative research department leaked vital information about their companies efforts. Everyone was tight lipped and interviews were refused, and through un-named sources we have learned that the technology and software solution are in the process of being patented! In over 1640 trials, using various data systems the use of the new technology and software solved the Y2K problem 100% of the time. This small publicly traded company "TCFG" which is just 3 years old is through various sources now negotiating with the "Big Boys"! "TCFG" the letters to look for!

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one lump or two
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>(e.g. # Uses/Side Effects/Precuations/Interactions/etc.) > >I'd like info on Zoloft, Zestril, Lithium, & Deprecote (?sp) - orange-ish >liquid capsules - ... and Tegretol and Respiradahl (?sp) Depekote and Tegretol are anti-seizure drugs now being used for certain kinds of bipolar conditions. Zoloft is like prozac but has also a mild stimulating effect. Lithium is a classic anti-bipolar drug. Li, Depekote, probably Tegretol you have to watch blood levels even after stabilization. They probably think he's manic and or depressed, if he's been coherent and dumbed-himself-down enough to avoid a psychotic or schizoform diagnosis. Shrinks don't like rants, especially ones they don't understand.

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No Subject
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Being paid to be paranoid, I prefer to use averages instead of absolutes. So your numbers would then be: 56 bits -- ( 2^56 / 3.88E12 )*0.5 = 2.6 hours 64 bits -- ( 2^64 / 3.88E12)*0.5 = 27.5 days 80 bits -- ( 2^80 / 3.88E12)*0.5 = 36.5 years 128 bits -- ( 2^128 / 3.88E12)*0.5 = 1.4E18 years. So a brute force on a 56 bit key would take, on average, 2.6 hours-- using your computational power assumption below-- with half of all keys brute forced being found before that time and half being found after that time and most being found around 2.6 hours. This is assuming a fairly random distribution of keys within a large set of keys to be attacked. You can meter your level of safety by changing the minimum average percentage of keys found (50%, 25%, 75%) to your taste (or management's taste) or by increasing the key size. me. - -----Original Message----- From: Harvey Rook (Exchange) [SMTP:hrook@exchange.microsoft.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 1998 11:01 AM To: cypherpunks(a)cyberpass.net Subject: Speed records, and brute force state of the art. - From the New York Times... WASHINGTON-The Energy Department will take delivery on Wednesday of what the Government says is the world's fastest computer, capable of a peak performance of 3.88 trillion calculations, or teraflops, a second. Just to simplify things, let's assume that 1 flop == 1 decryption. I know that's not true, but it's very close, and it's certainly less than one order of magnitude off. So, with this assumption how long does it take to break various key sizes? 56 bits -- 2^56 / 3.88E12 = 5.2 hours 64 bits -- 2^64 / 3.88E12 = 55 days 80 bits -- 2^80 / 3.88E12 = 9873 years 128 bits -- 2^128 / 3.88E12 = 2.8E18 years. And now you know. Harv. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 6.0 for non-commercial use <http://www.pgp.com> iQA/AwUBNjcVv3UkEFXvH2ZAEQJRJQCeOPXRZpMwlFKHjUWktgBMRSL626sAnR/m TJAfMTXEdf5pYW+rLiACRlWD =WYHJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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IP: Microsoft Enters Smart Card Market
by Robert Hettinga 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

--- begin forwarded text Delivered-To: ignition-point(a)majordomo.pobox.com X-Sender: believer(a)telepath.com Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 11:31:51 -0600 To: believer(a)telepath.com From: believer(a)telepath.com Subject: IP: Microsoft Enters Smart Card Market Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-ignition-point(a)majordomo.pobox.com Precedence: list Reply-To: believer(a)telepath.com Source: New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/yr/mo/biztech/articles/28card.html October 28, 1998 Microsoft Enters Smart Card Market By BLOOMBERG NEWS PARIS -- The Microsoft Corporation introduced a tiny computer-operating system for smart cards Tuesday as well as support for the system from 20 hardware makers. Smart cards contain microchips that store personal or financial data, allowing access while securing the information from unauthorized use. They are already used widely in Europe in digital mobile phones, pre-paid telephone cards and bank cards. Microsoft is betting that smart cards will take off as the growing use of hand-held computer devices and electronic commerce creates demand for more secure ways of accessing computer networks. The company, which is based in Redmond, Wash., is competing against Sun Microsystems Inc. in the smart-card market, pitting its Windows system against Sun's Java programming language. "We brought back our work on smart cards a year-and-a-half ago when we saw increasing demand for authentication of a user's identity to access a network and an explosion in demand for on-line electronic commerce," said Craig Mundie, senior vice president for consumer platforms at Microsoft. He presented the new product at the Cartes 98 Smart Card conference in Paris. He said test versions of the product would be ready in the first quarter of next year and the final product by mid-year. The Windows operating system for smart cards will have memory capacity of 4.5 kilobytes, compared with 300 kilobytes for Windows CE, which is used in hand-held computers. Windows cards will cost issuers about $3 each, compared with $20 for Java-based cards. Sun officials could not immediately be reached for comment. The worldwide market for chip cards will jump nearly fivefold, to $6.8 billion, in 2002, from $1.4 billion in 1997, according to Dataquest Inc., a unit of Gartner Group Inc. ----------------------- NOTE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ----------------------- **************************************************** To subscribe or unsubscribe, email: majordomo(a)majordomo.pobox.com with the message: (un)subscribe ignition-point email@address or (un)subscribe ignition-point-digest email@address **************************************************** www.telepath.com/believer **************************************************** --- end forwarded text ----------------- Robert A. Hettinga <mailto: rah(a)philodox.com> Philodox Financial Technology Evangelism <http://www.philodox.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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