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Metzger, Denninger square off
by Damaged Justice 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

[Forwarded from Wired news. Let's cut to the chase: Which side is in the right? Who can tell me, in plain and simple language, who is fighting for individual freedom and property rights, and who is not?] [LINK] Foes Vow to Take Domain Name Fight to FCC by Gene Koprowski 5:01 pm PST 6 Feb 97 - A proposal by the International Ad Hoc Committee (IAHC) to expand the number of Internet top-level domain names is stirring opposition among alternative domain name providers. Opponents call the plan "unenforceable," and are considering filing a protest with the Federal Communications Commission, indicating that the IAHC policy might violate the 1996 Telecommunication Act's open access provisions. "We didn't want to have to get my guns, rifles, and bombs out - but now we have to," Carl Denninger, president of Macro Computer Solutions, Chicago, a long-time opponent of IACH, tells Wired News. "If someone doesn't point a revolver at them, they will be able to do whatever they want to do." On Tuesday, the intergovernmental body issued a proposal to expand the number of generic top-level domains (GTLDs), adding seven new listings in addition to the existing ones, which include the familiar .com, .net, and .org. The new GTLDs would include .firm, for businesses; .store, for retail businesses; .web, for Web-related companies; .arts, for cultural organizations; .rec, for recreation and entertainment facilities; .info, for information services; and .nom, for individuals. Perry Metzger, a member of the IAHC board, said that the organization, whose members include the International Telecommunications Union and the World Intellectual Property Organization, will likely formally approval the proposal very quickly. "This is not a done deal. The paperwork needs to be signed. An association to handle this has to be set up," says Metzger. "But it will go forward very soon. I'm sure plenty of people will not be in favor of it. But the question is: What can they do to stop it?" The answer is plenty, says Denninger. He and others, like Eugene Kashpureff of Alternic, have long fought the IAHC's attempts to expand the number of GTLDs. They think the creation of these new categories may lead to trademark infringement and other intellectual property problems. They also think the new domain names will "fragment" the Internet, leaving some users unable to communicate with others, if a server does not recognize the name request. Denninger said he received a leaked copy of the IACH proposal earlier this week, and he and his colleagues are considering bringing their protests to the FCC. "We're given open access under the telecom law," says Denninger. "We might talk to the FCC or the Clinton administration about this." Barring that, Denninger will lobby Internet service providers around the country, asking them not to recognize the new GTLDs. "There is no reason to support it. We will do everything in our power to convince ISPs not to go along," he says. As part of that, he is launching a national public relations and lobbying campaign to alert the Internet community about the IACH proposal. [LINK] Copyright © 1993-97 Wired Ventures, Inc. and affiliated companies. All rights reserved.

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censorship and headers/example of ascii art which passed filters
by Attila T. Hun 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- the "message" example which follows is obviously a message which should have been destinated for owner-cypherpunks-flame. there is absolutely no indication of the differentation and the header shows: Sender: owner-cypherpunks(a)toad.com when it should have shown: Sender: owner-cypherpunks-edited(a)toad.com let's put it this way, if cp is to be censored, might as well do the job correctly as this message was dumped into the main list. regardless, censoring what is supposed to be the free speech defenders of the online world is a poor example of our toleration for differing viewpoints, regardless of their alledged stupidity or off-topic value, or lack of value. So far, cypherpunks is showing less tolerance for freedom of speech that the United State Supreme Court. You all know something I dont? or do I need to start cleaning and oiling real soon? --attila +Received: from toad.com (toad.com [140.174.2.1]) + by primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id FAA10780 + for <attila(a)primenet.com>; Fri, 7 Feb 1997 05:23:55 -0700 (MST) +Received: (from majordom@localhost) by toad.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id +EAA21727; Fri, 7 Feb 1997 04:19:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from +sirius.infonex.com (root(a)sirius.infonex.com [206.170.114.2]) by +toad.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id EAA21718; Fri, 7 Feb 1997 +04:19:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.infonex.net +(dfbfl4-37.gate.net [199.227.103.228]) by sirius.infonex.com +(8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id EAA26850 for cypherpunks(a)toad.com; Fri, 7 +Feb 1997 04:19:33 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: +<199702071219.EAA26850(a)sirius.infonex.com> Date: Friday, 07 Feb 97 +07:19:25 EST +To: cypherpunks(a)toad.com +From: winsock(a)rigel.cyberpass.net (WinSock Remailer) +X-Mailer: WinSock Remailer Version ALPHA1.3 +X-Comments: - +X-Comments: This message is NOT from winsock(a)rigel.cyberpass.net. It +was X-Comments: remailed by an automated anonymous remailer. +X-Comments: - +X-Comments: SEND ALL COMPLAINTS AND BLOCKING REQUESTS DIRECTLY TO: +X-Comments: REOP-L(a)cornell.edu <Remailer Operator's Network> +X-Comments: - +X-Comments: WinSock Remailer (winsock(a)rigel.cyberpass.net) +X-Comments: http://www.cyberpass.net/~winsock/ X-Comments: - +X-Remailer-Setup: Maximum Message Size -- None +X-Remailer-Setup: Reordering is ON, Mail Poolsize is 3 +X-Remailer-Setup: News Posting DISABLED +X-Remailer-Setup: Subject Header KILLED +X-Remailer-Setup: Logging OFF +X-Remailer-Setup: All messages must be PGP encrypted +Subject: Re: Sphere packings +Sender: owner-cypherpunks(a)toad.com +Precedence: bulk +X-UIDL: e2bae6a70f8b97f156939d711ba124ba +Dickhead Vermin K[ondom]OTM has been a source of endless +embarassments to his sympathizers on and off the net. + _ O O _ + \-|-\_/-|-/ Dickhead Vermin K[ondom]OTM + /^\ /^\ + ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3i Charset: latin1 Comment: No safety this side of the grave. Never was; never will be iQCVAwUBMvtzDL04kQrCC2kFAQF8UwQAi2uqgh2IX8zy9BgXmuBK5hI0yza9XeJ1 +o/aa6KXnKA5+aBuFF5VFufijsJgMQ+2TI+OVi1oPy9OpWofZ1mHzzzNDndypfv6 Bnb05Yrz3ikJXitr7zs26+f8ImeC++5hrkNanPUVBuwa09l2NMYjvGRf+980XLIA 3TIkjAlpcrk= =1Izr -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Project 25 Radio
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

The National Communications Systems published in the Federal Register of February 6, a notice of FTR1024 covering Land Mobile Radio, Project 25. The recommentation specifies encryption: DES (Type 3) and Type 1 for classified use. The specifications are based on seven public TIA documents and one classified NSA document. "This recommendation is intended to facilitate interoperability among telecommunication facilities and systems of the Federal Government." The official document is available in PDF format at: http://members.aol.com/Project25/1024.pdf We've prepared a hypertext version: http://jya.com/ftr1024.htm

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No Subject
by nobody＠huge.cajones.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Date: Fri, 07 Feb 1997 07:13:18 -0800 From: Dale Thorn <dthorn(a)gte.net> :When I was in the Perot camp Gotta be Dale! A measure of my health; I admit preferring the invective of Tim and Dr. V. to this purile nonsense. Pablum for the c'punk masses. Ciao

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[IMPORTANT] Zero-knowledge interactive proofs
by nobody＠huge.cajones.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Many forgeries are traceable with mathematical certainty to feebleminded Timmy C. May's poison keyboard. .oooO Oooo. ( ) _ _ ( ) \ ( / ) ( \ ) / ----\_)-/ (---) \-(_/---- ( ) ( ) oooO Oooo

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Re: My messages not appearing on either of the lists?
by Mike Duvos 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Tim May writes: > My posting seem to be going into Limbo, being sent neither to the > Cypherpunks Heaven Sandy administers nor to the flames of the Cypherpunks > Hell. At least this is how things now appear. > I sent the message below to the list this morning (Thursday) at 8:43 a.m. > PST. As of tonight, 12 hours later, I haven't seen it on either the > Singapore Web site--last archived 30 minutes ago--or on the "Flames" list > to which I have temporarily subscribed (to see what Sandy counts as a > "flame"). Now that a few weeks have passed, I have decided that moderation delays are the most annoying feature of the new experiment. I am subscribed to the unedited list under another account, and its almost instantaneous traffic is in great contrast to the time required for posts to trickle through the Sandfort-Bot. > By the way, I noted that many of the messages which appeared at the > Singapore Web archive site have dates much later than mine, including > several dated at least 8-10 hours after my message. Likewise, some of the > Flames messages are dated much later than my message. Messages apparently do not get moderated in the order in which they are received. Some messages take a very long time, as other later messages pass them by and are posted to the list. Again, I have no explanation for this unusual behavior. -- Mike Duvos $ PGP 2.6 Public Key available $ mpd(a)netcom.com $ via Finger. $

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Cool Names, Lost in Flames
by Otto Matic 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Some time ago Human Gus-Peter wrote something that went like this: > I still think that you should just let your kids run your machine or > just pick the guy with the coolest name, like Attila the Hun or > Genocide or OttOmatic. Thanks, Human Gus-peter. I think my name is cool also. I am only suscribeed to the flames list, because my uncle (a secret guy) reads the CENSORED list. This way we can see what the other secret guys are up to, and what kind of KewL StUfF they throw into the Flames Trashcan. Human Gus-peter, I think you should be very careful. They throw everything you write into the trash. That could mean they are watching you. That could be VERY bad for you. We will see where this message goes. otto =-=-=-=-=- Otto Matic "Fuckin' A, Miller!" Bud, Repo Man --------------------------------------------------------- Get Your *Web-Based* Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------

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Re: 40-bit RC5 crack meaningless??
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Paul Strassmann served on the "Information Warefare - Defense" Task Force sponsored by the Defense Science Board. He has a Web site at: http://www.strassmann.com The IW-D report recounts most of the well-known info-war memes to buttress its plea for more info-warfighting funds, and says that business needs DoD protection. It de-emphasizes the encryption debate, claiming that crypto is not an important part of the problem or the solution. Remailers are not mentioned. Short and long versions of IW-D: http://jya.com/iwd.htm Winn Schwartau's infowar.com offers it too. SAIC was generously represented on the Task Force: Strassmann, Bellcore's head, a couple more. As well as others committed to "raising the bar" against attack on Info-Maginot: http://jya.com/iwdaff.htm

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Re: Waiting for Mac version [was Re: Full strength Email Clients]
by Lucky Green 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 11:19 PM 2/6/97 -0800, Steve Schear wrote: >>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> >>At 06:51 PM 2/6/97 +0800, pclow wrote: >>><You want Eudora 3.0 and PGPMail 4.5. [Despite PGP,Inc's best efforts, >>>the >>><brand new PGPMail has escaped from the United States and is now >>>available >>><worldwide.] > >Its too bad there isn't a Mac version contemplated. They appear to think >that existing PGP versions, paired with Eudora, are sufficient. >From their FAQ: 9.What is the status of the Macintosh product? ViaCrypt PGP 2.7.1 is available for the Macintosh today. We are working on a new version for the Macintosh, adding new features and revising the graphical user interface to make it easier to use. The revised Macintosh version will follow the Windows release. -- Lucky Green <mailto:shamrock@netcom.com> PGP encrypted mail preferred "I do believe that where there is a choice only between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence." Mahatma Gandhi

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Appointment Verification
by linda wilson 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Suck_My_Big_Juicy_Cock, We would like to ask for your help with a survey for a service bureau we are considering developing software for in voice communications. This software will be used to remind patients of their upcoming appointments, allow them to confirm or reschedule. After confirming which patients will not be able to make their appointment the system will contact all individuals that are on a waiting list to schedule them for open time slots..... For assisting us we will mail you a FREE certificate for 100 rolls of Kodak film and a 35 mm camera. NO ONE WIll CALL YOU! 1. Do you feel doctors would use a service which calls patients for them using a personalized Voice system reminding them of their appointments? ____yes ____NO 2. How important do you feel it is to doctors to eliminate the drudgery of staff calling patients reminding them of appointments. not important ______ somewhat important ______ Very important ______ 3. What's do you feel would be a fair price or doctors would be willing to pay for such a service? 100-$200 per month _____ 200-$300 per month _____ 300- $400 per month _____ Other ____________ Please email your answers to advance(a)ns.net If you have any suggestions on any additional automated voice service you would like to see someone develop please let us know. Thanks again for your participation.

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