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Re: CyberTerrorism
by jya＠pipeline.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

On Aug 23, 1996 18:34:42, '"Institute for Security and Intelligence" <isi(a)hooked.net>' wrote: >John: > >Your message regarding my comments on CyberTerrorism was forwarded to me. >Rather than waxing poetic beration, how about some actually useful >perspective? > >If you have experience in this area, let's talk. If you have something to >contribute, let's get it out where it can be useful. > >It's time to put up, or shut up John. > >Regards, >Barry C. Collin --------- Dear Mr. Collin, Thank you for writing. And for the cyber-terrorism hoot, which helps purge ignorant fears with insightful laughter. The best way I know for citizens to ease their induced- panic of terrorism in all forms -- gov, com, edu, org -- is to become more informed. And to be wary of "terrorist threats" in all their burgeoning guises -- "national security" being one of the most deceitful. To counter Nat Sec snake oil in the rising commerce in "cyber-terrorism" (a residue of the natsec oil tank) citizens should participate in the wit and wisdom of wide-open Internet mail-lists dealing with computer privacy and security. The best of these is the list Cypherpunks. (E-mail "info" to majordomo(a)toad.com.) Cypherpunks, far more tolerant and less treacherously commercially self-serving than all others, explores an amazing range of CompSec issues, technologies, policies, strategies and fantasies. Its archive of several years offers a historical treasure on the transformation of state control of comp tech to its service of the citizenry. This is exemplified by Cypherpunks primary focus, cryptography, and the diverse ways it has moved from narrow use to conceal privileged power to widespread application to protect individual privacy (especially those dissenting to heirarchical authority -- gov, com, edu, org). Your agent provocateurist comedy on cyber-terrorist inebriation could be enriched by hanging on Cypherpunks, say, your buffoonery for secret briefing. "If you knew what I knew" is a natsec-butt joke there, as it is becoming globally to liberated citizen-units bellowing "FA." Congrats on exposing TLA-dementia of cyber-terrorism and defanging its counter-agents by encouraging belly- laughing at the all-too-blatant hype-artistry. Only Jim Kallstrom does it better. Best regards, jya

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SecureDrive News 8/24/96
by Edgar Swank 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- SecureDrive Users: It's been brought to my attention that users who attempt to compile SecureDrive 1.4b using Turbo C++ 3.00 are haveing a problem in that the MD5 routine does not produce a correct result, so that the key generated from a given passphrase will not be the same as the pre-compiled version. This is a bug in Turbo C++, not SecureDrive! However, a bypass for the problem is possible by modifying SD source as follows - ------------------------------cut here----------------------- *** C:\SECDR14B\UNC\MD5.C Sun May 09 19:38:36 1993 - --- MD5.C Wed Aug 14 00:58:46 1996 *************** *** 12,17 **** - --- 12,20 ---- * of the MD5 routines in RSAREF. Due to this alteration, this * code is "derived from the RSA Data Security, Inc. MD5 Message- * Digest Algorithm". (See below.) + * + * Simplified some expressions to avoid incorrect compiles with + * some compilers, e.g. Turbo C 3.0 EWS 8/96 */ /* *************** *** 135,145 **** - --- 138,158 ---- /* transform if necessary */ if (mdi == 0x40) { + #if defined (__TURBOC__) for (i = 0, ii = 0; i < 16; i++, ii += 4) + { + in[i] = (((UINT4)mdContext->in[ii+3]) << 24); + in[i] |= (((UINT4)mdContext->in[ii+2]) << 16); + in[i] |= (((UINT4)mdContext->in[ii+1]) << 8); + in[i] |= ((UINT4)mdContext->in[ii]); + } + #else + for (i = 0, ii = 0; i < 16; i++, ii += 4) in[i] = (((UINT4)mdContext->in[ii+3]) << 24) | (((UINT4)mdContext->in[ii+2]) << 16) | (((UINT4)mdContext->in[ii+1]) << 8) | ((UINT4)mdContext->in[ii]); + #endif Transform (mdContext->buf, in); mdi = 0; } *************** *** 167,178 **** padLen = (mdi < 56) ? (56 - mdi) : (120 - mdi); MD5Update (mdContext, PADDING, padLen); ! /* append length in bits and transform */ for (i = 0, ii = 0; i < 14; i++, ii += 4) in[i] = (((UINT4)mdContext->in[ii+3]) << 24) | (((UINT4)mdContext->in[ii+2]) << 16) | (((UINT4)mdContext->in[ii+1]) << 8) | ((UINT4)mdContext->in[ii]); Transform (mdContext->buf, in); /* store buffer in digest */ - --- 180,201 ---- padLen = (mdi < 56) ? (56 - mdi) : (120 - mdi); MD5Update (mdContext, PADDING, padLen); ! /* append length in bits and transform 1.4c*/ ! #if defined (__TURBOC__) ! for (i = 0, ii = 0; i < 14; i++, ii += 4) ! { ! in[i] = (((UINT4)mdContext->in[ii+3]) << 24); ! in[i] |= (((UINT4)mdContext->in[ii+2]) << 16); ! in[i] |= (((UINT4)mdContext->in[ii+1]) << 8); ! in[i] |= ((UINT4)mdContext->in[ii]); ! } ! #else for (i = 0, ii = 0; i < 14; i++, ii += 4) in[i] = (((UINT4)mdContext->in[ii+3]) << 24) | (((UINT4)mdContext->in[ii+2]) << 16) | (((UINT4)mdContext->in[ii+1]) << 8) | ((UINT4)mdContext->in[ii]); + #endif Transform (mdContext->buf, in); /* store buffer in digest */ - ------------------------------cut here----------------------- This code will be inserted into any future version of SecureDrive, but no new release is planned at this time. For those users of Win95 and SecureDrive who are concerned about loss of 32-bit disk access, I've recently learned that use of Secure Device ftp.demon.co.uk:/pub/ibmpc/secdev/secdev14.arj instead avoids this requirement. Although the Secure Device virtual drive is listed as in compatibility mode, the real drives are not so affected. And since the virtual drive is mapped to a dos file on one of the real drives, I believe you get 32-bit phyical drive access there as well, although access is still slowed by CPU time necessary to encrypt and decrypt. Edgar W. Swank <edgar(a)Garg.Campbell.CA.US> Edgar W. Swank <EdgarSwank(a)Juno.com> Edgar W. Swank <Edgar_W._Swank(a)ilanet.org> Home Page: http://members.tripod.com/~EdgarS/index.html -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCUAwUBMh7d4t4nNf3ah8DHAQHNdAP3RKd07B55fkW5CazT8mMaGUoTtjxSvUBv 3ykPvBhHvu7egb4EB1/XcBTM3K/6QeE8Dt10XJVX15Fd9nHY+XI0c0VB8Trlb/NB 0ymq+/SchedtUNmCgDeycbF104bfirpuXKy0OChDfpgMe0d/ifCXny6Co0BqIbRi fQyKtXzOxQ== =h1RT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- edgar(a)Garg.Campbell.CA.US (Edgar Swank) The Land of Garg BBS -- +1 408 378-5108

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"----- Message body suppressed -----"
by tcmay＠got.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 1:10 AM 8/21/96, Skip wrote: > ----- Message body suppressed ----- > Sounds good to me. Keep it up. --Tim May -- [This Bible excerpt awaiting review under the U.S. Communications Decency Act of 1996] And then Lot said, "I have some mighty fine young virgin daughters. Why don't you boys just come on in and fuck them right here in my house - I'll just watch!"....Later, up in the mountains, the younger daughter said: "Dad's getting old. I say we should fuck him before he's too old to fuck." So the two daughters got him drunk and screwed him all that night. Sure enough, Dad got them pregnant, and had an incestuous bastard son....Onan really hated the idea of doing his brother's wife and getting her pregnant while his brother got all the credit, so he pulled out before he came....Remember, it's not a good idea to have sex with your sister, your brother, your parents, your pet dog, or the farm animals, unless of course God tells you to. [excerpts from the Old Testament, Modern Vernacular Translation, TCM, 1996]

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Re: Anonymous Remailers
by tcmay＠got.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 7:52 PM 8/23/96, Chris J Samuelson wrote: >When you mail an item through more than one anonymous remailer, how does >that make it anymore anonymous, or doesn't it? When only a single remailer is used, the remailer can see the mapping between the sender and the receiver. When two remailers are used, the first remailer can see the sender, but not the final recipient. The second remailer can see the final recipient, but not the original sender. Of course, the two remailers can get together and "collude," thus deducing the mapping between sender and recipient. With N remailers, the likelihood of collusion amongst the N remailers is less likely, possibly extremely unlikely. This is the core theory of mixes, or remailers. (And of course one can include one's self as a remailer, to further increase one's confidence that collusion has not occurred.) --Tim May We got computers, we're tapping phone lines, I know that that ain't allowed. ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay(a)got.net 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Licensed Ontologist | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."

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Re: FW: Cryptography Revisited
by tcmay＠got.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 8:21 PM 8/23/96, Paul Robichaux wrote: >Anybody want to give this guy The Business? Earlier attempts didn't seem >to sink in. >>From: btcarey(a)primenet.com (Brent A. Carey) >>Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer.help >>Subject: Cryptography Revisited >>Date: 23 Aug 1996 01:15:01 -0700 .... >>I am now porting the application to the Mac with the intent to sell it to >>a private contractor that is developing RISC-based computers for >>specialized use in the government. I have been assured that a PPC native I think it better that we not discourage him. If he can sell his "Snake Oil Cypher System" to the government, this will be a Good Thing. It will slow them down, lull them into false security, and distract them as they are cleaning up the mess. --Tim May We got computers, we're tapping phone lines, I know that that ain't allowed. ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay(a)got.net 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Licensed Ontologist | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."

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Re: "----- Message body suppressed -----"
by Alan Olsen 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 06:25 PM 8/23/96 -0700, Timothy C. May wrote: >At 1:10 AM 8/21/96, Skip wrote: >> ----- Message body suppressed ----- >> > > >Sounds good to me. Keep it up. It looks like an internal mailing list version of Cypherpunks at Netscape is feeding back into the regular list with weird results. --- | "Remember: You can't have BSDM without BSD. - alan(a)ctrl-alt-del.com "| |"The moral PGP Diffie taught Zimmermann unites all| Disclaimer: | | mankind free in one-key-steganography-privacy!" | Ignore the man | |`finger -l alano(a)teleport.com` for PGP 2.6.2 key | behind the keyboard.| | http://www.teleport.com/~alano/ | alano(a)teleport.com |

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Electronic Money Conference
by Robert Hettinga 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

--- begin forwarded text Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 20:44 EDT From: Somebody Subject: Electronic Money Conference To: rah(a)shipwright.com http://www.occ.treas.gov/emoney.htm How to Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . Speakers' Photos Toward Electronic Money & Banking: The Role of Government A Conference Sponsored by the United States Department of the Treasury A Conference Sponsored by the United States Department of the Treasury A Conference Sponsored by the United States Department of the Treasury [Image] [Image] Sheraton Washington Hotel Washington, DC September 19-20, 1996 Thursday, September 19, 1996 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7:00 a.m. - Registration and Continental Breakfast ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8:15 a.m. - Opening Address KEYNOTE ADDRESS The Honorable Robert E. Rubin, Secretary of the Treasury ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9:45 a.m. - Panel Session International Cooperation A discussion of the major issues facing the international financial regulatory and law enforcement communities as electronic money systems and banking on the Internet become a reality. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10:45 a.m. - Address SPEAKER ADDRESS The Honorable Robert Pitofsky, Chairman, Federal Trade Commission ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11:15 a.m. - Panel Session Consumer Issues An exploration of the impact of emerging electronic money and banking technologies on consumers, including consumer disclosure requirements, assignment of liability, and challenges and opportunities for consumer access and acceptance. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12:30 p.m. -Luncheon LUNCHEON ADDRESS The Honorable John Reed, Chairman and CEO, Citicorp ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2:15 p.m. - Panel Session Security and Authentication A discussion of industry's interest in the commercial use of strong cryptographic techniques and the government's national security concerns, and a look at the role industry and government standards play in the implementation of encryption and authentication technologies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4:00 p.m. - Concurrent Panels Payment System Issues A discussion of domestic and international payment system issues raised by electronic money and banking systems, including consideration of new and future operational, settlement, and systemic risks. E-Money Systems: Case Studies A look at actual experiences with operational E-money systems and pilot tests in Europe and the United States, impediments to consumer and merchant acceptance, and perspectives on the role of government. Privacy Issues An examination of consumer privacy issues raised by the use of personal information generated by electronic commercial and banking transactions, and a look at industry and government responses. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6:00 p.m. - Reception ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7:00 p.m. - Dinner DINNER ADDRESS The Honorable Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Federal Reserve Board ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Friday, September 20, 1996 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7:30 a.m. - Continental Breakfast ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8:30 a.m. - Opening Address KEYNOTE ADDRESS The Honorable Michael N. Castle, Chairman Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy House Committee on Banking and Financial Services ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9:00 a.m. - Panel Session Law Enforcement Perspectives A look at law enforcement issues raised by the emerging technologies, including the effectiveness of the current regulatory scheme, traditional investigative techniques and analysis, and international jurisdictional responsibilities. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10:45 a.m. - Panel Session Electronic Money: Perspectives on Issuers A discussion of the institutional, financial, and operational criteria for successful issuers, including an exploration of the roles government and market forces play in establishing minimum requirements. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12:00 p.m. - Luncheon LUNCHEON ADDRESS Eugene A. Ludwig, Comptroller of the Currency ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2:00 p.m. - Conference Closes ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Questions: E-mail Fax: E-Money Conference 202-874-5436 --- end forwarded text ----------------- Robert Hettinga (rah(a)shipwright.com) e$, 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "'Bart Bucks' are not legal tender." -- Punishment, 100 times on a chalkboard, for Bart Simpson The e$ Home Page: http://www.vmeng.com/rah/

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Remailer
by 81764205＠cshore.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Help!!!! I need a good Anonymous remailer, can somebody send me a program that does just that. Thanks

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FWD: Julf Forced to Reval Names
by richieb＠teleport.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

The article below was posted to the newsgroup alt.religion.scientology. I cannot as of yet verify the contents. Rich >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Today on 22nd of August the local court of first instance in Helsinki decided that Johan Helsingius has to reveal the email adress asked for by the Police Department of Helsinki. This has to be done within 30 days when summoned for interrogation. Since this is merely a part of a case, this decision can't be appealed. If Helsingius still refuses to reveal the info he will be repeatedly fined and ultimately jailed for up to six months. The decisions about fines and jail can be appealed, but an appeal won't stay the execution of the ordered fine/jail, only a judgement of the appeals court will. The questions about different appeals in this case are somewhat complex and regarding the possibility to appeal it was a split decision (4-1). The court ruled against Helsingius in this matter. During the hearing Helsingius argued against this view in many ways: he objected on constitutional grounds and on grounds relating to statutes regarding criminal investigation. This information is based mainly on message <4vi0tt$geq(a)idefix.eunet.fi> in the local Finnish newsgroup sfnet.keskustelu.laki, by Kaj Malmberg, the police officer in charge of the investigation of the matter where Scientology scriptures were posted through anon.penet.fi. More reports from this case will probably follow soon. [posted & mailed to a few individuals] ========================================================================== pjs(a)uwasa.fi, Student of Theology & Law Student at the U of Helsinki Disclaimer: Speaking for myself only. Always using PGP to sign articles. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.i iQCVAgUBMhymBB1yhFX7KT+RAQHWEgQAw45nMBmJGKl1KXS/WkHL2rC4nGsZ8D97 AssSzKoMbB0Bw7M0tzZub9RzQY4Z9hVRXDxkvyxVoZtL1vZ7DqnIq8Xv/icy81Z5 g2BDy+r7fGqaEewKW3xuoKXSt1EuE765uRiweNqHpNIxBBDQGeEy+9qy/rs1KcwW dioGxAsAyHo= =TihY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ______________________________________________________________________ Rich Burroughs richieb(a)teleport.com http://www.teleport.com/~richieb See my Blue Ribbon Page at http://www.teleport.com/~richieb/blueribbon U.S. State Censorship Page at - http://www.teleport.com/~richieb/state New EF zine "cause for alarm" - http://www.teleport.com/~richieb/cause

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Re: Weird "Suppression" messages
by Lou Zirko 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- To: alano(a)teleport.com, zachb(a)netcom.com, rich(a)c2.org, cypherpunks(a)toad.com Date: Sat Aug 24 20:05:46 1996 I have seen delivery receipts for messages use a similar format and since these are duplicates of full messages received earlier there is a probability that sendmail is misconfigured on littlefoot ( or whatever the box at mcom is ). Lou Zirko > At 10:36 PM 8/23/96 -0700, Z.B. wrote: > >On Fri, 23 Aug 1996, Alan Olsen wrote: > > > >> At 10:54 PM 8/20/96 -0700, Rich Graves wrote: > >> > ----- Message body suppressed ----- > >> > > >> >--SAA08114.840765294/tera.mcom.com-- > >> > >> This is bizzare. I have gotten three messages with this message. > >> > >> Is someone at Netscape canceling messages? (mcom.com is the old > domain name > >> of Netscape.) > >> > >> Anyone have any ideas on this? > > > >I don't have a clue what it is, but it's sure pissing me off. I've > >gotten about 15 or so of these messages in the past two hours. If it's > >an honest error, then someone better fix it real fast; if some loser is > >jerking us around, ...... > > Some list redirector of somesort has gone wonky at Netscape. (Take a > look > at the headers if you do not believe me. They are originating off of > some > internal lists at mcom.com, the original Netscape domain.) > > Cypherpunks is not the only list effected by this. I am getting these > weird > messages on wwwsecurity as well. > > Since it is Friday, I expect that this will be with us until someone > gets in > the office on Monday. > --- > | "Remember: You can't have BSDM without BSD. - alan(a)ctrl-alt-del.com > "| > |"The moral PGP Diffie taught Zimmermann unites all| Disclaimer: > | > | mankind free in one-key-steganography-privacy!" | Ignore the man > | > |`finger -l alano(a)teleport.com` for PGP 2.6.2 key | behind the > keyboard.| > | http://www.teleport.com/~alano/ | alano(a)teleport.com > | > > > Lou Zirko (502)383-2175 Zystems lzirko(a)c2.org "We're all bozos on this bus" - Nick Danger, Third Eye -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3i Charset: latin1 iQEVAwUBMh+m98tPRTNbb5z9AQFtaQf/d1cfjPtP/ShlLBq1FiMmw28A2PaRpTmP WOecpRisL6zouGYGGLzlUQk1oSMB2bz82Zk+K6LWAQj1b4jIuT6++UI0RXSwPE72 5+c1S3IIUzZNNTbZnVlKoGky06JV8xZWsbPwnDSuqJ/i5QHs7U8DUi1KrKztxYv+ i1raWmAK6Ib9q9YJ1Ub6591FEpROkfUHtbuPZ7EvvvVOwaEVNlxGOqQt6DHPeGb4 UAApKB5sbj1mGuThj3ijVoulwnaKaxvo3Ke3iN9+F8C+uNQmGwZnyVxmlrDz9Fjn pjfrpOd2oGUZ1pPkDgd5tEg2vJX0aNREj544szHJD3caqCmt0S6adw== =WAdH -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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