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Re: Distributed DES crack
by Remo Pini 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- To: cypherpunks(a)toad.com Date: Fri Jul 26 13:25:22 1996 > At 10:30 7/23/96, Matt Blaze wrote: > > >My estimate is that an FPGA-based machine that can do a single DES key > >every four months (eight months to exhaust the whole keyspace) could > >be built with off-the-shelf stuff for comfortably under $50k (plus > >labor, plus software development costs). A prototype board should > cost > >under $1000 and will help prove the concept and get a more accurate > cost > >estimate. I expect to build such a prototype machine myself, and, if > it > >works as I expect, maybe the whole thing. > > I am willing to financially contribute to the project. > > If this were to be a card (via RS232 or PC-bus), thousands of people would be able to copy it, once the development process is finished. -> You'd have hardware that all those people could use for a distributed crack, the building cost would be distributed also (<$100), only development would have to be at one place (sponsored of course). Now, that would be a scary thought for DES-fans! - --------< fate favors the prepared mind >-------- Remo Pini rp(a)rpini.com PGP: http://www.rpini.com/remopini/rpcrypto.html - ------< words are what reality is made of >------ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3i Charset: noconv iQEVAwUBMfirIxFhy5sz+bTpAQEpQggAsgkbxVgxbKSSMrCT/gjBvmagHhl0KWqd 9rtbRcp8D2jKXYQ1f7yVWsvD/UEWV4hKpZtUOLKk90HrnL96N+QERUsx55ojqHxQ VzOInVjEexlM+mIYcP+IYCmMtM05o7GcVJTFjmT9GrpNWSVrA0szwJnROLkkkJ9b JV8+QSKusYX+Xy5BBpBEmyb6036+zgurZuGll6+A0hks5azGnRlbcYMgQhQ1ToKn /TqeFSCxwPCMSrfnhtfMeyCCa0z7ysue36kXhZaSHbgw2Zm+ejaB4/lINjultl33 iE7IqcE3Q824itorCmak3PM3CslTOG6iOszRSL70JD8t0ddjt4c/UA== =+ipg -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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NOT noise! Serious cypherpunkly work afoot
by bryce＠digicash.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Anybody have a Nextstep box with gcc and gnumake that I can borrow some CPU cycles from? Thanks! Bryce Ecash 2.x Team -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2i Comment: Auto-signed under Unix with 'BAP' Easy-PGP v1.1b2 iQB1AwUBMfi4yUjbHy8sKZitAQFAlAMA0yfFER9v3N9sYezA/Kt8oT7DeIX9NY1d nn2B3ErsG4O7RXvmHvbtSG7raysqP5VCGQKstdUuufAVR50XQZQeQaV5RAh9dJkw bGSsVdJwnpJUwzZKe8cKq2j3FcRRgqpJ =2Qj6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[FUNNY] Rich Graves exposed
by dlv＠bwalk.dm.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I didn't realize Rich is a neo-Nazi revisionist. :-) Path: ...!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!news.mathworks.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!oleane!jussieu.fr!math.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!news.nap.net!news.pyrotechnics.com!kiwi.pyrotechnics.com!scallon From: scallon(a)pyrotechnics.com (Brendan J. F. Scallon) Newsgroups: can.politics,alt.revisionism,soc.culture.jewish,alt.personals.intercultural,soc.couples.intercultural,alt.fan.ernst-zundel,alt.censorship,news.groups Subject: Re: Ken McVay and Rich Graves support censorship Followup-To: can.politics,alt.revisionism,soc.culture.jewish,alt.personals.intercultural,soc.couples.intercultural,alt.fan.ernst-zundel,alt.censorship,news.groups Date: 26 Jul 1996 03:41:43 GMT Organization: George Clinton/Bootsy Collins '96 Lines: 14 Message-ID: <4t9epn$972(a)news.pyrotechnics.com> References: <4s5b5c$1s5(a)tor-nn1-hb0.netcom.ca> <alain-2007961547510001(a)maximon.e-sense.net> <4ss1co$eq(a)Networking.Stanford.EDU> <slepokuo-2708561335090001(a)agta173.cadvision.com> <4ssifd$1b2(a)Networking.Stanford.EDU> <005304Z22071996(a)anon.penet.fi> <4sun4t$rln(a)news1.panix.com> <093312Z22071996(a)anon.penet.fi> NNTP-Posting-Host: kiwi.pyrotechnics.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] For those of you who do not understand: Kenneth McVay started the Nizkor Project after he stumbled across Dan Gannon's revisionist BBS (denies the Holocaust). His Nizkor Project had millions of byltes of data about the Holocaust and info about the revisionists (i.e. Gannon, Les Greaseball, Rich Graves, Kevin Alfred Strom, etc.); He was awarded the Order of British Columbia for his work. -- Brendan John Francis Scallon When it comes to the net, I'm scallon(a)pyrotechnics.com similar to the thrilla in Manila Race: Other__Celtic__ http://www.pyrotechnics.com/~scallon CLINTON/COLLINS '96 This country needs a Parliament

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Re: Produce 7 Hertz Frequency
by Peter Trei 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> From: Jerome Tan <jti(a)i-manila.com.ph> > Does anyone know how to produce a 7 hertz frequency? Jerome has so far asked us, among other things: What does 'reverse engineering' mean in a hacking context? Does anyone know how to make a home-made telephone voice changer? Is it possible to penetrate a firewall? How can I crack unix password files? Is there a way I can run Unix under Win95? I think this man needs to read alt.2600, not cypherpunks. I wonder if this is the same Jerome Tan who was at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore? I wonder what the folks at St Luke's Medical Center in Manilla think of this stuff? Peter Trei ptrei(a)acm.org

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Re: Twenty Bank Robbers -- Game theory:)
by Frank Willoughby 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>> Twenty cypherpunks robbed a bank. They took 20 million bucks. Here's >> how they plan to split the money: they stay in line, and the first guy >> suggests how to split the money. Then they vote on his suggestion. If >> 50% or more vote for his proposal, his suggestion is adopted. >> Otherwise they kill the first robber and now it is the turn of guy #2 >> to make another splitting proposal. Same voting rules apply. Perhaps I'm missing something, but it seems to me that first person in line (#1) would say propose that the first 11 people in line each receive a split of 1/11 of the 20 million and that since this doesn't come out exactly even, that he (#1) would make up the few cents difference out of his share (a small price to pay to keep alive). This would probably get the votes of the first 11 people. Results: o First 11 people split the money (last 9 get zip) o All live. Best Regards, Frank Any sufficiently advanced bug is indistinguishable from a feature. -- Rich Kulawiec <standard disclaimer> The opinions expressed above are of the author and may not necessarily be representative of Fortified Networks Inc. Fortified Networks Inc. - Information Security Consulting http://www.fortified.com Phone: (317) 573-0800 FAX: (317) 573-0817 Home of the Free Internet Firewall Evaluation Checklist

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Rush on crypto
by Clay Olbon II 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

snow <snow(a)smoke.suba.com> wrote: > OB Crypto: From what I have heard Mr. Limbaugh _didn't_ like the CDA, >and if the right person can get to him and convince him properly, he might >even come out against GAK (if he hasn't already). He has the potential to >reach millions of _very_ loyal people. It might be worth someones time to >try to get thru to him. When Clinton testified in the recent whitewater trial via videotape, it was reported in the press that the testimony was sent to Arkansas via an encrypted data link. Rush commented that it was only a matter of time before some smart teenager figured out how to decrypt it. I sent him a brief email discussing crypto (PGP, etc.) and gave him some links, explaining why it was not likely that a teenager could decrypt the transmission. I never received a reply (didn't expect to however, I am sure he is inundated with email). He uses a computer and mentions it often on his radio show - I think Chris is right, if we could somehow get him to understand the technology, he would probably be on our side against GAK. As a libertarian, I find that I agree with Rush on a great many issues (many more than I have in common with the liberals). Most of the people who speak badly of him have never listened to him for any length of time. Sound bites taken out of context are wonderful for mischaracterization. Clay *************************************************************************** Clay Olbon II * Clay.Olbon(a)dynetics.com Systems Engineer * PGP262 public key on web page Dynetics, Inc. * http://www.msen.com/~olbon/olbon.html ***************************************************************** TANSTAAFL

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Re: Anonymous Web Services Inc.
by Remo Pini 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- To: cypherpunks(a)toad.com Date: Fri Jul 26 15:30:18 1996 I went to that page. It's lousy and useless. If you follow the adresses in the source, you end up at "Aristocratic Advertising Administration", which belongs to this guy: floeter(a)sendit.nodak.edu and floeter(a)www.hillsboro.k12.nd.us http://134.129.18.248/~floeter/ and he as a collegue at bladow(a)sendit.nodak.edu and HREF="http://134.129.18.248/~bladow/inex.htm I guess those two just want to be cool (what a pity). - --------< fate favors the prepared mind >-------- Remo Pini rp(a)rpini.com PGP: http://www.rpini.com/remopini/rpcrypto.html - ------< words are what reality is made of >------ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3i Charset: noconv iQEVAwUBMfjIaxFhy5sz+bTpAQG/3Qf8DCOB0S0Z8YKIDfU3Cz3pOPemW9l48Dfm 5G3eOhEQ2zE7y6K/piyT8pef3U8N4ri7pC9BhmGgMbJdF8s/SYUNhjF2uTS4eSR8 NI4hfeibWNMZ8msbkG6cvn5RtzexyMwAN5K8wCa6+WKynBWWSAwtpx7zRs/9fcxZ /qaOYfOByikkecCi83W4Uqc/s2HB21YspOswPjv++vpJZHyXb2BVu7ke1fhBatfV 85GDL4YdG3KjdEr2vErtEeLZnLpkpGWoYKngUOByIVc0ib3lmupLsqveZrjXiR74 aweKoSIHSALwyVje7IC7L9VEsuISJuG+n+riZLb56KyjUFFlvvQY7A== =tRWT -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: Twenty Bank Robbers -- Game theory:)
by Clay Olbon II 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

jim bell <jimbell(a)pacifier.com> wrote: >My previous answer was incomplete, of course. I continue to believe that >the problem is unsolveable as stated, if for no other reason than the >"weight" of the negative represented by dying is not stated. It's a VERY >complex problem, unless there's some trick I'm not seeing. Jim is right. The problem with any optimization problem is when unquantifiable negatives are included. The "classic" example of this is an inventory problem. The optimal solution is minimal (or no) inventory, however there are unquantifiable negatives that arise when a customer cannot get his product when he wants it. I don't think the problem is that complex if the negative is that you get no money rather than "you die". As an aside, many game theory problems (possible including the simplified version of this one) are solvable using linear programming (and no, that is not writing C one line at a time ;-). It has been far too long since my last game theory course to consider trying to set this problem up however (I've found that I don't use either game theory or LP a whole lot in the "real world" of engineering). Clay *************************************************************************** Clay Olbon II * Clay.Olbon(a)dynetics.com Systems Engineer * PGP262 public key on web page Dynetics, Inc. * http://www.msen.com/~olbon/olbon.html ***************************************************************** TANSTAAFL

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"privatizing" phones?
by Brendon Macaraeg 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Cpunks: While shopping for a new phone recently, I came across two models (Toshiba and Uniden I believe) that have buttons to "privatize" you conversations. These were on no-cord models. Does anyone have any idea on what these actually do? Can the phones change the frequency the call is on randomly so people can't tune into it? I know cellulars offer something similar. Personally, I would never put much faith into something of this sort. -B ======================================== Brendon Macaraeg http://www.itp.tsoa.nyu.edu/~brendonm Finger macaragb(a)acf2.nyu.edu for PGP Public Key

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TIM_ers
by jya＠pipeline.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

7-21-96. Sunday WaPo: "Liquid Explosives, Miniature Timers May Foil Airline Security Measures." 1994 spelled the beginning of what some experts fear might be a resurgence of hi-tech terrorism, this time involving persons with more advanced bomb-making skills who know how to defeat even the best airport security devices. The new terrorists favor smaller and much less detectable plastic or liquid explosives detonated by miniaturized and benign looking timers. At the heart of such devices is a timer built by rewiring a commonly available Casio digital watch, which is connected to a stabilized form of liquid nitroglycerin stored in a bottle ostensibly filled with contact lens solution. The stabilizer for the nitroglycerin looks like unsuspicious cotton. Even newer screening devices that can see through clothes would have difficulty ferreting out such a substance, according to airplane security experts. ----- http://jya.com/timers.txt TIM_ers

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