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InfoTrends ISTrends - Issue 55 (fwd)
by P. J. Ponder 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Anybody know what this is about? I noticed it in the current issue of Information Society Trends. Thanks. Happy Independence Day USA! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 2 Jul 1996 16:00:49 +0200 From: ISPO Administrator <root(a)www.ispo.cec.be> To: istrends(a)www.ispo.cec.be Subject: InfoTrends ISTrends - Issue 55 Information Society Trends Issue number: 55 - (13.6.96 - 27.6.96) [big piece snipped out here] TECHNOLOGY The Japanese Ministry of International trade and Industry (MITI) is planning the launch in 1997 in collaboration with Japanese electronics and computer firms of trials for an electronic certification system which would be used for the transmission of formal documents as well as to provide a high level of security for electronic commerce. [more stuff snipped out here] __________________________________________________________________________ DGXIII - The content of "Information Society Trends" does not necessarily reflect the European Commission's views. Also available electronically: http:/www.ispo.cec.be/ispo/press.html E-mail subscription: Majordomo(a)www.ispo.cec.be; enter SUBSCRIBE ISTRENDS + your e-mail address

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Re: Net and Terrorism.
by vinnie moscaritolo 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Since this has become terror-punks I guess I should throw my e$.02 into the fray. I have to agree with the entity that call himself snow that one of the reasons that you don't see so much civil induced terrorism in the US, (as oposed to terrorism the Feds do) is because there is so many channels for free speach here. This helps to vent and depresurize the situations. There is little need for organizations to underground, since most things can (or used to be) be better done out in the open. In fact you will attract less governement attention that way. Take Greedpiece (typo) GreenPeace for instance, they are able to perform thier forms of terrorism very overtly, same for Anti-Abortionists. Sometimes I am astounded by the lack common sense that government officials display. Bill Klinton and his media budies (Ted Copulate etc) are the best recruiters for Militia groups, After the OKC bombing, his accusations of Militia involvement pissed off so many middle of the roaders that memberships showed a marked increase. Thanks to Sen Fineswine, Semi-Auto purchases had a record year in California. (does she have stock in Norinco?) There is no conspiricy on the governements part, just plain stupidity. >Then why do you float ideas such as buying out the Soviet arsenal if you >think it isn't possible? actually I know of an individual who did just that: he bought out an DDR arsenal, and flew it into Ohio on a Soviet transport. Scared the shit out of the ATC working the airport that day. Result: large supply of Soviet SKS, Moisan-Naggant and AK's for gunshops, just in time for the Fineswine blue light special. he made big bucks. >however, we will probably > see that again in parts of the world as many cultures do not have the >basic > respect for life we do. the first time you witness a small child begging > for chocolate exploded by a remote control pressed by her father, you > understand --you do not necessarily like it, it's just survival. > and faced with a decision of giving up 'n' "friendlies" for 1000n, or even > more, to survive, I know where I stood, and still stand Yes it does have a way of changing the way you look at the world. I only wish the clowns in office who make the decisions that the grunts guarding the embassies should have empty mags, could see any of this shit. War does suck, and suck in a big way, and when your there, and I don't mean watching it on CNN, you ARE in a world of hurt. > if the U.S does adopt the police state tactics Bubba > is espousing, the U.S. will be faced with _real_ terror, not staged > incidents to justify the martial law, etc. Roger that, an I for one don't want to see that war fought on US soil. This is the part that scares me the most. So my point is, the more the government inflates a non existant problem, the bigger the problem gets. The part that really bothers me is that too many times these are all diversion from important issues. The American people seem to be on a steady diet of OJ and CNN, when the war, the real war that will shape the future gets no media coverage. Things like education, and economic strategy are just not sexy enough for TV. >However, you will never be able to buy out the religious terrorists > --they are on a "mission." I was always taught They have nothing left to lose..make em happy and send em to Allah (or whatever) as quickly as you can. >There is no cure for the "revolutionary" terrorists .. > If we do not even print their obit, there is no glory! Tim, you are asking for the liberal media to act responsibly.. what were you thinking? speaking of liberal media, I have lost all creditibility with my Bostonian friends this week trying to tell em about the feature I saw in the San Jose TV news, where some animal expert actually suggested admininstrating tranquilizers to the family poodle in preparation for 4th of July festivities..something do with fireworks. OK maybe in Santa Cruz the animals (at least the ones downtown) are already on tranquilizers. But who wants a dog that can't deal with loud noises anyways, he'd be useless for huntin. But what do I know.. I just practice law Samoan style. Vinnie Moscaritolo ------------------ "friends come and friends go..but enemies accumulate." http://www.vmeng.com/vinnie/ Fingerprint: 4FA3298150E404F2782501876EA2146A

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Re:What remains to be done: keeping info free
by Sherry Mayo 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hal Finney writes.. > From: Black Unicorn <unicorn(a)schloss.li> > > A. Methods to run secure websites on insecure servers. > > [...] > > A software solution which permits local decryption makes traffic analysis > > less useful, presents the opportunity to use front end and disposable www > > pages on domestic ISPs while imposing no liability on the ISP itself, and > > opens several more effective traffic analysis deterants. > I don't quite understand what is being proposed here. If the > information on the web site is encrypted, who is supposed to be able to > decrypt it? Just one person, or some select group of people? My If the objective is to keep information available then check out Ross Andersons "eternity service" proposal (http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk:80/users/rja14/#Lib) which outlines a "highly distributed, resilient and anonymous file store. Once a document is published on it, the courts will simply not be able to find and delete all the copies" Sherry -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6 iQCVAgUBMdyPeOFu4n6w1qeBAQF4igP/bhD22woqB8W2kglF6r6Z4rdUVDzGrXk4 N9Iav/KnUtAlmWb/yItHg9+uwAPRtomkTeOZye5UcmJzYI8WERyBYi5Y4OghA48a vo9C/Qo4znljc2J3+J1nWuuDp1khSVB/b+B1/r2zqN/Uv7YvwkF9cext/bf8XV/G uxPJz0DvSLE= =jiix -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: Word lists for passphrases
by AwakenToMe＠aol.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

In a message dated 96-07-04 16:37:24 EDT, fair(a)clock.org (Erik E. Fair) writes: >You could just snarf up a week's worth of netnews... > > Erik > > > There are many out there. And I doubt the net would have anything like Antidisestablishmentarianism heheh I believe it was an 8 meg wordlist I got off the net. Just use the good ole search utils!!

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Mix for PC: Mixmaster Remailer FAQ
by Mixmaster 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Frequently Asked Questions about Mixmaster Remailers FAQ Verson 1.8 July 4 1996 by Lance Cottrell This document is a semi-technical discussion of Mixmaster remailers. I wrote this to answer questions often asked by new users of Mixmaster, and to explain why you would want to use Mixmaster remailers. ***Announcements*** 4 July 1996: Mixmaster for Dos and Windows is now available! I am pleased to announce the release of Mixmaster 2.0.3 It contains many bug fixes, and a much improved Makefile which makes compiling a snap! ***What is Mixmaster?*** Mixmaster is a new class of anonymous remailers. Inspired by the existing "cypherpunk" remailers and discussions on the Cypherpunk mailing list (cypherpunks(a)toad.com) Mixmaster is the next generation in the evolution of remailer technology. ***What is an anonymous remailer?*** Quoting from Andre Bacard's remailer FAQ: An anonymous remailer (also called an "anonymous server") is a free computer service that privatizes your e-mail. A remailer allows you to send electronic mail to a Usenet news group or to a person without the recipient knowing your name or your e-mail address. For a non-technical introduction to remailers (not including Mixmaster), I recommend Andre's FAQ. It is posted regularly to: alt.privacy alt.privacy.anon-server alt.anonymous or you can get it by sending mail to: To: abacard(a)well.com Subject: Help1 Message: [Ignored] There is also a version on the World Wide Web at <http://www.well.com/user/abacard/remail.html>. ***What do I need to use Mixmaster remailers?*** Unlike other remailers, you can't just make your own message and send it to the remailer. Mixmaster's security comes in part from using a special message format. The disadvantage of this is that you need a special program to make the message for you. Once you have that program (the client) remailing is as easy as running the program, and telling it which remailers you want to use. ***How do I get the Mixmaster client software?*** There are two sites for distribution. The first is at my site <http://www.obscura.com/~loki/Welcome.html/>, or ftp to ftp.obscura.com and read /pub/remail/README.no-export</A>. The other is by anonymous ftp to jpunix.com. You will have to follow the instructions there to get Mixmaster. Because Mixmaster contains cryptography, it may not be exported from the U.S and Canada. The reason for the circuitous route to download Mixmaster is to show my good faith efforts to keep Mixmaster from being exported. I understand that Mixmaster may be available in Europe from ftp://utopia.hacktic.nl/pub/replay/pub/remailer ***How do I get the software to run a Mixmaster remailer?*** The remailer software is available from the same sites as the client. ***But I only see one Mixmaster distribution?*** The same program is used for both the client and the remailer. The only difference is in the installation. For the client you just compile it and you are ready to go. For the remailer, you need to set up mail forwarding and cron jobs. ***What kinds of computers does Mixmaster run on?*** Unfortunately, not PCs or Macs. But it is being ported to those right now. Mixmaster runs under UNIX. The only machine it is known not to work on is Dec Alpha. It has been tested on Linux, FreeBSD, SunOS 4.1.3, Solaris, and several others. It has been compiled and tested on Netcom. If you use it on a machine or service not on this list, please let me know so I can add it. ***How does Mixmaster work, and why should I use it?*** You should use Mixmaster if you want the highest level of anonymity available, or if your are tired of building remailer messages your self. A discussion of how Mixmaster provides this level of security is beyond the scope of this FAQ, but I put an essay on the subject on my home page. <http://www.obscura.com/~loki/remailer/remailer-essay.html> ***Does Mixmaster use PGP?*** No, Mixmaster uses the rsaref package from RSA. Mixmaster uses its own keys and key file formats. To add a key to a key ring, simply append the key to your key file using your favorite text editor. ***Can Mixmaster post to News?*** Yes, like older remailers some Mixmaster remailers can post to news. Also like older remailers, not all Mixmaster remailers can post to news. Request the remailer's help file to check if it supports posting. Do this by sending mail to the remailer with the subject line remailer-help ***When Was Mixmaster Released?*** Mixmaster was originally released on an experimental basis in late 1994. There were only ever two remailers running Mixmaster 1.0. Mixmaster 2.0 was released on May 3, 1995. There are now 18 publicly available Mixmaster remailers. ***What is the latest version of Mixmaster?*** Version 2.0.3 for Dos and Windows was released July 4 1996. Version 2.0.3 was released on Nov 27, 1995. This version uses a new Makefile, which makes compiling it a snap. Several bugs were also fixed, and some esoteric functions added. Version 2.0.2 was released on Sept 22, 1995. Mixmaster remailers can now accept messages containing multiple Mixmaster packets. Mixmaster can be told to choose a random set of remailers to chain your message through. It will now route multiple packet messages over independant chains. Several minor bugs were fixed. Version 2.0.1 was released on May 27, 1995. The only changes from 2.0 are some improvements in the documentation, and the inclusion of a more up to date list of remailers. ***What remailers run Mixmaster?*** The most recent list of remailers is available on my homepage, <http://www.obscura.com/Welcome.html#list-files> along with the remailer list and key file for Mixmaster. You can simply replace your current type2.list and pubring.mix files with these. They are also available from <http://www.jpunix.com>. My list is simply a mirror of the one on Jpunix, which is maintained (through much hard work) by John Perry. <P> Please send any questions you think should be here to: loki(a)obscura.com. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBMdxm51Vkk3dax7hlAQGfwgP9FediBro7gdVMMjCffWToLyhr6HUagxSI qcHhQU4jL1EWdebMwR6wqUBWuxDgrAsrSRT4WhftfSxTtCHCiSk9yXqg7HlRVPkx VQ+7SCF5/gnTE3a/rvj+EbH2hjBdRZWLEOdOnv+Ej00rhCB4A9T2ASQjpcZZB1iT zT+cSIlW3go= =qKtd -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: Computer-Aided Revolution
by Remo Pini 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>> I've thought of an application for a "revolutionary" program for peaceful >> protest, but one that requires that a substantial number (1000) of people >> have access to computer time synchronized to 1 second, ideally 0.1 second. >> How good would a time sync over the net typically be? Well, in Europe you could just buy a 40$ hardware (DCF-77 receiver) which syncs with the standardized broadcasted atomic clock. you could sync the stations every second with an accuracy of better than 10^-3 secs, like a GPS, only much cheaper. (although, you wouldn't know you geographic location ;-) ----------< fate favors the prepared mind >---------- Remo Pini Fon 1: +41 1 350 28 82 mailto:rp@rpini.com Fon 2: +41 1 465 31 90 http://www.rpini.com/remopini/ Fax: +41 1 350 28 84 --------< words are what reality is made of >--------

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Re: Word lists for passphrases
by tcmay＠got.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 5:00 AM 7/5/96, AwakenToMe(a)aol.com wrote: >In a message dated 96-07-04 16:37:24 EDT, fair(a)clock.org (Erik E. Fair) >writes: > >>You could just snarf up a week's worth of netnews... >> >> Erik >There are many out there. And I doubt the net would have anything like >Antidisestablishmentarianism heheh >I believe it was an 8 meg wordlist I got off the net. Just use the good ole >search utils!! The standard "large data base" of modern American English words is the "Brown corpus." Search the Web for this and you'll get a few hundred hits, including some downloadable files. --Tim May Boycott "Big Brother Inside" software! We got computers, we're tapping phone lines, we 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: Net and Terrorism.
by tcmay＠got.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 2:37 AM 7/5/96, vinnie moscaritolo wrote: >>There is no cure for the "revolutionary" terrorists .. >> If we do not even print their obit, there is no glory! > >Tim, you are asking for the liberal media to act responsibly.. what were >you thinking? I did not write that. However, I wouldn't think that "not printing their obit" is acting responsibly. As far as I'm concerned, I want the full news, or at least some reasonable approximation of it, not propaganda. --Tim May Boycott "Big Brother Inside" software! We got computers, we're tapping phone lines, we 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: ecash thoughts
by tcmay＠got.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

First, I'm not very convinced that probabalistic payments are needed. And I'm mostly convinced that most users of digital money will be skeptical too. A few comments: At 9:18 PM 7/4/96, Steve Reid wrote: >Suppose someone is surfing the web or whatever, and various sites are >charging, say, 0.1 cents per web page, via probabilistic payments. >Suppose there is a 1 in 10 chance that the person will pay 1 cent. > >The person wanders around the web, acting as though he's perfectly willing >to pay, and participating in the fair coin tosses. Except, he really has >no intention of paying. He will gain free access to 9 out of 10 sites, and >on the ones that he loses the 1/10 gamble, he just backs out of the deal >and doesn't pay anything. The end result is that instead of seeing all of >the web at 0.1 cents per page, he sees 90% of the web completely for >free. If everyone does this, the sites will go broke. I cannot imagine _any_ protocol for probabalistic payments which "allows" someone to back out of the deal once they've seen the outcome of the coin toss (or whatever). That just makes no sense. Exactly how the deal works to force completion is another matter (maybe escrow, maybe the symmetric payment scheme described here recently, etc.). >The obvious solution would be to require that the person pay the 1 cent, >then if he wins the 9/10 bet, he gets the 1 cent back. But that will just >move the problem from the user to the server- the site can welsh on the >bet and refuse to pay back the one cent. They will get ten times the >payment that they are supposed to get. Reputations matter, too, so sites or customers who renege will have their reps diminished, in the ways we talk about so often here. (Analogies in the physical world today: casinos who fail to pay off winnings, customers of casinos who fail to pay off their markers, etc.) I don't believe probabalistic payments have any special problems with renege rates. However, I also don't think this is a promising area. --Tim May Boycott "Big Brother Inside" software! We got computers, we're tapping phone lines, we 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: Word lists for passphrases
by William Knowles 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Greg, >Are there any publically available word lists which contain just about >every word in the English language? It's not absolutley necessary, >but I'd also like the list to include english names. I would try this site out, It is very complete and should fill the bill. ftp://sable.ox.ac.uk/pub/wordlists/ Good Luck! -William Knowles erehwon(a)c2.org Finger for public key --

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