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Re: Guerilla ISP's... (fwd)
by shamrock＠netcom.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 21:16 1/1/96, Jim Choate wrote: >Wow, you mean you can prosecute an operating system? Well, you can seize the machine running the OS for the crimes it committed. I am serious. No prosecution needed. Prosecution followed by conviction is what will happen to the owner of the computer on which the OS was running. -- Lucky Green <mailto:shamrock@netcom.com> PGP encrypted mail preferred.

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Re: Guerilla Internet Service Providers
by shamrock＠netcom.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 15:32 1/1/96, Felix Lee wrote: >Lucky Green: >> Some site in physical space has to host the nntpd, the ftpd, and the httpd. >> That site will be subject to search, seizure, and arrest and conviction of >> owner. > >but if it turns out that 30% of home PCs have to be seized to prevent >dissemination of dangerous-information-X? Wrong. Only 0.03% of the home PCs have to be seized and the owners incarcerated. The remaining users will cease to carry controlled data on their own. -- Lucky Green <mailto:shamrock@netcom.com> PGP encrypted mail preferred.

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No Subject
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>Odd. When I first got a card with the stripe, I was a little paranoid so >I took a bar magnet and erased it. Actually, I don't know whether my >eraser worked because nobody has ever asked to swipe my card thru a >reader. I got a wallet with a plastic fold-out so if someone asks to see >my id, I open my wallet and show it to them, then put it away. How many of us have done this? I nuked mine in the parking lot of the DMV.

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Re: Soft Tempest
by Ryan Lackey 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Anyone interested in working on this for linux? It should be fairly trivial to modify the linux console drivers, disk driver, and possibly keyboard driver to take these changes into account. At the same time, it might be nice to add the permanence counters for RAM and magnetic media. I'm a bit busy until at least after FC '98, or I'd do it myself. One of my goals is to keep my laptop as secure as possible, and that's an application where TEMPEST shielding is rather prohibitive. -- Ryan Lackey rdl(a)mit.edu http://mit.edu/rdl/

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Re: Guerilla Internet Service Providers
by shamrock＠netcom.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 23:35 1/1/96, Jon Lasser wrote: >More work needs to be done on untracable, yet at least modestly >efficient, truly anonymous routing, even in a system where many of the >participants, and perhaps even one of the endpoints, is or is willing to >"cheat." Time to bring up my favorite CP invention of the last years: Wai Dai's Pipenet. Of course running Pipenet would be a felony in the future I forsee, but it sure is a great idea. -- Lucky Green <mailto:shamrock@netcom.com> PGP encrypted mail preferred.

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Shut 'er down
by Duncan Frissell 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 03:06 PM 1/2/96 -0500, Brian Davis wrote: >BTW our office collects more every year (from fines, foreclosures, >bankruptcies, affirmative civil cases, etc. etc.) than our total office >budget. We make money -- so why am I unpaid this week! :-) The courts cost too though. Also there's your share of general government overhead. You may cover variable direct costs but perhaps not indirect and fixed costs. I take it you are unpaid but working. Couldn't we reverse the process and pay you not to work? Sort of like protection money. It would be worth it I think. DCF "Some of my best friends are public employees but I wouldn't want my sister to marry one. She needs someone with a steady income and future prospects."

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re: Drivers Licenses
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Jim Choate wrote: >> From: "William H. Geiger III" <whgiii(a)invweb.net> >> >> A couple of times through the washer and dryer and that >> lamination seperates. Any cop that has worked traffic >> has seen plenty of DL's in this shape (heh should have >> seen my old DL when I truned it in to get it renewed <g>). > > I rather doubt that. I have had a Texas drivers license > since I was 16, I'm now 38. I have washed them innumerable > times and I have never had the lamination break or > otherwise degrade. The lamination is quite heavy. I did > have one crack at the seam one time because of a bad > lamination and was specificaly instructed by the officer > who wrote me a speeding ticket to get it replaced. I did > so immediately. "Yes SIR!" > The law here is that if the license is damaged, you move, > or otherwise make the information invalid you have 30 > days to correct it. "Yes SIR!" > I suspect quite strongly that had I shown up at the > court house to pay that ticket with the same damaged > license (required to be shown at the time of payment) > they would not have accepted the payment and might have > asked to to discuss the situation with one of the > officers they so thoughtfuly have placed about the room. "Yes SIR!" > Texas takes counterfeiting of licenses quite seriously. "Yes SIR!" > My suggestion would be don't try such juvenile tricks here, "No, SIR!" > the DPS have seen it before "Yes SIR!" > and won't be pleasant people to deal with unless you're > a juvenile. "No SIR!" This is one of the things I love so about Texas and Texans. Despite inexplicable rumors and propaganda about independence and rugged frontier indivuality, Texans are as fucking obedient to authority as the most lock-stepped fucking Germans. The People's Republic of Texas is on the leading edge of Big Brother statism. Sales tax fully as high as New York's, fingerprints at driver license renewal time, roadblocks to fish for people who have been indulging in adult beverages or who have outstanding warrants, and some of the most dumb-fuck, clueless, fuckwit people behind badges in the known universe. Texans will give anyone their SS number at any time for any reason. Many print it on their checks. Texas is without doubt the Rube State. The only reason it isn't on the bleeding foreskin of Big Brother technology is that there aren't enough clues in the state to rub together to make a spark. When you run into anyone halfway sharp or better in Texas, it's a cinch they are a refugee from the unforgiving North.

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Errata for _Applied Crypto_
by Wink Junior 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Bruce Schneier <schneier(a)counterpane.com> has an errata file for the second edition of _Applied Cryptography_ available on request. Hopefully he will also make it available via the Web. Hats off to Bruce for making this information available in a timely, cost-effective manner. Wink -- "Dilute! Dilute! OK!"

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Re: Guerilla Internet Service Providers (fwd)
by shamrock＠netcom.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 22:11 1/2/96, Anonymous wrote: >frantz(a)netcom.com (Bill Frantz) wrote: > >> Don't forget about infrared to cross public rights-of-way. > >What about fog? Infrared and laser are not very reliable between buildings during fog. Between your house and your neighbor, a low cost 900MHz bridge would be the best way to go. On such short distances, an omni-directional antenna will work just fine. Check out Solectek (cheaper) or Cylink (faster). Both offer DES link encryption. -- Lucky Green <mailto:shamrock@netcom.com> PGP encrypted mail preferred.

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Re: Guerilla Internet Service Providers (fwd)
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > From: Jeff Simmons <jsimmons(a)goblin.punk.net> > Subject: Re: Guerilla Internet Service Providers > Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 16:32:33 -0800 (PST) > > Punknet is a 'Guerilla ISP'. Twenty of us share a 128k ISDN line, > distributed via high-speed modems. It's been running fine for over > a year now, but Pacific Bell has evidently decided to get rid of us. > > How? Simply by refusing to either repair or replace our 25 pair trunk > line, which is rapidly degrading. We've offered to replace it ourselves, > but according to them, it's illegal. Right now, we've got three dead lines, > and two others that only will do 1200 baud. > Hmmm, you should have some kind of Public Utility Commission (PUC) in your area that regulates the service provider. Here in Texas if SWBT received more than 2 complaints on a single problem without resolution then the customer can request that the PUC force a resolution of the problem. It has the power to fine SWBT on a per day basis until the problem is resolved. I have used the process one time to a successful end. I had squirrels that kept eating my phone lines when I first put in my ISDN and its dial-in lines. SWBT kept comming out and repairing the lines and the squirrels kept eating them. I asked for armored cables and was refused. I kept requesting them (and keeping records). On the next to last time the tech came out I showed him the records and advised him that I wanted armored lines. He said he would advise his supervisor. A week later I had my armored lines (run specialy nearly a block to the tie-block) and the problem was resolved until my roomie burned the house down (the phone lines survived). > We've been told that what they're doing is probably illegal, but it's the > old problem: Where does an 800 lb. gorilla sleep? > > We're fighting this like all hell, but who knows? After they get rid of us, > I wonder who's next ... > You also have the option of starting a civil and criminal claim dealing with breach of contract. Phone companies must provide phone lines that meet minimal standards (3kHz bandwidth / -32dB S/N). If the lines don't then the phone company is responsible for getting the lines upgraded. I rather doubt the phone company wants you out of business, they want your money. It is probably a local supervisor who has a limited budget and staff and is having to set priorities according to their supervisory responsibilities. Get it taken up a level and you might find the climate changes. The FCC is enacting a new regulation that will cause every phone company to provide 100% of their service areas with ISDN (you should have received some kind of notice last week, I did). This also sets some minimum standards as well as to the type and quality of service the phone company must provide. Good luck.

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