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IP: Funny Money: New $20 FRNs are here
by Vladimir Z. Nuri 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

From: believer(a)telepath.com Subject: IP: Funny Money: New $20 FRNs are here Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1998 17:05:38 -0500 To: believer(a)telepath.com Source: US Newswire http://www.usnewswire.com/topnews/Current_Releases/0924-109.txt U.S. Treasury, Federal Reserve Issue New $20 Note U.S. Newswire 24 Sep 10:45 U.S. Treasury, Federal Reserve Issue New $20 Note To: National and Financial Desks Contact: Hamilton Dix of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, 202-622-2960, or Bob Moore of the Federal Reserve, 202-452-3215 WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Treasury Secretary Robert E. Rubin and Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan today announced the issuance of the redesigned $20 note, which includes new and modified security features to deter counterfeiting of U.S. currency. Rubin and U.S. Treasurer Mary Ellen Withrow marked the issuance of the new notes in a ceremony at Treasury's Cash Room in Washington, D.C. More than two dozen regional events hosted by Federal Reserve banks and branches and major retailers were also conducted around the country. "We have introduced a series of features that greatly raise the hurdle for counterfeiters," Rubin said. "Together these features amount to a formidable tool, and make spotting a counterfeit note easier than ever. For them to be effective, it is important that people stop for a moment to look for the new features." The new $20 will replace older notes gradually, and older series $20 notes still in good condition will be recirculated. About $83 billion worth of $20 notes is currently in circulation, 80 percent of those in the U.S. More than $450 billion worth of U.S. currency circulates around the globe. The Series 1996 $20 note is the third U.S. currency note to be redesigned to include new and modified security features. New $10 and $5 notes are expected to be issued simultaneously in 2000, and a new $1 note with a more modest redesign will follow. "We are confident that the introduction of this third redesigned note will be as smooth as that of the $100 and $50 notes," Chairman Greenspan said. "Older notes will not be recalled or devalued. All existing notes will continue to be legal tender." Like the Series 1996 $100 and $50 notes introduced since 1996, the new $20 note has a familiar appearance. The size, color and historical subjects have not changed. It also incorporates several security features that have proved effective against would-be counterfeiters: a watermark; enhanced security thread; fine-line printing patterns; color-shifting ink; and a larger, off-center portrait that is the most noticeable change in the overall architecture of the note. There are also two features for the blind and visually impaired. The new $20 note includes a capability that will allow the development of technology to help the blind ascertain the denomination of their currency. In addition, the $20 and $50 notes have a large numeral on the back that make the notes easier for millions of Americans with low vision to read. The continuing introduction of redesigned notes is a critical component of the Federal government's anti-counterfeiting effort. The new series aims to maintain the security of the nation's currency as computerized reprographic technologies such as color copiers, scanners and printers become more sophisticated and more readily available. The $20 note is the most frequently counterfeited note in the United States. Since the $20 note is so widely used in daily commerce and most frequently dispensed by ATMs, broad nationwide recognition of the new note when it is introduced will minimize apprehension on the part of the public. A public education campaign now underway encourages the public and people who handle cash every day to become familiar with the design and security features of the new notes. Retailers and financial institutions are educating their employees and customers by sending posters to their outlets, training cashiers, offering pamphlets to the public, and including information about the new note in advertising circulars and on shopping bags. More than 100 constituency organizations have helped reach small business owners, loss prevention managers, visually impaired and older Americans, and others with a stake in the new note's introduction. U.S. embassies and consulates are using materials translated into 15 languages to conduct localized education outreach to ensure that local users of U.S. currency as well as financial institutions are prepared for the issuance of the new note. Fact sheets on the new note, the history of U.S. currency and related agencies are available at http://www.moneyfactory.com. -0- /U.S. Newswire 202-347-2770/ 09/24 10:45 Copyright 1998, U.S. Newswire ----------------------- NOTE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ----------------------- ********************************************** To subscribe or unsubscribe, email: majordomo(a)majordomo.pobox.com with the message: (un)subscribe ignition-point email@address ********************************************** www.telepath.com/believer **********************************************

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No Subject
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Friday, September 25, 1998 - 08:08:49 MET You know for what the acronym CLINTON stands for ? Call Lewinsky, I Need The Oral Now !

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Hello from USA,
by winkler.elke＠usa.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Here is Elke agian, it's been a while we've exchanged our e-mails. I'd like to touch bases with you again on the Network Branch. Are you still interested in setting your own business on the internet? Our project is ready to be taken over. So you can run your branch of an International Dating, Matchmaking and Travel Service in your region. We will provide for you all necessary setup, software, etc., and you can start making your money right away! So, please get back to me on that. Warmly, Elke Winkler Berlin, Germany winkler.elke(a)usa.net

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MEDIA RELEASE: Data Fellows and BackWeb sign agreement
by Marita N�sman-Repo 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

For immediate release. September 25, 1998 #################################### Data Fellows to integrate BackWeb's technology into CounterSign architecture Helsinki, Finland, September 25, 1998 - Data Fellows Ltd., a leading data security vendor, and BackWeb Technologies, a leader in push solutions for Knowledge Distribution, today announced an agreement to integrate BackWebs Polite Server and Agent technology into Data Fellows CounterSign management architecture. The CounterSign architecture provides a scalable, policy-based framework for managing the security infrastructure. By including BackWeb technology in Data Fellows products, protection against security breaches reaches the highest level, as the security system will automatically and transparently keep itself up-to-date during idle time online. BackWebs solution will complement the existing Internet update technology in F-Secure security products, which include F-Secure Workstation Suite, F-Secure Anti-Virus, F-Secure FileCrypto, F-Secure VPN+, F-Secure SSH and F-Secure NameSurfer. "Combining our integrated security solutions with BackWebs Polite distribution technology provides clear benefits to corporate customers in todays insecure Internet environments," said Risto Siilasmaa, President and CEO of Data Fellows. "The use of bandwidth-friendly and scaleable push technology is a natural extension of our strong Internet approach." F-Secure utilizes BackWebs new client, which allows data transfer to customer networks securely even through firewalls. Administrators of corporate networks will be able to make the decision about deploying a particular version update in their networks, on a case-by-case basis, if they prefer to evaluate the updates before deployment. This type of implementation ensures that customers always have the latest versions on hand and are able to follow company security policy on software distribution. Data Fellows will also utilize the BackWeb broadcast channel for delivering alerts as well as relevant product service and support information to the corporate administrators and to its partners world-wide. Data Fellows future plans include establishing partnerships with ISPs for using BackWebs push technology and its down- and upstream capabilities to enable ISPs to find new sources of revenue from value-added services, such as well-managed security services. About Data Fellows Data Fellows is one of the worlds leading developers of data security products. The Company develops, markets and supports anti-virus, data security and cryptography software products for corporate computer networks. It has offices in San Jose, California, and Espoo, Finland, with corporate partners, VARs and other distributors in over 80 countries around the world. All F-Secure products are integrated into the CounterSign management architecture, which provides a three-tier, scaleable, policy-based management infrastructure to minimize the costs of security management. F-Secure Workstation Suite consists of malicious code detection and removal, unobtrusive file and network encryption, and personal firewall functionality, all integrated into a policy-based management architecture. F-Secure Anti-Virus, with multiple scanning engines (including F-PROT and AVP), is the most comprehensive, real-time virus scanning and protection system for all Windows platforms. F-Secure VPN+ provides a software-based, IPSEC-compliant Virtual Private Network solution for large corporate networks as well as remote and small office networks. F-Secure FileCrypto is the first and only product to integrate strong real-time encryption directly into the Windows file system. FSecure SSH provides secure remote login, terminal, and other connections over unsecured networks. It is the most widely used secure remote administration tool. F-Secure NameSurfer is the solution for remote Internet and Intranet DNS administration. Its easy-to-use WWW user interface automates and simplifies DNS administration. The Company has customers in more than 100 countries, including many of the worlds largest industrial corporations and best-known telecommunications companies, major international airlines, European governments, post offices and defense forces, and several of the worlds largest banks. The Company was named one of the Top 100 Technology companies in the world by Red Herring magazine in its September 1998 issue. Other commendations include Hot Product of the Year 1997 (Data Communications Magazine); Best Anti-Virus product (SVM Magazine, May 1997); Editors Choice (SECURE Computing Magazine); and the 1996 European Information Technology Prize. For more information, please contact: USA: Data Fellows Inc. Mr. Petri Laakkonen, President Tel. +1 408 938 6700, fax +1 408 938 6701 E-mail: Petri.Laakkonen(a)DataFellows.com Europe: Data Fellows Oy Mr. Jari Puhakka, Director, Business Development PL 24 FIN-02231 ESPOO Tel. +358 9 859 900, fax. +358 9 8599 0599 E-mail: Jari.Puhakka(a)DataFellows.com or visit our web site at http://www.DataFellows.com -- Marita.Nasman-Repo(a)DataFellows.com, World-Wide Web http://www.DataFellows.com

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Georges
by Edwin E. Smith 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

The rain has started here in north Tampa. Hope to see all of you in the next life. :-)

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What does IBM Know about ClearWorks that you don't?
by FYI Stock Alert 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

<HTML><PRE><BODY BGCOLOR="#000000"><FONT COLOR="#00FFFF" SIZE=3> "ClearWorks Technologies...announced it has been selected as an IBM Authorized Home Systems Integrator." "ClearWorks has been trained by IBM to provide superior installation and reliable service...[to] residents throughout the US." --Excerpts from the ClearWorks Technologies Official Press release, September 25th, 1998 Don't miss this one! CLWK (OTC BB) To read the rest of the offical press release go to: http://www.fyistockalert.com For more information e-mail sales(a)fyistockalert.com </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=3>

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[flames] a clueless can't see parallel between crypto-freedom and 2nd amendment...
by Jean-Francois Avon 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- From: jf_avon(a)citenet.net Date: 25 sept 98 10h57 EST Topic: [flames] a clueless can't see parallel between crypto-freedom and 2nd amendment... On Fri, 25 Sep 1998 10:11:10 +0200, Hans-Juergen Wiesner wrote: Your comment is the first and only one complaint I ever received while posting on this subject. OTOH, I occasionnally receive mail to either objectively discuss the topic or to comment in a positive ways my posts. Beside, post to the owner-cypherpunks to your hearth content, I am not, as of a few weeks ago, on the list. I jump in and off depending on my time availability. >At 14:53 24.09.98 -0400, you wrote: >> ====== forwarded from Canadian Firearms Digest, V2 # 605 ========== > >I won't comment on your somewhat distortet view on reality and your >miserable sense of logic proven by your "arguments". Please submit me with your valid data. I'll welcome it. > I won't even lose a >word on your misuse of HTML instead of plain ASCII for sending mail. Then, don't... >It's just that I don't know why you distribute your meaningless factoids by >way of mailing lists like Cypherpunks (which is how I'm bothered by your >postings every single day). Please feel free to enlighten me about reality and debunk my factoids. As for why I fwd to the Cypherpunks, ask Tim May about the link between govt trying to ban guns and govt trying to ban strong crypto. Or even better than bothering Tim, go back an read the archives of Cypherpunks... > Cypherpunks is a mailing list for users of >cryptographic technology. Topics are concerned mainly with software and the >implications of using certain programs. Mainly. But it is also *highly* concerned by the ethics and politics of it. Guns and crypto are, at the abstraction level, extremely similar and therefore, it is not surprizing to see govt react the same to both topic. An individual's specific psycho-epistemology and definition of Man will, usually, lead to the same conclusions on theses two apparently different topics. >Arms,which seem to be YOUR concern, are for shooting people or game. Arms are NOT my concern, my concern is Freedom. Guns are not for anything in particular, they *are*. Your choice to prefer to shoot peoples than game or targets or simply to engineer a more performing piece of hardware is what you choose to do with it. And is happens that by the nature of them, e.g. the capacity to exert coercion at a distance, they are the ultimate tools of choice of governments, which by nature, are coercives. Govts have their roles. History has shown over and over again ad nauseaum that govts are *dangerous* entities if taken over by a certain category of individuals. In order to defend the freedom of the individual, guns, i.e. tools of tele-coercion are the ultimate deterrent. Ask any american about it. Or consult the Constitution of the United States and see Thomas Jefferson's explanation for the reason of the second ammendment. >think this difference is big enough to justify my asking you to post your >stuff elsewhere. I suppose you ignore that crypto is ruled by ITAR in North-America and that the liberty-to-own-guns advocates also have their grips with ITAR ? >I don't want to be bothered by unsolicited junk mail like >yours any more. when you sent the line subscribing line to the majordomo subscribe cypherpunk-unedited hjwiesner(a)uni-tuebingen.de, which letters of the word "unedited" did you not understand? There is *a lot* of junk mail coming from the cypherpunks list and my posts represent my opinion, which in itself is legitimate, an facts obtained from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police itself. If you don't want to receive any junk mail, send an e-mail to majordomo(a)toad.com, leave the subject line blank and send the following message: unsubscribe cypherpunks-unedited hjwiesner(a)uni-tuebingen.de Ciao jfa [note: when I post to gun groups, I use a crypto-oriented .sig and when I post to crypto groups, I usually use a gun-oriented .sig.] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 5.5.3i for non-commercial use <http://www.pgpi.com> iQEVAwUBNguvx8iycyXFit0NAQGhqgf9G3Kl3NR2rPac87kQJlx3meMSmU6NM5G6 gx3OElO+LHQw2beD0WOTD1Lj6whLIit0oW/I6uJqHKWhnYAjCM9jm8+REQdiY2Ge s3ISQmSGNyf3rARWIPA6ecrJsMCLJy3vJD60HDtanq4/5GXZTp2Xq3iEOMbLjkp9 36z53e4E0IcF2Betyg2gpyrPajm7cFCv066mSPpUZaEUqG9PwmLRxNYyn03A9bSV PAkUKwyZ/MZy+CHwyuR5lfCPojOuFuFPzA0UINdD6GVk+OK5Gm6ys+GKAcV00SBL y5gqTyGI4Y29nuYiUn27q3dXORxtw4+vbccBqnoonkAmReH+T4lGXA== =AuSQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Definition: FASCISM: n.: a political and economic movement, strongly nationalistic, magnifying the rights of the state as opposed to those of the individual, in which industry, though remaining largely under private ownership, and all administrative political units, are controlled by a strong central government. ------------------------------------------------- "One of the ordinary modes by which tyrants accomplish their purpose, without resistance, is by disarming the people and making it an offense to keep arms". - Joseph Story, U.S. Supreme Court Justice. ------------------------------------------------- the German gun control laws were enacted by the "liberal" Weimar Republic government that preceded Hitler, and were a strong aid to his coming to power -- because they disarmed Hitler's opponents, and Hitler's adherents ignored them -- as criminals have always ignored gun control laws. 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Re: No Subject
by Michael Motyka 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> Most of nature is a very high quality vacuum, actually. > Yup, I did my 100hrs of Physics, Chemistry and Math too. I like the way the 'vacuum' behaves near very hi-Z nuclei. > Governments have not always been so parasite-infested; > And I find this very difficult to believe. > this disease progresses slowly, numbingly, unnoticed, like leprosy. > Interesting that you use 'numbingly' to describe leprosy; it shows an understanding of the nature of the infection. Be careful if you swim in the freshwater streams in Hawaii. Better not have any cuts or abrasions! More interesting, though, is this: why would a block cipher use key bits rather than an LFSR to do input or output whitening? Is it strictly a performance issue? Is it proven that doing this doesn't leak key bits in some way? Mike

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40-bit brute force RC4 speed records?
by Dan McDonald 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Just curious, what's the speed record? What if I had, oh, say, a 4-way Ultra Enterprise 450 at my disposal? Thanks, Dan

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Re: IP: Funny Money: New $20 FRNs are here
by pnet＠proliberty.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Excerpt from the following: >It also incorporates several >>security features that have proved effective against would-be >>counterfeiters: a watermark; enhanced security thread; Of course no mention is made here of the enhanced ability for goons to steal your money. It has been reported that these 'security threads' enable detection equipment at airports to measure, or estimate, the amount of cash a person is carrying. This further enables seizures which are now taking place in the proximity of US borders, with the excuse that the carrier of the cash could be 'intended' to cross a border, without filing a customs report. Mere possesion of 'large' amounts of cash, in the proximity of a US border, is coming to be considered 'prima facie' evidence of 'money-laundering'. See previous message: >Date: Sat, 19 Sep 1998 08:32:43 -0400 >To: cypherpunks(a)cyberpass.net >From: Robert Hettinga <rah(a)shipwright.com> >Subject: IP: Tougher laws are sought to seize cash If I had been smart enough to see this coming when they came out with the new security threads in $100 bills, I never would have traded the old ones in. Of course, carrying gold or silver will set off the metal detectors too. I wonder if diamonds show up on the scanners? - Tom Paine At 3:27 AM 9/25/98, Vladimir Z. Nuri wrote: >From: believer(a)telepath.com >Subject: IP: Funny Money: New $20 FRNs are here >Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1998 17:05:38 -0500 >To: believer(a)telepath.com > >Source: US Newswire >http://www.usnewswire.com/topnews/Current_Releases/0924-109.txt > >U.S. Treasury, Federal Reserve Issue New $20 Note >U.S. Newswire >24 Sep 10:45 > > U.S. Treasury, Federal Reserve Issue New $20 Note > To: National and Financial Desks > Contact: Hamilton Dix of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, > 202-622-2960, or > Bob Moore of the Federal Reserve, > 202-452-3215 > > WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Treasury Secretary Robert >E. Rubin and Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan today >announced the issuance of the redesigned $20 note, which includes new >and modified security features to deter counterfeiting of U.S. >currency. > > Rubin and U.S. Treasurer Mary Ellen Withrow marked the >issuance of the new notes in a ceremony at Treasury's Cash Room in >Washington, D.C. More than two dozen regional events hosted by >Federal Reserve banks and branches and major retailers were also >conducted around the country. > > "We have introduced a series of features that greatly raise the >hurdle for counterfeiters," Rubin said. "Together these features >amount to a formidable tool, and make spotting a counterfeit >note easier than ever. For them to be effective, it is important that >people stop for a moment to look for the new features." > > The new $20 will replace older notes gradually, and older series >$20 notes still in good condition will be recirculated. About >$83 billion worth of $20 notes is currently in circulation, 80 >percent of those in the U.S. More than $450 billion worth of >U.S. currency circulates around the globe. > > The Series 1996 $20 note is the third U.S. currency note to be >redesigned to include new and modified security features. New $10 and >$5 notes are expected to be issued simultaneously in 2000, and a new >$1 note with a more modest redesign will follow. > > "We are confident that the introduction of this third redesigned >note will be as smooth as that of the $100 and $50 notes," Chairman >Greenspan said. "Older notes will not be recalled or devalued. All >existing notes will continue to be legal tender." > > Like the Series 1996 $100 and $50 notes introduced since 1996, the >new $20 note has a familiar appearance. The size, color and >historical subjects have not changed. It also incorporates several >security features that have proved effective against would-be >counterfeiters: a watermark; enhanced security thread; fine-line >printing patterns; color-shifting ink; and a larger, off-center >portrait that is the most noticeable change in the overall >architecture of the note. There are also two features for the blind >and visually impaired. The new $20 note includes a capability that >will allow the development of technology to help the blind ascertain >the denomination of their currency. In addition, the $20 and $50 >notes have a large numeral on the back that make the notes easier for >millions of Americans with low vision to read. > > The continuing introduction of redesigned notes is a critical >component of the Federal government's anti-counterfeiting effort. >The new series aims to maintain the security of the nation's currency >as computerized reprographic technologies such as color copiers, >scanners and printers become more sophisticated and more readily >available. The $20 note is the most frequently counterfeited note in >the United States. > > Since the $20 note is so widely used in daily commerce and most >frequently dispensed by ATMs, broad nationwide recognition of the new >note when it is introduced will minimize apprehension on the part of >the public. A public education campaign now underway encourages the >public and people who handle cash every day to become familiar with >the design and security features of the new notes. Retailers and >financial institutions are educating their employees and customers by >sending posters to their outlets, training cashiers, offering >pamphlets to the public, and including information about the new note >in advertising circulars and on shopping bags. More than 100 >constituency organizations have helped reach small business owners, >loss prevention managers, visually impaired and older Americans, and >others with a stake in the new note's introduction. U.S. embassies >and consulates are using materials translated into 15 languages to >conduct localized education outreach to ensure that local users of >U.S. currency as well as financial institutions are prepared for the >issuance of the new note. > > Fact sheets on the new note, the history of U.S. currency and >related agencies are available at http://www.moneyfactory.com. > > -0- > /U.S. Newswire 202-347-2770/ > 09/24 10:45 > >Copyright 1998, U.S. Newswire >----------------------- >NOTE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is >distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior >interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and >educational purposes only. For more information go to: >http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml >----------------------- > > > > >********************************************** >To subscribe or unsubscribe, email: > majordomo(a)majordomo.pobox.com >with the message: > (un)subscribe ignition-point email@address >********************************************** >www.telepath.com/believer >**********************************************

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