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CTIA Daily News from WOW-COM - August 13, 1998
by CTIA Daily News 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

========================================== Welcome to today's edition of the CTIA Daily News from WOW-COM. Please click on the icon / attachment for the most important news in wireless communications today. If you cannot open the icon/attachment, please visit http://www.wow-com.com/professional/ for the wireless daily news. Don't miss the major conference on implementing Phase 2 of the E-911 requirement--August 26-27 in San Francisco. For more information, click http://www.wow-com.com/pdf/locntech.pdf ===========================================

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http://209.1.31.51/98/8/13/
by STUFFED/EUREKA! 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Re: sysadmin@thegrid.net
by ILovToHack＠aol.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> >> On 13 Aug 1998, HyperReal-Anon wrote: >> >> > > our address that the mail is being sent to is: sysadmin(a)thegrid.net The interesting fact here is that you all seem to have nothing better to do with your time than converse over something so petty as an address error..... I think you need to re-evaluate who the mental midgets are..... I would hope the future of our world isn't in the hands of such petty people such as yourselves... > > > we appreciate your mail but the volume is slightly overwelming for us to >> > > handle.. >> > > sincerely, burke bryant >> > > >> > > >> > >> > Take yourself off, you mental midget. >> >> Come now. Is there any reason to insult midgets by comparing them to >> this guy? :) > >Quite right. Most vertically-challenged individuals are upstanding members >of society and of at least average intelligence. They don't deserve to be >compared to this guy. :) > >I would call him a moron, but then I'd be insulting morons. > Come on thake it easy on the guy at least he aint on AOL or somthing stuped.

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Re: quantum problem suggestions?
by David Honig 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 05:39 PM 8/10/98 -0600, Mike Stay wrote: >I'm looking for a problem in cryptogrpahy that might be solvable (or at >least, done faster) on a quantum computer that hasn't been treated yet. >Any suggestions? >-- >Mike Stay No, but you may be interested in: _Science_ Vol 281 7 Aug 98 p 793 "Abrams et al. have shown that if there was even the slightest amount of nonlinearity in quantum mechanics, no matter what, it would be possible to modify the amplitude amplification scheme of quantum search to obtain an efficient algorithm for NP-complete problems" The Abrams ref is D. Abrams et al, quant-ph/9801041 The article ends with perhaps the understatement of the millenia: "It is possible that one of these might result in an algorithm that could solve NP complete problems. Such a solution would greatly increase the interest in building a quantum computer." ** "Why is my computer not faster?" asked the gardener. "Turn the spigot" said the engineer, pointing to the valve at the far end of the hose which the gardener held. The gardener did so, and shortly thereafter felt the hose stiffen. With that, the gardener was enlightened.

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Announcement: Cryptanalysis of Frog (an AES Candidate)
by Bruce Schneier 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Results Announcement: D. Wagner, N. Ferguson, and B. Schneier, "Cryptanalysis of Frog," Counterpane Systems Report, Aug 1998. Abstract: We examine some attacks on the FROG cipher. First we give a differential attack which uses about $2^{58}$ chosen plaintexts and very little time for the analysis; it works for about $2^{-33.0}$ of the keyspace. Then we describe a linear attack which uses $2^{56}$ known texts and works for $2^{-31.8}$ of the keyspace. The linear attack can also be converted to a ciphertext-only attack using $2^{64}$ known ciphertexts. Also, the decryption function of FROG is a lot weaker than the encryption function. We show a differential attack on the decryption function that requires $2^{36}$ chosen ciphertexts and works on $2^{-29.3}$ of the keyspace. Using our best attack an attacker with a sufficient number of cryptanalytical targets can expect to recover his first key after $2^{56.7}$ work. Taken together, these observations suggest that FROG is not a very strong candidate for the AES. This paper is available at http://www.counterpane.com/publish.html, and will be made available at the AES Workshop next week. Cheers, Bruce ********************************************************************** Bruce Schneier, President, Counterpane Systems Phone: 612-823-1098 101 E Minnehaha Parkway, Minneapolis, MN 55419 Fax: 612-823-1590 Free crypto newsletter. See: http://www.counterpane.com

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Man with two dicks keeps one 'under his hat'/I married Marilyn Monroe's ghost http://stuffed.net/98/8/16/
by STUFFED/EUREKA! 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Private Doorbell - Re: CRYPTO-GRAM, August 15, 1998
by Bill Stewart 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Bruce Schneier wrote in his newsletter > It seems that every few months we get key-escrow repackaged with a new name. > The latest new name is "Private Doorbell," and the spin is that the keys > are escrowed in the routers. Other than the name, there's really > no difference between this and other key escrow schemes: Based on the talk by Elizabeth Kaufman from Cisco at the Bay Area Cypherpunks meeting, I'd say you're wrong. (I'm pleasantly surprised; this is the first "compromise" I haven't rabidly disliked.) (Elizabeth says not to blame her for the name, it's Cisco's PR folks' fault.) The Private Doorbells proposal says that routers that encrypt have a clear side and a black side, and if you want to wiretap them, you can already wiretap the clear side, so Louis Freeh should be happy enough (since it meets the "legitimate needs of law enforcement", even though it the blocks no-warrant no-knock wiretaps he'd really like) so just give us the export permits we want and stay off our backs. There's no special key escrow in the routers, it's just doing what encrypting routers do already, and if Big Louie wants to wiretap an ISP today, he can try to get a warrant and then do it. It seems to me that there's a minor catch - routers with multiple private-line encrypted interfaces can decrypt and encrypt traffic without ever hauling it through an Ethernet where it'd be easy to tap, but most of those configurations still have an Ethernet somewhere, and any Bad Guy who's doing encryption at the endpoints ought to be using end-to-end encryption anyway. Thanks! Bill Bill Stewart, bill.stewart(a)pobox.com PGP Fingerprint D454 E202 CBC8 40BF 3C85 B884 0ABE 4639

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KGB plotted to blow up Elvis/Sony release 'X-Ray Vision' camera http://stuffed.net/98/8/19/
by STUFFED/EUREKA! 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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PointCast Survey
by pointcast＠esurvey.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Dear Colleague, Thank you for signing up for PointCast version 2.6 beta software on the PointCast Web site. We are conducting a survey to help us improve our download and installation process and would value your feedback on your experience. You don't need to have completed the download or installation to participate! To thank you for your help, we'll send a FREE, official PointCast t-shirt to the first 50 individuals who complete the on-line survey. To participate, just visit the URL below and submit the questionnaire by Thursday, August 27, 1998. Simply copy and paste the following URL into the address/location window of your Internet browser (or click on the URL): http://www.decisive.com/pointcast/?id=392629 We appreciate your input and look forward to hearing from you. Thank you for your time! PointCast Inc. P.S. This message is intended to go only to people who signed up for the PointCast version 2.6 beta program and supplied their email address. If you would prefer not to receive future announcements from PointCast, reply to this email and place the word "UNSUBSCRIBE" in the subject line. ***** If you have a comment or question, please contact us: PointCast Web Site: http://www.pointcast.com Technical Support: http://www.pointcast.com/support/pcn/forms/ask-question.html PointCast StatusLine: 1-800-586-4733 Suggestions: http://www.pointcast.com/support/pcn/suggestions.html This survey was originally sent to: [cypherpunks(a)toad.com]

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No Subject
by paolo 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Sorry I'm not very expert about invading systems but I need your help to enter in a bank.I have all the informations and I need to know if it is possible to enter. They were not very correct with me and now they must pay for it.What do you think about that? Can you help me to find any good italian hackers? ZORRO

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