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wired wankers
by Hard Media 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Did anyone read the cover article in last months US Wired? About why Walter Wriston , the ex-head of Citibank, is acting like a cypherpunk???? I can't believe that a man responsible for countless third world deaths is being called a cypherpunk by Wired!!! Citibank is a major player in the third world debt crisis...this seems to be news for Thomas Bass, who interviewed him...then Bass goes on to ask if "Walter" has made any "bad loans" ie to dictators and other nasty sorts....jeez sorry but there's naivity and there's stupidity ....seems like very few people know who or what cypherpunks are - good or bad? Zaid

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No Subject
by Butler, Anthony 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

22/10/96 WASHINGTON - US First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton unveiled a new Superman comic book for Bosnian children during an East Room ceremony Monday. The comic book, written in three languages, shows the mythical American hero flying down to save two little boys in Bosnia- Herzegovina. The comic books will be distributed throughout the country. With several Bosnian children standing nearby, Mrs. Clinton pulled the drape on a blown-up reproduction of the cover of the comic book. Mrs. Clinton said the initiatives show the United States' "clear commitment to the people of Bosnia-Herzegovina." She said "Superman wlll bring a special message" to the Bosnian children.

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Your Inquiry
by WEB Tech #5 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Dr. Mr. Random Nerd: We receive numerous inquires and apologize for the delay in response. So here it is...the long awaited reply.......

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Re: NSA Report: Anyone seen this?
by declan＠well.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Just got off the phone with the NSA. "There are so many places in the NSA that deal with cryptology we haven't been able to find the document yet. We'll call you back once we locate it and let you know if it can be released or not. We've been getting phone calls about the document. Did you read about it on the Internet?" -Declan >--- begin forwarded text > > >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996 16:50:18 -0700 >From: Somebody >Subject: NSA Report >To: rah(a)shipwright.com > > I don't recall seeing this report mentioned in any e$pam items, and > thought you might be interested. Thanks for all your work on the e$ > lists. > ><Somebody's .sig> > >______________________________ Forward Header >__________________________________ >Subject: 21st Century Banking Alert No. 96-10-17 >Author: "Ledig; Robert" <LEDIGRO(a)ffhsj.com> at internet >Date: 10/17/96 2:51 PM > > > >21st Century Banking Alert No. 96-10-17 >October 17, 1996 > >National Security Agency Report Raises >Systemic Security Issues Related to Anonymous Electronic Money > > > A recent report prepared by the Cryptology Division of the National >Security Agency's Office of Information Security Research and Technology >discusses the potential for security failures in certain electronic cash >systems and their likely consequences. While demonstrating concern over the >attributes of non-traceable electronic money, the report points out methods >that may be used to minimize security breaches and losses, including >limiting the number of coins that can be affected by a single compromise, >requiring traceability for large transactions or large numbers of >transactions in a given period, and the creation of a mechanism to restore >traceability under certain circumstances. The report contains an excellent >summary of basic electronic money cryptographic tools, electronic cash >protocols, authentication and signature techniques and related security >issues. > > > >Copyright 1996. Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson. > All rights reserved. >21st Century Banking Alert is a trademark and servicemark > of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson. > > > >--- end forwarded text > > > >----------------- >Robert Hettinga (rah(a)shipwright.com) >e$, 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA >"The cost of anything is the foregone alternative" -- Walter Johnson >The e$ Home Page: http://www.vmeng.com/rah/

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Re: Netescrow & Remailers?
by Matts Kallioniemi 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

How about this idea for improving the remailer network: Every remailer is marked as either IN or OUT, not both. An IN remailer accepts mail from anybody but remails only to other remailers (IN or OUT). An OUT remailer never remails to another remailer, only to final recipient addresses. If an IN remailer finds itself as the last one in the chain then it picks an OUT remailer at random to send the message through. This way there would never be any abuse complaints on IN remailers because they are invisible. When an OUT remailer is taken out nobody gets hurt because OUT remailers will never be used in reply blocks. Matts

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Rollerblade Inc. Message
by WEB Tech #5 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Today I responded to a rant per request of a cypherpunks(a)toad.com member. I now have been informed that the above news group is not a general use news group. I apologize for any extraneous, non-cryptographic related material that would have been forwarded to all of you earlier today. To illustrate my point, this situation would be similar to someone calling and leaving a message to return the call but deliberately listing the incorrect phone number. I have received numerous replies from many of you and have responded to as many as possible explaining the situation as best I can. Being a webtech for a high e-mail volume company like Rollerblade, topics in cryptography are becoming very important to me. You can bet that I will be visiting your Cypherpunks sites frequently to keep up with the latest trends in cryptographic technologies. Please excuse my oversight of sending an e-mail reply to an unknown news group, this situation has definitely opened my eyes to another important NETicate rule. Thanks for your understanding. Skate the World!!! Webtech5 Rollerblade Consumer Service

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Re: Chinese Gold Bar Mystery
by Olaf Kielhorn 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

On Wed, 23 Oct 1996 12:28:35 -0400, John Young wrote: >http://www.iacr.org/~iacr/china/china.html > > >Cryptograms on Gold bars from China > > [snip] rest deleted this message seems to return like the four season at least 3 times a year It get's more and more boring each time. Every beginning of an idea corresponds to an imperceptible lesion of the mind.

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Re: NSA Report: Anyone seen this?
by field＠nyc.pipeline.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

The 18 June 1996 report, "How to Make a Mint: The Cryptography of Anonymous Electronic Cash", was written by Laurie Law, Susan Sabett, and Jerry Solinas of the Office of Information Security Research and Technology, Cryptology Division, NSA. It is 30 pages, as follows: INTRODUCTION Section 1. What is Electronic Cash? 1.1 Electronic Payment 1.2 Security of Electronic Payments 1.3 Electronic Cash 1.4 Multiple Spending Section 2. A Cryptographic Description 2.1 Public-Key Cryptographic Tools (One-Way Functions, Key Pairs, Signature and Identification, Secure Hashing) 2.2 A Simplified Electronic Cash Protocol 2.3 Untraceable Electronic Payments 2.4 A Basic Electronic Cash Protocol Section 3. Proposed Off-Line Implementations 3.1 Including Identifying Information (Cut and Choose, Zero-Knowledge Proofs) 3.2 Authentication and Signature Techniques (RSA Signatures, Blind RSA Signatures, The Schnorr Algorithms, Schnorr identification, Schnorr Signature, Blind Schnorr Signature, Chaum-Pederson Signature, Implementations of the Schnorr Protocols) 3.3 Summary of Proposed Implementations (Chaum-Fiat-Naor, Brands, Ferguson) Section 4. Optional Features of Off-Line Cash 4.1 Transferability 4.2 Divisibility Section 5. Security Issues 5.1 Multiple Spending Prevention 5.2 Wallet Observers 5.3 Security Failures (Types of failures, Consequences of a failure) 5.4 Restoring Traceability CONCLUSION REFERENCES - Richard Field On Oct 24, 1996 09:52:25, 'declan(a)well.com (Declan McCullagh)' wrote: >Just got off the phone with the NSA. > >"There are so many places in the NSA that deal with cryptology >we haven't been able to find the document yet. We'll call you >back once we locate it and let you know if it can be released >or not. We've been getting phone calls about the document. Did >you read about it on the Internet?" > >-Declan >>______________________________ Forward Header >>21st Century Banking Alert No. 96-10-17 >>October 17, 1996 >> >>National Security Agency Report Raises >>Systemic Security Issues Related to Anonymous Electronic Money >> >> >> A recent report prepared by the Cryptology Division of the National >>Security Agency's Office of Information Security Research and Technology >>discusses the potential for security failures in certain electronic cash >>systems and their likely consequences. While demonstrating concern over the >>attributes of non-traceable electronic money, the report points out methods >>that may be used to minimize security breaches and losses, including >>limiting the number of coins that can be affected by a single compromise, >>requiring traceability for large transactions or large numbers of >>transactions in a given period, and the creation of a mechanism to restore >>traceability under certain circumstances. The report contains an excellent >>summary of basic electronic money cryptographic tools, electronic cash >>protocols, authentication and signature techniques and related security >>issues.

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Fw: Area Code 809 Carribean Phone Scam
by Michael T. Babcock 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- To: cypherpunks(a)hks.net Date: Fri Oct 25 11:13:26 1996 >> Just a heads-up about a current scam concerning numbers with "809" area >> codes.... spread the word! >> >> BE CAREFUL! This is a fraudulent message received the other day. >> >> "Subject: Unpaid Account >> >> I am writing to give you a final 24 hours to settle your outstanding >> account. If I have not received the settlement in full, I will commence >> legal proceedings without further delay. If you would like to discuss this >> matter to avoid court action, call Mike Murray at Global Communications on >> 1-809-496-2700" >> >> >> Subject: More Phone Scams >> >> The scam works basically like this: >> >> You get home and notice that the message light is blinking on your answering >> machine. You listen to the message, which has several wrinkles, but the >> best one is the caller asks you to call a number beginning with Area Code >> 809 to receive information about a family member who has been ill. (They >> may also tell you someone has been arrested, died, you have won a wonderful >> prize, etc.) >> >> In any event, concerned or curious, you make the call. >> >> Sometimes the phone is answered by someone who claims to speak broken >> English. (The idea is to keep you on the line to build up charges.) Or, >> sometimes you will just get a long recorded message. The bottom line is, >> when your phone bill comes, you see this incredible charge, oftentimes more >> than $100.00! >> >> Crooks are using the 809 numbers as "pay-per-calls" and to get around the US >> Regulations and 900 number blocking. Every time you call the number, they >> get a greatly inflated rebate from the foreign phone company. Since 809 >> numbers are in the Caribbean, they aren't bound by the US 900# regulations >> that require them to warn you of the charge and the rate involved, and also >> a time period during which you may terminate the call without being charged. >> >> The newest twist to this scam is to page people using the 809 numbers. With >> the new area code changes, people unknowingly are returning these calls. >> When the bill comes, there are HUGE charges for the calls. >> >> My suggestion is that no matter how you get the message, if you are asked to >> call a number with an 809 area code that you don't recognize, DON'T RETURN >> THE CALL! It is bad enough that the criminal is invading your privacy, >> don't let them invade your wallet as well! >> >> Scams of this type are extremely hard to prosecute and since you did >> actually make the call, neither your local phone company or your long >> distance carrier will want to get involved. They'll tell you that they are >> simply providing the billing for the foreign company. You end up trying to >> deal (over the phone) with a foreign phone company that feels they have done >> no wrong. It can turn into a real nightmare! >> >> Please fwd this message to friends and let people be aware of it! Message courtesy Michael T. Babcock http://www.cyberbeach.net/~mbabcock Send a message with subj. SEND PUBLIC KEY for PGP KEY. - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3i Charset: noconv iQC1AwUBMnDZIdtTCwP6TF2xAQHNFwUAgV+gvgGng69r8wbzCUqr3ckbjimKoByb 5YovMm0vAnS7Ub/gC/ECYT4A9HI971xi3J8pzbiR0fRMJhPYjJw+XCNQ0glN9EQU wXONFDA4CmdUQaaKtzt2cx5HropnG90+ljBDE8f1xh/wEsqKpaBGwwRDefPlAKnl xw4oj28RTlsJqLULKelBFSRBOrvDMk5/anpgPDnpmPqVJ2UcKoJHSw== =eag2 - -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - --- [This message has been signed by an auto-signing service. A valid signature means only that it has been received at the address corresponding to the signature and forwarded.] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 Comment: Gratis auto-signing service iQBFAwUBMnDY8CoZzwIn1bdtAQEInQF+NOLgpfiHX0Z3qvuo5rtSh/lR4V1GKxYx G3dP1QaWt9qhBpWVcjMEntsKdUlQkYHc =Mo7x -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: Stopping the buying of candidates
by Matthew J. Miszewski 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> At 01:40 PM 10/24/96 +0000, Matthew J. Miszewski wrote: > >This is my last reply. I guess I forgot your overarching theory. > >Reality, nah. > > "My last reply"? Sorta the rhetorical equivalent of "I think I heard my > mommy calling," huh? Yes Jim, your sparkling wit and incredibly convincing argument has made me run for cover. Remind everyone what your "solution" is again. In case everyone hasn't already *PLONK*ed you. ++++==============---------------------------- Matthew J. Miszewski |The information revolution has changed wealth: |intellectual capital is now far more important mjmiski(a)execpc.com |than money. -Walter Wriston ----------------------------==============++++

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