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17 Dec '03

Webmaster, I would like to know if all of the material on your website is as suspect as that which concerns John Gilmore. The current jackboot censorship of what he has now declared to be his own private cypherpunks list has marked him as a laughable hypocrite. Is the EFF a joke, as well? Toto

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Re: RC5-12/32/5 contest solved
by A. Padgett Peterson P.E. Information Security 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Jim Bell rote: >Assuming it's possible to build a chip which tests solutions in a >massively-pipelined mode, the 400,000 or so solutions per second tried (for >what is probably a $2000 machine) would probably increase to 100 million per >second per chip (at a cost of maybe $100 per chip, if implemented in >parallel). That's 5000 times more economical, which would translate to a >find in 2-3 days if the same dollars in hardware were invested. Hi Jim, still on your list 8*) Funny thing is that 3 1/2 hours for a 40 bit search is the "real world" number I was using two years ago (can look it up in various archives) so is interesting that the first real test came out exactly the same. Is why I said 40 bits should not protect anything worth more than U$250.00 Have good reason to believe your estimate for a purpose built machine this year (expect 600,000,000 to 1,000,000,000 kps per sieve - these will not be cheap chips but will be commecially available). Expect 400 arrays would be required to do DES in a day (average) but is a lot more achievable than the 65k postulated by the gang of nine. Still would not be too concerned about using DES so long as every message encrypted (including orders for a tuna on rye) and each uses a different key - is "security by obscurity" in a way but am comfortable with it. Besides, if really concerned will just superencrypt. Warmly, Padgett "I love it when a plan comes together."

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NSA Rainbow Series.
by Genocide 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

A while back someone posted the 1-800 number for the NSA to call in and get the Rainbow series delivered.... well, I called and put in an order and it never came, I need to call them again... I don't have the phone numbere number anymore...does anyone have it? Can someone email me the number again? Genocide Head of the Genocide2600 Group ============================================================================ **Coming soon! www.Genocide2600.com! ____________________ *---===| |===---* *---===| Genocide |===---* "You can be a king or a street *---===| 2600 |===---* sweeper, but everyone dances with the *---===|__________________|===---* Grim Reaper." Email: gen2600(a)aracnet.com Web: http://www.aracnet.com/~gen2600 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ It is by caffeine alone that I set my mind in motion. It is by the Mountain Dew that the thoughts acquire speed, the lips acquire stains, the stains become a warning. It is by caffeine alone that I set my mind in motion. ================================================================================

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Re: Cats Out of Bags
by Duncan Frissell 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 12:10 AM 1/31/97 -0800, Bill Stewart wrote: >On this point, the other governments are correct. >It really _is_ tougher to maintain a nation-state when your >former subjects can have private conversations with each other >and with other governments' former subjects...... >And even 56 bits is a start. You don't have to be nice to nation states you meet on the way up if you're not coming back down. DCF

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permanent e-mail adress..
by harka＠nycmetro.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hi there, to get a list of more than 50 permanent e-mail adress services (a la hotmail) send a _blank_ message to <fwdlist(a)netdirectories.com>... Have fun :) Ciao Harka /*************************************************************/ /* This user supports FREE SPEECH ONLINE ...more info at */ /* and PRIVATE ONLINE COMMUNICATIONS! --> http://www.eff.org */ /* E-mail: harka(a)nycmetro.com (PGP-encrypted mail preferred) */ /* PGP public key available upon request. [KeyID: 04174301] */ /* F-print: FD E4 F8 6D C1 6A 44 F5 28 9C 40 6E B8 94 78 E8 */ /*<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>*/ /* May there be peace in this world, may all anger dissolve */ /* and may all living beings find the way to happiness... */ /*************************************************************/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQEVAgUBMuyaBzltEBIEF0MBAQH3kgf9EZUZnjv12RzGstwMbz0+1TnPUyPPM94e B6xuj1GAiFnabsLsDrc7yq3US+jnkDXz6kp7fCmLgP2m1ULYza8uNLSbYMBoHGJz SutSmhZrM3U220ZAnNiqVgMCVgma0Tj260bpnktZKWJtE5HhtNEz0VSmj4pusJ2K jWhc1BMhzYBhekMsxnyFyDsusjrHBumDTYoHG5ehqV2wDHzPUxvv9/4HDjrEaROT LcMA/J9JoKkDY6yLCjQ4q5/3aq58vBxbGlm7KilbjccffuyJRqWurwAaIBolLIqB X9mh8De6ubC/E2KfHVii+eXjDgliShQRt+8Fr4EfJeOLJu4qanIZHg== =1Ulw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- If encryption is outlawed, only outlaws will have encryption...

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Re: PGPMail Log File
by wlkngowl＠unix.asb.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

On 31 Jan 1997 09:27:45 -0500, you wrote: >At 02:22 AM 1/31/97 +0000, "Robert Rothenburg 'Walking-Owl'" >< WlkngOwl(a)unix.asb.comwrote: >> Is there a way to disable the \WINDOWS\PGPW_32.LOG? >> In subtle ways it's a security hole if left to accumulate over time, >> since it keeps records of which keys you encrypted messages to. >> [..] >> I understand in certain group/corporate environs one would want >> logging; in others, one doesn't need it or should have the option (in >> an easily found place) to wipe it every once in a while. >This is a damn good question. I do NOT have the "write to a log file" >option slected in the misc. tab and it STILL writes a log file. How DO >we disable this? Well, I just found that option to uncheck it (thanks to your message) so I'll try it w/the log file unchecked and see what happens. (Duh!) Rob

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"Secret" Postal Device stolen
by Jim Ray 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- from http://www.herald.com/dade/digdocs/021949.htm Postal Service offers $25,000 reward for stolen . . . something By ARNOLD MARKOWITZ Herald Staff Writer U.S. mail carriers carry more than just the U.S. mail. They carry something else so secret that nobody outside the Postal Service knows about it -- except four crooks who steal them from letter carriers on the streets of Miami. There's a $25,000 reward for tips producing capture and conviction. ... Comments? Please direct any replies for the list to me also, as I am still on Ray's FCPUNX, which I suppose makes this list double-filtered for me now, if a little delayed. :-) Typically, I now care what the mystery device is, since the occasionally-disgruntled ones don't want me to know. JMR -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQEPAwUBMvIhGzUhsGSn1j2pAQEp5wfPQ1YsiZviksusdbdVQHBz9yKMOSt5z3Ue Utlmxzx8RExqjaTc/cSLORf55pBWbJiDFB+a+ev09I2iZujq7nlNNCZNI0NaHw2L RObAjBQ4YT7sekWYMw81y08zH9x49OmAhh7CCh2qzh5ZyQ0qc3YdFzmc8F00+jdW J9ZsXSvJaBS+Jvh/eIPH+IlD873hyk6T4Nrayt0xt2z6Ajvst0XK5vOLkeJobZg3 +x8IyS26/bcrWGkKD/4rK81/QDmLIyHG7oWzaJAR1q6UKCad0C1w6/i2dwWtWV1v RyXfyYTgXi8XPbieBL7RZmP0j3A0xqlCr4PASMuZskBa+g== =Kspp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Regards, Jim Ray <jmr(a)shopmiami.com> DNRC Minister of Encryption Advocacy One of the "legitimate concerns of law enforcement" seems to be that I was born innocent until proven guilty and not the other way around. -- me http://shopmiami.com/prs/jimray/ PGP id.A7D63DA9 98 1F 39 BA 93 86 B4 F5 57 52 64 0E DA BA 2C 71

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RE: Fighting the cybercensor
by azur＠netcom.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

[big snip] >If every time someone made a mistake they got >punished, without the opportunity to understand the error and without the >opportunity to make corrections, they would be a psychological wreck. Yes, you have certainly pointed out a property of AP, insofar as teaching is concerned. The reality of the physical world is that some mistakes, for example steping off a cliff, are immediately punished by a fall and possibly death. The 'student' may or may not learn for the experience but other students who are witness most certainly will. >If every time someone made mistake they got assassinated, not only would no >one wish to do anything for fear of losing their lives, creating a >"society" of timid sheep, there probably wouldn't be many people remaining >to savor the triumph of being superior. I sincerely doubt that many would use AP to right small slights, anymore than many now kill others for the same reasons. The world has always been inhabited by bullies and tyrants who cared little of what harm they caused others. An AP system would quickly eliminate bullies and tyrants. > >AP is just another form of war. You can bet that if assassinations >increased a hundred fold as a result of your method, not only "governments" >but some very bright people would get together to figure out a defense >against it, for they also would be "at risk". I think the reaction of the society as a whole to AP would depend on what its perceived overall results were. If assassinations of scum and tyrants increased a hundred fold it would hardly be noticed on any political radar screen, except the bullies and tyrants. --Steve

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Re: Fighting the cybercensor. (fwd)
by Steve Schear 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>> Its worth noting that the origin of property is theft. In the case of the > > BULLSHIT. BULL FUCKING SHIT. The origin of property is labor. Claiming >that _my_ property is the result of ME stealing, and hence what I OWN belongs >to the community IS theft. I work, and as the result of that work something is >created. That something is MINE to do with as I will. If I choose to sell that >work for money, that money is mine. If I trade that money for shoes, those >shoes are mine. THere is no theft involved. Tell this to the Native Americans. --Steve

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Key Security Question
by Z.B. 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

My computer went into the shop a few days ago, and I was unable to take my PGP keys off it before it went in. What are the security risks here? If the repairman chooses to snoop through the files, what would he be able to do with my key pair? Will I need to revoke the key and make a new one, or will I be relatively safe since he doesn't have my passphrase? Zach Babayco zachb(a)netcom.com <-------finger for PGP public key If you need to know how to set up a mail filter or defend against emailbombs, send me a message with the words "get helpfile" (without the " marks) in the SUBJECT: header, *NOT THE BODY OF THE MESSAGE!* I have several useful FAQs and documents available.

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