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Re: Patents on RSA will expire soon....
by fnerd＠smds.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> The algorithm that factored RSA129 takes about exp(sqrt((log n)(log log > n))) steps. > Indeed 10^17 instructions is just about how much work was required to > factor RSA129--. > That formula gives about 10^29 for a 1024 bit number. If computers double > in speed every 18 months then they will be only 32 times as fast when the > patents expire. If that rate of speedup held long term, and no significantly better factoring algorithms showed up, it would be 60 years until a 1024 bit number were as easy to factor as RSA129 was this year. -fnerd - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - and i dreamed i was flying high up above my eyes could clearly see the statue of liberty sailing away to sea --Paul Simon -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.3a aKxB8nktcBAeQHabQP/d7yhWgpGZBIoIqII8cY9nG55HYHgvt3niQCVAgUBLMs3K ui6XaCZmKH68fOWYYySKAzPkXyfYKnOlzsIjp2tPEot1Q5A3/n54PBKrUDN9tHVz 3Ch466q9EKUuDulTU6OLsilzmRvQJn0EJhzd4pht6hSnC1R3seYNhUYhoJViCcCG sRjLQs4iVVM= =9wqs -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: Here they come...
by lefty＠apple.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> At my company, it is considered to be sexual harrassment if a female finds > out that I have a pornographic gif on my computer, even if I never display > it. Apparently, just the knowledge that this material exists creates a > "hostile" environment. > >Even if it's a picture of two guys fucking?! According to what I learned in our "Managers and the Law" class, in California, for something to constitute "sexual harassment" it must satisfy the following criteria: It must be unwelcome (in the eyes of the complainant). It must be offensive (again, in the eyes of the complainant). It must be sexual in nature. Period. I don't make the news, I just report it. -- Lefty (lefty(a)apple.com) C:.M:.C:., D:.O:.D:.

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Re: Message Havens
by Hal 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Karl's idea about message havens is interesting, but I don't fully follow how it differs from the anonymous pools we discussed last year (one such pool is being run from the extropia site, I believe). With a message pool the receivers sift through all of the messages to see which they can decrypt with their own public key. Messages can be sent to the pool via anonymous remailers. One problem is that there may not be too many subscribers to any one pool, so there is not much protection to the users. With a protocol more similar to WWW or gopher you might have a larger population of users, although again you don't have any guarantee of how many other people are downloading all of the messages. The other variant on this idea we have discussed is to use Usenet, as we have seen when people post encrypted messages to Pr0duct Cypher on alt.security.pgp. This seems to me to be an inefficient way to send mail (sending it to thousands of sites just to get to one person) but it certainly seems to provide good cover to the receiver. He could be literally any of probably tens of thousands of readers of that newsgroup. Hal

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Re: Here they come...
by lefty＠apple.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>> I am sure that many Americans would have no objection to similar laws. > >I would make that "most Americans". But only after they finish their >current crusade to bring back flogging. :) Robin Williams once made the interesting observation that, if you were convicted of sodomy in Georgia, the punishment you were likely to receive consisted of being locked in a cell with somebody who would sodomize you. I'm starting to wonder whether we're liable to see laws passed punishing practioners of sadomasochism with flogging... -- Lefty (lefty(a)apple.com) C:.M:.C:., D:.O:.D:.

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Re: Here they come...
by Tommy the Tourist 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Date: Wed, 11 May 1994 13:20:30 -0400 From: werner(a)mc.ab.com At my company, it is considered to be sexual harrassment if a female finds out that I have a pornographic gif on my computer, even if I never display it. Apparently, just the knowledge that this material exists creates a "hostile" environment. Even if it's a picture of two guys fucking?! Zeke -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.3a iQCVAgUBLdEYeBVg/9j67wWxAQETrwP/RfGfHEXuTFRJgBSDCXgZDX0duW0f4dag BQT8eE9TcaewMRlr08PjNh4Z2kKaQowi5mjTInO1AYvKz65DLK4lRhSmRdPH7x/F UVL06nAPeovpUWDKBQqePNGxxaRZIYih0pX7eIzw+q/od+8sgt9XVShAtsC9+Oez v0NJAaO0v80= =MBod -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------ To respond to the sender of this message, send mail to remailer(a)soda.berkeley.edu, starting your message with the following 7 lines: :: Response-Key: ideaclipper ====Encrypted-Sender-Begin==== MI@```$YS^P;+]AB?X9TW6\8WR:>P&2'9,7.YM5[DE'E9<EH^(N486&_-'^\M F:^P1EJAUQ*`OV76-.KJK^:N6J&LXP`*REAL+(A%F6J(6&Q)U"O0` ====Encrypted-Sender-End====

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Re: Here they come...
by werner＠mc.ab.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>Date: Wed, 11 May 1994 11:21:55 -0400 >From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry(a)snark.imsi.com> > >"Jim Sewell" says: >> Unfortunately, newsgroups like alt.sex.bestiality and erotica picture >> groups make this point hard to defend against. > >Alt.sex.bestiality is full of jokes about bestiality, not real >suggestions about it. There are no newsgroups devoted to pedophillia, >nor are pedophiles a visible presense in the erotic pictures newsgroups. There is an occasional gif of bestiality in alt.sex.bestiality, but if potential net.cops want pictures to make them sick when they look at them, alt.binaries.pictures.tasteless is much better for that. At my company, it is considered to be sexual harrassment if a female finds out that I have a pornographic gif on my computer, even if I never display it. Apparently, just the knowledge that this material exists creates a "hostile" environment. Since viewing pornography is one of my few remaining vices, I am very concerned with this issue. I do not need cryptography for planning terrorist attacks, but it may not be long before the majority decide that the existance of girlie pictures is an affront to women everywhere, and must be stamped out. In that case, I will probably revert to being a criminal. Hopefully by then the cryptographic tools to work around the law will be well-honed. I have heard that in Canada it is already illegal to even possess drawings or stories that depict pedophilia. I am sure that many Americans would have no objection to similar laws. tw

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Enhanced One-time pad available:
by jpinson＠fcdarwin.org.ec 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Greetings Cypherpunks. After a lengthy test period, I am releasing the first official version of OTP-PC (there is no change from the beta version). The file otp-10.zip may be found on: wuarchive.wustl.edu /pub/MSDOS_UPLOADS/cryptography (the same directory as Secdev) I have also posted the file to the cypherpunks directory on soda.berkeley.com. Attempts to find out when/where otp will be posted on soda have not been answered. (My cypherpunks mail has stopped, so there may be a problem there) If you problems finding otp-10.zip, please send me a message and I will send it to you via PGP ASCII-armor. If any one can provide a FTP site for me to post OTP-PC, please let me know. Description: ------------- This is the first public release of OTP-PC, which is a MS-DOS implementation of the one-time pad or Vernam Cipher. The one-time pad is the only encryption method proven to be unbreakable. Complete source, of course! OTP-PC features: -Automatic compression of plain text messages prior to encryption. Compression reduces consumption of the pad, and masks the size of the original document. (compression can be overridden) -Automatic wiping of the pad (codebook), to prevent reuse on both encryption and decryption. -Wiping and deletion of intermediate compressed files. -Two stage cipher text headers. The first stage header is un- encrypted, and contains information needed to start decryption. The second stage contains sensitive information (CRC etc), and is encrypted. -A 32 bit CRC stored in the encrypted header verifies reconstruction of the original file. -A verbose mode which displays encryption/decryption statistics. Thanks, Jim Pinson -Galapagos jpinson(a)fcdarwin.org.ec

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Tessera, National ID card
by jim＠bilbo.suite.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I have recently started exchanging e-mail with the Technology Writer for the Dallas Morning News (Tom Steinert-Threlkeld). He is interested in new angles for Clipper/Tessera articles. He is currently looking for opinions on whether Tessera (or a sibling) will be/could be used in the U.S. Card mentioned in yesterday's RISK column. If you have anything you would like to say about this, send it to me. I will collect the replies and forward them to Tom. Indicate in your reply if you want me to withhold your name/eaddr. Jim_Miller(a)suite.com

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Re: Another sensationalist Newsweek Article
by Tom Allard 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > The May 16th newsweek has an article on comparing women and men is > cyberspace. It's blatantly biased, portraying men as sex-starved, > war-mongering, unsensitive geeks, and women as the perfect example of > what society should REALLY be. Maybe you otta forward them something from Barbera Abernathy. And just how, might I ask, did they determine the sex of various posters. Heck, as far as you know I'm another Mark Ethan Smith. And there are LOTS of users with logins like fd9465 and the like. Heck, I can't always determine gender in *real* life! > I'm growing tired of these sensationalist articles in the popular press, > that serve to only alienate the denizens of cyberspace and scare off the > civilians. I've also noticed several notorious loons being quoted in the mainstream. Dave Hayes & John Palmer jump to mind, and you can just bet that Detweiler is talking to these people, although probably using a different name each time. rgds-- TA (tallard(a)frb.gov) I don't speak for the Federal Reserve Board, they don't speak for me. pgp fingerprint: 10 49 F5 24 F1 D9 A7 D6 DE 14 25 C8 C0 E2 57 9D -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.5 iQCVAgUBLdE1C6AudFplx0TNAQFl2wP+O+tt+IKuSREeP2k7Zx6LC8SMEwTDtU8e Dbia4SLd6oHv0meMifwDHtO6/x+eWmbib+8TQrNWGcJW3C991ycM39Z0PLK2rW1B sl/tYbp1cUPztsoj60tRGjogFE9ZkOaiQCv8C3fUG1Y/U8+5yN9UZtNmLJG01ysC SozS2AfavVs= =YP1X -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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*Here they come
by Gary Jeffers 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Lefty reports some really nasty political facts in *Here they come about what constitutes sexual harassment. Would it be sexual harasse- ment to put up signs saying "DEATH TO THE POLITICALLY CORRECT" OR "DEATH TO STATISTS". Or, you could wear buttons or drop the phrases casually in conversations. It would surely be protected speech by the 1st Amendment. In case pressure was brought against you, you could just say "hey, I was only kidding." I think that we should think past behavior that bothers us in certain cases &, instead, think about the kinds of people who constantly sanction this behavior. When these people realized that we morally sanctioned their deaths, they would be less pushy. Or, at least, we could help redefine "hostile environment" for them. hey, its just a goof, Gary Jeffers

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