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Crypto moves forward: Commerce Dept panel and SAFE markup
by Declan McCullagh 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

X-POP3-Rcpt: declan(a)relay.pathfinder.com X-Sender: declan(a)mail.pathfinder.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 18:17:09 -0400 To: fight-censorship-announce(a)vorlon.mit.edu From: Declan McCullagh <declan(a)well.com> Subject: FC: Crypto moves forward: Commerce Dept panel and SAFE markup Sender: owner-fight-censorship-announce(a)vorlon.mit.edu Reply-To: declan(a)well.com X-FC-URL: Fight-Censorship is at http://www.eff.org/~declan/fc/ Encryption is again bubbling to the surface of Washington politics. Today the Department of Commerce announced that it was creating a new committee to advise it on crypto-issues. A department official told me it would be composed of "businesses that export encryption," and interested parties have 15 working days to file comments. A way for the White House to split industry opposition and persuade high tech firms to buy into key escrow? Hmm... On the Hill, crypto legislation that would lift export controls is about to advance farther than ever before. (Last fall, Sen. Exon killed any chance that pro-crypto legislation had in the 104th Congress.) Rep. Bob Goodlatte's crypto bill (SAFE) will move to subcommittee markup next Tuesday at 2 pm in Rayburn 2237. After the full committee reports the bill, it moves to the international relations committee. Sen. Conrad Burns also would like to move forward with his Pro-CODE bill in May. Problem is, Goodlatte's SAFE bill, which has about 70 cosponsors, does more than just relax export controls and prohibit mandatory key escrow. It also creates new criminal penalties for using encryption to further a criminal act. Now, some say that it's innocuous -- and a good tradeoff for getting export controls lifted -- but I'm not convinced. When encryption is widespread and present in telephones, radios, cell phones, wireless modems, web browsers, televisions, and maybe light switches, *any use* of any electronic appliance will involve encryption. (Who wants a hacker playing with your toaster?) Remember that Maryland bill that would criminalize sending "annoying" or "harassing" email? If the Goodlatte bill became law, Marylanders who signed their messages with PGP or telnetted to local ISPs could be slammed with an all-expenses-paid trip to the Federal pen for five years. In other words, SAFE would turn state misdemeanors into Federal felonies. This is not good. A coalition of groups is sending a letter to Goodlatte tomorrow supporting the bill but expressing concern over the criminalization provision. Interested in signing on? Email David Sobel: sobel(a)epic.org. -Declan ***************** Security and Freedom Through Encryption (SAFE) Act (Introduced in the House) `Sec. 2805. Unlawful use of encryption in furtherance of a criminal act `Any person who willfully uses encryption in furtherance of the commission of a criminal offense for which the person may be prosecuted in a court of competent jurisdiction-- `(1) in the case of a first offense under this section, shall be imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or fined in the amount set forth in this title, or both; and `(2) in the case of a second or subsequent offense under this section, shall be imprisoned for not more than 10 years, or fined in the amount set forth in this title, or both.'. ***************** Federal Register, April 24, 1997: DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE President's Export Council Subcommittee on Encryption; Notice of Establishment The Secretary of Commerce has determined that the establishment of the President's Export Council Subcommittee on Encryption is in the public interest in connection with the performance of duties imposed on the Department by law. The Subcommittee will advise the Secretary, through the Assistant Secretary for Export Administration, on matters pertinent to the implementation of an encryption policy that will support the growth of commerce while protecting the public safety and national security. The Subcommittee will consist of approximately 25 members to be appointed by the Secretary to assure a balanced representation among the exporting community and those Government agencies with a mandate to implement policy regarding encryption. The Subcommittee will function solely as an advisory body. Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding the establishment of the Subcommittee to Lee Ann Carpenter, Committee Liaison Officer, OAS/EA/BXA, U.S. Department of Commerce, MS: 3886C, Washington, D.C., 20230. Telephone: 202-482-2583. FAX: 202-501-8024. Dated: April 18, 1997. Sue E. Eckert, Assistant Secretary for Export Administration. [Thanks to JYA. --Declan] ------------------------- Time Inc. The Netly News Network Washington Correspondent http://netlynews.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is public. To join fight-censorship-announce, send "subscribe fight-censorship-announce" to majordomo(a)vorlon.mit.edu. More information is at http://www.eff.org/~declan/fc/

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Cato forum on liquor advertising and electronic media
by Declan McCullagh 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 16:32:35 -0700 (PDT) From: Declan McCullagh <declan(a)well.com> To: fight-censorship-announce(a)vorlon.mit.edu Subject: Cato forum on liquor advertising and electronic media It was about a year ago when I wrote that just about every Federal agency was scheming to regulate the Net. I take no pleasure in saying I was right: we've seen agencies from the FDA to the FTC to the PTO try to grab a piece of cyberspace. Indeed, last Friday at an Internet Caucus briefing, FTC Commissioner Christine Varney said new regulations and laws were necessary; she predicted FTC regulations would be forthcoming later this year. The Center for Media Education is trying to accelerate this process. In a fearmongering report earlier this year, the group demanded that a slew of government agencies -- the FCC, FDA, FTC, CDC, NCI, and the WHO -- take "urgent agction" to "protect" America's children from tobacco and liquor advertising online. Sound familiar? It should. Net-nemesis Sen. Exon and conservative activists like Bruce Taylor and Donna Rice-Hughes trotted out the same lines two years ago when arguing for the Communications Decency Act. The Cato Institute is holding a forum next month on just this issue. Attached is the announcement and an excerpt from the CME report. -Declan ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 10:44:06 -0400 (EDT) From: Robin Hulsey <rhulsey(a)cato.org> The Cato Institute invites you to a Policy Forum Liquor Advertising and the Electronic Media featuring Fred Meister Distilled Spirits Council of the United States Dan Troy Wiley, Rein & Fielding Sam Kazman Competitive Enterprise Institute Heather Mizeur Rep. Joseph Kennedy Tom Howarth * Mothers Against Drunk Driving For years makers of "hard" liquor refrained from advertising their products over radio and television, but last year some companies began doing so. Some companies have also established an advertising presence on the Internet. Is this free speech protected by the First Amendment, or is it a new health threat that should be subject to regulation? Tuesday, May 6, 1997 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. (Reception to follow) Cato Institute 1000 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington, DC 20001 To register, news media please call Robin Hulsey at (202) 789-5293 or E-mail to rhulsey(a)cato.org. * invited **************** Excerpt from: Center for Media Education Report http://tap.epn.org/cme/execsum.html Alcohol and Tobacco on the Web: New Threats to Youth Executive Summary The combination of these new Web marketing technologies gives marketers of alcohol and tobacco an arsenal of powerful new weapons. Urgent action is needed to ensure that effective safeguards are put in place to protect young people from the harmful effects of online marketing of alcohol and tobacco. Because of the unique nature of the interactive media, many of these new forms of advertising, of particular appeal to youth, appear to be inherently unfair and deceptive. Some of these practices may already be violating the law. The Cigarette Act, which has since 1971 kept advertising of cigarettes off radio and television, applies to "any medium of electronic communication subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Communications Commission" and thus would be applicable to the Internet as well. The alcohol industries have not been subjected to the same kinds of legal barriers to advertising as tobacco. However, all advertising, including online advertising, is subject to the current laws against deceptive, unfair, or other illegal practices. [...] Among the recommendations for action, the Center for Media Education calls for the following steps to combat the online promotion of alcohol and tobacco products to young people: 1. Congress should conduct hearings on the online marketing of alcohol and tobacco to the nation's children. 2. The Federal Trade Commission should use its authority over unfair and deceptive advertising to immediately launch an investigation into these practices. The FTC should also expand its current inquiry on online privacy to include alcohol and tobacco marketing data-collection practices. 3. The Food and Drug Administration should carefully monitor online tobacco promotion developments and develop any additional safeguards needed to protect youth that are not already covered by the Cigarette Act. 4. Federal agencies responsible for the public health, including the National Cancer Institute and the Centers for Disease Control, should examine the implications for public health of online marketing of alcohol and tobacco products. 5. The national public health community, including professional medical organizations, should launch initiatives to educate their members and the public about this issue. 6. The international health community, including the World Health Organization, should launch similar inquiries. Special attention should be given to the negative consequences of new media marketing in the developing world. The U.S. should play a leadership role in the international arena to create effective global safeguards. 7. Parents and educators should help educate our nation's youth about these new dangers. They should establish policies in the schools to limit exposure of underage youth to these sites. 8. Alcohol industries should abide by their own self-regulatory codes and stop targeting youth in all media, including online. 9. Cigarette companies should refrain from moving onto the Internet to market and promote their products. If companies fail to comply with the Cigarette Act, appropriate legal action should be taken. ###

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Re: Cato forum on liquor advertising and electronic media
by Blanc 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Declan McCullagh wrote: >The Center for Media Education is trying to accelerate this process. In a >fearmongering report earlier this year, the group demanded that a slew of >government agencies -- the FCC, FDA, FTC, CDC, NCI, and the WHO -- take >"urgent agction" to "protect" America's children from tobacco and liquor >advertising online. ............................................... I wish these people would go live in the U.S.S.R., or something.(*) They are the ones who give the Censors of the World support for the idea that it's okay to instigate restrictions against free expression, because obviously the people want it - they're calling for it. It doesn't matter that it's not a Good Thing to limit expression; it's a matter of majority interest. I wish they would all go down to the sea together. But I'm being depressingly negative. Anyway, who cares. As long as there are innovators creating high techology and useful software, one can always stay steps ahead, right. (*) yes, I know it doesn't exist anymore. Too bad. Some people belong in a State like that. Where they can live with each other and never grow up, but only wither away from atrophy of the mind. .. Blanc

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Re: [CRYPTO] e$
by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Now is the time for all good little boys to cum in Tim May's big mouth. \|/ @ @ -oOO-(_)-OOo- Tim May

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Re: Cato forum on liquor advertising and electronic media
by Blanc 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Greg Broiles wrote: >Indeed - I frequently find myself wondering who really won the cold war. The >"free world" seems to be adopting the totalitarian/surveillance-state tactics >and behaviors usually ascribed to the nations which "lost" the cold war; but >the "losers" seem to have a much better grasp of the importance of human >freedom than the "winners" do. ..................................................... I think it's because, having suffered through many years of totalitarian beneficence, they know first-hand what it really means to live that way: whereas our friends & neighbors over here can only imagine the good things and "benefits" that they envision for everyone, the ones who have lived through it know what it really looks like and how it really feels to be on the receiving end. It is unfortunate that our innocence can be a drawback to realizing the effects or consequences of blanket policies, those one-size-fits-all arrangements which are supposed to "help us" into becoming better persons against our will. Reading history apparently doesn't make an impact on some people, sometimes they just have to be there, to see first-hand what it means to experience their grand designs. That's why I really wish that these people would get what they wish for - that they could live, with all voluntary parties in full consent, the kind of restrictive setups they are always calling for. I guess Singapore is the closest thing to that at this time, where they appear to live pretty much a pre-determined existence and don't leave, although they are free to do so. Too bad it's a small island and can't fit many more similarly minded types. Maybe one day in the future all the control freaks and their submissive followers will gravitate to certain parts of the world and everyone else to others, and there will be peace & happiness throughout the planet. :-) .. Blanc

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Re: Do government employees have freedom of speech?On Thu, 24 Apr 1997, Adam Back w
by Trevor Goodchild 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Sod.Off. --- Trevor Goodchild On Sun, 27 Apr 1997, snow wrote: > Pot. Kettle. Black. >

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Crypto '97: Information and Registration Form
by Bruce Schneier 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

CRYPTO '97 General Information 17-21 August 1997 Santa Barbara, California, USA Crypto '97 is the 17th international conference on cryptology held at the University of California Santa Barbara. The academic program covers all aspects of cryptology; specific papers will be announced on 1 May. Formal proceedings, published by Springer-Verlag, will be provided to all attendees at the conference. Crypto '97 is sponsored by the International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR), in cooperation with the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Security and Privacy, and the Computer Science Department of the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). Program Chair is Burt Kaliski, Jr., and General Chair is Bruce Schneier. In addition to selected and invited papers, there will be a rump session on Tuesday evening for selected informal presentations. Facilities are available for attendees to demonstrate hardware, software, and other items of cryptologic interest. If you are interested, contact the General Chair by 12 June 1997. The social program will include hosted dinner receptions on Monday and Tuesday nights, and a beach barbecue on Wednesday evening. Breakfasts and lunches will be served at the university dining hall. Conference Facilities: The workshop will be held on the campus of the University of California, Santa Barbara. The campus is located adjacent to the Santa Barbara airport and the Pacific Ocean; free shuttle bus service from the airport is available. Reasonably priced accommodations are available in the university dormitories for participants and their registered guests. Children under the age of 13 are not allowed to stay in the dormitories, so those bringing younger children will need to make separate arrangements in one of the nearby hotels (see Hotels, below). Parking on campus is available at no cost to participants, but a permit must be requested on arrival. Smoking inside campus buildings is prohibited. The food is good. Registration: The conference is open to all interested parties, but the number of attendees at the workshop is limited to 500; pre-registration is strongly advised. To register, fill out the accompanying registration form and return it to the address on the form along with payment in full before 12 July 1997. Those bringing a guest are also required to submit the guest registration form. Campus accommodations will be available on a first come, first served basis for attendees who register by 12 July 12 1997. Registrations received after 12 July 1997 may be accepted if space is available but cannot be guaranteed. The conference fee includes participation in the program and all social functions, as well as membership in the IACR and a subscription to the Journal of Cryptology. The room and board charges include dormitory lodging Sunday night through Wednesday night, and breakfast and lunch on Monday through Thursday. Technical sessions will run from Monday morning to Thursday noon, with a free half day on Tuesday afternoon. A limited number of stipends are available to students unable to obtain funding. Students are invited to apply if such assistance is needed. Requests for stipends should be received by the General Chair before 14 June 1997. Students registering for the conference need to provide verification of their student status with a letter from their Supervisor or Department Chair and a photocopy of their student ID card. Preference will be given to students whose papers are accepted and who will present the papers themselves Cancellations received, in writing, by the General Chair by 15 July 1997 will be considered for a refund in full minus $75 for a copy of the Proceedings and handling costs. No refunds will be made for cancellations received after 15 July 1997, but a copy of the conference Proceedings will be mailed to those registered but unable to attend. Travel Information: The campus is located approximately two miles from the Santa Barbara airport, which is served by several airlines including American, American West, Delta, United, and US Air. Complimentary shuttle bus service will be provided between the Santa Barbara airport and the campus on Sunday and Thursday afternoons. All major rental car agencies are represented in Santa Barbara. AMTRAK also has rail connections from both San Francisco and Los Angeles. Santa Barbara is approximately 100 miles (160 km) north of the Los Angeles airport and 350 miles (560 km) south of San Francisco. Hotels: For those who choose not to stay in the dormitories, the following is a partial list of hotels in the area. Those who choose to stay off campus are responsible for making their own reservations, and early reservations are advised since August is a popular season in Santa Barbara. Note that Goleta is closer to UCSB than Santa Barbara is to UCSB, but a car will probably be required to travel between any hotel and the campus. All prices are subject to change: prices should be confirmed by calling the hotels directly. However, mention Crypto '97 at UCSB when you are making your reservations, since at several of the hotels you will be eligible for the university rate, which can be a significant savings. We are not able to book block rooms in these hotels, so please make reservations as early as possible. The quality of the hotels ranges from rather expensive beach-front resorts to basic inexpensive accommodations. For further information, try contacting the Santa Barbara Convention and Visitors Center, +1 805 966 9222, or see http://www.iacr.org. South Coast Inn: 5620 Calle Real, Goleta, CA 93117. Single rate $89; double rate $94. Contact Ms. Murrill Forrester at +1 805 967 3200. Cathedral Oaks Lodge (formerly Turnpike Lodge): 4770 Calle Real, Santa Barbara, CA, 93110. Single rates $75 and up; double rates $85 and up. No university rates available. Prices include breakfast. Telephone +1 805 964 3511; fax +1 805 964 0075. Motel 6: 5897 Calle Real, Goleta, CA 93117. Single rate $36.99; double rate $42.99. Telephone +1 805 891 6161 or the national reservations number. The Sandman Inn: 3714 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. Rates start at $79. Telephone: +1 805 687 2468; fax +1 805 687 6581. Miramar Hotel (Beachfront): Three miles south of Santa Barbara on U.S. 101 at San Ysidro turnoff. No specific single or double rates. Rooms begin at $75. Telephone +1 805 969 2203; fax +1 805 969 3163. Pepper Tree Inn: 3850 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. Single rate $114; double rate $124. Telephone +1 805 687 5511; fax +1 805 682 2410. Encina Lodge: 2220 Bath Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. Single rate $120; double rate $124. Telephone +1 805 682 7277; fax +1 805 563 9319. Pacifica Suites: Located close to the campus (just down Ward Memorial Blvd./Highway 217), 5500 Hollister Avenue, Santa Barbara, CA 93111. Normal rates begin at $135 for a suite. Includes full cooked breakfast. Telephone +1 805 683 6722; fax +1 805 683 4121. Upham Hotel: This is a bed-and-breakfast in downtown Santa Barbara. 1404 De La Vina Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Rates begin at $110. (You must mention that you are attending the Crypto conference.) Telephone +1 805 962 0058; fax +1 805 963 2825. The El Encanto Hotel: This renovated hotel is located in the foothills near downtown Santa Barbara. 1900 Lasuen Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. Rates begin at $140. Telephone +1 805 687 5000; fax +1 805 687 3903. To register, print and mail the following form: --------------------------------------------------------------------- CRYPTO '97 Registration Form Registration deadline: July 12, 1997 Last Name: ________________________________________________________ First Name: ____________________________________ Sex: M or F _______ Affiliation: _______________________________________________________ Mailing Address: ___________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ Phone: ___________________________ Fax: ____________________________ Electronic Mail: ___________________________________________________ ___ Check here if you wish to have your name and address excluded from the list of delegates. Payment of the conference fee entitles you to membership in the International Association for Cryptologic Research for 1998 at no extra charge, including a subscription to the Journal of Cryptology, published by Springer-Verlag, at no extra charge. Do you wish to be an IACR member? ___ YES ___ NO ___ Check here if you with to have your name and address excluded from the IACR membership listing. Conference Registration Fee (check first line that applies): Paid by July 12 After July 12 ___ Full-Time Student $211 $291 ___ Attended Eurocrypt '97 $350 $430 ___ Regular Registration $422 $502 $ _________ ___ Guest Attendance (social program only) $60 Guest's Name________________________ $ _________ Room Sunday to Thursday (non-smoking) with breakfast and lunch Monday through Thursday ___ Single room $290 ___ Double room $230 Roommate's name: _____________________ $ _________ Extra nights at $70 single, $55 double, per person, per night ___ Saturday night $ _____ ___ Thursday night $ _____ $ _________ TOTAL ENCLOSED OR PAID BY CREDIT CARD: $ _________ Enclosed payments must be in U.S. funds: by check drawn on a U.S. bank, by U.S. money order, or by U.S. bank draft, payable to CRYPTO '97. Credit card payments are accepted by either mail or fax. Check one: __ VISA ___ MasterCard ___ American Express Name on card: ___________________________________________ Card number: ___________________________ Expires: ______ Cardholder's signature: _________________________________ Send forms and enclosed payments to: For more information: Bruce Schneier, Crypto '97 Email: crypto97(a)iacr.org Counterpane Systems WWW: http://www.iacr.org 101 E Minnehaha Parkway Phone: +1 612 823 1998 Minneapolis, MN 55419 USA Fax: +1 612 823 1590 ************************************************************************** * Bruce Schneier For information on APPLIED CRYPTOGRAPHY * Counterpane Systems 2nd EDITION (15% discount and errata), * schneier(a)counterpane.com Counterpane Systems's consulting services, * http://www.counterpane.com/ or the Blowfish algorithm, see my website. **************************************************************************

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17 Dec '03

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Tim's Tag Bi-Line
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>--Tim May > >There's something wrong when I'm a felon under an increasing number of laws. ---------- In response to Tim's tag line and to BXA's claim (twinned by NSA, FBI, CIA and DoJ) of training Janus crypto-narcs to snare dual-use miscreants: http://guru.cosc.georgetown.edu/~denning/cosc511/ Information Warfare: Terrorism, Crime, and National Security Prof. Dorothy E. Denning This course will study the nature of information warfare, including computer crime and information terrorism, in the global information infrastructure as it relates to national security, defense policy, economic security, organizational security, and personal security. Students will gain an understanding of the threats and vulnerabilities, including military and economic espionage, denial of service, destruction and modification of data, distortion and fabrication of information, forgery, control and disruption of information flow, electronic bombs, and psyops and perception management. They will learn about attacks and countermeasures, including authentication, encryption, auditing, monitoring, and firewalls, and the limitations of those countermeasures. They will learn about cyberspace law enforcement and investigations, information warfare and the military, and intelligence in the information age. Information technology policy and ethics will be examined. ----- This is not to single out the duality of Professor Denning/Mr. Denning. There are several similar dual-use courses being taught at civ-mi schools as market-wise institutions-governments scramble for funds-taxes by promising results to job-needy scientists-engineers and students-citizens. Heed the dual-use market/cartel, be an infoartist/informer, an inside-lawyer/outlaw; practice selfless public archy, greedy secret anarchy. That's the ticket for wise guys-gals, go either way as the bi-wind blows and stills.

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Deloitte-Touche: Fraud and the Net
by Robert Hettinga 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

--- begin forwarded text X-Sender: oldbear(a)pop.tiac.net Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 19:06:41 -0400 To: Digital Commerce Society of Boston <dcsb(a)ai.mit.edu> From: The Old Bear <oldbear(a)arctos.com> Subject: Deloitte-Touche: Fraud and the Net Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: bounce-dcsb(a)ai.mit.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: The Old Bear <oldbear(a)arctos.com> FRAUD AND THE NET A Deloitte & Touche report commissioned by the European Union says that cross-border fraud involving Internet abuse, banking and investment frauds, and smuggling is costing society $77 billion a year. The report suggests that perhaps the largest single threat comes from fraud through the Internet, because encryption technology remains vulnerable to sophisticated computer vandals. source: Financial Times April 24, 1997 Anyone have a pointer to the full report or a more detailed abstract? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To unsubscribe from the dcsb list, send a letter to: Majordomo(a)ai.mit.edu In the body of the message, write: unsubscribe dcsb Or, to subscribe, write: subscribe dcsb If you have questions, write to me at Owner-DCSB(a)ai.mit.edu --- end forwarded text ----------------- Robert Hettinga (rah(a)shipwright.com) Philodox e$, 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "...Wells Fargo's on-line banking sucks dead gerbils through a dirty garden hose." -- Eric Murray The e$ Home Page: http://www.shipwright.com/

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