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Where to find RIPEM/SIG (an exportable version of RIPEM)
by Christopher Allen 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Though I've not seen much traffic here in cypherpunks on the new exportable version of RIPEM/SIG, I do think that its latest release is significant. RIPEM/SIG plus the new version of RSAREF is going to allow my firm to do some development on products that were not realizable with PGP (because of export controls, as well as licensing and patent issues.) For those of you who are also interested in the exportable RIPEM/SIG version 1.2a, the files are now available via anonymous ftp or by using Mosaic/World-Wide-Web. Unlike the binaries for RIPEM 1.2a, these files are available via anonymous ftp -- you don't need an account on the server to download the files (in order to get an account you have send an email message saying that you are an US or Canadian user.) The press release on RIPEM/SIG from Mark Riordan <mrr(a)scss3.cl.msu.edu> is at: ftp://ripem.msu.edu/pub/crypt/ripem/ripemsig/posting Binary files are at: ftp://ripem.msu.edu/pub/crypt/ripem/ripemsig/binaries/ ripemsig-68030-macintosh-commandline-1.2a.sit.hqx ftp://ripem.msu.edu/pub/crypt/ripem/ripemsig/binaries/ ripemsig-80x86-dos-vanilla-1.2a.exe ftp://ripem.msu.edu/pub/crypt/ripem/ripemsig/binaries/ ripemsig-hppa-hpux9.01-1.2a ftp://ripem.msu.edu/pub/crypt/ripem/ripemsig/binaries/ ripemsig-ibm-rs6000-aix3.2-1.2a ftp://ripem.msu.edu/pub/crypt/ripem/ripemsig/binaries/ ripemsig-sparc-sunos4.1.1-1.2a There does not seem to be separate documentation for RIPEM/SIG yet, so I guess you have to use the documentation for RIPEM 1.2a: ftp://ripem.msu.edu/pub/crypt/ripem/ripem.man ftp://ripem.msu.edu/pub/crypt/ripem/ripemusr.doc ftp://ripem.msu.edu/pub/crypt/ripem/ripemusr.txt A current list of RIPEM public keys is at: ftp://ripem.msu.edu/pub/crypt/ripem/pubkeys.txt The new RSAREF source code that RIPEM/SIG is based on was made available today the rsa.com server. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ..Christopher Allen Consensus Development Corporation.. ..<consensus(a)netcom.com> 4104-24th Street #419.. .. San Francisco, CA 94114-3615.. .. o415/647-6383 f415/647-6384.. ..Mosaic/World-Wide-Web Front Door: .. ..ftp://netcom7.netcom.com/pub/consensus/www/ConsensusFrontDoor.html ..

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CORRECTION: RSAREF Version Number is 2.0
by Christopher Allen 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 5:03 AM 3/22/94 -0800, Christopher Allen wrote: >Some people asked after my last message how to get the latest version of >RSAREF 1.2 -- it can be found on RSA's anonymous ftp server. Sorry about that, just doing some typing too late at night. The brand new version of RSAREF is 2.0. Otherwise all the other information in my previous message should be correct. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ..Christopher Allen Consensus Development Corporation.. ..<consensus(a)netcom.com> 4104-24th Street #419.. .. San Francisco, CA 94114-3615.. .. o415/647-6383 f415/647-6384.. ..Mosaic/World-Wide-Web Front Door: .. ..ftp://netcom7.netcom.com/pub/consensus/www/ConsensusFrontDoor.html ..

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CLIPPER CHIP ON LIMBAUGH
by Sandy Sandfort 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

C'punks, For those of you who don't listen to Rush Limbaugh, he just did a couple of minutes on the Clipper chip. He was not favorable. He specifically mentioned that it would be voluntary "for now," to which he added that this is always how such things start from the government. His layman's explanation was that Clipper chip would be put in every phone and computer to easily allow the government to tap its communications. He mentioned the Skipjack algorithm in passing, and seemed to have a pretty good grasp of Clipper and its implications. Time for us to target Rush's show with anti-Clipper calls? His contact information is: phone 800 282 2882 fax 212 563 9166 e-mail 70277.2502(a)compuserve.com Radio show hours are noon to 3:00pm EST S a n d y

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Re: Administrivia: Questi
by terry.smith＠canrem.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Robert A. hayden wrote |-------------------------------| >(GEEK CODE 1.0.1) GAT d- -p+(---) c++(++++) l++ u++ e+/* m++(*)@ s-/++ > n-(---) h+(*) f+ g+ w++ t++ r++ y+(*) |-------------------------------| Ok - I'm going to have to come out and admit that I have no idea what the geek code is and I'm dying to know.... Terry Smith - XANTH sysop - 1:259/510 CI$ 70733,3013 PGP 2.3A KEY FREQABLE AS 'KEY'. My opinions are not that of my company. But one day they WILL be! And then - the -+*WORLD*+- Bwaw ha ha !!. Read the Tick and others by NEC. Geraldo - "So, Mr. Smith, you admit you like to eat babies!" Me - "Nono - I admit I like to eat BABES!" --- * TLX v1.55 * Yeah, he seems to be the "black sheep" of the administrat

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stupid MacPGP question
by Stanton McCandlish 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I seem to be unable to get Mac PGP to strip old IDs off my key. I never get the option to do so, just add new ones. What's the trick? -- Stanton McCandlish * mech(a)eff.org * Electronic Frontier Found. OnlineActivist "In a Time/CNN poll of 1,000 Americans conducted last week by Yankelovich Partners, two-thirds said it was more important to protect the privacy of phone calls than to preserve the ability of police to conduct wiretaps. When informed about the Clipper Chip, 80% said they opposed it." - Philip Elmer-Dewitt, "Who Should Keep the Keys", TIME, Mar. 14 1994

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Breaking RSA
by fhalper＠pilot.njin.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I read an article in the New York Times business section today, and it talked a out how RSa may be close to being broken, thanks to the help of the Internet. I have two questions: A) If it is broken will PGP no longer be safe. B) Does the gov't have any involvement, since they have an awfully large stake? Thanks, Reuben Halper -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.3 mQCPAi16KosAAAEEAMUwRni4a9+GbuAhHDLcBWK60hCJUYxhr2hYokpELAhx0ejp 2fq61Tu9Hjn051CN8Xy5nu6sv2ODfG/t59l4DJSb5pirQaII3zaX0rMX0ydwGDoW YakL4ow1lNY+d/k14KpIuUW404+fNuNhIGSkdVLQIfbOgh0preK7/P44AKvdABEB AAG0JlJldWJlbiBIYWxwZXIgPGZoYWxwZXJAcGlsb3Qubmppbi5uZXQ+iQCVAgUQ LXorceK7/P44AKvdAQEUxwQAoffTibRlwE5tNQVGvrulh1OQgXNhTRec9vUaUwPy U64FIZ+KnmdfYgiJYXtcItA90EB9MDexazKeqJzMOPShVNOfyiwy2yUlnQs425f8 DxBvM//zuvj6s4/mXDTPUZtG9PP0HVaEGTJY15JdfRqtj/w+HHnsHlgCnj0NnIhX TW8= =D9UX -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

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Parker on Clipper PAGE 20?
by fnerd＠smds.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> In the 21-Mar-94 issue of Computerworld p.4 the following statment is > attributed to Donn Parker of SRI, "We have to make strong, nonescrow > encryption a crime"... In my copy it's on page 20, in the article, "Users blast government encryption plan," by Gary H. Anthes. Maybe I've got an east coast edition or something, it doesn't say so as far as I can tell. -fnerd - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - blue pill, Pharm. a pill of blue mass, used as an alterative... alterative, adj. tending to alter... -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.3a aKxB8nktcBAeQHabQP/d7yhWgpGZBIoIqII8cY9nG55HYHgvt3niQCVAgUBLMs3K ui6XaCZmKH68fOWYYySKAzPkXyfYKnOlzsIjp2tPEot1Q5A3/n54PBKrUDN9tHVz 3Ch466q9EKUuDulTU6OLsilzmRvQJn0EJhzd4pht6hSnC1R3seYNhUYhoJViCcCG sRjLQs4iVVM= =9wqs -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: CLIPPER CHIP ON LIMBAUGH
by gtoal＠an-teallach.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

: You obviously don't understand much of the "loud-mouthed ass's psychology." : Limbaugh is very anti-statist and if he had a position on the issue : there's a good change it would be anti-clipper. Last time I checked, : the clipper's biggest supporters were Clinton and Gore, who aren't exactly : Rush's favorite people. Oh, I just meant that by all reports he seems to be driven to disagree with anyone who tries to get him to espouse their favourite pet cause, and that perhaps some kindergarten reverse psychology might be more effective... G

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Re: FWD: RIPEM/SIG - Worldwide Digital Signature Software
by Christopher Allen 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 9:23 PM 3/21/94 -0800, Christopher Allen wrote: >At 12:21 AM 3/19/94 -0700, mdbomber(a)w6yx.stanford.edu wrote: > >I tried turning RIPEM Mac loose on this message and it complains about a > >garbled Originator Certificate, then complains that it does not appear > >to be a PEM/RIPEM message. > > > >Did anyone else get this to work? > >I've tested this further - like you I can't seem to verify the press >release using RIPEM Mac. However, I did find someone with the RIPEM 1.2 >software installed and it does verify with that software. > >I've sent a copy to Ray Lau, the author of RIPEM Mac, as I know that he is >working on incorporating the features of RIPEM 1.2 in the next version of >RIPEM Mac. I did send a report to Ray Lau, the author of RIPEM Mac. This is his response: At 11:13 PM 3/22/94 -0500, raylau(a)MIT.EDU wrote: >I've figured out the problem. > >Jim did indeed change his keypair for RIPEM 1.2 so the forged msg. is >because the keypair in the pubkeys file on rpub.cl.msu.edu is outdated. > >Also, since RIPEM 1.2 now supports certificates, but because it is not >fully PEM compliant, it uses a certificate in a RIPEM 2001 (not PEM 4) >msg. proc-type. I have not had the chance to update RIPEM Mac to >recognize certificates within the 2001 proc type yet. > >So, that is the gist of it. > > -Ray ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ..Christopher Allen Consensus Development Corporation.. ..<consensus(a)netcom.com> 4104-24th Street #419.. .. San Francisco, CA 94114-3615.. .. o415/647-6383 f415/647-6384.. ..Mosaic/World-Wide-Web Front Door: .. ..ftp://netcom7.netcom.com/pub/consensus/www/ConsensusFrontDoor.html ..

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How to control the Internet.
by Bradley W. Dolan 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>From: Blanc Weber <blancw(a)microsoft.com> >To: bdolan(a)well.sf.ca.us >Date: Mon, 21 Mar 94 09:49:56 PST >Subject: RE: How to control Internet? Buy it! >Cc: cypherpunks(a)toad.com >Status: R >>I'm having a nightmare about a Microsoft-like domination of global >>communications, complete with SPA police, etc. >>................................. >Unlike the government, Microsoft and McCaw Cellular both depend upon a >customer-driven market for their acceptance. They must convince their >customers that they are better than the competition in providing a >similar service; they must adjust this service to the customer's >requests & preferences or lose the account. >Blanc That's the way it's supposed to be. What happens in practice - not specifically with Microsoft or McCaw [I don't want to hear from the platoons of lawyers. ;-)] - is that the big guys run down to Washington, pull a few strings, make a few contributions, and ask the government to use its resources and force to ensure that the corporate-desired outcome results. I remember when patents and copyrights were _privileges_ granted to encourage creativity and there was no such thing as "intellectual _property_". I remember a time when the idea of a royalty-tax on blank tapes to pay for presumed copyright infringement was regarded as crazy. bdolan(a)well.sf.ca.us

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