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Australian GAK?
by sdavidm＠iconz.co.nz 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- I've just seen a note to the effect that the (Australian) Senate Economics References Committee has recommended, in their recently tabled report quaintly entitled _Connecting You Now...Telecommunications to the Year 2000_ the establishment of a third party body for the management of public key authentication. The Committee has also recommended the establishment of a national authentication system to be recognised internationally with credibility with the legal system - True Names, most probably. Any c'punks closer to Canberra with the real goods? Dm -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBMPl3Vllo3j8JHzalAQEANgQAqXmbEi26osro0800FHzuDE999Kzfialr zRm4goMk04ZMI1+ciEsmvxZg7zbH3wppCTctPWmnl+Nv0Hrg32/eub3VJMRgeSCT +5pKUovyH7iPhxNxaC9rWSQ5trnndeJwx9FcfHuhOKUVYpMetFdrTWSaAw+GXeA7 3Sabvrab0lk= =ZOOl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- [Palmtop News Reader - Version 1.0]

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No Subject
by A5113643667＠attpls.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Dear Cypherpunks, I believe that ViaCrypt still has one available, altho it is not very popular. Peacd --- NOTICE: This message originally included graphics and/or sounds which can only be received by AT&T PersonaLink(sm) subscribers. You received only the text portion(s) of the message. Please contact the sender for information that was deleted. To learn how to send and receive graphics, voice and text messages via AT&T PersonaLink Services, call 1-800-936-LINK. ---------------- Received: by attpls.net with Magicmail;13 Jan 96 22:11:45 UT Date: 15 Jan 96 02:46:57 UT Sender: owner-cypherpunks(a)toad.com (owner-cypherpunks) From: owner-cypherpunks(a)toad.com (owner-cypherpunks) Subject: RSA accellerators on ISA/PCI cards? To: cypherpunks(a)toad.com (Cypherpunks) Message-Id: <Pine.SOL.3.91.960113125755.22437B-100000@chivalry> X-X-SENDER: ses@chivalry Does anybody have any recommendations for a good RSA accellerator available on an ISA/PCI card? I'm looking for something that can be used with numerous public/private keys, though the ability to have one tamperproof key would be a bonus. Thanks Simon ---- (defun modexpt (x y n) "computes (x^y) mod n" (cond ((= y 0) 1) ((= y 1) (mod x n)) ((evenp y) (mod (expt (modexpt x (/ y 2) n) 2) n)) (t (mod (* x (modexpt x (1- y) n)) n)))) ----------------

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Re: c'punks at RSA conference
by Rich Salz 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I'll be there Thursday. I'm giving the talk scheduled to have been given by Tom Klejna. I'll be talking about DCE security architecture and future directions and how public key fits in. Red-eye flight back east.

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They Thought They Were Free
by mrm＠netcom.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

As long as we're on the subject of recommending books ... a great one is Milton Mayer's "They Thought They Were Free", interviews with ten Germans post-war. The title pretty much sums it up. Mayer was an excellent writer and journalist. The book is hard to find. title: "they thought they were free: the germans, 1933-45" author: milton mayer University of Chicago Press, 1955 ISBN 0-226-51190-1 (cloth) ISBN 0-226-51192-8 (paper) Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 55-5137 One quote at the beginning of the book: The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself "God, I thank Thee, that I am not as other men are." Here's hoping cypherpunks don't start echoing that sentiment ... Marianne

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Re: COMMUNITY CONNEXION...
by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Attila sez: > the SWC is a prime example of very narrow view which is trying to > "control" what we can say --unfortunately, SWC is guilty of the same > mind-control tactics as the core Nazi party which persecuted them == > a very poor example. In Germany, trading on collective guilt they > will never stop feeding, they have effectively controlled the issue > so that _any_ speech or revision against their agenda is a hate crime, > and therefore a serious felony. Sounds like you're a little weak on your history, Attila. Not that I agree with the SWC's policies one bit, but some basic dates and facts - when SW was born, when he founded his C, when WW2 was, what the Nazis did during it and what the SWC has done since, when and how the anti-Nazi and hate speech laws were passed in Germany, whether "any" speech or revision against the SWC's agenda (or do you just mean "JEWS"?), etc - would make pretty short work of your nonsense.

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Re: Fwd: Scrambled software gets an OK
by Bill Stewart 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 08:30 AM 1/13/96 -0800, thad(a)hammerhead.com (Thaddeus J. Beier) wrote: >Scrambled software gets an OK > >-- Exports: Foreign encoding unfair to U.S. firms, Commerce Department says. > >Bloomberg Business News > >WASHINGTON -- The Commerce Department will recommend easing export controls >on encryption software after a study by the department and the National >Security Agency found the restrictions are hurting U.S. firms, Commerce >Secretary Ron Brown said. We discussed this a bit at the Bay Area cpunks meeting yesterday. It'd be fun to know the politics involved and what we'll get out of this, but "easing export controls" could be anything from "dropping the limits on anything but designed-for-the-military crypto" to "64 bits with escrow". And, of course, "we'll release a policy statement in a few months" isn't highly informative either. On the other hand, it's an invitation for lobbying and public comment, so we might as well take advantage of it. #-- # Thanks; Bill # Bill Stewart, stewarts(a)ix.netcom.com, Pager/Voicemail 1-408-787-1281 # # "Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty" used to mean us watching # the government, not the other way around....

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New Puzzle Palace?
by tcmay＠got.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 6:40 PM 1/15/96, grimm(a)MIT.EDU wrote: >Schneier has done a major rewrite, or at least included *lots* of new >info. I haven't gotten a copy yet, but I saw one, and it was twice as >thick as the first version. Are you talking about "The Puzzle Palace," or about "Applied Cryptography"? I thought the thread was about "The Puzzle Palace." It's certainly possible that Bruce Schneier has contributed to a second edition, beyond the Foreward or whatever it is, but your comments fit with "Applied Cryptography" closely, too. Have you seen a copy of "The Puzzle Palace," 2nd Ed.? --Tim May We got computers, we're tapping phone lines, we know that that ain't allowed. ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay(a)got.net 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Higher Power: 2^756839 - 1 | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."

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Re: New Puzzle Palace? Re: CAQ - Secret ...
by tcmay＠got.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 1:08 PM 1/15/96, s1018954(a)aix2.uottawa.ca wrote: >On Sun, 14 Jan 1996, James M. Cobb wrote: > >> James Bamford >> The Puzzle Palace (with a new Afterword) >> Penguin Books >> 1983 > >Schneier's new bibliography mentions a second edition of the book published >in 1995. Is this really a substantively new edition with more material or is >it just being repackaged with a new Afterword? I'm just wondering whether >it is worth buying to someone who has the original. The new edition is supposed to be a substantial rewrite, updating the book to include a lot of the recent stuff on the NSA. Don't quote me, but I think Bamford has a co-author, though I've forgotten who it is. I paid the princely sum of $16.95 in 1982--expensive for a book back then--for "The Puzzle Palace," and read it cover-to-cover (well, I guess I skimmed the footnotes). Even before I got into crypto in a big way, I knew this stuff was important to me. I certainly plan to buy the Second Edition. --Tim May We got computers, we're tapping phone lines, we know that that ain't allowed. ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay(a)got.net 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Higher Power: 2^756839 - 1 | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."

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Eggs at Customs (fwd)
by Lindsay Haisley 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

There has (fortunately!) been a big crackdown recently on the illegal pet bird import trade, something akin to the slave trade of the 19th century for those of us who like pet birds. One of the methods people use to import birds is to wear special vests full of pockets for rare bird eggs. If the person who wrote this was coming in from SE Asia, especially Australia, then this was very possibly the meaning of the question. > >At 8:32 AM 1/15/96, Brad Shantz wrote: >> >>I was asked if I had any eggs. I still don't know why. >> > >Meaning you weren't cleared for expedited handling. My CIA and NSA friends >had alerted me to this question and given me the special answer: > >Me: "Yes, I have green eggs, and ham, too. The eggs in Paris are especially >fresh this time of year." > >This got me waved through. > >--Tim May > > >We got computers, we're tapping phone lines, we know that that ain't allowed. >---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- >Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, >tcmay(a)got.net 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero >W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, >Higher Power: 2^756839 - 1 | black markets, collapse of governments. >"National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway." > > > > > (______) Lindsay Haisley (oo) "The bull FMP Computer Services /------\/ stops here!" fmouse(a)fmp.com / | || Austin, Texas, USA * ||---|| * * * * * * (512) 259-1190 ~~ ~~ http://www.fmp.com

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Re: CDA Yes Votes; Collection
by tallpaul＠pipeline.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

On Feb 09, 1996 05:56:13, 'Duncan Frissell <frissell(a)panix.com>' wrote: > >If you are deeply upset by the high-handed manner in which the legislature >has screwed around with your life, welcome to the club. Every bill they >pass and every regulation upsets someone just as badly as you are upset. >That is why some of us want less legislation and less regulation to minimize >just this sort of human suffering. Maybe next time those of you who are >into "proactive" government will think before you crush other people's lives. > >DCF > Isn't it the libertarian types on the list who are into mass killings of civilians with nukes and the "socialist statists" who tend to oppose it? How does this square with your view that it is people into "'proactive' government" who are "crush[ing] other people's lives?" It seems to me having your city nuked is a tad more likely to produce the crushing. Normally, I would not be the first to post this onto cypherpunks, but since *you* did I'm game for another seemingly off-topic discussion. --tallpaul

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