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Re: NYT on German Net Police
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Robert Hettinga wrote: >> Recall a previous report that Kohl and other heads of state are >> to meet in Denver on June 20-22 to plan a global attack >> on "cyber-terrorism," including the spread of encryption: >> >> http://jya.com/denver.htm > >Wow. What an opportunity for street theater *that* might be... Excellent suggestion, Agent Provocateur (AP) Bob. There is surely a PR connection between the McVeigh trial and the cyber-terrorism summit. That promo's crucial for the counterterrorism juggernaut. Now, what would be the cyber-version of street theater? For examp, the security arrangements for the trial will be broadened, and artfully leaked to the Denver-ensconced and equipped media, to promote and protect the priceless Derrieres of State. But what might cyber-terribles do to work-a-round the highly classified meat protections? Confidential commo is crucial to yarping pols and talking heads, uplinks and unedited feeds are going to be zapping 'round the globe. What liberating theatrics could be exhibited spoofing, cracking, hacking, phreaking these urgent communiques to ardent tax-henchers and sofa-ensconced tubers. Denver's Judge Downes sent a missive in plaintext to IRS, a spit in the bucket another Bob said. What about a bigger oyster hawk at the lens and mikes of the leaders of the free worlds? Do nothing illegal, for sure, just civilly disobedient. (We'll put Downes's 17-age ruling up in a while.)

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Re: Arguments for good crypto and against GAK.
by William H. Geiger III 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- In <199706051819.NAA06360(a)einstein.ssz.com>, on 06/05/97 at 03:00 PM, "Peter Trei" <trei(a)process.com> said: >In short, it's possible to pro-crypto, anti-GAK >without ever getting near sounding anti-government; >in fact, being pro-crypto, anti-GAK can be a >conservative, anti-crime, law & order position. Well the real problem here is not GAK it is just a symptom. The problem is the position that our current government and especially LEAs in that government have taken that we have no rights. That the Constitution and the Bill of Rights have no meaning unless it is politically convienant to them. I don't see how anyone can look at the governments behavior in its push for GAK and not have utter contempt for them. - -- - --------------------------------------------------------------- William H. Geiger III http://www.amaranth.com/~whgiii Geiger Consulting Cooking With Warp 4.0 Author of E-Secure - PGP Front End for MR/2 Ice PGP & MR/2 the only way for secure e-mail. OS/2 PGP 2.6.3a at: http://www.amaranth.com/~whgiii/pgpmr2.html - --------------------------------------------------------------- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3a Charset: cp850 Comment: Registered_User_E-Secure_v1.1b1_ES000000 iQCVAwUBM5i/ZI9Co1n+aLhhAQHxRAQAytDQhogRQkzsD88hYhWWFZen44tVj3zd nAnlF+fqxBmitzcI/iSiH9QT//lLlr5FzUCFG2g/aasuo9j0AzcXc4pM87itvbfj WFJSZ7l8aN2xAkpWrIJoRo6C90tsPKWoqy3G9N/legeJPKrBx4gtpiuWv0wTBgDA OGerKywdxnE= =y+Qb -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Privacy in Europe
by Lucky Green 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

The recent post by John Young about the German woman charged with linking to Radikal caused me to investigate this issue. You may have heard that Radikal had an article on sabotaging train systems. The article simply stated that if you break open a certain type of control box found next to train tracks and yank the circuit boards, the trains will refuse to enter the given track segment. Hardly the worst of possible sabotages and considerably less fatal than other methods discussed on a mailing list near you. BTW, the woman has now been slapped with a new charge. Apparently it is illegal in Germany to publish criminal complaints. [Due to privacy regulations?] Since the woman has the official paperwork detailing the charges against her on her web site, she has now been charged *again* for violating the prohibition against publishing the official court documents. Things are better in Europe? You must to be joking. -- Lucky Green <mailto:shamrock@netcom.com> PGP encrypted mail preferred

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17 Dec '03

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Is Bill Clinton Obstructing Justice???
by lucifer＠dhp.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Is Bill Clinton Obstructing Justice in the Case of Charles Hayes? by J. Orlin Grabbe 1. Did President Bill Clinton meet with Kentucky District Judge Jennifer B. Coffman at the Watergate Hotel on May 21, 1997? Has Coffman suddenly become an important Presidential advisor? Was the meeting just another tête-à-tête similar to the one Clinton had with Paula Jones? Is Bill Clinton obstructing justice? 2. Is Judge Coffman in the meantime sitting on, and attempting to ignore, a slew of motions from Hayes' attorney Marvin Miller? Is Judge Coffman herself guilty of judicial misconduct? 3. Why did Assistant U.S. Attorney Patrick Malloy recently asked to withdraw from the Chuck Hayes' case? Why did Judge Coffman refuse to allow him to withdraw? 4. Where has the alleged hit man Don Yarbrough disappeared to? Does his disappearance have anything to do with falsified information given to the FBI? Did the FBI previously say they had verified this information? 5. What perjury charges have been filed against FBI agent Stephen Brannan? 6. What perjury charges have been filed against FBI agent David Keller? Was or was not David Keller transferred to the Atlanta office of the FBI? 7. Has Lawrence Myers been impeached as a witness because he was diagnosed as having multiple personalities by the U.S. Army? 8. Are there any remaining witnesses against Charles Hayes? 9. What is the relationship between Judge Jennifer Coffman and Wendell Ford? 10. Was Jennifer Coffman under investigation for financial improprieties at the time she was appointed judge?

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Tim C. Stalker
by nobody＠huge.cajones.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Tim May wrote: > Soon we'll be able to have true "stalker's pages," with links to home > addresss and zipcode data bases. > > (And when I find some young nymphette in one of the chat groups, I'll be > able to click on her name and call up all the relevant information to allow > me to go visit her! We'll have a grand time...or at least I will.) > > --Jack D. Ripper I set up a "spoof" of the anonymizer page where it says "Click here to find out what we know about you." <paraphrased) and turned a friend on to the URL. When she clicked on the link, it provided all of the relevant computer info, as well as her home address, the color of her favorite nightie, and the fact that she sleeps with her bedroom window open. She was only fooled for a fraction of a second, but in that time she wet her drawers. I have no doubt that at some point in the future she will be able to click on a similar link which is *not* a spoof. ^ ! ! Flipper _ ^ ! ! ^ _ ( )

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Re: Steak Knife Decryption
by nobody＠huge.cajones.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Rabid Wombat wrote: >A "duress" PIN which cancels the account would be a good addition; >similar to the "duress" code on home security systems that appear to >disarm the alarm but send a silent alarm to the monitoring station. > >-r.w. Sure. Could also have marked bills coated with staining UV flourescent powder preloaded for just such an occasion. Optionally, depending on the location of the ATM, emergency lockdown features preventing the guy from bugging out. Easy enough to do....

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CFP: 1998 Symposium on Network and Distributed System Security
by Robert Hettinga 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

--- begin forwarded text Date: Fri, 6 Jun 1997 15:05:43 -0700 From: bishop(a)cs.ucdavis.edu (Matt Bishop) To: ipsec(a)ans.net Subject: CFP: 1998 Symposium on Network and Distributed System Security Sender: owner-ipsec(a)ex.tis.com Precedence: bulk CALL FOR PAPERS The Internet Society Symposium on Network and Distributed System Security Where: San Diego, California When: March 1998 GOAL: The symposium will foster information exchange between hardware and software developers of network and distributed system security services. The intended audience is those who are interested in the practical aspects of network and distributed system security, focusing on actual system design and implementation, rather than theory. Encouraging and enabling the Internet community to apply, deploy, and advance the state of available security technology is the major focus of symposium. Symposium proceedings will be published by the Internet Society. Topics for the symposium include, but are not limited to, the following: * Architectures for large-scale, heterogeneous distributed systems * Security in malleable systems: mobile code, mobile agents, dynamic policy updates, etc. * Special problems: e.g. interplay between security goals and other goals -- efficiency, reliability, interoperability, resource sharing, and cost. * Integrating security services with system and application security facilities and with application protocols, including message handling, file transport, remote file access, directories, time synchronization, data base management, routing, voice and video multicast, network management, boot services, and mobile computing. * Fundamental services: authentication, integrity, confidentiality, authorization, non-repudiation, and availability. * Supporting mechanisms and APIs: key management and certification infrastructures, audit, and intrusion detection. * Telecommunications security, especially for emerging technologies -- very large systems like the Internet, high-speed systems like the gigabit testbeds, wireless systems, and personal communication systems. * Controls: firewalls, packet filters, application gateways * Object security and security objects * Network information resources and tools such as World Wide Web (WWW), Gopher, Archie, and WAIS. * Electronic commerce: payment services, fee-for-access, EDI, notary; endorsement, licensing, bonding, and other forms of assurance; intellectual property protections GENERAL CHAIR: David Balenson, Trusted Information Systems PROGRAM CHAIRS: Matt Bishop, University of California at Davis Steve Kent, BBN PROGRAM COMMITTEE: Steve Bellovin, AT&T Labs -- Research Doug Engert, Argonne National Laboratories Warwick Ford, VeriSign Li Gong, JavaSoft Rich Graveman, Bellcore Ari Juels, RSA Laboratories Tom Longstaff, CERT/CC Doug Maughan, National Security Agency Dan Nessett, 3Com Corporation Rich Parker, NATO Michael Roe, Cambridge University Rob Rosenthal, DARPA Wolfgang Schneider, GMD Darmstadt Christoph Schuba, Purdue University Win Treese, Open Market, Inc. Jonathan Trostle, Novell Gene Tsudik, USC/Information Sciences Institute Steve Welke, Institute for Defense Analyses LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS CHAIR: Thomas Hutton, San Diego Supercomputer Center PUBLICATIONS CHAIR: Steve Welke, Institute for Defense Analyses LOGISTICS CHAIR: Torryn Brazell, Internet Society SUBMISSIONS: The committee invites technical papers and panel proposals, for topics of technical and general interest. Technical papers should be 10-20 pages in length. Panel proposals should be two pages and should describe the topic, identify the panel chair, explain the format of the panel, and list three to four potential panelists. Technical papers will appear in the proceedings. A description of each panel will appear in the proceedings, and may at the discretion of the panel chair, include written position statements from each panelist. Each submission must contain a separate title page with the type of submission (paper or panel), the title or topic, the names of the author(s), organizational affiliation(s), telephone and FAX numbers, postal addresses, Internet electronic mail addresses, and must list a single point of contact if more than one author. The names of authors, affiliations, and other identifying information should appear only on the separate title page. Submissions must be received by 1 August 1997, and should be made via electronic mail in either PostScript or ASCII format. If the committee is unable to print a PostScript submission, it will be returned and hardcopy requested. Therefore, PostScript submissions should arrive well before 1 August. If electronic submission is difficult, submissions should be sent via postal mail. All submissions and program related correspondence (only) should be directed to the program chair: Matt Bishop, Department of Computer Science, University of California at Davis, Davis CA 95616-8562, Email: sndss98-submissions(a)cs.ucdavis.edu. Phone: +1 (916) 752-8060, FAX: +1 (916) 752-4767, Dates, final call for papers, advance program, and registration information will be available at the URL: http://www.isoc.org/conferences/ndss98. Each submission will be acknowledged by e-mail. If acknowledgment is not received within seven days, please contact the program chair as in- dicated above. Authors and panelists will be notified of acceptance by 1 October 1997. Instructions for preparing camera-ready copy for the proceedings will be sent at that time. The camera-ready copy must be received by 1 November 1997. --- end forwarded text ----------------- Robert Hettinga (rah(a)shipwright.com) Philodox e$, 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' The e$ Home Page: http://www.shipwright.com/

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Re(2): With friends like these...
by Theodor.SCHLICKMANN＠bxl.dg13.cec.be 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

We have to live with the fact that industry has a janus head. On one hand - and here we should follow their example - they are reluctant to allow somebody else to keep their keys in trust. On the other hand - in contradiction to the previous - they invest in development of key escrow systems including key management protocols which allow third parties having uncontrolled access to keys. Theodor Schlickmann

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MS Access 97 deprotection?
by Peter Trei 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

An acquaintence of mine who runs a small consulting business here in Massachusetts called last night. He seems to be suffering from one of the classic aftereffects of a having 'disgruntled, about-to-be-ex-employee'; one of the database files on which his business relies has been encrypted within Microsoft Access 97, and he needs to recover the data. A quick look around at the obvious sites shows no generic de-protector, as there are for MS Word and many other systems. Anyone have any clue how he might get his data back? (I've already told him to consider the lawyer-based route). Send me mail - I'll pass it on to him. thanks, Peter Trei trei(a)process.com

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