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Garage door openers
by tcmay＠got.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 9:34 PM 8/15/96, Douglas R. Floyd wrote: >That is known for cars. I double checked, and found some car alarms able >to do this. However, I have not found any house garage door openers able >to pull this off. Most still use the old blurt code method. > Sure, most garage door opener codes are easy to break....but how many thieves who do this know to enter the _second_ correct sequence within 45 seconds, the one that stops the poison gas from filling the garage? Steganographic entry codes have their uses. --Tim May (P.S. There were six (6) names copied on this post, besides CP. Can't we edit the cc: lines? I try to, so why don't you all?) Boycott "Big Brother Inside" software! 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, Licensed Ontologist | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."

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Re: Jurisdictionless Distributed Data Havens
by Bill Stewart 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 09:52 AM 8/15/96 -0500, "Douglas R. Floyd" <dfloyd(a)io.com> wrote: >As of now, I am looking for someone who can help me implement a redundant >controller system, so when the DH is contacted, even if the first one if >smashed, the "RAID" stays operable. One approach is "Just Don't Do It" - let the user (or user interface program) handle the RAID work. You can get fancy and use Shamir Secret Sharing, or non-fancy and use N+1 sparing RAID, or medium fancy and use {<even-bits>,<odd-bits>,<evens xor odds>}, depending on how private and how reliable you want to be. Having just the even bits of decently-encrypted cyphertext makes cracking tough.... Some issues to think about - - Access patterns - who do you want to be able to retrieve the data? --- only the owner? --- people who the owner shares a secret with? --- Everybody? --- Everybody who knows where the pieces are? --- One retrieval? Many retrievals? - How do you want the data delivered? Anon remailer? HTTP? POP3? - Threats - who don't you want to be able to read the data? --- who don't you want to be able to delete the data? --- who don't you want to find out who retrieved the data? - Payment - who pays? Writers? Readers? Cops with warrants? Account holders or one-shot users? Digicash only? How much? # Thanks; Bill # Bill Stewart, +1-415-442-2215 stewarts(a)ix.netcom.com # <A HREF="http://idiom.com/~wcs"> Defuse Authority!

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Re: Lunch with Bill, anyone?
by Marc J. Wohler 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 05:31 AM 8/16/96 -0700,John C. Randolph wrote: >Meeting Bill Gates would be every bit as exciting as meeting Tony >Orlando. Or maybe Wayne Newton. I don't mind the sarcasm regarding Gates, but watch what you say about Wayne Newton!

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[Noise] Re: Lunch with Bill, anyone?
by Alan Olsen 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 05:31 AM 8/16/96 -0700, John C. Randolph wrote: >Latest from Microsoft(R): > >> > The Windows 95 Anniversary is just around the corner. >> > Stay tuned to WinNews for special announcements to learn how >> > you could win lunch with Bill Gates, chat with industry >> > luminaries, and download a really cool screen saver. Do we get to decide where to have lunch? I know this great biker bar... ]:> --- |"Computers are Voodoo -- You just have to know where to stick the pins."| |"The moral PGP Diffie taught Zimmermann unites all| Disclaimer: | | mankind free in one-key-steganography-privacy!" | Ignore the man | |`finger -l alano(a)teleport.com` for PGP 2.6.2 key | behind the keyboard.| | http://www.teleport.com/~alano/ | alano(a)teleport.com |

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ECC_pow
by jya＠pipeline.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

8-15-96. BW: "Certicom's High Efficiency Elliptic Curve Cryptosystem to be applied to Motorola's Wireless products." Dr. Scott Vanstone, Certicom's Chief Cryptographer, added, "Certicom is currently completing an ECC software toolkit." The Elliptic Curve Cryptosystem is the world's most efficient public-key system, providing the highest strength-per-bit of any known public-key system and minimizing the requirement for large key lengths. "UK Company Unveils E-Mail Encryption Software." Pow! Distribution has taken the wraps off PrivaSuite, an e-mail encryption package that works as a drop-in to many existing e-mail applications software. It can handle almost any file format, encrypting the file using the DES algorithm, it can also be set up to handle fax image files. The package was developed by Aliroo, an Israeli software house that specializes in document security products. Aliroo was founded in 1995 by ex-Israeli Military Intelligence officer Itzhak Pomerantz. ----- http://jya.com/eccpow.txt (9 kb for 2) ECC_pow

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Re: Anguilla - A DataHaven?
by William Knowles 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

On Thu, 15 Aug 1996, Arun Mehta wrote: > I'm sure this has come up before, but what would prevent a server > being located on a buoy or something at sea outside territorial > limits (or when satellites become cheaper, on a satellite itself) > offering such services? Something that I thought would make an excellent data haven would be older offshore oil platforms, Their size would allow extended living periods, electrcity and communications are in place, They are generally built outside of the territorial waters of most countries to avoid any damage to the shorelines if oil spilled (possibility for becoming its own country?) and with the hoops that Shell Oil went through to please Greenpeace with its last oil platform. You have to wonder how cheap these could sell for just to get them off the oil companies hands? Comments or suggestions? William Knowles erehwon(a)c2.org -- William Knowles <erehwon(a)c2.org> PGP mail welcome & prefered / KeyID 1024/2C34BCF9 PGP Fingerprint 55 0C 78 3C C9 C4 44 DE 5A 3C B4 60 9C 00 FB BD Finger for public key -- Vote for Harry Browne in November -- http://www.HarryBrowne96.org

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LEO, was Floating....
by David Lesher 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

The biggest obstacle to LEO/ 'anywhere phones' is in fact the local PTT's. Not only do they fear loss of control [how do you 'cut the wires' as you raid a rebel village?] but as important, they fear loss of monopoly income on IDDD. -- A host is a host from coast to coast.................wb8foz(a)nrk.com & no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433

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Triple DES Encryption Now Available For Telephone Privacy Protection
by Eric Blossom 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Communication Security Corporation For More Information: Eric Blossom (707) 577-0409 Press Contact: Terri Thatcher (408) 265-7703 Triple DES Encryption Now Available For Telephone Privacy Protection Santa Rosa, Calif., August 16, 1996, -- The Communication Security Corporation today announced availability of the CS8191. The first telephone security device built using uncompromised cryptography, based on 168--bit key triple DES. Triple DES encryption technology provides an uncompromised level of security (72 quadrillion times stronger against a brute force attack) than products based on the US Data Encryption Standard (single DES). In addition, unlike the government's "Clipper" proposal, the CS8191 does not reveal or "escrow" the encryption keys with third parties. The CS8191 has been designed to work with conventional analog telephone systems (POTS). The unit connects between your telephone and the wall. In 'clear' mode, your telephone continues to work as it normally does. Pressing the 'go secure' button encrypts conversations. Communication Security has also incorporated a leading-edge speech coder. Voice clarity is undisturbed whether the system is in 'secure' or 'clear' mode. With many of today's standard technologies, anyone can gain access to our most private of conversations. The Communication Security Corporation dedicates their resources to addressing the increasing need for private, secure voice communication devices. The introduction of the CS8191 paves the way for research and development for additional communication security devices for cell phones, modems, fax machines and computers. For more information on the CS8191, please contact the Communication Security Corporation, 1275 Fourth St. Suite 194, Santa Rosa, CA 95404, Tel: (707) 577-0409 Fax: (707) 577-0413, info(a)comsec.com. ###

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Re: c|net reports UK partial usenet ban
by E. ALLEN SMITH 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

A more precise URL is http://www.cnet.com/Content/News/Files/0,16,2181,00.html. There's a link to a copy of the original letter. It looks like the UK police are coming down with delusions of grandeur; they want to eliminate the newsgroups in question from the Internet/Usenet period, not just block them from the UK. People may want to look out for cancel messages for these groups coming from the UK, for instance, and ignore the lot of them. -Allen From: IN%"m5(a)vail.tivoli.com" "Mike McNally" 16-AUG-1996 20:07:15.62 To: IN%"cypherpunks(a)toad.com" CC: Subj: c|net reports UK partial usenet ban UK Metropolitan Police Service bans smutty newsgroups. See it all at <http://www.cnet.com>. ______c_________________________________________________________________ Mike M Nally * Tiv^H^H^H IBM * Austin TX * For the time being, m5(a)tivoli.com * m101(a)io.com * <URL:http://www.io.com/~m101> * three heads and eight arms.

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South Florida Cypherpunks Meeting Reminder
by Joey Grasty 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Y'all: The South Florida Cypherpunks will meet at Hops Grill & Bar in Boynton Beach, FL on Saturday, August 17 at 2:00 PM. As always, our meeting place is at a microbrewery, and this one has some very fine brews. Jim Ray will show off his Snake Oil bottle, signed by Phil Zimmermann, who wrote PGP. I will also hand out copies of my WinSock Remailer to anyone who wants to check it out. Other than that, we have no agenda, other than discussing cypherpunkology and drinking some fine brews. Directions: Take I-95 to Boynton Beach Blvd and go west. When you get to Congress Ave., turn right (north) and go one stoplight until you get to Old Boynton Beach Blvd. Turn left (west) and go behind Longhorn Steakhouse and turn right into the parking lot behind Longhorn Steakhouse. Hops is just north of Longhorn on Congress Ave. Hops Grill & Bar 545 N. Congress Ave. Boynton Beach, FL. In addition, the Cypherpunks Brewmaster, Jim Ray, is brewing up a special "cypherpunks summer dark" brew for the meeting. (I sampled some of the brew before bottling, and BBBUUURP! it was good.) We will enjoy his fine beer at my house following the meeting. I'll pass out maps to my house in Deerfield Beach for anyone who wants to go. Please send me a note if you plan to attend so that I can alert the restaurant on how many will attend. Send me your key and fingerprint for keysigning if it hasn't been signed by any cypherpunks before. Regards, -- Joey Grasty jgrasty(a)gate.net [home -- encryption, privacy, RKBA and other hopeless causes] jgrasty(a)pts.mot.com [work -- designing pagers] "Anyone who considers arithmetical methods of producing random digits is, of course, in a state of sin." -- John Von Neumann PGP = A7 CC 31 E4 7E A3 36 13 93 F4 C9 06 89 51 F5 A7

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