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Libertarian FTP site
by jdblair＠nextsrv.cas.muohio.EDU 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I know that there's a Libertatarian Literature ftp site- I've downloaded stuff from there, but I've lost the address. Could someone in the know pass it my way? Thanks in advance, -john jdblair(a)nextsrv.cas.muohio.edu

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Applied Cryptography
by jdblair＠nextsrv.cas.muohio.EDU 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Would somebody please pass on an ISBN number, publisher info, and the best placed to order "Applied Cryptography"? I would appreciate this greatly. Thanks in advance, -john.

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SQUISH
by smid＠evan1.nl.edu 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Please tell me more about SQUISH! *********************************** Stephen Middlebrook/smid(a)evan1.nl.edu Director, Baker Demonstration School National-Louis University 2840 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60201 Voice: (708) 256-5150 x2580 Fax: (708) 256-1057 ************************************

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GUNZIP
by Gary Jeffers 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I need help. I've downloaded gunzip from the net but it doesn't work. My operating system is IBM mainframe vm/cms. error is "error in DMSRLD routine; return code 508. Maybe I got a wrong system gunzip?

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[remailer@dis.org (remailer bogus account): THE *GREATEST* MOMENT IN CYBERSPATIAL HISTORY!!]
by Lee Wittenberg 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Please make sure I don't get this anymore. Thank you. --------------- Received: from TURBO.Kean.EDU by pilot.njin.net (5.59/SMI4.0/RU1.5/3.08) id AA29225; Sun, 16 Jan 94 00:49:22 EST Received: from soda.berkeley.edu by TURBO.Kean.EDU; 16 Jan 94 00:40:20 EST Received: from merde.dis.org (uucp@localhost) by soda.berkeley.edu (8.6.4/PHILMAIL-1.10) with UUCP id VAA10287 for SIGPAST(a)List.Kean.EDU; Sat, 15 Jan 1994 21:23:19 -0800 Received: by merde.dis.org (4.1/SMI-4.2) id AA17326; Sat, 15 Jan 94 21:21:11 PST Date: Sat, 15 Jan 94 21:21:11 PST From: remailer(a)dis.org (remailer bogus account) Message-Id: <9401160521.AA17326(a)merde.dis.org> To: SIGPAST(a)list.kean.edu Subject: THE *GREATEST* MOMENT IN CYBERSPATIAL HISTORY!! Remailed-By: remailer bogus account <remailer(a)utter.dis.org> Reply-To: SIGPAST(a)list.kean.edu, remailer(a)dis.org (remailer bogus account) DO NOT REDISTRIBUTE. === ##### #### ## ## #### ##### ## ## ### ## ## ## ## ## ### ## ## #### ## ## ## ## ## #### ###### ### ## ## ## ## ## ### ## ## ##### ###\\ #### #### ##### ## ## ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Introducing the SOPHOMORIC QUARTERLY UNIFIED INTERNET SNAKE HUNT! * THOUSANDS OF CONTESTANTS * HUGE CASH PRIZES * * FASCINATING DISCOVERIES * HEDONISTIC DELIGHTS * * FANTASTIC FUN FOR EVERYONE * ENDLESS ENTERTAINMENT * CONTENTS ======== - INTRODUCTION - OBJECT OF SQUISH - SQUISH DIRECTIONS - UPDATES - THE CASH PRIZE - DEADLINE - MORE ABOUT `SQUISH' & `FACE' - QUESTIONS === The recent WHITE HOT interest by multiple groups and individuals in the CYBERANARCHIST TENTACLE INFILTRATIONS into the Internet have inspired an EXCITING NEW CONTEST and COMPETITION! we, the Federation of Associations of Cyberspace Everywhere (FACE), announce the SUPREMELY QUACKY UNIFIED INTERNET SNAKE HUNT! (SQUISH) * THOUSANDS OF CONTESTANTS * HUGE CASH PRIZES * * FASCINATING DISCOVERIES * HEDONISTIC DELIGHTS * * FANTASTIC FUN FOR EVERYONE * FAMOUS PARTICIPANTS * === OBJECT OF SQUISH the OBJECT of SQUISH is to find TENTACLES and SNAKES. A TENTACLE is an email address used by a real person for the purpose of concealing their identity from others. A SNAKE is a TENTACLE that is particularly wicked and evil and will lie and trick others into believing the TENTACLE is real. In words, the more consequential and malicious a TENTACLE, the more it is a SNAKE. Different points are awarded for playing. Anyone who can send mail can play! The simplest and cheapest points come from sending email to suspected SNAKES and TENTACLES, and chalking up points depending on the responses. Larger points are awarded for `real world' interactions such as calling suspected tentacles and snakes at their telephone numbers. When a snake or tentacle gets upset in response to mail, it is said to be QUIVERING. It will go through CONTORTIONS to convince you to leave it alone and may begin to SQUIRM if you persist. When people are not writing through fake email addresses, they are said to be using their TRUE NAME. TRUE NAMES may go through quivering, contortions, and squirming too. Sometimes snakes or tentacles may threaten to stop using an email account entirely. Some of the TRUE NAMES are BIG MACS and some are SMALL FRIES. Much larger points are awarded for exposing the BIG MACS, but some points are available for SMALL FRIES. BIG MACS are famous people on the Internet-- people that no one would expect have snakes and tentacles, or have media stories written about them. Massive points are awarded for BIG MAC exposures. Matches take place in Cyberspace on the PLAYFIELD, with different regions consisting of INFECTED OUTLETS, CRIME SCENES, and KILLING FIELDS. A KILLING FIELD is a place where a tentacle and a player compete or a Big Mac is assaulted. INFECTED OUTLETS are media outlets or journals that carry BIG MAC propaganda, disinformation, or lies. A CRIME SCENE is a place where provably illegal activity takes place, e.g. someone passes a bribe. The grand point prizes go to anyone who can expose MEDUSA. MEDUSA is the leader of all SMALL FRIES and BIG MACS, a wicked, evil incarnation of SATAN on the Internet. She is the originator and chief proseletyzer of the art, science, and religion of lies. MEDUSA has dozens of SNAKES all over the Internet, particularly in extremely sensitive areas such as Internet protocol development (e.g. mercantile or digital cash protocols), posting from public access sites and even `covers' and `front' sites, these are called POISON NEEDLES. Corrupt administrators are always either BIG MACS or SMALL FRIES. Some sites have administrators who are unaware or apathetic toward infiltrations, these are called PAWNS. MEDUSA is the orchestrator of a MASSIVE INTERNATIONAL CONSPIRACY to STRANGLE, SABOTAGE, and POISON THE INTERNET. Anyone who can drive MEDUSA and all the corrupt BIG MACS from Cyberspace and the real world forever is called THE SAVIOR and said to have DRIVEN THE PHARISEES FROM THE TEMPLE. However, the player must avoid being CRUCIFIED or the cash award will not be given. POINTS can be traded in for COLD CASH. The first person with more than 500 points gets A DOLLAR PER POINT (some restrictions apply, not valid in all areas, void where prohibited by law, taxes may vary). * THOUSANDS OF CONTESTANTS * HUGE CASH PRIZES * * FASCINATING DISCOVERIES * HEDONISTIC DELIGHTS * * FANTASTIC FUN FOR EVERYONE * MYSTERIES OF THE UNKNOWN * === SQUISH DIRECTIONS 1. Consult the list of SUSPECTED SMALL FRIES, BIG MACS, SNAKES, TENTACLES, MEDUSA & SISTERS, and POISON NEEDLES below. Send mail to any attempting to discover whether they are real or fake, or have knowledge of other BIG MACS or even MEDUSA. 2. When you get CONTORTIONS or SQUIRMS, or mount COUNTERMEASURES, keep track of your all your points in a file. Ratings are listed under RATINGS below. List the persons and email addresses involved and quote the actual mail. Keep permanent and complete records of all mail. 3. The biggest points are awarded for the greatest deceptions. Some snakes in the lists below (the most deceitful ones) have actually installed out-of-state phone numbers, developed software for coordination, and have an international arsenal of infiltration points. 4. In particular go after the BIG MACS and MEDUSA, where the most fantastic points are awarded. Some BIG MACS know of MEDUSA; they are called MEDUSA'S SISTERS. 5. The categories listed below of SUSPECTED SNAKES, TENTACLES, ACCOMPLICES, BIG MACS, and MEDUSA are not conclusive or definitive. In particular, some people in these lists may be INNOCENT BYSTANDERS, and their harassment should be minimized. But, be careful! the SNAKES, TENTACLES, ACCOMPLICES, BIG MACS, and MEDUSA will all claim to be INNOCENT BYSTANDERS. (rules subject to change without notice. watch for further announcements.) * THOUSANDS OF CONTESTANTS * HUGE CASH PRIZES * * FASCINATING DISCOVERIES * HEDONISTIC DELIGHTS * * FANTASTIC FUN FOR EVERYONE * SECRET CONSPIRACIES * UPDATES === updates on the SQUISH contest will be posted regularly. Send in notice of the more spectacular point accumulations with proof for verifications immediately and the Halls of Fame and Shame. Unverified points are not valid toward the cash prize. THE CASH PRIZE === A cash prize will be awarded to the first person to surpass 500 points, one dollar per point. The person may continue playing to continue to gain cash. Further awards may be presented to close contenders. Some restrictions apply. Void where prohibited. Tax not included. In the case of deceased victims the award will be given to the nearest living relative, or the Federation of Associations of Cyberspace Everywhere (FACE) if all relatives have met mysterious fatal accidents as well. If the world economies have collapsed from cyberanarchist sabotage before the award is granted, no further action is necessary (this constitutes the final sign of the Apocalypse). DEADLINE === TIME IS RUNNING OUT! AVOID INQUIRING FURTHER OR WAITING FOR FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS. START IMMEDIATELY! MONTHS OF PARTICIPATION ARE REQUIRED TO ACCUMULATE COMPETITIVE STANDING. SOME PARTICIPANTS ALREADY HAVE A HEAD START. THE CASH PRIZE WILL BE AWARDED APRIL 1, 1994. FURTHER INCREMENTS WILL BE AWARDED AT YEARLY INTERVALS THEREAFTER. MORE ABOUT `SQUISH' AND `FACE' === The Federation of Associations of Cyberspace, Everywhere was founded in 1994 as a group that coordinates the activities among the many different online organizations. We have played a very low-profile role to date, and wanted to find some way of promoting our newfound alliance. We have groups combined from BBSes, local area networks, the Internet, and other global and local networks around the world (see below). We have built up some membership funds from the contributing organizations and private contributions to provide the prize money for SQUISH, and some private individuals have donated significant amounts. The contest was inspired by S.Boxx, who was the architect of point classifications and the current opponent lists. S.Boxx has also promised to provide any funds necessary for the successful completion of the contest. We hope that recent interest into snakes and tentacles by many on the Internet will make the contest spirited entertainment and a strong success. We encourage reporters and the media to use this announcement as our official press release. Feel free to redistribute or comment on this announcement in any forum. QUESTIONS === Address further questions to cypherpunks(a)toad.com, gnu(a)toad.com, tcmay(a)netcom.com, or hughes(a)ah.com. Some additional information is available in RISKS 15.25, 15.27, 15.28x: ftp CRVAX.SRI.COM, login anonymous, directory RISKS: (include the colon), file RISKS-i.j === ///// //// // // //// ///// // // /// // // // // // /// // // //// // // // // // //// ////// /// // // // // // /// // // ///// ///\\ //// //// ///// // // ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Introducing the SUGGESTIVELY QUESTIONABLE UNIFIED INTERNET SNAKE HUNT! === Brought to you as a coordinated effort between the individuals * S.BOXX * MEDUSA * INFOCALYPSE * THE EXECUTIONER * PABLO ESCOBAR * DEADBEAT and the Federation of Associations of Cyberspace Everywhere (FACE) * ILF (INFORMATION LIBERATION FRONT) * BLACKNET (INTERNET ESPIONAGE COORDINATION HEADQUARTERS) * BLOODNET (CYBERSPATIAL BLACK MARKETEERING AND LIQUIDATION SQUAD) * CRAM (CYBERSPATIAL REALITY ADVANCEMENT MOVEMENT) * CRaP (CYBERANARCHIST REPRESSION AND POISON) * CY{B,PH}ER{PU,WO}NKS === * THOUSANDS OF CONTESTANTS * HUGE CASH PRIZES * * FASCINATING DISCOVERIES * HEDONISTIC DELIGHTS * * FANTASTIC FUN FOR EVERYONE * CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS * * GRISLY DEATH TORTURE * JUDGEMENT DAY * APOCALYPSE NOW *

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Re: message
by nobody＠cicada.berkeley.edu 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> Something found on another list... > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > From: nobody(a)CICADA.BERKELEY.EDU > Subject: *SQUISH* THE TENTACLES IN CYBERSPACE!! > To: MIND-L(a)asylum.sf.ca.us So that's why all those weirdos have been showing up here lately. Detweiler is really becoming a nuisance...

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UNSUBSCRIBE
by Bruce Pea 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

UNSUBSCRIBE

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Unix joke.
by ltech1!ltech1!mercury＠msen.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I'm leaving for now, but I thought I'd share this with you. Even though you get !!!!! in all your mail, you can't really use the ! in your mail command. I tried to mail to someone!account(a)system.net and I got an "Event not found" error. So I made this up: mail !Superbowl Superbowl: Event not found (bye)

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Markoff article on encryption
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

extracted from: RISKS-FORUM Digest Saturday 15 January 1994 Volume 15 : Issue 38 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 14 Jan 94 9:38:33 PST From: "Peter G. Neumann" <neumann(a)csl.sri.com> Subject: "INDUSTRY DEFIES CLINTON ON DATA ENCRYPTION" -- John Markoff [The following item is copyrighted by the 1994 N.Y. Times, and appeared on Thursday, 13 Jan 1994. It is reproduced in RISKS with the permission of its author. Any further reuse requires permission of the New York Times. PGN] REDWOOD CITY, Calif. The Clinton administration's newly articulated information technology policy of persuasion, rather than dictation, is getting an early test. At an industry conference in Redwood City this week, computer hardware, software and telecommunications companies as well as a major bank, are saying they intend to adopt an industry coding standard for protecting the privacy of electronic communications, rather than support a standard being pushed by the administration. Unlike the administration-backed standard, the technology, which has been commercialized by RSA Data Security Inc., does not provide an electronic ``trapdoor'' that would enable law-enforcement agencies to eavesdrop on digital communications. The administration, whose standard is known as the Clipper chip, contends that a trapdoor is necessary to detect criminal activity or espionage because sophisticated encryption techniques can make digital phone calls or computer communications nearly impervious to wiretaps. Wednesday, Hewlett Packard Co. became the last of the leading United States computer companies to license the RSA software, joining Apple Computer, IBM, Sun Microsystems, Digital Equipment and Unisys. Several companies announced at the conference that they planned to begin selling products that embed RSA's software. Among them are General Magic, a software developer; National Semiconductor; a consortium of five cellular data companies, and Bankers Trust Co. The conference was sponsored by RSA, which is based in Redwood City, and attracted many of the nation's best non-government cryptographers a group of code makers and code breakers who have generally been hostile to any form of government restrictions on their technology. They have sparred for more than a decade with the National Security Agency, the main proponent of the Clipper chip. The agency is responsible for monitoring electronic communications worldwide for the government, in the name of national security. In addition to opposition from the cryptographers, the government's Clipper chip proposal has already stirred bitter opposition from civil liberties organizations and computer user groups, who fear the Clipper chip would make electronic communications too easy for anyone to eavesdrop. Now the industry's rush to embrace an encryption standard that does not provide a way for the government to listen to data or voice conversations is certain to put new pressure on the Clinton administration, which is now in the final stages of a classified review of its Clipper standard. ``It's clear that what is going on here today is contrary to the way the NSA wants the world to move,'' said Lynn McNulty, associate director for computer security at the National Institute for Standards and Technology, a Commerce Department agency. The institute proposed the Clipper standard last April, although most of its technical development was done by NSA researchers. Despite their defiance, researchers attending the conference worried that the government might still have the means to enforce its vision of a coding standard. ``They have the trump card that we don't have,'' said Bruce Schneier, a former government cryptography researcher, who is the author of a textbook titled ``Applied Cryptography.'' ``They could make it a law that it's mandatory to use their standard.'' ------------------------------

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CYBERSPATIAL SNAKE *SQUISHING* CONTEST!! HUGE CASH PRIZE!!
by nobody＠pmantis.berkeley.edu 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

INTRODUCING === ##### #### ## ## #### ##### ## ## ### ## ## ## ## ## ### ## ## #### ## ## ## ## ## #### ###### ### ## ## ## ## ## ### ## ## ##### ###\\ #### #### ##### ## ## ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Introducing the SECRETLY QUIZZICAL UNIFIED INTERNET SNAKE HUNT! * THOUSANDS OF CONTESTANTS * HUGE CASH PRIZES * * FASCINATING DISCOVERIES * HEDONISTIC DELIGHTS * * FANTASTIC FUN FOR EVERYONE * ENDLESS ENTERTAINMENT * CONTENTS ======== - INTRODUCTION - UPDATES - DEADLINE - THE CASH PRIZE - MORE ABOUT `SQUISH' & `FACE' - QUESTIONS === The recent WHITE HOT interest by multiple groups and individuals in the CYBERANARCHIST TENTACLE INFILTRATIONS into the Internet have inspired an EXCITING NEW CONTEST and COMPETITION! we, the Federation of Associations of Cyberspace Everywhere (FACE), announce the SUPREMELY QUACKY UNIFIED INTERNET SNAKE HUNT! (SQUISH) * THOUSANDS OF CONTESTANTS * HUGE CASH PRIZES * * FASCINATING DISCOVERIES * HEDONISTIC DELIGHTS * * FANTASTIC FUN FOR EVERYONE * FAMOUS PARTICIPANTS * UPDATES === updates on the SQUISH contest will be posted regularly. Send in notice of the more spectacular point accumulations with proof for verifications immediately and the Halls of Fame and Shame. Unverified points are not valid toward the cash prize. DEADLINE === TIME IS RUNNING OUT! AVOID INQUIRING FURTHER OR WAITING FOR FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS. START IMMEDIATELY! MONTHS OF PARTICIPATION ARE REQUIRED TO ACCUMULATE COMPETITIVE STANDING. SOME PARTICIPANTS ALREADY HAVE A HEAD START. THE CASH PRIZE WILL BE AWARDED APRIL 1, 1994. FURTHER INCREMENTS WILL BE AWARDED AT YEARLY INTERVALS THEREAFTER. MORE ABOUT `SQUISH' AND `FACE' === The Federation of Associations of Cyberspace, Everywhere was founded in 1994 as a group that coordinates the activities among the many different online organizations. We have played a very low-profile role to date, and wanted to find some way of promoting our newfound alliance. We have groups combined from BBSes, local area networks, the Internet, and other global and local networks around the world (see below). We have built up some membership funds from the contributing organizations and private contributions to provide the prize money for SQUISH, and some private individuals have donated significant amounts. The contest was inspired by S.Boxx, who was the architect of point classifications and the current opponent lists. S.Boxx has also promised to provide any funds necessary for the successful completion of the contest. We hope that recent interest into snakes and tentacles by many on the Internet will make the contest spirited entertainment and a strong success. We encourage reporters and the media to use this announcement as our official press release. Feel free to redistribute or comment on this announcement in any forum. QUESTIONS === Address further questions to cypherpunks(a)toad.com, gnu(a)toad.com, tcmay(a)netcom.com, or hughes(a)ah.com. Some additional information is available in RISKS 15.25, 15.27, 15.28x: ftp CRVAX.SRI.COM, login anonymous, directory RISKS: (include the colon), file RISKS-i.j === ///// //// // // //// ///// // // /// // // // // // /// // // //// // // // // // //// ////// /// // // // // // /// // // ///// ///\\ //// //// ///// // // ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Introducing the STELLARLY QUOTABLE INTERNET SNAKE HUNT! === Brought to you as a coordinated effort between the individuals * S.BOXX * MEDUSA * INFOCALYPSE * THE EXECUTIONER * PABLO ESCOBAR * DEADBEAT and the Federation of Associations of Cyberspace Everywhere (FACE) * ILF (INFORMATION LIBERATION FRONT) * BLACKNET (INTERNET ESPIONAGE COORDINATION HEADQUARTERS) * BLOODNET (CYBERSPATIAL BLACK MARKETEERING AND LIQUIDATION SQUAD) * CRAM (CYBERSPATIAL REALITY ADVANCEMENT MOVEMENT) * CRaP (CYBERANARCHIST REPRESSION AND POISON) * CY{B,PH}ER{PU,WO}NKS === * THOUSANDS OF CONTESTANTS * HUGE CASH PRIZES * * FASCINATING DISCOVERIES * HEDONISTIC DELIGHTS * * FANTASTIC FUN FOR EVERYONE * CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS * * GRISLY DEATH TORTURE * JUDGEMENT DAY * APOCALYPSE NOW *

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