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FW: Securing 5% of the Internet against Wiretapping by Christmas (fwd)
by Mr. Brandon W. Wheaton 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Something I picked up from a mailing list called dc-stuff. <dc-stuff(a)fc.net> It's mostly having to do with security and hacking, thought not typically the "bad" sort. Thought it might not only be of interest the cypherpunks, but perhaps you could offer some hints, tips, advice?? Cheers, Bdog Date: Sat, 27 Jul 1996 16:24:52 -0700 From: John Gilmore <gnu(a)toad.com> Subject: FW: Securing 5% of the Internet against Wiretapping by Christmas I've been working on a project in secret for a few months, and now am talking about it with everyone so that we can all help it along. Want all the Internet traffic between you and every other privacy-conscious site on the net, worldwide, to automatically be encrypted using Triple-DES, RSA, and Diffie-Hellman? Without changing your hardware or software, except to stick a Linux PC on your network, or install a new version of Linux on your laptop? Want it all by Christmas? Then check out http://www.cygnus.com/~gnu/swan.html [...] -- John Gilmore An equal opportunistic encryptor

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Re: G7 Anti-Terrorism Reports [BRIEF]
by Deranged Mutant 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

On 30 Jul 96 at 18:47, Jonathan M Summers wrote: > Cypherpunks: > > At 1735 CDT on Tuesday, July 30, 1996, CNN Atlanta during World News > Tonight reported (in a _very_ brief flash) several "resolutions" adopted > by the Group of Seven (G7) trade meeting in Paris. > > At the bottom of the list of resolutions was to "prevent terrorist from > using the Internet" (quote from CNN anchorwoman). The Pacifica Report noted 'more controls on the Internet' and controlling the use of encryption, but didn't discuss this at length. Rob --- No-frills sig. Befriend my mail filter by sending a message with the subject "send help" Key-ID: 5D3F2E99 1996/04/22 wlkngowl(a)unix.asb.com (root@magneto) AB1F4831 1993/05/10 Deranged Mutant <wlkngowl(a)unix.asb.com> Send a message with the subject "send pgp-key" for a copy of my key.

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Geo-Politics
by jya＠pipeline.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Two articles today in WSJ and FiTi show an unpected link between geo-technology and geo-politics: One reviews the explosives sniffing technology invented by geologist Anthony Barringer for global mineral exploration -- like copper, luxury metals and oil -- but which came to have more practical utility in the antiterrorist market (the company's stock is rocketing). Even so, its best use may prove to be in discovering petroleum and other wealth of the earth. As this tech becomes more widespread, Shell has good reason to encrypt its geological logs and steganographize its governmental bribes. And, a column reviews the tie between nationalist conflicts (markets for cheap explosives) and the invention of modern states (markets for expensive munitions). How the citizenry of modern nations are united by "the need for context-free communication" that was once limited to the members of the "high culture" of pre-modern communities. And how the nationalist citizenry are adopting the cheap versions of expensive munitions of the states' high culture to get their overdue share of the earth's pie. It explores the geopolitical differences among: Ethnic community Ethnic category Nation Nation-state Nationalism ----- http://jya.com/geopol.txt GEO_pol

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Re: Jewell is the Militia Bomber!!!!
by jim bell 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 07:49 PM 7/31/96 -0700, Timothy C. May wrote: > >The security guard Jewell is now confirmed to be the prime suspect. While >NBC News is reporting that no evidence _directly_ links him to the bombing, >the evidence against him is overwhelming: > >1. He is overweight. With the exception of The Unabomber, most perps in >cases like this are fat. Uh, just like that guy in Jurassic Park! ('Course, there's an explanation for this. "The butler did it" went out over 30 years ago. They're running out of butlers, and, well, many butlers were fat, so...) >2. They found a _shotgun_ in his cabin. No, no, Tim. The proper way to deliver this to a TV audience is, "They found an ARSENAL in his COMPOUND!" (see how much more exciting it is?!? BTW, how many wives does he have?) >3. He had an interest in guns. (Back issues of "Guns and Ammo" are bad >enough, but possession of even a single issue of "Combat Handguns" is >sufficient to convict in 39 of the 50 states.) Any copies of that SUBVERSIVE publication Shotgun News? >4. News sources are reporting that authorities who searched his apartment >and his cabin "came up empty," which surely implies that he planned this >crime with the help of others. And he had to have scoured it clean JUST BEFORE the authorities arrived! Yeah, that's the ticket! Jim Bell jimbell(a)pacifier.com

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Lords Boost Robust Crypto
by jya＠pipeline.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

A positive excerpt from UK's House of Lords's July 23 lengthy, thoughtful report on the information society: http://www.hmsoinfo.gov.uk/hmso/document/inforsoc/ch5.htm#5.92 5.92 The US Government's restrictions on exporting software from the USA which includes high levels of encryption is threatening to become a major barrier to the development of the information Superhighways, which is in no-one's interests. The Government must join with other EU Member States in putting pressure on the USA to relax its restrictions on the export of encryption technology. Thanks to Mark Gould on Cyberia-L, see the full report at: http://www.hmsoinfo.gov.uk/hmso/document/inforsoc.htm INFORMATION SOCIETY: AGENDA FOR ACTION IN THE UK

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RE: Game Theory and its Relevance to Cypherpunks
by Jerome Tan 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

In Iran, Chenghis Khan killed 30 millions out of 40 who previously lived there. Ghenghis Khan, not Chenghis Khan. It basically proves that people now are no better and no worse than people then. Really, there is no reason for things to be otherwise. I agree with you. Massacre done before is more worst than now. But there are a lot of moral people in those times.

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Re: Photo IDs (Re: A Libertine Question)
by William Knowles 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

On Wed, 31 Jul 1996, Duncan Frissell wrote: > At 02:56 AM 8/1/96 -0700, Timothy C. May wrote: > >I can easily make my own photo I.D.s, or even order "fake I.D.s" from > >various mail-order outlets advertising in the Usual Places. If I show up at > >the airline with two photo I.D.s, one showing me to be "Security Officer > >Mickey Mouse" and the other showing me to be "Mickey Mouse, Internal > >Security Agency," will I be violating any laws? > > > >--Mickey Mouse (I just changed my name--if you don't like it, FAA, fuck off) > > They want "government-issued" photo ID. They haven't said which government > have they. Time to get my Barbados driver's license. What about one of those camouflage passports from Britsh Honduras that they sell in the back of the Robb Report for $300? I personally doubt that your basic $4.75 an hour airport security guard knows about that. 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 --

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Re: A Libertine Question
by Duncan Frissell 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 06:34 PM 7/31/96 -0400, John Brothers wrote: >Apparently Mr. Horowitz is one of the tiresome "legalize everything that doesn't >offend me, ban everything else" libertarians. Here's a clue to a true >libertarian thought process: > You offend me, Mr. Horowitz. Your attitude by itself is enough to make >my throat clench in distaste, but the fact that you call yourself a >libertarian is exceptionally galling. From your e-mail, you show no >understanding of what >it means to be a libertarian, and libertarians are extremely ill-served by >your preposterous claims. But I will defend to the death your right to make >them. I think we should all just try and get along. <G> Since there are no "public places" in a free society, none of this comes up because everyone will be in places were they are welcome. There will be many more kinds of places than the two ("public" and "private") we have now. Some will be wide open and some will be highly restricted with all gradations in between. DCF

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Re: Violation or Protection? [OLYMPICS]
by Duncan Frissell 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 02:04 PM 7/31/96 -0700, Timothy C. May wrote: >On the one hand, were I to be hanging out in this park, given the recent >event and the focus on this park for crazies to attack, I would feel better >if bags were at least briefly looked into and "suspicious" bags left >unattended covered with explosive-containing shields. On the gripping hand, if you (a generic you not TM) were in a park at 1:15 am listening to Jack Mack and the Heart Attacks in a crowd with infants in strollers, etc and a pipe bomb went off you could just consider it part of the rich stew of punk/pop crossover sensibilities that have become so important in modern life. Those who seek a "Heart Attack" may get one. If you hang out in modern crowds you risk getting blown up by fame seeking cop wanabees (or getting your FBI file read by ex-bouncer political heavy wanabees or getting kneecapped by body-guard-to-the-stars wanabees). Note the physical and psychological similarities among Jewell, Livingstone, and Tanya Harding's boyfriend. Didn't your mothers tell you what happened if you hung out in public parks after midnight. Or as Republicans said to the TV set when Teddy was chanting "Where Was George?" during his speech at the 1988 Democratic National Convention; "Sober and at home in bed with his wife." There is something very counter survival about seeking out crowds. It has always been thus. DCF

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RE: Violation or Protection? [OLYMPICS]
by Blanc Weber 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>From: tcmay(a)got.net > >Of course, which is why stores can have "bags will be searched" policies, >restrictions about atire, and all sorts of other policies which are not >allowed in public places. > >Disneyland is a private park, and has rules which are not the rules a >public park can have. > >Put it this way, "My house, my rules." ...................................................... "My company, or my country/government?" This is like kids trying to decide which parent's admonitions to heed. There is a term I have heard to describe a situation, of "Clear & Present Danger", where the policing forces of government are to be allowed, or have the temporary right, to override all the rules which normally would apply the rest of the time. This is what I think people calculate when they decide it's okay to have intrusions into their person or belongings, whether they are in a public or private domain ("just for this time; after that everything will go back to normal"). I think everything should be immediately privatized. That would solve everything. Everyone would always know where they stood, philosophically & practically, depending on whose ground they were standing on. :>) .. Blanc

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