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Futures Doomed
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

More on the future of money in the NYT today, "Crime's New Cash of Choice," the Euro, which plans larger denominations than the mobs' favorite $100 US. If the Euro catches on, it says, the USG could lose billions in interest-free loans on stashed C-notes, unused except in the underground -- which the US turns a blind tax eye to because more revenue comes from the seignoriage. http://www.nytimes.com Or: http://jya.com/euro-threat.htm On competing millenarist doomsaying, the NYT has on page one a report on an exercise last month which revealed how ill-prepared the US is to handle a germ attack, with PDDs coming shortly to address anti-terrorism (with a Czar), and the squabbles among competing agencies for intel fed shock scenarios leading to terrific stockpiles of money antidotes, preferrably all non-fictional, but not likely since the report says that the PDD the President gets aroused at is Richard Preston's "The Cobra Event" -- sold out for miles around the bunkers' intake vents of the germs' most wanted. http://jya.com/germ-threat.htm Bear in mind that Kennedy's hard-on for James Bond shaped a generation of whiz kids looking for gory galore, the fathers of natsec implanted kids now in late boomer breakdown seeing the future all too clear, inclined to predict their end The End.

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Re: NASA 'educating' scientists to restrict free speech.
by x 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Thank you - chilling. Anyone have specifics on the "legislation"? and regulations, especially concerning "potential use as a weapon of ... international business advantage?" At 08:15 AM 4/28/98 -0700, Chris L. Kuszmaul wrote: > > > Hi, my name is Chris Kuszmaul. I am a contractor at NASA >Ames research center. I feel it would be valuable for the general >scientific community to be aware of some upcoming classes >designed to educate scientists here regarding what they may and >may not write on the internet, or any public forum. >-------------------- begin excerpt -------------------- >NASA has begun responding to recent new legislation and regulations >regarding the export of information or material with potential use as a >weapon of mass destruction or international business competitiveness >advantage. All personnel creating information, equipment or material >falling within this category are now responsible to control its transfer > >

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NASA 'educating' scientists to restrict free speech.
by Chris L. Kuszmaul 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Hi, my name is Chris Kuszmaul. I am a contractor at NASA Ames research center. I feel it would be valuable for the general scientific community to be aware of some upcoming classes designed to educate scientists here regarding what they may and may not write on the internet, or any public forum. -------------------- begin excerpt -------------------- NASA has begun responding to recent new legislation and regulations regarding the export of information or material with potential use as a weapon of mass destruction or international business competitiveness advantage. All personnel creating information, equipment or material falling within this category are now responsible to control its transfer according to regulations. NASA has created an Export Control Administrator at each Center responsible to implement a program which provides for the review, classification and approval (or disapproval) of the export of material or information which may be subject to limitations. The Center has arranged for the outreach program offices of the U.S. Customs and the Bureau of Export Administration (BXA), U.S. Department of Commerce, to conduct a brief class on their Agency's regulatory requirements in partial fulfilment of this required training. Everyone is welcome to attend, but this is a mandatory briefing for researchers, engineers and equipment developers. This session will deal with the enforcement of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), issues of the Commerce Control List (CCL), and Export Classification Control Number (ECCN). This particular session covers the regulatory requirement for the authors of scientific, technical materials and software developers. Anyone who generates and develops such materials, or sends NASA commodities overseas must attend this session. These specifically include NRC, Ames Associates, grant recipients, students, IPA's, contractors, civil service employees and all others who publish on behalf of NASA. The EAR, CCL, ECCN are important in completing block III of the Document Availability Authorization (DAA)(Form 1676). Each session will be approximately 15-20 minutes. A question and answer session will follow after the talk. The dates, time, and location are indicated below. Attendance at one session is sufficient to fulfill the regulatory requirements. Dates Time Location May 7, 1998 10 am Bldg. 213, Rm 261 .... --------------------------------------- As the text above says, everybody is welcome to attend. CLK

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Re: Hettinga promoted to Head Critic In Charge...
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Asgaard wrote: >But Timothy C. May never 'claimed' any such things outside of an >entirely humorous context. On the other hand, *you* obviously had >some kind of fit some months back, feeling singled out by 'M', but >now are remembering it completely backwards. This is true. And helpful to file for future reference. Data show that Tim's thoughts are not what they appear to be in text. The needle -- yes, the mind-reading machine's analog -- jumps all the way to left, Bizarre Humor, whenever no mercy emissions emanate from the hilltop bastion's outgoing array. Only unclues take Tim's deadpan assays for deadshot intent. Those black talons are black jokes, Bob, laugh. You never been shot at to keep you dancing? Don't stop, though, or the fun ends.

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Re: Position escrow
by Smoking Man 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>I might wish that the government had the >means to track every automobile's location. ...Planes come standard with ILR? (International Locator Radio). Cars hav accidents too often for that...too expensive to serv it maybe. >What we need are cellphone remailers. Some might. I'm not sure how much though. >Third parties who want to use ordinary/automated cellphone tracking systems >will get the physical address of the relay, not that of the phone. Hmmmm. Same principles as remailers...Latency? Relay switching? >number of antennae/base stations that the regular cellphone folks do, so >it'll be harder for them to use trianguation and timing to derive physical >location. Contrarily, the fewer the remailers, the EASIER--could be only one remailer to compromise. Realtime Mixmaster? Heh. Parallel MixMaster. >>I expect the main countermeasure to cellular position tracking will be >>the use of one-way pagers. That depends on the protocol they use. Simplex? Old things. Probably. >But one-way pagers are a dying technology - and I'll bet that within 3-5 >years, it'll no longer be possible to turn off cellphones. >>Perhaps if the "just turn it off" approach is widely promoted, the Won't hav too. How many people does it take to keep a secret? Anything you say or do offensively, wrongly, or illegally can and probably will be used against you somehow, especially if you mention it or you're caught. You hav the right to be silent. No one has the right to understand you if you giv up that right. You may purchase the right to authenticate financial transactions. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

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Re: April 26 column -- Swiss militia
by Jonathan Wienke 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 At 03:36 PM 4/18/98 -0500, Igor Chudov @ home wrote: [snip] >My impression was that, aside from guns, Switzerland is not such a free >country, with myriads of local laws restricting every fathomable activity. I have never been to Switzerland. >> ObGunStuffPlug: >> I just got a catalog from Cheaper Than Dirt!, which has an impressive array >> of gun accessories, ammo, and survival equipment for excellent prices. A >> few examples: >> >> Bushnell 4-12x40 scope $59.97 I love mine! > >They are used, actually, but very good. You are correct on both counts, although the only way I could tell mine wasn't new was a couple of nicks in the adjustment screw caps. My MAK-90 looks much more impressive now... -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP for Business Security 5.5 iQA/AwUBNTkb6cJF0kXqpw3MEQIc8gCeJaNL5T18Fclh2B4NAQRE699t9WUAoNYn xHz8Mzs6PGPgq6HFjdFgvzHM =hLlN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Jonathan Wienke PGP Key Fingerprints: 7484 2FB7 7588 ACD1 3A8F 778A 7407 2928 3312 6597 8258 9A9E D9FA 4878 C245 D245 EAA7 0DCC Proud to be a charter member of the vast right-wing conspiracy! RSA export-o-matic: print pack"C*",split/\D+/,`echo "16iII*o\U@{$/=$z;[(pop,pop,unpack"H*",<> )]}\EsMsKsN0[lN*1lK[d2%Sa2/d0<X+d*lMLa^*lN%0]dsXx++lMlN/dsM0<J]dsJxp"|dc`

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Commerce Secretary attacks crypto export limits
by Trei, Peter 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,21120,00.html?st.ne.fd.mdh Crypto policy called a failure By Courtney Macavinta Staff Writer, CNET NEWS.COM April 15, 1998, 11:40 a.m. PT URL: http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,21120,00.html The government's policy restricting the export of strong encryption products has failed and is boosting the foreign market by hog-tying the U.S. industry, Commerce Department secretary William Daley conceded today. [...] But the software industry and privacy advocates were most intrigued today by Daley's admission that the administration's export limits on encryption (technology that secures digital communication) are hindering U.S. companies' ability to compete with global manufacturers. The export policy went into effect last January, and is overseen by the Commerce Department. Under the rules, software makers that are granted crypto export licenses must submit proof of their plans to build key-recovery features into their products after next year. Key-recovery systems make it possible for law enforcement agents--who have obtained a court order--to access computer users' private key that unscrambles their digital messages or files. "The ultimate result will be foreign dominance of the market," Daley said. "This means a loss of jobs here, and products that do not meet either our law enforcement or national security needs." There has been an ongoing fight to overturn the export limits. But a compromise hasn't been reached with law enforcement officials, who assert that access to keys is needed to combat a new wave of high-tech crime in which suspects can cover their tracks with crypto. [...]

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RE: possible customer for a Forth box?
by Stuart Johnson 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> -----Original Message----- > From: Greg Bailey [SMTP:greg@minerva.com] > Sent: Thursday, April 09, 1998 9:23 PM > To: 'stuartj(a)packetengines.com' > Cc: 'ATHENA Tech'; 'ark-gvb' > Subject: RE: possible customer for a Forth box? > > On Thu, 9 Apr 1998 15:12:17 -0700, Stuart Johnson > <stuartj(a)packetengines.com> wrote: > > > i'm currently looking for a box or chipset that will encryption > > ethernet traffic at or near wire speed. does anyone know of such a > > thing? anyhelp will be greatly appreciated. > > We might be able to help, but the above is not a complete problem > statement. It could be read as use of Ether for a point to point > connection between two machines with all traffic encrypted, which > is a nice and simple key management problem. Or it might mean > two or more boxes plugged into an Ethernet with only traffic > between these pairs of boxes encrypted. This is a much harder > key management problem and also is full of special cases such as > some protocols (ARP for example) that must never be encrypted. > thanks all for the quick replies, for my needs a point to point connection is fine. i've looked at a few things out there (netfortress, some bay routers) but they are all very slow, i'm looking for a wire speed implementation (100-1000Mb/s) is there anything out there in this arena? or do i have to make my own <g>. if i were to embark on building my own is there any body of work out there that would help me get a jump start? i have the LAN protocol knowledge but my crypto knowledge is limited to what i've read in Schneier. thanks, -stuart ps. i should now be on the lists, but if you could cc replies to me i'd appreciate it ___________________________________________________ Stuart Johnson stuartj(a)packetengines.com Asic Design Engineer Phone : (509) 777-7208 Packet Engines Inc. leading the Gigabit Ethernet revolution ___________________________________________________ Key ID : B65F9B8D Key Fingerprint : F97D84A61C732CBAA1DA50A8D41963 A NEW BIG PRIME : 2^3,021,377-1 ___________________________________________________

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Re: Cost of Ak manufacture
by alt1＠snowhill.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 11:20 PM 4/7/98 -0500, Igor Chudov @ home wrote: >Judging by their construction, there is not a lot of costs and they >should be a lot cheaper than AR-15s (against which I have almost nothing). > >So, the question is, it is realistic to expect that AK s will be >manufactured here? Will the control freaks be able to stop it? Two major problems. There is VERY little domestic manufacture of 7.62x39 ammo, and most of what is already out there is not reloadable. Even if AK clones became widespread, all the feds would have to do would be to ban the import of the ammo. Secondly, while it would certainly be possible for a manufacturing facility to construct an AK from raw materials, if "push comes to shove," it would be much faster and cheaper for people to "reconstruct" the Sten parts they have laying around. This has the added advantage that ammo is readily available for those. While 7.62x39 might become hard to find, the common US military and NATO calibers (7.62NATO, 5.56, and 9mm) will be widely available.

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Re: Canada's Crypto Policy
by James Glave 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Also see my Wired News piece on this meeting: http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/11397.html Crypto Canucks: Hands Off Our Keys! 5:03 am PST 2 Apr 98 - The captains of Canada's cryptography industry sent a message to Ottawa yesterday: keep clear of domestic crypto controls, and lighten up on the export policies. Was anyone listening? At 03:22 PM 4/7/98 -0400, John Young wrote: >Thanks to mctaylor and Carrie Bendzsa at Entrust we offer >her transcription of the recent Entrust roundtable on Canada's >Cryptography Policy: > > http://jya.com/CA-crypto.htm (113K) > >Good, vigorous discussion of how US export policy inhibits >Canada's crypto policy and commerce. And what might be >done to get the CA gov to defy the supercop without getting >shackled like US miscreants. James Glave : Senior Technology Writer : Wired News http://www.wirednews.com : 415.276.8430

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