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GKB FREE SERVICES UPDATE (4/98)
by GIC 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Re: [Noise] Re: <rant> Re: Devil's Bargain
by Cerridwyn Llewyellyn 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>protect us from terrorists. I'm surprised I haven't heard Kallstrom >calling for radically increased wiretapping yet or Freeh calling for >bans on encryption like he did after OKCity. He's saving that for later this morning... //cerridwyn//

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RE: Noise: Re: Responding to Pre-dawn Unannounced Ninja Raids
by Bill Olson (EDP) 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Alan Horowitz writes: > >Phil, > >are you saying that you're a better businessman than Rush Limbaugh? > >Can we see some 1040's, please? Rush Limbagh is a big fat *RICH* idiot. >

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Data Sources for DES Breaking
by mpd＠netcom.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Given that we might embark upon this public demonstration of the fragility of single DES, what should we use for test data? If a lone Cypherpunk simply encrypts a file with DES-ECB, hides the key in a drawer, and publishes the cyphertext and plaintext for use in a distributed cracking effort, there will of course be the suggestion that the exercise was rigged, and any public policy implications will be lost in the endless "Was So/Was Not" quibbling which will undoubtedly take place after the crack is complete. Given that most of the people currently singing the praises of single DES live in the banking industry, which has so far resisted all reasonable suggestions that it is time for them to move to something stronger, it would seem almost obvious that this crack should be done on some form of live financial data, such as might be obtained if one were to capture bits passing over publicly accessible phone lines between various financial institutions, ATM machines, and centralized computer facilities. The ideal data would be replete with prepended fixed headers which could be used as a wedge for a known plaintext attack, and should be sufficiently sensitive that breaking it will result in scandalous tabloid headlines and numerous opportunities for Cypherpunks to promote their policy agenda in the media. DES is, after all, a prime example of the type of encryption one gets when the government, rather than the brightest minds in the private sector, are in charge of determining National Crypto Policy and mandating the use of "approved" techniques. I would suggest we obtain the test data for this exercise as soon as possible, and widely disseminate it on the Net. There is no need to wait until we have distributed cracking software ready to go before doing this, and having the actual data to play with while munging the code together may lead to some new insights as to efficient ways to attack the problem. -- Mike Duvos $ PGP 2.6 Public Key available $ mpd(a)netcom.com $ via Finger. $

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Re: When books are outlawed
by Greg Broiles 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 06:07 PM 7/24/96 -0400, Alan Horowitz wrote: > ><< On Our Backs magazine>> > >That's "Off Our Backs". Very much at the forefront of the >PC-gestapo-thought-police trend. Both are (or were) magazines, "On Our Backs" appearing some years after "Off" and appealing to a different (but still lesbian) market segment. -- Greg Broiles |"Post-rotational nystagmus was the subject of gbroiles(a)netbox.com |an in-court demonstration by the People http://www.io.com/~gbroiles |wherein Sgt Page was spun around by Sgt |Studdard." People v. Quinn 580 NYS2d 818,825.

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Re: Distributed DES crack
by jim bell 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 04:34 PM 7/24/96 +0200, Remo Pini wrote: >By the way, using FPGA's (as suggested earlier) at around 100 MHz should be >extremely fast (after all, on one 100000 Gate FPGA, one should be able to >do lot of parallel things at one clock cycle -> test several keys at >once...). >I estimate, that at reasonable cost (lets say, <$500) you should be able to >put enough FPGAs on a board to do enough keys in parallel to equal 1 key >per cycle, i.e. 1e8 keys/sec. I'm skeptical of any attempt to use general-purpose computers to crack DES. For example, if you could get a Pentium-class system to try 100,000 keys per second, that's about 200 million machine hours for a total keyspace search. Even if the power consumption of the hardware was the only cost, and assuming you could get the consumption of an individual machine down to 100 watts, that's 20 million kilowatt-hours of electricity, or somewhere around $1.5 million at 7.5 cents per kwh. That's not particularly promising. However, assuming DES can be implemented by a number of 64-bit wide pipelined stages within a single chip, it should be possible to have that chip do a single key per clock cycle, perhaps at about 50 megahertz. (This would probably be trivial on a full-custom chip. Whether it could be done straightforwardly on a hard-wired gate array, or a FPGA, I don't know.) Tiled on a pc board perhaps 10 by 10, it would check 5 billion keys per second. This works out to 167 days to search the entire keyspace. Electricity consumption is almost ignorable: Even if that 100-processor board consumed 1 kilowatt, that's still only 4000 kilowatt-hours, or $280 at 7.5 c/Kwh. The reason for this enormous difference (about 5000 to one) is mostly due to the fact that general-purpose computers are very inefficient at solving this problem, but also partly because a typcal Pentium-class computer keeps a large amount of circuitry powered up all the time, and not just the portion needed to solve a CPU-bound task. Obviously, costs other than electricity are the dominant factor with a specialized-hardware approach. But the only attraction of the farmed-out (borrowed) general-purpose CPU approach is the fact that the computers are already paid for, and the elctricity will be paid for by somebody else. Once the average participant realizes how wasteful this solution is, he will likely balk. It would be far more economical to take 10% of that electricity cost (possibly in the form of donations), maybe around $150,000, and build the custom hardware that could be used again and again. Jim Bell jimbell(a)pacifier.com

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by TruthMonger 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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17 Dec '03

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NSA Report on Crypto Risks
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Federal Computer Week <www.fcw.com> of April 6 lists an article by Heather Harreld, "An NSA report details the risks of encryption technology," which is not available online. So far Ms. Harreld has not responded to a request for a copy, so if someone has a hardcopy we'd be grateful for a fax: Fax: 212-799-4003.

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Open Letter to the Net from Sens. Burns, Pressler & Ashcroft
by Conrad_Burns＠burns.senate.gov 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

AN OPEN INVITATION TO THE INTERNET COMMUNITY FROM MEMBERS OF THE SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE July 23, 1996 This week, the Senate Commerce Committee will take a historic step forward toward enhancing citizens participation in the democratic process via the Internet. On Thursday July 25 the Committee's hearing on S. 1726, the "Pro-CODE" Act of 1996 will be cybercast live on the Internet. As many of you are well aware, the debate over US encryption policy is of vital importance to the future development of the Internet and the privacy of all Americans. We are writing to invite you to join us in this unique event. And to help the Committee better understand your concerns about privacy and security on the Internet, we are inviting you to submit your thoughts for the hearing record via the World Wide Web and to discuss the issues with us and members of our staff live online during the hearing. Information on how you can join the cybercast, submit your thoughts for the record, and participate in an online discussion with encryption experts, members of the committee, and other concerned individuals are available at: http://www.crypto.com/hearing-cybercast/ Witnesses scheduled to testify at Thursday's hearing include: * Louis Freeh, FBI Director * William Reinsch, Undersecretary, Bureau of Export Administration, Dept. of Commerce * William P. Crowell, Deputy Director, NSA * James Barksdale, CEO Netscape Communications Corporation * Grover Norquist, Director, Americans for Tax Reform * Roel Pieper, Pres/CEO Tandem Computer * Ambassador Michael Skol The Cybercast, which is being coordinated by the Center for Democracy and Technology, Voters Telecommunications Watch, HotWired, DIGEX, and Mike Rawson of Senator Burns' office, has four components. These are: 1. LIVE AUDIO CYBERCAST: The audio portion of the hearing will be cybercast live online in real-time. Anyone with RealAudio installed on their computers (available free at http://www.realaudio.com/) will be able to listen in on the hearing. Audio transcripts will also be archived online at http://www.crypto.com/events/072596/ after the hearing. 2. REAL-TIME PICTURES: Pictures from the hearing will also be uploaded to the World Wide Web in real time throughout the hearing. 3. SIMULTANEOUS ONLINE DISCUSSION FORUM: Netizens can also join a live discussion forum where encryption experts and Commerce Committee staff while they listen to the audio portion of the hearing. This provides an opportunity to discuss the issues raised by the testimony in real time with knowledgeable experts and Congressional staff. Several members of the Commerce Committee may also join the discussion periodically (TBA). 4. TESTIMONY FOR THE RECORD: Netizens can also submit their thoughts on the legislation for the record via the World Wide Web. Details are posted at the http://www.crypto.com/events/072596/. Finally, detailed background information on the encryption debate can be found at the following World Wide Web sites: Senator Conrad Burns (R-MT) - http://www.senate.gov/~burns/ Senator Larry Pressler (R-SD) -http://www.senate.gov/~pressler/ Senator John Ashcroft (R-MO) -http://www.senate.gov/~ashcroft/ Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) - http://www.senate.gov/~leahy/ The Encryption Policy Resource Page - http://www.crypto.com/ The Internet Privacy Coalition - http://www.privacy.org/ipc Your thoughts and comments on this issue are extremely helpful to us as we continue to push for passage of legislation to enhance privacy and security on the Internet. We hope you will join us on Thursday for this important experiment in the future of democracy. Sincerely, Sen. Conrad Burns Sen. Larry Pressler Sen. John Ashcroft

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