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Re: [DES] DES Key Recovery Project, Progress Report #7
by Anil Das 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

On Jan 25, 10:49am, James Robertson wrote: > > Are there any efforts being made to develop a version of the > software that can be used by us non-US residents? > > I would certainly like to participate in the Challenge. I'm > sure there are many other interested people out there, in the > big wide world ... No such development outside the US has been publicized. However, it is easy enough to roll your own. What you need: 1) Eric Young's libdes. ftp://ftp.psy.uq.oz.au/pub/Crypto/DES 2) Svend Olaf Mikkelsen's fast replacement for the core DES routine. http://inet.uni-c.dk/~svolaf/des.htm The latest libdes is supposed to have this faster routine incorporated already, so you may not need it. 3) Peter Trei's article on "Optimizing DES Key Recovery in Software". It is available at HKS's news server. news://nntp.hks.net/<199610171918.MAA23054(a)toad.com> For a first pass, you can just implement the Gray Code technique. That gives most of the speedup. 4) Some information on how to implement Gray Codes. "The Gray Code" by Robert W. Doran. Tech Report 131 from http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~techrep/1996.html Given these resources, it shouldn't take long for a good programmer to implement a DES key search program that is in the same ballpark of performance as Peter Trei's implementation. -- Anil Das

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Libel & the 1st Amendment
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Hi, It has been asserted by at least one member that the 1st Amendment protects libelous or other defamatory speech. This is hokem. The 1st most certainly does not protect lies in any form. It protects opinion, this is distinctly different then stating a untruth about some party or distribution of material with the attributation to them without their permission. No civilized society can exist that permits lies and other defamations of character and expect to survive for any length of time. Simply for no other reason than contracts and other such instruments would not be worth the paper they were printed on. Let alone any laws or other issuances from the government itself. ARTICLE I. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. Where in there do you see a right to lie, cheat, or steal? If it did, it would be a lie because it would not protect the very freedom it says it is. Jim Choate CyberTects ravage(a)ssz.com

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Re: Getting into MIT is impossible
by Rick Osborne 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 06:45 AM 1/29/97 +0100, Anonymous (Xanthar) wrote: >Most intelligent people apply to several schools, knowing that >admissions practices are subject to the vagaries of reality. If you are implying that I was not intelligent enough to apply to more than one school, then you are mistaken. MIT was the *only* school out of the six I applied to (including CMU, CalTech, GaTech) that turned me down. >My guess is that "other factors" were involved. I'm sure that was probably true. I'm just saying that I doubt the admissions process is as Financial-Aid-blind as they would have us believe. >MIT offered me a substantial economic aid package, in the form of loans, >grants, and various campus jobs. What does this tell you? It tells me that you're a better man than I, I guess. I'm sorry if I sound bitter, but one does not work for a goal for over a decade of his life, get rejected for it, and then just "forget it". Anyone who tells you otherwise needs to see a therapist. _________ o s b o r n e @ g a t e w a y . g r u m m a n . c o m _________ Don't have awk? Use this simple sh emulation: #!/bin/sh echo 'Awk bailing out!' >&2 exit 2

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Re: Signing nyms' keys (Was: Report on Portland Cpunks...)
by Bruce Baugh 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 01:42 PM 1/24/96 PST, janzen(a)idacom.hp.com wrote: >Furthermore, by signing a nym's key you place yourself at risk. If you >sign the nym's key with your own key -- or sign using the key of your >own nym, and that nym is subsequently "outed" -- then anyone wishing to >find the individual(s) behind any nym whose key you've signed can >attempt to coerce you into revealing this information, since you have >claimed to know it. This is the real problem, one which doesn't (to me) have a ready solution. If others can demonstrate that there [is|is not] some fairly straightforward way around it, I'd be happy to read it. Bruce Baugh bruceab(a)teleport.com http://www.teleport.com/~bruceab

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Re: John Doe
by David E. Smith 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 02:07 AM 1/26/96 -0500, tallpaul(a)pipeline.com wrote: >On Jan 25, 1996 20:58:48, 'jdoe-0007(a)alpha.c2.org' wrote: >>The John Doe NYM/Remailer interface for Windows is a most excellent >>program that will allow even the most cypher-illiterate to make use of >>the technology that has been the exclusive domain of those in the >>"techno-know". It was a piece of cake to set up, obtain a NYM and select >>inbound and outbound remailers with options to chain as many as your >>paranoia deemed appropriate. >>$25.00 seemed a little steep but they will get my $$$. Nice Job. >>John Doe 0007 >(Unlike jdoe-0007 I think $25 is a very low price to pay for the new >capacity. What the hell! We're not gonna' pay for it out of our own lazy >pockets. We'll raise the tax on hot tubs and get other people to buy it for >us.) I haven't DL'ed/pirated/bought it yet, but what does it do that Joel McNamara's Private Idaho doesn't do? (BTW, PI is _freeware_ as in $25 less than $25.) dave (dsmith(a)alpha.c2.org - see, it doesn't have to be anonymous after all) --- David E. Smith, c/o Southeast Missouri State University 1210 Towers South, Cape Girardeau MO USA 63701-4745 +1(573)339-3814, "dsmith(a)midwest.net", PGP ID 0x961D2B09 Do not use old PGP keys 0x92732139 and 0xFF829C15. http://www.midwest.net/scribers/dsmith/

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Workaround for filtering/cybersitter
by Mark Rogaski 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

If I had experience with Netscape plugins and spare time, I'd try it myself. But here's my proposed solution. A plugin in Netscape intercepts all requests, encrypt the URL with a pubkey algorithm, encode the string base64, send it as GET input to a proxy server. The proxy server decodes and decrypts the URL, gets the requested page, and returns it. This beats out URL-based filtering. Still need to figure out the specifics of key-exchange. If we use 40-bit encryption, it's exportable, and it still works in our threat model (ie. we don't care if the watchers figure out the URL a few hours later). To beat out dropping packets with unacceptable pattern in them, we could use an SSL-based server as the proxy. The plugin could even have a nice little on/off switch and a list list of available proxies. mark -- [] Mark Rogaski || "Computers save time like kudzu [] [] wendigo(a)pobox.com || prevents soil erosion." [] [] http://www.pobox.com/~wendigo/ || - afcasta(a)texas.net [] [] >> finger for PGP pubkey << || []

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Re: Fighting the cybercensor
by Sean Roach 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 09:40 PM 1/27/97 -0500, Phillip M. Hallam-Baker wrote: > > >jim bell <jimbell(a)pacifier.com> wrote in article <5ch9f2$cuu(a)life.ai.mit.edu>... > >> Look, I've proposed what I consider to be a remarkably consistent method to >> prevent the kind of political tyranny that you criticize, and I don't see >> any recognition of this fact. > >Thats because its a whacko solution that has no credibility >or consistency. > >If anyone tried to set up such a market and a price went out >on any of the heads of state fantasized about Mr Bell would be >dead as a doornail in a week. > So you're saying that the system would work. Mr. bell would be targeted, a price on his head, for starting that very system. Mr. Bell would be a martyr, his system being proven by his own death. It would be some varient of his idea that would be used to kill him, a bounty. I think that the system would work, I also think that it would be easiest to use by those already in possession of the money. It would take care of part of our overpopulation problem though...

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Re: Libel & the 1st Amendment
by Huge Cajones Remailer 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 10:46 AM 1/29/1997, Declan McCullagh wrote: > * Many 1st Amendment experts don't believe in the legal concept of > libel. It is, they say, a rich man's game -- if I'm libeled by the > NYT, I'm probably not going t be able to sue them, but Donald Trump > can. Moreover, if I don't have the resources to sue but the > statement is libelous, it creates a *presumption* in the minds of > the readers that the article is certainly true. (If it were not, I > would have sued, right?) The wealthy also use libel suits to suppress dissent. Greg's point that poor people aren't worth suing is only true if the motivation is financial. Often it is not. Conveniently, many of those whose silence is desired are among the petty bourgeouis and have a net worth of roughly $50,000. Enough to make the suit appear legitimate, but not enough to allow the target to brush off the legal fees, if they win the case. Consider also the artificial distinction between private and public figures. It is easier for a private figure to sue for libel. Yet, the most influential people in the country are private figures. Reporters must tread very carefully when covering the activities of these people. Thus, we hear little of them. It would be interesting to know when libel law was first introduced to the United States. Does anybody know? John Peter Zenger

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Re: Fighting the cybercensor
by Hallam-Baker 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I think that with the demise of Mr Bell and anyone running a remailer there would be an end to his scheme pretty quickly. Society is not bound to put up with cranks and psychopaths. there is no right to anonymously call for murder. The authorities could easily stop Bells scheme. The point I was making is that it is not consistent as claimed. Phill

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Re: OFFSHORE RESOURCES
by Alex de Joode 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

You sez: : There has been sporadic interest on this list with regard to : offshore incorporation, banking, etc. While ads for offshore : services are common in the international press, until now, none : of these companies has an Internet presence. : THE ECONOMIST has an ad for OCRA, a group that specializes in : offshore company services. What's new is that they have a Web : page. It includes a good primer on the benifits from going : offshore and on selected offshore jurisdictions. I've never done : business with these folks, but they have good info. I maintain a small page with offshore resources at: URL: http://www.replay.com/offshore bEST Regards, -AJ-

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