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invitation
by fgle＠sun1.uconect.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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RSA Announces New "DES Challenge"
by Bob Baldwin 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

RSA Announces New "DES Challenge" Tens of thousands of dollars in cash prizes offered; contest should improve overall Internet security by illustrating relative strength of different crypto algorithms and keysizes. Business Editors and Computer Writers REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Jan 2, 1997--RSA Data Security, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Security Dynamics Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: SDTI), today announced an Internet-based contest with cash prizes. The contest, known as the "RSA DES Challenge", challenges mathematicians, hackers and computer experts around the world to decipher encrypted messages. The goal of the contest is to quantify the security offered by the government endorsed DES encryption standard and other secret-key ciphers at various key sizes. The challenge proper will be launched during the RSA Data Security Conference to be held in San Francisco, January 28-31, with the target ciphertexts for the different contests being simultaneously posted on the company web-site, at http://www.rsa.com/ RSA Data Security pioneered the Internet-based "cracking" contest, when it launched the original "RSA Factoring Challenge" back in 1991. Since then, the company has paid out over $100,000 in prize money to mathematicians and hackers around the world, and the data gained from that Challenge (which is ongoing) has greatly increased mathematicians' understanding of the strength of encryption techniques based on the "factoring problem", such as the RSA Public Key Cryptosystem T. Background It's widely agreed that 56-bit keys, such as those offered by the government's DES standard, offer marginal protection against the committed adversary. By inertia as much as anything else, DES is still used for many applications, and the 20-year-old algorithm is proposed to be exportable under the latest incarnation of Clipper. It is the perfect time to demonstrate to the world that better systems are both required - and available - thus improving the world's security. There have been theoretical studies done showing that a specialized computer "DES cracker" could be built for a modest sum, which could crack keys in mere hours by exhaustive search. However, no one is known to have built such a machine in the private sector - and nobody knows if one has been built in any government, either. The successes of the RSA Factoring Challenge show that for some types of problems, it's possible to recruit spare "cycles" on a large number of machines distributed around the Internet. Therefore, by offering a suitable incentive, it should be possible to recruit sufficient CPU power across the Internet to exhaustively search the DES keyspace in a matter of weeks. Computer scientists have already developed software that will allow even the novice computer user to participate in the cracking effort. By incorporating the key search software in a "screen saver", a simple PC anywhere on the Internet can devote its spare time to working on the problem - remotely and completely unattended. Even people with limited computer skills will be able to participate. In the RSA DES Challenge, the motto will definitely be "The More, The Merrier". The Contest Full details of the RSA DES Challenge will be posted on the RSA home page (http://www.rsa.com/) during the first weeks of January. Complete rules for the competition will be provided as well as example challenges and solutions against which computer scientists and hackers can test their software. In conjunction with the RSA DES Challenge, RSA will simultaneously launch a series of other contests based around the RC5 Symmetric Block Cipher (another encryption algorithm). Since RC5 is a variable key length block cipher, targets that offer increasing resistance against so-called "exhaustive search attacks" will be posted in the hope of assessing the full impact of a widely-distributed exhaustive search. There will be 12 challenges based on the use of RC5. Prizes will be awarded for the recovery of each of 12 keys which are chosen to be of lengths varying from 40 bits all the way up to 128 bits, with the length increasing in steps of eight bits. The email sender of the first correctly formatted submissions to each contest will receive a cash prize. For the RSA DES Challenge the first sender of the secret DES key will receive $10,000. For the other contests the prize money awarded will vary with the difficulty of the RC5 key attacked. For more information about the ongoing RSA Factoring Challenge send email to challenge-administrator(a)rsa.com and for the latest news and developments send email to challenge-news(a)rsa.com. About RSA Data Security, Inc. RSA Data Security, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Security Dynamics Technologies, Inc., is the world's brand name for cryptography, with more than 75 million copies of RSA encryption and authentication technologies installed and in use worldwide. RSA technologies are part of existing and proposed standards for the Internet and World Wide Web, IT4, ISO, ANSI, IEEE, and business, financial and electronic commerce networks around the globe. The company develops and markets platform-independent developer's kits and end-user products, and provides comprehensive cryptographic consulting services. For more information on any of RSA's encryption technologies, please call RSA directly at 415/595-8782 or send electronic mail to sales(a)rsa.com. RSA also provides information on its Web site at http://www.rsa.com. **************************************************************** Kurt R. Stammberger Director, Technology Marketing RSA Data Security, Inc. (A Security Dynamics Company) 415-595-8782 vox 415-595-1873 fax kurt(a)rsa.com www.rsa.com

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Re: Accounts payable
by nobody＠replay.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Timothy May the self-admitted child molester possesses a rudimentary dick less than one inch long, half the size of his mother's clitoris, that barely makes a fistful. Thereby hangs the root of this Jew-hating sissy's sick fixation on little boys and Usenet forgeries. ____ \ _/__ Timothy May \\ / \/

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Anonymous Remailer at DHP.com
by Jill014＠aol.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

In a message dated 97-01-01 18:55:24 EST, lucifer(a)dhp.com (Anonymous) writes: > Subj: Re: Anonymous Post Control > Date: 97-01-01 18:55:24 EST > From: lucifer(a)dhp.com (Anonymous) > Sender: owner-cypherpunks(a)toad.com > To: cypherpunks(a)toad.com > > ph(a)netcom.com (Peter Hendrickson) writes: > > > It's hard to filter anonymous posters. I want to see what a few > > of them have to say so I can't filter on the remailers. > > > > If anonymous posters PGP sign their posts, it is still hard to filter > > using a lame filter software such as that which comes to Eudora. > > Anonymous users willing to PGP sign their posts could just use a > service like nym.alias.net (mailto:help@nym.alias.net), which even > allows pseudonyms to advertise their PGP keys via finger (slightly > better than the PGP key servers). > > When people post anonymously rather than pseudonymously, it is > generally because they don't want a blatant link between all of their > posts (though obviously analysis of writing style is still possible). > But why do you always use the anonymous remailer from DHP.com? Why do you not use other places? JIll > > > ----------------------- Headers -------------------------------- > From cypherpunks-errors(a)toad.com Wed Jan 1 18:54:40 1997 > Return-Path: cypherpunks-errors(a)toad.com > Received: from toad.com (toad.com [140.174.2.1]) by emin08.mail.aol.com (8.6. > 12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id SAA26357; Wed, 1 Jan 1997 18:54:38 -0500 > Received: (from majordom@localhost) by toad.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id OAA12907 > for cypherpunks-outgoing; Wed, 1 Jan 1997 14:25:53 -0800 (PST) > Received: from dhp.com (dhp.com [199.245.105.1]) by toad.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) > with ESMTP id OAA12894 for <cypherpunks(a)toad.com>; Wed, 1 Jan 1997 14:25:06 - > 0800 (PST) > Received: (from lucifer@localhost) by dhp.com (8.8.4/8.6.12) id RAA17460 for > cypherpunks(a)toad.com; Wed, 1 Jan 1997 17:25:01 -0500 > Date: Wed, 1 Jan 1997 17:25:01 -0500 > Message-Id: <199701012225.RAA17460(a)dhp.com> > X-Authentication-Warning: dhp.com: lucifer set sender to lucifer(a)dhp.com > using -f > To: cypherpunks(a)toad.com > From: lucifer(a)dhp.com (Anonymous) > Comments: Please report misuse of this automated remailing service to < > lucifer(a)dhp.com>. > References: <v02140b0caeef4ce75c72(a)[192.0.2.1]> > Subject: Re: Anonymous Post Control > Sender: owner-cypherpunks(a)toad.com > Precedence: bulk >

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'Fuck_God_Up_The_Ass' (was: invitation)
by nobody＠replay.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

fgle(a)sun1.uconect.net spammed: > Received: (from majordom@localhost) by toad.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id HAA09438 for cypherpunks-outgoing; Fri, 3 Jan 1997 07:09:39 -0800 (PST) > Received: from sun1.uconect.net ([206.156.42.50]) by toad.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id HAA09425 for <cypherpunks(a)toad.com>; Fri, 3 Jan 1997 07:09:27 -0800 (PST) > From: fgle(a)sun1.uconect.net > Received: from fgle.uconect.net ([206.156.55.17]) by sun1.uconect.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id KAA13920 for <cypherpunks(a)toad.com>; Fri, 3 Jan 1997 10:07:22 -0500 > Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 10:07:22 -0500 > Message-Id: <199701031507.KAA13920(a)sun1.uconect.net> > To: cypherpunks(a)toad.com > Subject: invitation > Sender: owner-cypherpunks(a)toad.com > Precedence: bulk > X-Newsgroups: list.cypherpunks > > Fuck_God_Up_The_Ass, [snip] > Douglas Cymbala > Membership Department I somehow doubt that Douglas has sufficient Vaseline to fulfill his erotic fantasies! (Or his "god" is rather small...) How many clueless spammers need to get stung by indiscriminately posting to spam-bait addresses planted in Usenet until they figure out that it's a Really Bad Idea[tm]? I've heard rumors that at least one idjit spammer lost his account for spamming a religious mailing list with something like that! Can you say "oops"?

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ONE MILLION CHILDREN.....
by gary＠safetydisk.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

...and pets are lost or turn up missing every year! Protect your loved ones today! Think about all the things you do to protect your loved ones. Isn't there one more thing you should do? Child and Pet ID Kits have been around for years, but most of them haven't changed with the years. Traditional ID Kits allow you to compile valuable information about your child or pet that you can use in the event your child or pet is missing. We are responding to the rapid changes in technology. We know that any ID Kit just isn't good enough. Our ID Kit is quite different! You supply us with up to three photos and pertinent information about your child or pet and we create a SAFETYDISK. In PC or MAC format, SAFETYDISK is a 3 1/2" disk that contains photos and valuable information that could help law enforcement agencies in the search for a missing child or pet. What makes our kit so unique is that each SAFETYDISK is actually pre-formatted for the World Wide Web. SAFETYDISK can be put on any Internet server within seconds and displayed to millions and millions of people who might spot your child or pet! For more information, visit our website at http://www.mvsibility.com/sd/ Thanks, Gary Aikens President, SafetyDisk, Inc.

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[Screed] Re: ONE MILLION CHILDREN.....
by Alan Olsen 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 12:42 PM 1/3/97, Gary Aikens wrote: >...and pets are lost or turn up missing every year! >Protect your loved ones today! How much of each? (I forgot... Children and pets are interchangable.) >Think about all the things you do to protect your loved ones. Isn't there >one more thing you should do? Wrap them in aluminum foil to protect them from the bogon radiation coming from this message? >Child and Pet ID Kits have been around for years, but most of them haven't >changed with the years. Traditional ID Kits allow you to compile valuable >information about your child or pet that you can use in the event your child or >pet is missing. We are responding to the rapid changes in technology. We know >that any ID Kit just isn't good enough. It has to be marketed on The Internet(tm)! (With special THX-1138 SPAM additives for that special zing!) What new buzzword has not been exploited for the purposes of seperating the excesivly gulible from their money? >Our ID Kit is quite different! You supply us with up to three photos and pertinent >information about your child or pet and we create a SAFETYDISK. As brought to you in the early 80s by "Men without Clues". >In PC or MAC >format, SAFETYDISK is a 3 1/2" disk that contains photos and valuable >information that could help law enforcement agencies in the search for a missing >child or pet. "I am sorry that we cannot find your lost loved one as this disk has sector errors." None of which require purchace of your product. (You forgot to remind us of all the HORRIBLE things that could happen if we do not buy your "product".) >What makes our kit so unique is that each SAFETYDISK is actually >pre-formatted for the World Wide Web. You store this "Vital Information" as HTML?!?!?? >SAFETYDISK can be put on any >Internet server within seconds and displayed to millions and millions of >people >who might spot your child or pet! If they go to that web page. Few, if any, web pages gets that many hits in a short period of time. (Or a year for that matter.) They have a better chance of getting spotted by paintball guns! What you are selling is a web page substitute for a milk carton! (Without having that useful feature of holding milk.) I guess you had to find some use for that copy of Frontpage 2.0 you got for Christmas... >For more information, visit our website at http://www.mvisibility.com/sd/ Maybe you can find someone you know and/or love... (Or at least a pet.) Then again, maybe not... Or you can learn how, by sending in your children or pets to the top address on this list, you can get 3,125 loved-ones and pets ABSOLUTLY FREE! (All it takes is selling your soul to the demons of Multi-level Marketing.) >Thanks, But no thanks. >Gary Aikens >President, SafetyDisk, Inc. and clueless spammer. "I loved annoying people so much I bought the company!" --- | If you're not part of the solution, You're part of the precipitate. | |"The moral PGP Diffie taught Zimmermann unites all| Disclaimer: | | mankind free in one-key-steganography-privacy!" | Ignore the man | |`finger -l alano(a)teleport.com` for PGP 2.6.2 key | behind the keyboard.| | http://www.ctrl-alt-del.com/~alan/ |alan(a)ctrl-alt-del.com|

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[ANNOUNCEMENT] ElGamal
by nobody＠huge.cajones.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Tim C[ocksucker] May proves that the Midwestern gene pool needs some chlorine in it. /\ \ / /\ //\\ .. //\\ Tim C[ocksucker] May //\(( ))/\\ / < `' > \

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Personal use exception to ITAR/EAR
by Greg Broiles 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Someone wrote to the list in the last day or so (I seem to have mislaid the message) asking what happened to the ITAR's personal use exemption. The introductory comments to the new 12/30/96 regs indicate that: "License Exceptions TMP and BAG effectively replace the Department of State's personal use exemption." (Federal Register, p. 68575) License exception TMP is described at 15 CFR 740.4, and BAG is described at 15 CFR 740.9, both of which are available via John Young's helpful hypertext version of the EARs at <http://jya.com/740.htm>. -- Greg Broiles | US crypto export control policy in a nutshell: gbroiles(a)netbox.com | http://www.io.com/~gbroiles | Export jobs, not crypto. |

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Modified Token Posting Scheme
by ph＠netcom.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

The proposal to limit "noise" posts by using re-usable tokens is interesting because it has the effect of filtering and at the same time remains responsive because the "moderator" passes judgement after posting has occurred. In essence, the poster is betting that the moderator will approve the post retroactively. The purpose of limiting the tokens available is to give them value so that there is a cost associated with losing the bet. However, distribution of the tokens has the same problems that centrally planned economies have distributing bread. Should people wait in line, receive bread at random, or get their bread through connections? None of these solutions is attractive. The right way to implement the scheme is to use dollars for tokens because the USG has already solved the problem of giving the tokens value. The "moderator" returns the money to people when posts are worthwhile and keeps it otherwise. This means that the "bet" can be quite a bit larger than a dollar because responsible posters will get their money back. Starving graduate students will not be discouraged from posting. Abusive posters, anonymous posters, or spam artists will have to pay a substantial fee for the privilege. Of course, there's no reason to have just one moderator on the list. A moderator could just be an e-mail account that forwards mail to the list if valid payment is received. (Moderators should PGP sign their messages so mail forging won't work.) Readers could filter on which moderators have approved the kinds of posts they want to read. The effect of this scheme is to allow newcomers, infrequent posters, or anonymous posters to get through killfiles without taking the time and effort to develop a reputation. Peter Hendrickson ph(a)netcom.com

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