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Blanc Weber / Positivist Schill
by Toto 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Blanc Weber wrote: > --------------------------------------------------- > In "Human Action", by Ludwig von Mises, he explains very well how > nations which restrict their market options create the tensions and > circumstances which lead to wars between them. All of the good computer gurus I know have degrees in Political Philosophy, and the like. You must be one of them. > I was considering, likewise, that the current developing technologies > might open up people's imagination to so many interesting things to do > and new ways to get what they are after, creating a sense of > "possibility", rather than "impossibility", that this would affect their > outlook on life and their attitude and turn their attention to more > positive things beyond killing - that is, beyond the idea of achieving > freedom from certain influences by killing the source of those > influences. Are you part of a cypherpunks list conspiracy to balance my cynicism? Are you actually suggesting that there may be a spark of hope for mankind to prevail in the battle with the forces of mindless robotic sheepnocity? > In the "new world order", those influences would not be so threatening, > as there would exist ways to route around them. This could reduce the > tensions which would otherwise arise, leaving the mind open to more > productive considerations, freed to think less in terms of destructive > methodologies. You seem to be one of the eternal optimists who can even see the possible good in AP. I suggested in a recent post that perhaps Green Peace could use the AP system to drain the profit margins of whalers without actually causing their death. Of course, I was low on Scotch at the time, so my idea cannot be taken seriously. -- Toto "The Xenix Chainsaw Massacre" http://bureau42.base.org/public/xenix/xenbody.html

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Re: [PGP-USERS] New International Version (fwd)
by 3umoelle＠informatik.uni-hamburg.de 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message from Lutz Donnerhacke <lutz(a)iks-jena.de>: On Tue, Apr 08, 1997 at 02:00:02AM +0200, Ulf Möller wrote: > > The subject is somewhat misleading. PGP 2.6.3in is a derivative of > > PGP 2.6.3i, modified as to comply with the policy of the certification > > authority run by Individual Network e.V. (IN e.V.). Specificially, it > > differentiates between signature and encryption keys, and implements > > key expiry dates. > > PGP4.5 does both of these things. I wonder if their modifications are > compatible with PGP Incs newer version. > > It would be a pity for the versions to get out of sync and cause > compatibility problems. If PGP4.5 follows the PGFormat.Doc specifications, there will be no problem despite ENCR/SIGN, which is not covered by the PGFormat.Doc.

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Re: Anti-Spambot: what algorithm should be used?
by dlv＠bwalk.dm.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

ichudov(a)algebra.com (Igor Chudov @ home) writes: > Hi, > > As we all know, there exist certain programs, called "spambots", whose > task is to post various messages to many newsgroups simultaneously. > > Besides their posting functionality, certain spambot programs take > special care to make their spams undetectable by anti-spambots. In > particular, they can be programmed to modify certain fields or the > message text itself in such a way that these messages would not look > unique, but would still carry the same content. > > We can generalize the things that spambots might do and suggest that > a general spambot would do the following to avoid spam detection: > > 1) modify all header fields, for example From: Subject:, etc, with > each spam posting. > 2) Follow up to other articles posted to newsgroups so that the > spams would look like genuine unique messages to the readers, and > defeat spam detectors Right - if you're following up in a newsgroup, you can just re-use the subject. You can also use the "From:" and other headers from one of the regular posters. > 3) Randomly altering the spam message proper such that blindly comparing If you're following up, then rather than being random, you can tailor you response based on the message you're following up on - kind of like Eliza or better. :-) > them would be futile. Such alterations may include interchanging certain > synonymous words, adding spaces or punctuation, or simply changing line > wrapping length. > 4) Swapping paragraphs and phrases. > 5) Add random headers, footers & fillings (like ASCII art) > > I am sure that the readers can come up with more examples. > > The task (or the problem) is: > > a) come up with a reasonable set of assumptions of what such a > spambot would or could do > b) Create an algorithm which would print Message-IDs of messages that > have identical content, so that most if not all of the judgments of > this algorithm would be correct, assuming that the spambot operates > within the limits of a). > > A message can be thought of as a sequence of words, phrases and > paragraphs, as well as a set of header lines. > > Path: header field may be specially treated. I don't think it's possible. --- Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps

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Re: Cuba and AP
by nobody＠huge.cajones.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Date: Mon, 7 Apr 1997 16:24:54 -0700 Subject: Re: Cuba and AP To: cypherpunks(a)toad.com From: nobody(a)huge.cajones.com (Huge Cajones Remailer) On the date above TruthMonger (#7) stumbled about missed the point: [SNIP THIS TRIPE] >>>> The stench in Cuba was so bad under the U.S. backed Batista regime that Guerva and Castro were a breath of fresh air for the majority of Cuban people. Despite years of harassment, invasion, and economic attack on Cuba by the shameless 'free' countries <yuk,yuk> of the world, Castro is still a better option for the Cuban people than other options. <<<< Moreover, young #7, those older than you recall the _joy_ with which Castro, et al, were greeted by much of the US media and a large segment of the seemingly informed public. Only, I say only, when it became common knowledge that Castro was backed by the commies did he become the villain. Better the people suffer under bu$ine$$-supported Batista than be ruled by a Red! Believe it; I was there, whippersnapper! TruthMonger (#23)

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Kent Crispin-Baker
by null＠myemail.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Kent Crispin wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 07, 1997 at 07:24:03PM -0600, Toto wrote: > > Kent Crispin wrote: > > > > > > In fact, a case could be made for > > > considering Jim Bell as a NSA shill. > > So, now Kent is volunteering to testify to the fact that Jim Bell is > > an NSA shill. (and still seems ashamed of his .gov address) > Just so you know, Toto, .gov informs me it doesn't want there to be > the slightest possibility of anyone thinking I am speaking for it. Amazing that they notified you right after I made note of it, isn't it? > And the part about Jim Bell being an NSA shill? I am not volunteering > to testify to anything, but your are the *second* person to say > something about it, so it *must* be true. And the part about the > statist agenda? That must be true too, since you quoted it. I think that they are confusing you with Hallam-Baker, who offered to testify against Bell in court. This is an understandable error, since even a modicum of traffic analysis shows that you work in concert with one another. > -- > Kent Crispin > kent(a)songbird.com [ And, lest we forget: kc(a)llnl.gov ] TruthMonger ************************************************************************ This Anonymous email has been relayed by http://www.MyEmail.net/ MyEmail.Net is a free anonymous mailing service. No records indicating the identity of person(s) who originated this message are retrieved electronically, or as a requirement to submit. Your email address can be blocked to prevent further contact from this service, please refer to the URL above for instructions on how to do so. ************************************************************************

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Re: 20 Armed Feds raid home of guy (Jim Bell) who posted to Internet
by dlv＠bwalk.dm.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

tcmay(a)got.net (Tim May) writes: > had a chance to arise. And at least a couple of CP list members have talked > about lawsuits, without any apparent devastation of their repuations (even Has or hasn't C2Net's reputation been devastated by Sandy Sandfart? --- Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps

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Please donate to Sean Fein whenever Hallam-Baker posts to this list
by dlv＠bwalk.dm.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

paul(a)fatmans.demon.co.uk writes: > > >You may have put your own life at risk. The IRA is not the only > > >terrorist group in Ireland, its opponents make a point of assasinating > > >anyone who openly supports IRA activities. > > > > > > Phill. > > Oh dear Dimitri, I do hope Phill hasn`t frightened you *too* much ;-) Not at all - he just reaffirmed my conviction that the IRA is right. > > > Paul, or someone in U.K. - > > I'd like to donate $1 to the IRA every time Hallam-Baker posts to > > this mailing list. Can someone please tell me a convenient way > > to send them donations? Thank you very much. > > I would say you were probably best to send a $1 donation for each > post to Sinn Fein, the "legitimate" political wing of the IRA which > claims not to condone their violent actions but is, in fact, a > conduit for IRA funding. I don`t know their address but if you do a > web search in UK polotics for Sinn Fein you should find them pretty > easily. They may also be a good site to run an AP bot from ;-) That's an excellent suggestion! Thank you very much, Paul. I found their web site at http://www.irlnet.com/sinnfein. They have a little electronic commerce page - if you have ssh, you can order a cool Bobby Sands T-shirt and pay with your Visa or MasterCard. OK, I hereby pledge to snail-mail $1 cash to: Friends of Sinn F\'ein 510 C St NE Washington, DC 20002 Every time Hallam-Baker posts to this mailing list. I urge other list members to do likewise. You will be supporting a just cause. --- Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps

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Re: Another Article on Jim Bell from the Oregano
by Bill Stewart 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 10:18 AM 4/5/97 -0800, you wrote: >As for the "drug conviction", he was nailed for possession of phenyl acetic >acid in 1989. The government tried to prove that he was trying to manufacture >meth, but was unable and Jim pleaded guilty to a lesser charge. >(Of course, >what are prohibited molecules and non-prohibited molecules is an ever >changing maze. It is pretty hard to keep track of what is "legal" and >"illegal" in that area. Seems to be "whatever we say it is". It's actually quite straightforward - it all depends on the intent of the molecules being arrested. If they're just loitering around, it's not illegal, but if they're loitering with intent to commit public intoxication, or conspiring to form an illegal syndicate, you may be in big trouble.... # Thanks; Bill # Bill Stewart, +1-415-442-2215 stewarts(a)ix.netcom.com # You can get PGP outside the US at ftp.ox.ac.uk/pub/crypto/pgp # (If this is a mailing list, please Cc: me on replies. Thanks.)

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Re: Black box attacks (was Re: Crypto-Dongel)
by Dave Emery 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Lucky Green wrote : > It is true that methods exist to recover data from RAM even after it has > been "erased". First and foremost, there are physical processes taking > place in the substrate that cause permanent changes in the cells containing > the data. In general, if there is a chip left to analyze, the data that > used to be stored within can be obtained. [The particular opponent may of > course choose not to spend the funds required to perform the analysis.] > > The only way to reliably remove data from RAM is to destroy the substrate. > I recently investigated various methods of doing so for a certain high > security application. My research showed that the only portable (and truly > reliable) solution for this task are micro explosives. Perhaps > unsurprisingly, the US uses explosives to protect the electronics in > nuclear weapons. The local ATF office informed me that any device using > explosives to destroy its contents would be considered a booby trap, even > if the explosion would be contained to the inside of device and therefore > not pose a danger to the operator. > I have heard about thermite devices being used for this in the sort of applications that might warrent it. Granted that this is a royal fire hazard unless very carefully engineered, but at least it is not an explosive per se.... One can reduce this effect somewhat by implementing software or hardware methods that complement the key or whatever you are protecting every few seconds. But I can testify, as someone who has done hardware design, that the memory effect is real and very pronounced... not a myth. Dave Emery die(a)die.com

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Re: Another Article on Jim Bell from the Oregano
by Toto 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Bill Stewart wrote: > > The government tried to prove that he was trying to manufacture > meth, but was unable and Jim pleaded guilty to a lesser charge. Misleading. He pled guilty to a 'different' charge, which had nothing to do with 'drugs', but was some EPA type of thing, as I recall. > >(Of course, > >what are prohibited molecules and non-prohibited molecules is an ever > >changing maze. It is pretty hard to keep track of what is "legal" and > >"illegal" in that area. Seems to be "whatever we say it is". > > It's actually quite straightforward - it all depends on the > intent of the molecules being arrested. If they're just loitering around, > it's not illegal, but if they're loitering with intent to commit public > intoxication, or conspiring to form an illegal syndicate, you may be > in big trouble.... I bought some drugs once, intending to try them. Then I changed my mind... -- Toto "The Xenix Chainsaw Massacre" http://bureau42.base.org/public/xenix/xenbody.html

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