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3GW standards
by Vipul Ved Prakash 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

*** Battle over third generation wireless standards begins In a scene reminiscent of Beta vs. VHS and Windows vs. Macintosh, a technology battle among giant wireless industry manufacturers began taking shape last week. The story, revealed in a report from WirelessNOW, shows that makers of wireless gear are maneuvering for position to set the standards for the next generation of wireless Internet connectivity, multimedia applications and portable phone services. What is precipitating this onslaught? Nothing less than the control of a mega-billion dollar industry's future direction in what is being called Third Generation Wireless (3GW) systems. (PR Newswire) Story, http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=4524154-d9f -- Vipul Ved Prakash | - Electronic Security & Crypto vipul(a)pobox.com | - Web Objects 91 11 2233328 | - PERL Development 198 Madhuban IP Extension | - Linux & Open Systems Delhi, INDIA 110 092 | - Networked Virtual Spaces

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hks cypherpunks newsserver down
by shamrock＠netcom.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

nntp.hks.net's cypyherpunks mail -> news gateway has not shown new messages for more than a week. Strangely, only the cp list seems to be affected. Anyone know what's up? -- Lucky Green <mailto:shamrock@netcom.com> PGP encrypted mail preferred.

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Mail to mail.cypherpunks "newsgroup" echoes to list
by Michael Froomkin 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I have been getting a load of duplicate mail from this group; not all messages are duplicated, only those cc'd to mail.cypherpunks as well as sent to the toad.com address. I don't know if this is a gateway to a local newsgroup or what, but I wish the duplication would stop. Thank you. A. Michael Froomkin | +1 (305) 284-4285; +1 (305) 284-6506 (fax) Associate Professor of Law | mfroomki(a)umiami.ir.miami.edu U. Miami School of Law | P.O. Box 248087 | It's hot here. And humid. Coral Gables, FL 33124 USA | See (experimentally & erratically) http://viper.law.miami.edu/~mfroomki ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 03 Sep 1995 08:38:54 -0600 From: Piete Brooks <Piete.Brooks(a)cl.cam.ac.uk> To: lyal collins <lyalc(a)ozemail.com.au> Cc: cypherpunks(a)toad.com, Piete.Brooks(a)cl.cam.ac.uk Newgroups: mail.cypherpunks Subject: Re: A bold ssl idea ? > I understand that setting up RC4 keys is slower that testing for the correct > key (I may have misuderstood this bit). For pure RC4, Yes. However, SSL is not pure RC4. > Is it considered practical to modify the brutessl code to have multiple > message data, and test each against a key from allocated key space ? You are the third person I've heard think of this. [ The first did quite a lot of calculations before spotting the problem ! ] > If so, this may mean that perhaps 3 message can be tested against a single > in the time two single keys could be tested against one message. Well, the original suggestion I heard was to try 64K at a time :-))

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Looking for NII IP "White Paper"...
by Brian A. LaMacchia 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

According to an article in Sunday's _Washington Post_ the final draft of the "Intellectual Property and the National Information Infrastructure" report is going to be released Tuesday morning. You may recall the premilinary draft of this report, a.k.a. the "Green Paper", and its proposed changes to U.S. Copyright Law. Does anyone on the list have a copy of the final draft/"White Paper"? The administration is evidently keeping it under pretty tight wraps, probably because of the intense criticism the Green Paper received. Personally, I expect the White Paper to be just as bad. --bal References: The Green Paper/Preliminary Draft is available at: http://www.uspto.gov/niiip.html Pam Samuelson's critique, which appeared in _Communications of the ACM_ and which you should definitely read, is available at: http://www-swiss.ai.mit.edu/6095/articles/samuelson-nii-cacm-dec94.html

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Re: Dumb Question: PGPfone over Appletalk
by Richard.Johnson＠Colorado.EDU 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Can someone tell me how to run PGPfone over Appletalk ? The >documentation says that support has been added for this release, and >there's a preferences box to check to use it, but there's no information >I can find in the documentation on how to initiate a call over >Appletalk.. it just says to enter a telephone number to dial. If I >press 'Connect' without entering anything it hangs up the Mac. > >How do I tell it which machine I want to connect to ? > > Mark "Don't know much about Macs" Grant My guess is that you're on a network with multiple AppleTalk zones. The "PGPfone 1.0b4 README" file mentions a known bug that causes PGPfone to freeze when trying to bring up its AppleTalk Browser. The Read Me file then goes on to explain how to connect anyway. Be sure to use a semi-colon, not a colon, between the zone name and the macintosh name... Richard -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBMEn+T/obez3wRbTBAQHG7gP+J8It6kZTRYhte2ffTSzflQB8ff14a2pR VR81PD0HIjE5cyNTrAlA6FdVGguy21BIK+tUz5rmQBRuZP46OWynBqk4y551M+fg JjnEOk2jXNBZDFdwT9fy5hWc3g38os6vto5/4vsj5Vhw0+6EoVojzJ8AU99ibG7z pKnPhQnpISI= =8lQJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: anyone know what this "top secret" code does?
by Tim Magee 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

In your message dated Saturday 2, September 1995 : > Does anyone remember the scenario someone suggested awhile back that > hypothesized a scheme by the NSA or other TLAs to encourage the use > of WEAK crypto? It involved spreading a lot of F.U.D. about PGP and > other strong crypto methods, followed by the discovery/leak of a > supposedly "strong" crypto algorithm to replace it. If the YFTLA could diffuse actual source of a method *supposedly* stronger than IDEA and get away with it, could they not equally qell get away with planting their man Zimmermann and having him publish PGP with a cunning trapdoor? Let's see, to lend cred to that though they'd probably have to have him arrested on trumped-up charges and generally harassed ... Many people only THINK they know what cynicism means. Seriously: I've not been round long enough to have a good idea how likely my proposed scenario is. You can all probably tell me things about Z's provenance which blow my little theory sky-high. cheers, tim M. -- "Man is born free, and everywhere he is very reasonable." -- Rousseau (roughly) Tim Magee, e-mail: Tim(a)alia1.demon.co.uk, tel: +44-1225-316785

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A bold ssl idea ?
by lyalc＠ozemail.com.au 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Having watched the discussions of recent of the SSL bruting, it occured to me that a variation could also be useful. I understand that setting up RC4 keys is slower that testing for the correct key (I may have misuderstood this bit). As a company using SSL can ahve all it's SSL traffic sniffed, from multiple people accessing, a log can easily be built of message/keys. Is it considered practical to modify the brutessl code to have multiple message data, and test each against a key from allocated key space ? If so, this may mean that perhaps 3 message can be tested against a single in the time two single keys could be tested against one message. An an attack scenario, this is a hell of a lot more "efficient" than current trials have been. I realise this could also be considered a bit of target for the main purpose of demonstrating weaknesses, and improving techiquess. My thoughts, anyway - i hope they make sense. lyal

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LR/SHS src (386 ASM)
by Deranged Mutant 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I have uploaded a copy of lrsha14.zip to the cypherpunks ftp site. It contains source code for a 32-bit implementation of the Secure Hash Algorithm as well as a Luby-Rackoff/SHA cipher in CFB mode, and a sample Turbo Pascal interface for debugging it, etc. -Rob

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Re: Collection of personal info
by tcmay＠got.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 10:15 PM 9/6/95, Rob Lowry wrote: >Beyond having the willies.. This is more than just scary, it feels like >rape when you think about it for awhile. Everything you buy, on credit, is >recorded and sold to someone who wants to know your secrets. Everytime >you make a banking transaction, someone is watching and compiling the >data. > >Is there any legal recourse to get your name removed from the sellable list? >Or is it too late and we can not save even the vestiges of our privacy? Rob, I have entered this posting of yours into the "BlackNet Dossier Service" I operate. Sounds creepy and scary, eh? Well, it's part of freedom. The "legal recourse" you mention about having your name taken off lists kept by people or agencies ultimately involves visits by the authorities to private homes (like mine) to verify that the data are being "properly collected" and that no "illegal or incorrect data" are being stored. If someone wants something kept secret, the solution is to keep it secret. If someone doesn't want their postings going into my 220 megabyte file of postings, they shouldn't send them to me. Or they should adopt a digital pseudonym, unlinkable to their True Name or any other nyms they may have. Things are much simpler and less stressful when you don't look to the law to fix things. --Tim May ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay(a)got.net 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Higher Power: 2^756839 | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders are just speed bumps on the information superhighway."

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RE: Key Escrow Papers
by Pat Farrell 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

John Young <jya(a)pipeline.com> writes: > Perhaps someone, Pat Farrell or another, would be willing > to make them available on a homepage or ftp site. If so we > will send them over. I will gladly put up any nist-meeting papers, comments, drafts, etc. on my webpage. Please send them to me. (pfarrell(a)netcom.com) I am even willing to type in some, but that is known to cause typos, as I can't type, and even spellcheckers can't tell real words such as 'sham' from 'shame' Right now, I'm pretty down on the two days, but lets keep the information flowing. Pat Pat Farrell Grad Student http://www.isse.gmu.edu/students/pfarrell Info. Systems & Software Engineering, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA PGP key available on homepage #include <standard.disclaimer>

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