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Name Overloading
by tcmay＠got.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 8:54 PM 8/14/95, Bryce Wilcox wrote: >(Hm. "DC" -- "DigiCash" -- "David Chaum". I just noticed that...) Also "Dining Cryptographers," as in "DC-Nets," which DC invented. Chaum only smirks when asked about this multiple overloading. --Tim May, aka Marcus Registrada (overloaded with Trade Mark, Turing Machine, and maybe other things...) ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay(a)got.net (Got net?) | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero 408-728-0152 | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Corralitos, CA | black markets, collapse of governments. Higher Power: 2^756839 | Public Key: PGP and MailSafe available. "National borders are just speed bumps on the information superhighway."

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You are being monitored
by agent＠agents.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

If anybody can determine who this came from pleez post a guess. This is an experiment from inside a program environment. I am serious. -- Tim May

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The Spotlight
by The Gate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Perry, just a brief correction to the original file > From: Duncan Frissell <frissell(a)panix.com> > To: cypherpunks(a)toad.com > Subject: Phone Card Risks > > One of the plethora of TV Magazine shows featured Tim McViegh and phone > cards last week. Maybe I should post to Risks. > > According to the story, Tim McViegh bought a bunch of phone cards from "The > Spotlight" (famous Klan paper) The Spotlight is more of a rogue faction CIA/FBI Constitutionalist paper than a Klan paper, by my reckoning. Sources available on request.

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Re: You are being monitored
by tcmay＠got.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 9:10 PM 8/14/95, agent(a)agents.com wrote: >If anybody can determine who this came from pleez post a guess. > >This is an experiment from inside a program environment. I am serious. > > > >-- Tim May Well, never mind, I guess. I don't think I added this, but I guess I did. So much for my experiment. My new SmalltalkAgents environment has a method for mailing from within a program environment, if a TCP/IP connection is open. This allows Smalltalk programs to directly send mail. On a Macintosh, this is not so trivial. The manufacturer is apparently acting as the collection point, and any name can be put into the From: field. --Tim ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay(a)got.net (Got net?) | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero 408-728-0152 | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Corralitos, CA | black markets, collapse of governments. Higher Power: 2^756839 | Public Key: PGP and MailSafe available. "National borders are just speed bumps on the information superhighway."

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Re: VIACRYPT
by Bill Stewart 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 10:47 AM 8/15/95 -0400, No Name wrote: >Does anyone know if PKZ get's any royalties from the sale of Viacrypt- >it is after all his code, isn't it?. Or is the Viacrypt source entirely >different ? >Speaking of which code, has Viacrypt been "verified" in any way by >some independent agency? The RSA code in ViaCrypt 2.4 is different from the PGP code; most of the rest is the same. The documentation includes a note from Phil, and I think the code is signed by him. You can trust it. As far as money goes, I don't know their financial arrangements. My copy has a pretty low serial number; I hope they've sold enough to make some bucks. The Windows version of 2.7.1 is substantially different - it's got a GUI interface, with a shell-like piece underneath that looks more like vanilla PGP. The Preface says it's using ViaCrypt's DigiSig+ RSA implementation, the IDEA implementation is licensed from Ascom-Tech AG, the compression code is from Info-Zip bt Mark Adler and Jean-loup Gailly, and they've licensed Phil Zimmermann's PGP(tm) for the remainder. They also acknowledge that lots of people contributed, including Branko Lankester and Peter Gutmann. The code is signed by ViaCrypt, and their key is signed by Phil. The documentation is substantially rewritten, mostly for the GUI part. The examples are somewhat amusing (removing a signature from a key for Bill Haydon <bill(a)5thfloor.circus.com> ....) #--- # Thanks; Bill # Bill Stewart, Freelance Information Architect, stewarts(a)ix.netcom.com # Phone +1-510-247-0664 Pager/Voicemail 1-408-787-1281 #--- Storyteller makes no choice - soon you will not hear his voice. His job was to shed light, and not to master. RIP, Jerry

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CAT_tal
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

8-15-95. NYPaper. [fundie lab-work for quantum cryptomorrow.] "It's a Molecule. No, It's More Like a Wave. In theory, an amoeba can behave as a wave and interfere with itself. In a university laboratory, a subatomic search for Schrodinger's Cat." Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology recently completed an experiment that proves that an object at least as large as a molecule can be made to act like a light wave -- forcibly split into two component waves and separately manipulated, altered, recombined and analyzed. Dr. David E. Pritchard and his colleagues at M.I.T. remind skeptics that quantum theory permits any object to behave as either a particle or a wave, depending on how it is viewed. Dr. Pritchard's research and that of other teams around the world represent an explosion of scientific interest in interferometry, a centuries-old technique by which waves are split and made to interfere with themelves, revealing details of nature that are otherwise hidden. With a brilliant history of discovery behind it, interferometry seems poised for a new golden age. CAT_tal (about 15kb)

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Re: Purple Boxes
by shamrock＠netcom.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- In article <199508152206.SAA23244(a)acmex.gatech.edu>, gt7508b(a)prism.gatech.edu (PHrEaK!) wrote: >Does anyone know of sources for des chips??? >Are there any public key chips out there??? >Has anyone ever tried putting PGP on a chip??? RSA??? (Are these too >slow for realistic real time hardware voice/data encryption??) >I know a little about digital electronics (I am a computer engineering >student) and I would love to get some data books and see if I could >come up with a secure "encryption box" that people could build. I don't know off the top of my head who makes DES and RSA chips. I am sure there are many manufactors of DES chips. Try TI, National, and Motorola. I belive that Schneier has a list of RSA chip makers. For the DSP part of a "bump in the cord" encrytion box, you want to get the "TI TMS320 Family Development Support" booklet by calling (800) 477-8924. You also want to look at Motorola's 68000 CPU, DSP, and controller on one chip. I can't recall the exact product number. Just call Motorola and ask for it. Have fun, - -- - -- Lucky Green <mailto:shamrock@netcom.com> PGP encrypted mail preferred. - --- [This message has been signed by an auto-signing service. A valid signature means only that it has been received at the address corresponding to the signature and forwarded.] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 Comment: Gratis auto-signing service iQBFAwUBMDE67ioZzwIn1bdtAQGdwQF+MnhFo72hoxjAzESO/MksNE1QKNys35Tp zJZJxng6FOxikLO01FjmKR32A47Pq7cK =in6Q -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: Purple Boxes
by shamrock＠netcom.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- In article <SAA03565.199508152249(a)garotte.va.pubnix.com>, stripes(a)va.pubnix.com ("Josh M. Osborne") wrote: >I'm afarid it won't be $50 worth of parts untill you start buying >thousands of chips at once. For a single device, count on spending ~$400 for hardware. In large volumes, you should be able to go below $150. - -- - -- Lucky Green <mailto:shamrock@netcom.com> PGP encrypted mail preferred. - --- [This message has been signed by an auto-signing service. A valid signature means only that it has been received at the address corresponding to the signature and forwarded.] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 Comment: Gratis auto-signing service iQBFAwUBMDE7oCoZzwIn1bdtAQFxAAF/YIJPuO5siDuspQhDGf6u+nks1lXfjCj9 z/NZFxQkVsDVv/GvQnPdPKYYr144eVuE =57Vm -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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PRZ Wins One
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

PRZ is awarded a 1995 Chrysler Award for Innovation in Design, says a $40,000 full-page ad in The NYT today, with a brief citation: Philip Zimmermann is the designer of Pretty Good Privacy (PGP), an E-mail encryption software. Thanks to the algorithms of PGP, which was released to the public as free software in 1991, E-mail messages can be sent securely all over the world without the risk of interception by any third party. No mention of the free-world leader's sword poised to decapitalize the public-spirited designer to protect IC hegemony.

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Zimmermann wins Chrysler Award
by dmandl＠panix.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

There's a full-page ad on page A9 of today's Wall Street Journal announcing the winners of the "1995 Chrysler Award of Innovation in Design." One of the six winners is Phil Zimmermann. I quote: "Philip Zimmermann is the designer of Pretty Good Privacy (PGP), an E-mail encryption software. Thanks to the algorithms of PGP, which was released to the public as free software in 1991, E-mail messages can be sent securely all over the world without risk of interception by any third party." In case you're interested: "For the past three years, Chrysler Corporation has been honoring outstanding designers. By showcasing great innovations in fields such as graphic, interactive, product, architectural, and environmental designs, Chrysler strives to bring well-deserved attention to those designers whose common attribute is a passionate commitment to their vision." Among the other winners: the hip graphic design group Reverb and "carceral" architect Frank Gehry. --Dave. -- Dave Mandl dmandl(a)panix.com http://wfmu.org/~davem

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