-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Found on sci.crypt. Most of you have probably already seen it, but I sent it here for those who didn't Matt - --- [ begin forwarded message ] --- From: ebright@coil.com (Jim Ebright) Newsgroups: alt.privacy,alt.privacy.clipper,alt.security,alt.security.pgp,comp.org.cpsr.talk,comp.org.eff.talk,sci.crypt,alt.culture.internet,alt.culture.usenet Subject: Re: Spoofed Flame Email (was Re: Clinton & the net) Date: 17 May 1996 09:48:57 -0400 Organization: Central Ohio Internet Link, Inc. (614)242-3814 Lines: 65 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <4ni049$o4o@bronze.coil.com> References: <epic-news-2304961436240001@204.91.138.112> <4mrt2u$li0@newsserv.cs.sunysb.edu> <wszq7grcwp.fsf@maple.sover.net> <r9hgtna4b5.fsf@pc496938.bs.boeblingen.ibm.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: bronze.coil.com Xref: news.cc.utah.edu alt.privacy:9606 alt.privacy.clipper:1204 alt.security:11072 alt.security.pgp:20972 comp.org.cpsr.talk:5281 comp.org.eff.talk:27326 sci.crypt:11937 alt.culture.internet:11856 alt.culture.usenet:21781 In article <r9hgtna4b5.fsf@pc496938.bs.boeblingen.ibm.com>, Michael Deindl <mdeindl@vnet.ibm.com> wrote: ...

IMO anonymous remailers are a very good addition to the net. Unfortunately some users are a destructive addition to the net and abuse them. Oh, yes, and of course all these evil kiddy-porn dealers use them, too. And after all: a good citizen has nothing to hide and doesn't need anonymous-remailers....

(For the clueless: the last 2 sentences are sarcasm/irony)

I thought this excerpt taken from comp.risks would be interesting here... I snarfed it off a webpage where the user thought the comments about insecure keys was interesting.... I find the anon-remailer comments the most interesting... [From the RISKS digest] Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 14:37:14 -0500 (EST) From: Frank Sudia <sudiaf@btec.com> Subject: CIA & NSA Run Remailers (Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger via Lisa Pease)

Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 16:52:42 -0800 (PST) From: Lisa Pease <lpease@netcom.com> To: jfk-conspiracy <jfk-conspiracy@netcom.com> Subject: CIA & NSA run remailers (fwd)

I attended last week's ``Information, National Policies, and International Infrastructure" Symposium at Harvard Law School, organized by the Global Information Infrastructure Commission, the Kennedy School, and the Institute for Information Technology Law & Policy of Harvard Law School. During the presentation by Paul Strassmann, National Defense University, and William Marlow, Science Applications International Corporation, entitled ``Anonymous Remailers as Risk-Free International Infoterrorists'', the question was raised from the audience (Professor Charles Nesson, Harvard Law School) -- in a rather extended debate -- whether the CIA and similar government agencies are involved in running anonymous remailers, as this would be a perfect target to scan possibly illegal messages. Both presenters explicitly acknowledged that a number of anonymous remailers in the US are run by government agencies scanning traffic. Marlow said that the government runs at least a dozen remailers and that the most popular remailers in France and Germany are run by the respective government agencies in these countries. In addition, they mentioned that the NSA has successfully developed systems to break encrypted messages will less than 1000-bit [public] keys and strongly suggested using at least 1024-bit keys. They said that they themselves use 1024-bit keys. I ask Marlow afterwards if these comments were off or on record, he paused then said that he can be quoted. So I thought I pass that on. It seems interesting enough, don't you think? Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger, Information Law Project, Austrian Institute for Legal Policy - -- A/~~\A Jim Ebright NET Security: http://www.coil.com/~ebright/security.html ((0 0))_______ mailto:ebright@coil.com "I used to hunt elephants but I \ / the \ don't do that anymore. There aren't enough of them" - Newt (--)\ OSU | Gingrich to Andy Lodge, Theo.Roosevelt Cons. Award winner. - -- Matt Smith - msmith@unislc.slc.unisys.com "Nothing travels faster than light, with the possible exception of bad news, which follows its own rules." - Douglas Adams, "Mostly Harmless" Disclaimer: I came up with these ideas, so they're MINE! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBMaDf7MWUKiYjg/fZAQEGggQArICNll7falgyuk93xY7NjWIeFxDhjj7f 8s8W2+8kVZ7G6ACDyGiw+iFBI8miI93i35PGAKjuPR0HnkihJF3OYXof6/pJJ2gr 3Xq7gkRRb2rAtU1Yklj+BK9jhqSBxCFhBnisW/PVfQCTer59M9ndT/5gKTLUVxjv BtBFoZ7ygi8= =DEhb -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----