`Somebody' sent this to me... <g> ===cut=here=== From: tcmay@netcom.com Subject: Update for Jan 1994 Cyphertentacles, Some of you have asked about our plans for the next month. There have also been many questions about the Detweiler situation. Here's a summary of our current situation and status: The Netcom project is almost complete. We have 12 active accounts on this system, of which only 3 have been compromised. The internal keyserver net is in place. Each of our accounts will have its own PGP key. This will help to defuse any suspicion which may arise. People tend to accept digital signatures as valid, regardless of who did the signing. Just look at the number of unsigned keys on the servers. Their carelessness will be their demise. The phase change is getting closer. Eric has finished the mods to the toad.com sendmail. Any mail sent to this address, except from one of us, will bounce as though the account did not exist. Fingerd has likewise been modified, and security has been greatly enhanced on all the lists. BlackNet Enterprises has successfully infiltrated one of the major credit bureaus. For obvious security reasons, I can't tell you which bureau is involved or give any details. For the present, we will be archiving large numbers of credit records. Within a few years, they will be salable for the expired information they contain. The seven-year limit is ridiculous. Creditors will be willing to pay for more complete information. *.fi should have their digicash system operational within a year. We need many more Cypherpunks-style remailers outside North America to operate the digicash system and protect the servers. Now, about the Detweiler problem: we finally got rid of an12070/S.Boxx (thanks Julf!) but we're not out of trouble yet. We need more posters in the newsgroups, to help with the damage control. Also, please sign each others' pool keys. As I said earlier, the technology of encryption tends to impress people and cause them to believe things, where they would otherwise be skeptical. A recent posting which I made to public Cypherpunks, "Who is L. Detweiler?", has somehow found its way back to Detweiler. This is not serious, since public is only a propaganda organ, but it points out the security problems we face. Detweiler may have an agent on the public list. We must protect the privates, particularly this one and Colorado, from similar infiltration. Imagine what could happen if L. Detweiler gained access to this list! Even one post, if it fell into the wrong hands, could be extremely damaging. Be very careful not to expose any list traffic. More information will follow as it becomes available. For now, please continue the newsgroup activity. Use all the pools, not just a few of them. It was just this kind of carelessness which burned szabo. Keep up the good fight! --Tim May -- .......................................................................... Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@netcom.com | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero 408-688-5409 | knowledge, reputations, information markets, W.A.S.T.E.: Aptos, CA | black markets, collapse of governments. Higher Power:2**859433 | Public Key: PGP and MailSafe available.