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Re: [cryptography] Radiation Emission Controls
by John Young 02 Aug '13

02 Aug '13

Inquiry about emissions at NSA UDC and other data centers was not for external capture but about internal protection from its own emanating equipment. In particular EM interference by the big generators at most of the facilities, electrical sub-stations, processing racks, cabling, switches, personal devices, whatever is used to run the operation and whatever might be deployed by those hoping to capture inadvertent emissions by land, air, sat, mobile. If you will, what does NSA do to capture such emissions from data centers to data gathering and for unique signatures? This is not likely overlooked by NSA and maybe at the other burgeoning worldwide data centers, but what that protection might involve, ie, Large-scale TEMPEST countermeasures, somewhat larger than a nuclear submarine, maybe closer to large-scale array used to snoop on global EM and radio signals, mundane and heavenly. as with the NRAO. We have an interest in snooping on the emissions and protection against snooping of large buildings and infrastructure, from electrical grids to telecom hubs to internetworks to scientific networks to intellinks to satellites to space probes. The usual spy sci-fi beloved of hams.

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XKeyscore produced by SAIC, runs on RHEL
by Rich Jones 02 Aug '13

02 Aug '13

http://jobs.saic.com/job/Columbia-XKEYSCORE-Systems-Engineer-Job-MD-21044/2… *Date:* Jul 19, 2013 *Location:* Columbia, MD, US XKEYSCORE Systems Engineer (Job Number:328432) *Description:* The Integrated Systems Group of SAIC has a career opening for a Tier 2 XKEYSCORE Systems Engineer, for the Mission Programs Division (MPD), located in Columbia, Maryland. JOB SUMMARY: The Systems Engineer will provide support for the compartment systems that encompass the SKIDROWE systems. The successful candidate will be a self-starter, work well in a dynamic team environment, and be very organized and detailed oriented. PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES: •Design and develop large-scale systems, containing multiple subsystems and requiring integration with external systems and focus on all aspects of acquisition, requirements definition, system design, development, and training. •This candidate will need to have experience in basic SIGINT technology as well as integrating, installing, configuring, changing, and optimizing HW & SW solutions into an overall system architecture. •Support SIGINT systems by performing custom configurations of fielded mission systems. •Assist the dataflow team to verify the formats of input and output data and the flow of data from front end sources and to back end destinations. •Provide Tier 2 cross function support. •Troubleshoot network and system problems and a become knowledge expert in two other components. Portions of SAIC to be renamed Leidos, Inc., subject to stockholder approval and consummation of a separation transaction if approved by SAIC board of directors. SAIC is pursuing a plan to separate into two independently traded companies;one that provides technical, engineering and enterprise information technology services primarily to the U.S. government (new SAIC), and one that delivers technical solutions in national security, engineering and health (Leidos, Inc) *Qualifications:* BASIC QUALIFICATIONS: •High School diploma or equivalent with 3- 4+ years of related experience installing, configuring, integrating, and testing software which run on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). •Software Integration experience with scripting languages (Java, C and Bourne shell). •Familiar with VMware ESXi 3.5, 4.1, and 5.0. •Currently possess an active TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance. ADDITIONAL PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: •Bachelor's degree in a relevent technical disciplne. •Ability to be mobile, work, and travel independently. •Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills with the ability to successfully interact with internal and external customers. ===== SKIDROWE?

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Re: Max Blumenthal on Security Forum (Eugen Leitl)
by OTR 01 Aug '13

01 Aug '13

First, glad to be here. Missed the cypherpunks the first time around. I'm going to want to get to know you folks for my ongoing coverage of -- and book project on -- Snowden, NSA and the surveillance-industrial revolution. Second, while it's nice (and rather unexpected) to get a shout-out from Alternet, I wouldn't agree that every other journalist at Aspen was an acolyte. Michael Isikoff did a good job of pushing his panel, especially U.S. Attorney Neil MacBride, who is Snowden's designated prosecutor (and is trying to jail James Risen to force testimony in the Sterling leak case). Pete Williams is also a terrific reporter. He met charm with charm but gently walked Keith Alexander into a corner, eliciting unambiguous statements that the NSA will have to defend as time goes on. Plus, he called on people he knew would ask tough questions. Oh, and yes, Aspen covered my travel costs. I assume it did the same for others. No speaker fee was offered or requested. On 7/30/13 12:00 PM, Eugen Leitl <eugen(a)leitl.org> wrote: Subject: Max Blumenthal on Security Forum (it's Alternet, so caveat lector) http://www.alternet.org/tea-party-and-right/shocking-extermination-fantasie… [...] With perhaps one notable exception, none of the high-flying reporters junketed to Aspen to act as interlocutors seemed terribly interested in interrogating the logic of the war on terror. The spectacle was a perfect window into the world of access journalism, with media professionals brown-nosing national security elites committed to secrecy and surveillance, avoiding overly adversarial questions but making sure to ask the requisite question about how much Snowden has caused terrorists to change their behavior. Jeff Harris, the communications director for the Aspen Institute, did not respond to questions I submitted about whether the journalists who participated in the Security Forum accepted fees. (It is likely that all relied on Aspen to at least cover lodging and travel costs). [...] "You have to do [domestic surveillance] within a closed bubble in order to do it effectively," Dennis Blair, the director of National Intelligence conceded under sustained grilling from the Washington Post's Barton Gellman, one of the reporters who broke Snowden's leaks and perhaps the only journalist at the Security Forum who subjected participants to tough scrutiny. When Gellman reminded Alexander that none of the oversight mechanisms currently in place could determine if the NSA had improperly targeted American citizens with no involvement in terror-related activity, the general declared, "we self-report those mistakes."

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Fwd: The EW Octagon: A way to test Cognitive EW
by Michael Dahan 01 Aug '13

01 Aug '13

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XKeyscore: More fun with NSA
by Karel Bílek 01 Aug '13

01 Aug '13

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/31/nsa-top-secret-program-online-… http://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2013/jul/31/nsa-xkeyscore-prog… (adding some keywords for NSA and the link to the latest issue Al-Qaeda Inspire magazine for good measure) Bin Laden أسامة بن محمد بن عوض بن لادن Al-Qaeda القاعدة Jihad جهاد‎ Boston marathon تفجيرا ماراثون Hamas حماس‎ Hezbollah حزب الله http://azelin.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/inspire-magazine-issue-11.pdf http://azelin.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/inspire-magazine-issue-11-ar.pdf

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Fwd: XKeyscore produced by SAIC, runs on RHEL
by John Young 01 Aug '13

01 Aug '13

SAIC SKIDROWE job: https://msepjobs.militaryonesource.mil/jobposting/vpcs-engineer-job >SKIDROWE?

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[Bitcoin-development] Litecoin v0.8.3.7 audit report
by Eugen Leitl 01 Aug '13

01 Aug '13

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Gen. Alexander @ Black Hat [Video]
by Rich Jones 01 Aug '13

01 Aug '13

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvVIZ4OyGnQ Any attendees on list with on-the-ground perspective?

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