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bitcomedy
by Juan 14 Jan '15

14 Jan '15

https://www.bitstamp.net/article/relaunch-faq/ What law enforcement agencies are involved in the investigation? Bitstamp is working closely with US and international law enforcement agencies specializing in digital-currency.

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3 Bitcoin-related websites blocked in Russia, including bitcoin.org
by Anton Nesterov 14 Jan '15

14 Jan '15

So today bitcoin.org (208.64.123.130), bitcoin.it (162.159.245.241, 162.159.246.241) and btcsec.com (188.40.102.131 was blocked country-wide, because Neviansky's court of Sverdlovsk oblast rule 2-978/2014 on 30 September 2014. Text of this judgment is not known, it's not on their website yet (Russian laws force courts to publish their judgments on the Internet), so this is hard to say what for exactly this websites was blocked. The bill that allow to block Bitcoin-related websites is still a draft. http://tjournal.ru/paper/bitcoin-org-rkn (Russian) -- https://nesterov.pw GPG key: 0CE8 65F1 9043 2B11 25A5 74A7 1187 6869 67AA 56E4 https://keybase.io/komachi/key.asc

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Re: [cryptome] Re: [cryptography] NSA Attacks on VPN, SSL, TLS, SSH, Tor
by John Young 14 Jan '15

14 Jan '15

File size varies with programs. A screen shot of the RAR tally http://cryptome.org/nsa-spiegel-rar.jpg

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Russian blockade of common bitcoin sites, possible workarounds - Роскомнадзор заблокировал пять посвящённых биткоинам сайтов, возможные способы, чтобы избежать цензуры
by odinn 14 Jan '15

14 Jan '15

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Now banned in Russian Federation: bitcoin.org bitcoin.it coinspot.io btsec.com indacoin.com So how does one make some possible workarounds to this sort of censorship? Well, one could make the sites be broadcast in different ways. This is an effort that I will simply shown in a visual manner here: https://twitter.com/anonycast/status/554853564880015360 That's a lot of work but if you have your site(s) backed up to all those places, it's hard to take them down. But what if they are literally blocked somehow anyway? Here's another workaround or method to avoid such censorship that I saw emerge recently: "Zeronet - Decentralized websites using bitcoin crypto and bittorrent network" In otherwords, for those that have bitcoin installation in Russia (and there are full nodes in Russian Federation in various places, as can be seen by a brief indication from https://getaddr.bitnodes.io/ ) However, you do not need to be full node to actually use Zeronet. You just need to publish content in a decentralized way, see: https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/2s72uy/zeronet_decentralized_webs… An explanation is available at: https://github.com/HelloZeroNet/ZeroNet/blob/master/README.md Объяснение можно найти на https://github.com/HelloZeroNet/ZeroNet/blob/master/README.md Essentially this comes right at the same time as the Cameron announcements of bans of encryption in UK (which will not work) and right at same time as announcement of "New CISPA" in United States... and right before a US Presidential announcement to come in a week. So expect more countries' "leaders" to throw out annoucements saying that you can only have encryption if they let you, or they get to decide what sites you visit, and so forth. We must fight this. They do what they will do, we do what we will do, and we will win. News story from January 13 (text is shown below in English and Russian) original link from: http://tjournal.ru/paper/bitcoin-org-rkn Roscomnadzor blocked five dedicated Bitcoin sites Roskomnadzor introduced address Bitcoin.org - community of users and experts in Cryptocurrency supported organization Bitcoin Foundation - in the register of banned sites. In addition, the sites were blocked bitcoin.it, coinspot.io, btsec.com and Exchange indacoin.com. Information about this appeared on January 13 on the website Roskomnadzora. - - Editorial TJ tests buttons UpToLike Updated at 17:13: added an excerpt from the court's decision. The reason why the site was inscribed in the register was initially unknown. TJ verification showed that the site is no longer open. There is information on the benefits of Bitcoins and how to use it as individuals and companies, as well as links to community dedicated Bitcoin. User-generated content on the website. According to Vladislav Zdolnikova taken after unloading from one of the providers were also blocked sites Bitcoin.it (Wiki dedicated Bitcoins) and Btsec.com (Russian-speaking community Bitcoin). The reason was the decision of the court rendered more September 30, 2014. Press secretary Vadim Roskomnadzora Ampelonsky confirmed TJ, that dedicated Bitcoin sites are blocked on the basis of the decision of the City Court Nevyansk Sverdlovsk region. Details of the decision he did not elaborate. On the Court's website states that view the text of judicial decisions is temporarily unavailable. TJ sent to the court a copy of the request for extradition of the judicial act to limit access to these sites. The court was told that copies are only actors, but it is clear that the defendant does not take part in the process. In the city prosecutor's office offered to send an appeal to the District prokurara on the official form by fax to the media, but this proved impossible due to the lack of TJ media registration and fax. Block were also Russian-speaking community coinspot.ru and Exchange indacoin.ru. Coinspot.ru representatives stated that they have never been contacted directly, and they said the decision to block the site was taken unilaterally. After they changed the lock on the domain coinspot.io. - From the latest government initiatives to regulate Bitcoins can distinguish the bill prepared by the Ministry of Finance for the proposed fine for Bitcoin mining, loading mayningovyh programs and even spreading of information on how to Cryptocurrency sale. However, the document was published by the Ministry of Finance October 3 - later than the decision was made Nevyansk court. Later Roskomnadzor published excerpts from the decision Nevyansk City Court. Apparently, the court was guided by a statement of the Central Bank on 27 January 2014, in which Cryptocurrency equated to money substitutes. However, on March 4 at the Central Bank explained that it is not prohibited Cryptocurrency in Russia. In accordance with Art. 27 of the Federal Law "On the Central Bank of the Russian Federation," the official monetary unit (currency) of the Russian Federation is the ruble. Introduction in Russia of other monetary units and production of money substitutes is prohibited. In such circumstances Cryptocurrency, including "Bitcoin" are money substitutes, contribute to the growth of the shadow economy and can not be used by citizens and legal persons on the territory of the Russian Federation. of solutions №2-978 Nevyansk City Court Роскомнадзор заблокировал пять посвящённых биткоинам сайтов Роскомнадзор внёс адрес Bitcoin.org — сообщества пользователей и специалистов по криптовалюте, поддерживаемый организацией Bitcoin Foundation — в реестр запрещённых сайтов. Кроме того, заблокированными оказались сайты bitcoin.it, coinspot.io, btsec.com и биржа indacoin.com. Информация об этом появилась 13 января на сайте Роскомнадзора. — редакция TJ тестирует кнопки UpToLike Обновлено в 17:13: добавлена выдержка из решения суда. Причина, по которой сайт был внесён в реестр, изначально была неизвестна. Проверка TJ показала, что сайт перестал открываться. На сайте опубликована информация по преимуществам биткоина и способах его использования как отдельными людьми, так и компаниями, а также ссылки на сообщества, посвящённые биткоину. Пользовательского контента на сайте нет. По информации Владислава Здольникова, взятой через выгрузку у одного из провайдеров, заблокированными оказались также сайты Bitcoin.it (вики-энциклопедия, посвящённая биткоинам) и Btsec.com (русскоязычное сообщество Bitcoin). Причиной стало решение суда, вынесенное ещё 30 сентября 2014 года. Пресс-секретарь Роскомнадзора Вадим Ампелонский подтвердил TJ, что посвящённые биткоинам сайты блокируются на основании решения Невьянского городского суда Свердловской области. Детали решения он не уточнил. На сайте суда говорится, что просмотр текстов судебных актов временно недоступен. TJ направил в суд просьбу о выдаче копии судебного акта по ограничению доступа к указанным сайтам. В суде рассказали, что копии выдаются лишь участникам процесса, однако очевидно, что сторона ответчиков не принимает участия в процессе. В городской прокуратуре предложили направить обращение на имя окружного прокурара на официальном бланке СМИ по факсу, однако это оказалось невозможным ввиду отсутствия у TJ регистрации СМИ и факса. Заблокированными также оказались русскоязычное сообщество coinspot.ru и биржа indacoin.ru. Представители coinspot.ru заявили, что с ними никто не связывался напрямую, и по их словам решение о блокировке сайта принималось в одностороннем порядке. После блокировки они сменили домен на coinspot.io. Из последних государственных инициатив по регулированию биткоинов можно выделить законопроект, подготовленный Министерством финансов, по которому предлагалось штрафовать за добычу биткоинов, загрузку майнинговых программ и даже за распростренение информации о способах продажи криптовалюты. Однако документ Минфина был опубликован 3 октября — позже, чем было вынесено решение Невьянского суда. Позже Роскомнадзор опубликовал выдержку из решения Невьянского городского суда. Судя по всему, суд руководствовался заявлением Центробанка от 27 января 2014 года, в котором криптовалюту приравняли к денежным суррогатам. Правда, 4 марта в Центробанке разъяснили, что не запрещали криптовалюту на территории РФ. В соответствии со ст. 27 Федерального закона «О Центральном банке Российской Федерации» официальной денежной единицей (валютой) Российской Федерации является рубль. Введение на территории России других денежных единиц и выпуск денежных суррогатов запрещается. При таких обстоятельствах криптовалюты, в том числе «Биткоин», являются денежными суррогатами, способствуют росту теневой экономики и не могут быть использованы гражданами и юридическими лицами на территории Российской Федерации. из решения №2-978 Невьянского городского суда - -- http://abis.io ~ "a protocol concept to enable decentralization and expansion of a giving economy, and a new social good" https://keybase.io/odinn -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEcBAEBCgAGBQJUtaYfAAoJEGxwq/inSG8CUM8IAKczGuBQpr8O9cFfjcdBpnfn K9LFUGENJWo/2U5V+bVUTeyQIo5iQLGphHIorXb2CFwJSvmegZU6KAWsCn9zn7lX 3iz9DCFAB+ch/shuuQZcDGyQrO0tTINDtrlGwXLqOT1Gk6fSp/fqvTsUWe8V8ffB ApI895/39/50VA2GVGN8uqsXv2ztkGOLV/oGugbNVAOBgq2zt3A5/oK/LZ7tNf1z Nc/YRjJ2j4sfYSGBS/wymdBPZf7Hkq8K1VLjppxsCpUx+l8dach0NzzKZCoPMELl pyo3a/ovN29nfwwJNxr5SbqMMSPYhC7+4XCDe9OqVlVoSot5SHfnu84mg8sy8+0= =+Ffd -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: [Cryptography] open hardware as a defence against state-level attacks
by grarpamp 14 Jan '15

14 Jan '15

On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 5:46 AM, ianG <iang(a)iang.org> wrote: > > mathematics. We’ve also built an open-source processor with security > features designed to protect both the Tor relay and slow market > applications. This is achieved by separating those processes from the host > operating system with hardware-anchored cryptographic isolation. The system > on chip is based on an OpenSPARC T1 by Sun Microsystems with substantial > enhancements to the hypervisor and two cryptographic co-processors. That > will be released in about a month and the designs for the development board > and the logic of the system on chip will be of course open source. > On 12/01/2015 05:49 am, grarpamp wrote: >> Sorry, but unless your own trusted third party observers are following >> your >> "open" hardware at every step from design to microcode to lithography >> fab through to binary exhaustive test vectors... you are subject to >> potential >> compromise at any step along the way. Please stop claiming otherwise. > Seems like you are letting the perfect be the enemy of the good. Defence in > depth. Defence against fierce & persistent attacks is not about defeating > the enemy totally & utterly but about raising the cost of the easy attacks > to just above the cost of the next easy attack. Rinse & repeat. Yes, incremental helps. Yet let me open another related line of thinking... Where are the open fabs for makers instead of submitting open designs to closed fabs? It's 2015, crowdfunding, open source, non-profits, and public monitoring are done. We're not talking TSMC scale tech here, but a basic backyard shed capability to print useable, useful, marketable silicon. ie: Print off some USB RNG's, radios, DACs/ADCs, even 74 series and discretes, whatever works. Then with that open initial platform, start taking commercial production contracts (even private runs) to pay for growing the open fab. Even including openly replicating yourself. What is the minimum capital and endowment needed to gear up to put 1k, 100k, 500k, 1M, 100M, 1B gates that someone, including makers, would buy down on silicon?

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Bittorrent Mainline DHT and Tor
by Cathal Garvey 13 Jan '15

13 Jan '15

Hey all, I'm aware that (for pretty good reasons) bittorrent is "blocked" by most exits on Tor. However, I'm unsure how this blockage is implemented, and it just emerged as a relevant item in my thought-process: the Bittorrent "Mainline" DHT is not necessarily useful to Bittorrent alone, but is frequently used as an experimental platform for other P2P applications. Is the bittorrent DHT blocked by Tor exits, or just the Bittorrent file-transfer protocol? If the latter, how is that block enacted when most bittorrent apps support protocol obfuscation and dynamic ports?

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USCENTCOM Social Accounts Hacked
by Rich Jones 13 Jan '15

13 Jan '15

Not sure if anybody else here has been paying attention to the incredibly weird USCENTCOM social media accounts, but they both just got taken over by ISIS supporters: https://twitter.com/CENTCOM https://www.youtube.com/user/centcom (both now suspended). Likely connected to the (now also suspended) @CyberCaliphate. Now how will CENTCOM selectively release war footage to the public? This was the only public-facing source of direct footage of the current bombing campaign I knew about and now it's gone. I guess we're just going to be kept completely in the dark now if they don't bring the account back online. R ps - if anybody has a few spare bucks, I've got an outstanding related FOIA that needs payment: https://www.muckrock.com/foi/united-states-of-america-10/kill-death-youtube…

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Cryptography Intellectual Property: Formalities of Cypherpunk
by grarpamp 13 Jan '15

13 Jan '15

How, if at all, should cryptography IP be licensed, patented, and incentivised? (Hardware, software, books, etc.) How, if at all, to tune such formalities to Cypherpunk Theory? Are things like HESSLA of relevant basis?

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What is offtopic and what should be avoided on this list?
by Georgi Guninski 13 Jan '15

13 Jan '15

What is offtopic and what should be avoided on this list? I would like to know what is offtopic and what should be avoided on this list. Looking for an answer from authoritative source, not a subscriber of doubtful quality. Appears to me wide variety of topics are discussed. Though the list is unmoderated, I suspect the dudes in charge of the list might take action against flooding with gross nonsense or commercial spam. Just trying to avoid being banned from unmoderated list ;), the way the heavily censored (in theory small moderated) Fyodor's full disclosure blocked me at SMTP level. Best of luck, -- georgi

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Rant on BSD vs GPL was [Good ol' BSD vs. GPL]
by Georgi Guninski 13 Jan '15

13 Jan '15

Let me make a rant on BSD vs GPL licenses. It is well known fact that Micro$oft used *BSD TCP stack in earlier versions of their shit. In addition on _old_ versions of windows, grepping for "Berkeley" returned the bsd license in userland, likely in the shit called "ftp.exe". I am not a coder, though have released some non-destructive stuff. If I were a coder, I would have been pissed off if micro$oft profited from my codeZ$ (though a lot a of sheeple don't care about this). If I were a coder, GPL is assumed to guarantee me that shit like m$ can't profit from codeZ$. As an aside, appears to me because of GCC (C compliler) BSD exists in its current form. It it still fun trolling *BSD fanatics "Dudes, you still using GPL GCC?")). Haskell language shit depending on GCC and claiming they "compile with portable assembler" don't make sense to me too, fuck Haskelli and its monads, sorry. cheers, -- j

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