September 2015 - cypherpunks - lists.cpunks.org

Re: [tor-relays] clarification on what Utah State University exit relays store ("360 gigs of log files")
by coderman 04 Sep '15

04 Sep '15

On 9/2/15, Tim Sammut <tim(a)teamsammut.com> wrote: > ... > - Cisco IOS (and likely other platforms) will immediately export flows > if the cache fills to capacity. This will result in flows being > exported in less than inactive timeout,.. there is a second limit here, which is the netflow channel capacity / storage limit, if you introduce simulated flows at a rate beyond this capacity, you may become unobservable (via loss) resulting in failure to correlate. this is why i asked about logical injection via userspace of billions of flows per minute as a resistance measure. (e.g. scapy or other raw inject across a border with cooperating peer, if needed.) best regards,

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Article by me on B. Brown transcript
by Douglas Lucas 03 Sep '15

03 Sep '15

Hi cypherpunks, I obtained the transcript to journalist Barrett Brown's second and final sentencing hearing and wrote an article on it. The lengthy article is all about the right to link. Here's the article: http://revolution-news.com/barrett-brown-vs-the-dept-of-justice-defining-th… Here's the transcript (PDF): http://douglaslucas.com/files/BBLOL_Transcript_January_Sentencing.pdf Thanks, Douglas

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Re: [tor-talk] hardware recommendations
by grarpamp 01 Sep '15

01 Sep '15

On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 5:49 PM, Jacob Appelbaum <jacob(a)appelbaum.net> wrote: > Intel has AMT and opaque microcode updates, other CPU vendors have > similar fun hardware features. > > Further reading regarding AMT from the FSF: > > https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/active-management-technology Some Intel docs indicate that remote AMT requires their "LM" series lan controllers. The Intel programming guides and block diagrams indicate an ability to update (and perhaps by that to zero) the AMT and related firmware. Their general CPU microcode is signed. Didn't read far enough yet to tell the full scope of what is in their programming guides in these areas.

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