Re: The well-travelled packet

1999-09-25 Thread Ben Laurie
Russell Nelson wrote: Forwarded with permission (the permission being the short quote below, the message being the long one). I don't have a copy of the traceroute, but it definitely showed packets going from Washington DC to NYC through Paris. This[1] is similar to the argument made to

Re: The well-travelled packet

1999-09-25 Thread staym
I know they got one guy here in the States for sending a death threat across state boundaries (went over the internet out of state, then back in again). -- Mike Stay Programmer / Crypto guy AccessData Corp. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

LA wiretaps

1999-09-25 Thread David Wagner
Today's front-page article in the LA Times may be of special interest to folks following the proposed Cyberspace Electronic Security Act. Lawyers Seek to Reopen Cases Over Wiretapping http://www.latimes.com/HOME/NEWS/STATE/UPDATES/lat_wiretap990924.htm Hundreds of criminal convictions dating

grabbed video as a source of entropy

1999-09-25 Thread Eugene Leitl
I've recently aquired a video camera (bttv-based 3Com Bigpicture, can do 30 fps true color 640x480). I've noticed that under certain conditions images can become quite noisy. Does anyone has data on the amount and quality of the entropy produced? I wouldn't mind any pointers to sources

new DoD high-tech crime-fighting center opens

1999-09-25 Thread Steven M. Bellovin
According to the AP, the Defense Department has opened a new center to help deal with electronic evidence in case of serious crimes involving the military (http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/a/AP-Defense-Computer-Crime.html). Among their purported capabilities are being able to track hackers

Re: The well-travelled packet

1999-09-25 Thread Russell Nelson
Ray Hirschfeld writes: Seriously, my first reaction was that no crime had been committed, but upon re-examining the export regulations I'm not so sure. Perhaps the fact that the packets are explicitly destined for the US is considered "adequate precaution" against unauthorized transfer.

Re: The well-travelled packet

1999-09-25 Thread Ray Hirschfeld
From: Russell Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 16:22:51 -0400 (EDT) Dick St.Peters writes: Remember that traceroute I sent you showing packets from me to a site near here going by way of Europe? I was telling a friend about that this morning, and he asked an

No Subject

1999-09-25 Thread Mixmaster
Now here's an interesting question that no one has so far addressed: What happens if you happen to come home early and catch these guys in the act? They can't reveal their methods; so do you just "disappear"? Think about it: (1) they've already decided you are guilty of something, and are

Selective DoS Attacks: Remailer Vulnerabilities

1999-09-25 Thread Robert Hettinga
--- begin forwarded text Date: 24 Sep 1999 15:20:12 - From: RProcess [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Selective DoS Attacks: Remailer Vulnerabilities CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Newsgroups: