Re: What is a cypherpunk?

2005-02-10 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Wed, Feb 09, 2005 at 04:58:22PM -0800, James A. Donald wrote: Corporate lawyers did not descend on Linux until there were Corporations never saw Linux coming. Now that FOSS is on the radar screen, you'll see lots of very obvious ramming through of IP protection in software. You haven't

Re: What is a cypherpunk?

2005-02-10 Thread ken
James A. Donald wrote: If, however, you decline to pay taxes, men with guns will attack you. That is the difference between private power and government power. But in most places at most times the state is run at least partly by and for the rich and the owners of property and supports and

Precedent for Warrantless Net Monitoring Set

2005-02-10 Thread Eugen Leitl
From the somebody-needs-killing dept. Link: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/10/0044214 Posted by: samzenpus, on 2005-02-10 05:40:00 from the only-bad-people-need-privacy dept. highcon writes According to this editorial from SecurityFocus, a recent case of a drug dog which

Re: GNFC launches Indian Digital Certification services

2005-02-10 Thread Sarad AV
Never heard of it though the website mentions that it is an enterprise of the gujarat state government. Strange indeed! Sarad. --- R.A. Hettinga [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizer Company??? ;-) Cheers, RAH ---

Re: What is a cypherpunk?

2005-02-10 Thread R.A. Hettinga
At 10:55 PM -0800 2/9/05, Major Variola (ret) wrote: A cypherpunk is one who is amused at the phrase illicit Iraqi passports. :-). I prefer to call them fungible identification, myself... Cheers, RAH -- - R. A. Hettinga mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Internet Bearer

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RE: Team Building?? WIMPS!!

2005-02-10 Thread Tyler Durden
Well, I didn't say it would be easy. We'd definitely need to split up into teams...one to handle the alarm systems, one to handle the landmines, one to somehow fend off May's bullets. And then, even if we somehow capture May, I'd bet he's got all sorts of dead-man stuff like poison gas and

Re: What is a cypherpunk?

2005-02-10 Thread Tyler Durden
Which reminds me...they apparently found those nickels buried in some guy's back yard: http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-pdnickels05feb05,0,5206467.story?coll=sfla-news-palm -TD From: R.A. Hettinga [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: What is a cypherpunk?

Desire safety on Net? (n) code has the solution

2005-02-10 Thread R.A. Hettinga
I'm starting get the hang of this. I mean, fertilizer...crypto, crypto...fertilizer: They're both *munitions*, right? Right? :-) Cheers, RAH http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=117201# Express India Desire safety on Net? (n) code has the solution Express News

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Parents protest student computer ID tags

2005-02-10 Thread R.A. Hettinga
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/surveillance/2005-02-10-id-tag-protest_x.htm USA Today Parents protest student computer ID tags By Lisa Leff, Associated Press SUTTER, Calif. - The only grade school in this rural town is requiring students to wear radio frequency identification badges that can

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Re: Desire safety on Net? (n) code has the solution

2005-02-10 Thread Dan Kaminsky
Digital certificates can be explained as digital passports, which help in authentication of the bearer on the Internet. This also helps maintain, privacy and integrity of Net-based transactions. Digital signatures are accorded the same value as paper-based signatures of the physical world by the

Vegas casino bets on RFID

2005-02-10 Thread R.A. Hettinga
http://news.com.com/2102-7355_3-5568288.html?tag=st.util.print Vegas casino bets on RFID By Alorie Gilbert Casino mogul Steve Wynn has pulled out all the stops for his new $2.7 billion mega-resort in Las Vegas: an 18-hole championship golf course, a private lake and mountain, and a bronze

Data, Net tax plan divides Republicans

2005-02-10 Thread R.A. Hettinga
http://news.com.com/2102-1028_3-5569545.html?tag=st.util.print CNET News Data, Net tax plan divides Republicans By Declan McCullagh A recent congressional report saying that new taxes could be levied on all Internet and data connections is pitting two influential groups of Republicans

Polanski wins video link battle

2005-02-10 Thread R.A. Hettinga
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/entertainment/4253457.stm The BBC Thursday, 10 February, 2005, 12:51 GMT Polanski wins video link battle Film director Roman Polanski will give evidence in a libel case via video link from France, the Law Lords have ruled. Mr Polanski is bringing libel action

Re: Hack License

2005-02-10 Thread Steve Thompson
--- R.A. Hettinga [EMAIL PROTECTED] quoted: http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/03/issue/review_hack.asp?p=0 Hack License By Simson Garfinkel March 2005 [snip] Stallman wrote in 1985, the golden rule requires that if I like a program I must share it with other people who like it.

Re: Desire safety on Net? (n) code has the solution

2005-02-10 Thread Bill Stewart
At 09:43 AM 2/10/2005, R.A. Hettinga wrote: I'm starting get the hang of this. I mean, fertilizer...crypto, crypto...fertilizer: They're both *munitions*, right? Right? Well, sometimes they're both munitions, but sometimes they're both bullshit. I have no reason to assume they're not producing a

[Announce] Attack against OpenPGP encryption

2005-02-10 Thread R.A. Hettinga
--- begin forwarded text Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 20:00:17 -0500 From: David Shaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] OpenPGP: id=99242560; url=http://www.jabberwocky.com/david/keys.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.7i Cc: Subject: [Announce] Attack against OpenPGP encryption Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: What is a cypherpunk?

2005-02-10 Thread James A. Donald
-- James A. Donald: Corporate lawyers did not descend on Linux until there were enough wealthy linux users to see them in court, and send in their own high priced lawyers to give them the drubbing they deserved. Eugen Leitl You're misinterpreting the events. Industry has so far been

Re: What is a cypherpunk?

2005-02-10 Thread James A. Donald
-- James A. Donald wrote: If, however, you decline to pay taxes, men with guns will attack you. That is the difference between private power and government power. ken wrote: But in most places at most times the state is run at least partly by and for the rich and the owners of

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Desire safety on Net? (n) code has the solution

2005-02-10 Thread R.A. Hettinga
I'm starting get the hang of this. I mean, fertilizer...crypto, crypto...fertilizer: They're both *munitions*, right? Right? :-) Cheers, RAH http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=117201# Express India Desire safety on Net? (n) code has the solution Express News

Re: Desire safety on Net? (n) code has the solution

2005-02-10 Thread Bill Stewart
At 09:43 AM 2/10/2005, R.A. Hettinga wrote: I'm starting get the hang of this. I mean, fertilizer...crypto, crypto...fertilizer: They're both *munitions*, right? Right? Well, sometimes they're both munitions, but sometimes they're both bullshit. I have no reason to assume they're not producing a

Re: What is a cypherpunk?

2005-02-10 Thread Major Variola (ret)
A cypherpunk is one who is amused at the phrase illicit Iraqi passports. Given that the government of .iq has been replaced by a conquerer's puppet goverment, who exactly has authority to issue passports there? And why does this belief about the 1-to-1-ness of passports to meat puppets or other

Re: What is a cypherpunk?

2005-02-10 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 10:38 PM 2/9/05 -0600, Shawn K. Quinn wrote: On Wed, 2005-02-09 at 09:09 -0800, James A. Donald wrote: There is nothing stopping you from writing your own operating system, so Linus did. Linus Torvalds didn't write the GNU OS. He wrote the Linux kernel, which when added to the rest of the