[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: Publicizing Hidden Services]

2005-10-24 Thread Eugen Leitl
- Forwarded message from Roger Dingledine [EMAIL PROTECTED] - From: Roger Dingledine [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 23:41:20 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Publicizing Hidden Services User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sun, Oct 23, 2005 at

[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: Access for the uncomputed]

2005-10-24 Thread Eugen Leitl
- Forwarded message from Geoffrey Goodell [EMAIL PROTECTED] - From: Geoffrey Goodell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 21:54:04 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Access for the uncomputed User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I see the problem as

Update Notification

2005-10-24 Thread America Credit Union
Title: - CUNA Update Report - In attention of all Credit Union customers, As the Internet and information technology enable us to expand our services, we are committed to maintaining the trust customers have placed in us for protecting the privacy and security of information we have

[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Skype security evaluation]]

2005-10-24 Thread Eugen Leitl
- Forwarded message from Damien Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] - From: Damien Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 12:39:42 +1000 (EST) To: cryptography@metzdowd.com Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Skype security evaluation] On Sun, 23 Oct 2005, Joseph Ashwood

RICHIESTA DI CONFERMA: Per cortesia conferma l'iscrizione al gruppo sex money and fun

2005-10-24 Thread Team domeus
Title: domeus Messaggio di sistema Ciao cypherpunks@minder.net, sei stato invitato ad unirti al gruppo

You are invited to participate

2005-10-24 Thread KMSI
Title: You are invited to participate You are invited to participateThe Elimination of User Fees - eLearning Made Available To EveryoneDear list member,We cordially invite you to participate in the first of a four part online seminar series titled “Elearning – making the MOST of your

Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Skype security evaluation]

2005-10-24 Thread cyphrpunk
On 10/23/05, Travis H. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My understanding of the peer-to-peer key agreement protocol (hereafter p2pka) is based on section 3.3 and 3.4.2 and is something like this: A - B: N_ab B - A: N_ba B - A: Sign{f(N_ab)}_a A - B: Sign{f(N_ba)}_b A - B: Sign{A, K_a}_SKYPE B -

Re: [fc-discuss] Financial Cryptography Update: On Digital Cash-like Payment Systems

2005-10-24 Thread cyphrpunk
On 10/22/05, Ian G [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: R. Hirschfeld wrote: This is not strictly correct. The payer can reveal the blinding factor, making the payment traceable. I believe Chaum deliberately chose for one-way untraceability (untraceable by the payee but not by the payer) in order

Re: [fc-discuss] Financial Cryptography Update: On Digital Cash-like Payment Systems

2005-10-24 Thread Steve Schear
At 11:14 AM 10/24/2005, cyphrpunk wrote: Note that e-gold, which originally sold non-reversibility as a key benefit of the system, found that this feature attracted Ponzi schemes and fraudsters of all stripes, and eventually it was forced to reverse transactions and freeze accounts. It's not

Re: [fc-discuss] Financial Cryptography Update: On Digital Cash-like Payment Systems

2005-10-24 Thread John Kelsey
From: cyphrpunk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Oct 24, 2005 2:14 PM Subject: Re: [fc-discuss] Financial Cryptography Update: On Digital Cash-like Payment Systems On 10/22/05, Ian G [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Note that e-gold, which originally sold non-reversibility as a key benefit of the system, found

Re: [fc-discuss] Financial Cryptography Update: On Digital Cash-like Payment Systems

2005-10-24 Thread cyphrpunk
On 10/24/05, Steve Schear [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't think E-gold ever held out its system as non-reversible with proper court order. All reverses I am aware happened either due to some technical problem with their system or an order from a court of competence in the matter at hand.

Re: [fc-discuss] Financial Cryptography Update: On Digital Cash-like Payment Systems

2005-10-24 Thread cyphrpunk
On 10/24/05, John Kelsey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: More to the point, an irreversible payment system raises big practical problems in a world full of very hard-to-secure PCs running the relevant software. One exploitable software bug, properly used, can steal an enormous amount of money in an

Re: [fc-discuss] Financial Cryptography Update: On Digital Cash-like Payment Systems

2005-10-24 Thread Daniel A. Nagy
On Mon, Oct 24, 2005 at 02:58:32PM -0700, cyphrpunk wrote: Digital wallets will require real security in user PCs. Still I don't see why we don't already have this problem with online banking and similar financial services. Couldn't a virus today steal people's passwords and command their

Re: [fc-discuss] Financial Cryptography Update: On Digital Cash-like Payment Systems

2005-10-24 Thread Daniel A. Nagy

Re: [fc-discuss] Financial Cryptography Update: On Digital Cash-like Payment Systems

2005-10-24 Thread Daniel A. Nagy
One intresting security measure protecting valuable digital assets (WM protects private keys this way) is inflating them before encryption. While it does not protect agains trojan applications, it does a surprisingly good job at reducing attacks following the key logging + file theft pattern.

The coming Hurricane FITZIE

2005-10-24 Thread the pen
IMPEACH BUSH AND ENTER THE GUESS HOW MANY INDICTMENTS POOL As always we feature the action link first, this one to call for the impeachment of George Bush http://www.actspeak.com/impeach.htm There is a storm of historic proportions headed for the United States, one that will make Hurricane

[PracticalSecurity] Anonymity - great technology but hardly used

2005-10-24 Thread R.A. Hettinga
--- begin forwarded text Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 23:31:34 +0200 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Hagai Bar-El [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PracticalSecurity] Anonymity - great technology but hardly used Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello, I wrote a short essay about anonymity and pseudonymity

Re: [PracticalSecurity] Anonymity - great technology but hardly used

2005-10-24 Thread cyphrpunk
http://www.hbarel.com/Blog/entry0006.html I believe that for anonymity and pseudonymity technologies to survive they have to be applied to applications that require them by design, rather than to mass-market applications that can also do (cheaper) without. If anonymity mechanisms are

Re: [fc-discuss] Financial Cryptography Update: On Digital Cash-like Payment Systems

2005-10-24 Thread R.A. Hettinga
At 11:17 AM -0700 10/21/05, someone who can't afford a vowel, Alex, ;-) expressed his anal glands thusly in my general direction: You're such an asshole. My, my. Tetchy, this morning, oh vowelless one... At 11:17 AM -0700 10/21/05, cyphrpunk wrote: This is what you characterized as a unitary

Re: Judy Miller needing killing

2005-10-24 Thread John Kelsey
The question is, can she defy a subpoena based on membership in the privileged Reporter class that an ordinary person could not defy? It seems like the real question is how membership in the class is determined. If anyone who's acting like a reporter in a certain context (say, Adam Shostack

[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Skype security evaluation]

2005-10-24 Thread Eugen Leitl
- Forwarded message from Steven M. Bellovin [EMAIL PROTECTED] - From: Steven M. Bellovin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 09:48:37 -0400 To: cryptography@metzdowd.com Subject: Skype security evaluation X-Mailer: exmh version 2.6.3 04/04/2003 with nmh-1.0.4 Skype has released an

Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Skype security evaluation]

2005-10-24 Thread Travis H.
That's a fairly interesting review, and Skype should be commended for hiring someone to do it. I hope to see more evaluations from vendors in the future. However, I have a couple of suggestions. My understanding of the peer-to-peer key agreement protocol (hereafter p2pka) is based on section

Re: cypherpunks@minder.net closing on 11/1

2005-10-24 Thread cyphrpunk
On 10/13/05, Brian Minder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The minder.net CDR node will be shutting down on November 1, 2005. This includes the cypherpunks-moderated list. Please adjust your subscriptions accordingly. Gmail would facilitate automating a new cypherpunks-moderated list. Gmail's spam

Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Skype security evaluation]

2005-10-24 Thread Joseph Ashwood
- Original Message - Subject: [Tom Berson Skype Security Evaluation] Tom Berson's conclusion is incorrect. One needs only to take a look at the publicly available information. I couldn't find an immediate reference directly from the Skype website, but it uses 1024-bit RSA keys, the

Blood, Bullets, Bombs and Bandwidth

2005-10-24 Thread R.A. Hettinga
--- begin forwarded text Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2005 01:50:38 -0400 To: Philodox Clips List [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: R.A. Hettinga [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Blood, Bullets, Bombs and Bandwidth The long version of the Wired Story on Ryan Lackey, including lots more about Tyler Wagner, who I've

Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Skype security evaluation]

2005-10-24 Thread cyphrpunk
On 10/23/05, Travis H. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My understanding of the peer-to-peer key agreement protocol (hereafter p2pka) is based on section 3.3 and 3.4.2 and is something like this: A - B: N_ab B - A: N_ba B - A: Sign{f(N_ab)}_a A - B: Sign{f(N_ba)}_b A - B: Sign{A, K_a}_SKYPE B -

Re: [fc-discuss] Financial Cryptography Update: On Digital Cash-like Payment Systems

2005-10-24 Thread cyphrpunk
On 10/22/05, Ian G [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: R. Hirschfeld wrote: This is not strictly correct. The payer can reveal the blinding factor, making the payment traceable. I believe Chaum deliberately chose for one-way untraceability (untraceable by the payee but not by the payer) in order

Re: [fc-discuss] Financial Cryptography Update: On Digital Cash-like Payment Systems

2005-10-24 Thread John Kelsey
From: cyphrpunk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Oct 24, 2005 2:14 PM Subject: Re: [fc-discuss] Financial Cryptography Update: On Digital Cash-like Payment Systems On 10/22/05, Ian G [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Note that e-gold, which originally sold non-reversibility as a key benefit of the system, found

Re: [fc-discuss] Financial Cryptography Update: On Digital Cash-like Payment Systems

2005-10-24 Thread Steve Schear
At 11:14 AM 10/24/2005, cyphrpunk wrote: Note that e-gold, which originally sold non-reversibility as a key benefit of the system, found that this feature attracted Ponzi schemes and fraudsters of all stripes, and eventually it was forced to reverse transactions and freeze accounts. It's not