Re: On the orthogonality of anonymity to current market demand

James A. Donald writes: Further, genuinely secure systems are now becoming available, notably Symbian. Chris Palmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] What does it mean for Symbian to be genuinely secure? How was this determined and achieved? There is no official definition of genuinely secure

Re: On the orthogonality of anonymity to current market demand

James A. Donald writes: Further, genuinely secure systems are now becoming available, notably Symbian. Chris Palmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] What does it mean for Symbian to be genuinely secure? How was this determined and achieved? There is no official definition of genuinely secure

Re: Return of the death of cypherpunks.

-- James A. Donald: Since cryptography these days is routine and uncontroversial, there is no longer any strong reason for the cypherpunks list to continue to exist. John Kelsey The ratio of political wanking to technical posts and of talkers to thinkers to coders needs

Re: Return of the death of cypherpunks.

-- James A. Donald: Since cryptography these days is routine and uncontroversial, there is no longer any strong reason for the cypherpunks list to continue to exist. John Kelsey The ratio of political wanking to technical posts and of talkers to thinkers to coders needs

Re: Any comments on BlueGem's LocalSSL?

-- R.A. Hettinga [EMAIL PROTECTED] Intel doing their current crypto/DRM stuff, [...] You know they're going to do evil, but at least the *other* malware goes away. I am a reluctant convert to DRM. At least with DRM, we face a smaller number of threats. --digsig James

Return of the death of cypherpunks.

to be addressed on lists that are not explicitly political, leaving cypherpunks with little of substance. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG AnKV4N6f9DgtOy+KkQ9QsiXcpQm+moX4U09FjLXP 4zfMeSzzCXNSr737bvqJ6ccbvDSu8fr66LbLEHedb

Return of the death of cypherpunks.

to be addressed on lists that are not explicitly political, leaving cypherpunks with little of substance. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG AnKV4N6f9DgtOy+KkQ9QsiXcpQm+moX4U09FjLXP 4zfMeSzzCXNSr737bvqJ6ccbvDSu8fr66LbLEHedb

Re: Any comments on BlueGem's LocalSSL?

-- R.A. Hettinga [EMAIL PROTECTED] Intel doing their current crypto/DRM stuff, [...] You know they're going to do evil, but at least the *other* malware goes away. I am a reluctant convert to DRM. At least with DRM, we face a smaller number of threats. --digsig James

On Digital Cash-like Payment Systems

Date sent: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 00:38:36 +0200 To: cyphrpunk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Copies to: John Kelsey [EMAIL PROTECTED], Ian G [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], cryptography@metzdowd.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL

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

no matter what you do. Government regulators are a bigger problem, since they are apt to forbid any business model they do not understand, but they tend to be more predictable than courts. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG

Re: On the orthogonality of anonymity to current market demand

, and provides a secure channel to the user. So secrets representing ID, and secrets representing value, can only be manipulated by the software that is supposed to be manipulating it. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG

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

no matter what you do. Government regulators are a bigger problem, since they are apt to forbid any business model they do not understand, but they tend to be more predictable than courts. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG

Re: On the orthogonality of anonymity to current market demand

, and provides a secure channel to the user. So secrets representing ID, and secrets representing value, can only be manipulated by the software that is supposed to be manipulating it. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG

Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Wikipedia Tor]

targets that have been hammered through Tor. In the long run, reliable pseudonymity will prove more valuable than reliable anonymity. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG wE/La87xersBx39sShMCS6TkdqJr6DSYslVdXZkf 4GY6BRCS/b8OBic0E/U36X

Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Wikipedia Tor]

targets that have been hammered through Tor. In the long run, reliable pseudonymity will prove more valuable than reliable anonymity. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG wE/La87xersBx39sShMCS6TkdqJr6DSYslVdXZkf 4GY6BRCS/b8OBic0E/U36X

Re: Fwd: Re: MIT talk: Special-Purpose Hardware for Integer Factoring

of the kulaks was self defense against a vicious attempt by the peasants to starve the proletariat. :-) --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG ikKvUYkvyBE7ikT3WsIGcsxLztiI6VjO7F+lbUPi 43u1MspIR5iABmysKM+9wkz7R+H7AgDDsuhTSZJ4A

Re: Fwd: Re: MIT talk: Special-Purpose Hardware for Integer Factoring

of the kulaks was self defense against a vicious attempt by the peasants to starve the proletariat. :-) --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG ikKvUYkvyBE7ikT3WsIGcsxLztiI6VjO7F+lbUPi 43u1MspIR5iABmysKM+9wkz7R+H7AgDDsuhTSZJ4A

Re: The ghost of Cypherpunks

-- James A. Donald : So when I buy coffee, that is political? Damian Gerow Is it organic, fair-trade, shade-grown coffee? Locally grown? Locally roasted? Purchased through StarBucks or a local coffee shop? Do the growers use their profits to help the growth of coca plants

Re: The ghost of Cypherpunks

. These various isms are not marxism, not exactly, but they bare a striking resemblance to their parent. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG JTnG7EwKWGBKCLMjy9fEelUGWOaNVelhzQKnyKWj 4KYcVP6IOe2k/gw1LLqwMfH5ioyRfGUAvNrJFj/2o

Re: The ghost of Cypherpunks

-- James A. Donald : So when I buy coffee, that is political? Damian Gerow Is it organic, fair-trade, shade-grown coffee? Locally grown? Locally roasted? Purchased through StarBucks or a local coffee shop? Do the growers use their profits to help the growth of coca plants

Re: The ghost of Cypherpunks

. These various isms are not marxism, not exactly, but they bare a striking resemblance to their parent. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG JTnG7EwKWGBKCLMjy9fEelUGWOaNVelhzQKnyKWj 4KYcVP6IOe2k/gw1LLqwMfH5ioyRfGUAvNrJFj/2o

Re: The ghost of Cypherpunks

state area of our lives is the non political area of our lives. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG OHqLH7EFCEVGI5CkHzpWzDH3Iyd7w5T1TSE3dyUB 4HvAcBSrD8JQfPtYDs3hHfuCbQWprTcJhov+r6b1+

Re: The ghost of Cypherpunks

state area of our lives is the non political area of our lives. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG OHqLH7EFCEVGI5CkHzpWzDH3Iyd7w5T1TSE3dyUB 4HvAcBSrD8JQfPtYDs3hHfuCbQWprTcJhov+r6b1+

Re: The ghost of Cypherpunks

is advanced by more boring stuff: standards, software, and business. Excessive mention of the ideological implications of certain standards and software would be counterproductive. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG

Re: The ghost of Cypherpunks

is advanced by more boring stuff: standards, software, and business. Excessive mention of the ideological implications of certain standards and software would be counterproductive. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG

RE: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [IP] Internet phone wiretapping (Psst! The FBI is Having

-- From: Ulex Europae [EMAIL PROTECTED] Okay, I've been in a hole in the ground for a few years. What happened to Tim May? Gone very quiet. At the expiration party, he failed to recommend gas chambers. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh

Re: Private Homes may be taken for public good

voted against this decision. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG OATUYUUD6X16QdQnFd2ZgGItmw0TrkkNoR5SYYAZ 4HZTgkPgkgTwPSGrDGUeYo6QjGZU5psCanKPMN479

Re: Private Homes may be taken for public good

voted against this decision. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG OATUYUUD6X16QdQnFd2ZgGItmw0TrkkNoR5SYYAZ 4HZTgkPgkgTwPSGrDGUeYo6QjGZU5psCanKPMN479

Re: Lions and tigers and iraqi minutemen

-- James A. Donald: While it doubtless would have been better to behead the Saudi monarchy rather than the Iraqi dictatorship, nonetheless American troops seem to be finding an ample supply of Saudis in Iraq. Major Variola (ret) In what imaginary universe? In the universe where

Re: Lions and tigers and iraqi minutemen

-- James A. Donald: While it doubtless would have been better to behead the Saudi monarchy rather than the Iraqi dictatorship, nonetheless American troops seem to be finding an ample supply of Saudis in Iraq. Major Variola (ret) In what imaginary universe? In the universe where

Re: Len Adleman (of R,S, and A):

seem to be finding an ample supply of Saudis in Iraq. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG UB064U/DafELO1g1L+J1elpcp4Rm0O4oDPOO5uH+ 4rzwuJwOGk4RYWsWPOFN78tEmJamA31vLTloe7Rnv

Re: Len Adleman (of R,S, and A):

seem to be finding an ample supply of Saudis in Iraq. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG UB064U/DafELO1g1L+J1elpcp4Rm0O4oDPOO5uH+ 4rzwuJwOGk4RYWsWPOFN78tEmJamA31vLTloe7Rnv

Re: WebMoney

obstacle is that 99% of customers cannot understand WebMoney's security, or use Pecunix's PGP based interface. If you try to sell them Chaumian blinded transactions, the average mobster is going to be seriously boggled. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0

Re: WebMoney

obstacle is that 99% of customers cannot understand WebMoney's security, or use Pecunix's PGP based interface. If you try to sell them Chaumian blinded transactions, the average mobster is going to be seriously boggled. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0

Re: WebMoney

On Wed, Apr 20, 2005 at 01:20:46PM +0300, Marcel Popescu wrote: Second, has anyone seen http://www.wmtransfer.com/ ? Ok, it's Russian, so not a lot of trust in there... on the other hand, it DOES mean it's unlikely to bow to US pressure. On 20 Apr 2005 at 19:23, Pawe Krawczyk wrote:

Re: how email encryption should work

-- James A. Donald: In my blog http://blog.jim.com/ I post how email encryption should work On 8 Apr 2005 at 22:17, Bill Stewart wrote: I see a couple of problems with your proposal. I'm not sure I like your external trusted mail-server assumptions Trusting the mail server

Re: FEC requesting comments on Internet use

this rule because they are the press, B list blogs exempt because they are individuals, so no regulation of internet speech. Evidently some people reject this argument. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG m5dzJ3SI7awps9BM2r6oU3sTR7bm6M

Re: How email encryption should work

can be reached at that email address. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG xvP3RO30rRc2fw0ArT3XUSEsygxK3zrL1Wu7jC7N 4tJfMev2Cd5X96wjDddtEB7mMPVaXk1ImGBnvo3fC

How email encryption should work

– an unobtrusive and easily ignored warning if he has never received a signed message from that source, a considerably stronger warning if he has previously received signed mail from that source. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG

How email encryption should work

– an unobtrusive and easily ignored warning if he has never received a signed message from that source, a considerably stronger warning if he has previously received signed mail from that source. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG

Re: Golden Triangle Drug Traffic Arbitrage?

James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG HsbCTO3R0hDvTi4O2HOi/0Y0UtIUZ/LWAkI3C0Wg 4aRr/HrQ9ZtcE0cqgSbp57xoZ1X3xpgldD4zNHi5M

Re: Golden Triangle Drug Traffic Arbitrage?

and shaky dollars so abundantly printed by the Bush administration, is that the chinese banking system is even more dubious and shaky. Chinese prefer to stash their wealth in America, rather than in China. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG

Re: Golden Triangle Drug Traffic Arbitrage?

James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG HsbCTO3R0hDvTi4O2HOi/0Y0UtIUZ/LWAkI3C0Wg 4aRr/HrQ9ZtcE0cqgSbp57xoZ1X3xpgldD4zNHi5M

Re: Golden Triangle Drug Traffic Arbitrage?

and shaky dollars so abundantly printed by the Bush administration, is that the chinese banking system is even more dubious and shaky. Chinese prefer to stash their wealth in America, rather than in China. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG

Re: [p2p-hackers] good-bye, Mnet, and good luck. I'm going commercial! plus my last design doc (fwd from zooko@zooko.com)

uploaders and storers, and starving leachers, is pretty much central to the success of a protocol and its software. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG MHH97gJAm7xaefDsVkckpP3M1T3kFYcHHE4T6q6e 4sy0PVrzWWflVPEeAHnZN9+Cf4YNPT7P4feuRNy00

Re: [p2p-hackers] good-bye, Mnet, and good luck. I'm going commercial! plus my last design doc (fwd from zooko@zooko.com)

uploaders and storers, and starving leachers, is pretty much central to the success of a protocol and its software. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG MHH97gJAm7xaefDsVkckpP3M1T3kFYcHHE4T6q6e 4sy0PVrzWWflVPEeAHnZN9+Cf4YNPT7P4feuRNy00

Re: I'll show you mine if you show me, er, mine

that a strong password (not your ordinary password) is secure. Can anyone suggest a well reviewed, unpatented, protocol that has the desired properties? --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG A8bCmCXDTAX2Syg907T7uRpajs77l9CqLEii+ezP

Re: I'll show you mine if you show me, er, mine

that a strong password (not your ordinary password) is secure. Can anyone suggest a well reviewed, unpatented, protocol that has the desired properties? --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG A8bCmCXDTAX2Syg907T7uRpajs77l9CqLEii+ezP

SpookAir, redux: No Secrets -- Eyes on the CIA

what the owner of the records chose to reveal. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG PS5fDA87MKS6uCbiF0gJ/R+39ekRuwLazrAsTyAa 4MxSlekoFzNrLXER1RoAItoikUPxKn3udKQokRxkB

Re: I'll show you mine if you show me, er, mine

that they are in danger of being forgetten. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG Dn3N69hcbr+mL/HUTw8OhGtKmD9rHYOMN4NTBkIY 47AOCXrb7e35xm5QBsHbFVr/jfm+XwTUvzdiytKpG

Re: I'll show you mine if you show me, er, mine

that they are in danger of being forgetten. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG Dn3N69hcbr+mL/HUTw8OhGtKmD9rHYOMN4NTBkIY 47AOCXrb7e35xm5QBsHbFVr/jfm+XwTUvzdiytKpG

Re: What is a cypherpunk?

-- James A. Donald As governments were created to smash property rights, they are always everywhere necessarily the enemy of those with property, and the greatest enemy of those with the most property. Steve Thompson Uh-huh. Perhaps you are using the term 'government

Re: SHA1 broken?

to a mere 2^109 or so. So SHA256 should be OK. 2^69 is damn near unbreakable. 2^80 is really unbreakable. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG IQqit8pqSokARYxy1xVLrTaVRSKMAGvz2MXbQqXi 4DAQZgw0sbP3OcD3kgO+x7f+VfsPD4E8EBsB96d/D

Re: What is a cypherpunk?

property rights. You want to steal something like land or women, you need a really big gang. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG of/pZSLkKATIjG0fWzPvEZnxIsBE/Q0Se80Gx178 4LGYWiIfc2+Us4l38hwPX8mK0CR7hBpVkJ952v8/D

Re: SHA1 broken?

to a mere 2^109 or so. So SHA256 should be OK. 2^69 is damn near unbreakable. 2^80 is really unbreakable. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG IQqit8pqSokARYxy1xVLrTaVRSKMAGvz2MXbQqXi 4DAQZgw0sbP3OcD3kgO+x7f+VfsPD4E8EBsB96d/D

Re: What is a cypherpunk?

-- James A. Donald As governments were created to smash property rights, they are always everywhere necessarily the enemy of those with property, and the greatest enemy of those with the most property. Steve Thompson Uh-huh. Perhaps you are using the term 'government

Re: What is a cypherpunk?

property rights. You want to steal something like land or women, you need a really big gang. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG of/pZSLkKATIjG0fWzPvEZnxIsBE/Q0Se80Gx178 4LGYWiIfc2+Us4l38hwPX8mK0CR7hBpVkJ952v8/D

Re: What is a cypherpunk?

-- James A. Donald wrote: The state was created to attack private property rights - to steal stuff. Some rich people are beneficiaries, but from the beginning, always at the expense of other rich people. On 14 Feb 2005 at 13:18, ken wrote: More commonly states defend the rich

Re: What is a cypherpunk?

-- 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?

-- 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

Re: What is a cypherpunk?

. There is nothing stopping you from writing your own operating system, so Linus did. If, however, you decline to pay taxes, men with guns will attack you. That is the difference between private power and government power. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh

Re: What is a cypherpunk?

-- James A. Donald wrote: There is nothing stopping you from writing your own operating system, so Linus did. Eugen Leitl wrote Yes. Corporate lawyers descending upon your ass, because you -- allegedly -- are in violation of some IP somewhere. See you in court. Corporate lawyers did

Re: What is a cypherpunk?

. There is nothing stopping you from writing your own operating system, so Linus did. If, however, you decline to pay taxes, men with guns will attack you. That is the difference between private power and government power. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh

Re: Dell to Add Security Chip to PCs

violence with impunity to the one with the ability to convincingly tell the truth. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG 6B7i0tiB4vUHqQnAP6nXT2z+B+zLB8624+K6+ENU 47fFHg6cY0KInzxMe/l+L2c7LqmPZyrwOSZepYIR3

Re: Dell to Add Security Chip to PCs

violence with impunity to the one with the ability to convincingly tell the truth. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG 6B7i0tiB4vUHqQnAP6nXT2z+B+zLB8624+K6+ENU 47fFHg6cY0KInzxMe/l+L2c7LqmPZyrwOSZepYIR3

RE: Ronald McDonald's SS

-- James A. Donald: Note that the main enemy it is aimed against is the CIA, and it's existence was successfully kept secret from the CIA for this time. (For had the CIA detected it, they would have instantly leaked the information, the same way they have leaked so much other

RE: Ronald McDonald's SS

that the main enemy it is aimed against is the CIA, and it's existence was successfully kept secret from the CIA for this time. (For had the CIA detected it, they would have instantly leaked the information, the same way they have leaked so much other stuff.) --digsig James A. Donald

RE: Ronald McDonald's SS

-- James A. Donald: Note that the main enemy it is aimed against is the CIA, and it's existence was successfully kept secret from the CIA for this time. (For had the CIA detected it, they would have instantly leaked the information, the same way they have leaked so much other

Re: Spotting Trouble Identifying Faltering and Failing States (1997)

-- James A. Donald wrote: Oh wow, let us expand our current highly popular and successful Iraqi operation to embrace a quarter of the world. Wouldn't it be nice? No, come to think of it, it would not be nice. J.A. Terranson Since Mein Fuhrer Bush is preparing to escalate to Iran

Re: Spotting Trouble Identifying Faltering and Failing States (1997)

-- James A. Donald wrote: Oh wow, let us expand our current highly popular and successful Iraqi operation to embrace a quarter of the world. Wouldn't it be nice? No, come to think of it, it would not be nice. J.A. Terranson Since Mein Fuhrer Bush is preparing to escalate to Iran

Re: Feral Cities

arms are good guys and which are bad guys after the regime falls. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG lYYew1mXLqlqClNWre3iWNTQSdUjC3dM+wojwWKP 4ZzkUnYtfu/tX/c5VsLePUrbbJ15Ww5uBlRvLj+Ut

Re: Spotting Trouble Identifying Faltering and Failing States (1997)

Arabia, which are not failing, but damn well should. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG KZbrHZ/MYP584OnYd7NsjZjmUpn8Srn0ydIoe269 4ATqczLXXya6Ei6jVdqfx7nHh1/Fdp6s6+VCLrdwO

Re: Feral Cities

-- James A. Donald: Terrorists, as we discovered in Afghanistan, tend to piss people off. They need a government that is strong enough to intimidate the locals to refrain from killing them. Major Variola (ret) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Since when did a few remote Al Q boot camps piss people

Re: Spotting Trouble Identifying Faltering and Failing States (1997)

Arabia, which are not failing, but damn well should. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG KZbrHZ/MYP584OnYd7NsjZjmUpn8Srn0ydIoe269 4ATqczLXXya6Ei6jVdqfx7nHh1/Fdp6s6+VCLrdwO

Re: Feral Cities

-- James A. Donald: Terrorists, as we discovered in Afghanistan, tend to piss people off. They need a government that is strong enough to intimidate the locals to refrain from killing them. Major Variola (ret) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Since when did a few remote Al Q boot camps piss people

Re: Feral Cities

arms are good guys and which are bad guys after the regime falls. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG lYYew1mXLqlqClNWre3iWNTQSdUjC3dM+wojwWKP 4ZzkUnYtfu/tX/c5VsLePUrbbJ15Ww5uBlRvLj+Ut

Re: Talking Back to Power: China's 'Haves' Stir the 'Have Nots' to Violence

The title of this post is misleading: The protest is anti government, and pro property rights. For example: [...] People can see how corrupt the government is while they barely have enough to eat, said Mr. Yu, reflecting on the uprising that made him an instant proletarian hero If he was

Re: Talking Back to Power: China's 'Haves' Stir the 'Have Nots' to Violence

The title of this post is misleading: The protest is anti government, and pro property rights. For example: [...] People can see how corrupt the government is while they barely have enough to eat, said Mr. Yu, reflecting on the uprising that made him an instant proletarian hero If he was

Re: Finally, the Killer PKI Application

encryption/signing technology. Or in other words, due to the fact that PKI sucks, they have left the door open for a replacement. now the investment may finally be realized. I don't think so. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG

Re: Finally, the Killer PKI Application

encryption/signing technology. Or in other words, due to the fact that PKI sucks, they have left the door open for a replacement. now the investment may finally be realized. I don't think so. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG

Re: Flaw with lava lamp entropy source

in liquid helium. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG YIh62RYRs2hLkj/bbMuhph73iWN9Kmjo6IJ27mBf 4RyyRBC0ayoxtSug4pB9k+d7sjGlnt3gsa6yVYFy5

Re: Mixmaster is dead, long live wardriving

are trivially protected, and the remaining third have done the best they can under the circumstances This may explain the lack of wardriving. Why bother to drive? --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG GZxQHl5Ys94JIEGFGqHzFIw0CwTw+cJrG2kcpVuC

Re: punkly current events

-- James A. Donald: The reason that taliban caught in Afghanistan, and people with the wrong accent caught in Afghanistan, tend to wind up in Guantanamo Bay is not because Afghan warlords are taking orders from US overlords, it is because Afghan warlords are fighting a holy war

RE: Blinky Rides Again: RCMP suspect al-Qaida messages

is that it conceals your threat model. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG aV25L9tGoz00uU3bzcY+rbFDV5nX9BCkK67CRwcd 4mBXnVakFBPiPRCdugeDolUdtnd8iueWgYFwR3Pch

Re: punkly current events

-- On 9 Dec 2004 at 19:47, Joseph Ashwood wrote: In short, except for those few people who have some use for MixMaster, MixMaster was stillborn. As one of those few people who have had some use for Mixmaster, it does not seem stillborn to me. --digsig James A. Donald

Re: Mixmaster is dead, long live wardriving

the street and steal some bandwidth just because I find it a change to work in the open air. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG hOnTAnMFC4mbjwvyxYfLSmvpUXtw2xutPOvdyU0k 4Jx3r8szirxwjD/2L68Q0/BDk3jSlebytG9a9+2IQ

Re: punkly current events

, at the same time he is busily subverting US enemies in Iran. He has his own agenda, which on some matters agrees with the US agenda, and others contradicts the US agenda. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG 2c9x3EgsLT44LpYQQUlGud

Re: punkly current events

-- James A. Donald: The reason that taliban caught in Afghanistan, and people with the wrong accent caught in Afghanistan, tend to wind up in Guantanamo Bay is not because Afghan warlords are taking orders from US overlords, it is because Afghan warlords are fighting a holy war

Re: Mixmaster is dead, long live wardriving

the street and steal some bandwidth just because I find it a change to work in the open air. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG hOnTAnMFC4mbjwvyxYfLSmvpUXtw2xutPOvdyU0k 4Jx3r8szirxwjD/2L68Q0/BDk3jSlebytG9a9+2IQ

Re: Mixmaster is dead, long live wardriving

are trivially protected, and the remaining third have done the best they can under the circumstances This may explain the lack of wardriving. Why bother to drive? --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG GZxQHl5Ys94JIEGFGqHzFIw0CwTw+cJrG2kcpVuC

Re: punkly current events

-- On 9 Dec 2004 at 19:47, Joseph Ashwood wrote: In short, except for those few people who have some use for MixMaster, MixMaster was stillborn. As one of those few people who have had some use for Mixmaster, it does not seem stillborn to me. --digsig James A. Donald

RE: Blinky Rides Again: RCMP suspect al-Qaida messages

is that it conceals your threat model. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG aV25L9tGoz00uU3bzcY+rbFDV5nX9BCkK67CRwcd 4mBXnVakFBPiPRCdugeDolUdtnd8iueWgYFwR3Pch

Re: punkly current events

, at the same time he is busily subverting US enemies in Iran. He has his own agenda, which on some matters agrees with the US agenda, and others contradicts the US agenda. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG 2c9x3EgsLT44LpYQQUlGud

Re: geographically removed?

-- Major Variola: Internal resistance mediated by cypherpunkly tech can always be defeated by cranking up the police state a notch. This is eg why e-cash systems have anonymity problems. James A. Donald: The problem is that any genuinely irrevocable payment system gets

Re: Patriot Insurance

it, serves the goat fuckers right. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG QILwOoAZoZRoKhP5l5fyQXQ021Gs0UkjXIXPRZ3A 4zkLA6Uyu1rxD5xgNBbsjEbA+HajLJfiHBPRZEEK3

Re: Fallujah: Marine Eye-Witness Report

-- James A. Donald: Permanent holy war in Iraq would keep them busy and out of mischief WITHOUT permanent large involvement from American military. Steve Thompson True, but there's a question of the waste of resources and man-years that would come from such a circumstance. All

Re: geographically removed?

-- Major Variola: Internal resistance mediated by cypherpunkly tech can always be defeated by cranking up the police state a notch. This is eg why e-cash systems have anonymity problems. James A. Donald: The problem is that any genuinely irrevocable payment system gets

Re: geographically removed?

James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG j/Q7ovPCBpocpAweY6EuWipd1SYuu09GuF0FDGs4 4F1phVigtAvUzPhC0QjPDP/3SKkY4KUtZc5hRUL9a

Re: Fallujah: Marine Eye-Witness Report

, for example the shelling of Kabul. The relief that people expected to obtain by submitting to Taliban rule was not relief from fighting each other, but relief from indiscriminate Taliban attacks. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG

Re: geographically removed?

James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG j/Q7ovPCBpocpAweY6EuWipd1SYuu09GuF0FDGs4 4F1phVigtAvUzPhC0QjPDP/3SKkY4KUtZc5hRUL9a

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