Re: Winning still matters, etc...

2004-10-30 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 05:09 PM 10/30/04 -0400, R.A. Hettinga wrote: The terrorists cannot win either a conventional or an asymmetrical war against the United States, should it bring its full array of assets to the struggle. The large pit of smoldering radioactive glass is probably not an option.. The improvised

Osama's makeover

2004-10-30 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 05:23 PM 10/30/04 -0700, John Young wrote: Which returns to the Osama make-over. His nose looks much bigger, longer and wider, eyes closer together. The sage-of-the-desert color combination of his face and hands, beard, robe, hat and backdrop look as if it was shot in New Mexico, or maybe

Re: 2000 curies of Ci

2004-10-30 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 10:54 AM 10/29/04 -0700, Bill Stewart wrote: At 09:19 PM 10/28/2004, Major Variola (ret) wrote: Perhaps you meant Cs-137. Halliburton loses mCi of Am-241 etc monthly. MilliCuries? That's a bit surprising, though losing microCuries of it would be more likely. An average home smoke detector

Ruling the planet

2004-10-30 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 09:24 PM 10/29/04 -0500, J.A. Terranson wrote: Agreed. Our interest in not in Afghanistan/Iraq per se. Our interest is in ruling the *planet*, rather than any individual pissant player. Silly JA, we want to rule the frickin' solar system. Give GWB a line of Peruvian and he'll go off on

Re: Winning still matters, etc...

2004-10-30 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 05:09 PM 10/30/04 -0400, R.A. Hettinga wrote: The terrorists cannot win either a conventional or an asymmetrical war against the United States, should it bring its full array of assets to the struggle. The large pit of smoldering radioactive glass is probably not an option.. The improvised

Osama's makeover

2004-10-30 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 05:23 PM 10/30/04 -0700, John Young wrote: Which returns to the Osama make-over. His nose looks much bigger, longer and wider, eyes closer together. The sage-of-the-desert color combination of his face and hands, beard, robe, hat and backdrop look as if it was shot in New Mexico, or maybe

Re: bin Laden gets a Promotion, UBL=Moses

2004-10-30 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 10:16 PM 10/30/04 +0200, Eugen Leitl wrote: On Sat, Oct 30, 2004 at 02:42:25PM -0400, Sunder wrote: As usual, South Park is a great source of wisdom. So, are you voting for the Giant Douche or the Turd Sandwich? My candidate is Mr Hanky, Poo party. I'm voting for Kodos. [Simpsons ref]

Re: 2000 curies of Ci

2004-10-29 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 10:54 AM 10/29/04 -0700, Bill Stewart wrote: At 09:19 PM 10/28/2004, Major Variola (ret) wrote: Perhaps you meant Cs-137. Halliburton loses mCi of Am-241 etc monthly. MilliCuries? That's a bit surprising, though losing microCuries of it would be more likely. An average home smoke detector

Ruling the planet

2004-10-29 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 09:24 PM 10/29/04 -0500, J.A. Terranson wrote: Agreed. Our interest in not in Afghanistan/Iraq per se. Our interest is in ruling the *planet*, rather than any individual pissant player. Silly JA, we want to rule the frickin' solar system. Give GWB a line of Peruvian and he'll go off on

Geodesic neoconservative empire

2004-10-29 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 10:07 PM 10/24/04 -0400, R.A. Hettinga wrote: If the only way to kill barbarians is to kill barbarians in their bed before they kill you in yours, to pave over nation-states that support them, starting with the easiest first, it can't happen fast enough, as far as I'm concerned, and I'll

2000 curies of Ci

2004-10-29 Thread Major Variola (ret)
t 10:21 PM 10/24/04 -0500, J.A. Terranson wrote: This is idiotic. You're claiming that the definition of terrorist is dependent not on the act, but on why the act was committed. So if I was to go out tomorrow and spread 2000 curies of Ci into the local subway system As payback for Ruby Ridge,

2000 curies of Ci

2004-10-28 Thread Major Variola (ret)
t 10:21 PM 10/24/04 -0500, J.A. Terranson wrote: This is idiotic. You're claiming that the definition of terrorist is dependent not on the act, but on why the act was committed. So if I was to go out tomorrow and spread 2000 curies of Ci into the local subway system As payback for Ruby Ridge,

Geodesic neoconservative empire

2004-10-28 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 10:07 PM 10/24/04 -0400, R.A. Hettinga wrote: If the only way to kill barbarians is to kill barbarians in their bed before they kill you in yours, to pave over nation-states that support them, starting with the easiest first, it can't happen fast enough, as far as I'm concerned, and I'll

Re: Airport insanity

2004-10-24 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 01:03 PM 10/23/04 -0400, John Kelsey wrote: Blowing up a building full of random people because a few of them are associated with some action you really disagree with is just outside the realm of the sort of moral decision I can figure out. Just like flying planes into buildings full of people

Re: US enacts tough new security measures on visitors, foreign student pilots

2004-10-23 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 10:42 PM 10/22/04 -0400, R.A. Hettinga wrote: : US enacts tough new security measures on visitors, foreign student pilots Also unmentioned: all foreign flight schools are now heavily bugged/surveilled and swarthy and/or moslem students have that fact added to their Permenant Record.

Re: Airport insanity

2004-10-23 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 01:03 PM 10/23/04 -0400, John Kelsey wrote: Blowing up a building full of random people because a few of them are associated with some action you really disagree with is just outside the realm of the sort of moral decision I can figure out. Just like flying planes into buildings full of people

Re: US enacts tough new security measures on visitors, foreign student pilots

2004-10-23 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 10:42 PM 10/22/04 -0400, R.A. Hettinga wrote: : US enacts tough new security measures on visitors, foreign student pilots Also unmentioned: all foreign flight schools are now heavily bugged/surveilled and swarthy and/or moslem students have that fact added to their Permenant Record.

immune system diseases, TSA, false positives

2004-10-21 Thread Major Variola (ret)
An immune system is a great thing until it attacks the self. In part this can be due to the limited size of recognized motifs. For instance, the string David Nelson triggers the TSA goons. If you add the phonetic-similarity recognition (required when you transcode arabic names), the matching

RF stories

2004-10-21 Thread Major Variola (ret)
Read a story about some college student whose plasma TV was emitting quite a lot of 121.5 MHz. He got a nice visit from SR Sheriffs types telling him to shut his TV off. Or else. 121.5 is a satellite-received distress freq. Toshiba will send him a new TV for free. Chatting with an Aussie from

stealth

2004-10-20 Thread Major Variola (ret)
Various ways to stego pharmaceuticals: http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/programs/forensicsci/microgram/bulletins_index.html

RF stories

2004-10-20 Thread Major Variola (ret)
Read a story about some college student whose plasma TV was emitting quite a lot of 121.5 MHz. He got a nice visit from SR Sheriffs types telling him to shut his TV off. Or else. 121.5 is a satellite-received distress freq. Toshiba will send him a new TV for free. Chatting with an Aussie from

immune system diseases, TSA, false positives

2004-10-20 Thread Major Variola (ret)
An immune system is a great thing until it attacks the self. In part this can be due to the limited size of recognized motifs. For instance, the string David Nelson triggers the TSA goons. If you add the phonetic-similarity recognition (required when you transcode arabic names), the matching

stealth

2004-10-20 Thread Major Variola (ret)
Various ways to stego pharmaceuticals: http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/programs/forensicsci/microgram/bulletins_index.html

RE: Airport insanity

2004-10-18 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 04:01 PM 10/16/04 -0700, James A. Donald wrote: Tim McVeigh did not target innocents, nor was he a suicide bomber. Neither did M. Atta et al. target innocents, he targeted those who elected the Caesars. And they were not pursuing suicide (a Moslem sin), since they are enjoying a comfy

RE: Airport insanity

2004-10-18 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 07:42 PM 10/16/04 -0400, Adam wrote: First of all, there were 19 children killed in the OKC bombing. Were these children guilty of some crime worthy of being killed by a truck bomb? They were being used as human shields by the fedcriminals in the building. They were collateral damage, in the

RE: Airport insanity

2004-10-17 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 04:01 PM 10/16/04 -0700, James A. Donald wrote: Tim McVeigh did not target innocents, nor was he a suicide bomber. Neither did M. Atta et al. target innocents, he targeted those who elected the Caesars. And they were not pursuing suicide (a Moslem sin), since they are enjoying a comfy

RE: Airport insanity

2004-10-17 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 07:42 PM 10/16/04 -0400, Adam wrote: First of all, there were 19 children killed in the OKC bombing. Were these children guilty of some crime worthy of being killed by a truck bomb? They were being used as human shields by the fedcriminals in the building. They were collateral damage, in the

RE: Airport insanity

2004-10-16 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 12:14 PM 10/15/04 -0700, James A. Donald wrote: -- My profile is radically different from all those who killed nearly 3,000 of my countrymen on September 11, 2001. My holy book of choice is the Bible. My race is Caucasian. I am a loyal, taxpaying, patriotic, evil-hating,

RE: Airport insanity

2004-10-15 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 12:14 PM 10/15/04 -0700, James A. Donald wrote: -- My profile is radically different from all those who killed nearly 3,000 of my countrymen on September 11, 2001. My holy book of choice is the Bible. My race is Caucasian. I am a loyal, taxpaying, patriotic, evil-hating,

Re: RFID Driver's licenses for VA

2004-10-10 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 10:57 PM 10/8/04 -0700, Bill Stewart wrote: At 04:35 PM 10/7/2004, Thomas Shaddack wrote: A defense is a metal board in a wallet, close to the RFID chip's antenna. It is readable when the licence is taken out of the wallet. When inside, the antenna is quite effectively shielded. Tinfoil

Re: RFID Driver's licenses for VA

2004-10-09 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 10:57 PM 10/8/04 -0700, Bill Stewart wrote: At 04:35 PM 10/7/2004, Thomas Shaddack wrote: A defense is a metal board in a wallet, close to the RFID chip's antenna. It is readable when the licence is taken out of the wallet. When inside, the antenna is quite effectively shielded. Tinfoil

Re: City Challenged on Fingerprinting Protesters

2004-10-07 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 05:06 PM 10/6/04 +0100, Dave Howe wrote: Major Variola (ret) wrote: There is a bill in this year's Ca election to require DNA sampling of anyone arrested. Not convicted of a felony, but arrested. [as in arrested for protesting] Doesn't surprise me - the UK police collected a huge bunch

Re: City Challenged on Fingerprinting Protesters

2004-10-06 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 05:06 PM 10/6/04 +0100, Dave Howe wrote: Major Variola (ret) wrote: There is a bill in this year's Ca election to require DNA sampling of anyone arrested. Not convicted of a felony, but arrested. [as in arrested for protesting] Doesn't surprise me - the UK police collected a huge bunch

Re: City Challenged on Fingerprinting Protesters

2004-10-06 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 10:49 AM 10/5/04 -0400, R. A. Hettinga wrote: Now it looks as if much of the fingerprinting may not have been legal in the first place. According to lawyers at the New York Civil Liberties Union, the city may have violated state law by routinely fingerprinting arrested protesters. There is a

Re: City Challenged on Fingerprinting Protesters

2004-10-05 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 10:49 AM 10/5/04 -0400, R. A. Hettinga wrote: Now it looks as if much of the fingerprinting may not have been legal in the first place. According to lawyers at the New York Civil Liberties Union, the city may have violated state law by routinely fingerprinting arrested protesters. There is a

Re: Foreign Travelers Face Fingerprints and Jet Lag

2004-10-04 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 08:30 PM 10/3/04 +, Justin wrote: On 2004-10-03T13:32:36-0500, J.A. Terranson wrote: The US *is* the Fourth Reich. Personally, I will take what comes. You will make fine soap.

comfortably numb

2004-10-03 Thread Major Variola (ret)
t 11:22 PM 10/1/04 -0700, Bill Stewart wrote: Questions were going through my mind. Would it hurt? What are the risks? What if I want to get it out? I ordered another drink. In the US its generally illegal to tattoo someone who is drunk. Comfortably numb In many ways this fellow is.

Re: Spotting the Airline Terror Threat

2004-10-03 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 11:37 AM 10/3/04 -0400, R. A. Hettinga wrote: Unlike the TSA's recently announced program to use computer databases to scan for suspicious individuals whose names occur on passenger lists, SPOT is instead based squarely on the human element: the ability of TSA employees to identify suspicious

Re: Foreign Travelers Face Fingerprints and Jet Lag

2004-10-03 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 08:30 PM 10/3/04 +, Justin wrote: On 2004-10-03T13:32:36-0500, J.A. Terranson wrote: The US *is* the Fourth Reich. Personally, I will take what comes. You will make fine soap.

Re: Spotting the Airline Terror Threat

2004-10-03 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 11:37 AM 10/3/04 -0400, R. A. Hettinga wrote: Unlike the TSA's recently announced program to use computer databases to scan for suspicious individuals whose names occur on passenger lists, SPOT is instead based squarely on the human element: the ability of TSA employees to identify suspicious

comfortably numb

2004-10-03 Thread Major Variola (ret)
t 11:22 PM 10/1/04 -0700, Bill Stewart wrote: Questions were going through my mind. Would it hurt? What are the risks? What if I want to get it out? I ordered another drink. In the US its generally illegal to tattoo someone who is drunk. Comfortably numb In many ways this fellow is.

Re: ID Rules Exist, But Can't Be Seen

2004-10-01 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 05:06 PM 9/30/04 -0400, Tyler Durden wrote: I post this not as a refernce per se, but to ask the question: Exactly Why Does the Government Not Want to Reveal Their ID Rules? For instance, is it indeed possible that revealing this rule would pose an additional security risk? If such a rule

Re: ID Rules Exist, But Can't Be Seen

2004-09-30 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 05:06 PM 9/30/04 -0400, Tyler Durden wrote: I post this not as a refernce per se, but to ask the question: Exactly Why Does the Government Not Want to Reveal Their ID Rules? For instance, is it indeed possible that revealing this rule would pose an additional security risk? If such a rule

Re: Spy imagery agency watching inside U.S.

2004-09-29 Thread Major Variola (ret)
You don't even need the Hubble-scopes pointed down that the NRO/NIMA/whatever the fuck they're called today has. Check out globexplorer.com; my patio is more than several pixels and a friend of mine saw his Bronco. You could probably make out the glint in JY's eyes. OTOH its really easy to

Re: How to fuck with airports - a 1 step guide for (Redmond)

2004-09-29 Thread Major Variola (ret)
Personal aside. I've started working for a medical device company. This is not so far from security programming, as checking your inputs, robustness, and being able to justify time spent inspecting and testing are all common to both domains. But today I learned that a device that keeps you heart

Re: How to fuck with airports - a 1 step guide for (Redmond)

2004-09-28 Thread Major Variola (ret)
Personal aside. I've started working for a medical device company. This is not so far from security programming, as checking your inputs, robustness, and being able to justify time spent inspecting and testing are all common to both domains. But today I learned that a device that keeps you heart

Re: Spy imagery agency watching inside U.S.

2004-09-28 Thread Major Variola (ret)
You don't even need the Hubble-scopes pointed down that the NRO/NIMA/whatever the fuck they're called today has. Check out globexplorer.com; my patio is more than several pixels and a friend of mine saw his Bronco. You could probably make out the glint in JY's eyes. OTOH its really easy to

Individual Geopolitical Darwin Awards

2004-09-28 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 10:00 AM 9/27/04 -0400, Tyler Durden wrote: Don't forget, the World Trade Center management was on the Intercom trying to tell everyone to Remain inside the Building...It's safest Inside the Building. Fuck. Here on Wall Street I'm a dead man. If you stay in NYC or DC, you are an individual

John Abizaid needs termination

2004-09-28 Thread Major Variola (ret)
Saw general Abizaid on the news. He was so obviously either experiencing pharmaceutically-induced nystagmus or reading from a teleprompter it wasn't funny. Methinks he's a robot, or taking too many go-pills. Lets hear 2K dead by the elections. We'll settle for less if they're in DC.

Re: Mystification of Identity: You Say Yusuf, I Say Youssouf...

2004-09-28 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 05:53 PM 9/27/04 -0700, Bill Stewart wrote: and preventing you from flying means you can't carry out your Clever New Hijacking Plan, such as converting that small guitar into a set of six piano-wire garrotes or mixing that Organophosphates will still make it onto a plane, have been used in

John Abizaid needs termination

2004-09-27 Thread Major Variola (ret)
Saw general Abizaid on the news. He was so obviously either experiencing pharmaceutically-induced nystagmus or reading from a teleprompter it wasn't funny. Methinks he's a robot, or taking too many go-pills. Lets hear 2K dead by the elections. We'll settle for less if they're in DC.

Individual Geopolitical Darwin Awards

2004-09-27 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 10:00 AM 9/27/04 -0400, Tyler Durden wrote: Don't forget, the World Trade Center management was on the Intercom trying to tell everyone to Remain inside the Building...It's safest Inside the Building. Fuck. Here on Wall Street I'm a dead man. If you stay in NYC or DC, you are an individual

Re: Mystification of Identity: You Say Yusuf, I Say Youssouf...

2004-09-27 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 05:53 PM 9/27/04 -0700, Bill Stewart wrote: and preventing you from flying means you can't carry out your Clever New Hijacking Plan, such as converting that small guitar into a set of six piano-wire garrotes or mixing that Organophosphates will still make it onto a plane, have been used in

Re: Geopolitical Darwin Awards

2004-09-21 Thread Major Variola (ret)
t 11:38 PM 9/20/04 -0400, R. A. Hettinga wrote: At 8:11 PM -0700 9/20/04, Major Variola (ret) wrote: 2. UBL's mom was a low-caste yemeni, dig? Actually, UBL's *dad* was a low-caste Yemeni, too. And your point is? That you can be wealthy and still find something of the underdog in you, which you

Re: Geopolitical Darwin Awards

2004-09-21 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 04:57 PM 9/19/04 -0700, James A. Donald wrote: But the Saudi Arabian elite, of among which Bin Laden was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, are not getting screwed over. 1. you don't get religion 2. UBL's mom was a low-caste yemeni, dig?

Re: Geopolitical Darwin Awards

2004-09-21 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 05:07 PM 9/19/04 -0700, James A. Donald wrote: I don't recall the American revolutionaries herding children before them to clear minefields, nor surrounding themselves with children as human shields. The yank minutemen were not above taking children as soldiers, any more than Dan'l Boone was

Re: Geopolitical Darwin Awards

2004-09-21 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 11:42 AM 9/20/04 -0500, J.A. Terranson wrote: On Sun, 19 Sep 2004, Major Variola (ret) wrote: (Remember the Hiroshima bomb was *not* tested, so sure were the scientists. Trinity My understanding (and I am *positive* someone will correct me if I'm wrong) was that there was a shortage of both

Re: Geopolitical Darwin Awards

2004-09-21 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 08:46 PM 9/19/04 -0700, John Young wrote: Today, even the US uses children in war, 17 being the minimum age to enlist. Others sneak in by lying about their age, some as young as 14. Recruiters look the other way when the kids and their parents lie. Been there, done that. Enlisted in the army at

But they were using 3DES!

2004-09-21 Thread Major Variola (ret)
September 20, 2004 ATM Stolen in Third Such Theft in a Month An automated teller machine was stolen from a gas station early Sunday, the third such theft in Orange County since mid-August, police said. The machine was stolen from an Arco just before 4 a.m., using the same method as in the

Re: Geopolitical Darwin Awards

2004-09-20 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 08:46 PM 9/19/04 -0700, John Young wrote: Today, even the US uses children in war, 17 being the minimum age to enlist. Others sneak in by lying about their age, some as young as 14. Recruiters look the other way when the kids and their parents lie. Been there, done that. Enlisted in the army at

But they were using 3DES!

2004-09-20 Thread Major Variola (ret)
September 20, 2004 ATM Stolen in Third Such Theft in a Month An automated teller machine was stolen from a gas station early Sunday, the third such theft in Orange County since mid-August, police said. The machine was stolen from an Arco just before 4 a.m., using the same method as in the

Re: Geopolitical Darwin Awards

2004-09-20 Thread Major Variola (ret)
t 11:38 PM 9/20/04 -0400, R. A. Hettinga wrote: At 8:11 PM -0700 9/20/04, Major Variola (ret) wrote: 2. UBL's mom was a low-caste yemeni, dig? Actually, UBL's *dad* was a low-caste Yemeni, too. And your point is? That you can be wealthy and still find something of the underdog in you, which you

Disowned spooks get to be Mohommad's boyfriend for 10 yrs

2004-09-19 Thread Major Variola (ret)
http://rdu.news14.com/content/headlines/?ArID=55256SecID=2 Soviets:Chechnya::US:?

Re: potential new IETF WG on anonymous IPSec

2004-09-19 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 09:09 AM 9/17/04 +0200, Thomas Shaddack wrote: On Thu, 16 Sep 2004, Major Variola (ret) wrote: At 02:17 PM 9/16/04 -0700, Joe Touch wrote: Except that certs need to be signed by authorities that are trusted. Name one. You don't have to sign the certs. Use self-signed ones, then publish

Re: potential new IETF WG on anonymous IPSec

2004-09-19 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 06:20 AM 9/17/04 +, Justin wrote: On 2004-09-16T20:11:56-0700, Major Variola (ret) wrote: At 02:17 PM 9/16/04 -0700, Joe Touch wrote: Except that certs need to be signed by authorities that are trusted. Name one. Oh, come on. Nothing can be absolutely trusted. How much security

Re: Geopolitical Darwin Awards

2004-09-19 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 12:15 PM 9/19/04 -0400, Tyler Durden wrote: My running, personal theory is that Muslim fundamentalism (and in general, most fundamentalisms) get going when the locals gain a persistent sense that they're gettin' screwed over, See Crusades, which aint over til the tall buildings fall. and that

Disowned spooks get to be Mohommad's boyfriend for 10 yrs

2004-09-19 Thread Major Variola (ret)
http://rdu.news14.com/content/headlines/?ArID=55256SecID=2 Soviets:Chechnya::US:?

voting: economics of paper trails

2004-09-19 Thread Major Variola (ret)
Isn't it *cheaper* (as well as more accurate) to have preprinted ballots, optically scanned, then to have an embedded computer print out a paper trail? Ie, don't the benefits of volume printing beat the cheapest printing tech? Besides the other advantages of being self-verifiable, more accurate,

Re: potential new IETF WG on anonymous IPSec

2004-09-17 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 06:20 AM 9/17/04 +, Justin wrote: On 2004-09-16T20:11:56-0700, Major Variola (ret) wrote: At 02:17 PM 9/16/04 -0700, Joe Touch wrote: Except that certs need to be signed by authorities that are trusted. Name one. Oh, come on. Nothing can be absolutely trusted. How much security

Re: potential new IETF WG on anonymous IPSec

2004-09-17 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 09:09 AM 9/17/04 +0200, Thomas Shaddack wrote: On Thu, 16 Sep 2004, Major Variola (ret) wrote: At 02:17 PM 9/16/04 -0700, Joe Touch wrote: Except that certs need to be signed by authorities that are trusted. Name one. You don't have to sign the certs. Use self-signed ones, then publish

Re: public-key: the wrong model for email?

2004-09-17 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 10:28 PM 9/16/04 +0200, Hadmut Danisch wrote: Because PKC works for this AliceBob communication scheme. If you connect to a web server, then what you want to know, or what authentication means is: Are you really www.somedomain.com? That's the AliceBob model. SSL is good for that. What makes

Re: potential new IETF WG on anonymous IPSec

2004-09-17 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 02:17 PM 9/16/04 -0700, Joe Touch wrote: Except that certs need to be signed by authorities that are trusted. Name one.

Re: potential new IETF WG on anonymous IPSec

2004-09-16 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 02:17 PM 9/16/04 -0700, Joe Touch wrote: Except that certs need to be signed by authorities that are trusted. Name one.

Re: public-key: the wrong model for email?

2004-09-16 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 10:28 PM 9/16/04 +0200, Hadmut Danisch wrote: Because PKC works for this AliceBob communication scheme. If you connect to a web server, then what you want to know, or what authentication means is: Are you really www.somedomain.com? That's the AliceBob model. SSL is good for that. What makes

jpegs are vectors

2004-09-16 Thread Major Variola (ret)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3661678.stm Image flaw exposes Windows PCs Computer users could be open to attack from malicious hackers because of the way that Windows displays some images. A buffer overrun of course. But this is even better than the PNG vulnerability reported earlier

Award#0442154 - Surveillance, Analysis and Modeling of Chatroom

2004-09-15 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 05:41 AM 9/15/04 -0400, R. A. Hettinga wrote: NSF Award Abstract - #0442154 Yeah, this is Science (snicker)... Surveillance, Analysis and Modeling of Chatroom Communities Abstract The aim of this proposal is to develop new techniques for information gathering, analysis and modeling of

RE: Symantec labels China censor-busting software as Trojan

2004-09-15 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 09:45 AM 9/15/04 -0400, Tyler Durden wrote: Hum. Seems the Chinese government is pretty effective at self-preservation. Does this contradict the widely-held Cypherpunk belief in the inevitability of deterioration of the state? We have always held that a sufficiently policed state can defeat

Geopolitical Darwin Awards

2004-09-14 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 09:27 AM 9/14/04 -0400, John Kelsey wrote: From: Major Variola (ret) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Removing chunks with dynamite is trying rather hard for a Darwin award. As far as I can tell from what's reported in the new, a great deal of North Korea's daily operation fits that category. How about Iran

Re: Nanometer Bamboo Carbon TEMPEST Protection

2004-09-14 Thread Major Variola (ret)
t 10:10 AM 9/14/04 -0700, John Young wrote: From: dumbshit [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: effectively prevent computer radiation especially computer radiation, which does much harm to human body. Yeah, it really taxes my feng-shei The main material of FANGFUWANG is active nanometer bamboo carton.

Re: Forest Fire responsible for a 2.5mi *mushroom cloud*?

2004-09-14 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 08:59 PM 9/13/04 -0500, J.A. Terranson wrote: If a nuke goes off a few dozen meters under a mountain, is there anyone there to see it? What is the sound of one mountain moving? You can get dust rising off the mountain ---find the video of the Paki tests. But not a big rising cloud. An

Re: Forest Fire responsible for a 2.5mi *mushroom cloud*?

2004-09-14 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 08:59 PM 9/13/04 -0500, J.A. Terranson wrote: If a nuke goes off a few dozen meters under a mountain, is there anyone there to see it? What is the sound of one mountain moving? You can get dust rising off the mountain ---find the video of the Paki tests. But not a big rising cloud. An

Re: Nanometer Bamboo Carbon TEMPEST Protection

2004-09-14 Thread Major Variola (ret)
t 10:10 AM 9/14/04 -0700, John Young wrote: From: dumbshit [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: effectively prevent computer radiation especially computer radiation, which does much harm to human body. Yeah, it really taxes my feng-shei The main material of FANGFUWANG is active nanometer bamboo carton.

Geopolitical Darwin Awards

2004-09-14 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 09:27 AM 9/14/04 -0400, John Kelsey wrote: From: Major Variola (ret) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Removing chunks with dynamite is trying rather hard for a Darwin award. As far as I can tell from what's reported in the new, a great deal of North Korea's daily operation fits that category. How about Iran

Re: Forest Fire responsible for a 2.5mi *mushroom cloud*?

2004-09-13 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 06:23 PM 9/12/04 -0400, Tyler Durden wrote: I had thought that one of the main tests was seismic...from what I understood, Seismic monitors in the US can detect nu-cu-lar tests (above or below ground) and even guess where and the size of the blast. Yes. Seismic sensors see some foreshock

Re: potential new IETF WG on anonymous IPSec

2004-09-13 Thread Major Variola (ret)
Currently BGP is secured by 1. accepting BGP info only from known router IPs 2. ISPs not propogating BGP from the edge inwards Its a serious vulnerability (as in, take down the net), equivalent to the ability to confuse the post office machinery that sorts postcards. All you need to do is

Re: Forest Fire responsible for a 2.5mi *mushroom cloud*?

2004-09-13 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 12:01 AM 9/12/04 -0500, J.A. Terranson wrote: No big deal? Who are they kidding? JAT, any large explosion will create a mushroom cloud. Its the blast wave reflecting off the ground that lifts the thing, plus the buoyancy of the hot gasses. If it *were* a nuke, it would be easy to detect

Re: potential new IETF WG on anonymous IPSec

2004-09-13 Thread Major Variola (ret)
Currently BGP is secured by 1. accepting BGP info only from known router IPs 2. ISPs not propogating BGP from the edge inwards Its a serious vulnerability (as in, take down the net), equivalent to the ability to confuse the post office machinery that sorts postcards. All you need to do is

Re: Forest Fire responsible for a 2.5mi *mushroom cloud*?

2004-09-13 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 06:23 PM 9/12/04 -0400, Tyler Durden wrote: I had thought that one of the main tests was seismic...from what I understood, Seismic monitors in the US can detect nu-cu-lar tests (above or below ground) and even guess where and the size of the blast. Yes. Seismic sensors see some foreshock

Re: Forest Fire responsible for a 2.5mi *mushroom cloud*?

2004-09-13 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 06:59 AM 9/14/04 +1200, Peter Gutmann wrote: (The nitrate was desensitised with ammonium sulfate and stored outside, whenever anyone needed any they'd drill holes and blast off chunks with dynamite. AN is extremely deliquescent; perhaps the sulphate was for that? Removing chunks with

Re: Forest Fire responsible for a 2.5mi *mushroom cloud*?

2004-09-12 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 09:53 AM 9/12/04 +0200, Eugen Leitl wrote: On Sun, Sep 12, 2004 at 07:50:35AM +0200, Thomas Shaddack wrote: On Sun, 12 Sep 2004, J.A. Terranson wrote: No big deal? Who are they kidding? A 2-mile wide cloud is WAY too big to be caused by a single explosion, unless REALLY big. The forest

Re: BrinCity 2.0: Mayor outlines elaborate camera network for city

2004-09-11 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 12:50 PM 9/11/04 +0200, Nomen Nescio wrote: So, since this is titled BrinCity, it surely means that the image streams will be available from a web site and that we the people get cameras in the emergency response center and the mayor's office? Is adultery a crime in Chicago? Given the

Re: Call for 'hackers' to try to access voting machines draws stern warning

2004-09-11 Thread Major Variola (ret)
t 06:59 PM 9/10/04 -0400, R. A. Hettinga wrote: http://www.virginislandsdailynews.com/index.pl/article?id=7181775 Call for 'hackers' to try to access voting machines draws stern warning The warning came after Elections officials received a faxed document last week stating that a $10,000 cash

Re: Call for 'hackers' to try to access voting machines draws stern warning

2004-09-11 Thread Major Variola (ret)
t 06:59 PM 9/10/04 -0400, R. A. Hettinga wrote: http://www.virginislandsdailynews.com/index.pl/article?id=7181775 Call for 'hackers' to try to access voting machines draws stern warning The warning came after Elections officials received a faxed document last week stating that a $10,000 cash

Re: BrinCity 2.0: Mayor outlines elaborate camera network for city

2004-09-11 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 12:50 PM 9/11/04 +0200, Nomen Nescio wrote: So, since this is titled BrinCity, it surely means that the image streams will be available from a web site and that we the people get cameras in the emergency response center and the mayor's office? Is adultery a crime in Chicago? Given the

Re: Perplexing proof

2004-09-10 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 08:23 AM 9/10/04 -0400, R. A. Hettinga wrote: http://www.vnunet.com/print/1157970 Perplexing proof E-commerce is only one mathematical breakthrough away from disaster Robert Valpuesta, IT Week 09 Sep 2004 The fact that even experts often do not fully understand how IT systems work was

Re: Flying with Libertarian Hawks

2004-09-10 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 07:53 AM 9/10/04 -0400, R. A. Hettinga wrote: http://www.techcentralstation.com/090904A.html Is it possible for one to be libertarian about policies at home and neo-conservative about policies abroad? After all, isn't the principle of non-coercion incompatible with the interventionist policies

Re: Perplexing proof

2004-09-10 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 08:23 AM 9/10/04 -0400, R. A. Hettinga wrote: http://www.vnunet.com/print/1157970 Perplexing proof E-commerce is only one mathematical breakthrough away from disaster Robert Valpuesta, IT Week 09 Sep 2004 The fact that even experts often do not fully understand how IT systems work was

Re: Flying with Libertarian Hawks

2004-09-10 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 07:53 AM 9/10/04 -0400, R. A. Hettinga wrote: http://www.techcentralstation.com/090904A.html Is it possible for one to be libertarian about policies at home and neo-conservative about policies abroad? After all, isn't the principle of non-coercion incompatible with the interventionist policies

The Garwin Archive

2004-09-09 Thread Major Variola (ret)
A nuke physicist talks about taking out a US city, nonlethal weapons, and more http://www.fas.org/rlg/index.html http://www.fas.org/rlg/04-nonlethal.pdf http://www.fas.org/rlg/040309-drell.htm

Re: Gilmore case...Who can make laws?

2004-09-08 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 11:19 AM 9/8/04 -0400, Tyler Durden wrote: Hum. I wonder. Do you think these secret regulations are communicated via secure channels? What would happen if someone decided to send their own regulations out to all of the local airline security offices rescinding any private regs, particularly if

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