Running a cypherpunks list node?

2005-10-14 Thread Meyer Wolfsheim
If one were inclined to host a cypherpunks list node, where would one obtain the necessary information? -MW-

Re: Terror Reading

2003-09-02 Thread Meyer Wolfsheim
On Sun, 31 Aug 2003, Anonymous wrote: Some librarians are probably now thinking they have a patriotic duty to see what people are reading and to report any suspicious behavior. Part of the intent of the Patriot Act and the Library Awareness Program was to bamboozle the nation's librarians

Re: Schneier at toorcon 2003

2003-08-25 Thread Meyer Wolfsheim
On Mon, 25 Aug 2003, Major Variola (ret) wrote: I'm told by an organizer that Bruce Schneier will be speaking at toorcon in San Diego this year. See www.toorcon.org for info. This is of interest why?

Re: Popular Net anonymity service back-doored (fwd)

2003-08-22 Thread Meyer Wolfsheim
On Fri, 22 Aug 2003, Thomas Shaddack wrote: Yet more info. Let's not overreact before we get complete dataset. It is worth noting that the notice mentioned below was placed on the JAP website only after the news of the back channel was made public on Usenet and the various security mailing

RE: pgp in internet cafe (webpgp)

2003-03-23 Thread Meyer Wolfsheim
On Sun, 23 Mar 2003, Lucky Green wrote: The question is - do I have to code this or has someone already done it ? http://www.lokmail.com/ It is inadvisable that anyone use Lokmail. The implications of a trust-us encrypted mail service are obvious, and the people behind Lokmail are of

Re: Shuttle Humor

2003-02-03 Thread Meyer Wolfsheim
On Sat, 1 Feb 2003, Eric Cordian wrote: The look on your fellow astronauts' faces right before the grenade you are holding explodes --PRICELESS Please. If we're going to toss around conspiracy theories, let's make sure they are sane. I am having a hard time imagining a

Re: Matt Blaze Does Master Keys

2003-01-23 Thread Meyer Wolfsheim
On Thu, 23 Jan 2003, Eric Cordian wrote: Nonetheless, it's an interesting story. I should note that the high security building I live regards master keying doors as a bad thing to do, and they have a key board and a signout sheet in the main office.

Re: cloning as heresy (Re: Fresh Hell)

2003-01-20 Thread Meyer Wolfsheim
On Sat, 18 Jan 2003, Harmon Seaver wrote: Ah, now I see. Before, I was thinking that he was talking about the passage where Onan pulls out and spills his seed on the ground, which, somehow, became a prescription against masturbation, although reading it, especially in context, is clearly

Re: Brinworld: Samsung SCH-V310 camcorder phone

2003-01-14 Thread Meyer Wolfsheim
On Mon, 13 Jan 2003, Tim May wrote: Samsung unveil new 3G camcorder phone http://www.3gnewsroom.com/3g_news/jan_03/news_2906.shtml Hardly Brinworld. And T-Mobile has had it for awhile. Why is warmed-over technology news given headlines? ... and they lie about it being 3G (which doesn't

3G Phones (was: Re: Brinworld: Samsung SCH-V310 camcorder phone)

2003-01-14 Thread Meyer Wolfsheim
On Tue, 14 Jan 2003, Steve Mynott wrote: ... and they lie about it being 3G (which doesn't exist yet.) It's a CDMA2000 phone which is 3G. 3G networks exist in many parts of the world, although behind schedule in other parts. Hmm. I actually can't find any specs on that phone's max speed.

Re: Indo European Origins

2003-01-09 Thread Meyer Wolfsheim
On Thu, 9 Jan 2003, Tyler Durden wrote: Soma? Despite the fact that I've read large chunks of the Rig Vedas, I don't remember anything called Soma (unless this is a Brave New World Reference). Of course, the Bhagavad Gita is a subsection of the Mahabaratabut I don't imagine this is what

Re: I crypt you

2003-01-07 Thread Meyer Wolfsheim
On Tue, 24 Dec 2002, Anonymous wrote: (unrelated, I noticed that there is no un-crippled free version of PGP for windows XP any more - 8.0 beta expired) What about PGP 8.0 Freeware? That isn't crippled. (It doesn't include automatic email plugins, which many think are a bad idea anyway, and

Re: War on drugs...

2002-12-17 Thread Meyer Wolfsheim
On 13 Dec 2002, Sleeping Vayu wrote: Uh...I'd point out that this is no coincidence. The Conpiracy Theorist would say that the War on Drugs was precisely the CIA's way to keep its own drug prices high and continue funding their own little activites. Plausible. Oh, and aside from the fatass

Re: JYA ping

2002-10-07 Thread Meyer Wolfsheim
On Sun, 6 Oct 2002, Morlock Elloi wrote: It seems to be strange that he wrote at [EMAIL PROTECTED], an address which is also given on his web page, but ping pipeline.com doesn't work. Sorry to resort to ad hominem, but you're a technological imbecile. There is this magic thing in DNS

Re: All your canadians are belong to us

2002-09-21 Thread Meyer Wolfsheim
On Sat, 21 Sep 2002, Major Variola (ret) wrote: At 11:08 AM 9/21/02 -0400, Greg Vassie wrote: says Dr Ann Coavoukian, the commissioner of information and privacy in Ontario, U.S.A. People are lying and vendors don't know what is false [or As a resident of Ontario, Canada, I'm quite

Re: Free Copy of Applied Cryptography

2002-09-11 Thread Meyer Wolfsheim
On Wed, 11 Sep 2002, Lisa wrote: http://www.cacr.math.uwaterloo.ca/hac/ http://developers.slashdot.org/developers/02/09/11/1616231.shtml?tid=93 Handbook of Applied Cryptography Posted by michael on Wednesday September 11, 12:24PM from the complete-from-adelman-to-zimmerman dept. cconnell

S/MIME in Outlook -- fucked.

2002-09-03 Thread Meyer Wolfsheim
... just making certain Lucky has seen this gem. -- Forwarded message -- Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2002 10:37:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Mike Benham [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Outlook S/MIME Vulnerability

Re: Mitigating Dangers of Compromised Anonymity

2002-08-31 Thread Meyer Wolfsheim
On Fri, 30 Aug 2002, Adam Shostack wrote: I'd like to suggest that while this may be fun, usability and getting millions of users to see that remailers are useful to them is a more useful goal. I agree, although I fail to see how working on this would interfere with that goal in any way.

Re: Discouraging credential sharing with Mojo

2002-08-22 Thread Meyer Wolfsheim
On Wed, 21 Aug 2002, Anonymous wrote: Clearly we need a new approach. Here is a suggestion for a simple solution which will give everyone an important secret that they will avoid sharing. At birth each person will be issued a secret key. This will be called his Mojo. [snip] Now all

Re: Signing as one member of a set of keys

2002-08-10 Thread Meyer Wolfsheim
On Fri, 9 Aug 2002, Anonymous User wrote: This program can be used by anonymous contributors to release partial information about their identity - they can show that they are someone from a list of PGP key holders, without revealing which member of the list they are. Maybe it can help in

Re: why OpenPGP is preferable to S/MIME (Re: NAI pulls out the DMCA stick)

2002-05-23 Thread Meyer Wolfsheim
On Thu, 23 May 2002, Adam Back wrote: On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 03:05:49PM -0400, Adam Shostack wrote: So what if we create the Cypherpunks Root CA, which (either) signs what you submit to it via a web page, or publish the secret key? This won't achieve the desired effect because it will

Re: Joe Sixpack doesn't run Linux

2002-05-23 Thread Meyer Wolfsheim
On Thu, 23 May 2002, Curt Smith wrote: This is a fairly accurate description of the situation, but neglects to emphasize that the reason [1-cypherpunk] bothers convincing [2-coerced associate] to use encrypted e-mail is because [1] understands its importance and is attempting to

NAI pulls out the DMCA stick

2002-05-21 Thread Meyer Wolfsheim
NAI is now taking steps to remove the remaining copies of PGP from the Internet, not long after announcing that the company will not release its fully completed Mac OS X and Windows XP versions, and will no longer sell any copies of its PGP software. Do we still believe this was a pure