Re: Challenge to TCPA/Palladium detractors

2002-08-10 Thread R. Hirschfeld
> Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2002 19:30:09 -0700 > From: AARG!Anonymous <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Re the debate over whether compilers reliably produce identical object > (executable) files: > > The measurement and hashing in TCPA/Palladium will probably not be done > on the file itself, but on the executable

Re: Thanks, Lucky, for helping to kill gnutella

2002-08-10 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Sat, 10 Aug 2002, R. Hirschfeld wrote: > Calling Lucky a liar is no more illuminating than others calling you > an idiot. You're confusing a classification for an argument. The argument is over. You can read it up in the archives. If you think there's still anything left to discuss, I've go

Re: Signing as one member of a set of keys

2002-08-10 Thread Anonymous
Here are the perl scripts I cobbled together to put the ring signature at the end of the file, after a separator. I called the executable program from the earlier C source code "ringsig". I call these ringver and ringsign. I'm no perl hacker so these could undoubtedly be greatly improved. ring

Re: Thanks, Lucky, for helping to kill gnutella

2002-08-10 Thread Steve Schear
At 08:25 PM 8/9/2002 -0700, AARG!Anonymous wrote: >As far as Freenet and MojoNation, we all know that the latter shut down, >probably in part because the attempted traffic-control mechanisms made >the whole network so unwieldy that it never worked. I worked there and respectfully disagree. MN ne

RE: Signing as one member of a set of keys

2002-08-10 Thread Lucky Green
Anonymous wrote: > > Here is the signature block from the "ring signature" program > which got truncated. I'll try sending it through a few > different anon remailers until it gets through. Replace the > lines from the earlier posting starting with the "END PGP > PUBLIC KEY BLOCK" line. I

Re: Signing as one member of a set of keys

2002-08-10 Thread Anonymous
Here is the signature block from the "ring signature" program which got truncated. I'll try sending it through a few different anon remailers until it gets through. Replace the lines from the earlier posting starting with the "END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK" line. -END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-

Re: Challenge to David Wagner on TCPA

2002-08-10 Thread D.Popkin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- AARG! Anonymous <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Lucky Green wrote: > > Ray wrote: > > > If I buy a lock I expect that by demonstrating ownership I > > > can get a replacement key or have a locksmith legally open it. > > It appears the days when this was true ar

Re: Thanks, Lucky, for helping to kill gnutella

2002-08-10 Thread R. Hirschfeld
> Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2002 20:25:40 -0700 > From: AARG!Anonymous <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Right, as if my normal style has been so effective. Not one person has > given me the least support in my efforts to explain the truth about TCPA > and Palladium. Hal, I think you were right on when you wrote:

Re: responding to claims about TCPA

2002-08-10 Thread John Gilmore
> I asked Eric Murray, who knows something about TCPA, what he thought > of some of the more ridiculous claims in Ross Anderson's FAQ (like the > SNRL), and he didn't respond. I believe it is because he is unwilling > to publicly take a position in opposition to such a famous and respected > figu

Turing thesis

2002-08-10 Thread gfgs pedo
hi, Here is an example illustrating turing thesis { Suppose we make a conjecture that a turing machine is equal to the power of a typical digital computer?how can we defend or refute sucha hypotheis? to defend it we could take an increasingly more difficult and show that they are solvable by

Re: Thanks, Lucky, for helping to kill gnutella (fwd)

2002-08-10 Thread Eugen Leitl
I don't try to filter, but to join several sources. Anonymous is an idiot, but at least an intelligent one. I can't leave him out without creating a skewed picture of what is going on. On Fri, 9 Aug 2002, R. A. Hettinga wrote: > At 1:03 AM +0200 on 8/10/02, Some anonymous, and now apparently >

p2p DoS resistance and network stability (Re: Thanks, Lucky, for helping to kill gnutella)

2002-08-10 Thread Adam Back
On Fri, Aug 09, 2002 at 08:25:40PM -0700, AARG!Anonymous wrote: > Several people have objected to my point about the anti-TCPA efforts of > Lucky and others causing harm to P2P applications like Gnutella. The point that a number of people made is that what is said in the article is not workable:

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

It won't happen here (was Re: TCPA/Palladium -- likely future implications)

2002-08-10 Thread Marcel Popescu
From: "AARG! Anonymous" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Think about it: this one innocuous little box holding the TPME key could > ultimately be the root of trust for the entire world. IMO we should > spare no expense in guarding it and making sure it is used properly. > With enough different interest gro