CW blocks Internet phone calls in the Caymans
http://www.totaltele.com/view.asp?ArticleID=30234pub=ttcategoryid=626 Internet E-commerce CW blocks Internet phone calls in the Caymans By Rick Catlin, Reuters 24 August 2000 Officials of communications giant Cable Wireless , which has a monopoly on the Cayman Islands, have begun blocking Internet subscribers on the islands from using the U.S.-based Net2Phone long distance phone service that charges a fraction of what CW charges Cayman customers. The move came after CW sent an e-mail to its Internet subscribers on the islands, a major financial centre, earlier this month advising them they were breaking their contract with CW by using the Internet for phone services. The Net2Phone system uses the Internet to make long distance calls, by-passing the traditional telephone service and charging far less. CW spokesperson Tina Trumbach confirmed the blockage on Wednesday, adding that any other similar system that can be detected will be blocked. She noted that company officials last year indicated publicly they would not be blocking Net2Phone at that time as long as usage did not seriously affect CW revenues. Since then, the technology to block systems such as Net2Phone has become available as CW's long distance revenues have been declining and Net2Phone usage has increased. UK-based Cable Wireless is one of the world's largest telecommunications companies and in the Cayman Islands alone, the company generates more than $50 million in net profits annually, according to government figures, from a country of just 45,000 people. CW has an exclusive 25-year contract with the Cayman government signed in 1991 to be the sole provider of telecommunications service to the Cayman Islands. In return, CW pays 6 percent of its gross revenues to the government annually, which two years ago amounted to about US$10 million. Recently, the company has indicated a willingness to accept competition in a "structured" and "regulated" environment. Trumbach said the company will soon offer further price reductions on Internet service to various business customers. But the company said it could not sustain a trend of lowering prices if there were a proliferation of "prohibited usage." The Cayman Islands, a British colony of three islands in the western Caribbean, have a population of about 45,000 and more than 40,000 registered companies, including nearly 600 banks and trusts and nearly 500 captive insurance companies. It has been estimated that about 2,000 CW customers in the Cayman Islands used Net2Phone or similar service. CW could not confirm that number. Businessman William Peguero, whose company was selling "YapJacks" - the device that enables Internet telephone communication - vowed to fight CW in the courts. He said he has already obtained more than 1,000 signatures on a petition calling for an end to the CW monopoly in the Cayman Islands and open competition to lower rates. "Jurisdictions including Jamaica, Bermuda, Hong Kong and others around the world have ended the Cable Wireless monopoly on telecommunications through the introduction of competition," he said. "In each case, the services offered are better and the pricing for those services lowered for the citizens and businesses in those countries." He also claimed CW has no legal right to block access to any Internet service. The current CW long-distance rate for a business hours call to North America is $1.50 per minute. Peguero said he was able to make calls on Net2Phone for about 13 cents per minute. Net2Phone attorney Steve Dorry in New York said his company had no comment on the matter "at this time." He added, however, that the company would be addressing the legal issue "in the proper forum" in the very near future. Dorry said he expected similar action by CW in other jurisdictions where it operates as a monopoly, particularly in the English-speaking Caribbean. Several years ago, when some Cayman Islands businesses bought in to a call back system in the United States to provide long distance service cheaper than normal CW rates, the company was able to effectively identify and block call back usage from specific telephones.
Re: Is kerberos broken?
petro wrote: Of course, a *simple* substitution of one word (or even spaces) would make this *much* harder. "Friends, Romulans, fellow countrymen, lend me your beers..." not likely. crack has been guessing simple substitutions for years. Crack has been guessing "simple" substitutions at the character level. It gets a bit unwieldy and time consuming when running brute force attack against a 50 or 60 character string. -- A quote from Petro's Archives: *** Today good taste is often erroneously rejected as old-fashioned because ordinary man, seeking approval of his so-called personality, prefers to follow the dictates of his own peculiar style rather than submit to any objective criterion of taste.--Jan Tschichold
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Re: europe physical meeting
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Re: Treatment of subjugated people (and bagpipes)
On Mon, 04 Sep 2000, Jim Dixon wrote: an invasion and the way the Saxons were treated; but the Normans were just copying the Romans, and the Romans were just copying the Greeks. It's easy to look at history in this way, seeing some people as villians and other as victims. But do remember that St Patrick wasn't Irish at all. He was an English boy, stolen by Irish pirates and sold into slavery in Ireland. And for centuries English kings used Irish mercenaries to subdue their unruly subjects. Actually, St. Patrick is mostly a mythical creature constructed from the actual Roman ruling family Patricias. The whole St. Patrick chasing out the snakes is clearly a metaphor for the Roman church killing off the pagans. As is typical amonst the Roman church, the peasants, once suitably under control are made to believe the destruction of the old way of life was actually a blessing. The Romans pushed this on them until the old ways faded into the memory hole.
Re: Treatment of subjugated people (and bagpipes)
--- Start of forwarded message --- Actually, St. Patrick is mostly a mythical creature constructed from the actual Roman ruling family Patricias. Humph, said the camel... If so, did this 'actual Roman ruling family' author the works attributed (with scholarly acuuracy) to Patrick? More likely Patrick came from a romano-british family, probably an aristrocratic one. Many british chieftain families would have arrogated to themselves the name 'patrician', which was no more than a descriptive term for the gentes maiores in Rome, the Valerii, Claudii, Fabii and so on. A bit like the second names 'King' and 'Knight'. The whole St. Patrick chasing out the snakes is clearly a metaphor for the Roman church killing off the pagans. As is typical amonst the Roman church, the peasants, once suitably under control are made to believe the destruction of the old way of life was actually a blessing. The Romans pushed this on them until the old ways faded into the memory hole. First off, the Church as it existed then was not the 'Roman church'. This was before the schisms and the rise of Islam, when the Christian Church was administered from distributed nodes (the Patriarchates of Byzantium, Antioch, Jerusalem, Alexandria and Rome). Secondly, your assertion about the meaning of Patrick and the snakes is dubious. I agree it is evidently a myth, but would posit a more likely source in paganism. Many Irish gods and godesses survived well into the Christian era (some even to this day) as 'saints' of the Church. While Patrick was a historical figure, the scribes may well have thought his career too dull for one of such fame, and decided to conflate several already existing myths, and add them to the story. A common practice in Hollywood these days -- a recent example is Braveheart, where the military innovations of Robert the Bruce (a Norman, just like the French-speaking Edward I, which is not mentioned) were ascribed to the medieval feminist, democratic new man William Wallace. Hagiographies are propaganda aimed at the time in which they are written. [Off topic completely here, but I read that for the last years of his life, Stalin's only reading was his own official biography... falling in love with the myth of himself, or taken in by his own deceit?] Thirdly, Patrick's conversion of the Irish was not a conquest. Nor was the conversion of much of Europe. It's very easy, from a post-religious perspective, to be nostalgic about paganism, since we understand almost nothing of it. Neo-pagan movements are generally comic, not in their internal ideas, but in the notion that they are somehow recapturing an old religion, a religion without scriptures or documents or a continuous tradition. All the best Tiarnan
Re: RC4 source as a literate program
Fellow Cypherpunks, THE LAWYER GAMBIT I remember reading in old anti-IRS literature about a technique for avoiding prosecutions. A client would tell a lawyer that he wanted to do something and would ask if it were legal to do. The lawyer would then give his opinion as to wheather it was legal or not. If the lawyer said that it was legal and gave his opinion in writing, then the client could proceed without out worry. The lawyer's opinion would stop any criminal prosecution. I wonder if this would work with publishing crypt code. I think it might put the lawyer at risk. If we had a lawyer who really thought that publishing crypt code on the Internet was legal and wasn't afraid of sticking his neck out then his published statement on the Internet to this might open the floodgates of crypt code Internet posting for Americans. Donald has stated that the law in this area is quite vague. I would think even if the law prohibited it, then the law would be unconstitu- tional and therefore null and void. Any thoughts on this? Yours Truly, Gary Jeffers BEAT STATE _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.
Re: RC4 source as a literate program
On Tue, 5 Sep 2000, Gary Jeffers wrote: then give his opinion as to wheather it was legal or not. If the lawyer said that it was legal and gave his opinion in writing, then the client could proceed without out worry. The lawyer's opinion would stop any criminal prosecution. Does this really work? I can't imagine this working for murder (but on the other hand, that's a bad example since it's unreasonable to imagine murder legal in the USA). Even for something like tax laws or other complicated regulations this sounds dubious. I wonder if this would work with publishing crypt code. I think it might put the lawyer at risk. If we had a lawyer who really thought Well, a lawyer who advised a client that something was legal when in fact it wasn't might have a problem. that publishing crypt code on the Internet was legal and wasn't afraid of sticking his neck out then his published statement on the Internet to this might open the floodgates of crypt code Internet posting for Americans. Such a statement would help, but more because it would be from an expert on the law than because of any legal shield. I am not a lawyer, and so I'd like to have one's opinion before doing anything that could land me in jail. That kind of thing. Donald has stated that the law in this area is quite vague. I would think even if the law prohibited it, then the law would be unconstitu- tional and therefore null and void. Prohibiting what - publishing cryptography code? In any case, even if the law is unconstitutional, you may have to go through several layers of court cases to prove it. c.f. Bernstein. :( -David
Re: Treatment of subjugated people (and bagpipes)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's very easy, from a post-religious perspective, to be nostalgic about paganism, since we understand almost nothing of it. Neo-pagan movements are generally comic, not in their internal ideas, but in the notion that they are somehow recapturing an old religion, a religion without scriptures or documents or a continuous tradition. Humph, said the camel... indeed! Nonsense, says religionmonger. You obviously haven't researched the pagan world to much depth. Druids, for instance, have a strong, clear line going way back, as do Wiccans. Because of persecution by the God-damned church, they spent a long time underground, but there's never been a time when they weren't active and working. *You* understand nothing of it, and never will unless you could somehow convince some group to initiate you, which is unlikely. Scriptures and documents, dear one, play no part in earth and goddess centered religions. Shamans, for instance, are called personally by their spirits, taught by the same, etc., and it's all very much a personalized experience. Experiential religions have no need of scripture -- that's the bailiwick of the later, false, paternalistic, religions of the dominator cultures.
U.S. Justice Department, Leading Technology Association Launch Web Site...
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 17:27:04 -0400 (EDT) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-JID: 602169 Subject: U.S. Justice Department, Leading Technology Association Launch Web Site... U.S. Justice Department, Leading Technology Association Launch Web Site To Teach Children Responsible Computer Use Offers Parents, Educators Back-To-School Tools To Teach Kids About Online Ethics ARLINGTON, Va., Sept. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- As America's children go back to school, The Cybercitizen Partnership, a joint effort by the U.S. Department of Justice and the Information Technology Association of America Foundation (ITAA), the nation's leading technology association, today launched a new Web site for parents and educators designed to teach kids the right ways to use the Internet. The new Web site -- http://www.cybercitizenship.org -- represents a major national effort to provide teachers, parents and their children with a new learning tool -- responsible computer use. The Web site is initially focused on providing support for parents, and will expand to assist teachers and appeal to kids. "Young people are growing up in a society where the Internet is central to everything from commerce to recreation," said U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno. "Unfortunately, criminal activity exists online just as it does on the streets. As children learn basic rules about right and wrong in the off-line world, they must also learn about acceptable behavior on the Internet." "This is a first-of-its kind government/private sector initiative to help kids realize that the rules of the road in the off-line world also apply in the online world," said ITAA President Harris N. Miller. "As the Internet becomes more important to our daily lives, this initiative will help kids make informed decisions about online behavior." The Cybercitizen Partnership was formed last year to focus national attention on cyber social behavior and the importance of teaching young computer users to recognize that, in addition to protecting themselves from the more unsavory and potentially dangerous behavior found in parts of the Internet, they must understand that, when online, they are responsible for their own actions and that these actions have consequences both for themselves and others. The same standards of ethics expected in the off-line world must be applied to the online world. The Web site will provide parents with several tools including: * Teachable Moments: Tips to help parents use real-life events, news stories and examples to help them talk to their kids about the responsibilities they must accept when using the Internet; * Links: Relevant sites to connect parents to other programs and organizations offering helpful information; * Logo: A kid-friendly character, created specifically for The Cybercitizen Partnership, that reminds young computer users to "Surf Like A Hero, Not A Zero" * Current Events: Useful news coverage on cyber ethics and cyber crimes and a calendar of events for educational programs; * White Paper: A situation analysis and call-to-action addressing the need to educate children about responsible cyber social behavior; * Ask The Experts: A list of experts on cyber ethics, who will be available to respond to email inquiries from visitors to the site. "Now that students have rapidly increasing access to the Internet at school and at home, the key is to excite them while teaching them the right way to use the new medium," said Van B. Honeycutt, president and CEO of Computer Sciences Corporation and chairman of The Cybercitizen Partnership. "Our children represent the future technology workforce, which is why it's so important for industry to play a major role in helping kids learn responsible cyber behavior." The Web site will evolve and eventually include: a directory of educational initiatives across the country dedicated to integrating messages about responsible cyber social behavior; new links to valuable Web sites; and interactive tools for parents and teachers on cyber ethics. Announced in March of 1999 by the U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno, The Cybercitizen Partnership serves as an umbrella organization to identify cyber social behavior initiatives and to help create a movement to address legal and ethical issues online. Current supporters of the program include: Computer Sciences Corporation (www.csc.com ); Oracle (www.oracle.com ); www.onehealthbank.com ; MERANT (www.merant.com ); Mirus Information Systems (www.mirusinfo.com ); Stanford Consulting Group, Cyveillance, Inc., iDefense (www.idefense.com ), the Recording Industry Association of America (www.RIAA.com ) and BITS, the Technology Group for the Financial Services sector (www.bankersround.org ). About ITAA The Information Technology Association of
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Re: europe physical meeting
update on HavenCo I'll probably be showing up to the meeting, provided it is held someplace interesting (Amsterdam, London, Berlin, Copenhagen are interesting; Osnabrueck is NOT.) I've started attending London 2600 whenever I'm in London, and might go to a CCC event if I pick up some more German between now and then. I can bring some cool toys (legal in Europe) for people to play with, too. If you get any UK attendees, they'll probably want to talk about RIP, which is a mind-crushingly boring topic. I think an update on publius/freenet/mojo/etc. would be quite interesting, however. -- Ryan Lackey [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chief Technical Officer +44 (0)7970 633 277 (mobile) HavenCo, Ltd. http://www.havenco.com/ 1024D/4096g B8B8 3D95 F940 9760 C64B DE90 07AD BE07 D2E0 301F
Re: Treatment of subjugated people (and bagpipes)
-- When Patrick didn't do what he was told, I'm sure that his masters made no effort to learn his language. They just shouted at him louder in Gaelic. At 07:17 PM 9/4/2000 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Patrick would have spoken Gaelic or Latin as his first language.The Irish would have been no more difficult to understand than a Californian to a Noo Yawker. The upper echelons of Irish society may even have spoken Latin. The upper echelons of Irish society did not speak Latin, and the inhabitants of England at that time did not speak Gaelic. Ireland had never been conquered by the Romans. Latin had long since ceased to be the language of civilization, and had become merely the language of conquerors. Irish literature at the time was vigorous and thriving, while secular Roman literature at the time was non-existent. The nearest thing to literate and readable works produced in Latin at that time were evangelical texts created Christian proselytizers. The greatest literature of that era was Augustine's "confessions", which gives you an indication of how low the Roman civilization had sunk. At that time people learnt latin only because their masters shouted at them in latin, not because there was anything interesting to read or hear. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG jLpeTtmZcxp+K3zt6NovjkMT3+D13j0NLuDiBYZp 4NDsFXixvkrTO78zJc30/1dE3TfFaF7VPUGFyfBdz
Re: Treatment of subjugated people (and bagpipes)
-- At 07:06 PM 9/5/2000 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: More likely Patrick came from a romano-british family, probably an aristrocratic one. Many british chieftain families would have arrogated to themselves the name 'patrician', If he came from an aristocratic family, he would have been ransomed. He was not. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG M2lRDrJo619sFvJFOQgoW6cEQbs3k944ID47xCCJ 4FxnTtpHrAs1b2TRzUaTo6aOQiBq1NEwnvEGKg324
Re: de minimus non curat lex
The law does not care for trifles. MacN On Tue, 5 Sep 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: what does this mean
