Re: Aryan Anonymity, White Hoodies Style

2001-06-21 Thread Bill Stewart
At 01:25 PM 06/21/2001 -0700, David Honig wrote: At 02:28 AM 6/21/01 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: #police do not issue the group a permit to hold a rally. (Ed Given that the Constitution protects the right to assemble, why do they need a permit? Because they want to walk down the

Re: Will the real Slim Shady please shut up

2001-06-17 Thread Bill Stewart
At 06:03 PM 06/07/2001 +0100, Ken Brown wrote: Clue me in here chaps - what's the deal with anyone censoring anything at all? You guys are always telling us that your nth amendment guarantees freedom of speech unlike us poor benighted eurosheep. If you now tell me that freedom of speech doesn't

Re: ORBS sucked into a black hole! (And digging out...)

2001-06-12 Thread Bill Stewart
ORBS *was* a reputation server - as with any real instance of such, the reputations it publishes are the opinions of the publisher, and the rest of the users of the higher-level reputation system have to decide how much creedence to give those opinions. In this case, a sufficiently large number

Re: ORBS sucked into a black hole!

2001-06-12 Thread Bill Stewart
At 09:17 AM 06/12/2001 -0400, Declan McCullagh wrote: On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 07:10:34AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 12 Jun 2001, Declan McCullagh wrote: ORBS/MAPS/etc. participate by connecting to and reviewing sites, much like I go out to and watch movies to review.

Re: This Is Your Brain On Cow

2001-06-11 Thread Bill Stewart
At 02:09 PM 06/10/2001 -0400, Greg Newby wrote: Aha, yes. Being a vegan, I don't need to worry about such things. I demonstrate my courage by snorting a line of caffeine, followed by some guacamole. An acquaintance of mine and his druggie friends decided that since many drugs have different

Re: NSA Satellite Cryptography INFOSEC

2001-05-29 Thread Bill Stewart
that a lot of people at Big Airplanes Inc. have degrees in optical fiber materials research and have supervisor references from the avionics department, they could draw some conclusions from that, and also could hire critical personnel away to work on other projects. Bill Stewart

Re: Kirkland SSN document, comments and snapshot of what we're

2001-05-20 Thread Bill Stewart
At 12:01 PM 05/20/2001 -0700, Eric Cordian wrote: But Tim, don't you realize that you, by posting to the list, have just placed the banned information into every single Cypherpunks archive on the entire Internet? I just *hate* it when that happens One of the cool things about Blacknet is

RE: The Register - The Mob takes hacks Vegas call-out girls

2001-05-19 Thread Bill Stewart
The telephone industry has a history of outsiders helping them deal with this problem through introducing new technology. A century or so ago, when we had Real Telephone Companies which used operators to connect phone calls, a Kansas City undertaker named Strowger suspected that one of his

Re: 5-year-old girl killed in police chase (salon.com)

2001-05-17 Thread Bill Stewart
On Tue, 15 May 2001, Jon Beets wrote: Okay as a what if.. So the guy your chasing is doing 70mph thru a 45 posted speed limit.. What is safe but still able to stay on the pursuit? Radios can go a several hundred thousand kilometers per second safely; license plate numbers, for all their

Proposed international treaty on legal judgements in business disputes.

2001-05-17 Thread Bill Stewart
Looks like lots of potential for ugliness :-) COPYRIGHT HOLDERS, TELECOMS DEBATE GLOBAL COMMERCE REGULATION – [The Washington Post, E4.] Hollywood studios and major record companies are squaring off against Internet service providers and other communication companies over a proposed

SF Bay Area Cypherpunks 5/12/01 Meeting - Stanford

2001-05-10 Thread Bill Stewart
questions, comments or last-minute agenda requests, please contact the meeting organizers: BR Bill Stewart [EMAIL PROTECTED] BR Dave Del Torto [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Dutch government puts Trusted Third Parties under pressure

2001-05-09 Thread Bill Stewart
Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 14:44:45 -0700 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stanton McCandlish) First trusted third party news in a long time. start of forwarded material Date: Tue, 08 May 2001 14:05:55 +0200 From: Maurice Wessling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Dutch

HavenCo Update from Ryan on Slashdot

2001-05-01 Thread Bill Stewart
This was in the midst of a copyright/Napster/etc. discussion. If you go to the actual article, there's some followon discussion about HavenCo, Sealand, flames, trolls, sushi, etc. http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=01/04/30/2058218cid=61 HavenCo Update from Ryan Lackey by rdl ([EMAIL

Re: Recording conversations and the laws of men

2001-04-30 Thread Bill Stewart
At 08:57 PM 04/24/2001 -0500, Jim Choate wrote: No, I don't have any responsibility to tell you when I'm recording or why. The best protection for bad speech is more speech, get your own recorder. I predict a new industry, mobile surveillance systems for cars. There will be a small CCD camera

Re: layered deception

2001-04-30 Thread Bill Stewart
At 03:45 PM 04/28/2001 -0600, Anonymous wrote: In view of the recent gimme-the-logs-or-we-fuck-you activities of armed men (http://www.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=36912group=webcast , http://seattle.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=3013 ) what would be the legal consequence of the

Tim May Month on TV Next Month

2001-04-27 Thread Bill Stewart
Since Tim's been griping at Declan about press privileges and how the only people who get interviewed tend to be other journalists and celebrities flogging their books, it should be noticed that Comedy Channel is advertising that next month is Tim May Month All Timmy. All May. OK, technically

Re: The Well-Read Cypherpunk

2001-04-24 Thread Bill Stewart
At 05:38 PM 04/23/2001 -0500, Jim Choate wrote: On Tue, 24 Apr 2001, Faustine wrote: What about econometrics? It seems to belong in the same conceptual category as mathematics, statistics, operations research, etc. I dont think econometricians would generally appreciate being called

Re: not getting it in Quebec

2001-04-21 Thread Bill Stewart
At 04:02 PM 04/20/2001 -0700, Alan Olsen wrote: On Fri, 20 Apr 2001, Blank Frank wrote: By mid-afternoon, protesters tore down a section of the concrete and chain-link security barricade and pelted police officers in riot gear with cans, bottles,

Re: Right to anon. speech online upheld in US district court

2001-04-21 Thread Bill Stewart
Tim: It does _not_ say that writings may not be compelled to be disclosed in a court case, it does _not_ say that witnesses may not be subpoenaed, and it most certainly does _not_ say that John Doe, who may be a chatroom sysop or ISP, is somehow exempt from producing subpoenaed

Re: hello, I would like to learn how to hack a bit

2001-04-19 Thread Bill Stewart
At 08:27 AM 04/17/2001 -0700, David Honig wrote: In the US, if you hack certain plants that grow on your property, numerous federal agencies will be very very angry. Destruction of wetlands, destruction of endangered species, etc. Jailtime possible. Careful with that axe, Eugene. But the

Fwd: ~400 bits - New Discrete Log Record due to Joux and Lercier

2001-04-19 Thread Bill Stewart
120 digits is about 400 bits, and while the computer is respectably fast, it's just 4 processors. (Remember that Alpha MHz != Pentium MHz.) 10 weeks of preprocessing, plus about 12 hours per key afterwards. So 512-bit Diffie-Hellman is pretty close to toast, at least if you re-use the modulus,

Re: CDR: Re: Timothy McVeigh

2001-04-18 Thread Bill Stewart
At 02:10 PM 04/17/2001 -0700, Eric Cordian wrote: Jon Beets writes: Hmmm lets see, if I remember right that actually was not an air raid shelter it was a military hold which the people of the community were told was "safe" to hide in... Or am I just to believe that is our own government

Janet Reno speaking at UC Berkeley Graduation, 9 May 01.

2001-04-12 Thread Bill Stewart
The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the University of California at Berkeley has selected Janet Reno to speak at graduation. The ceremony will be held at the Greek Theater on 9 May, and is only open to graduating students and their families (oh, well :-) The San Francisco Cacophany Society

RE: Seth Finkelstein, reluctant cypherpunk?

2001-04-10 Thread Bill Stewart
At 05:45 AM 04/04/2001 -0400, Seth Finkelstein wrote: Tim May wrote: I see a newcomer, Seth Finkelstein, harshly criticizing Declan and others. Easy to ignore someone who wasn't even here the day before yesterday. Point of information: "nonconsentingly delurked" is more accurate than

ANNOUNCE: San Francisco Cypherpunks, 4/7, 1pm, Moscone Center North

2001-04-10 Thread Bill Stewart
5th and 4th, and there are in-building on Folsom between 4th and 3rd that are usually less expensive on weekends. Thanks! Bill Stewart, [EMAIL PROTECTED], Cell +1-415-307-7119. Dave Del Torto, [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Fwd: Jim Bell Trial: Fourth Day (fwd)

2001-04-10 Thread Bill Stewart
On the matter of Bell using Oregon DMV databases: Gordon stated that DMV access is not legal for non-commercial use, noting that both Oregon state and federal law restricted their use. At least for a while, the Oregon DMV sold their database on CDROMs. Then somebody upset them by putting one

Re: Affording an attorney...

2001-04-05 Thread Bill Stewart
At 06:32 PM 04/04/2001 -0500, Jim Choate wrote: Note that there's NO stipulation about 'if you can't afford an attorney one will be appointed to you'. Whether you're rich or poor the state is OBLIGED to provide you an attorney. Amendment VI In all criminal

Re: CDR: RE: Seth Finkelstein, reluctant cypherpunk?

2001-04-05 Thread Bill Stewart
At 08:03 PM 04/03/2001 -0700, Sandy Sandfort wrote: So, do the participants of this list wish to actually get something done with regard to securing privacy, or shall we just spin our wheels in internecine warfare? Well, we *could* act like good Libertarian party member and go for the

PRE-ANNOUNCE: San Francisco Cypherpunks, 4/7, 1pm, Downtown

2001-04-02 Thread Bill Stewart
Center, where the conference is being held, or within two blocks, at ATT 795 Folsom St., or at the Thirsty Bear Tavern on Howard. All of these are 5-10 minutes walk from Caltrain and BART. A follow-on announcement will give the definite location. Thanks! Bill Stewart, [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: NIST Symmetric Key Block Cipher Algorithms workshop

2001-03-31 Thread Bill Stewart
At 11:34 AM 03/27/2001 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Declan McCullagh [EMAIL PROTECTED] advertised: # # http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/14mar20010800/frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=2001_registerdocid=01-7497-filed Really, Declan. First, there was waiting for

Re: update.532 [Black Hole Computing]

2001-03-31 Thread Bill Stewart
That was very interesting. Kind of reminds me of Cypherpunks Semi-Arch-Nemesis David Brin's "Earth", where people messing around with small black hole creation cause the risk of Bad Things happening. In practice, we're less likely to see black hole computers developed than Nanotech Grey Goo

Louis Freeh and False Alarms [RISKS]

2001-03-31 Thread Bill Stewart
Obviously this calls for wiretaps on Freeh's phones and email and hidden cameras in his house to prevent future occurrences From [risks] Risks Digest 21.28 = Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 13:57:54 -0500 From: Graystreak [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Risks of self-induced false

Re: We've filed a motion to quash my subpoena from the DoJ

2001-03-30 Thread Bill Stewart
esponsible reporting is not only potentially libelous, it could endanger Bell's ability to get a fair trial if read by any potential jurors. Bill Stewart From: Declan McCullagh [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: FC: We've filed a motion to quash my subpoena from the DoJ To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dat

Re: Virginia law bans anonymous remailers

2001-03-28 Thread Bill Stewart
Remailers aren't for falsifying email transmission information - they're for concealing and deleting that information. You're not pretending that your mail originates at foo.remailer.net, you're just not telling anybody how it got there. Even a nymserver doesn't do that - [EMAIL PROTECTED] isn't

Re: CDR: Slashdot | 3D Microfluid Computers Used To Solve NP Problems

2001-03-26 Thread Bill Stewart
At 09:58 PM 03/24/2001 -0800, Ray Dillinger wrote: On Sat, 24 Mar 2001, Jim Choate wrote: http://slashdot.org/articles/01/03/24/1840252.shtml Cryptographically interesting. It looks like starting now, the highest-end threat facing a cryptosystem involves liters of fluid performing molecular

Re: Meet the FBI: CDR: Re: hello

2001-03-25 Thread Bill Stewart
In my limited understanding of the US system (I am neither a lawyer, nor resident on your continent) I think you can get to meet FBI agents if you are arrested for a federal crime. The more serious the crime, the longer the meeting. If you did something really nasty, such as saying, for

Re: 8 year old arrested for paper gun, words

2001-03-22 Thread Bill Stewart
Yes, but either the kids didn't say things like "I'm going to kill you all" to the class, or else they watched the TV News enough to know whether it's a bad day to say that sort of thing () Or at least they only said it on the playground when they were playing Native Americans and Invading

John Doe vs. John Doe: Virginia Court's Decision in Online 'John Doe' Case Hailed by Free-Speech Advocates

2001-03-19 Thread Bill Stewart
-Original Message- From: David Farber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2001 4:18 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: IP: Virginia Court's Decision in Online 'John Doe' Case Hailed by Free-Speech Advocates CYBER LAW JOURNAL Virginia Court's Decision in Online 'John

Re: CDR: Re: Re: Shooting down 'Bandit Satellites'

2001-03-17 Thread Bill Stewart
At 07:11 PM 03/11/2001 -0500, Jim Windle wrote: According to Friday's Wall Street Journal spot platinum last closed at $588 per ounce and is up from $473 per ounce one year ago. -- On Sun, 11 Mar 2001 17:25:17 Brent Mattis wrote: nah bill, platinum is 600 dollars an ounce, its price has

Re: CDR: Re: Shooting down 'Bandit Satellites'

2001-03-11 Thread Bill Stewart
At 06:16 PM 03/01/2001 -0600, Jim Choate wrote: Technology wise, I'm real keen on the Hydrogen Peroxide Catalyst engines, especially Platinum catalyst. Platinum is problematic, rare expensive. Say 1 out of 1,000 potential hobbyist can afford it. Hydrogen Peroxide can at least theoretically be

Re: CDR: The Register - Has the NSA broken EU encryption?

2001-03-11 Thread Bill Stewart
At 05:15 PM 03/09/2001 -0600, Jim Choate wrote: http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/8/17492.html I'm puzzled by this whole thing. Somebody's alleging that the EU's Really Important Secrets are protected by an EU algorithm, and that some EU employee ratted them out to the NSA, and the NSA and

Re: DoJ and Cypherpunks...

2001-03-11 Thread Bill Stewart
At 05:49 PM 03/09/2001 -0500, Declan McCullagh wrote: I sent a message to the cypherpunks list that quoted from DOJ regulations. Robb, apparently a cypherpunk subscriber, replied to that message but removed the Subject: line. Entertaining. (And I'd attribute the lack of Subject: line to

SF Bay Area Cypherpunks March 2001 Physical MeetingAnnouncement

2001-03-09 Thread Bill Stewart home email
(Not sure if this got to the meetingpunks or cypherpunks lists; sorry if it's a duplicate.) See http://cryptorights.org/cypherpunks/meetingpunks.html for SF, Toronto, Bangalore Cypherpunks announcements. SF Bay Area Cypherpunks March 2001 Physical Meeting Announcement General Info: DATE:

Re: OK, which node is down? [WAS: Re: Denial of Service Attackon Cypherpunks?]

2001-03-08 Thread Bill Stewart home email
As far as I can tell, I've been receiving this discussion via cyberpass.net, so it must be ok Bill Harmon Seaver wrote: I was subscribed to cyberpass.net, been gone for two days and came home to no cpunks mail. Subscribed to lne and it started flowing again.

Re: Here you have, ;o)

2001-02-13 Thread Bill Stewart
user sees the ".JPG" and says "Oh, this is a picture, I'll click on it", instead of "Hmmm, this is something I don't recognize, better leave it alone." Similar tricks are used for .doc.vbs, .xls.vbs, .txt.vbs, etc. Thanks!

Re: Slashdot | Michigan May Outlaw Anonymity Online

2001-02-12 Thread Bill Stewart
n whatever and let it get boring things attached to it and studies done until everybody lets it die" trick is usually safe, especially if it can get reviewed by the committee's counsel in the light of existing court cases like McIntyre. Thanks!

Re: published secret - similiar to AP prot

2001-02-10 Thread Bill Stewart
eat model doesn't mind the receipt being hash(hash(hash(hash(Package, which is some hash of the package-retrieval token. Thanks! Bill Bill Stewart, [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Fingerprint D454 E202 CBC8 40BF 3C85 B884 0ABE 4639

Re: CDR: Brit Intel Telling Tales

2001-02-10 Thread Bill Stewart
in the UK? Might as well give _them_ all copies Thanks! Bill Bill Stewart, [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Fingerprint D454 E202 CBC8 40BF 3C85 B884 0ABE 4639

RE: fast way to decode RSA encryption

2001-02-09 Thread Bill Stewart
. Thanks! Bill Bill Stewart, [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Fingerprint D454 E202 CBC8 40BF 3C85 B884 0ABE 4639

RE: CDR: Re: IW: Tools Stunt DoS Attacks

2001-02-09 Thread Bill Stewart
installed on purpose had DDOS capabilities, like a hacked Napster client or Quake Performance-Booster or Netscape Foobar-Graphics plug-in or a more clever than usual MSWord virus. Bad stuff. Thanks! Bill Bill Stewart, [EMAIL

Re: published secret - similiar to AP prot

2001-02-08 Thread Bill Stewart
blem. it's just so common. "bob sends alice a message. bob needs to know when alice reads it." Thanks! Bill Bill Stewart, [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Fingerprint D454 E202 CBC8 40BF 3C85 B884 0ABE 4639

Man Bites Phone

2001-02-07 Thread Bill Stewart
! Bill Bill Stewart, [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Fingerprint D454 E202 CBC8 40BF 3C85 B884 0ABE 4639