Re: solving the wrong problem

2005-08-06 Thread J.A. Terranson
ity Officer comes to mind... > Perry -- Yours, J.A. Terranson [EMAIL PROTECTED] 0xBD4A95BF I like the idea of belief in drug-prohibition as a religion in that it is a strongly held belief based on grossly insufficient evidence and bolstered by faith born of intuitions flowing from the very be

[OT] Re: [Forwarded] RealID: How to become an unperson.

2005-07-06 Thread J.A. Terranson
to the old paper license I used to have in the 80's that had no pic and was not usable as ID, but I know it isn't going to happen. Sigh... -- Yours, J.A. Terranson [EMAIL PROTECTED] 0xBD4A95BF "Never belong to any party, always oppose privileged classes and public plunderers,

[OT] The Nazification Of America, Part 2 (Day 5) (fwd)

2005-07-05 Thread J.A. Terranson
I was unaware that (a) this had hit Farber, or that (b) it had been cross posted to cryptography, prior to my second posting - which is attached below (for the sake of completeness). //Alif -- Yours, J.A. Terranson [EMAIL PROTECTED] 0xBD4A95BF -- Forwarded message -- Date

Re: Trojan horse attack involving many major Israeli companies, executives

2005-05-31 Thread J.A. Terranson
> movie theatre near you real soon. > > > > of course, it was never mentioned in the article, but they *had* to be > > running windows. So, how long before someone, possibly even me, points out that all Checkpoint software is built in Israel? -- Yours, J.A. Terranson [EMAI

Re: Crack in Computer Security Code Raises Red Flag

2005-03-20 Thread J.A. Terranson
unction, and it is regarded as the state of the art. ^^ NEXT! -- Yours, J.A. Terranson [EMAIL PROTECTED] 0xBD4A95BF "Quadriplegics think before they write stupid pointless shit...because they have to type everything

Re: I'll show you mine if you show me, er, mine

2005-03-03 Thread J.A. Terranson
raphers, we all thought this was just, well, silly. -- Yours, J.A. Terranson [EMAIL PROTECTED] 0xBD4A95BF "Quadriplegics think before they write stupid pointless shit...because they have to type everything with their noses." http

Re: [IP] SHA-1 cracked?

2005-02-22 Thread J.A. Terranson
On Wed, 16 Feb 2005, Ben Laurie wrote: > A work factor of 2^69 is still a serious amount of work. Yep. Does anyone recall DeepCrack's specs? -- Yours, J.A. Terranson [EMAIL PROTECTED] 0xBD4A95BF "Quadriplegics think before they write stupid pointless shit...because they

RE: Researchers Combat Terrorists by Rooting Out Hidden Messages

2005-02-02 Thread J.A. Terranson
On Wed, 2 Feb 2005, Alan wrote: > If you really want to send secret messages, just send it in the chaff in > spam. Everyone is programmed to ignore it or filter it out. Yeah, but it doesn't make for great story copy or funding proposals ;-) -- Yours, J.A. Terranson [EMAI

Re: New IBM Thinkpad includes biometrics

2004-10-21 Thread J.A. Terranson
ted with (United Forensics) is currently working on this very question - I'll let everyone know when we have an answer. -- Yours, J.A. Terranson [EMAIL PROTECTED] 0xBD4A95BF "An ill wind is stalking while evil stars whir and all the gold apples go

RE: Microsoft .NET PRNG (fwd)

2004-08-01 Thread J.A. Terranson
Forwarded here as the original forum is having no success. IIRC, Matt Blaze examined the early CrptoAPI and associated PRNG, but I can't seem to find the post/article that I am thinking of. -- Yours, J.A. Terranson [EMAIL PROTECTED] 0xBD4A95BF "...justice is a duty towards thos

Public FTP Space (was looking for sites to host my crypto...)

2004-07-13 Thread J.A. Terranson
de to login and botch an upgrade, or (b) the data center falls down :-) //Alif -- Yours, J.A. Terranson [EMAIL PROTECTED] "...justice is a duty towards those whom you love and those whom you do not. And people's rights will not be harmed if the opponent speaks out about

Re: US antispam bill is death to anonymity

2003-11-23 Thread J.A. Terranson
ace. I have several defunct mixmaster addresses which bounce *hundreds* of attempts to sue them for spam evey week. This is a real problem. -- Yours, J.A. Terranson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Father, you are a great and mighty God. Help our governments to remember the lessons of our history and to app

[OT] Re: Hitchens: The Cult of ID

2003-06-07 Thread J.A. Terranson
as the State of New York, up until ~1983: no photo on any license. Just a piece of paper (no plastic at all) that said you knew enough to drive. Proving that the license belonged to *you*, and not someone else, required actual *ID*! It's time we get back to the reality standard on