Re: Secure voice app: FEATURE REQUEST: RECORD IPs

2003-01-27 Thread Thomas Shaddack
I used to run a crontabbed script that queried a cgi-bin giving back the remote address I use a very similar system (in PHP), activated by a wget request from /etc/ppp/ip-up.local (Linux). Another tactics I use occassionally when having to improvise is a remote syslog and a crontab entry that

Re: Deniable Thumbdrive?

2003-01-24 Thread Thomas Shaddack
Nice! Get them to cut _all_ your fingers off instead of just one. Just say no to amputationware. Use the kind of fingerprint reader that can also sense the blood flow in the finger, kinda like the heart rate sensors on some exercise machines. Dead fingers then will be of no use. ...of course,

Re: thumdrive integrity --Deniable Thumbdrive?

2003-01-24 Thread Thomas Shaddack
WTF is the point of adding more biometric security to a device that cannot and does not support data integrity? that flash memory held within the thumbdrive keeps your data in clear text...unless of course you store everything within some form of encrypted disk. even then, the quick and

Re: Deniable Thumbdrive?

2003-01-24 Thread Thomas Shaddack
Nice! Get them to cut _all_ your fingers off instead of just one. Just say no to amputationware. Use the kind of fingerprint reader that can also sense the blood flow in the finger, kinda like the heart rate sensors on some exercise machines. Dead fingers then will be of no use. ...of course,

Re: thumdrive integrity --Deniable Thumbdrive?

2003-01-24 Thread Thomas Shaddack
One of these days, I might build a little device that stores a private key and does on-board encryption using a microcontroller. I would do it just for fun, since it is pretty useless if the infrastructure to support it is not out there. Check http://developer.axis.com/products/mcm/ - this

Re: thumdrive integrity --Deniable Thumbdrive?

2003-01-24 Thread Thomas Shaddack
WTF is the point of adding more biometric security to a device that cannot and does not support data integrity? that flash memory held within the thumbdrive keeps your data in clear text...unless of course you store everything within some form of encrypted disk. even then, the quick and

Re: Homemade GPS jammers raise concerns

2003-01-22 Thread Thomas Shaddack
Gabe Neville, a spokesman for Rep. Joseph Pitts, (R-Penn.), co-chairman of the House Electronic Warfare Working Group, said news of the Phrack story about jamming indicates that GPS jamming technology is easily available and that the Pentagon needs to beef up its electronic warfare research

Re: Homemade GPS jammers raise concerns

2003-01-22 Thread Thomas Shaddack
Gabe Neville, a spokesman for Rep. Joseph Pitts, (R-Penn.), co-chairman of the House Electronic Warfare Working Group, said news of the Phrack story about jamming indicates that GPS jamming technology is easily available and that the Pentagon needs to beef up its electronic warfare research

Re: Strange spam

2003-01-16 Thread Thomas Shaddack
I just got this spam, and I was wondering if it was a honey-pot. Anyone? The site exists, and advertises games and movies for download. Classical porn and warez scam. The site itself is an attempt to extract your email out of you for the purpose of spamming you. Offers you a set of nicely

Re: Strange spam

2003-01-16 Thread Thomas Shaddack
On Thu, 16 Jan 2003, Peter Fairbrother wrote: Would the spam business _want_ email addresses from people who download ripped games/ movies? Or would eg RIAA be more motivated? Good idea. However, RIAA would probably just collect IP addresses and then go after ISPs for the users' identities.

Re: Strange spam

2003-01-16 Thread Thomas Shaddack
I just got this spam, and I was wondering if it was a honey-pot. Anyone? The site exists, and advertises games and movies for download. Classical porn and warez scam. The site itself is an attempt to extract your email out of you for the purpose of spamming you. Offers you a set of nicely

Re: Security cameras are getting smart -- and scary

2003-01-08 Thread Thomas Shaddack
May be the worlds air getting polluted isn't so bad-atleast we could put anti-pollution masks and protect our identity :) In Japan, people are already wearing face masks frequently, ie. during the flu season. If such cultural sh9ft happens here as well, we have partial protection against the

Re: Security cameras are getting smart -- and scary

2003-01-08 Thread Thomas Shaddack
It doesn't matter what you wear. Even if everybody would be wearing a flowing robe and a face mask (fat chance; right now donning this would invite for some deep anal probing), Not over some critical mass. Also could pit the media against the police, if the rate of such incidents against

Re: Television

2003-01-08 Thread Thomas Shaddack
Does anyone have a pointer to software that will create messages like this? Could be a great opportunity for stego - just replace the # characters with random ones. Then let there be an option to either use a crypto RNG for the random char choice, or to load in a stealthed version of a PGP

Re: Security cameras are getting smart -- and scary

2003-01-08 Thread Thomas Shaddack
May be the worlds air getting polluted isn't so bad-atleast we could put anti-pollution masks and protect our identity :) In Japan, people are already wearing face masks frequently, ie. during the flu season. If such cultural sh9ft happens here as well, we have partial protection against the

Re: Security cameras are getting smart -- and scary

2003-01-08 Thread Thomas Shaddack
It doesn't matter what you wear. Even if everybody would be wearing a flowing robe and a face mask (fat chance; right now donning this would invite for some deep anal probing), Not over some critical mass. Also could pit the media against the police, if the rate of such incidents against

Re: constant encryped stream

2003-01-03 Thread Thomas Shaddack
Isn't the obvious way to handle this to include an undeveloped (latent image) photograph of some obscure object, person, or place on the film rather than just a blank film ? ? You could then develop it and check for light damage and evidence of lack of authenticity. I suspect there

re:constant encryped stream

2003-01-03 Thread Thomas Shaddack
I have a related question. I have a little server sitting in a wall closet. Does anyone have an easy solution (preferably low tech) for figuring out that the closet door has been opened? A switch that shutdowns the server, and a passphrase on the startup. Remote logging of the power-ups, using

re:constant encryped stream

2003-01-02 Thread Thomas Shaddack
I have a related question. I have a little server sitting in a wall closet. Does anyone have an easy solution (preferably low tech) for figuring out that the closet door has been opened? A switch that shutdowns the server, and a passphrase on the startup. Remote logging of the power-ups, using

Re: constant encryped stream

2003-01-02 Thread Thomas Shaddack
Isn't the obvious way to handle this to include an undeveloped (latent image) photograph of some obscure object, person, or place on the film rather than just a blank film ? ? You could then develop it and check for light damage and evidence of lack of authenticity. I suspect there

re:constant encryped stream

2002-12-31 Thread Thomas Shaddack
Also, in the US, the police can request a mail cover (which means recording who all your snail mail is from) with much less legal formality than a search warrant, and if they get a warrant to open all your incoming mail, I don't think they're required to notify you. Is there a way to

re:constant encryped stream

2002-12-31 Thread Thomas Shaddack
Also, in the US, the police can request a mail cover (which means recording who all your snail mail is from) with much less legal formality than a search warrant, and if they get a warrant to open all your incoming mail, I don't think they're required to notify you. Is there a way to

How robust is SpeakFreely?

2002-12-21 Thread Thomas Shaddack
http://www.speakfreely.org/ is a nice, open-source cross-platfor VoIP software. Supports encryption by DES, Blowfish, and IDEA. Had anyone knowledgeable ever looked at its code? How secure this implementation is? Is better to use Blowfish or IDEA? Where are the potential holes there?

Re: status of SMS encryption project?

2002-12-21 Thread Thomas Shaddack
I was curious what the status of the SMS encryption project quoted in the below post is? I did some googling and saw almost nothing on the subject. Newer GSM phones have java engines, used for ie. downloadable games. Shouldn't it be possible to write a SMS encryption/decryption software in

How robust is SpeakFreely?

2002-12-21 Thread Thomas Shaddack
http://www.speakfreely.org/ is a nice, open-source cross-platfor VoIP software. Supports encryption by DES, Blowfish, and IDEA. Had anyone knowledgeable ever looked at its code? How secure this implementation is? Is better to use Blowfish or IDEA? Where are the potential holes there?

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