Re: On the orthogonality of anonymity to current market demand

2005-11-01 Thread Peter Gutmann
Chris Palmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: James A. Donald writes: Further, genuinely secure systems are now becoming available, notably Symbian. What does it mean for Symbian to be genuinely secure? How was this determined and achieved? By executive fiat. Peter.

Re: On the orthogonality of anonymity to current market demand

2005-11-01 Thread Peter Gutmann
Chris Palmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: James A. Donald writes: Further, genuinely secure systems are now becoming available, notably Symbian. What does it mean for Symbian to be genuinely secure? How was this determined and achieved? By executive fiat. Peter.

Re: Multiple passports?

2005-10-31 Thread Peter Gutmann
Gregory Hicks [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: As for applying for one now, I think the deadline for the non-RFID passwords is about 3 days away (31 Oct 2005), but I could be wrong. (In other words, if your application is not in processing by 31 Oct, then you get the new, improved, RFID passport.) Ahh,

Re: Multiple passports?

2005-10-30 Thread Peter Gutmann
Gregory Hicks [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: As for applying for one now, I think the deadline for the non-RFID passwords is about 3 days away (31 Oct 2005), but I could be wrong. (In other words, if your application is not in processing by 31 Oct, then you get the new, improved, RFID passport.) Ahh,

Any comments on BlueGem's LocalSSL?

2005-10-28 Thread Peter Gutmann
http://www.bluegemsecurity.com/ claims that they can encrypt data from the keyboard to the web browser, bypassing trojans and sniffers, however the web pages are completely lacking in any detail on what they're actually doing. From reports published by West Coast Labs, it's a purely software-only

Any comments on BlueGem's LocalSSL?

2005-10-28 Thread Peter Gutmann
http://www.bluegemsecurity.com/ claims that they can encrypt data from the keyboard to the web browser, bypassing trojans and sniffers, however the web pages are completely lacking in any detail on what they're actually doing. From reports published by West Coast Labs, it's a purely software-only

TEMPEST PC for sale on ebay

2005-10-16 Thread Peter Gutmann
http://cgi.ebay.com/SAIC-V2-Military-Portable-Computer-With-Accessories_W0QQitemZ8707782870QQcategoryZ177QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem May possibly run a very cut-down version of Linux, otherwise you'd be stuck with DOS. Peter.

TEMPEST PC for sale on ebay

2005-10-15 Thread Peter Gutmann
http://cgi.ebay.com/SAIC-V2-Military-Portable-Computer-With-Accessories_W0QQitemZ8707782870QQcategoryZ177QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem May possibly run a very cut-down version of Linux, otherwise you'd be stuck with DOS. Peter.

Looking for crypto iButton specs

2005-07-11 Thread Peter Gutmann
During a recent discussion about secure crypto device bootstrap and attestation capabilities, I realised that of the three devices for which this was implemented and for which documentation was available (Fortezza, IBM 4758, and Dallas Crypto iButton), I either don't have any documentation for the

Looking for crypto iButton specs

2005-07-11 Thread Peter Gutmann
During a recent discussion about secure crypto device bootstrap and attestation capabilities, I realised that of the three devices for which this was implemented and for which documentation was available (Fortezza, IBM 4758, and Dallas Crypto iButton), I either don't have any documentation for the

Neat security quote

2005-06-12 Thread Peter Gutmann
From a private mailing list, therefore anonymised. A European visitor to the US is describing going through the US immigation procedure. His comment on the fingerprinting process: I waited at that moment for messages like freedom is slavery The response: Ignorance is strength already

Neat security quote

2005-06-11 Thread Peter Gutmann
From a private mailing list, therefore anonymised. A European visitor to the US is describing going through the US immigation procedure. His comment on the fingerprinting process: I waited at that moment for messages like freedom is slavery The response: Ignorance is strength already

Re: Intel Adds DRM to New Chips part 2

2005-06-09 Thread Peter Gutmann
DiSToAGe [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: it seems now intel say there is no DRM in there chips. No, it's very careful to say that there is no *unannounced* DRM in their chips, in the same way that we have had no undetected penetrations of our security. Peter.

Checkbox security

2005-06-09 Thread Peter Gutmann
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storyu=/ap/20050607/ap_on_re_us/chain_saw_border Man With Chain Saw Allowed to Enter U.S. On April 25, Gregory Despres arrived at the U.S.-Canadian border crossing at Calais, Maine, carrying a homemade sword, a hatchet, a knife, brass knuckles and a chain

Checkbox security

2005-06-09 Thread Peter Gutmann
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storyu=/ap/20050607/ap_on_re_us/chain_saw_border Man With Chain Saw Allowed to Enter U.S. On April 25, Gregory Despres arrived at the U.S.-Canadian border crossing at Calais, Maine, carrying a homemade sword, a hatchet, a knife, brass knuckles and a chain

Re: Intel Adds DRM to New Chips part 2

2005-06-09 Thread Peter Gutmann
DiSToAGe [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: it seems now intel say there is no DRM in there chips. No, it's very careful to say that there is no *unannounced* DRM in their chips, in the same way that we have had no undetected penetrations of our security. Peter.

Re: SPKI Certs Usage

2005-06-03 Thread Peter Gutmann
Jay Listo [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am also not aware of any products or PKIs that use SPKI certs. I would really appreciate if someone could refer me to instances of actual usage of SPKI certs. They were never really used. The great feature of SPKI is that it's not X.509 (so it's a design

Re: SPKI Certs Usage

2005-06-03 Thread Peter Gutmann
Jay Listo [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am also not aware of any products or PKIs that use SPKI certs. I would really appreciate if someone could refer me to instances of actual usage of SPKI certs. They were never really used. The great feature of SPKI is that it's not X.509 (so it's a design

Re: On the road to truth and madness

2005-02-23 Thread Peter Gutmann
We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold. The following was my variant on this from a few years ago, representing the 56th IETF PKIX meeting minutes. Note that this is from the book form, not the film version of the text: -- Snip -- We were

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

2005-02-23 Thread Peter Gutmann
R.A. Hettinga [EMAIL PROTECTED] forwarded: Briefly, it works like this: point A transmits an encrypted message to point B. Point B can decrypt this, if it knows the password. The decrypted text is then sent back to point A, which can verify the decryption, and confirm that point B really does

Re: On the road to truth and madness

2005-02-23 Thread Peter Gutmann
We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold. The following was my variant on this from a few years ago, representing the 56th IETF PKIX meeting minutes. Note that this is from the book form, not the film version of the text: -- Snip -- We were

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

2005-02-23 Thread Peter Gutmann
R.A. Hettinga [EMAIL PROTECTED] forwarded: Briefly, it works like this: point A transmits an encrypted message to point B. Point B can decrypt this, if it knows the password. The decrypted text is then sent back to point A, which can verify the decryption, and confirm that point B really does

Re: How to Stop Junk E-Mail: Charge for the Stamp

2005-02-16 Thread Peter Gutmann
Barry Shein [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Eventually email will just collapse (as it's doing) and the RBOCs et al will inherit it and we'll all be paying 15c per message like their SMS services. And the spammers will be using everyone else's PC's to send out their spam, so the spam problem will

Re: How to Stop Junk E-Mail: Charge for the Stamp

2005-02-15 Thread Peter Gutmann
Barry Shein [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Eventually email will just collapse (as it's doing) and the RBOCs et al will inherit it and we'll all be paying 15c per message like their SMS services. And the spammers will be using everyone else's PC's to send out their spam, so the spam problem will

RE: Dell to Add Security Chip to PCs

2005-02-04 Thread Peter Gutmann
Erwann ABALEA [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've read your objections. Maybe I wasn't clear. What's wrong in installing a cryptographic device by default on PC motherboards? I work for a PKI 'vendor', and for me, software private keys is a nonsense. A simple crypto device controlled by the same

RE: Dell to Add Security Chip to PCs

2005-02-03 Thread Peter Gutmann
Tyler Durden [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: That chip...is it likely to be an ASIC or is there already such a thing as a security network processor? (ie, a cheaper network processor that only handles security apps, etc...) Or could it be an FPGA? Neither. Currently they've typically been

RE: Dell to Add Security Chip to PCs

2005-02-02 Thread Peter Gutmann
Tyler Durden [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: That chip...is it likely to be an ASIC or is there already such a thing as a security network processor? (ie, a cheaper network processor that only handles security apps, etc...) Or could it be an FPGA? Neither. Currently they've typically been

Re: Unintended Consequences

2004-12-05 Thread Peter Gutmann
Steve Furlong [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I tried, years before _UC_ came out, to get some friends to name their daughter Chlamydia. They didn't know what the word meant, but for some reason didn't trust my advice. Nor did they like Pudenda. One of the characters in Hercules Returns is called

Re: Anti-RFID outfit deflates Mexican VeriChip hype

2004-12-05 Thread Peter Gutmann
R.A. Hettinga [EMAIL PROTECTED] forwarded: Promoting implanted RFID devices as a security measure is downright 'loco,' says Katherine Albrecht. Advertising you've got a chip in your arm that opens important doors is an invitation to kidnapping and mutilation. Since kidnapping is sort of an

Re: Unintended Consequences

2004-12-05 Thread Peter Gutmann
Steve Furlong [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I tried, years before _UC_ came out, to get some friends to name their daughter Chlamydia. They didn't know what the word meant, but for some reason didn't trust my advice. Nor did they like Pudenda. One of the characters in Hercules Returns is called

Re: Anti-RFID outfit deflates Mexican VeriChip hype

2004-12-03 Thread Peter Gutmann
R.A. Hettinga [EMAIL PROTECTED] forwarded: Promoting implanted RFID devices as a security measure is downright 'loco,' says Katherine Albrecht. Advertising you've got a chip in your arm that opens important doors is an invitation to kidnapping and mutilation. Since kidnapping is sort of an

Re: Cell Phone Jammer?

2004-11-12 Thread Peter Gutmann
Tyler Durden [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Anyone know from first-hand experience about cellphone jammers? I need... 1) A nice little portable, and Try the SH066PL, a nice portable that looks exactly like a cellphone, it's one of the few portables I know of. 2) A higher-powered one that can black

Re: Cell Phone Jammer?

2004-11-12 Thread Peter Gutmann
Tyler Durden [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Anyone know from first-hand experience about cellphone jammers? I need... 1) A nice little portable, and Try the SH066PL, a nice portable that looks exactly like a cellphone, it's one of the few portables I know of. 2) A higher-powered one that can black

Re: This Memorable Day

2004-11-11 Thread Peter Gutmann
ken [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: James A. Donald wrote: So far the Pentagon has shattered the enemy while suffering casualties of about a thousand, which is roughly the same number of casualties as the British empire suffered doing regime change on the Zulu empire - an empire of a quarter of a

Re: This Memorable Day

2004-11-10 Thread Peter Gutmann
ken [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: James A. Donald wrote: So far the Pentagon has shattered the enemy while suffering casualties of about a thousand, which is roughly the same number of casualties as the British empire suffered doing regime change on the Zulu empire - an empire of a quarter of a

Re: In a Sky Dark With Arrows, Death Rained Down

2004-11-08 Thread Peter Gutmann
James A. Donald [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I find this very hard to believe. Post links, or give citations. Normally I'd dig up various refs, but since this topic has been beaten to death repeatedly in places like soc.history.medieval, and the debate could well go on endlessly in the manner of

Re: In a Sky Dark With Arrows, Death Rained Down

2004-11-07 Thread Peter Gutmann
James A. Donald [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I find this very hard to believe. Post links, or give citations. Normally I'd dig up various refs, but since this topic has been beaten to death repeatedly in places like soc.history.medieval, and the debate could well go on endlessly in the manner of

Re: In a Sky Dark With Arrows, Death Rained Down

2004-11-07 Thread Peter Gutmann
James A. Donald [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Peter Gutmann wrote: Nobles expected to surrender to other nobles and be ransomed. Commoners didn't respect this, and almost never took prisoners. Henry's orders didn't make that much difference, at best they were a we'll turn a blind eye notification

Re: In a Sky Dark With Arrows, Death Rained Down

2004-11-06 Thread Peter Gutmann
R.A. Hettinga [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: These were not the sort of sporting arrows skillfully shot toward gayly colored targets by Victorian archery societies (charmingly described by Mr. Soar in later chapters) but heavy bodkin pointed battle shafts that went through the armor of man and horse.

Re: This Memorable Day

2004-11-06 Thread Peter Gutmann
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Tiarn=E1n_=D3_Corr=E1in?=) writes: The Russians (for example) conquered Hitler's capital, Berlin. And I believe the Russian zone in Germany was larger than any of the others, reflecting the fact that Stalin bore most of entire burden of defeating Germany,

Re: In a Sky Dark With Arrows, Death Rained Down

2004-11-05 Thread Peter Gutmann
R.A. Hettinga [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: These were not the sort of sporting arrows skillfully shot toward gayly colored targets by Victorian archery societies (charmingly described by Mr. Soar in later chapters) but heavy bodkin pointed battle shafts that went through the armor of man and horse.

Re: This Memorable Day

2004-11-05 Thread Peter Gutmann
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Tiarn=E1n_=D3_Corr=E1in?=) writes: The Russians (for example) conquered Hitler's capital, Berlin. And I believe the Russian zone in Germany was larger than any of the others, reflecting the fact that Stalin bore most of entire burden of defeating Germany,

Re: This Memorable Day

2004-11-04 Thread Peter Gutmann
James A. Donald [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: But it is hardly a matter of holding out. So far the Pentagon has shattered the enemy while suffering casualties of about a thousand, We're talking about different things, the War on Bogeymen vs. the War for Oil. In its war on bogeymen, the most notable

Re: This Memorable Day

2004-11-04 Thread Peter Gutmann
James A. Donald [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: But it is hardly a matter of holding out. So far the Pentagon has shattered the enemy while suffering casualties of about a thousand, We're talking about different things, the War on Bogeymen vs. the War for Oil. In its war on bogeymen, the most notable

Re: This Memorable Day

2004-11-03 Thread Peter Gutmann
R.A. Hettinga [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Germany 1944 does not equal USA 2004, no matter how hard you twist the kaleidoscope. Fighting an unwinnable war always seems to produce the same type of rhetoric, whether it's the war on some drugs, the war on anyone Bush doesn't like, or the war on

Re: This Memorable Day

2004-11-02 Thread Peter Gutmann
Eugen Leitl [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Tue, Nov 02, 2004 at 08:16:41AM -0500, R. A. Hettinga wrote: http://online.wsj.com/article_print/0,,SB109936293065461940,00.html No cypherpunks content. Just local politics. And it's not even original, they've mostly just translated it into English,

Re: This Memorable Day

2004-11-02 Thread Peter Gutmann
R.A. Hettinga [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: At 3:32 AM +1300 11/3/04, Peter Gutmann wrote: Eugen Leitl [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Tue, Nov 02, 2004 at 08:16:41AM -0500, R. A. Hettinga wrote: http://online.wsj.com/article_print/0,,SB109936293065461940,00.html No cypherpunks content. Just local

Re: This Memorable Day

2004-11-02 Thread Peter Gutmann
R.A. Hettinga [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Germany 1944 does not equal USA 2004, no matter how hard you twist the kaleidoscope. Fighting an unwinnable war always seems to produce the same type of rhetoric, whether it's the war on some drugs, the war on anyone Bush doesn't like, or the war on

Re: This Memorable Day

2004-11-02 Thread Peter Gutmann
Eugen Leitl [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Tue, Nov 02, 2004 at 08:16:41AM -0500, R. A. Hettinga wrote: http://online.wsj.com/article_print/0,,SB109936293065461940,00.html No cypherpunks content. Just local politics. And it's not even original, they've mostly just translated it into English,

Re: This Memorable Day

2004-11-02 Thread Peter Gutmann
R.A. Hettinga [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: At 3:32 AM +1300 11/3/04, Peter Gutmann wrote: Eugen Leitl [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Tue, Nov 02, 2004 at 08:16:41AM -0500, R. A. Hettinga wrote: http://online.wsj.com/article_print/0,,SB109936293065461940,00.html No cypherpunks content. Just local

Re: Cyclotrimethylene trinitramine

2004-10-27 Thread Peter Gutmann
John Young [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Generously, the US government offers a complete set of photos, drawings, process diagrams and descriptions for an RDX manufacturing plant. Library of Congress has the info in its Historic American Engineering Record. It's not all too hard to make from

Re: Cyclotrimethylene trinitramine

2004-10-27 Thread Peter Gutmann
John Young [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Generously, the US government offers a complete set of photos, drawings, process diagrams and descriptions for an RDX manufacturing plant. Library of Congress has the info in its Historic American Engineering Record. It's not all too hard to make from

Re: Cash, Credit -- or Prints?

2004-10-15 Thread Peter Gutmann
Alan Barrett [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Tue, 12 Oct 2004, John Kelsey wrote: but there doesn't seem to be a clean process for determining how skilled an attacker needs to be to, say, scan my finger once, and produce either a fake finger or a machine for projecting a fake fingerprint into the

At least there's some (attempt at) common sense in airline security

2004-10-15 Thread Peter Gutmann
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3600794thesection=newsthesubsection=general Ease off says air security boss 15.10.2004 Security on domestic flights is too strict and should be downgraded, says the head of the Aviation Security Service. General manager Mark Everitt, a former

Vote-counting glitch in NZ local elections

2004-10-15 Thread Peter Gutmann
Looks like you can mess up voting even if there is a paper trail. These are paper votes that are electronically counted, so the problem was in the electronic processing, not the actual voting procedure.

Re: Cash, Credit -- or Prints?

2004-10-15 Thread Peter Gutmann
Alan Barrett [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Tue, 12 Oct 2004, John Kelsey wrote: but there doesn't seem to be a clean process for determining how skilled an attacker needs to be to, say, scan my finger once, and produce either a fake finger or a machine for projecting a fake fingerprint into the

At least there's some (attempt at) common sense in airline security

2004-10-15 Thread Peter Gutmann
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3600794thesection=newsthesubsection=general Ease off says air security boss 15.10.2004 Security on domestic flights is too strict and should be downgraded, says the head of the Aviation Security Service. General manager Mark Everitt, a former

Vote-counting glitch in NZ local elections

2004-10-15 Thread Peter Gutmann
Looks like you can mess up voting even if there is a paper trail. These are paper votes that are electronically counted, so the problem was in the electronic processing, not the actual voting procedure.

Re: Foreign Travelers Face Fingerprints and Jet Lag

2004-10-03 Thread Peter Gutmann
R. A. Hettinga [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: NEWARK, Sept. 30 - Laetitia Bohn walked into Newark Liberty International Airport on Thursday, dazed and sleepy after an eight-hour flight from Paris, and was jolted from her reverie when an immigration officer asked for her photograph and fingerprints

Re: Foreign Travelers Face Fingerprints and Jet Lag

2004-10-03 Thread Peter Gutmann
Steve Furlong [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Sun, 2004-10-03 at 05:18, Peter Gutmann wrote: The US now has the dubious distinction of being more obnoxious to get through the borders than the former East Germany (actually even without this measure, the checks had become at least as obnoxious

Re: Foreign Travelers Face Fingerprints and Jet Lag

2004-10-03 Thread Peter Gutmann
R. A. Hettinga [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: NEWARK, Sept. 30 - Laetitia Bohn walked into Newark Liberty International Airport on Thursday, dazed and sleepy after an eight-hour flight from Paris, and was jolted from her reverie when an immigration officer asked for her photograph and fingerprints

Re: Foreign Travelers Face Fingerprints and Jet Lag

2004-10-03 Thread Peter Gutmann
Steve Furlong [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Sun, 2004-10-03 at 05:18, Peter Gutmann wrote: The US now has the dubious distinction of being more obnoxious to get through the borders than the former East Germany (actually even without this measure, the checks had become at least as obnoxious

Re: Forest Fire responsible for a 2.5mi *mushroom cloud*?

2004-09-14 Thread Peter Gutmann
Major Variola (ret) [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: AN is extremely deliquescent; perhaps the sulphate was for that? No, it was specifically required as a desensitiser by the European nitrogen cartel, since they felt the pure nitrate was too dangerous for processing into fertiliser. Removing chunks

Re: Forest Fire responsible for a 2.5mi *mushroom cloud*?

2004-09-13 Thread Peter Gutmann
J.A. Terranson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Wow! I had no idea ammonium nitrate (ANFO for all intents and purposes, yes?) could produce that kind of result! How much was there? 4,500 tons, of which only 10% detonated. (The nitrate was desensitised with ammonium sulfate and stored outside,

Re: Forest Fire responsible for a 2.5mi *mushroom cloud*?

2004-09-13 Thread Peter Gutmann
Eugen Leitl [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: About 4.5 kT of 50:50 ammonium nitrate/ammonium sulfate mix. One of the largest, if not *the* largest nonnuclear explosions ever. The largest man-made explosion is usually claimed to be Halifax (about 3000 tons of assorted HE's), but there are a pile of

Re: Forest Fire responsible for a 2.5mi *mushroom cloud*?

2004-09-13 Thread Peter Gutmann
J.A. Terranson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Wow! I had no idea ammonium nitrate (ANFO for all intents and purposes, yes?) could produce that kind of result! How much was there? 4,500 tons, of which only 10% detonated. (The nitrate was desensitised with ammonium sulfate and stored outside,

Cheesecloth security for hard drives

2004-08-27 Thread Peter Gutmann
Globalwin has just introduced an external hard drive enclosure (http://www.htpcnews.com/main.php?id=dorri_1) with built-in 40-bit DES encryption (and if it's the HW I think it is, that's 40-bit DES in ECB mode, and the vendor generates the key for you). Peter.

Re: TERRORISTS ARE AMONG US! (Was: A close look at John Kerry's *real* tech agenda )

2004-08-03 Thread Peter Gutmann
The threats on New York, New Jersey and Washington DC serve as a reminder that the terrorists are among us here at home. He went on to remind citizens to stay alert, trust no-one, and keep their lasers handy. Peter.

Re: Giesecke Devrient

2004-08-02 Thread Peter Gutmann
Eugen Leitl [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Assuming I generate a key on a RSA smart card made by GD, what kind of prestige track do these people have? They seem to be pretty secretive, that's not a good sign. GD produce (or help produce) things like banknotes and passports (and have been doing so

Re: Giesecke Devrient

2004-08-02 Thread Peter Gutmann
Eugen Leitl [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have no smart card background, unfortunately. I've heard GD ignores requests from open source developer people, though. Yup. It's standard banking-industry stuff, unless you're a large bank/government/whatever and are prepared to sign over your firstborn

Re: TERRORISTS ARE AMONG US! (Was: A close look at John Kerry's *real* tech agenda )

2004-08-02 Thread Peter Gutmann
The threats on New York, New Jersey and Washington DC serve as a reminder that the terrorists are among us here at home. He went on to remind citizens to stay alert, trust no-one, and keep their lasers handy. Peter.

Re: Giesecke Devrient

2004-08-02 Thread Peter Gutmann
Eugen Leitl [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Assuming I generate a key on a RSA smart card made by GD, what kind of prestige track do these people have? They seem to be pretty secretive, that's not a good sign. GD produce (or help produce) things like banknotes and passports (and have been doing so

Re: Giesecke Devrient

2004-08-02 Thread Peter Gutmann
Eugen Leitl [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have no smart card background, unfortunately. I've heard GD ignores requests from open source developer people, though. Yup. It's standard banking-industry stuff, unless you're a large bank/government/whatever and are prepared to sign over your firstborn

Re: Texas oil refineries, a White Van, and Al Qaeda

2004-07-24 Thread Peter Gutmann
Justin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: HOUSTON (Reuters) - Law enforcement officials said on Monday they are looking for a man seen taking pictures of two refineries in Texas City, Texas. At Usenix Security a few years back, we [a bunch of random security people, most of whom were foreign nationals]

Re: Texas oil refineries, a White Van, and Al Qaeda

2004-07-24 Thread Peter Gutmann
Tyler Durden [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: *: A year or two ago someone posted about the blow up of Texas City back in the early 1950s. 1947. Apparently, some kind of tanker hit something else and set of a chain reaction killing thousands and wiping out the town After several earlier events (the

Re: Texas oil refineries, a White Van, and Al Qaeda

2004-07-24 Thread Peter Gutmann
Justin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: HOUSTON (Reuters) - Law enforcement officials said on Monday they are looking for a man seen taking pictures of two refineries in Texas City, Texas. At Usenix Security a few years back, we [a bunch of random security people, most of whom were foreign nationals]

Re: Texas oil refineries, a White Van, and Al Qaeda

2004-07-24 Thread Peter Gutmann
Tyler Durden [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: *: A year or two ago someone posted about the blow up of Texas City back in the early 1950s. 1947. Apparently, some kind of tanker hit something else and set of a chain reaction killing thousands and wiping out the town After several earlier events (the

Re: vacuum-safe laptops ?

2004-07-17 Thread Peter Gutmann
Thomas Shaddack [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: There are many various embedded computers available on the market, eg. the one from http://www.gumstix.com/. (Question for the crowd: anybody knows other comparable or better Linux-ready affordable embedded computer solutions?) When I investigated this a

Re: vacuum-safe laptops ?

2004-07-17 Thread Peter Gutmann
Thomas Shaddack [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: There are many various embedded computers available on the market, eg. the one from http://www.gumstix.com/. (Question for the crowd: anybody knows other comparable or better Linux-ready affordable embedded computer solutions?) When I investigated this a

Re: UBL is George Washington

2004-07-07 Thread Peter Gutmann
Tyler Durden [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If they took out a few key COs downtown one morning the effect on the economy would be significant. It depends on what your goal is. As someone else on this list pointed out, terrorism is just another form of PR. If OBL took out (say) that huge ATT CO in

Re: UBL is George Washington

2004-07-06 Thread Peter Gutmann
Tyler Durden [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If they took out a few key COs downtown one morning the effect on the economy would be significant. It depends on what your goal is. As someone else on this list pointed out, terrorism is just another form of PR. If OBL took out (say) that huge ATT CO in

Re: UBL is George Washington

2004-07-05 Thread Peter Gutmann
Anonymous [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: But asymm warfare has to accomplish its goal. It's not being very successful. It's been extraordinarily successful. The US is driving itself (and a lot of the rest of the world) nuts with terrorists-under-the-beds paranoia. I recently saw a replay of some

Re: [IP] When police ask your name,

2004-06-27 Thread Peter Gutmann
At 01:53 AM 6/25/2004, Eugen Leitl wrote: The transcription rules for furriner names are strict, too. No Phn'glui M'gl wna'f, Cthulhu R'lyeh Wgha Nagl Ftaghn for you. Just as well. They'd probably make you fill the form out in triplicate, In his house at R'lyeh, dead Cthulhu waits knitting? I

Re: [IP] When police ask your name,

2004-06-26 Thread Peter Gutmann
At 01:53 AM 6/25/2004, Eugen Leitl wrote: The transcription rules for furriner names are strict, too. No Phn'glui M'gl wna'f, Cthulhu R'lyeh Wgha Nagl Ftaghn for you. Just as well. They'd probably make you fill the form out in triplicate, In his house at R'lyeh, dead Cthulhu waits knitting? I

Re: crypto on *really* cheap hardware

2004-06-16 Thread Peter Gutmann
I presume most people have by now read Cringely's piece on hacked Linux for Linksys WRT54G (and clones): [...] It does VoIP, prioritizes traffic, has currently VPN pass-through and will do IPsec on future mesh-supporting firmware. You forgot to mention sometimes it'll stay up for as long as

Re: crypto on *really* cheap hardware

2004-06-16 Thread Peter Gutmann
I presume most people have by now read Cringely's piece on hacked Linux for Linksys WRT54G (and clones): [...] It does VoIP, prioritizes traffic, has currently VPN pass-through and will do IPsec on future mesh-supporting firmware. You forgot to mention sometimes it'll stay up for as long as

Re: Breaking Iranian Codes (Re: CRYPTO-GRAM, June 15, 2003)

2004-06-15 Thread Peter Gutmann
R. A. Hettinga [EMAIL PROTECTED] forwarded: So now the NSA's secret is out. The Iranians have undoubtedly changed their encryption machines, and the NSA has lost its source of Iranian secrets. But little else is known. Who told Chalabi? Only a few people would know this important U.S. secret,

Re: Breaking Iranian Codes (Re: CRYPTO-GRAM, June 15, 2003)

2004-06-15 Thread Peter Gutmann
R. A. Hettinga [EMAIL PROTECTED] forwarded: So now the NSA's secret is out. The Iranians have undoubtedly changed their encryption machines, and the NSA has lost its source of Iranian secrets. But little else is known. Who told Chalabi? Only a few people would know this important U.S. secret,

The life of a Kiwi contractor in Iraq

2004-05-22 Thread Peter Gutmann
There's an interesting look at the situation in Iraq from the point of view of a third-party contractor, in an article in the Sunday Star Times, http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/sundaystartimes/0,2106,2908644a6442,00.html. Most quotable quote: The thing that pisses us off is the Yanks had no idea

Re: Fortress America mans the ramparts

2004-04-17 Thread Peter Gutmann
Major Variola (ret) [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: PS: what happens if your passport's chip doesn't work? Do you get sent back and the airline fined $10K? Do you wait extra time while the still-readable passport number indexes your record online? How much extra time? (Anyone have experience with

Re: Fortress America mans the ramparts

2004-04-17 Thread Peter Gutmann
Major Variola (ret) [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: PS: what happens if your passport's chip doesn't work? Do you get sent back and the airline fined $10K? Do you wait extra time while the still-readable passport number indexes your record online? How much extra time? (Anyone have experience with

Re: Earthlink to Test Caller ID for E-Mail

2004-03-07 Thread Peter Gutmann
Eugen Leitl [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: A way that works would involve passphrase-locked keyrings, and forgetful MUAs (this mutt only caches the passphrase for a preset time). A way that works *in theory* would involve The chances of any vendor of mass-market software shipping an MUA where

Re: Earthlink to Test Caller ID for E-Mail

2004-03-07 Thread Peter Gutmann
R. A. Hettinga [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If we really do get cryptographic signatures on email in a way that works, expect 80% of all spam to be blown away as a matter of course. I think you mean: If we really do get cryptographic signatures on email in a way that works, expect 80% of all

Re: Earthlink to Test Caller ID for E-Mail

2004-03-06 Thread Peter Gutmann
Eugen Leitl [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: A way that works would involve passphrase-locked keyrings, and forgetful MUAs (this mutt only caches the passphrase for a preset time). A way that works *in theory* would involve The chances of any vendor of mass-market software shipping an MUA where

Re: Earthlink to Test Caller ID for E-Mail

2004-03-05 Thread Peter Gutmann
R. A. Hettinga [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If we really do get cryptographic signatures on email in a way that works, expect 80% of all spam to be blown away as a matter of course. I think you mean: If we really do get cryptographic signatures on email in a way that works, expect 80% of all

Re: Call to the Usual Suspects

2004-02-13 Thread Peter Gutmann
Trei, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'll be in the SF/SJ area the week of the RSA conference. Anyone interested in getting together for dinner one night? Do these things actually get organised? I thought you just bump into other Cpunks via the usual Brownian motion and at some point someone

Re: FCC vs decentralization

2004-02-13 Thread Peter Gutmann
Eugen Leitl [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 04:36:56PM +0100, Thomas Shaddack wrote: FCC recently mandated fees for Internet radio broadcasters, based on the You're hailing from .cz, me from .de. Of what relevance is FCC to us? The RIAA/MPAA and US govt.are working on that.

uATX motherboard with built-in crypto

2004-01-16 Thread Peter Gutmann
I just noticed that ABIT have a nice uATX motherboard with a built-in Cavium crypto engine capable of processing up to 400Mbps of IPSec traffic or 3,500 RSA operations per second. Details at http://www.abit-usa.com/products/servers/products.php?categories=4model=69. Peter.

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-26 Thread Peter Gutmann
Nomen Nescio [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: After WWI the winners humiliated the loosers badly. This is one of the main reasons Hitler came to power and got support from the Germans for the aggressions that started the war. He managed to use these feelings of being treated as dogs and paying to heavy

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-24 Thread Peter Gutmann
Nomen Nescio [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: After WWI the winners humiliated the loosers badly. This is one of the main reasons Hitler came to power and got support from the Germans for the aggressions that started the war. He managed to use these feelings of being treated as dogs and paying to heavy

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