At 12:06 AM +0100 on 7/1/02, Ben Laurie wrote:
> No, a pseudonym can be linked to stuff (such as reputation,
> publications, money). An anonym cannot.
More to the point, there is no such "thing" as an "anonym", by definition.
There's no way to link the behavior of one event that an "anonym" ca
Barney Wolff wrote:
> A pseudonym that I can give up at will and that can never afterwards
> be traced to me is equivalent to an anonym.
No, a pseudonym can be linked to stuff (such as reputation,
publications, money). An anonym cannot.
Cheers,
Ben.
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Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 19:59:26 +0200 (CEST)
From: Eugen Leitl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
cc: "R. A. Hettinga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Uplifting Brin
On Sat, 29 Jun 2002, Tom wrote:
> Ithink Brin has got som
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> "security modules" are also inside the swipe & pin-entry boxes that you see
> at check-out counters.
Yep -- anything which handles PINs, specifically, and some non-ATM smartcard
payment systems.
>
> effectively both smartcards and dongles are f
On Sun, 30 Jun 2002, Barney Wolff wrote:
>A pseudonym that I can give up at will and that can never afterwards
>be traced to me is equivalent to an anonym.
Actually, I don't have a problem with it being traced afterwards,
if a crime has been committed and there's a search warrant or
equivalent t
On Sat, Jun 29, 2002 at 10:03:33PM -0700, bear wrote:
> ...
> >I won't give up the right NOT to do business with anonymous customers,
> >or anyone else with whom I choose not to do business.
>
> A few years ago merchants were equally adamant and believed
> equally in the rightness of maintaining
From: "gfgs pedo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> One solution suggested against the man in the middle
> attack is using the interlock protocol
This is the one I vaguely recalled, thank you.
> All mallory would have to do is send the half of the
> (n th) packet when he receives the half of (n+1)th
> pack
On Sun, 30 Jun 2002, Barney Wolff wrote:
>The trouble I have with this is that I'm not only a consumer, I'm
>also a merchant, selling my own professional services. And I just
>will not, ever, perform services for an anonymous client. That's
>my choice, and the gov't will take it away only when
"security modules" are also inside the swipe & pin-entry boxes that you see
at check-out counters.
effectively both smartcards and dongles are forms of hardware tokens
the issue would be whether a smartcard form factor might be utilized in a
copy protection scheme similar to TCPA paradigm ..
At 08:16 PM 6/29/02 +0200, Anonymous wrote:
>When an artist releases a song or some other creative product to the
>world, they typically put some conditions on it. If you want to listen
>to and enjoy the song, you are obligated to agree to those conditions.
>If you can't accept the conditions, y
On Sat, 29 Jun 2002, Anonymous wrote:
>Piracy - unauthorized copying of copyrighted material - is wrong. It
>inherently involves lying, cheating and taking unfair advantage of
>others.
On the contrary. Piracy, when defined your way, is a basic right. If
someone has information and can copy it, i
I think dongles (and non-copyable floppies) have been around since the early
80s at least...maybe the 70s. Tamper-resistant CPU modules have been around
since the ATM network, I believe, in the form of PIN processors stored
inside safes)
The fundamental difference between a "dongle" and a full
Phil Youngblood posted the following to the securecomp server - thought
it might interest people here, given the recent discussion of M$'s DRM
stuff...
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This from the Eula for the latest Windows Media Player patch.
* Digital Rights Management (Sec
A pseudonym that I can give up at will and that can never afterwards
be traced to me is equivalent to an anonym.
I'm not suggesting that anonymity be outlawed, or that every merchant
be required to reject anonymous or pseudonymous customers. All I'm
suggesting is that "small" merchants MUST NOT
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