Feds warn of crypto, cyberattacks from Fidel Castro

* Transcript of hearing: http://www.cluebot.com/article.pl?sid=01/02/08/1638232 Transcript of 1998 remarks: http://www.cluebot.com/article.pl?sid=01/02/08/0526201 * http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,41700,00.html Feds Say Fidel Is Hacker Threat by Declan

Feds complain about Osama bin Laden using crypto, stego

The article that sparked the fuss, by Jack Kelly of USA Today: http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2001-02-05-binladen.htm >WASHINGTON — Hidden in the X-rated pictures on several pornographic Web >sites and the posted comments on sports chat rooms may lie the encrypted >blueprints of the ne

Re: Dutch defense minister warns other countries have Echelon-type spy networks

I couldn't find the document, but Ulf was kind enough to forward me the PDF file, which I've placed online: http://www.politechbot.com/docs/echelon-nl.0101.pdf -Declan On Wed, Jan 31, 2001 at 02:46:53AM +0100, Ulf Möller wrote: > > [I haven't seen the original documents, so consider this only

What Powell and Ashcroft think of crypto and Carnivore

Here's something on where Powell stands on crypto export regs, and what Reno thought of them during her farewell press conference: http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,41452,00.html Also, John Ashcroft has replied to written questions sent to him by members of the Senate Judiciary committee.

DeCSS ruling in DVD case must be reversed, eight amicus briefs say

Eight different coalitions -- from cryptographers to journalist groups -- are filing amicus briefs in the DVD/DeCSS case. The briefs -- an unusually high number -- urge that the Second Circuit Court of Appeals overturn the district court's ruling of last August. Wired News article on the brief

Re: Full text to the book ``Underground'' released.

The site below has been offline because of heavy traffic. Mirrors, in case you can't get through: http://www.attrition.org/ee/underground-book.zip http://www.politechbot.com/docs/underground.011800.txt.gz -Declan On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 08:31:03AM +1100, Julian Assange wrote: > [More security

DoJ cybercrime manual covers PDAs, encryption, secret searches

*** See: http://www.cybercrime.gov/searchmanual.htm *** http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,41133,00.html The Feds'll Come A-Snoopin' by Declan McCullagh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 2:00 a.m. Jan. 12, 2001 PST WASHINGTON -- Ever wonder how much leeway federal a

Review of Steven Levy's "Crypto"

http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,41071,00.html Crypto: Three Decades in Review by Declan McCullagh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 8:20 a.m. Jan. 9, 2001 PST WASHINGTON --It took only a year or two for a pair of computer and math geeks to discover modern encryption technology

Review of History Channel's NSA documentary

[The documentary aired again twice this morning on the History Channel, and it's a fair bet it'll show again later this week. --Declan http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,41063,00.html History Looks at the NSA by Declan McCullagh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 2:00 a.m. Ja

Where John Ashcroft stands on technology and encryption

http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,41008,00.html Top Cop Arrives With Mixed Bag by Declan McCullagh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 2:00 a.m. Jan. 5, 2001 PST For liberal Democrats, John Ashcroft is a maddening symbol of everything wrong with a George W. Bush presidency -- from

Re: FC: Congress weighs crypto-in-a-crime, wiretapping legislation

Finally catching up on some email... I didn't write the article; it was published in the National Review, a weekly conservative newspaper (http://www.nationalreview.com/kopel/kopel121500.shtml). I assume they do at least rudimentary fact checking, and I believe David Kopel, the author, to be a ca

Zero Knowledge, after poor software sales, tries new gambit

Also see ZKS press release: http://www.zeroknowledge.com/media/pressrel.asp?rel=10312000 http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,39895,00.html Privacy Firm Tries New Gambit by Declan McCullagh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 2:00 a.m. Nov. 1, 2000 PST WASHINGTON -- Zero

Re: [FYI] SDMI cracked.

See also: http://www.inside.com/story/Story_Cached/0,2770,11418_9_16_1,00.html Are SDMI Technologies All Hacked? Chiariglione Says No One Knows Yet By Jon O'Hara Saturday , October 14 01:05 a.m.

Re: Rijndael wins

Perry: Right. My article will be going up on wired.com shortly, if it hasn't already. Meanwhile, here's an excerpt below. Also see a press release from the winner, who was notified in advance: http://www.esat.kuleuven.ac.be/cosic/press/pr_aes_english.html So were other firms and analysts, who ha

Treasury Department worries about ecash, anonymity

http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,38955,00.html Feds: Digital Cash Can Thwart Us by Declan McCullagh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 3:00 a.m. Sep. 22, 2000 PDT WASHINGTON -- A Treasury Department report warns that technologies such as the Internet and electronic cash could

Washington RSA patent expiration party TONIGHT

We may not be sponsored by a half-dozen dot coms, but we're going to have even more fun. :) If you're in the DC area, join us to toast the official end of the patent at midnight tonight. --Declan Peter Wayner and Declan McCullagh

Judge sides with Hollywood in DeCSS descrambling case

Decision is at: http://www.nysd.uscourts.gov/courtweb/pdf/D02NYSC/00-08117.PDF Final judgment and order: http://www.nysd.uscourts.gov/courtweb/pdf/D02NYSC/00-08118.PDF http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,38287,00.html Studios Score DeCSS Victory by Declan

Sen. Lieberman supports warrantless wiretaps, crypto-regs

http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,38207,00.html Lieberman's Privacy 'Tap' Dance by Declan McCullagh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 7:53 a.m. Aug. 15, 2000 PDT The Democratic Party platform that delegates will adopt this week embraces personal privacy despite the checkered voting

MojoNation file sharing system plans to beat Napster, Gnutella

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,37892,00.html Get Your Music Mojo Working by Declan McCullagh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 5:45 p.m. Jul. 29, 2000 PDT LAS VEGAS -- A new file-sharing system could best rivals like Napster and Gnutella through more anonymous and efficient transfers. The

Treasury Secretary Summers warns of crypto-anarchy, encryption

http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,37573,00.html Is Encryption Tax-Protective? by Declan McCullagh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 3:00 a.m. Jul. 15, 2000 PDT WASHINGTON -- It used to be FBI Director Louis Freeh who would rail against online anonymity and argue that Americans

Mexican hackers race clock to decrypt key files before election

[Elections in Mexico are scheduled for July 2. Apparently, according to the article below, there are some encrypted files that could prove explosive -- info on corruption, drug money, etc. -- if they're decrypted in time. --Declan] >From: "Alberto M. Giordano" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sub

Government officials weigh in on HavenCo, from Wired News

http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,36749,00.html A Data Sanctuary is Born by Declan McCullagh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 5:00 p.m. Jun. 4, 2000 PDT WASHINGTON -- A windswept gun tower anchored six miles off the stormy coast of England is about to become the first Internet

Re: Hidden "secret search" provision in the meth bill & two others

I mentioned the "secret search" provisions in the meth bill before the House Judiciary committee in a May 9 article: http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,36209,00.html This is similar to a letter from Reno in January that said cops could do secret searches and seizures (in the context of snat

House commerce committee votes to ban radio-decryption gear

http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,36401,00.html House Reps Ban Wireless Decoding by Declan McCullagh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 3:30 p.m. May. 17, 2000 PDT WASHINGTON -- Americans may no longer buy radio receivers that decode PCS cellular or pager transmissions, a House panel said Wednesday

Critics blast Windows 2000's quiet use of DES instead of 3DES

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,36336,00.html Critics Blast MS Security by Declan McCullagh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 3:00 a.m. May. 16, 2000 PDT If you're a Windows 2000 user, be warned: Your security software may not work the way you think it does. Micr

Re: NYT reporter looking for advice re: encryption products

Lisa: I rather like what Hush is doing, even with the all-depends-on-passphrase issue. I wrote about them a few months ago (http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,34610,00.html). At that time Hush only encrypted email between Hush users. When I had dinner with the founder in Anguilla, I sug

Re: Clinton signs bill to count wiretaps that encounter encryption

Arnold's summary of Clinton's statement is correct, but it seems as though the law differentiates between *crypto-encounters* and *unbreakable-crypto-encounters*. From the text of the enrolled (final) version of the bill: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d106:s.01769: (a) Section 2519(2

Clinton signs bill to count wiretaps that encounter encryption

** Wiretap stats from 1999: http://www.uscourts.gov/wiretap99/contents.html Clinton statement: http://www.politechbot.com/docs/clinton-crypto.050300.html ** http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,36067,00.html U.S. to Track Crypto Trails by Declan McCullagh ([EMAIL

Planned Net-treaty limits privacy, may compel key disclosure

The document: http://www.politechbot.com/docs/treaty.html http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,36047,00.html Cyber-treaty Goes Too Far? by Declan McCullagh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 3:00 a.m. May. 3, 2000 PDT WASHINGTON -- U.S. and European police agencies will receive new

Intel nixes ID tracking numbers in future 1.5 GHz Willamette chip

** Background: http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=intel ** http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,35950,00.html Intel Nixes Chip-Tracking ID by Declan McCullagh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 3:00 a.m. Apr. 27, 2000 PDT Hoping to avoid another campaign by

Re: injunction issued against cphack

At 11:07 3/18/2000 -0500, Steven M. Bellovin wrote (on whether the TRO applies to non-defendants): >Well, the AP story had a different quote from the attorney, so it may be >reporter perception. It applies to the four (2 ISP, 2 individual) defendants and those acting in concert with them. It se

Re: [Fwd: Export Administration Act of 1979]

, 1996). Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 11:35:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Declan McCullagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Actually, it's just extending the existing one. So the White House can continue to restrict exports of crypto software like Netscape and Microsoft's

Justice Department criticizes online anonymity

lans to destroy United States airliners on encrypted files on his laptop computer. -Declan http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,34659,00.html U.S. Wants Less Web Anonymity by Declan McCullagh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 3:00 a.m.

Freeh says DoS attacks require FBI access to plaintext

http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,34388,00.html Everything Hacked but the Budget by Declan McCullagh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 1:15 p.m. 16.Feb.2000 PST Justice Department and FBI officials

Irish take different crypto-approach from their neighbor

http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,34350,00.html Irish, UK Crypto Regs Far Apart by Karlin Lillington ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 3:00 a.m. 16.Feb.2000 PST DUBLIN, Ireland -- Britain is likely to

President Clinton is a back door man

http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,33779,00.html Clinton Favors Computer Snooping by Declan McCullagh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 6:00 p.m. 19.Jan.2000 PST WASHINGTON -- Visions of

Response from Commerce Dept to "Is this man a crypto-criminal?"

t or > reexport, including that described in paragraph (e)(2) of this > section. In addition, such posting would not trigger "red flags" > necessitating the affirmative duty to inquire under the "Know Your > Customer" guidance provided in Suppleme

Re: Response from Commerce Dept to "Is this man a crypto-criminal?"

1/18/2000 , Tim May wrote: >At 7:44 AM -0800 2000-01-18, Declan McCullagh wrote: > > > > > >>Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 10:01:49 -0500 > >>From: "JIM LEWIS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

New don't-ask-don't-tell encryption policy

http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,33651,00.html Don't-Ask-Don't-Tell Encryption by Declan McCullagh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 3:00 a.m. 14.Jan.2000 PST WASHINGTON -- If there

Forbes says he'll ditch all crypto export controls

* http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,33049,00.html Forbes, the Privacy Candidate by Declan McCullagh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 11:40 a.m. 17.Dec.1999 PST WASHINGTON -- If you're the ki

Illegal NSA spying? It won't be the first time -- a look at history

http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,33026,00.html Spies Left Out in the Cold by Declan McCullagh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 3:00 a.m. 13.Dec.1999 PST It's enough to spook any spy. Con

US law makes it a crime to disclose crypto-secrets

It would be one thing if this law (enacted in 1950) restricted government employees or contractors from disclosing cryptographic or COMINT info they agreed to keep secret. But it seems to apply to anyone, including journalists or cypherpunks, no matter how they obtained the data. That raises First

Re: Forthcoming Biryukov/Shamir result against A5/1 GSM privacy algorithm

At 22:36 12/5/1999 -0500, Matt Blaze forwarded: >Real-Time Cryptanalysis of GSM's A5/1 on a PC > >Alex Biryukov and Adi Shamir >Computer Science Department >The Weizmann Institute >Rehovot 76100, Israel Thanks, Matt, for forwarding. My article, with the no-interception-possible response from the

New Yorker article on NSA surveillance, crypto regs

>Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 08:30:51 -0500 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: Declan McCullagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: FC: Wayne Madsen replies to New Yorker article on NSA >Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-Url: Politech is at http://www.well.com/~declan/politech/ > >***

Re: fwd: $100 secure phones from Starium

Dan, I wrote about Starium in August: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,21236,00.html CEO Lee Caplin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote me this month and told me they had a prototype ready to show me. (I was in the area but couldn't stop by.) I'm copying Lee on this message; I'm sure he can

Bob Barr to IETF: Don't help the snoops!

http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,32100,00.html 'Don't Help the Snoops' by Declan McCullagh 10:45 a.m. 25.Oct.99.PDT The Internet's standards body should not

DEA says drug smugglers used crypto & Net but cops got around it

Note this sounds a lot like what the DEA and Reno have been saying for years: inserting backdoors into crypto products to preserve the balance between privacy and snoopability. So what's changed after the announcement last month? DEA: "We hope that we don't lose the ability to intercept encrypted

House armed services committee members tie crypto to kidnappings

[Yes, Virginia, many Congresscritters are babbling birdbrains. Take Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii). He apparently thinks that encryption export controls are somehow linked to private-sector databases. Go figure. He's not dumb -- has a sociology PhD -- but seems to have a thing about terrorists.

The Privacy Snatchers

2,12609,00.html The Privacy Snatchers By Declan McCullagh History reveals that time and again, the FBI, the military and other law enforcement organizations have ignored the law an

Privacy is an antisocial act

http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,31937,00.html PRIVACY IS AN "ANTISOCIAL ACT": Scott Bradner wasn't surprised to hear the FBI say this week that they wanted an easily wiretappable Internet.

Re: IP: IETF considers building wiretapping into the Internet

At 14:25 10/14/1999 -0700, Steve Reid wrote: >I'm no lawyer, so I'm probably going out on a limb here, but I don't >think CALEA can apply to encryption. Steve, no need to go out on a limb. CALEA most definitely does not apply to domestic use of encryption. (Though it is fair to say that the same

Re: IP: IETF considers building wiretapping into the Internet

s, such as taxes, content, or encryption? -Declan http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,31895,00.html Net Wiretapping: Yes or No? by Declan McCullagh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 10:30 a.m. 13.Oct.99.PDT The FBI say

John Young the information architect, from Wired News

http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/22045.html He Digs 'Through' Gov't Muck by Declan McCullagh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 12:30 p.m. 1.Oct.99.PDT Ask John Young what put

Re: more re Encryption Technology Limits Eased

You can find all that and more already archived at www.epic.org and www.cdt.org. -Declan At 08:54 9/17/1999 -0400, Robert Hettinga wrote: >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: John Muller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: more re Encryption Technology Limits Eased >Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Reply-To:

Why did White House change its mind on crypto?

http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/21810.html Decoding the Crypto Policy Change by Declan McCullagh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 3:00 a.m. 17.Sep.99.PDT Why did the Clinton administration cave

RE: more re Encryption Technology Limits Eased

ecause the NSA has changed its spying agenda. Or could it? A Wired News perspective by Declan McCullagh. -Declan At 23:07 9/16/1999 -0700, Lucky Green wrote: >less operationally savvy. No, what I find interesting is that so far >everybody missed the one paragraph in the announceme

Re: more re Encryption Technology Limits Eased

John, I buttonholed William Reinsch, Commerce Dept undersecretary, outside the White House briefing room a few minutes ago. I happened to ask him the same question you bring up here: What's up with that one-time technical review? Things were crowded and noisy, but here's what I learned. (The BXA

Re: palm crypto

Or, if you don't wish to page through the export control silliness: http://www.certicom.com/software/SecureMemo11.ZIP http://www.certicom.com/software/SecureMemo11.SIT.BIN -Declan At 08:38 PM 8-1-99 -0400, Robert Hettinga wrote: > >http://www.certicom.com/software/palmmemo.htm >

Tax break for snoopable crypto; 5 percent Net tax plan

http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/21014.html A Tax Break for Snoopable Code by Declan McCullagh 3:00 a.m. 30.Jul.99.PDT WASHINGTON -- If anyone in Washington qualifies as an

US drafting plan for Internet monitoring system (from NYT)

> > > > http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/07/biztech/articles/28compute.html > > July 28, 1999 > > U.S. Drafting Plan for Computer > Monitoring System > > By JOHN MARKOFF > > The Clinton Administration has developed a plan for an extensive > computer monitoring system, overseen by the Federa

Crypto bill will harm children, boost "pedophiles"

The House committee reports: ftp://ftp.loc.gov/pub/thomas/cp106/hr117p5.txt ftp://ftp.loc.gov/pub/thomas/cp106/hr117p4.txt *** http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/20961.html Report: Crypto Will Harm Society by Declan McCullagh

Re: House committee ditches SAFE for law enforcement version

Oh, and there's one other thing: There is no companion bill to SAFE in the Senate. So assuming (this is a big assumption) the Senate approves ProCODE or something, then the differences between the two bills would be hammered out in a conference committee. Needless to say, this would be very dange

Re: House committee ditches SAFE for law enforcement version

lly wants, I'll wager. And every version of SAFE that I've read would make it much more difficult to challenge in court on 1A grounds. So much for Bernsteinesque suits against SAFE if it becomes law: You're outta luck. -Declan At 10:54 PM 7-24-99 -0400, Marc Horowitz wrote: >D

Re: House committee ditches SAFE for law enforcement version

Right. Some of the congresscritters who voted yesterday for the natsec version of SAFE were ostensible supporters of the business version. True, this particular natsec version of SAFE doesn't include domestic controls -- plenty of time for Freeh to try that later -- but export relief? Fuggetabout

House committee ditches SAFE for law enforcement version

The text of the amendment (in PDF): http://www.house.gov/hasc/press.htm http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/20872.html Industry Crypto Bill in Peril by Declan McCullagh 5:00 p.m. 21.Jul.99.PDT

NRCC chairman predicts House floor vote on SAFE in weeks

>From a conversation I had yesterday with Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va), National Republican Congressional Committee chairman. The GOP is using encryption policy as a way to bash Democrats who blindly back the administration. --Declan http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/20641.html House GOP

George W. Bush on encryption export controls

> > Robert Hettinga asks: > Anyone out there know whether GWBush has said anything on the crypto front? Yes. He has. Here are some references. And some articles one Gore's and McCain's positions. Let's not even talk about Hatch and Bauer. -Declan http://www.georgewbush.com/Message/proposals.

Congressional tax commission frets about crypto

http://www.wired.com/news/print_version/politics/story/20355.html?wnpg=all Some of the testimony warned of the dangers posed to governments by uncontrolled technology, a common complaint in the nation's capital. Specifically, presenters here at William and Mary College fretted that encryption

Re: Justice Dept asks Court of Appeals to reconsider ruling in Bernstein case

I have a more detailed report on Wired News: http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/20333.html My favorite part of the brief (I quote it): > > Another argument: That this type of > regulation is an executive-branch policy > decision involving "extraordinarily > sensitive" info that'

E-cash developers interview request

Charles Platt, a Wired magazine contributor and SF author, is working on a story about digital cash, past, present, future. If you're actively involved in such development, please email him at [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Declan

Re: FC: More on Network Associates and its crypto-politics

If anonymous has any evidence that TIS' policy has changed from earlier this year, I'd like to hear it. I guess if anonymous wants to call me an "extremist," I'll take it as a compliment. Personally I think of myself as pragmatic. -Declan At 08:03 PM 11-18-98 +0100,

Re: FC: More on Network Associates and its crypto-politics

William -- your speculation may be true, but for now we can settle for fact: they do support export controls. It makes sense, too: export ctrls create an artificial market for key recovery crypto, which TIS will be happy to sell to you. -Declan At 04:26 AM 11-18-98 -0500, William H. Geiger III

Wiretapping law likely will cover Internet telephony

[And what happens when, as I write below, some IP telephony providers begin to provide encrypted communications services? --Declan] http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/16146.html Wiretapping Internet Phone Lines by Declan McCullagh 4:00 a.m. 10.Nov.98.PST A federal wiretapping