Microsoft banned from security email list

2000-12-08 Thread Nomen Nescio
By Stephen Shankland Staff Writer, CNET News.com December 8, 2000, 1:05 p.m. PT URL: http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-4062758.html The administrator of a popular computer security mailing list banned postings from Microsoft on Thursday after the company stripped detailed information out of

Personal Firewalls Fail the Leak Test

2000-12-08 Thread Nomen Nescio
By Brian McWilliams In an attempt to show that personal firewalls may afford their users little protection against serious threats, a respected PC security expert has released a new software tool that pokes holes in many of the leading desktop security packages. Security-conscious Internet

Re: Knowing your customer

2000-12-07 Thread Nomen Nescio
Tom Vogt wrote: I guess an equivalent ID will do. in germany, you need your ID card to open a bank account (um, for those not in the know: we have state-issue ID cards in addition to passports. the passport is a travel document, used to visit non-EU countries. the ID card is used inside the

RE: Knowing your customer

2000-12-07 Thread Nomen Nescio
R. A. Hettinga wrote: Duncan Frissell popped up here on cypherpunks with pointers to the odd bank in South Dakota or somewhere, 4 or 5 years ago, where you could get a bank account without a SSN. It was exceptional in its example, and I would doubt it possible even now. ... Has anyone

Re: California bars free speech of those cutting deals on votes

2000-11-01 Thread Nomen Nescio
On Wed, Nov 01, 2000 at 05:26:09PM -0800, Greg Broiles wrote: a la _Bivens v. Six Unknown Agents_, a Supreme court case whose citation eludes me at the moment. Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388, 91 S.Ct. 1999, 29 L.Ed.2d 619 (U.S.N.Y. Jun 21,

Re: (no subject)

2000-10-31 Thread Nomen Nescio
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could you posibly send me instructions on how to construct a bomb and what materials that are needed? Thank you~ *snort* Ask [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Of Huns and throats

2000-09-26 Thread Nomen Nescio
from _Onwards to Victory_, Cassell edition, page 100: "The proud German Army has by its sudden collapse, sudden crumbling and breaking up...once again proved the truth of the saying, 'The Hun is either at your throat or at your feet.'" -- Winston Churchill, speech to the United States Congress,