Blinky's Pitch-Man Speaks: Terror's Server

2005-01-26 Thread R.A. Hettinga
At 3:14 PM -0400 10/3/04, R. A. Hettinga wrote: In arbitrary order (in other words, *I* chose it. :-)), and with apologies to Toru Iwatani, by way of Michael Thomasson at http://www.gooddealgames.com/articles/Pac-Man%20Ghosts.html, here it is: A Proposed Nomenclature for the Four Horseman of The

Cracks in the Chinese Wall

2005-01-26 Thread R.A. Hettinga
http://online.wsj.com/article_print/0,,SB110671549118636405,00.html The Wall Street Journal January 26, 2005 COMMENTARY Cracks in the Chinese Wall By EMILY PARKER January 26, 2005 China's leaders may have convinced themselves that the country's relatively new, albeit unbalanced,

Sleuthing Spyware--And Its Corporate Sponsors

2005-01-26 Thread R.A. Hettinga
http://www.forbes.com/2005/01/19/cx_pp_0120spyedelman_print.html Forbes Software Sleuthing Spyware--And Its Corporate Sponsors Penelope Patsuris, 01.19.05, 5:34 PM ET Benjamin Edelman became a spyware expert before most of us had any idea what was even clogging our computers. He's

Blinky's Pitch-Man Speaks: Terror's Server

2005-01-26 Thread R.A. Hettinga
At 3:14 PM -0400 10/3/04, R. A. Hettinga wrote: In arbitrary order (in other words, *I* chose it. :-)), and with apologies to Toru Iwatani, by way of Michael Thomasson at http://www.gooddealgames.com/articles/Pac-Man%20Ghosts.html, here it is: A Proposed Nomenclature for the Four Horseman of The

Gripes About Airport Security Grow Louder

2005-01-26 Thread R.A. Hettinga
http://online.wsj.com/article_print/0,,SB110661076703534640,00.html The Wall Street Journal January 25, 2005 THE MIDDLE SEAT By SCOTT MCCARTNEY Gripes About Airport Security Grow Louder More Travelers Are Stopped For 'Secondary' Checks; A Missed Flight to Atlanta January 25, 2005

Everyone an Exhibitionist

2005-01-25 Thread R.A. Hettinga
http://online.wsj.com/article_print/0,,SB110661672884334854,00.html The Wall Street Journal January 25, 2005 BOOKS Everyone an Exhibitionist By HEATHER MAC DONALD January 25, 2005; Page D12 In the debates over the Patriot Act and other antiterrorist measures, a group of critics has

Sun rolls out Identity Auditor

2005-01-25 Thread R.A. Hettinga
http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/01/24/04NNsunid_1.html?source=NLC-SEC2005-01-24 InfoWorld Sun rolls out Identity Auditor Software applies identity management for repeatable compliance By Cathleen Moore January 24, 2005 Sun Microsystems (Profile, Products, Articles) this week introduced

PET 2005 Submission deadline approaching (7 Feb) and PET Award (21 Feb)

2005-01-25 Thread R.A. Hettinga
--- begin forwarded text Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sec-lists: ;, anonymity researchers: ;, David Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 15:05:55 + From: George Danezis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PET 2005 Submission deadline approaching (7

Gripes About Airport Security Grow Louder

2005-01-24 Thread R.A. Hettinga
http://online.wsj.com/article_print/0,,SB110661076703534640,00.html The Wall Street Journal January 25, 2005 THE MIDDLE SEAT By SCOTT MCCARTNEY Gripes About Airport Security Grow Louder More Travelers Are Stopped For 'Secondary' Checks; A Missed Flight to Atlanta January 25, 2005

Keeping Your Job Hunt Secret Is Harder Now -- But Here's How to Do It

2005-01-24 Thread R.A. Hettinga
http://online.wsj.com/article_print/0,,SB110661488326134778,00.html The Wall Street Journal January 25, 2005 MANAGING YOUR CAREER Keeping Your Job Hunt Secret Is Harder Now -- But Here's How to Do It By ERIN WHITE Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL January 25, 2005

Walter Wriston

2005-01-24 Thread R.A. Hettinga
http://online.wsj.com/article_print/0,,SB110651946402433460,00.html The Wall Street Journal January 24, 2005 REVIEW OUTLOOK Walter Wriston January 24, 2005; Page A18 One great underlying strength of the modern American economy is its innovative and competitive financial system, and

Commandos Get Duty on U.S. Soil as Antiterror Efforts Expand

2005-01-23 Thread R.A. Hettinga
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/23/national/nationalspecial3/23code.html?th=pagewanted=printposition= The New York Times January 23, 2005 Commandos Get Duty on U.S. Soil as Antiterror Efforts Expand By ERIC SCHMITT WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 - Somewhere in the shadows of the White House and the

Commandos Get Duty on U.S. Soil

2005-01-23 Thread R.A. Hettinga
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/23/national/nationalspecial3/23code.html?ei=5065en=da865789fda33413ex=1107061200partner=MYWAYpagewanted=printposition= The New York Times January 23, 2005 Commandos Get Duty on U.S. Soil By ERIC SCHMITT WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 - Somewhere in the shadows of the

Walter B. Wriston: A Remembrance

2005-01-23 Thread R.A. Hettinga
Wriston was in cryptography in WWII, and was also on of the Neal Stephenson's informants on finance when he was researching Cryptonomicon. If you ever read his stuff during the dot-com years, he sounded pure financial cypherpunk. Cheers, RAH

Walter B. Wriston: A Remembrance

2005-01-22 Thread R.A. Hettinga
Wriston was in cryptography in WWII, and was also on of the Neal Stephenson's informants on finance when he was researching Cryptonomicon. If you ever read his stuff during the dot-com years, he sounded pure financial cypherpunk. Cheers, RAH

Vive le rubber 'ose: 'The Interrogators' and 'Torture': Hard Questions

2005-01-22 Thread R.A. Hettinga
http://nytimes.com/2005/01/23/books/review/23KAPLAN.html?pagewanted=printposition= The New York Times January 23, 2005 'The Interrogators' and 'Torture': Hard Questions By ROBERT D. KAPLAN THE INTERROGATORS Inside the Secret War Against Al Qaeda. By Chris Mackey and Greg Miller.

Airport Screening Gets Smarter

2005-01-21 Thread R.A. Hettinga
http://online.wsj.com/article_print/0,,SB110617670337330699,00.html The Wall Street Journal January 20, 2005 Airport Screening Gets Smarter Government Rolls Out Tests Of Systems to Improve Detection of Explosives By KATHRYN KRANHOLD Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL January 20,

Schneier on Security: Microsoft RC4 Flaw

2005-01-19 Thread R.A. Hettinga
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2005/01/microsoft_rc4_f.html Bruce Schneier Schneier on Security A weblog covering security and security technology. January 18, 2005 Microsoft RC4 Flaw One of the most important rules of stream ciphers is to never use the same keystream to

Microstate: A Mouse Roars

2005-01-19 Thread R.A. Hettinga
http://online.wsj.com/article_print/0,,SB110608639391629354,00.html The Wall Street Journal January 19, 2005 COMMENTARY A Mouse Roars By VLADIMIR KAVARIC January 19, 2005 PODGORICA, Serbia and Montenegro -- Since the publication in 1776 of An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of

Two men plead guilty in online file-sharing case

2005-01-19 Thread R.A. Hettinga
http://www.wstm.com/global/story.asp?s=2831591ClientType=Printable Back Two men plead guilty in online file-sharing case LOS ANGELES A Johnson City man is one of two defendants to plead guilty in Los Angeles to federal charges over the online file-sharing of music, movies and software over

Microstate: A Mouse Roars

2005-01-19 Thread R.A. Hettinga
http://online.wsj.com/article_print/0,,SB110608639391629354,00.html The Wall Street Journal January 19, 2005 COMMENTARY A Mouse Roars By VLADIMIR KAVARIC January 19, 2005 PODGORICA, Serbia and Montenegro -- Since the publication in 1776 of An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of

Webpay system open to voucher fraud

2005-01-18 Thread R.A. Hettinga
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/01/17/webpay_voucher_fraud/print.html The Register Biting the hand that feeds IT The Register » Security » Network Security » Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/01/17/webpay_voucher_fraud/ Webpay system open to voucher fraud By Jan Libbenga

Austrac beefs up for e-crime fight

2005-01-18 Thread R.A. Hettinga
http://australianit.news.com.au/common/print/0,7208,11969712%5E15342%5E%5Enbv%5E15306%2D15319,00.html Australian IT Austrac beefs up for e-crime fight Simon Hayes JANUARY 18, 2005 INTERNET payment systems such as PayPal and e-gold face extra regulation as part of a legislative package designed

Re: Type III Anonymous Message from Antani anonymous remailer

2005-01-18 Thread R.A. Hettinga
At 9:06 PM +0100 1/18/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where are the remailer mail2news gateways still operating? If there are any anymore... This is great. I've been watching, via bittorrent, Lucy Lawless' Warrior Women series. The last episode is about Lozen, the Apache medicine-woman who was

Re: Type III Anonymous Message from Antani anonymous remailer

2005-01-18 Thread R.A. Hettinga
At 9:06 PM +0100 1/18/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where are the remailer mail2news gateways still operating? If there are any anymore... This is great. I've been watching, via bittorrent, Lucy Lawless' Warrior Women series. The last episode is about Lozen, the Apache medicine-woman who was

Texas Instruments to Deliver RFID Solution for MasterCard PayPass

2005-01-17 Thread R.A. Hettinga
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050117/nym042_1.html?printer=1 Yahoo! Finance Search - Finance Home - Yahoo! - Help Financial News Enter symbol(s) Symbol Lookup Press Release Source: Texas Instruments Texas Instruments to Deliver RFID Solution for MasterCard PayPass Monday January 17, 10:00 am

[osint] Women must remove veils in court

2005-01-17 Thread R.A. Hettinga
--- begin forwarded text To: Bruce Tefft [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thread-Index: AcT8kVM6uKgN+znER4yfU7/dhANxFQADXdMw From: Bruce Tefft [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mailing-List: list osint@yahoogroups.com; contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: mailing list osint@yahoogroups.com Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 09:16:05

Internet noise threatens emergency radio

2005-01-17 Thread R.A. Hettinga
Wherein we all might tempest-up in spite of ourselves? Cheers, RAH --- http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn6866print=true New Scientist Internet noise threatens emergency radio 10:31 14 January 2005 Exclusive from New Scientist Print Edition

Emergency Interoperability Consortium Announces Agreement With Department Of Homeland Security

2005-01-17 Thread R.A. Hettinga
http://www.directionsmag.com/press.releases/?duty=Showid=10967trv=1 Directions Magazine Your GIS News Source EMERGENCY INTEROPERABILITY CONSORTIUM ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT WITH DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY TO PROMOTE DATA SHARING DURING January 17, 2005 Company: E Team, Inc. Industry:

Re: Spotting Trouble Identifying Faltering and Failing States (1997)

2005-01-17 Thread R.A. Hettinga
At 12:02 PM -0800 1/17/05, James A. Donald wrote: After the unpleasant experience of nation bulding in Iraq, I hope that for the next round, he will stick to nation destruction. Amen. All we really needed was a quick fly-by and reformat, and let Allah sort 'em out, on a grand tour of the um,

Re: Spotting Trouble Identifying Faltering and Failing States (1997)

2005-01-17 Thread R.A. Hettinga
At 4:34 PM -0500 1/17/05, R.A. Hettinga wrote: Tommy had only a small sip of the Kool-Aide, and apparently, ^h ^^saw the colors... but tried to cut it with a whole *vat* full of tanker-piss... I hate it when that happens... Cheers, RAH -- - R

ShmooCon. 2005. No moose. We swear.

2005-01-17 Thread R.A. Hettinga
http://www.shmoocon.org/schedule.html Day 1 - Feb 4 Time Break It! Build It! BoF It! 1500 Registration 1600 Opening Remarks, Yet-Another-Rant, and Your Pre-Con Pep-Talk Bruce Potter The Shmoo Group 1700 IDS Gone Bad Cazz The Shmoo Group 1800 The Clue

Re: Spotting Trouble Identifying Faltering and Failing States (1997)

2005-01-17 Thread R.A. Hettinga
At 12:02 PM -0800 1/17/05, James A. Donald wrote: After the unpleasant experience of nation bulding in Iraq, I hope that for the next round, he will stick to nation destruction. Amen. All we really needed was a quick fly-by and reformat, and let Allah sort 'em out, on a grand tour of the um,

Internet noise threatens emergency radio

2005-01-17 Thread R.A. Hettinga
Wherein we all might tempest-up in spite of ourselves? Cheers, RAH --- http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn6866print=true New Scientist Internet noise threatens emergency radio 10:31 14 January 2005 Exclusive from New Scientist Print Edition

Re: Spotting Trouble Identifying Faltering and Failing States (1997)

2005-01-17 Thread R.A. Hettinga
At 4:34 PM -0500 1/17/05, R.A. Hettinga wrote: Tommy had only a small sip of the Kool-Aide, and apparently, ^h ^^saw the colors... but tried to cut it with a whole *vat* full of tanker-piss... I hate it when that happens... Cheers, RAH -- - R

Re: panix.com hijacked

2005-01-16 Thread R.A. Hettinga
--- begin forwarded text Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2005 07:08:24 + (GMT) From: Christopher L. Morrow [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: panix.com hijacked To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Henry Yen [EMAIL

Re: Carnivore No More

2005-01-16 Thread R.A. Hettinga
At 12:31 AM +0100 1/16/05, Eugen Leitl wrote: it is believed that unspecified commercial surveillance tools are employed now. It was always AGGroup's Skyline package to begin with. The FBI is like NASA. They never build anything, and take all the credit. Cheers, RAH -- --

Re: panix.com hijacked

2005-01-16 Thread R.A. Hettinga
--- begin forwarded text Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2005 07:08:24 + (GMT) From: Christopher L. Morrow [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: panix.com hijacked To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Henry Yen [EMAIL

Re: panix.com hijacked

2005-01-16 Thread R.A. Hettinga
--- begin forwarded text Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2005 01:32:46 -0500 From: Henry Yen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Mark Jeftovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: panix.com hijacked

Re: Carnivore No More

2005-01-15 Thread R.A. Hettinga
At 12:31 AM +0100 1/16/05, Eugen Leitl wrote: it is believed that unspecified commercial surveillance tools are employed now. It was always AGGroup's Skyline package to begin with. The FBI is like NASA. They never build anything, and take all the credit. Cheers, RAH -- --

Driver's license scandals raise national security worries

2005-01-15 Thread R.A. Hettinga
http://www.nynewsday.com/news/local/state/ny-bc-ct--illegallicenses0115jan15,0,6884979,print.story?coll=ny-region-apconnecticut Driver's license scandals raise national security worries By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN Associated Press Writer January 15, 2005, 5:30 PM EST BRIDGEPORT, Conn. --

Re: Brin needs killing, XIIV

2005-01-14 Thread R.A. Hettinga
At 10:05 AM +0100 1/14/05, Eugen Leitl wrote: Brin needs killing, XIIV er, Eleventy Four? Fifteen the hard way? ;-) Cheers, RAH Who was backhanded once for calling Brin a statist in public... -- - R. A. Hettinga mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Internet Bearer Underwriting

Do You Own Yourself?

2005-01-14 Thread R.A. Hettinga
http://www.lawfulpath.com/ref/ownyourself.shtml The Lawful Path Do You Own Yourself? by Butler Shaffer One of my favorite quotations comes from Thomas Pynchon: If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don´t have to worry about answers. Our world is in the mess it is in today

US slaps on the wardriver-busting paint

2005-01-14 Thread R.A. Hettinga
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/01/13/wi_fi_paint/print.html The Register Biting the hand that feeds IT The Register » Security » Network Security » Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/01/13/wi_fi_paint/ US slaps on the wardriver-busting paint By Lester Haines (lester.haines

Isle of Man welcomes US online punters

2005-01-14 Thread R.A. Hettinga
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/01/13/isle_man_gambling/print.html The Register Biting the hand that feeds IT The Register » Internet and Law » eCommerce » Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/01/13/isle_man_gambling/ Isle of Man welcomes US online punters By Lester Haines

Sun creates worlds smallest SSL Web server

2005-01-14 Thread R.A. Hettinga
http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=38DE2210-C6D9-4A59-B84F-98588FA24962 - Computer Business Review Sun creates world's smallest SSL Web server Sun Microsystems Inc has created what can truly be called a microsystem. The tiny server, nicknamed Sizzle (from Slim SSL), is the size and

Hanging the Pirates

2005-01-14 Thread R.A. Hettinga
http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2005/0131/096_print.html Forbes Security Hanging the Pirates 01.31.05 Paul Kocher has a way to save Hollywood from illegal copying. Over the past few months top brass from Hollywood and Japan's consumer electronics giants have been hashing out their futures in

Victor Davis Hanson: Triangulating the War

2005-01-14 Thread R.A. Hettinga
The best book I read this year was Hanson's Carnage and Culture. Recommend it highly. Cheers, RAH http://www.nationalreview.com/script/printpage.asp?ref=/hanson/hanson200501140730.asp Victor Davis Hanson The National Review January 14, 2005, 7:30 a.m. Triangulating the War

Police Worried About New Vest-Penetrating Gun

2005-01-14 Thread R.A. Hettinga
http://www.wnbc.com/print/4075959/detail.html wnbc.com Police Worried About New Vest-Penetrating Gun NEW YORK -- There is a nationwide alert to members of law enforcement regarding a new kind of handgun which can render a bulletproof vest useless, as first reported by NewsChannel 4's Scott

Terrorism as an Excuse

2005-01-14 Thread R.A. Hettinga
http://www.nationalreview.com/script/printpage.asp?ref=/comment/lott200501140924.asp The National Review January 14, 2005, 9:24 a.m. Terrorism as an Excuse Another CBS campaign. By John R. Lott Jr. Who could oppose laws preventing terrorists from getting guns? Obviously no one. But it would be

Spotting Trouble Identifying Faltering and Failing States (1997)

2005-01-14 Thread R.A. Hettinga
Click the link for the couple of tables referenced in the text. Cheers, RAH http://www.nwc.navy.mil/press/Review/1997/spring/art4sp97.htm Naval War College Spotting Trouble Identifying Faltering and Failing States Richard J. Norton and James F. Miskel In the past several years,

Feral Cities

2005-01-14 Thread R.A. Hettinga
http://www.nwc.navy.mil/press/Review/2003/Autumn/art6-a03.htm Norton FERAL CITIES Richard J. Norton Imagine a great metropolis covering hundreds of square miles. Once a vital component in a national economy, this sprawling urban environment is now a vast collection of blighted buildings,

FBI Keeping Records on Pre-9/11 Travelers

2005-01-14 Thread R.A. Hettinga
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050115/D87K6FAG3.html My Way News FBI Keeping Records on Pre-9/11 Travelers Jan 14, 7:45 PM (ET) By LESLIE MILLER WASHINGTON (AP) - If you're among the millions of Americans who took airline flights in the months before the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist

Re: Brin needs killing, XIIV

2005-01-14 Thread R.A. Hettinga
At 10:05 AM +0100 1/14/05, Eugen Leitl wrote: Brin needs killing, XIIV er, Eleventy Four? Fifteen the hard way? ;-) Cheers, RAH Who was backhanded once for calling Brin a statist in public... -- - R. A. Hettinga mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Internet Bearer Underwriting

Police Worried About New Vest-Penetrating Gun

2005-01-14 Thread R.A. Hettinga
http://www.wnbc.com/print/4075959/detail.html wnbc.com Police Worried About New Vest-Penetrating Gun NEW YORK -- There is a nationwide alert to members of law enforcement regarding a new kind of handgun which can render a bulletproof vest useless, as first reported by NewsChannel 4's Scott

Ridge Wants Fingerprints in Passports

2005-01-13 Thread R.A. Hettinga
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/13/politics/13fingerprint.html?oref=loginpagewanted=printposition= The New York Times January 13, 2005 Ridge Wants Fingerprints in Passports By MATTHEW L. WALD WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 - The United States should issue passports that include a full set of the bearer's

Blue Iraq: Local Experts in Global Communications

2005-01-13 Thread R.A. Hettinga
I expect a few cypherpunks will know the founder of blueiraq... Cheers, RAH (who wonders who's running rediraq.com... ;-)) -- http://blueiraq.com/iraq/index.html Blue Iraq Local Experts in Global Communications about Blue Iraq | Products and Services | Technology and Networks | Iraq FAQ |

Altnet trying to 'mug' companies

2005-01-13 Thread R.A. Hettinga
http://p2pnet.net/story/3542 p2pnet.net - the original daily p2p and digital media news site Altnet trying to 'mug' companies Jay Flemma p2pnet.net News:- Entertainment lawyer Jay Flemma doesn't believe Altnet's circular email campaign to p2p companies in a bid to get them to license

Florida man faces bioweapon charge

2005-01-13 Thread R.A. Hettinga
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/01/13/ricin.arrest/ CNN Florida man faces bioweapon charge FBI says accused had poison ricin and several weapons Thursday, January 13, 2005 Posted: 7:00 PM EST ( GMT) MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- An Ocala, Florida, man was arrested by the FBI after they found the

Blue Iraq: Local Experts in Global Communications

2005-01-13 Thread R.A. Hettinga
I expect a few cypherpunks will know the founder of blueiraq... Cheers, RAH (who wonders who's running rediraq.com... ;-)) -- http://blueiraq.com/iraq/index.html Blue Iraq Local Experts in Global Communications about Blue Iraq | Products and Services | Technology and Networks | Iraq FAQ |

Effort to Speed Airport Security Is Going Private

2005-01-12 Thread R.A. Hettinga
http://online.wsj.com/article_print/0,,SB110549106703823542,00.html The Wall Street Journal January 12, 2005 Effort to Speed Airport Security Is Going Private Move Aims to Expand Program That Preregisters People Who Travel Frequently By AMY SCHATZ Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET

The Secret Lives of Just About Everybody

2005-01-11 Thread R.A. Hettinga
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/11/health/psychology/11secr.html?pagewanted=printposition= The New York Times January 11, 2005 The Secret Lives of Just About Everybody By BENEDICT CAREY One mislaid credit card bill or a single dangling e-mail message on the home computer would have ended

Simple snoop-proof email launched

2005-01-11 Thread R.A. Hettinga
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn6865print=true New Scientist Simple snoop-proof email launched 16:04 11 January 2005 NewScientist.com news service Will Knight Software that aims to make encrypted email communications simple enough

Momentum Is Gaining for Cellphones as Credit Cards

2005-01-10 Thread R.A. Hettinga
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/10/technology/10cellphone.html?th=pagewanted=printposition= The New York Times January 10, 2005 Momentum Is Gaining for Cellphones as Credit Cards By MATT RICHTEL eople already use their cellphones to read e-mail messages, take pictures and play video games.

A new license fee for every smart card?

2005-01-10 Thread R.A. Hettinga
http://www.cr80news.com/library/2005/01/10/a-new-license-fee-for-every-smart-card/ : CR80 News A new license fee for every smart card? Monday, January 10 2005 Cyptography Research asks chip or card manufacturers to pay for use of its patented security measures In the late 1990s, a scare tore

Should Anarchists Take State Money?

2005-01-10 Thread R.A. Hettinga
http://www.mises.org/blog/archives/002945.asp Mises Economics Blog January 10, 2005 Should Anarchists Take State Money? by Robert Murphy A discussion on a private email list brought up a familiar topic: When is it permissible for self-described anarchists (let's restrict ourselves here to

Police seek missing trucker, nickels

2005-01-09 Thread R.A. Hettinga
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0501090059jan09,1,3129779,print.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed The Chicago Tribune Police seek missing trucker, nickels Advertisement Items compiled from Tribune news services January 9, 2005 MIAMI, FLORIDA -- A truck driver has

[ShmooCon-News] Saturday night's con

2005-01-09 Thread R.A. Hettinga
--- begin forwarded text Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 10:38:03 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ShmooCon-News] Saturday night's con Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Saturday night's fun has basically been finalized,

Re: Police seek missing trucker, nickels

2005-01-09 Thread R.A. Hettinga
At 5:10 PM -0500 1/9/05, Pete Capelli wrote: Millions of micropayments lost? Billions. Billions. :-). Cheers, RAH -- - R. A. Hettinga mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation http://www.ibuc.com/ 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA ...

Schneier to Speak to Boston CPCU (Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter) Society

2005-01-09 Thread R.A. Hettinga
http://www.licatakelleher.com/NewsPage.html LicataandKelleherHome 137 South Street, Suite 3 Boston, MA 02111-2838 617-451-2140 x312 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Security Consultant Bruce Schneier to Speak in Boston on January 20, 2005 Bruce Schneier, Founder and Chief Technical Officer of Counterpane

E-purse and e-gate facility at airport soon

2005-01-09 Thread R.A. Hettinga
http://www.timesofoman.com/print.asp?newsid=9352 Times of Oman - Local News (Monday, January 10, 2005) E-purse and e-gate facility at airport soon By Adarsh Madhavan MUSCAT - Oman will be introducing a host of applications on the smart card, or the national identity card, soon. A top

RE: Police seek missing trucker, nickels

2005-01-09 Thread R.A. Hettinga
At 3:05 PM -0800 1/9/05, Bill Stewart wrote: Micropayments, of course :-) *Bearer* micropayments... :-) Cheers, RAH -- - R. A. Hettinga mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation http://www.ibuc.com/ 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA ...

Re: Police seek missing trucker, nickels

2005-01-09 Thread R.A. Hettinga
At 5:10 PM -0500 1/9/05, Pete Capelli wrote: Millions of micropayments lost? Billions. Billions. :-). Cheers, RAH -- - R. A. Hettinga mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation http://www.ibuc.com/ 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA ...

RE: Police seek missing trucker, nickels

2005-01-09 Thread R.A. Hettinga
At 3:05 PM -0800 1/9/05, Bill Stewart wrote: Micropayments, of course :-) *Bearer* micropayments... :-) Cheers, RAH -- - R. A. Hettinga mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation http://www.ibuc.com/ 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA ...

[ISN] SSL VPNs Will Grow 54% A Year, Become Defacto Access Standard: Report

2005-01-07 Thread R.A. Hettinga
--- begin forwarded text Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 06:41:49 -0600 (CST) From: InfoSec News [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: isn@attrition.org Subject: [ISN] SSL VPNs Will Grow 54% A Year, Become Defacto Access Standard: Report Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[fc-announce] FC05 registration to open next week

2005-01-07 Thread R.A. Hettinga
--- begin forwarded text User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/11.1.0.040913 From: Stuart E. Schechter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [fc-announce] FC05 registration to open next week Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2005 11:00:54 -0500 Registration for Financial

[osint] All Charges Are Dismissed in Spy Case Tied to FBI

2005-01-07 Thread R.A. Hettinga
A little spy-porn... Cheers, RAH --- begin forwarded text To: Bruce Tefft [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thread-Index: AcT0t++lIBQbqlCJT0mOlbNcWsJnqgACh7RA From: Bruce Tefft [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mailing-List: list osint@yahoogroups.com; contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: mailing list

Atom demo fixes quantum errors

2005-01-07 Thread R.A. Hettinga
http://www.alwayson-network.com/comments.php?id=7746_0_6_0_C Always On Atom demo fixes quantum errors TRN NewsTeam | TRN [] | POSTED: 01.07.05 @09:47 Although quantum computers promise fantastic speed for certain types of very large problems, the logical components of quantum computers --

TSA: Tests going well for Secure Flight

2005-01-07 Thread R.A. Hettinga
http://www.cnn.com/2005/TRAVEL/01/07/passenger.screening.ap/index.html CNN TSA: Tests going well for Secure Flight Friday, January 7, 2005 Posted: 11:21 AM EST (1621 GMT) WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government has begun testing a computerized screening system that compares airline passengers'

[osint] All Charges Are Dismissed in Spy Case Tied to FBI

2005-01-07 Thread R.A. Hettinga
A little spy-porn... Cheers, RAH --- begin forwarded text To: Bruce Tefft [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thread-Index: AcT0t++lIBQbqlCJT0mOlbNcWsJnqgACh7RA From: Bruce Tefft [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mailing-List: list osint@yahoogroups.com; contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: mailing list

Ready, Aim, ID Check: In Wrong Hands, Gun Won't Fire

2005-01-06 Thread R.A. Hettinga
Ah... Book-entry to the trigger. The ganglia, as the man said, twitch. Whole new meaning to digital rights management. Cheers, RAH --- http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/06/technology/circuits/06next.html?ei=5090en=7ca4c9e3073fef12ex=1262754000partner=rssuserlandpagewanted=printposition= The

DIMACS Workshop on Information Markets, NJ Feb 2-4 2005

2005-01-06 Thread R.A. Hettinga
--- begin forwarded text Delivered-To: cryptography@metzdowd.com Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 11:11:50 -0500 (EST) From: Linda Casals [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], cryptography@metzdowd.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED],

Clean Money, Dirty Conscience: Are some Americans guilty of banking while Muslim?

2005-01-06 Thread R.A. Hettinga
http://www.reason.com/links/links122804.shtml Reason magazine December 28, 2004 Clean Money, Dirty Conscience Are some Americans guilty of banking while Muslim? Jeff Taylor The headline grabbing quirkiness of Yasser Arafat's investment in the American bowling industry demonstrates that

Ready, Aim, ID Check: In Wrong Hands, Gun Won't Fire

2005-01-06 Thread R.A. Hettinga
Ah... Book-entry to the trigger. The ganglia, as the man said, twitch. Whole new meaning to digital rights management. Cheers, RAH --- http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/06/technology/circuits/06next.html?ei=5090en=7ca4c9e3073fef12ex=1262754000partner=rssuserlandpagewanted=printposition= The

Globalization and 'Contract Culture'

2005-01-05 Thread R.A. Hettinga
http://www.techcentralstation.com/010505A.html Tech Central Station Globalization and 'Contract Culture' By Christopher Lingle Published 01/05/2005 It is obvious that the process of globalization inspires great disagreement concerning its nature and impact. Despite acts of terrorism and

Re: FreeBSD's urandom versus random

2005-01-05 Thread R.A. Hettinga
--- begin forwarded text Delivered-To: cryptography@metzdowd.com To: Ian G [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: cryptography@metzdowd.com Subject: Re: FreeBSD's urandom versus random From: Perry E. Metzger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2005 18:08:31 -0500 User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6)

California Bans a Large-Caliber Gun, and the Battle Is On

2005-01-04 Thread R.A. Hettinga
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/04/national/04guns.html?th=pagewanted=printposition= The New York Times January 4, 2005 California Bans a Large-Caliber Gun, and the Battle Is On By CAROLYN MARSHALL AN FRANCISCO, Jan. 3 - California has become the first state to ban a powerful .50-caliber

The Genius and Struggle of PayPal

2005-01-04 Thread R.A. Hettinga
--- begin forwarded text Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Mises Daily Article [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mises Daily Article [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: The Genius and Struggle of PayPal Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 09:19:54 -0500 Mailing-List: contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mises.org/articles.aspx

Conspiracy Theory O' The Day

2005-01-04 Thread R.A. Hettinga
--- begin forwarded text Delivered-To: cryptography@metzdowd.com Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2005 15:30:19 +0530 To: cryptography@metzdowd.com From: Udhay Shankar N [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Conspiracy Theory O' The Day Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I just got a batch of spam: perfectly justified blocks of

Re: Conspiracy Theory O' The Day

2005-01-04 Thread R.A. Hettinga
--- begin forwarded text Delivered-To: cryptography@metzdowd.com Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2005 15:41:12 -0500 From: John Denker [EMAIL PROTECTED] User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20041007 Debian/1.7.3-5 To: Udhay Shankar N [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc:

E-mails can have 'explosive' impact in court cases

2005-01-04 Thread R.A. Hettinga
http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/business/10385104.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp Posted on Fri, Dec. 10, 2004 E-mails can have 'explosive' impact in court cases By TRICIA BISHOP The Baltimore Sun Brian L. Moffet said he saw the writing on the wall about three years

New computerized passport raises safety concerns

2005-01-04 Thread R.A. Hettinga
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/business/technology/10556269.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp Posted on Mon, Jan. 03, 2005 New computerized passport raises safety concerns By Kristi Heim Seattle Times When traveling abroad these days, most Americans probably wouldn't

Why HDTV Hasn't Arrived In Many Homes

2005-01-04 Thread R.A. Hettinga
http://online.wsj.com/public/article_print/0,,SB110488131948416964,00.html The Wall Street Journal January 5, 2005 TELECOMMUNICATIONS Why HDTV Hasn't Arrived In Many Homes By SARAH MCBRIDE, PHRED DVORAK and DON CLARK Staff Reporters of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL January 5, 2005 Eric

California Bans a Large-Caliber Gun, and the Battle Is On

2005-01-04 Thread R.A. Hettinga
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/04/national/04guns.html?th=pagewanted=printposition= The New York Times January 4, 2005 California Bans a Large-Caliber Gun, and the Battle Is On By CAROLYN MARSHALL AN FRANCISCO, Jan. 3 - California has become the first state to ban a powerful .50-caliber

How to Build a Global Internet Tsunami Warning System in a Month

2005-01-03 Thread R.A. Hettinga
http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20041230.html PBS: I, Cringely -- The Pulpit How to Build a Global Internet Tsunami Warning System in a Month By Robert X. Cringely A friend of mine is missing in southern Asia. She isn't missing in the sense that anyone saw her swept away by this

Re: Talking Back to Power: China's 'Haves' Stir the 'Have Nots' to Violence

2005-01-03 Thread R.A. Hettinga
At 9:37 AM -0600 1/1/05, Neil Johnson wrote: I'm not really RAH, but I play him on cypherpunks ;-) Except that he doesn't post cryptosocialist luddite leveller blather, except in jest, and at least he puts angle brackets around his links so they don't break, viz,

Re: Talking Back to Power: China's 'Haves' Stir the 'Have Nots' to Violence

2005-01-02 Thread R.A. Hettinga
At 9:37 AM -0600 1/1/05, Neil Johnson wrote: I'm not really RAH, but I play him on cypherpunks ;-) Except that he doesn't post cryptosocialist luddite leveller blather, except in jest, and at least he puts angle brackets around his links so they don't break, viz,

Korean Online Banks Will Be Liable for 'Hacking' Damages in 2006

2004-12-31 Thread R.A. Hettinga
--- begin forwarded text Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 04:30:34 -0600 (CST) From: InfoSec News [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: isn@attrition.org Subject: [ISN] Online Banks Will Be Liable for 'Hacking' Damages in 2006 Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

As Investigations Proliferate, Big Banks Feel Under the Gun

2004-12-30 Thread R.A. Hettinga
http://online.wsj.com/article_print/0,,SB110436575482112446,00.html The Wall Street Journal December 30, 2004 PAGE ONE Checking Accounts As Investigations Proliferate, Big Banks Feel Under the Gun Links to Cash-Transfer Firms Raise Troubling Questions About Money Laundering A Probe

The story of Aldrich Ames and Robert Hanssen--from the KGB's point of view.

2004-12-30 Thread R.A. Hettinga
http://www.opinionjournal.com/la/?id=110006088 OpinionJournal WSJ Online BOOKSHELF The Man Who Stole the Secrets The story of Aldrich Ames and Robert Hanssen--from the KGB's point of view. BY EDWARD JAY EPSTEIN Thursday, December 30, 2004 12:01 a.m. EST Recently a number of former CIA

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