Re: zombied ypherpunks (Re: Email Certification?)

2005-05-08 Thread Steve Thompson
--- Anonymous [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And then, of course, in the off chance they can't actually break the message under that flag, they can merely send a guy out with binoculars or whatever. Don't forget about rubber-hose cryptanlysis. Rumour has it that method is preferred in

Re: zombied ypherpunks (Re: Email Certification?)

2005-05-08 Thread Steve Thompson
--- Anonymous [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And then, of course, in the off chance they can't actually break the message under that flag, they can merely send a guy out with binoculars or whatever. Don't forget about rubber-hose cryptanlysis. Rumour has it that method is preferred in

RE: zombied ypherpunks (Re: Email Certification?)

2005-05-03 Thread Steve Thompson
--- Tyler Durden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, they could just tune in on Echelon, which really seems to be reality. There is no need for infinite resources to do such a thing. Echelon ain't a radio, and not all members of TLAs have access. Indeed, you can be damn sure that they are very

Re: zombied ypherpunks (Re: Email Certification?)

2005-05-03 Thread Anonymous
And then, of course, in the off chance they can't actually break the message under that flag, they can merely send a guy out with binoculars or whatever. Don't forget about rubber-hose cryptanlysis. Rumour has it that method is preferred in many cases since it makes the code-breakers

RE: zombied ypherpunks (Re: Email Certification?)

2005-05-02 Thread Ola Bini
At 17:43 2005-04-29, you wrote: Eh...for email you may have a point, but I'm not 100% convinced. In other words, say they want to monitor your email account. Do you really believe they are going to tap all major nodes and then filter all the traffic just to get your email? ... Well, they could

RE: zombied ypherpunks (Re: Email Certification?)

2005-05-02 Thread Tyler Durden
Well, they could just tune in on Echelon, which really seems to be reality. There is no need for infinite resources to do such a thing. Echelon ain't a radio, and not all members of TLAs have access. Indeed, you can be damn sure that they are very careful to NOT share a lot of the

RE: zombied ypherpunks (Re: Email Certification?)

2005-05-02 Thread Ola Bini
At 16:10 2005-05-02, you wrote: Here is the fundamental misunderstanding. Your email is no account. There are no place where your account is stored. The only thing that exists is an endpoint, where you receive your mail. Before the mail reaches that point, its's just TCP-packets on the wire.

RE: zombied ypherpunks (Re: Email Certification?)

2005-05-02 Thread Ola Bini
At 17:43 2005-04-29, you wrote: Eh...for email you may have a point, but I'm not 100% convinced. In other words, say they want to monitor your email account. Do you really believe they are going to tap all major nodes and then filter all the traffic just to get your email? ... Well, they could

RE: zombied ypherpunks (Re: Email Certification?)

2005-04-29 Thread Tyler Durden
From: Morlock Elloi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: zombied ypherpunks (Re: Email Certification?) Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 12:17:53 -0700 (PDT) I'm still having trouble understanding your threat model. Just assume braindeath and it becomes obvious. No tla with any dignity left would

RE: zombied ypherpunks (Re: Email Certification?)

2005-04-29 Thread Shawn K. Quinn
On Fri, 2005-04-29 at 11:43 -0400, Tyler Durden wrote: Look...a little tiny yap yap dog can often scare off a bigger dog or animal by making it clear that any interaction's going to suck. For some reason I'm reminded of the old tagline: YIP! YIP! YAP! YIP! YAP! *BANG* [EMAIL PROTECTED] NO

RE: zombied ypherpunks (Re: Email Certification?)

2005-04-29 Thread Tyler Durden
From: Morlock Elloi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: zombied ypherpunks (Re: Email Certification?) Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 12:17:53 -0700 (PDT) I'm still having trouble understanding your threat model. Just assume braindeath and it becomes obvious. No tla with any dignity left would

RE: zombied ypherpunks (Re: Email Certification?)

2005-04-29 Thread Shawn K. Quinn
On Fri, 2005-04-29 at 11:43 -0400, Tyler Durden wrote: Look...a little tiny yap yap dog can often scare off a bigger dog or animal by making it clear that any interaction's going to suck. For some reason I'm reminded of the old tagline: YIP! YIP! YAP! YIP! YAP! *BANG* [EMAIL PROTECTED] NO

zombied ypherpunks (Re: Email Certification?)

2005-04-28 Thread Morlock Elloi
I'm still having trouble understanding your threat model. Just assume braindeath and it becomes obvious. No tla with any dignity left would bother e-mail providers or try to get your password. All it need to do is fill gforms and get access to tapped traffic at major nodes (say, 20 in US is