Re: Email tapping by ISPs, forwarder addresses, and crypto proxies

2004-07-24 Thread Riad S. Wahby
"Major Variola (ret)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Back when the protocols were unprotected... much like the 'net today :-) Hell, as recently as three years ago the pay phones in Boston could still be red boxed. It may actually still be possible---I haven't tried in a while. Haven't done it here

Re: Email tapping by ISPs, forwarder addresses, and crypto proxies

2004-07-24 Thread J.A. Terranson
On Sat, 24 Jul 2004, Major Variola (ret) wrote: > There might be blind cypherpunks, we don't discriminate[1], There Is No We. > [1] the original phone phreaks were blind, This is a ridiculous statement, and even worse, leaks information about your nym: [young enough to have not been there]. Y

Re: Texas oil refineries, a White Van, and Al Qaeda

2004-07-24 Thread Peter Gutmann
"Tyler Durden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >*: A year or two ago someone posted about the blow up of Texas City back in >the early 1950s. 1947. >Apparently, some kind of tanker hit something else and set of a chain >reaction killing thousands and wiping out the town After several earlier event

Re: Texas oil refineries, a White Van, and Al Qaeda

2004-07-24 Thread Peter Gutmann
Justin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >HOUSTON (Reuters) - Law enforcement officials said on Monday they are looking >for a man seen taking pictures of two refineries in Texas City, Texas. At Usenix Security a few years back, we [a bunch of random security people, most of whom were foreign nationals

Re: Email tapping by ISPs, forwarder addresses, and crypto proxies

2004-07-24 Thread J.A. Terranson
On Sat, 24 Jul 2004, Riad S. Wahby wrote: > for free. You just have to start pulse dialing with the hook before the > autodialer kicks in; The easier way is to wait for the retard to answer, then curse at them. They'll hang up, and in ~60 seconds you'll be back to a dial tone, and the dialer w

Re: Email tapping by ISPs, forwarder addresses, and crypto proxies

2004-07-24 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 09:47 PM 7/23/04 -0500, J.A. Terranson wrote: >> What I meant was, Ames and that FBI dude Hansen (sp?), at least the KGB >> got Ames' wife as part of the package, whereas the FBI CI dude >> let his wife off as part of the deal he cut. Nice xian that he was, he >> was into strippers. > >Aren't w

LMAO

2004-07-24 Thread Major Variola (ret)
Working for a major Kiretsu, I learn that a certain keypress sequence during boot enables SSH. Security by obscurity, baby. Never heard of Mr. Kirchoff? Undocumented backdoor feature, baby. LMAO, yours, MV

Re: Why there is no anonymous e-cash

2004-07-24 Thread Thomas Shaddack
On Mon, 19 Jul 2004, James A. Donald wrote: > As I predicted, transactions are increasingly going on line. > > And as Hettinga predicted, the more anonymous and irreversible the > transaction service, the cheaper and more convenient its services. > All happening as predicted. > > So why don'

As Cash Fades, America Becomes A Plastic Nation

2004-07-24 Thread R. A. Hettinga
The Wall Street Journal July 23, 2004 PAGE ONE Paper Losses As Cash Fades, America Becomes A Plastic Nation Even State Troopers Accept Credit and Debit Cards; McDonald's Capitulation A Swiper for Church Donors By JA

Got Osama?

2004-07-24 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 12:40 PM 7/23/04 +0200, Thomas Shaddack wrote: >On Thu, 22 Jul 2004, Major Variola (ret) wrote: > >> My point is only that they will be killed should they leak their >> actual capabilities. > >Well... I am reading a book about intelligence now. Specifically, "Ernst >Volkman: Spies - the secret a

Re: LMAO

2004-07-24 Thread J.A. Terranson
On Fri, 23 Jul 2004, Major Variola (ret) wrote: > Working for a major Kiretsu, I learn that a certain keypress sequence > during boot enables SSH. Security by obscurity, baby. Never > heard of Mr. Kirchoff? Funny use of his laws, but apropos. -- Yours, J.A. Terranson [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Email tapping by ISPs, forwarder addresses, and crypto proxies

2004-07-24 Thread J.A. Terranson
On Thu, 22 Jul 2004, Major Variola (ret) wrote: > >Undersea taps are hard. No matter how you figure it. > > You think subs are just toys? Yes. Big ass toys for a bunch of boyz without brainz :-) And remember, "Ivy Bells" technology won't work here. That aside, I'm not arguing that it is un-d