Re: Reverse Palladium?

2005-07-13 Thread cypherpunk
On 7/12/05, Tyler Durden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How secure can I make a Java sandbox from the rest of the network I'm on? > Can I make it so that my network administrator can't see what I'm typing? In > other words, a secure environment that's sitting on an insecure machine. Although you ask

Attack on Brands blind signature

2005-07-12 Thread cypherpunk
eprint.iacr.org/2005/186 is an attack by Xuesheng Zhong on several blind signature schemes, including one widely discussed on the Cypherpunks mailing list back in the 1990s by Stefan Brands. The paper seems to show that it is possible for the bank/mint to recognize blind signatures (i.e. untraceabl

Re: /. [Dissidents Seeking Anonymous Web Solutions?]

2005-05-19 Thread cypherpunk
> Link: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/05/13/0250226 >[1]DocMurphy asks: "I'm working with some dissidents who are looking >for ways to use the Internet from within repressive regimes. Many have >in-home Internet access, but think it too risky to participate in >pro-freedom a

Re: Len Adleman (of R,S, and A): Universities need a little Limbaugh

2005-05-19 Thread cypherpunk
> Now before you label me as a right-wing ideologue, let me present my > credentials as a centrist. Limbaugh has well-known positions on the > following issues: abortion, capital punishment, affirmative action, prayer > in school, gun control, the Iraq war. I disagree with him on half of these. A

Re: [IP] Real ID = National ID (fwd from dave@farber.net)

2005-05-10 Thread cypherpunk
We already have de facto national ID in the form of our state driver's licenses. They are accepted at face value at all 50 states as well as by the federal government. Real ID would rationalize the issuing procedures and require a certain minimum of verification. Without it we have security that is

Re: [Politech] Passport RFID tracking: a between-the-lines read [priv] (fwd from declan@well.com)

2005-05-10 Thread cypherpunk
A Politech article forwarded email from a liar named <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >From the EE-Times, a between the lines look at the future of RFID tracking: > > re: E-passport makers hail U.S. retreat > > Junko Yoshida [FAIR USE] > EE Times > (04/29/2005 1:38 PM EDT) > > PARIS - Global electronic p

Re: Zero knowledge( a>b )

2005-05-10 Thread cypherpunk
On 5/9/05, Sarad AV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If user A has the integer a and user B has the integer > b, can a zero knowledge proof be developed to show > that a>b,ahttp://www.cs.huji.ac.il/labs/danss/Fairplay/ CP

Re: Pi: Less Random Than We Thought

2005-05-04 Thread cypherpunk
>[1]Autoversicherung writes "Physicists including Purdue's Ephraim >Fischbach have completed a study [2]comparing the 'randomness' in pi >to that produced by 30 software random-number generators and one >chaos-generating physical machine. After conducting several tests, >they ha

Re: EncFS

2005-04-29 Thread cypherpunk
A remailer posted about EncFS. Gerow quoted the first paragraph and added the criticism that it doesn't do locking. Dixon saw the quoted first paragraph, which said that the link to the program was "below". And indeed, it was below, in the first message from the remailer. It included this link, htt

Re: [Politech] Thumbprinting visitors at the Statue of Liberty (fwd from declan@well.com)

2005-04-29 Thread cypherpunk
> Matthew's snapshots: one > (http://www.boingboing.net/images/Liberty-Locker-Thumbs-2.jpg), two > (http://www.boingboing.net/images/Liberty-Locker-Thumbs1.jpg). If this were really as much of a conspiracy as people are making it out to be, wouldn't it make sense to ask for THUMB prints? that's wh

Re: [IP] more on Privacy tip: be wary of Google's "personal history" feature [priv] (fwd from dave@farber.net)

2005-04-29 Thread cypherpunk
The question is, with regard to Google, does turning "personal history" on or off make a difference in what records they keep about your searches? Obviously if it's on they do keep records, but if you disable it or never turn it on, does that mean that they don't keep records? http://www.google.co

Re: Email Certification?

2005-04-27 Thread cypherpunk
On 4/27/05, Tyler Durden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hum. > > Can anyone figure out a way to determine if one's hotmail, etc...has been > looked at or not? By whom? Someone at hotmail, or someone who got your password and logged in as you? Hotmail shows mail that has already been viewed in a di

Re: Modifed IRS 1040 form

2005-04-18 Thread cypherpunk
On 4/12/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Slightly IRS forms that enable filers to legally (according to Sullivan vs. > U.S. and subsequent Supreme Court rulings), and innocously, assert their 5th > Amendment privilege against self-incrimination on a line-item basis have been >

Re: CFP: What the Hack '05 and Blind Signature Expiration Party

2005-04-14 Thread cypherpunk
On 4/8/05, Lucky Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > U.S. Patent 4,759,063 "Blind Signature Systems" will expire on July 19, > 2005. A Tuesday. Since no patent litigator will consider litigating on a > Monday morning over patent infringement for a patent that expires the next > day, it appears safe

Re: Rebalanced-RSA-CRT

2005-04-11 Thread cypherpunk
On Apr 7, 2005 10:13 AM, Sarad AV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi, > > I am a little confused after reading this: > > http://www.rsasecurity.com/rsalabs/cryptobytes/CryptoBytes_January_2002_final.pdf > > RSA-CRT decryption is nearly four times faster than > using only modular exponentiation for

Cryptanalysis of ePassports

2005-04-04 Thread cypherpunk
An article is up on the eprint archive, http://eprint.iacr.org/2005/095. "Security and Privacy Issues in E-passports" by Ari Juels and David Molnar and David Wagner. It analyzes the new contactless chips which will be in U.S. passports in a few months. Among the risks it identifies are that terror

Re: [silk] Google Targeted ads - gmail (fwd from rishab@dxm.org)

2005-04-01 Thread cypherpunk
On Apr 1, 2005 10:57 AM, Eugen Leitl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Now here's your one stop shop for evil. A position for Google minister for > propaganda is about to be posted, so I hear. Let's get this straight. It's not evil if people are voluntarily agreeing to it! Maybe you're being facetious

Rogue Vally Cypherpunks Physical Meeting Mar 13

2003-03-04 Thread cypherpunk-vin
Please pass this around.. Mar 13th 2003 Rogue Cypherpunks Physical Meeting Announcement General Info: DATE: Thursday 13 Mar 2003 TIME: 5:30 - 7:00 PM (Pacific Time) PLACE: Stevenson Student Union Southern Oregon University (second Floor lounge) see http://www.sou.edu/su/Facilities/Layout

Re: politicians vs. bill of rights (your legislature on drugs)

2002-06-14 Thread cypherpunk-vin
maybe Kalifornians should start an referendum to drug test politicians... since most of them are dopes anyway... At 9:22 AM -0700 6/14/02, Khoder bin Hakkin wrote: >SACRAMENTO -- Dismayed by new disclosures of the use of steroids in >Major League Baseball, a state senator wants to force most p