Re: [Full-disclosure] Standing Up Against German Laws - Project HayNeedle

2007-11-18 Thread Simon Richter
Hi, Florian Echtler さんは書きました: > Just to make myself clear: I don't think it is a viable option to create > email noise, I just pointed out that it makes more sense than TCP/HTTP > noise. There is already enough email noise thanks to spam. It might make sense to reply to some of it though, to cre

Re: [Full-disclosure] Standing Up Against German Laws - Project HayNeedle

2007-11-15 Thread Timo Schoeler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 *gigantic snip* Besides the discussion about Germany etc have a short peek at GB (GB is also in the EU, thus drifting in the same fascist direction as Germany): Animal rights activist hit with RIPA key decrypt demand http://www.theregister.co.uk/200

Re: [Full-disclosure] Standing Up Against German Laws - Project HayNeedle

2007-11-14 Thread sysman
Streck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 9:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: 'Paul Sebastian Ziegler'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'full-disclosure' Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] Standing Up Against German Laws - Project HayNeedle Hello Rakesh, > 2. Even if,

Re: [Full-disclosure] Standing Up Against German Laws - Project HayNeedle

2007-11-14 Thread Florian Echtler
> > So it wouldn't make much sense to create connection noise on a TCP or > > HTTP basis, as this stuff isn't logged. I think one should rather > > concentrate on generating email noise in this regard. > So the FD trolls are protecting us from the surveillance state(s)? Eat > your heart out, Robert

Re: [Full-disclosure] Standing Up Against German Laws - Project HayNeedle

2007-11-14 Thread Sysman
Dear Paul and Timo, (I am responding to separate mails from both of you. Please forgive me for overlapping) Thanks for your maturity of thought and respecting other's opinion. This is the essential essence of any democracy. We agree to disagree on some issues; And agree of others. Today, we may di

Re: [Full-disclosure] Standing Up Against German Laws - Project HayNeedle

2007-11-14 Thread imipak
Florian Echtler wrote: > So it wouldn't make much sense to create connection noise on a TCP or > HTTP basis, as this stuff isn't logged. I think one should rather > concentrate on generating email noise in this regard. > So the FD trolls are protecting us from the surveillance state(s)? Eat your

Re: [Full-disclosure] Standing Up Against German Laws - Project HayNeedle

2007-11-14 Thread Florian Streck
Hello Rakesh, > 2. Even if, it is there, it is for Public good. It is to protect you against > terrorism. Yes, this amounts to big brother is watching, but many times, > that is essential. Remember USA 9/11/2001, London 7/7/2006, India (many many > incidents). Have trust in your government. I beli

Re: [Full-disclosure] Standing Up Against German Laws - Project HayNeedle

2007-11-13 Thread Timo Schoeler
> Paul, > > 1. As I understand, the monitoring is not as wide as you described. > > 2. Even if, it is there, it is for Public good. It is to protect you > against > terrorism. What terrorism? There was not a *single* death caused by 'terrorists' in Germany for about thirty years now. There wer

Re: [Full-disclosure] Standing Up Against German Laws - Project HayNeedle

2007-11-13 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:28:49 +0530, Sysman said: > 2. Even if, it is there, it is for Public good. It is to protect you against > terrorism. Yes, this amounts to big brother is watching, but many times, > that is essential. Remember USA 9/11/2001, London 7/7/2006, India (many many > incidents). Ha

Re: [Full-disclosure] Standing Up Against German Laws - Project HayNeedle

2007-11-13 Thread Paul Sebastian Ziegler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Rakesh, even though I do not share your opinion, I still respect it and thank you for telling me about it. People having different opinions is what makes life interesting. To answer your question: Gemany (at least east Germany) has a history of dat

Re: [Full-disclosure] Standing Up Against German Laws - Project HayNeedle

2007-11-13 Thread Sysman
Paul, 1. As I understand, the monitoring is not as wide as you described. 2. Even if, it is there, it is for Public good. It is to protect you against terrorism. Yes, this amounts to big brother is watching, but many times, that is essential. Remember USA 9/11/2001, London 7/7/2006, India (many m

Re: [Full-disclosure] Standing Up Against German Laws - Project HayNeedle

2007-11-12 Thread johan beisser
On Nov 10, 2007, at 9:28 AM, Paul Sebastian Ziegler wrote: > The mechanism is quite easy: It searches Google for random words and > picks random pages among the results, then spiders from there (well it > is spidering except that it only follows one URL at a time within a > session thus simulatin

Re: [Full-disclosure] Standing Up Against German Laws - Project HayNeedle

2007-11-12 Thread Jan Newger
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Paul Sebastian Ziegler wrote: > > Dear Infosec community, > > > > as most of you may have heard the German government passed a law today > > that will lead to all connections being logged for 6 months. This > > includes phone calls as well as all inter

Re: [Full-disclosure] Standing Up Against German Laws - Project HayNeedle

2007-11-12 Thread Vincent Archer
On Sat, 2007-11-10 at 22:45 +0100, LT wrote: > According to [1], Internet Service Providers must record the > following information: > 1) the IP address assigned to the customer > 2) a precise identification of the (dial-in) port that is used for > internet access (i.e. your phone number, customer

Re: [Full-disclosure] Standing Up Against German Laws - Project HayNeedle

2007-11-10 Thread Paul Sebastian Ziegler
> I'm also from Germany, but I do not agree with your understanding > of the new law. I share your understanding. And I must agree that my formulations regarding this should have been more clear. In the blog-entry it says "This includes assigned IP addresses as well as telephone calls." And no,

Re: [Full-disclosure] Standing Up Against German Laws - Project HayNeedle

2007-11-10 Thread LT
Dear Paul, > as most of you may have heard the German government passed a law today > that will lead to all connections being logged for 6 months. This > includes phone calls as well as all internet connections. I'm also from Germany, but I do not agree with your understanding of the new law.

Re: [Full-disclosure] Standing Up Against German Laws - Project HayNeedle

2007-11-10 Thread Paul Sebastian Ziegler
> How would this help with stored phone calls? How would this > help with the general problem? You are right to notice: It doesn't help with the calls at all. > While I think it is nice that you think about doing > something against this I don't really like your idea since > you totally miss t

Re: [Full-disclosure] Standing Up Against German Laws - Project HayNeedle

2007-11-10 Thread Nico Golde
Hi Paul, * Paul Sebastian Ziegler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-11-10 18:33]: > as most of you may have heard the German government passed a law today > that will lead to all connections being logged for 6 months. This > includes phone calls as well as all internet connections. [...] > The mechanism i

[Full-disclosure] Standing Up Against German Laws - Project HayNeedle

2007-11-10 Thread Paul Sebastian Ziegler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Dear Infosec community, as most of you may have heard the German government passed a law today that will lead to all connections being logged for 6 months. This includes phone calls as well as all internet connections. This is madness for various a