Re: [liberationtech] Question re Cisco auth and remote login best-practices

2013-09-22 Thread Paul Ferguson
On 9/22/2013 10:32 PM, Bill Woodcock wrote: So, if we assume the worst, and figure we're just doing damage-control and minimizing a large problem, what are the best-practices to follow in configuring Cisco routers in remote locations? Generate max-length (4096-bit?) RSA keys on them, for the

[liberationtech] Question re Cisco auth and remote login best-practices

2013-09-22 Thread Bill Woodcock
So, if we assume the worst, and figure we're just doing damage-control and minimizing a large problem, what are the best-practices to follow in configuring Cisco routers in remote locations? Generate max-length (4096-bit?) RSA keys on them, for the SSH sessions… Use remote auth to do command-b

Re: [liberationtech] CFAA Extremism

2013-09-22 Thread Griffin Boyce
This was sort of a meme around ten (+) years ago, and I couldn't find any examples. =/ But this article on Forbes also raises some interesting questions about Terms of Service agreements: http://www.forbes.com/sites/oliverherzfeld/2013/01/22/are-website-terms-of-use-enforceable/ ~Griffin Jose

Re: [liberationtech] CFAA Extremism

2013-09-22 Thread Shava Nerad
People would be generally safe, since my experience is that only dweebs such as ourselves ever read them. ;) Everyone else ticks off the box and moves on. I have been tempted to write TOS that contract to promise rights to primageniture bondage and see what happens... yrs, On Sun, Sep 22, 2013

Re: [liberationtech] The missing component: Mobile to Web interoperability (in Internet Freedom Technologies)

2013-09-22 Thread Jonathan Wilkes
On 09/17/2013 04:46 PM, Michael Rogers wrote: [...] Please push me back on the right track if I have a blind spot here-- I'm having a difficult time seeing a technical difference between a social network that allows partial views of the graph in order to maintain a semblance of privacy, and a sy

Re: [liberationtech] CFAA Extremism

2013-09-22 Thread Joseph Mornin
Do you have a link? On 9/22/13 11:51 AM, Griffin Boyce wrote: > There are some really great unenforceable TOSs out there. The best > I've seen is a clause which states that it is a violation of the Terms > of Service to read the Terms of Service. (But of course, how would you > know unless you

Re: [liberationtech] CFAA Extremism

2013-09-22 Thread Griffin Boyce
There are some really great unenforceable TOSs out there. The best I've seen is a clause which states that it is a violation of the Terms of Service to read the Terms of Service. (But of course, how would you know unless you read them?) ~Griffin -- "Cypherpunks write code not flame wars." --

Re: [liberationtech] CFAA Extremism

2013-09-22 Thread R. Jason Cronk
Individuals can't file criminal charges and it is up to law enforcement and prosecutor's discretion as to whether they do. They won't so you're out of luck there. You could file civil lawsuits as the CFAA has a right of civil action. However, you'd need to fund it with the high likelihood that

[liberationtech] CFAA Extremism

2013-09-22 Thread Scott Arciszewski
So, I've been wondering... If the CFAA makes it a felony to violate a website's terms of service, wouldn't the logical way to protest this absurd interpretation of the law to write Terms of Service that forbid members of the US government-- especially Congress and the Department of Justice-- from