(msg: join us at the party! :) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 *** F O R I M M E D I A T E R E L E A S E *** (or even sooner! :) CryptoRights Benefit & RSA Expiration Party SECURITY ALERT!! CRF Advisory CA-2000-09-20 Passphrase Compromise Failure in: <http://cryptorights.org/events/passphrase.html> Original release date: September 20, 2000 Last revised: September 20, 2000 Source: CRF A complete revision history is not at the end of this file. Systems Affected All partygoer humans running the "passphrase.html" service Overview Sharp-eared cryptanalysts have discovered that the SECRET PASSPHRASE for the massive CryptoRights Benefit & Complementary RSA Patent Expiration Party -- scheduled for tomorrow 21 Sept 2000 at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco from 8:00-1:30 -- has not yet been COMPLETELY COMPROMISED!! Shocked party admins, faced with a lack of SECURITY BREACHES (a few of the ~500 RSVPs apparently didn't LEAK THE INFORMATION to HACKER ACCOMPLICES fast enough), have nevertheless released a PASSPHRASE BUG PATCH (within minutes!). The NEW PASSPHRASE is: "Secure Your Human Rights!" This passphrase, being the CryptoRights Motto (and therefore easily guessable) has been DETERMINED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH (for benefit work). Naturally, this system is designed to be as prone to BUFFER OVERFLOWS and other INSECURITIES as humanly possible, so the OLD PASSPHRASE (which was "I will never forge the passphrase") will STILL WORK because some party admin will not get this email until after the party and will forget to revoke it after the fact. We appreciate your keeping this information from yourself for as long as possible (ten seconds should be enough ...wait for it), then LEAKING IT TO THE PRESS and all your friends. dave -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 'Leventy-Zillion Ninety-Four Point Six and a Half. iQA/AwUBOckku5BN/qMowCmvEQIX6gCgpmmbHTHqXYc0KcBEhS70UryHCjAAnj1v rfrS+gFvJNk8BWL0Ep5u013R =aw4m -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Party Update! <http://cryptorights.org/events/patent-benefit.html#updates> Schedule: <http://cryptorights.org/events/benefit-schedule.html> Tell Friends! <mailto:INSERT-EMAIL?subject=http://cryptorights.org/benefit>
