RE: CyberPatrol sues cryptanalysts who revealed flaws in itssoftw

2000-03-24 Thread Fisher Mark
> Ed Gerck wrote: > > As to the counter-example you ask, the general public profits by > > lack of disclosure of the algorithm that allows nuclear bombs > > to be made with 1 pound of enriched uranium. We have less > > nuclear powers. > I'd like one of the real physicists on the list to weigh i

RE: U.S. Census questions

2000-03-24 Thread Fisher Mark
>What I object to is the _forced_ "kindness" based on mob rule, where >it is decreed that we must all donate money at the point of a gun to >support welfare bums who got high instead of reading and studying. Welfare may have started with the best of intentions, but the result is multiple genera

RE: CyberPatrol sues cryptanalysts who revealed flaws in

2000-03-24 Thread Fisher Mark
Reese wrote: >>What about if I purchase the Navaho module for my Dragon >>Dictate, voice input software, and have it translate the conversations I >>capture from by back porch? >> >IANAL. This may fall under illegal eavesdropping, whether you make a >recording MayOrMayNot be a determining factor

RE: How to avoid participating in census legally?

2000-03-24 Thread Fisher Mark
Reese wrote: >Under the Buchanan admin, they probably will? > >And just wtf makes you think Buchanan has a candles chance in a tornado? > >The problem isn't what an un-electable candidate wants to do, a) Unless Gore or Bush declares themselves Dictator-For-Life, there will be elections again in 2

Re: PRNG

2000-03-24 Thread David Honig
At 11:23 AM 3/24/00 +0200, Marcel Popescu wrote: >From: David Honig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Each bit in the output has a 50-50 chance of flipping. If >> you flip an input bit. Look up avalanche. > >Er.. do you mean that if I encrypt a 64-bit counter equal to zero, and then >I increment it (and re-

Nym meat (was RE: How to avoid participating in census legally?

2000-03-24 Thread David Honig
At 09:33 AM 3/24/00 -0500, Fisher Mark wrote: >[Just a reminder: These are my opinions, and whether they match TCE's >opinions is truly coincidental. Don't worry, you're not granted personhood here, you're recognized only as a forgable nym. Since you haven't linked anything irrefutable and pers

irish intel laptop stolen

2000-03-24 Thread David Honig
o suspend a fledgling home-rule government over lack of progress on disarmament by Irish Republican Army guerrillas. http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/2324/tc/britain_spies_1.html

Re: PRNG

2000-03-24 Thread Marcel Popescu
X-Loop: openpgp.net From: David Honig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Er.. do you mean that if I encrypt a 64-bit counter equal to zero, and then > >I increment it (and re-encrypt), I should get two very different values? > > Think about it. If you *didn't*, then there would be a > useful distance metric

Census and Perl

2000-03-24 Thread Marcel Popescu
Success Story: $census2000++ (March 20) The United States Constitution requires a complete enumeration of its citizens every ten years. How does the Census Bureau handling this? They use Perl, of course. Lisa Nyman ( mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ) offers this tidbit: The Bureau has been using perl f

RE: How to avoid participating in census legally?

2000-03-24 Thread James A. Donald
-- Whenever you do something legally, they just pass more laws. There is no point. Just do it illegally. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG T1TO6NF9MeRXAaSwhmxLQYttE79g1wweal5w4X4w 4O9y+1LWTPT/oKUG99WGUJpxE2MfVe79y5wvggzs8

Re: PRNG

2000-03-24 Thread David Honig
At 11:26 AM 3/24/00 -0500, Marcel Popescu wrote: >From: David Honig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> >Er.. do you mean that if I encrypt a 64-bit counter equal to zero, and >then >> >I increment it (and re-encrypt), I should get two very different values? >> >> Think about it. If you *didn't*, then there

fedz

2000-03-24 Thread Harmon Seaver
> This bit was reprinted from the Pagosa Springs Sun... This is but one of >many situations people are facing out west with regards to even there OWN >private property that may be surrounded by "public land" or abutt it. With >the Wildlands Project being pushed the way that it is this could star

Re: Census and Perl

2000-03-24 Thread Steve Mynott
On Fri, Mar 24, 2000 at 11:32:54AM -0500, Marcel Popescu wrote: > (March 20) The United States Constitution requires a complete enumeration of > its citizens every ten years. How does the Census Bureau handling this? They > use Perl, of course. Lisa Nyman ( mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ) offers this

None

2000-03-24 Thread anonymous
Subject: stop huffing, reese At 05:45 AM 3/24/00 -0500, Reese wrote: >>and under the Buchanan Administration they probably will, >>during the War On Something. > >Under the Buchanan admin, they probably will? > >And just wtf makes you think Buchanan has a candles chance in a tornado? > > >Jesus B

Re: PRNG

2000-03-24 Thread Marcel Popescu
X-Loop: openpgp.net From: David Honig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > A hash needn't have this property. A hash is just a mapping with a smaller > output space than input. A cryptographically-strong hash does have this > property. That's what I wanted to say. :) > >I'm using someone else's implementati

Re: PRNG

2000-03-24 Thread David Honig
At 05:17 PM 3/24/00 -0500, Marcel Popescu wrote: >Ok, I am using a different implementation now. Using Blowfish, with the key >"key", a 64-bit counter equal to 0x0, in CFB mode, with a nil initialization >vector, CFB doesn't matter, as you've used 0 as your IV... >gives me the result: 7DF2193

Re: None

2000-03-24 Thread Reese
Dear anonymous: Fuck off. ps - I don't huff, and there's still no evidence to suggest there ever will be a Buchanon Administration. He still has less chance than a candle in a tornado. At 12:40 PM 24/03/00 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Subject: stop huffing, reese > >At 05:45 AM 3/24/00 -0

tamper resistant coatings

2000-03-24 Thread David Honig
http://dow-chipseal.se-com.com/ excerpt Dow Corning Corporation has developed a tamper resistant composite using silicon-based thin film materials for the U.S. Government. These materials inhibit and deter access of sensitive information contained within t

RE: U.S. Census questions

2000-03-24 Thread Petro
>entering 'AFDC' as their occupation (Aid to Families with Dependent >Children, i.e. welfare), kids being dragged through crackhouses from birth "Aid to Families of Dependent Classes". -- A quote from Petro's Archives: ** If the courts star

Cipher modes

2000-03-24 Thread Marcel Popescu
Does anybody know of a public document explaining the cipher modes (CBC, CFB, and so on) to laymen? I would like to know the pros and cons. More specifically, what mode should I use for 3DES in Yarrow? [The Yarrow paper doesn't specify it.] Thanks, Mark - All inventions or works of authorsh