Re: Cell Phone Gun

2001-08-13 Thread John Young
Thanks to Interesting People and Matthew Gaylor here is the ABC News report of December 6, 2000, on the cell phone gun: http://abcnews.go.com/sections/world/DailyNews/phone001205.html

Re: Cell Phone Gun

2001-08-13 Thread Eugene Leitl
On Mon, 13 Aug 2001, John Young wrote: > Thanks to Interesting People and Matthew Gaylor here is the > ABC News report of December 6, 2000, on the cell phone gun: > > http://abcnews.go.com/sections/world/DailyNews/phone001205.html What's the big deal? A polished, greased metal thorn, spool of ca

Re: NSA's new mode of operation broken in less than 24 hours (fwd)

2001-08-13 Thread Jim Choate
-- Forwarded message -- Date: 11 Aug 2001 00:43:19 GMT From: David Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Newsgroups: isaac.lists.coderpunks Subject: Re: NSA's new mode of operation broken in less than 24 hours Since I saw some discussion of NSA's Dual Counter Mode here

NSA withdraws proposed mode of operation (fwd)

2001-08-13 Thread Jim Choate
-- Forwarded message -- Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 01:35:39 -0300 From: "Paulo S. L. M. Barreto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: NSA withdraws proposed mode of operation Many coderpunks probably already know the details; anyway, here's the story. Phillip Rogaway's

RE: Traceable Infrastructure is as vulnerable as traceable messa ges.

2001-08-13 Thread Trei, Peter
> [EMAIL PROTECTED][SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > > Microsoft, as a whole, is incompetent at security. All > supposedly secure software coming out of Microsoft varies from > poor to worthless. Does anyone doubt it? They take standard > well known methods and make well known bungles in appl

RE: Traceable Infrastructure is as vulnerable as traceable messages.

2001-08-13 Thread Eugene Leitl
On Mon, 13 Aug 2001, Trei, Peter wrote: > I hate to say this, but until software developers are held (at least > at the corporate level) in some way liable for their failures, there > will be little or no improvement in the situation. I think this is the wrong approach to the situation. Making p

Re: Traceable Infrastructure is as vulnerable as traceable messa ges.

2001-08-13 Thread Declan McCullagh
On Mon, Aug 13, 2001 at 10:30:14AM -0400, Trei, Peter wrote: > I occasionally see the argument that NSA can't retain people due > to the much higher salaries, etc, in the public sector. While I have > no doubt that this is partially true, there are plenty of very good > people who find that the no

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Products Liability and Innovation. Was: Re: Traceable Infrastructure is as vulnerable as traceable messages.

2001-08-13 Thread Black Unicorn
- Original Message - From: "Eugene Leitl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Trei, Peter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Faustine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 7:49 AM Subject: RE: Traceable Infrastructure is as vulnerable as traceable messag

Re: Traceable Infrastructure is as vulnerable as traceable messa ges.

2001-08-13 Thread Eric Murray
On Mon, Aug 13, 2001 at 10:30:14AM -0400, Trei, Peter wrote: > If MS ever decided that they were losing money due to poor security, > they would get good at it, fast. How many fewer copies of WinXP will > they sell due to Code Red I, II, and III? Not many. A few (a very few) > sysadmins may deci

RE: Products Liability and Innovation. Was: ...

2001-08-13 Thread Trei, Peter
> Black Unicorn[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > From: "Eugene Leitl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > On Mon, 13 Aug 2001, Trei, Peter wrote: > > > > > I hate to say this, but until software developers are held (at least > > > at the corporate level) in some way liable for their failures, there > > > will

Rand report: Facecams can thwart terrorism, install them now!

2001-08-13 Thread Declan McCullagh
- Forwarded message from Declan McCullagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - From: Declan McCullagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: FC: Rand report: Facecams can thwart terrorism, install them now! To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 11:48:22 -0400 X-URL:

Re: Traceable Infrastructure is as vulnerable as traceable messages.

2001-08-13 Thread Eugene Leitl
On Mon, 13 Aug 2001, Eric Murray wrote: > Especially with the press constantly telling them "Linux is hard". If they listen to the press, they have only themselves to blame. Sheep frequently end as yummy lamb chops. > Most people know that MS software is buggy and inecure. But they think > that

South Africa moves to increase Net-surveillance, limit crypto

2001-08-13 Thread Declan McCullagh
- Forwarded message from Declan McCullagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - From: Declan McCullagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: FC: South Africa moves to increase Net-surveillance, limit encryption To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 11:31:48 -0400 A quick summary of South Africa's "Inter

RE: Products Liability and Innovation. Was: ...

2001-08-13 Thread Trei, Peter
> Black Unicorn[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > From: "Eugene Leitl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > On Mon, 13 Aug 2001, Trei, Peter wrote: > > > > > I hate to say this, but until software developers are held (at least > > > at the corporate level) in some way liable for their failures, there > > > will

Re: Products Liability and Innovation. Was: ...

2001-08-13 Thread Tim May
On Monday, August 13, 2001, at 10:14 AM, Trei, Peter wrote: > [I hate to post something that makes it look as if I'm doing further > BU bashing (which is not my intention), but:...] > > When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. There are > other groups which can apply pressure

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Re: Products Liability and Innovation. Was: Re: Traceable Infrastructure is as vulnerable as traceable messages.

2001-08-13 Thread Ray Dillinger
On Mon, 13 Aug 2001, Black Unicorn wrote: >Do I think that software should have products liability attached to it? No. >Do I think strict liability stifles innovation? No. I would actually like to make a smaller point here. Broadly I agree with BU, but I'd like to analyze it a little. If

Re: Products Liability and Innovation. Was: ...

2001-08-13 Thread Black Unicorn
- Original Message - From: "Trei, Peter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Eugene Leitl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'Black Unicorn'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 10:14 AM Subject: RE: Products Liability and Innovation. Was: ... > > Black Unicorn[SMTP:[EMAIL

More Liability Issues. Was: Re: Products Liability and Innovation.

2001-08-13 Thread Black Unicorn
- Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 12:34 PM Subject: Re: Products Liability and Innovation. > On 13 Aug 2001, at 9:42, Black Unicorn wrote: > > > > > - Original Message - > > From: "Eugene Leitl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Products Liability and Innovation. Was: ...

2001-08-13 Thread Declan McCullagh
On Mon, Aug 13, 2001 at 01:14:10PM -0400, Trei, Peter wrote: > other groups which can apply pressure than lawyers, courts and Men > with Guns. Auditors and insurance companies come to mind. Schneier > has noted how improvements in safe (as in a secure metal box) > technology was driven not by lo

Re: Products Liability and Innovation.

2001-08-13 Thread georgemw
On 13 Aug 2001, at 9:42, Black Unicorn wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: "Eugene Leitl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Trei, Peter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Faustine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 7:49 AM > Subject: RE:

Re: More Liability Issues. Was: Re: Products Liability and Innovation.

2001-08-13 Thread georgemw
On 13 Aug 2001, at 13:33, Black Unicorn wrote: > The theory is that if your goal is to reduce accidents and claims you allow > the market to incorporate that sort of risk (which in early innovation looks a > lot like an externality) into the innovation process. Activities, it is > argued, which

Re: chip fabs gearing up for AES (fwd)

2001-08-13 Thread Jim Choate
On 13 Aug 2001, Dr. Evil wrote: > Copyrights expire; property doesn't. Never bought milk I guess, or a pet, or been to the beach -- natsugusa ya...tsuwamonodomo ga...yume no ato summer grass

Re: chip fabs gearing up for AES (fwd)

2001-08-13 Thread Dr. Evil
> > Copyrights expire; property doesn't. > > Never bought milk I guess, or a pet, or been to the beach Ah, good point. To be more clear: property rights don't expire, but the property itself might. Speaking of which I think I need to clean my fridge. But I still have title to that OJ, no

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2001-08-13 Thread Eric Cordian
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Re: Cypherpunks, pay per use remailers, and the good ol' days

2001-08-13 Thread lcs Mixmaster Remailer
Declan wrote, quoting himself: > > Yet some form of PPU remailer could exist today: A remailer would find a > > cookie and an encrypted-to-PPU-public-key credit card in the body of the > > message it receives. It would then debit a credit card for, say, $3 and > [...] > > The usual objection to

Re: Cypherpunks, pay per use remailers, and the good ol' , days

2001-08-13 Thread Jim Choate
On 14 Aug 2001, lcs Mixmaster Remailer wrote: > An alternative is to pay the first remailer for the whole chain, and then > to have that remailer pay the second remailer, the second remailer pay > the third remailer, and so on. This way the follow-on remailers don't > know who the original send

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Re: Affects of the balkanization of mail blacklisting (fwd)

2001-08-13 Thread measl
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 23:09:40 -0500 (CDT) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Randy Bush <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Mitch Halmu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Affects of the balkanization of mail blacklisting On Mon, 13 Aug 2001, Randy Bush wrote: > >> you could be right. i guess it

Re: Affects of the balkanization of mail blacklisting

2001-08-13 Thread measl
On Tue, 14 Aug 2001, Jared Mauch wrote: > > No, I'm not talking about the spammers who were caught in maps, I'm > > referring to the INNOCENTS who were caught in MAPS. If the LEO community > > acted like MAPS does, there would have been armed revolution in the > > streets *years ago*. > > > >

Re: Russian Programmer Not Eager to be Celebrity

2001-08-13 Thread measl
On 13 Aug 2001, John R. Levine wrote: > I can't say I'm surprised. When he's not writing copy protection and > password cracking code, he's also one of the world's leading authors > of spamware, both programs to scrape e-mail addresses from web pages > (http://www.mailutilities.com/aee/) and to

Re: Affects of the balkanization of mail blacklisting (fwd)

2001-08-13 Thread Dr. Evil
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Re: Russian Programmer Not Eager to be Celebrity

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