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patent on remote cash transactions?
by peb＠PROCASE.COM 11 Aug '93

11 Aug '93

American Public Radio reported yesterday that some company was granted a broad patent on remote cash transactions--they mentioned an article in the NYTimes recently (NYT does patent reporting on Saturday typically, but sometimes they do it in the business section on other days; I don't get NYT anymore...); anyone here more about this? Is this yet another example of bozo software patents? If anyone finds out more, please post. Paul E. Baclace peb(a)procase.com

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NIST call for comments on SKIPJACK
by bart＠netcom.com 11 Aug '93

11 Aug '93

From the Clarinet.Newsbytes.Govt: Written comments (from anyone) on the proposed standard are due by September 28, 1993, to Director, Computer Systems Laboratory, Attn: Proposed FIPS for Escrowed Encryption Standard, B154 Technology Bldg., NIST, Gaithersburg, Md. 20899-0001.

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AAAS-ABA `Ethics of Computers' conference announcement
by L. Detweiler 11 Aug '93

11 Aug '93

As the forwarder writes: >I have forwarded this notice because I feel that the "cypherpunk" point of >view could profitably be presented at such a forum. Is there anyone out there >who feels up to putting the case forward in this academic setting? I hope so. > >Yours in plaintext. > >cjl "Keep on 'crypting." ===cut=here=== Date: Tue, 10 Aug 93 15:18:21 EDT From: cjl(a)micro.med.cornell.edu (Chris Leonard) Message-Id: <9308101918.AA12387@ micro.med.cornell.edu> Subject: for your information Reprinted from SCIENCE magazine July 30, 1993 vol.261 pg. 632 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx NETWORK ETHICS: A CALL FOR PAPERS The AAAS-ABA National Conference of Lawyers and Scientists (NCLS) invites proposals for original papers for presentation at a two-and-a-half day invitational conference on "Legal, Ethical, and Technological Aspects of Computer and Network Use and Abuse." Forty participants representing a diverse set of perspectives and areas of expertise will present papers at the conference which will be held in southern California in mid-December 1993. Up to three successful applicants will receive travel expenses and room and board at teh conference. Papers will be included in the conference proceedings and may be published subsequently in a book or journal symposium. The conference will focus on the ways in which the law, ethics, and technology can influence the bounds of the bounds of acceptable behavior and foster the development of positive human values in a shared computer environment. Participants will address handling unwanted intrusions into computer software or networks, including unauthorized entry and dissemination of viruses through networks or shared disks. Also on the agenda: access to information, privacy, security, and equity; the role of computer users, academic institutions, industry, profesional soceities, government, and the law in defining and maintaining legal and ethical standards for the use of computer networks; and a policy agenda for implementing these standards. Although participants may address any aspect of the conference theme, papers reporting empirical research, surveys of computer users, and case studies (other than those that are already well known) are especially encouraged. If you are interested in participating in the conference, please forward a summary or outline of no more than 500 words, together with a one-page resume and a brief statement detailing how your expertise or perspective would contribute to the meeting. These proposals will be reviewed by an advisory committee convened by NCLS and successful applicants will be asked to prepare papers for the meeting. Participants must submit an original previously unpublished paper, between 5000 and 8000 words (25 to 30 double-spaced pages) in length. Proposals must be received by 5 pm EST 15 Sept. 1993. Applicants selected to prepare papers will be informed by 1 October, and draft papers will be due 3 December 1993. Final versions of the papers, revised in light of conference discussions, will be due approximately two months after the conference. NCLS is an organization sponsored jointly by the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Bar Association, dedicated to improving communication between members of the legal and scientific/ technical professions and exploring issues at the intersection of law, science, and technology. Funding for this meeting has been providesd by the Program on Ethics and Vales Studies of the National Science Foundation. For further information or to submit paper abstracts and accompanying materials, please contact Deborah Runkle, Directorate for Science & Policy Programs, AAAS, 1333 H Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005. Phone: 202-326-660, Fax: 202-289- 4950. E-mail: values(a)gwuvm.gwu.edu. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------- End of Forwarded Message

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obtaining Wired article
by L. Detweiler 11 Aug '93

11 Aug '93

>The title is "Crypto Rebels." It was published in the May/June issue of >WIRED, page 54. See my reply to L. Detweiler for information on the >response I got back from them. Mr. W. K. Russel (a rather transparent neophyte =) posted this to the list referencing private mail he sent to me, which perhaps he meant to cc: to the list (it was both to: and cc: me, maybe a mistake). Anyway, he said the following: ===cut=here=== I finally got a note back from Jane Metcalfe (jane(a)wired.com) saying that the article text is available on America Online, or you can order that issue of the mag for $10. She told me WIRED is available on most newsstands, and at B Dalton, Waldenbooks, Safeway, and Egghead Software. I went right down to B Dalton and bought the current issue. It's very slick and looked interesting (not cheap, though--$6.00 an issue). You can subscribe at $29.95 for 12 issues to subscriptions(a)wired.com. Keith

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Legal Net Newsletter mail server -- now in service
by fergp＠sytex.com 11 Aug '93

11 Aug '93

<warning: blatant plug follows> Legal Net News is now available via e-mail subscription. What it is - Legal Net Newsletter is dedicated to providing information on the legal issues of computing and networking in the 1990's and into the future. Legal Net News contains information which directly affects you and how you you compute. How to get it- To subscribe, send a message to <maiser(a)ins.tstc.edu>, with the following text in the body of the message: SUBSCRIBE LNN To unsubscribe send the message text: UNSUBSCRIBE LNN Or subsitute "UNSUB LNN" or "SIGNOFF LNN" instead of "UNSUBSCRIBE" if you like. The mail server has no facility for requesting help at this time, however, when you join the list you will be sent a "WELCOME" message describing Legal Net News in more detail, i.e. what Legal Net News is about, and how to handle unsubscribing from the list. Please send any admin mail (problems with the mailserver, etc.) to: postmaster(a)tstc.edu Back issues of Legal Net News can be obtained by anonymous FTP at: tstc.edu (161.109.128.2) Directory: /pub/legal-net-news E-mail submissions, comments and editorials to: fergp(a)sytex.com Paul Ferguson | "Government, even in its best state, Network Integrator | is but a necessary evil; in its worst Centreville, Virginia USA | state, an intolerable one." fergp(a)sytex.com | - Thomas Paine, Common Sense Type bits/keyID Date User ID pub 1024/1CC04D 1993/03/15 Paul Ferguson <fergp(a)sytex.com> Key fingerprint = EE D2 93 7D 04 6D C6 05 AC 36 AD 9D 8E 4F 41 58

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Re: Using a 'telserv' program to redirect mail
by Mark 11 Aug '93

11 Aug '93

>>I will >>not post this code unless I am assured that it is not going to be a legal >>problem. As you can see from the above written statement >yada yada >> >>treason@gnu >> > >Why not post it anoymously? Too late now. Cypherpunks not only write code, >they write code that people can use. Um guys, it was already posted here over a year ago by myself and another person. It's a simple port bouncer and not that hard to write. treason: just post it. it's no big secret. If anyone is in a hurry it's been up for ftp as /pub/perl/telserv.c on coombs.anu.edu.au [150.203.76.2] since Nov 92. It's still there. (Note it's C code not perl, thats just the tree I maintain). Mark.

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Using a 'telserv' program to redirect mail
by nobody＠pmantis.berkeley.edu 11 Aug '93

11 Aug '93

>I will >not post this code unless I am assured that it is not going to be a legal >problem. As you can see from the above written statement yada yada > >treason@gnu > Why not post it anoymously? Too late now. Cypherpunks not only write code, they write code that people can use.

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Re: (fwd) Wolf's got a thing or two to say here...
by edgar＠spectrx.Saigon.COM 11 Aug '93

11 Aug '93

I was able to decode the message from "wolf" posted to Newsgroup alt.sexual.abuse.recovery and then posted here by Ed Carp, who said Here's something I found on another newsgroup. Any ideas what it is? It was a public posting... I've tried uudecoding it and playing with it, running it through uncompress, gunzip, and pgp (all with appropriate headers, of course - I'm not a total idiot!), but I can't make heads or tails out of it. Just curious if anyone found this familiar-looking... Procedure for decode is: Extract message to file xxx.asc Add -----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE----- and -----END PGP MESSAGE----- to start and end of file. Change PGP's CONFIG.TXT file to de-comment KeepBinary = on # Decrypt will not delete intermediate .pgp file verbose = on # verbose diagnostic messages [this is probably the step Ed missed] Then just run PGP against the file PGP XXX.ASC The result will be found in XXX.PGP which is now not deleted. I won't repeat the long message here. It's apparently from a fag (Wolf) who was beat up by his lover (David) whom he had arrested. Here are the first few lines: Hello friends. I hope you are all well. I am doing better today than before. I get a little more livelier every day. I am not in the mood to talk about the situation right now, though. I would like to first of all thank each an every one of you for the SCADS of mail I have recieved in response to my post about what happened last Monday night. I'm not sure how this message was produced. Maybe not by PGP. I tried reversing the encoding with pgp -a xxx.pgp, but a different encoded file is produced, which PGP decodes with no problems. -- edgar(a)spectrx.saigon.com (Edgar W. Swank) SPECTROX SYSTEMS +1.408.252.1005 Cupertino, Ca

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So. Cal. Cypherpunks
by Kent Hastings 10 Aug '93

10 Aug '93

So. Cal. Cypherpunks CYPHERPUNK-RELATED MEETINGS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: J. Kent Hastings (Hey-that's ME!) will flame on about: "CYBER CASH: FREE MARKET MONEY COMES OF AGE." Wednesday, September 22, 1993: H.L. MENCKEN FORUM At The Old Spaghetti Factory in Los Angeles 6:30 pm Libations, 7:00 Supper, 7:55 Announcements, 8:00 Speaker, 10:00 Adjournment 5939 Sunset Blvd. near the Hollywood Fwy at Gordon Los Angeles, CA 90028 Restaurant: (213) 469-7149 RESERVATION/PRICES/INFO LINE: 1-310-289-3234 Just as Christ descended into Hell (mythically-don't want any of you to get upset about theism), an anti-Party speaker, J. Kent Hastings (hmm, that guy sounds familiar), will address: LIBERTARIAN PARTY REGION 62 - LOS ANGELES WESTSIDE Thursday, September 23, 1993 at Chris's Italian Restaurant, 10105 Venice Blvd. at Clarington Ave. on the same old Digital Cash topic. Cocktails are at 6:30 pm, dinner at 7 pm, and talk is at 8:30 pm. LP info: 1-310-477-6491 The ALBERT J. NOCK FORUM and Southern California Supper Club is another club that may be of interest to you, run by the host of the H. L. Mencken Forum. Albert J. Nock wrote essays (An Anarchist's Progress) and books about government like Our Enemy, The State and Mr. Jefferson. The Nock Forum has been in operation for over 10 years, hosting speakers on engineering, scientific, financial, and political issues. Controversial figures, on and over the cutting edge of toleration and civil liberties, have also graced the forum, but nobody more outrageous than you'll see on a given day's Geraldo, Oprah, Donahue, or Montel Williams show. I DON'T remember a speaker having had a sex change from male to female, then discovering she was a lesbian, but I was in Northern California for a while and may have missed it. Past speakers at Mencken and Nock include: Max More (Extropy), LiberTech's Chuck Hammill, Wendy McElroy (Freedom, Feminism, and the State), David Justin Ross (Calera), J. Neil Schulman (author of Alongside Night and Rainbow Cadenza), Vic Koman (Jehovah Contract), Robert Anton Wilson (Illuminatus!, Natural Law), L. Neil Smith (Confederacy SF novels), Dr. Sharon Presley (Libertarian Psychology - Obedience to Authority), Samuel Edward Konkin III (New Libertarian, Agorist Institute), Brock Meeks (Computer Privacy), Burt Rutan (Voyager, FreeWing), Paul Macready (Gossamer Condor and Albatross) and many others on topics like nanotechnology, public key crypto, artificial intelligence, immortality, informal markets and other topics that look like Tim May's tag line. BTW, Tim has a standing invitation from the host to speak about "Crypto Anarchy" and get a free dinner (He's gotta be in town and schedule ahead). The latest speaker was Richard Grant, author (Incredible Bread Machine, Trashing Nuclear Power, Rent Control and the War against the Poor), on "Bring Us The Head of Michael Milken." Date/time/location of the next ALBERT J. NOCK Forum, now in its 11th year: STEVEN W. MOSHER "The Future of 1/4 of the Human Race." ACAPULCO at Cerritos Plaza 1800 West Whittier Blvd., La Habra, California, East of Beach Blvd. SAME INFO LINE AS MENCKEN: 1-310-289-3234

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ftp access to the Silk Road Paper
by norm＠netcom.com 10 Aug '93

10 Aug '93

The Digital Silk road paper is now availnle in three forms at netcom.com:pub/joule/DSR1.ps.gz, DSR1.rtf.gz and DSR1.txt netcom.com may sometimes be too busy and then direct you to one of several other machines any of which can access the files.

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