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Beepers can also be used to track you down!
by gtoal＠an-teallach.com 17 Aug '93

17 Aug '93

In article <9308131915.AA12203(a)nebula.lrcs.loral.com> koontzd(a)lrcs.loral.com writes: > As far as local detection, I understand that in Britain vans go around > with sniffing gear looking for IF freqs to find unlicensed TVs. Errr... yes, and they have about 4 vans for the whole country - the rest are dummies, accompanied by high-profile advertising campaigns to scare people into paying for a licence before they're caught. G (Not folklore; fact - and I saw one of the real vans at the BBC Research Centre at Kingswood Warren when I worked there on a contract once. *Very* expensive equipment.) === Personal mail to gtoal(a)gtoal.com (I read it in the evenings) Business mail to gtoal(a)an-teallach.com (Be careful with the spelling!) Faxes to An Teallach Limited: +44 31 662 4678 Voice: +44 31 668 1550 x212

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DigiCoupons & DigiCash
by Stanton McCandlish 17 Aug '93

17 Aug '93

* Digital coupons: S&H greenstamps for online services (netcom/Well/Compuserve net connection services, AMIX, NEXIS/LEXIS, Dow Jones, commercial MUDs, metered e-mail, anon services, network and computing resources, reputation ratings, etc.) Greenstamps are like frequent-flyer miles, you accumulate them with heavy patronage of some service. But greenstamps can be used to purchase a wide variety of services, not just more of the same service. Service providers and coupon vendor(s) work out arrangements for awarding and honoring greenstamps. Implemented with Chaum-style protocol to prevent forgery and assure privacy. * Digital cash: accumulating credits/debits for use of on-line services (including travel services, concert tickets, etc. purchased on-line), eventually paid for by some "real" currency: FRNs, yen, etc. Implemented with Chaum-style protocol to prevent forgery and assure privacy. * On-line markets: Internet video poker, election outcome markets, satellite track betting, etc. Investments[1] can be made & paid out by greenstamps, natch. On-line advertising. Count me in. You code-grinders come up with some way to do this stuff, and I'll be happy to implement what of it I can on NitV-BBS. Coupons [the term greenstamps is probably trademarked] could work: those of you that wish to make use of the BBS could upload (as a file or directly into the message base) these coupons and get time/download credit on the board for them, provided I have some way to spend them for something useful to me. Eventually if I can get IndraNetters into the idea, this could expand into a user-to-user thing too, perhaps even in online door games (for those not hip to BBS jargon, doors are programs run from the BBS, such as games, doors, credit-card ordering applications for commercial stuff, etc etc.) I can picture a high-stakes version of Barren Realms Elite, where the "credits" in the game are real DigiCoupons that can be spent on other boards, or at various Internetted sites, etc etc. I don't actually see much use in separating DigiCash and DigiCoupons. They both would appear to me to be almost identical in form and funtion. Whoever works on this sort of thing will hopefully work with Chaum to ensure that our DigiCash is "compatible" as it were. No sense getting such a system going only to have it eclipsed later, and all our DigiCash become worthless. * Securely private BBS's I'll pass on that one for now, my board's multi-user, open, and networked; going the crypto route would reduce my user base to about 3 people, including me! Anyway, those of you not aware of it, NitV-BBS is still stocking a certain fave crypto program of ours, legal threats be damned. I'd also encrouge any of you running BBSs or participating in them to contact mine and get in on IndraNet. Just due to a few Extropians and Cypherpunks doing this, the net has grown quite a bit, and is taking on a decidedly libertarian flavour, with many spirited debates. Sadly the CRYPTO conference is very slow, so we need more participants. More info on the net: IndraNet was founded by me, and oddly enough, a staunch republican that enjoyed arguing with me. I guess we just wanted our own entire net to argue in. He dropped out of it due to some personal things to deal with, leaving a net of one. SO, I promoted it, and within just a few month it was not only national but international, now with nodes in 4 countries and about 6 or so states. There are over 30 conferences [UseNetters will chuckle, but for a BBS-based OtherNet this is not bad; most BBSs don't have more than 30 conferences total, many much less; there's just not enough traffic on most boards to support that much chatter.] Possibly uniquely among BBS networks, there are: NO POLICY DOCS (rules) NO MODERATORS or COORDINATORS (dictators) NO CENSORSHIP It's a working, growing anarchy. There have been some problems, namely nodes that are "family" BBSs getting upset at the occasional swearing, but oh well, not much to be done for it. But all in all it appears to be working. Currently we support QWK and Fido-tech mail formats, though those who are also using some other format, such as MegaMail, PostLink, or PCRelay are encouraged to make IndraNet available via those formats as well. Some time in the not-too-distant-future, I hope to get NitV hooked up to Internet/UseNet via UUCP, and make IndraNet conferences available as Internet mailing lists and "virtual local newgroups" (i.e. set up just like local groups, but actually available to any node intending to participate, but certainly not as a public alt.whatever series of newsgroups; you know what I mean.) To get into this, and to get more info, contact me by any means suggested in the .sig below. PS NOTE: I am not currently receiving the list, just for the time being until I reconfigure elm to sort it into a separate folder, so any replies should go directly to me by some means or other. I'll be back on the list soon enough I guess. -- Stanton McCandlish * Space Migration * Networking * ChaOrder * NO GOV'T. * anton(a)hydra.unm.edu * Intelligence Increase * Nano * Crypto * NO RELIGION * FidoNet: 1:301/2 * Life Extension * Ethics * VR * Now! * NO MORE LIES! * Noise in the Void BBS * +1-505-246-8515 (24hr, 1200-14400, v32bis, N-8-1) *

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[brown@psi.com: PSI, MORNING STAR TEAM UP TO PROVIDE SECURE INTERNET CONNECTIONS]
by andrew m. boardman 17 Aug '93

17 Aug '93

Haven't seen news of this here. Apologies if my mail is lagged. FYI. Return-Path: <brown(a)psi.com> Date: Mon, 16 Aug 93 16:02:09 EDT From: brown(a)psi.com (Kimberly Brown) Subject: PSI, MORNING STAR TEAM UP TO PROVIDE SECURE INTERNET CONNECTIONS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PSI, MORNING STAR TEAM UP TO PROVIDE SECURE INTERNET CONNECTIONS HERNDON, VA., August 16, 1993 -- Performance Systems International, Inc. (PSI), the largest provider of corporate Internet access, today announced a service using an encryption technique that promises unparalleled security for data transmissions at an affordable cost. Combining forces with Morning Star Technologies of Columbus, Ohio, and its brand new Morning Star Express Router which includes MST's unique DES encryption facility, PSI has developed a service called SecureStream. Utilizing an Express Router at both ends of a data link, the service will encrypt data from transmission to receipt. It can be de-encrypted only by a special key possessed by the SecureStream user. PSI will offer SecureStream as an option to users of its InterFrame Standard internetwork service, the company's premier product for Frame Relay access to the Internet. The cost will be $400 per month, according to Martin Schoffstall, PSI's vice president and chief technical officer. "This price is a fraction of the cost of competing Internet service providers," said Kimberly Brown, manager of marketing communications for PSI. "By offering high-level encryption at reasonable cost, we feel SecureStream will provide medium-sized companies security in their Internet transmissions that was previously beyond their reach," Schoffstall said. He added that the product will be demonstrated at next week's INTEROP West in San Francisco. "We are pleased to offer our Express Router in conjunction with PSI's SecureStream service," said K. James Laskey, Morning Star's director of sales. "The Express Router is a high-performance, cost-effective solution for the most demanding TCP/IP networking applications. Providing encryption in the router meets the need of many Internet users to protect sensitive transmissions from interception." As a reseller, PSI offers the Express Router for $1,995, the company said. Laskey and Schoffstall noted that the Express Router is based on Morning Star's PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) software, designed as a replacement for the Serial Line IP (SLIP) protocol. It has been adopted as an Internet standard, correcting many of the deficiencies in SLIP, including address negotiation, link level error correction and synchronous support for high speed communications. In addition, it supports Frame Relay and the Internet standard RFC-1294. PSI offers a variety of services and products to provide corporate and individual computer users with access to the Internet. In addition to leased-line services, it offers a number of dial-up services and a wireless e-mail service over the RAM Mobile Data network. # # # # All brands, products and service names mentioned are trademarks or registered service marks of their respective owners. __________________ For further information, contact Kimberly Brown at PSI at 703.904.7187 (phone), 703.904.7195 (fax) or info(a)psi.com (e-mail); K. James Laskey at Morning Star Technologies at 614.451.1883 (phone), 614.459.5054 (fax) or sales(a)morningstar.com (e-mail); or Michael Vernetti at Kaufman Public Relations at 202.333.0700 (phone), 202.337.0449 (fax) or vernetti(a)psilink.com (e-mail).

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Smaller PGP source archives
by XXCLARK＠indst.indstate.edu 17 Aug '93

17 Aug '93

Anyone know of an ftp site with the latest PGP source in two smaller files, rather than one large one? No Unix account and insufficient disk space on this end at the moment. Any help appreciated.

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PROTOCOL: Encrypted Open Books
by hfinney＠shell.portal.com 17 Aug '93

17 Aug '93

Eric had some good ideas in his protocol for verifying anonymous bank deposits. One thing wasn't clear to me: what if the bank creates a fake account? It would seem that the bank could explain away a sudden decrease in its asset reserves (money that the bank officers actually spent on mistresses and drugs) by creating a fake anonymous account which made a large with- drawal. The books would still balance. It wasn't clear to me in Eric's protocol whether it would be expected that the identity of accounts which made such withdrawals would be revealed. Doing so would seem to go against the purpose of the digital bank. But without that ability it would seem that fake accounts could cover up any amount of mismanagement. Hal

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CRYPTO'93, anyone here going?
by miron＠extropia.wimsey.com 17 Aug '93

17 Aug '93

I will be attending CRYPTO. I was wondering if any cypherpunks will attending this conference. -- Miron Cuperman <miron(a)extropia.wimsey.com> | NeXTmail/Mime ok Unix/C++/DSP, consulting/contracting | Public key avail AMIX: MCuperman | Laissez faire, laissez passer. Le monde va de lui meme.

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FBI Credit Search bill update (CPSR)
by L. Detweiler 17 Aug '93

17 Aug '93

>From the CPSR newsletter v.6 #6 Aug 12, 93 ===cut=here=== [a 2] FBI Seeks Power for Credit Search Without Warrant In early July, the Senate Intelligence Committee approved a provision that allows for FBI access to credit reports using only a letter instead of a judicial warrant in cases that they say involved national security. There is concern that this will be subject to abuse and that the necessity has not been proven. A national security letter gives the FBI the authority to obtain records without judicial approval and without providing notice to the individual that his or her records have been obtained by the Bureau. Similar FBI proposals were rejected in previous years after Congressional leaders expressed concern over the civil liberties issues raised. Although the current draft proposal is more comprehensive than those circulated in previous years, the changes and additions do not alter significantly the central character of the proposal. The Administration's 1993 proposal includes explicit limits to dissemination of obtained information within the government, penalties for violations including punitive damages, and reporting requirements. These provisions are positive changes from the legislation put forward in previous years, but they do not save the proposal from its intrinsic flaws.

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PGP 2.3a
by fergp＠sytex.com 17 Aug '93

17 Aug '93

Uh, just a quick and dirty request: I have a few net.friends who want a copy of this latest version. Where is a quick and reliable anon FTP site (no kidding).... I don't care to upgrade, but I certainly won'y stand in the way ... 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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nevot README (by popular request)
by Graham Toal 17 Aug '93

17 Aug '93

NEVOT - A network voice terminal (BETA RELEASE 1.3 03/25/93) (c) Henning Schulzrinne ============================================================= NOTE: The .nevotinit files from versions prior to 1.3 are incompatible with the current command language and should be deleted. DESCRIPTION: The network voice terminal (NEVOT) allows audio-capable workstations to participate in audio conferences across local and wide area networks. Features: - real-time protocols: - NVP (network voice protocol), as used by 'vat' (LBL) and VT (isi) - 'vat' native packet format and session protocol - RTP draft - versions for: - Sun SPARCstation (SunOS 4.1.x and Solaris 5.x) - SGI Indigo (4D Series) and - Personal DECstations [as soon as we can get the DEC audio library to work] - GUIs: - XView - Tk [in progress] - curses - dumb terminal - fully controllable by Tcl-based command language - can serve as gateway for protocol and encoding translation - network transport protocols: - TCP - unicast/multicast UDP - ST-II [currently inoperative] - several independent concurrent conferences, each with different encoding and compression - DES-based voice encryption (U.S. only) - audio encodings: - 64 kb/s (mu-law PCM) - 32 kb/s G.721 ADPCM (Sun only) - 32 kb/s Intel DVI - 24 kb/s G.723 APDCM (Sun only) - 13 kb/s GSM - 4.8 kb/s LPC codec - each site can use different audio encodings - playback and recording of AIFC and .snd audio files - extensive statistics and tracing facilities - arbitrary voice packet length, which may differ for each site - lost packet and silence substitution - setable audio buffer occupancy - configurable adjustment mechanisms for playout delay, VU meter, silence detector and automatic gain control - redefinable session identifier string with variable substitution DOCUMENTATION: A compressed PostScript file describing Nevot is available for anonymous ftp from gaia.cs.umass.edu, as file ~ftp/pub/nevot.ps.Z. INSTALLATION: The sources are available by anonymous ftp from gaia.cs.umass.edu, as file ~ftp/pub/nevot/nevot.tar.Z (compressed tar file). The platform- specific external libraries are contained in the directory pub/nevot/lib.$ARCH. These typically change rarely. ARCH can be either dec, sgi, or sun4. Precompiled binaries are available as well: nevot/bin.$ARCH/nevot.tar.Z For the precompiled binaries, you also need to retrieve the initialization file ~ftp/pub/nevot/nevotinit and rename it to .nevotinit in the directory from which you plan to start Nevot. Unpack the compressed tar files, then execute the shell script compile You may have to adjust parameters within the shell script to your local needs, e.g., the compiler name. You also have to install the tcl library (version 6.7 or later), either the binary version as mentioned above, or from sources to be found in sprite.berkeley.edu:tcl. In order to use the UDP multicast and/or ST-II facilities, you have to install the appropriate kernel modifications. Due to export restrictions, the DES encryption code is available only by e-mail from the author. If you do have the DES code, change the value of the symbol DES in the Makefiles to 1. To enable on-line help for the OpenWindows version, the environment variable HELPPATH should be set to include the source directory where the .info files are located (here, assumed to be /usr/local/nevot/xview): setenv HELPPATH ${HELPPATH}:/usr/local/nevot/xview OPERATION WITH SD: ------------------ sd is a session directory written by Van Jacobson, LBL, available for anonymous ftp at ftp.ee.lbl.gov. The nevot/sd directory contains a replacement for the sd start_audio procedure, which you can insert into your ~/.sd.tcl startup file. Make sure that the directory containing the Nevot binary is in your path. Use at your own risk (i.e., don't blame VJ if it doesn't work...). DIFFICULTIES: ------------- If you experience difficulties, check the problems.tex file in the doc directory. BUG REPORTS: This is a beta release. Please send all bug reports and suggestions to the author at hgschulz(a)cs.umass.edu. New releases will be announced through the rem-conf mailing list (to join the list, send a request to rem-conf-request(a)es.net) I would appreciate if you could let me know how you are using the software. [A version for the Personal DECstation and DECstations with the DEC audio hardware is currently under development.] COPYRIGHT: All sources and documentation (except those listed in the acknowledgements or otherwise identified) are (c) Henning Schulzrinne 1992, University of Massachusetts and AT&T Bell Laboratories. Do not redistribute this software, or integrate with other software, without preserving the copyright notice. All changes have to be clearly marked. You may modify the code as long as you provide me with a copy. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: The DES encryption module was developed by Steve Kent and John Linn of BBN Communications Corporation, Cambridge, MA and provided by Karen Seo of BBN. The audio library incorporating G.721 and G.723 audio compression was provided by Daniel Steinberg of Sun Microsystems. It may at some point be integrated into the regular Sun OS. The Intel/DVI ADPCM codec was slightly modified from sources by Jack Kansen (CWI) and is copyrighted 1992 by Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (used by permission). The ST-II API and kernel support was developed by Charlie Lynn at BBN. The ST-II API (\C{st2_api.h}) is copyrighted (c) 1991 by BBN Systems and Technologies, a division of Bolt Beranek and Newman, Inc. and used by permission. The UDP multicast kernel support was written by Steve Deering, Xerox Parc. Charlie Lynn (BBN) was helpful with some of the fine points of the ST-II API. The Tcl interpreter was developed by John Osterhout, University of California at Berkeley. The sources are copyright University of California and used by permission. Advice on porting \nevot\ to the Silicon Graphics platform and numerous bug fixes were provided by Andrew Cherenson (SGI). Michael Halle (MIT) figured out how to get Xview applications to display fonts at the design sizes. The VU meter is based on discussions with Gints Klimanis (SGI). The audio mixing (mix.c) and checksum code (checksum.c) was taken from the ISI voice terminal (VT), copyright June 1991 by the University of Southern California, by permission. The silence detector and the ST-II code are modified versions of the respective parts of VT. The \vat\ session and audio protocol were implemented based on descriptions provided by Van Jacobsen. The I/O flags interpreter (flags.c) is a modified version of software contributed to Berkeley by Chris Torek. Copyright (c) 1990 by the Regents of the University of California; used by permission.

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Inslaw info (bitte)
by fergp＠sytex.com 16 Aug '93

16 Aug '93

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Mon, 16 Aug 93 11:06:28 PDT, Greg Broiles <uunet!ideath.goldenbear.com!greg> wrote - > Eric Hughes says he's uninterested in making the Inslaw files > available on soda, so I'll be happy to mail copies of them to > interested parties. Send any info you have to me at either: <fergp(a)sytex.com> or <ferguson(a)fiber.sprintlink.net> Danke. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.2 iQCVAgUBLHARI5RLcZSdHMBNAQGs1gQAplGq1DnDIvK4auaDKK6HA1uwxPV/Hf1c Z5btYCIQAvkDviLhAVMuzzTB0SymmIvyubnFy7luEVUKJfrNSeGdx3bWUm0icB63 82mgcZBEYZQnDRv9f76Y20qdeZ/R89Nm/BUNx1mFhzjzQGbmlOVlkYdkJdhvRNXi PlpGZpFuzuk= =aMAi -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- 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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