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Re: moving on (multiple future forks)
by Riad S. Wahby 23 Aug '16

23 Aug '16

peter.thoenen(a)yahoo.com wrote: > Was about to mention that .. wasn't the second to last node ran by > RA Hetting (or something like that) .. been over a decade, memories > failing. Forgot you even switched to mailman, was thinking you ran > the last and only CDR node still in existence. According to my notes, the last two nodes to go were minder.net and pro-ns.net, both in 2005. At one time there were bunches of others: http://www.metzdowd.com/pipermail/cryptography/2001-December/001492.html -=rsw

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Fwd: [Cryptography] Electronic currency revived after 20-year hiatus
by Cari Machet 23 Aug '16

23 Aug '16

so interesting thread on crypto ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ray Dillinger <bear(a)sonic.net> Date: Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 9:40 PM Subject: Re: [Cryptography] Electronic currency revived after 20-year hiatus To: cryptography(a)metzdowd.com On 08/17/2016 06:21 PM, Natanael wrote: > All previous solutions required gatekeepers, because they all failed if the > adversary could perform a Sybil attack (flood the network with nodes). You're wrong. Existing solutions for the Byzantine Generals Problem provide for any two correctly functioning nodes to reach agreement regardless of what any or all other nodes do. Sybil attacks do not affect the correctness of the solution. The problem with them is that required bandwidth per peer scale with the square of the total number of all other peers. And sybil attacks DO affect the scale of the problem for bandwidth purposes. With block chains the required bandwidth per peer scales linearly with the number of all other peers (well, technically with the size of the transactions done by all other peers), making it more scalable (but still not scalable to the level of a widely used payment network). The "Lightning Network" solves a problem for people who do many transactions per day with each other. There is no merchant nor client with whom I do more than one transaction per day, so absolutely none of my transactions would wind up using it. I expect it to have some real impact on the bandwidth and size of the block chain because some business models are absolutely pathological in terms of number of transactions per day by individual customers (like casinos or speculative markets) but not nearly as much as its proponents hope because it simply isn't applicable to ordinary tx (like grocery stores, office supply vendors, restaurants, or investment markets). And it still doesn't solve the problem that Trusted parties have emerged in the form of online wallets and exchanges etc, and they are failing and/or goxxing people on a regular basis. Multimillion dollar losses, thefts, and swindles impose public as well as private expense. Legislators, Law enforcers, and civil courts cannot ignore them because the people who get goxxed when they happen won't allow them to. Legislation, law enforcement, and both civil and criminal prosecutions in court are damned expensive, and will accordingly attract taxation and regulation as the taxpayers underwriting that expense use their governments to seek to limit their losses. Being a self-sufficient or self-regulating system does not include placing fiscal burdens on the public without taxation. Nor does it include freeloading on public law enforcement, legislative, and judicial resources without regulation. Bear _______________________________________________ The cryptography mailing list cryptography(a)metzdowd.com http://www.metzdowd.com/mailman/listinfo/cryptography -- Cari Machet NYC 646-436-7795 carimachet(a)gmail.com AIM carismachet Syria +963-099 277 3243 Amman +962 077 636 9407 Berlin +49 152 11779219 Reykjavik +354 894 8650 Twitter: @carimachet <https://twitter.com/carimachet> 7035 690E 5E47 41D4 B0E5 B3D1 AF90 49D6 BE09 2187 Ruh-roh, this is now necessary: This email is intended only for the addressee(s) and may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use of this information, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this email without permission is strictly prohibited.

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Fwd: [Cryptography] Voynich Manuscript to be published
by grarpamp 23 Aug '16

23 Aug '16

It's been scanned, so 900 copies won't be worth $10k, but still cool enough for the bitcoin crowd to buy some. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dave Horsfall <dave(a)horsfall.org> Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2016 06:38:32 +1000 (EST) Subject: [Cryptography] Voynich Manuscript to be published To: Cryptography List <cryptography(a)metzdowd.com> http://www.smh.com.au/world/10000-copies-give-amateurs-a-chance-to-decipher… ``Siloe will produce 898 replicas of the manuscript, raising the possibility that one will fall into the hands of someone who will at last crack the code.'' For a paltry €7000-€8000, you too can have a go at cracking it; any takers? -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer."

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Revolt Against Tor Over Rape Claims, Process, Board, Etc
by spUX 23 Aug '16

23 Aug '16

> Mirimir: > Usability improvements: > > 1) bridge setup wizard > 2) privacy/security slider I said one XD Look: www.darkpatterns.org Browse library; look what fits. > 3) auto updates In favor of backdoor, seems.

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Advanced Deanonymization Attacks
by Patrick Schleizer 23 Aug '16

23 Aug '16

A number of advanced deanonymization attacks. These do not just apply to Whonix, but any anonymity system. Some are also general security issues. Rather than exploiting bugs in the hypervisor to break out, some of these attacks rely on the design of the underlying hardware to bypass privilege separation boundaries and extract (or leak) sensitive information to the network. No need for alarm, there are many qualifications to this and details in the listed tickets on proposed countermeasures. We are interested in cooperation to better assess the performance impact of the planned fixes. - Keystroke Deanonymization: [1] - Advanced Attacks Meta ticket: [2] -- CPU-induced latency Covert Channel: [3] -- Cross-VM cache attacks countermeasures: [4] -- DRAMA: Exploiting DRAM Addressing for Cross-CPU Attacks: [5] -- TCP ISNs and Temperature induced clock skews: [6] Cheers, Patrick [1] https://phabricator.whonix.org/T5421 [2] https://phabricator.whonix.org/T5401 [3] https://phabricator.whonix.org/T530 [4] https://phabricator.whonix.org/T539 [5] https://phabricator.whonix.org/T541 [6] https://phabricator.whonix.org/T543

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the diplomats jurisdiction
by Zenaan Harkness 23 Aug '16

23 Aug '16

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[OT] [Just for Fun] Fwd: Re: Anarchist Bibliography, please?
by Cecilia Tanaka 23 Aug '16

23 Aug '16

Tsk, tsk... Men are very strange. In one day, I am "honey". In another, I am a "criminal". :D I never answered before, but yes, I am single. And when I receive messages like yours, I am completely sure that I really want to be single, wohooo!!! :D ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Ben 0wned" <gmojo02(a)protonmail.com> Date: Aug 5, 2016 9:26 PM Subject: Re: Anarchist Bibliography, please? (was Re: Deconstructing an Institutional Slander...) To: <cecilia.tanaka(a)gmail.com> Hi Cecilia honey. Are you single? -------- Original Message -------- On Aug 5, 2016, 3:28 PM, Cecilia Tanaka wrote: Wow, lots of lovely references!!! Thank you with all my heart!!! (*-*) <3 <3 <3 Tender kisses and warm hugs!!! Much love and deep gratitude from Brazil!!! <3 Ceci (づ• - •)づ♥

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moving on
by mirrormir 23 Aug '16

23 Aug '16

> Riad: > the list Is this only hosted version? I can haz mirror?

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Fw: [tor-talk] CSEC's (aka Canadian NSA) Work on Tor
by Zenaan Harkness 23 Aug '16

23 Aug '16

----- Forwarded message from William <william(a)wubim.com> ----- Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2016 20:10:34 -0700 From: William <william(a)wubim.com> To: tor-talk(a)lists.torproject.org Subject: [tor-talk] CSEC's (aka Canadian NSA) Work on Tor Hello everyone, I don't think this is of interest to most people, but I filed an access to information request with CSEC (often referred to as the Canadian NSA) last month in the course of our advocacy work, regarding its involvement when it comes to Tor and the Tor Project. They sent me a lot of boring redacted slideshows and emails but you guys are welcome to take a peek if you're interested and make your own observations. I've put it up on my blog: https://ejanic.com/communications-security-establishment-canadas-csec-work-… Cheers, William

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moving on
by EitShat 23 Aug '16

23 Aug '16

> Ben 0wned: > Tor shit Clearly this fucker is from Tor; bad pretext. > Where i live people disappear offending the wrong person. > If you dont like your govt or laws where you live get the hell out So you like that people get whacked? And then you threaten us? That's pretty fucking punk, dude. Welcome XD

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