[cryptome] Re: Comsec as Public Utility Beyond Illusory Privacy
- From: Tom Allyn <tomallyn@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "cryptome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <cryptome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 08:53:44 -0400
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Tom Allyn
> On Mar 14, 2014, at 10:11 AM, tpb-crypto@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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>> Message du 14/03/14 04:52
>> De : "Troy Benjegerdes"
>> A : tpb-crypto@xxxxxxxxxxx
>> Copie à : "John Young" , cypherpunks@xxxxxxxxxx, cryptography@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
>> cryptome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Objet : Re: Comsec as Public Utility Beyond Illusory Privacy
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>>>> getting agreement of all targets -- gov, com, edu, org -- to say
>>>> enough is enough, national security has become a catchall for
>>>> inexcusable invasion of the public realm.
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>>> It remembers me when someone proposed that IPv6 encryption should become
>>> optional and the proposal was accepted. If we had IPv6 encrypted by now,
>>> things would be a little bit different ...
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>> And networks would be harder to debug, unless you happened to work for the
>> comsec utility or the NSA and already had all the decryption keys.
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>> Let me suggestion using IPv7 where encryption is also optional, but at least
>> happens to use the same ecdsa keys you use for your money to encrypt packets
>> if you so desire.
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>> Troy Benjegerdes 'da hozer' hozer@xxxxxxxxx
>> 7 elements earth::water::air::fire::mind::spirit::soul grid.coop
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>> Never pick a fight with someone who buys ink by the barrel,
>> nor try buy a hacker who makes money by the megahash
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> I absolutely don't see the point that justifies debugging network problems to
> be a bigger concern than the privacy of everyone in the world. Debugging be
> damned.
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> We should move to quantum-proof crypto, ECDSA is merely a stopgap.
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