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Re: [Cryptography] Serious paranoia...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Greg)
Tue Dec 24 16:57:07 2013
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From: Greg <greg@kinostudios.com>
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Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2013 16:32:30 -0500
To: Bill Cox <waywardgeek@gmail.com>
Cc: "cryptography@metzdowd.com" <cryptography@metzdowd.com>
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I sometimes see things long these lines, though not whole sites going =
down.
Ex: yesterday I posted to CFRG asking whether their NSA-employed =
co-chair might be using a fake name, and the list's website took (what =
seemed to me) much longer to have that email posted online than my =
previous ones. It was as though the email got held somewhere for a =
while, and then released.
That said, Joshua is quite right when he says that your paranoia might =
be perfectly "justified" in the sense that malicious activity is going =
on, *and* that it might simply be coincidence.
However, paranoia can be fun, so go nuts:
=
http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/11/repeated-attacks-hijack-huge-chunk=
s-of-internet-traffic-researchers-warn/
;-)
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On Dec 23, 2013, at 11:15 PM, Bill Cox <waywardgeek@gmail.com> wrote:
> Do any of you guys find that web sites go down after you post a new =
crypto related idea to an email list? When I posted to the TrueCrypt =
list it went down for over a day. I just posted to the =
password-hashing.net list, and it's down right now. This happened =
before when I posted to the old BitTorrent list. The sites just go away =
for a while. Also, my wife is mad at me. She thinks my crypto posts =
are causing delays in her emails. My emails seem to get delayed after I =
post dumb crypto ideas. This whole site is down:
>=20
> http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.phc
>=20
> I posted my dumb ideas for key stretching there earlier today. I'm =
sure it's junk, but when I make these kinds of posts with mostly junk =
and potentially a new idea or two, sites seem to just go away for a =
while. The posts usually make it through eventually, though one whole =
thread on the TrueCrypt list seems to be no longer findable, unless you =
have a saved link to it.
>=20
> Anyone else see anything like this? Is it total paranoia? It's kind =
of freaking me out.
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-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">I =
sometimes see things long these lines, though not whole sites going =
down.<div><br></div><div>Ex: yesterday I posted to CFRG asking whether =
their NSA-employed co-chair might be using a fake name, and the list's =
website took (what seemed to me) much longer to have that email posted =
online than my previous ones. It was as though the email got held =
somewhere for a while, and then released.</div><div><br></div><div>That =
said, Joshua is quite right when he says that your paranoia might be =
perfectly "justified" in the sense that malicious activity is going on, =
*and* that it might simply be =
coincidence.</div><div><br></div><div>However, paranoia can be fun, so =
go nuts:</div><div><br></div><div><a =
href=3D"http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/11/repeated-attacks-hijack-hu=
ge-chunks-of-internet-traffic-researchers-warn/">http://arstechnica.com/se=
curity/2013/11/repeated-attacks-hijack-huge-chunks-of-internet-traffic-res=
earchers-warn/</a></div><div><br></div><div>;-)</div><div><div>
<br>--<br>Please do not email me anything that you are =
not comfortable also sharing with the NSA.<br>
</div>
<br><div><div>On Dec 23, 2013, at 11:15 PM, Bill Cox <<a =
href=3D"mailto:waywardgeek@gmail.com">waywardgeek@gmail.com</a>> =
wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr">Do any of you guys find that web sites go =
down after you post a new crypto related idea to an email list? =
When I posted to the TrueCrypt list it went down for over a day. =
I just posted to the <a =
href=3D"http://password-hashing.net/">password-hashing.net</a> list, and =
it's down right now. This happened before when I posted to the old =
BitTorrent list. The sites just go away for a while. Also, =
my wife is mad at me. She thinks my crypto posts are causing =
delays in her emails. My emails seem to get delayed after I post =
dumb crypto ideas. This whole site is down:<div>
<br></div><div><a =
href=3D"http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.phc">http://news.gmane.o=
rg/gmane.comp.security.phc</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>I posted my =
dumb ideas for key stretching there earlier today. I'm sure it's =
junk, but when I make these kinds of posts with mostly junk and =
potentially a new idea or two, sites seem to just go away for a while. =
The posts usually make it through eventually, though one whole =
thread on the TrueCrypt list seems to be no longer findable, unless you =
have a saved link to it.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Anyone else see anything like this? Is it =
total paranoia? It's kind of freaking me out.</div></div>
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