privacy anonymity on the internet faq of archive name net privacy part last modified version identity privacy and anonymity on the internet c l detweiler not for commercial use except by permission from author otherwise may be freely copied not to be altered please credit if quoted summary email and account privacy anonymity file encryption academic computer policies relevant legislation and references eff and other privacy and rights issues associated with use of the internet and global networks in general search for for exact section search for underline for next section part this file resources what unix programs are related to privacy how can i learn about or use cryptography what is the cypherpunks mailing list what are some privacy related newsgroups faqs what is internet privacy enhanced mail pem what are other request for comments rfcs related to privacy how can i run an anonymous remailer what are references on privacy in email what are some email usenet and internet use policies what is the mit crosslink anonymous message tv program miscellaneous what is digital cash what is a hacker or cracker what is a cypherpunk what is steganography and anonymous pools what is security through obscurity what are identity daemons what standards are needed to guard electronic privacy issues what is the electronic frontier foundation eff who are computer professionals for social responsibility cpsr what was operation sun devil and the steve jackson game case what is integrated services digital network isdn what is the national research and education network nren what is the fbi s proposed digital telephony act what other u s legislation is related to privacy on networks what are references on rights in cyberspace what is the computers and academic freedom caf archive footnotes what is the background behind the internet how is internet anarchy like the english language most wanted list change history resources what unix programs are related to privacy for more information type man cmd or apropos keyword at the unix shell prompt passwd change password finger obtain information about a remote user chfn change information about yourself obtainable by remote users sometimes passwd f chmod change the rights associated with a file or directory umask shell change the default on creation file access rights ls list the rights associated with files and directories xhost allow or disable access control of particular users to an xwindow server last list the latest user logins on the system and their originations who list other users login idle times originations w list other users and what they are running xhost access control list for x window client use xauth control x window server authentication signature file in the home directory appended to usenet posts forward file used to forward email to other accounts xauthority file used for x window server authentication keys signature variable used for name in email and usenet postings the tcpdump packet tracing program is loosely based on smi s etherfind although none of the etherfind code remains it was originally written by van jacobson lawrence berkeley laboratory as part of an ongoing research project to investigate and improve tcp and internet gateway performance a current version is available via anonymous ftp from host ftp ee lbl gov currently at address file tcpdump tar z a compressed unix tar file this program is subject to the standard berkeley network software copyright how can i learn about or use cryptography a general introduction to mostly theoretical cryptographic issues especially those frequently discussed in sci crypt is available in faq form compiled by cme ellisun sw stratus com carl ellison gwyn brl mil doug gwyn smb ulysses att com steven bellovin nist u s national institute for standards and technology publishes an introductory paper on cryptography special publication public key cryptograhy by james nechvatal april available via anonymous ftp from csrc ncsl nist gov file pub nistpubs txt also via available anonymous ftp from wimsey bc ca as crypt txt z in the crypto directory covers technical mathematical aspects of encryption such as number theory more general information can be found in a faq by paul fahn of rsa labortories via anonymous ftp from rsa com in pub faq ps z see the readme file for information on the tex version also available as hardcopy for from rsa laboratories marine parkway redwood city ca send questions to faq editor rsa com phil zimmerman s pgp pretty good privacy public domain package for public key encryption is available at numerous sites and is in widespread use over the internet for general unix based file encryption including email consult the archie ftp database also see the newsgroup alt security pgp mailing list requests to info pgp request lucpul it luc edu from the ripem faq by marc vanheyningen mvanheyn whale cs indiana edu on news answers ripem is a program which performs privacy enhanced mail pem using the cryptographic techniques of rsa and des it allows your electronic mail to have the properties of authentication i e who sent it can be confirmed and privacy i e nobody can read it except the intended recipient ripem was written primarily by mark riordan mrr scss cl msu edu most of the code is in the public domain except for the rsa routines which are a library called rsaref licensed from rsa data security inc ripem is available via anonymous ftp to citizens and permanent residents in the u s from rsa com cd to rsaref and read the readme file for info ripem as well as some other crypt stuff has its home site on rpub cl msu edu which is open to non anonymous ftp for users in the u s and canada who are citizens or permanent residents to find out how to obtain access ftp there cd to pub crypt and read the file getting access note cryptography is generally not well integrated into email yet and some system proficiency is required by users to utilize it what is the cypherpunks mailing list eric hughes hughes toad com runs the cypherpunk mailing list dedicated to discussion about technological defenses for privacy in the digital domain send email to cypherpunks request toad com to be added or subtracted from the list from the charter the most important means to the defense of privacy is encryption to encrypt is to indicate the desire for privacy but to encrypt with weak cryptography is to indicate not too much desire for privacy cypherpunks hope that all people desiring privacy will learn how best to defend it what are some privacy related newsgroups faqs newsgroups alt comp acad freedom news alt comp acad freedom talk moderated and unmoderated issues related to academic freedom and privacy at universities documented examples of violated privacy in e g email documented examples of censorship as in e g limiting usenet groups local availability alt cyberpunks virtual reality science fiction by william gibson and bruce sterling cyberpunk in the mainstream alt hackers usenet network news transfer protocol nntp posting mechanisms simple mail transfer protocol smtp obligatory hack reports alt privacy general privacy issues involving taxpaying licensing social security numbers etc alt security comp security misc computer related security issues faq in news answers below alt security pgp alt security ripem dedicated to discussing public domain cryptographic software packages pgp or pretty good privacy software developed by phil zimmerman for public key encryption and ripem by mark riordan for public key and des encryption comp society privacy privacy issues associated with computer technologies examples caller identification social security numbers credit applications mailing lists etc moderated comp eff news comp eff talk moderated and unmoderated groups associated with the electronic frontier foundation started by mitch kapor for protecting civil and constitutional rights in the electronic realm news admin news admin policy concerns of news administrators nntp standards and mechanisms news lists usenet traffic distributions most frequent posters most voluminous groups most active sites etc sci crypt considers scientific and social issues of cryptography examples legitimate use of pgp public key patents des cryptographic security cypher breaking etc faqs faqs or frequently asked questions are available in the newsgroups answers or via anonymous ftp to pit manager mit edu also rtfm mit edu from the directory pub usenet news answers x where x is the archive name this faq is archived in the file net privacy others are network info part sources of information about the internet and how to connect to it through the nsf or commercial vendors alt security faq computer related security issues arising in alt security and comp security misc mostly unix related ssn privacy privacy issues associated with the use of the u s social security number ssn pdial public dialup internet accounts list college email part how to find email addresses for undergraduate and graduate students faculty and staff at various colleges and universities ripem faq information on ripem a program for public key mail encryption officially sanctioned by public key partners inc the company that owns patents on public key cryptography unix faq faq part frequently asked questions about unix including information on finger and terminal spying distributions known geographic university and network distributions what is internet privacy enhanced mail pem internet drafts on privacy enhanced mail pem describe a standard under revision for six years delineating the official protocols for email encryption the standard has only recently stabilized and implementations are being developed rfc privacy enhancement for internet electronic mail part i message encryption and authentication procedures j linn mcimail com rfc privacy enhancement for internet electronic mail part ii certificate based key management s kent kent bbn com rfc privacy enhancement for internet electronic mail part iv key certification and related services b kaliski burt rsa com rfc privacy enhancement for internet electronic mail part iii algorithms modes and identifiers d balenson belenson tis com send email to pem info tis com for more information see rfcs related to privacy for information on how to obtain rfcs what are other requests for comments rfcs related to privacy rfc smtp simple mail transfer protocol rfc nntp network news transfer protocol rfc standard for interchange of network news messages rfc glossary of networking terms rfc answers to experienced internet user questions rfc answers to new internet user questions rfc privacy issues in network information center databases rfc is fyi answers to commonly asked new internet user questions and includes basic terminology on the internet tcp ip smtp ftp internet organizations such as iab internet activities board and ietf internet enbgineering task force and a glossary of terms also from ftp eff org pub internet info internet q rfcs can be obtained via ftp from nic ddn mil with the pathname rfc rfcnnnn txt or rfc rfcnnnn ps where nnnn refers to the number of the rfc login with ftp username anonymous and password guest the nic also provides an automatic mail service for those sites which cannot use ftp address the request to service nic ddn mil and in the subject field of the message indicate the rfc number as in subject rfc nnnn or subject rfc nnnn ps for postscript rfcs rfcs can also be obtained via ftp from nis nsf net using ftp login with username anonymous and password guest then connect to the rfc directory cd rfc the file name is of the form rfcnnnn txt where nnnn refers to the number of the rfc the nis also provides an automatic mail service for those sites which cannot use ftp address the request to nis info nis nsf net and leave the subject field of the message blank the first line of the text of the message must be send rfcnnnn txt where nnnn is replaced by the rfc number how can i run an anonymous remailer cypherpunk remailer source is at soda berkeley edu in the pub cypherpunks directory it s written in perl and is relatively easy to install no administrative rights are required karl barrus elee sf menudo uh edu has more information and modifications also most remailer operators mentioned above are amenable to discussing features problems and helping new sites become operational address all points in the section responsibities of anonymous use in this document prior to advertising your service you should be committed to the long term stability of the site and avoid running one surreptitiously what are references on privacy in email brown bob ema urges users to adopt policy on e mail privacy network world oct bairstow jeffrey who reads your electronic mail electronic business june electronic envelopes the uncertainty of keeping e mail private scientific american february ftp eff org pub eff papers email privacy article on the rights of email privacy by ruel t hernandez pub academic law privacy email computer electronic mail and privacy an edited version of a law school seminar paper by ruel t hernadez pub eff papers email privacy biblio compilation of bibliography on e mail and its privacy issues part of the work compiled by stacy b veeder pub eff papers email privacy research the author at digital research tried to formalize their employee privacy policy on e mail the casesightings are divided into two groups us constitutional law and california law pub eff papers company email formulating a company policy on access to and disclosure of electronic mail on company computer systems by david r johnson and john podesta for the electronic mail assocation pub cud alcor information on alcor co an e mail privacy suit pub academic law privacy email email privacy search at berkeley what are some email usenet and internet use policies the computer policy and critiques archive is a collection of the computer policies of many schools and networks run by the computers and academic freedom group on the electronic frontier foundation ftp site the collection also includes critiques of some of the policies if you have gopher the archive is browsable with the command gopher p academic policies gopher eff org the archive is also accessible via anonymous ftp and email ftp to ftp eff org it is in directory pub academic policies for email access send email to archive server eff org include the line send acad freedom policies filenames where filenames is a list of the files that you want file readme is a detailed description of the items in the directory for more information to make contributions or to report typos contact j s greenfield greeny eff org directory widener contains additional policies but not critiques ftp eff org pub cud networks acceptable use policies for various networks including compuserve file compuserve nsfnet file nsfnet with information on research and commercial uses see pub cud networks index pub cud networks email policies from various sysadmins about how they handle the issue of email privacy control and abuse compiled by t hooper hooper ta cc curtin edu au pub cud schools computer use policies of a number of schools see schools index for a full list and description commentary pub academic faq policy best opinions on the best academic computer policies pub academic faq email policies do any universities treat email and computer files as private pub academic faq netnews writing policies on what users write on usenet pub academic faq netnews reading policies on what users read on usenet should my university remove or restrict netnews newsgroups because some people find them offensive pub academic faq policy what guidance is there for creating or evaluating a university s academic computer policy what is the mit crosslink anonymous message tv program crosslink is an anonymous message system run on mit student cable tv it provides an anonymous medium through which mit students can say those things they might otherwise find difficult inconvenient or impossible to say in person it s also a way to send fun or totally random messages to your friends over the air it is similar to the anonymous message pages found in many college newspapers except that it s electronic in nature and it s free messages can be posted to the service via email for more information send email to crosslink athena mit edu miscellaneous what is digital cash with digital encryption and authentication technologies the possibility of a widespread digital cash system may someday be realized a system utilizing codes sent between users and banks similar to today s checking system except entirely digital may be one approach the issues of cryptography privacy and anonymity are closely associated with transfer of cash in an economy see the article in scientific american by david chaum dec an experimental digital bank is run by karl barrus elee sf menudo uh edu based on suggestions by hal finney on the cypherpunks mailing list to use the server send mail to elee h rosebud ee uh edu message with the following text command help user host where user host is your email address what is a hacker or cracker these terms arouse strong feelings by many on their meaning especially on the internet in the general news media in the past a person who uses computers and networks to malicious ends such as breaking into systems has been referred to as a hacker but most internet users prefer the term cracker for this instead a hacker is perceived as a benign but intensely ambitious curious and driven computer user who explores obscure areas of a system for example something of a proud electronic pioneer and patriot this is the sense intended in this document see also the hacker s dictionary and the faq alt security faq what is a cypherpunk from the charter of the cypherpunk mailing list cypherpunks assume privacy is a good thing and wish there were more of it cypherpunks acknowledge that those who want privacy must create it for themselves and not expect governments corporations or other large faceless organizations to grant them privacy out of beneficence cypherpunks know that people have been creating their own privacy for centuries with whispers envelopes closed doors and couriers cypherpunks do not seek to prevent other people from speaking about their experiences or their opinions see information on the cypherpunk mailing list below see also the cryptoanarchist manifesto and the cryptography glossary in soda berkeley edu pub cypherpunks what is steganography and anonymous pools closely associated with encryption is steganography or the techniques for not only pursuing private encrypted communication but concealing the very existence of the communication itself many new possibilities in this area are introduced with the proliferation of computer technology for example it is possible to encode messages in the least significant bits of images typically the most noisy in addition when such an item is posted in a public place such as a newsgroup virtually untraceable communication can take place between sender and receiver for steganographic communications in the electronic realm one another possibility is setting up a mailing list where individual messages get broadcast to the entire list and individual users decode particular messages with their unique key an anonymous pool has been set up by miron cuperman miron extropia wimsey com for experiments send email to pool request extropia wimsey com with one of the following commands in the subject line subscribe unsubscribe help what is security through obscurity security through obscurity refers to the attempt to gain protection from system weaknesses by hiding sensitive information or programs relating to them for example a company may not make public information on its software s encryption techniques to evade attacks based on knowledge of it another example would be concealing data on the existence of security holes or bugs in operating systems or some reliance may be made on the fact that some standard or mechanism with potential problems is serious because they are not widely known or not widely used this argument is occasionally applied to mechanisms for email and usenet posting forgery security through obscurity is regarded as a very feeble technique at best and inappropriate and ineffective at worst also called the head in the sand approach see the faq for alt security some remarks of john perry barlow cofounder of the electronic frontier foundation directed to nsa agents at the first international symposium on national security national competitiveness held in mclean virginia dec digitized information is very hard to stamp classified or keep contained this stuff is incredibly leaky and volatile it s almost a life form in its ability to self propagate if something hits the net and it s something which people on there find interesting it will spread like a virus of the mind i believe you must simply accept the idea that we are moving into an environment where any information which is at all interesting to people is going to get out and there will be very little that you can do about it this is not a bad thing in my view but you may differ what are identity daemons rfc describes a protocol standard that allows unix programs to query a remote user s login name after connection to a local communication socket a connection of this type is established during ftp and telnet sessions for example the standard is not widely supported perhaps of internet sites currently implement it but the number is increasing the mechanism is detrimental to anonymity regular users cannot disable it but system adminstrators can circumvent it this standard may represent a trend toward greater authentication mechanisms what new standards are needed to guard electronic privacy remailing posting stable secure protected officially sanctioned and permitted publicly and privately operated anonymous servers and hubs official standards for encryption and anonymity in mail and usenet postings truly anonymous protocols with source and destination information obscured or absent and hidden routing mechanisms chaining encrypted addresses etc standards for anonymous email addressing embedding files and remailer site chaining general recognition of anonymity cryptography and related privacy shields as legitimate useful desirable and crucial by the general public and their governments widespread use and implementation of these technologies by systems designers into hardware software and standards implemented securely seamlessly and transparently general shift of use dependence and reliance to means other than wiretapping and electronic surveillance by law enforcement agencies publicity retraction and dissolution of laws and government agencies opposed to privacy replaced by structures dedicated to strengthening and protecting it issues what is the electronic frontier foundation eff from ftp eff org pub eff mission statement a new world is arising in the vast web of digital electronic media which connect us computer based communication media like electronic mail and computer conferencing are becoming the basis of new forms of community these communities without a single fixed geographical location comprise the first settlements on an electronic frontier while well established legal principles and cultural norms give structure and coherence to uses of conventional media like newspapers books and telephones the new digital media do not so easily fit into existing frameworks conflicts come about as the law struggles to define its application in a context where fundamental notions of speech property and place take profoundly new forms people sense both the promise and the threat inherent in new computer and communications technologies even as they struggle to master or simply cope with them in the workplace and the home the electronic frontier foundation has been established to help civilize the electronic frontier to make it truly useful and beneficial not just to a technical elite but to everyone and to do this in a way which is in keeping with our society s highest traditions of the free and open flow of information and communication eff was started by the multimillionaire mitchell kapor founder of lotus software and john barlow lyricist for the grateful dead rock band a highly publicized endeavor of the organization involved the legal defense of steve jackson games after an fbi raid and an accompanying civil suit see section on steve jackson games the foundation publishes eff news effector online electronically send requests to effnews request eff org in a letter to mitchell kapor from the chairman of the subcommittee with primary jurisdiction over telecommunications policy dated november representative edward j markey complemented mitchell kapor on his insights on the development of a national public information infrastructure which were appreciated greatly by myself and the members of the subcommittee complete text in ftp eff com pub pub infra we need to pursue policies that encourage the bell companies to work with other sectors of the communications industry to create a consumer oriented public information network please let me or my staff know what policies you and others in the computer industry believe would best serve the public interest in creating a reasonably priced widely available network in which competition is open and innovation rewarded i also want to learn what lessons from the computer industry over the past ten to fifteen years should apply to the current debate on structuring the information and communications networks of the future i ask your help in gaining input from the computer industry so that the subcommittee can shape policies that will bring this spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship to the information services industry ftp eff org pub eff about eff a file of basic information about eff including goals mission achievements and current projects contains a membership form pub eff mission statement eff mission statement pub eff historical founding announcement eff founding press release pub eff historical eff history john perry barlow s not terribly brief history of the eff july how eff was conceived and founded major legal cases and the organizational directions pub eff historical legal case summary eff legal case summary who are computer professionals for social responsibility cpsr the computer professionals for social responsibility have been working to protect and promote electronic civil liberties issues since the group has three offices palo alto cambridge washington dc and chapters it is involved in litigation against the fbi the nsa nist the secret service and other other u s government agencies to declassify and provide documentation on issues such as operation sundevil the fbi wiretap proposal nsa s interference in crypography the breakup of the raid in arlington va in nov members speak frequently in front on congress state legislators and public utility commissions to testify on privacy information policy computer security and caller identification cpsr has created an extensive internet privacy library available via ftp gopher wais and email at cpsr org currently comprising the largest collection of privacy documents on the internet for more information anonymous ftp cpsr org cpsr thanks to dave banisar banisar washofc cpsr org for contributions here what was operation sundevil and the steve jackson game case in the early s a fear spread among u s law enforcement agencies on the illicit activities of hackers and phreakers involved in such activities as credit card fraud and long distance call thievery see ftp eff org pub sjg general information effector operation sundevil the phoenix inspired crackdown of may concentrated on telephone code fraud and credit card abuse and followed this seizure plan with some success bulletin board systems went down all over america terrifying the underground and swiftly depriving them of at least some of their criminal instruments it also saddled analysts with some floppy disks and confronted harried justice department prosecutors with the daunting challenge of a gigantic nationwide hacker show trial involving highly technical issues in dozens of jurisdictions massive show trials never materialized although isolated instances of prosecution were pursued the movement reached a crescendo in texas with the highly publicized case of illegal search and seizure involving the steve jackson games company of austin texas on march from the column gurps labour lost by bruce sterling bruces well sf ca us in fantasy and science fiction magazine in an early morning raid with an unlawful and unconstitutional warrant agents of the secret service conducted a search of the sjg office when they left they took a manuscript being prepared for publication private electronic mail and several computers including the hardware and software of the sjg computer bulletin board system yet jackson and his business were not only innocent of any crime but never suspects in the first place the raid had been staged on the unfounded suspicion that somewhere in jackson s office there might be a document compromising the security of the telephone system fbi agents involved in the seizure were named in a civil suit filed on behalf of steve jackson games by the electronic frontier foundation see information on eff below from an article by joe abernathy in the houston chronicle feb austin an electronic civil rights case against the secret service closed thursday with a clear statement by federal district judge sam sparks that the service failed to conduct a proper investigation in a notorious computer crime crackdown and went too far in retaining custody of seized equipment secret service special agent timothy foley of chicago who was in charge of three austin computer search and seizures on march that led to the lawsuit stoically endured spark s rebuke over the service s poor investigation and abusive computer seizure policies while the service has seized dozens of computers since the crackdown began in this is the first case to challenge the practice sparks grew visibly angry when it was established that the austin science fiction magazine and game book publisher was never suspected of a crime and that agents did not do even marginal research to establish a criminal connection between the firm and the suspected illegal activities of an employee or to determine that the company was a publisher indeed agents testified that they were not even trained in the privacy protection act at the special secret service school on computer crime how long would it have taken you mr foley to find out what steve jackson games did what it was asked sparks an hour was there any reason why on march you could not return to steve jackson games a copy in floppy disk form of everything taken did you read the article in business week magazine where it had a picture of steve jackson a law abiding tax paying citizen saying he was a computer crime suspect did it ever occur to you mr foley that seizing this material could harm steve jackson economically foley replied no sir but the judge offered his own answer you actually did you just had no idea anybody would actually go out and hire a lawyer and sue you more than has been spent by the electronic frontier foundation in bringing the case to trial the eff was founded by mitchell kapor amid a civil liberties movement sparked in large part by the secret service computer crime crackdown ftp eff org pub cud papers sundevil a collection of information on operation sundevil by the epic nonprofit publishing project everything you wanted to know but could never find pub cud papers sj resp steve jackson s response to the charges against him what is integrated services digital network isdn isdn is a high speed data communications standard that utilizes existing copper telephone lines and is a possible inexpensive and intermediate alternative to laying fiber optic cable for phone networks the speeds involved may be sufficient for audio and video transmission applications g v der leun in the file ftp eff org pub pub infra telecommunications in the united states is at a crossroads with the regional bell operating companies now free to provide content the shape of the information networking is about to be irrevocably altered but will that network be the open accessible affordable network that the american public needs you can help decide this question the electronic frontier foundation recently presented a plan to congress calling for the immediate deployment of a national network based on existing isdn technology accessible to anyone with a telephone connection and priced like local voice service we believe deployment of such a platform will spur the development of innovative new information services and maximize freedom competitiveness and civil liberties throughout the nation the eff is testifying before congress and the fcc making presentations to public utility commisions from massachusetts to california and meeting with representatives from telephone companies publishers consumer advocates and other stakeholders in the telecommunications policy debate the eff believes that participants on the internet as pioneers on the electronic frontier need to have their voices heard at this critical moment to automatically receive a description of the platform and details send mail to archive server eff org with the following line send documents open platform overview or send mail to eff eff org see also the introduction to the eff open platform proposal in ftp eff org pub pub infra references digital data on demand macworld page kbps vs isdn services and products see comments by j powers in ftp eff org pub pub infra telephone service that rings of the future by joshua quittner newsday tue jan implications of isdn for the masses written in popular science style john perry barlow cofounder eff regional telephone companies ohio bell isdn as technological rorschach test anecdotes about mcdonald s barbara bush teleconferencing see complete text in ftp eff org pub pub infra ftp eff org pub pub infra files through containing email from the eff public infrastructure group organized by month opinions and facts on the pros and cons of isdn integrated services digital network uses of isdn phone video audio etc japanese model alternatives to isdn hdsl adsl fiber optics technical specifications of isdn implementation details cost issues political obstacles rboc regional bell operating companies or baby bells e g net new england telephone influencing development of future networks e g isdn and nren national research and education network encouraging competition cable tv systems press releases and news articles letter from rep e j markey to m kapor what is the national research and education network nren the nation research and education network was introduced in legislation cosponsored by sen a gore to promote high speed data network infrastructure augmenting the internet with up to times faster transmission rates the bill passed the house on november the senate on november and was signed by the president on december ftp eff org pub eff legislation nren bill text the complete text of the house senate compromise version of s the high performance computing act pub internet info gore bill nd congress st session text of high performance computing bill cosponsored by sen a gore pub eff legislation gore infrastructure bill the text of s the information infrastructure and technology act of introduced by senator gore to expand federal efforts to develop technologies for applications of high performance computing and high speed networking and to provide for a coordinated federal program to accelerate development and deployment of an advanced information infrastructure u s said to play favorites in promoting nationwide computer network by john markoff n y times dec president bush s legislation for natiowide computer data superhighway ibm mci venture as monopoly destructive to fair competition and innovation national science foundation nsfnet complete text in pub pub infra commentary pub academic statements nren privacy cpsr proposed privacy guidelines for the nren statement of marc rotenberg washington director computer professionals for social responsibility cpsr pub internet info cisler nren the national research and education network two meetings steve cisler senior scientist apple computer library december summary of meetings exploring educational issues of nren by diverse members of academia and industry pub internet info privatized nren feb essay by m kapor advocating advantages of a private national public network and specific recommendations for open nren policies encouraging competition pub eff papers netproposition an fyi about the proposed nren setup what is the fbi s proposed digital telephony act providers of electronic communication services and private branch exchange operators shall provide within the united states capability and capacity for the government to intercept wire and electronic communications when authorized by law from bbs legislative watch fbis wiretapping proposal thwarted by s steele in boardwatch magazine feb p in a move that worried privacy experts software manufacturers and telephone companies the fbi proposed legislation to amend the communications act of to make it easier for the bureau to perform electronic wiretapping the proposed legislation entitled digital telephony would have required communications service providers and hardware manufacturers to make their systems tappable by providing back doors through which law enforcement officers could intercept communications furthermore this capability would have been provided undetectably while the communications was in progress exclusive of any communications between other parties regardless of the mobility of the target of the fbi s investigation and without degradation of service under the proposal the department of justice doj can keep communications products off the market if it determines that these products do not meet the doj s own guidelines this could result in increased costs and reduced competitiveness for service providers and equipment manufacturers since they will be unlikely to add any features that may result in a doj rejection of their entire product the fbi proposal suggests that the cost of this wiretapping service to the bureau would have to be borne by the service provider itself the electronic frontier foundation organized a broad coalition of public interest and industry groups from computer professionals for social responsibilty cpsr and the aclu to at t and sun microsystems to oppose the legislation a white paper produced by the eff and ratified by the coalition entitled an analysis of the fbi digital telephony proposal was widely distributed throughout the congress the justice department lobbied hard in the final days to get congress to take up the bill before congress adjourned but the bill never found a congressional sponsor and was therefore never officially introduced the fbi may reintroduce digital telephony when the rd congress convenes in january ftp eff org pub eff legislation fbi wiretap bill pub eff legislation new fbi wiretap bill a bill to ensure the continuing access of law enforcement to the content of wire and electronic communications when authorized by law and for other purposes version of the bill after fbi changes in response to public response pub cud law hr house of rep bill telecommunications law commentary pub eff papers eff fbi analysis the eff sponsored analysis of the fbi s digital telephony proposal pub eff papers ecpa layman the electronic communications privacy act of a layman s view pub eff papers nightline wire transcript of abc s nightline of may on the fbi privacy and proposed wire tapping legislation featured are marc rotenberg of the cpsr and william sessions director of the fbi pub eff papers edwards letter a letter from the director of the secret service to us rep don edwards d california in response to questions raised by edwards subcommittee this copy came from computer professionals for social responsibility in washington d c pub eff papers fbi systems a description of how information is stored on the fbi s computer systems what other u s legislation is related to privacy ftp eff org pub cud law state state computer crime laws al ak az ca co ct de fl ga hi ia id il in md mn nc nj nm ny or tx vt va wa wi wv pub cud law country current computer crime laws for the united states federal code canada ghana and great britain pub cud law bill s senate bill addressing registration of encryption keys with the government pub cud law improve improvement of information access bill pub cud law monitoring senate bill concerning abuses of electronic monitoring in the workplace pub cud law us e privacy title relating to computer crime email privacy pub academic law privacy electronic bill the text of simon s electronic privacy bill s to prevent potential abuses of electronic monitoring in the workplace what are references on rights in cyberspace ftp eff org pub cud papers const in cyberspace laurence tribe s keynote address at the first conference on computers freedom privacy the constitution in cyberspace pub cud papers denning paper presented to th nat l comp security conf concerning hackers who break into computer systems by dorothy e denning pub cud papers privacy computer privacy vs first and fourth amendment rights by michael s borella pub cud papers rights of expr rights of expression in cyberspace by r e baird pub academic eff rights bill of rights meaning in the electronic frontier what is the computers and academic freedom caf archive the caf archive is an electronic library of information about computers and academic freedom run by the computers and academic freedom group on the electronic frontier foundation ftp site if you have gopher the archive is browsable with the command gopher p academic gopher eff org it is available via anonymous ftp to ftp eff org in directory pub academic it is also available via email for information on email access send email to archive server eff org in the body of your note include the lines help and index for more information to make contributions or to report typos contact j s greenfield greeny eff org ftp eff org pub academic statements caf statement codifies the application of academic freedom to academic computers reflecting seven months of on line discussion about computers and academic freedom covers free expression due process privacy and user participation pub academic books directory of book references related to computers and academic freedom or mentioned in the caf discussion the file books readme is a bibliography pub academic faq archive list of files available on the computers and academic freedom archive pub academic news directory of all issues of the computers and academic freedom news a full list of abstracts is available in file abstracts the special best of the month issues are named with their month for example june footnotes what is the background behind the internet the article internet in fantasy and science fiction by bruce sterling bruces well sf ca us contains general and nontechnical introductory notes on origins of the internet including the role of the rand corporation the goal of network resilience in face of nuclear attack mit ucla arpanet tcp ip nsf nren etc arpanet itself formally expired in a happy victim of its own overwhelming success its users scarcely noticed for arpanet s functions not only continued but steadily improved the use of tcp ip standards for computer networking is now global in a mere twenty one years ago there were only four nodes in the arpanet network today there are tens of thousands of nodes in the internet scattered over forty two countries with more coming on line every day three million possibly four million people use this gigantic mother of all computer networks the internet is especially popular among scientists and is probably the most important scientific instrument of the late twentieth century the powerful sophisticated access that it provides to specialized data and personal communication has sped up the pace of scientific research enormously the internet s pace of growth in the early s is spectacular almost ferocious it is spreading faster than cellular phones faster than fax machines last year the internet was growing at a rate of twenty percent a month the number of host machines with direct connection to tcp ip has been doubling every year since the internet is moving out of its original base in military and research institutions into elementary and high schools as well as into public libraries and the commercial sector references bowers k t laquey j reynolds k roubicek m stahl and a yuan where to start a bibliography of general internetworking information rfc cnri u texas isi bbn sri mitre august the whole internet catalog user s guide by ed krol o reilly and associates inc a clear non jargonized introduction to the intimidating business of network literacy written in humorous style krol e the hitchhikers guide to the internet rfc university of illinois urbana september the user s directory to computer networks by tracy laquey the matrix computer networks and conferencing systems worldwide by john quarterman digital press bedford ma massive and highly technical compendium detailing the mind boggling scope and complexity of global internetworks a directory of electronic mail addressing and networks by donnalyn frey and rick adams the internet companion by tracy laquey with jeanne c ryer addison wesley evangelical etiquette guide to the internet featuring anecdotal tales of life changing internet experiences foreword by senator al gore zen and the art of the internet a beginner s guide by brendan p kehoe prentice hall brief but useful internet guide with plenty of good advice on useful databases see also ftp eff com pub internet info thanks to bruce sterling bruces well sf ca us for contributions here general cunningham scott and alan l porter communication networks a dozen ways they ll change our lives the futurist january february brian kahin ed building information infrastructure new york mcgraw hill isbn x essays on information infrastructure policy and design issues research and nren future visions information markets see table of contents in ftp eff org pub pub infra shapard jeffrey observations on cross cultural electronic networking whole earth review winter varley pamela electronic democracy technology review november december how internet anarchy like the english language according to bruce sterling bruces well sf ca us the internet s anarchy may seem strange or even unnatural but it makes a certain deep and basic sense it s rather like the anarchy of the english language nobody rents english and nobody owns english as an english speaking person it s up to you to learn how to speak english properly and make whatever use you please of it though the government provides certain subsidies to help you learn to read and write a bit otherwise everybody just sort of pitches in and somehow the thing evolves on its own and somehow turns out workable and interesting fascinating even though a lot of people earn their living from using and exploiting and teaching english english as an institution is public property a public good much the same goes for the internet would english be improved if the the english language inc had a board of directors and a chief executive officer or a president and a congress there d probably be a lot fewer new words in english and a lot fewer new ideas most wanted list hopefully you have benefitted from this creation compilation and condensation of information from various sources regarding privacy identity and anonymity on the internet the author is committed to keeping this up to date and strengthening it but this can only be effective with your feedback in particular the following items are sought short summaries of rfc documents and other references listed esp cpsr files more data on the specific uses and penetration of rfc internet traffic statistics how much is email how much usenet what are the costs involved famous or obscure examples of compromised privacy on the internet ftp site for the code not the code to turn the plan file into a named pipe for sensing reacting to remote fingers knowledge on the promiscuous mode of receipt or transmission on network cards details on the infamous experiment where a scientist resubmitted previously accepted papers to a prominent journal with new and unknown authors that were subsequently rejected x windows eff cpsr faqhood in news answers commerical use of this document is negotiable and is a way for the author to recoup from a significant time investment email feedback to ld longs lance colostate edu please note where you saw this which newsgroup etc change history v current cpsr pointer new unix mode examples digital telephony act steve jackson incident additions reorganization to anonymity section part note v post to sci crypt alt privacy news answers alt answers sci answers was cancelled by j kamens because of incorrect subject line v major revisions new section for x windows some email privacy items reorganized to network security section new sections for email liability issues anonymity history and responsibilities split into three files many new sources added particularly from eff and caf in new issues part commentary from news admin policy day automated posting starts v more newsgroups faqs added more most wanted posted to news answers future monthly posting to sci crypt alt privacy v formatted to columns for quoting etc miscellaneous resources sections added with cypherpunk servers and use warnings more unix examples ls and chmod posted to alt privacy comp society privacy v identity and privacy sections added anonymity expanded remailer addresses removed due to lack of information and instability posted to sci crypt v originally posted to the cypherpunks mailing list on as a call to organize a list of anonymous servers email ld longs lance colostate edu for earlier versions see also part previous file what is identity on the internet why is identity un important on the internet how does my email address not identify me and my background how can i find out more about somebody from their email address why is identification un stable on the internet what is the future of identification on the internet what is privacy on the internet why is privacy un important on the internet how in secure are internet networks how in secure is my account how in secure are my files and directories how in secure is x windows how in secure is my email how am i not liable for my email and postings how do i provide more less information to others on my identity who is my sysadmin what does s he know about me why is privacy un stable on the internet what is the future of privacy on the internet what is anonymity on the internet why is anonymity un important on the internet how can anonymity be protected on the internet what is anonymous mail what is anonymous posting why is anonymity un stable on the internet what is the future of anonymity on the internet part next file what are some known anonymous remailing and posting sites what are the responsibilities associated with anonymity how do i kill anonymous postings what is the history behind anonymous posting servers what is the value of anonymity should anonymous posting to all groups be allowed what should system operators do with anonymous postings what is going on with anon penet fi maintained by j helsingius this is part of the privacy anonymity faq obtained via anonymous ftp to pit manager mit edu pub usenet news answers net privacy or newsgroups news answers sci answers alt answers every days written by l detweiler ld longs lance colostate edu all rights reserved
