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F I D O N E W S -- Volume 15, Number 11 16 March 1998
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The Impending Civil War
Table of Contents
1. ARTICLES ................................................. 1
PGP for Dummies .......................................... 1
Changing the Balance ..................................... 4
2. COLUMNS .................................................. 6
3. WE GET EMAIL ............................................. 9
4. NOTICES .................................................. 10
Future History ........................................... 10
5. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 11
FidoNews PGP Public-Key Listing .......................... 11
6. FIDONET BY INTERNET ...................................... 12
7. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 14
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ARTICLES
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* Originally by David Hallford, 1:10/2@fidonet
* Originally to Bob Satti, 1:153/6
* Originally dated 11 Mar 1998, 8:44
Hi Bob,
Unlike my normal reticent self, I am going to crosspost this
netmail to Zorch for inclusion in the Fidonews.
I see the ZC as the 'Chairman of the Board of Directors' of Z1 and
as the representative of Z1 to the rest of Fidonet. Looking back over
the past few years I beleive that you have done an outstanding job.
You have endured a lot of mud-slinging with good humor, and used good
common sense when making decisions.
Some people have made accusations that you are a member of a
conspiracy to control Fidonet. I think that they are wrong for 2
reasons. The first, and most obvious, is that the man who controls
the Nodelist already has the tools necessary to do what he wants done
without the need of a conspiracy. The second is much less obvious to
most of Fidonet... you are a good and decent man (with an excellent
sense of humor) and I think such pettiness as they accuse you of is
too far beneath your dignity to do.
As you know, I am leaving Fidonet after 11+ years. Please
understand that if all of Fidonet were more like you I would do
whatever was necessary to stay.
Don't shut the door on me, though. We may find out that I can't
survive without my daily dosage of Fidonet.
I just wanted you, and everyone else, to know the high regard I
have for you.
with my highest regards,
Dave
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PGP for DUMMIES
Jim Cannell
1:306/21
What is PGP? PGP (Pretty Good Privacy (tm), (c) Phillip Zimmermann,
is a public key encryption program. What is public key encryption?
Public key encryption is a virtually tamper-proof method of
encrypting and/or verifying data. Unlike conventional encryption,
which requires a secure channel to exchange keys, public key
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encryption uses two keys, one of which can be distributed publically
through insecure channels, while the other is kept in the exclusive
possession of the owner.
This article is intended to give the reader sufficient knowledge to
encrypt/decrypt, sign, and verify integrity of files using PGP. PGP
uses two keys, public and secret. The secret key stays in the owner's
possesion, and is encrypted with a passphrase known only to the owner.
The public key can and should be distributed widely in such places as
the internet keyservers and/or the FidoNet PKEY_DROP Echo.
First, you need to install PGP on your system. The PGP archive as
distributed is named PGP262.ZIP. Information on where to get PGP is
included at the end of this article. The distribution archive
contains three files: PGP262I.ASC, PGP262I.ZIP, SETUP.DOC. if these
three files are not present, throw the archive away, and get another
copy from a different source. With PGP, as with any strong encryption
program, you do not want to take a chance on a corrupt file. Read
SETUP.DOC. It gives you useful information about setting up the
program. PGP262I.ASC is a detached signature file for the archive
PGP262I.ZIP. Once you get PGP set up, it can be used to verify the
integrity of the archive. Again, if it doesn't check out, get a
different archive.
Now you are ready to actually install PGP. First, make a directory
C:\PGP, and add this directory to your path. Change to this directory
and run:
pkunzip -d pgp262i
The -d option is required. Unzipping this archive will create a DOC
subdirectory, which is necessary to run PGP. After this step, PGP is
ready to execute.
The simplest thing that can be done with PGP is to verify the
integrity of a PGP signed file. All you need for that is a copy of
PGP and the signer's public key. To verify the integrity of a PGP
signed file named SIGNDFIL.ASC, execute the following command:
pgp signdfil.asc
This will create a new file named SIGNDFIL (without the extension).
The new file will have the signature removed, and PGP will tell you if
the signature is good or bad. If even one bit in the file has changed
after it has been signed, PGP will tell you that the signature is bad.
Perhaps you want to ensure that those receiving a file know that it
was written by you, and that it has not been modified. This is done
by signing the file. Again, this is a simple operation. Just execute
the command:
pgp -s yourfile.ext
PGP will ask you to enter your passphrase. After you do this, PGP
will add your signature to a new file named YOURFILE.PGP. This works
well for binary files, but if your original file was a text file, you
will notice that the signed file is unreadable. Don't despair, the
recipient will still be able to verify the signature, and read it. If
you really want the text readable before the signature is verified,
use the command:
pgp -sat yourfile.txt
After entering your passphrase, PGP will create a new file named
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YOURFILE.ASC, which has your original plaintext bounded by the PGP
delimiter lines, and a signature attached. You have probably seen
this format as signed messages in some Echos. This can be a quite
useful tool for moderators who have a problem with others sending
moderator messages. A PGP signature cannot be forged, thus assuring
the reader that the message really is from the moderator.
Now you are probably wondering how to get the PGP key pair used to
sign the file. This is also a simple operation. Enter the command:
pgp -kg
PGP will offer you three choices of 384, 512, or 1024 bits. You may
also enter a value for the number of bits up to a maximum of 2047.
For PGP to be effective, do not use a key length shorter than 1024
bits. You will then be prompted to enter a user ID for your key. Any
text string will work, but it should be something meaningful. For
example, the ID string on my key is:
Jim Cannell <jim.cannell@f21.n306.z1.fidonet.org>
Next, you will be prompted to enter your passphrase. The passphrase
can be a long sentence or phrase with numbers and/or punctuation marks
included. It can be any length, but should be limited to 128
characters if you are running MSDOS or a similar OS. To be secure, it
should contain a mix of upper and lower case characters along with
numbers and punctuation marks. The words in it should be badly
misspelled, and be utter nonsense. Any meaning should be recognizable
only to yourself. Make sure it is something that you can remember
without ever writing it down. After you enter the passphrase, you
will be asked to enter it again for verification. Next you will asked
to enter some random text. Then, the actual key generation process
will begin. This process is quite lengthy, even on a fast computer,
but fortunately, you only have to do it once. The key pair that you
just generated will be in your PGP directory in the files PUBRING.PGP
and SECRING.PGP.
Now that you have your own PGP key, you need to take steps to protect
it. First, sign your key. This is done with the command:
pgp -ks youruserid
After you have signed it, make at least one backup copy of both
PUBRING.PGP and SECRING.PGP and store it in a secure place somewhere
offline.
Next, you need to publish your public key. To do this, first extract
it from your keyring with the command:
pgp -kxa youruserid keyfile
This creates a file named KEYFILE.ASC. For your own key, make this a
unique file name. For example, my keyfile is named CANNELL.ASC. Post
your keyfile as a message in the PKEY_DROP Echo, upload it to the
internet key servers, and make it file requestable on your system with
the magic name PGPKEY. Encourage your correspondents to freq it. You
need to distribute this key as widely as possible.
To encrypt a file for a given recipient only, run:
pgp -e pvt_file.ext hisuserid
This will create a file named PVT_FILE.PGP, which can only be read
by the recipient. When he gets it, he executes the command:
pgp pvt_file.pgp
PGP will ask him for his passphrase, and if it is correct will decrypt
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the PVT_FILE.PGP into the plaintext file, PVT_FILE. Note that when
you encrypt a file with PGP, no one but the recipient can decrypt it;
you won't even be able to decrypt it yourself.
This article should be sufficient to allow you to use PGP for its
simpler tasks. To really discover how versatile this program is,
read the included documentation. It is quite well written. I plan on
this being the first of a series of articles on PGP. In future
articles, I will describe how to do some of the more complex functions
of PGP, such signing other people's keys, revoking keys, multiple IDs,
multiple recipients, the web of trust, and more.
At the very least, the information in this article will enable you to
determine whether or not your copy of this issue of FidoNews has been
altered or censored since its publication by the Editor.
There are many places to obtain PGP. It is available for freq at
1:306/21 with the magic name PGP. The source code is available with
the magic name PGPSRC. There is an ftp site at MIT, but you will be
required to prove that you are a US or Canadian resident before being
allowed to download. Thanks to the shortsighted US government, strong
cryptographic protocols are considered munitions, and as such, their
export is prohibited. Since I have an allergy to steel bars on my
door, I must limit freqs to Zone 1 systems. If you want a copy,
NetMail me from a Zone 1 address, and I will give you the password
necessary to freq PGP. Although the US government has prohibited the
export of PGP, it is freely available throughout the world anyway. In
fact, every version of PGP has been available at overseas locations
within minutes of its release. For those of you in other zones, I
suggest that you first try to obtain PGP from 2:51/2. There are
probably other locations closer to you that I am not aware of.
I invite you to join us in the PUBLIC_KEYS Echo to learn more about
PGP and encryption. Both PUBLIC_KEYS and PKEY_DROP are international
Echos distributed on several backbones in all six FidoNet zones.
If you have any questions, comments, etc., you can contact me in the
PUBLIC_KEYS Echo or via NetMail at 1:306/21. Happy PGPing.
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| Changing the Balance Michael Strates, 3:635/725 |
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News Flash!! FidoNet has gone back into action, with people leaving
the Internet to go back to where they started. Hundreds of people are
storming back to the older network, by 1,000's and the nodelist is
growing out of control. Zones 1 & 3 have gained nearly 65,000 entries
together.
Okay.. Perhaps I'm dreaming, but with a little bit of work, we can
get our existing network to 'network'. Why did everybody leave
FidoNet? The World-Wide-Web.. And what can FidoNet offer people
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using the existing services.. The World-Wide-Web, well a slight
diversion from the real Web.. a thing I like to call SuperText.
SuperText is FidoNet's WWW. Let's say the base host for SuperText is
3:635/725, and the SysOp decides to put up three pages, one
advertising his BBS (advert.stp), one about oil refineries
(oilref.stp), and lastly, one about himself (me.stp).
The SysOp opens up the SuperText door, goes into the E)dit Pages
section, and uploads the new .stp's into his SuperTextSpace. They get
zipped into the database, frozen and the new entries are exported in
Netmail for delivery to the next SuperText uplink.
Days later, it has been updated world-wide, and everybody can access
his pages (in a flash) by opening the SuperText door, going into
V)iew Pages, and typing in "centralbbs.mel.au/advert.stp" which would
bring up his BBS advertisment.
SuperText will work. But there is a few obvious limitations with this
design. Firstly, hard disk space is one -- however, it'll take a heck
of alot of pages to fill an average 10MB free space up (considering
they're compressed -- text files compress extra good!).
I've already created a UNIX prototype of SuperText, which seems to
work well, but I need your help to continue development. I need
people to write MEX scripts, and doors, and stuff for SuperText, and
possibly an offline reader like Bluewave for SuperText.
If you can help with this new promising innovation, please send me
netmail, "Michael Strates @ 3:635/725" or e-mail
"mstrates@croftj.net".
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COLUMNS
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Dear EditorBeing,
This article is submitted by Charles Herriot(163/110) who
discovered Logger hunched over a threadbare copy of the
"Bride of Frankenstein" whose title had been crossed out and
replaced with the words "Policy 4." Logger was wearing a
"Zorch for IC in '98" button in his left lapel (and, a
"Clinton for Pope in 2000" button in his right lapel.)
Roll da flic, Zorch....
Dear Reverend Visage,
Where the hell are you? I must tell you that the editors of
Swamp Swine Magazine have become overly concerned about your
recent submission of petty cash vouchers. I somehow doubt
that they want to be the proud owners of some prime real
estate located on the Whitewater River in Arkansas, even if
Whitewater happens to have the historic value of being the
only place in the universe where Slick Willy kept it in his
shorts.
I trust you noticed that this month's issue of Rolling Stone
has several incoherent column inches from that toothless old
troll, Hunter S. Thompson? I fear that the poor sod has
skidded off the Proud Highway and now lies blubbering in the
ditch. I shall burn a few LeeAnne Rimes CDs as an
appeasement to the gods that must be torturing his hollow
soul.
At the risk of sending you even further to a life of drink,
loose cars and fast women, I should tell you that the bad
craziness in Region 12 continues to amuse. Our RC, Mike
O'Connor lumbered up onto his hind paws and informed the
net163 NC to "clean up the nodelist" or else all of the net
would sink below the Pacific. Mike "Weasels R' Us" O'Connor
made this threat by invoking the name of Bob "ZC for Life"
Satti. Naturally, the NC163 flexed a spine of purest jello
and caved in to Mike's demands. Much embarrassment all
around when it was discovered that Bob "ZC for Life" Satti
had made no threat and that the whole brouhaha was a product
of Mike's fertile, bootlicking imagination. Triples all
round at the Z1REGCON echo, and may the farce be with them.
(Hint: When whispering the name "Z1REGCON" around Bob Kohl,
be sure to wear asbestos underwear because he strains a few
headgaskets at the concept that Fidoserfs would ever learn
of the SuperSecret FidoGod echo.)
This week's Chautauqua springs from a fascinating book
called "Witch Hunt, A True Story of Social Hysteria and
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Abused Justice" by Kathryn Lyon. Lyon asserts that there
have been three major bouts of legal hysteria in the U.S.
The first and second were the Salem Witch Trials, and
Mccarthyism. The third and ongoing witch hunt concerns the
area of prosecutions for sexual abuse. She details the
outrageous behaviour of various Wenatchee, Washington
police, social workers, etc. who charged 41 people with
offenses based upon the principle testimony of a 4 year old
girl. The girl was browbeaten into making the claims by a
deranged police detective and the stories defied logic and
physical possibility. The author takes pains to point out
that sexual abuse is a problem, that real incidents are
horrific and abhorrent, but what is even more frightening is
that the accusations of abuse have become a new realm where
lives are ruined and grudges settled by malign individuals.
What makes the Wenatchee story so provocative is that the
zealotry of the police extended to persecuting the critics
of their methods. Simple concepts like presumption of
innocence fell by the wayside, and the same hysterical fears
engendered by McCarthy kept decent people from voicing their
repugnance at the police methods. What really jolted me as I
read the book was that I realized that the occurrence wasn't
a Kafka fiction - but rather a very real story taking place
in 1995 in the theoretical heartland of the civilized world.
Even discounting the hyperbole that attends the Excited
States' head-patting about their Constitutional freedoms, I
had assumed that they paid more than lip service to rights
and due process. This book is scary reading.
What makes this Chautauqua somewhat relevant to Fidoland is
the notion that freedom is a perilously fragile commodity.
It takes very few individuals with presumptive powers to cow
the gullible, the brainless and the gutless into submission.
The recent silliness with respect to net163's nodelist is a
case in point, where a few socially maladroit complainants
have somehow gotten the ear of Fidogods. Why is it that the
skirl of martial bagpipes seems to goad *C-beings into
flexing power? Why do *C-beings suddenly become morons and
lose sight of basic notions of due process and freedom of
expression?
On that cheery note I must go, Visage. Your secretary is
braying like a hippo in estrous. Who'd have thought that her
psychic balance could be so unsettled by the fact that I
left her a joke fax purportedly from Kenneth Starr - asking
her to submit her bra for serology testing. Your secretary
is not a well woman Visage,and it may not be wise to include
her on the guest list for the upcoming nuptials of Zorch and
John.
Regards,
Doc Logger,
Small Animal Psychologist,
Furlang Island Training Centre For
The Olympic Giant Clam Bobsled Team,
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WE GET EMAIL
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Subject: hello
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 1998 19:40:06 +0200
From: "Radu Malica" <tzeapa@usa.net>
To: <editor@fidonews.org>
hello
i want to get in contact with somebody that can provide me the
FidoNet backbone for free, because here in the Region 53 (2:53*/*) we
are isolated from the outer Fido. I wish that you post my request in
a FidoNews article, or Letter to the Editor, and please, i want to
inform you that i can provide the 2:53*/* backbone to romanian people
in USA, through Fido2Int and/or e-mail.
Thank You.
PS: if somebody offers the fidonet backbone for free, please tell
him/her to contact me at jokerul@psi.lbi.ro, tzeapa@usa.net ,
fidonet@maxutils.com, radu.malica@contact.pcnet.ro, or at 2:530/139
on the Fidonet. Thank you again
Radu Malica, SysOp @ PRODiGY BBS
+40-1-627-5454
2:530/139@fidonet.org
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Future History
30 Apr 1998
Queens Day, Holland.
17 May 1998
Independence Day, Norway.
22 May 1998
Expo '98 World Exposition in Lisbon (Portugal) opens.
14 Sep 1998
Start of International BBS Week [thru 20 Sep 98].
22 Sep 1998
First anniversary of the FidoNews domain of www.fidonews.org.
1 Dec 1998
Fifteenth Anniversary of release of Fido version 1 by
Tom Jennings.
24 Jul 1999
XIII Pan American Games [through 8 Aug 99].
31 Dec 1999
Hogmanay, Scotland. The New Year that can't be missed.
1 Jan 2000
The 20th Century, C.E., is still taking place thru 31 Dec.
1 Jun 2000
EXPO 2000 World Exposition in Hannover (Germany) opens.
15 Sep 2000
Sydney (Australia) Summer Olympiad opens.
1 Jan 2001
This is the actual start of the new millennium, C.E.
-- If YOU have something which you would like to see in this
Future History, please send a note to the FidoNews Editor.
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This must be copied out to a file starting at column 1 or
it won't process under PGP as a valid public-key. The
same holds true for checking the validity of this issue.
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FIDONET BY INTERNET
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This is a list of all FidoNet-related sites reported to the Editor as
of this appearance.
NOTE: I am looking for a comprehensive list of Telnet, VMODEM, BinkP,
Argus and other TCP/IP based nodes operating FidoNet on the
InterNet, either by Zone or worldwide, to post here as well.
- Ye Editor
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FidoNet:
Homepage http://www.fidonet.org
FidoNews http://www.fidonews.org [HTML]
http://209.77.228.66/fidonews.html [ASCII]
WWW sources http://www.scms.rgu.ac.uk/students/cs_yr94/lk/fido.html
FTSC page http://www.portal.ca/~awalker/ftsc.htm
Echomail http://www.portal.ca/~awalker/index.html
WebRing http://ddi.digital.net/~cbaker84/fnetring.html [TFN]
General Info http://owls.com/~jerrys/fidonet.html
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Zone 1: http://www.z1.fidonet.org
Region 10: http://www.psnw.com/~net205/region10.html
Region 11: http://oeonline.com/~garyg/region11/
Region 13: http://www.smalltalkband.com/st01000.htm
Region 14: [disappeared?]
Region 15: [disappeared?]
Region 16: http://www.tiac.net/users/satins/region16.htm
Region 17: http://www.portal.ca/~awalker/region17.htm
REC17: http://www.westsound.com/ptmudge/
Region 18: http://techstop.pdn.net/fido/
Region 19: http://www.compconn.net
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Zone 2: http://www.z2.fidonet.org
ZEC2: http://www.proteus.demon.co.uk/zec.htm
Zone 2 Elist: http://www.fbone.ch/z2_elist/
Region 20: http://www.fidonet.pp.se (in Swedish)
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Region 24: http://www.swb.de/personal/flop/gatebau.html (in German)
Region 25:
http://www.trak-one.co.uk/net254
Region 27: http://telematique.org/ft/r27.htm
Region 29: http://www.rtfm.be/fidonet/ (in French)
Region 30: http://www.fidonet.ch (in Swiss)
Region 33: http://www.fidoitalia.net (in Italian)
Region 34: http://www.pobox.com/cnb/r34.htm (in Spanish)
REC34: http://pobox.com/~chr
Region 36: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/7207/
Region 38: http://public.st.carnet.hr/~blagi/bbs/adriam.html
Region 41: http://www.fidonet.gr (in Greek and English)
Region 48: http://www.fidonet.org.pl
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Zone 3: http://www.z3.fidonet.org
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Zone 4: (not yet listed)
Region 90:
Net 904: http://members.tripod.com/~net904 (in Spanish)
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Zone 5: http://w3.eastcape.co.za/fidonet/index.htm
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Zone 6: http://www.z6.fidonet.org
Region 65: http://www.cfido.com/fidonet/cfidochina.html (China)
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