-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- F I D O N E W S -- Volume 15, Number 11 16 March 1998 +----------------------------+-----------------------------------------+ | The newsletter of the | ISSN 1198-4589 Published by: | | FidoNet community | "FidoNews" | | _ | 1-209-251-7529 [1:1/23] | | / \ | | | /|oo \ | | | (_| /_) | | | _`@/_ \ _ | | | | | \ \\ | Editor: | | | (*) | \ )) | Zorch Frezberg 1:205/1701 | | |__U__| / \// | | | _//|| _\ / | | | (_/(_|(____/ | | | (jm) | Newspapers should have no friends. | | | -- JOSEPH PULITZER | +----------------------------+-----------------------------------------+ | Submission address: FidoNews Editor 1:1/23 | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | MORE addresses: | | | | submissions=> editorh@fidonews.org | | | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | For information, copyrights, article submissions, | | obtaining copies of FidoNews or the internet gateway FAQ | | please refer to the end of this file. | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ 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 FIDONEWS 15-11 Page 1 16 Mar 1998 ================================================================= ARTICLES ================================================================= * 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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 FIDONEWS 15-11 Page 2 16 Mar 1998 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 FIDONEWS 15-11 Page 3 16 Mar 1998 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 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 FIDONEWS 15-11 Page 4 16 Mar 1998 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------- +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Changing the Balance Michael Strates, 3:635/725 | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ 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 FIDONEWS 15-11 Page 5 16 Mar 1998 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". ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 15-11 Page 6 16 Mar 1998 ================================================================= COLUMNS ================================================================= 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 FIDONEWS 15-11 Page 7 16 Mar 1998 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, FIDONEWS 15-11 Page 8 16 Mar 1998 ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 15-11 Page 9 16 Mar 1998 ================================================================= WE GET EMAIL ================================================================= Subject: hello Date: Sun, 15 Mar 1998 19:40:06 +0200 From: "Radu Malica" To: 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 15-11 Page 10 16 Mar 1998 ================================================================= NOTICES ================================================================= 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 15-11 Page 11 16 Mar 1998 ================================================================= FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ================================================================= FidoNews PGP Public-Key Listing 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. -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6.2 Comment: Democracy Requires A Free And Uncensored Press. mQENAzUDQfgAAAEH/2cZjrzKxinfyk1NRYy2D78JEU8jFx6fvGyisnN2SX+QwRrA AxBbsMuseM3x60SFhHV7r93CxKWJylPCBJKvDazmWwy+vgBr+ZJvl7Ypj/IB4pWS Apngg8cmDH1h5d0VeYNORsuJ2udHZYRezkZ0eeJlaOsJCj5Xu0QImSp++VU/0oB1 6XRoNPy548xq8Qles1pLC8Kw7HU7Vff1WeaU3mPPQeaGZqn2qSAu5t6Z0Bhm27Pq zNaJ+JWNHaLCHlwrRHV+p9bCdfl3u303OxKPne0cSpxfe+gQBTlVta7B14ssgnzQ mnBFhvKWgM7LT105YD3EcWW9IJE1ByNHwo25a3EABRG0D0ZpZG9OZXdzIEVkaXRv cokAlQMFEDUKMDDrSgiY3KJNQQEB16YD/2tYVRC+dxghA/OwIWNH20GvQXw1zgfv cB6r8gYHcczTCqGu5qbjDOTftoBXY9vI3/CZNsSbvp0ibQinpN6zSgyy2+4wwPbu db/VnjXwBByq7ygTpNwQBMsYjs+iyndwTnR90dH3FewsveBCzeqjmP0Y/PJliElw zEmGKxoFr1SM =G82W -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- File-request FNEWSKEY from 1:1/23 [1:205/1701] or download it from IKVHFoT! BBS at 1-209-251-7529 anytime Zone 1 ZMH at 300-9600+ V34. The FidoNews key is also available on the FidoNews homepage listed in the Masthead information. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 15-11 Page 12 16 Mar 1998 ================================================================= FIDONET BY INTERNET ================================================================= 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 ============ 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 ============ 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 ============ 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) FIDONEWS 15-11 Page 13 16 Mar 1998 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 ============ Zone 3: http://www.z3.fidonet.org ============ Zone 4: (not yet listed) Region 90: Net 904: http://members.tripod.com/~net904 (in Spanish) ============ Zone 5: http://w3.eastcape.co.za/fidonet/index.htm ============ Zone 6: http://www.z6.fidonet.org Region 65: http://www.cfido.com/fidonet/cfidochina.html (China) ============ ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 15-11 Page 14 16 Mar 1998 ================================================================= FIDONEWS INFORMATION ================================================================= ------- FIDONEWS MASTHEAD AND CONTACT INFORMATION ------- Editor: Zorch Frezberg Editors Emeritii: Tom Jennings, Thom Henderson, Dale Lovell, Vince Perriello, Tim Pozar, Sylvia Maxwell, Donald Tees, Christopher Baker "FidoNews Editor" FidoNet 1:1/23 BBS 1-209-251-7529, 300/1200/2400/9600/V.34/V.34+ more addresses: Zorch Frezberg -- 1:205/1701, zorch@repairnet.com zorch@fidonews.org zorch@qnis.net zorch@eiv.com zorch@kumr.lns.com (Postal Service mailing address) FidoNews Editor P.O. 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