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NorthStar 
A Guiding Light on Internet Issues 
 
Newsletter of the Internet Users Consortium 
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NorthStar is a guiding light to help you focus on the primary issues 
which threaten our Internet Freedom. In this Newsletter we let Internet 
Users know what the necessary issues and actions are to defend the Internet. 
We sincerely invite your participation at all levels, from discussion to
action. 
Rethink what Activism means - Isn't it just participation? 

NorthStar #22   Sunday 7/21/96
Director..........proteios@iuc.org 
Editor..............wtj@primenet.com 

Update:   Internet Users Consortium 
Internet Users Consortium and NorthStar have MOVED:

The NEW URL for IUC is http://www.iuc.org/
The NEW URL for NorthStar is  http://www.iuc.org/northstar.html


We thank all of our IUC members and NorthStar subscribers for their
continued support in helping us take this next step toward better and more
effective Internet Activism. Thank you for your contributions, your
support and your participation in protecting our Civil-Liberties on the
Internet.

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NEVER SAY NEVER . . . but . . . We at NorthStar 
believe so strongly in these principles that we make the 
following pledge to you, our reader and fellow Internet Activist: 
NorthStar will NEVER sell/rent/trade/share our mailing list 
NorthStar will NEVER use Government mandated encryption 
NorthStar will NEVER represent any commercial interest 
NorthStar will NEVER cooperate with any Government intrusion  
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LIVE CYBERCAST!!
SENATE HEARING ON ENCRYPTION
THURS JULY 25 9:00 AM [Eastern]
http://www.crypto.com/hearing-cybercast/
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We had planned that this issue would end our series on Privacy and
Encryption and would initiate our inclusion of a RealAudio version of
NorthStar along with each issue. Well, guess what? Something came up!

The news came in at the last minute about the Live Cybercast of the Senate
Hearing on Encryption  and THIS IS NOT TO BE MISSED! Please return right
here at 9:00 AM [Eastern], this Thursday, July 25th and goto the URL below
LIVE CYBERCAST!! (above) to participate in the hearings on the Pro-CODE
bill, which is designed to encourage the widespread availability of strong
privacy and security technologies for the Internet.

As part of a joint project of the Center for Democracy and Technology and
the Voters Telecommunications Watch and HotWIRED to enhance citizen
participation in the democratic process, Netizens will be able to join the
hearing LIVE ONLINE via RealAudio and via an Interactive discussion with
Senate Commerce Committee Staff. Just like at the last hearing [the first
Live Cybercast of a Senate Hearing], you'll be able to submit testimony
online for inclusion in the
Committee. You can also submit a question for FBI Director, Louis "Freedom
Isn't" Freeh, who is scheduled to testify along with Netscape CEO, James
Barksdale.

Our NorthStar issue of 07/07/96 covered Phil Zimmermann's testimony and
carried the RealAudio file from the Senate Encryption hearings of 26 June
96. For RealAudio transcripts of Senate Hearings for S.1726 held on 26
June 96, courtesy of HotWired, click on your modem speed for best results:
28.8K or 14.4K Or you can read The Complete Report of Senate Hearings on
Pro-CODE 26 June 96

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ARE WE GETTING THRU TO YOU??
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This is an incredible moment in history. Look what's happening! We are all
being invited to participate in Senate Hearings! When's the last time you
participated in a Senate Hearing? This is a dream come true! THIS IS THE
BEGINNING OF ELECTRONIC DEMOCRACY. Right Now! The organizations mentioned
above [CDT, VTW, and HotWIRED] are handing it to us on a siver platter.

If you missed the first Live Cybercast from the Senate, then whatever you
do, DONT MISS THIS ONE! Find a way to return right here at 9:00 AM
[Eastern], this Thursday, July 25th and click on LIVE CYBERCAST!! to
participate in the hearings on the Pro-CODE bill.



HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED:
An appropriate Web browser [like Netscape 2.x or 3.0]
Sound Card and RealAudio 2.0 Player [free for the d/l]
HotWIRED Membership [free]
Telnet client [If you use an old version of Windows or Mac or Netscape]



BE THERE!!


***Live Cybercast of Senate Hearing on Encryption***
1) HotWIRED
http://www.hotwired.com/
2) Download the RealAudio Player
http://www.realaudio.com/products/player2.0.html#download
3) Voters Telecommunications Watch
http://www.vtw.org/
4) Center for Democracy and Technology
http://www.cdt.org/
5) EMAIL your Senator to voice your support for S.1726
Complete Report of Senate Hearings on Pro-CODE 26 June 96
http://www.berkshire.net/~ifas/activist/
*** Send us any other relevant URLs you may find ***



CryptoBook and PGPfone
*Use it or Lose it!* Privacy is like anything else. Either you use it or
eventually you lose it. Here we cover two new ways to use PGP in order to
protect your privacy, Joel McNamara's CryptoBook and Phil Zimmermann's
PGPfone.

To quote Joel McNamara:

Computer privacy is quite serious. Depending on your circumstances, if
sensitive data is compromised, you may encounter a variety of unpleasant
financial, legal, or personal consequences. I frequently have clients ask
me about the ideal secure business system, especially for use on the road.
While there's lots of great information on the Net about PGP and other
crypto applications, there really isn't anything that discusses building
an integrated "privacy platform." That's where the idea of the CryptoBook
comes in. It's simply a laptop (or desktop) PC that's been configured to
provide its owner with a high level of data and communications security at
a very low cost.

Building a CryptoBook requires certain hardware and software, which must
be installed and configured properly. Joel McNamara explains it all quite
nicely on his site ~ see the above links. Once your CryptoBook is all
setup, just move all sensitive data and certain applications [e.g., PGP,
PGPfone, Eudora, Netscape] into the encrypted partition.

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To quote Phil Zimmermann:

PGPfone lets you whisper in someone's ear, even if their ear is a thousand
miles away, without being overheard

PGPfone (Pretty Good Privacy Phone) is a software package that turns your
desktop or notebook computer into a secure telephone. It uses speech
compression and strong cryptography protocols to give you the ability to
have a real-time secure telephone conversation via a modem-to-modem
connection. It also works across the Internet!

From the PGPfone Manual:

PGPfone takes your voice from a microphone, then continuously digitizes,
compresses and encrypts it and sends it out through a modem to the person
at the other end who is also running PGPfone. All cryptographic and speech
compression protocols are negotiated dynamically and invisibly, providing
a natural user interface similar to using a normal telephone. Public-key
protocols are used to negotiate keys without the need for secure channels.


All you need to run PGPfone is:

A really reliable fast modem: at least 14.4 Kbps V.32bis (28.8 Kbps V.34
recommended).
And either:
An Apple� Macintosh� with at least a 25MHz 68LC040 processor (PowerPC
recommended), running System 7.1 or above, Thread Manager 2.0.1,
ThreadsLib 2.1.2, and Sound Manager 3.0. These are available from Apple's
FTP sites. We do not claim that PGPfone runs on a 68030 Mac, but you may
find special situations that will work. Also, not all 68040 Macs will run
it, depending on whether they have the necessary sound input hardware.
~ ~ ~ OR ~ ~ ~
A multimedia PC running Windows 95 or NT, with at least a 66 MHz 486 CPU
(Pentium recommended), sound card, microphone, and speakers or headphones.


MIT has been distributing PGPfone beta test version 1.0b2 for Windows 95
and Windows NT and PGPfone beta test version 1.0b7 for the Macintosh since
July 11, 1996.


***CryptoBook and PGPfone***
6) Introduction to CryptoBook
http://www.eskimo.com/~joelm/cryptbk.html
7) Building a CryptoBook
http://www.eskimo.com/~joelm/cbconfig.html
8) PGPfone
http://web.mit.edu/network/pgpfone/
9) PGPfone Manual
http://web.mit.edu/network/pgpfone/manual
10) Download PGP
http://web.mit.edu/network/pgp.html
11) Learn to use PGP
http://www.iuc.org/NS062396.HTM
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