[IP] BlackNet lives! Group sells confidential source code anonymously
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From: Declan McCullagh <declan@xxxxxxxx>
Date: July 15, 2004 11:48:08 AM EDT
To: politech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Politech] BlackNet lives! Group sells confidential source
code anonymously
This looks eerily like a working implementation of cypherpunk
co-founder Tim May's BlackNet, which he described over a decade ago:
http://www.law.miami.edu/~froomkin/articles/tcmay.htm
http://www.cyphernet.org/cyphernomicon/chapter2/2.13.html
Looks like the real world is (finally) catching up to the cypherpunks.
-Declan
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http://news.com.com/Pssst--wanna+buy+some+source+code%3F/2100-7355_3
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Pssst--wanna buy some source code?
Last modified: July 14, 2004, 4:17 PM PDT
By Robert Lemos
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
A group of self-identified hackers has set up shop online to sell what
it claims are files containing confidential software code--and it says
it's ready to take orders for more.
The group, which calls itself the Source Code Club, is offering what
seems to be the stolen source code for an older version of Enterasys
Networks' Dragon intrusion detection system and Napster's client and
server software. The price: $16,000 and $10,000, respectively.
As proof that it has the code, the group has put a listing of the files
online. By using e-mail drops and encryption, the group believes that
it can keep both the buyer's and its own identity secret.
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