NODE 01a8602dRe: Carl Johnson's private key
jimg@mentat.com (Jim Gillogly)Wed, 9 Sep 1998 15:06:11 +0800
Declan skribis:
> I make that point in my article, but have not seen truthmonger's private
> key posted. Care to forward it to me?
I stopped paying attention to most of Truthmonger's spew, but did
collect one private key it posted, under the name "Earmonger", since I
was doing PGP experiments at the time. I think this one doesn't have
an associated passphrase, which would make forging with it quite
simple. I sort of think more of its private keys were posted, but I
didn't keep any others. This does, however, establish a pattern of
behavior suggesting it didn't keep private keys strictly private.
IIRC many of TM's messages were simply file-encrypted with an openly
posted passphrase, which doesn't take a rocket scientist to crack.
Jim Gillogly
--------------------------------------------
Earmonger key, clipped last year:
-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
Version: PGP for Personal Privacy 5.0
mQENAzZsmI4AAAEIANHHMhV7V8WqPO6RjjfhZbeY/e6hsjAjKckU7YAYPhHiJfqG
xw5+PgVjRPhIpXEE8ksmzZBzyH5KLW5GKFJZoD6YvVUSuzm+Gpxv+G78sBDBljUt
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AJ49fXSrtX0w17W0gCe7BCvjXkRP7Q==
=SVmn
-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
NODE 8e05490aRe: Carl Johnson's private key
Steve Mynott <stevem@tightrope.demon.co.uk>Thu, 10 Sep 1998 04:24:48 +0800
On Wed, Sep 09, 1998 at 10:25:15PM +0100, Adam Back wrote:
> Well let's see how many Toto keys we can find which were posted to
> cpunks.
Type Bits KeyID Created Expires Algorithm Use
pub 2048 0xE839FC79 1997-05-21 ---------- RSA Sign & Encrypt
uid TruthMonger <tm@dev.null>
-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use
mQENAzOCm1EAAAEIANB5WCFbEjUhNaZ2cEWuh9xcP48QBixzJpxPqGc0Sogj9W1L
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Z3MeSERed8IHFw9rLvm7XMLoVA==
=fA4n
-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
--
pgp 1024/D9C69DF9 1997/10/14 steve mynott <steve@tightrope.demon.co.uk>
NODE 522e20f3Re: Carl Johnson's private key
Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>Wed, 9 Sep 1998 15:15:29 +0800
Hmm. I grabbed the key below and compared it to the "death threat" post
sent on Tuesday, 09 Dec 97 13:51:52 EST. Not a match.
-Declan
PS: Hello to my fans in domestic survelliance!
On Wed, 9 Sep 1998, Jim Gillogly wrote:
> Declan skribis:
> > I make that point in my article, but have not seen truthmonger's private
> > key posted. Care to forward it to me?
>
> I stopped paying attention to most of Truthmonger's spew, but did
> collect one private key it posted, under the name "Earmonger", since I
> was doing PGP experiments at the time. I think this one doesn't have
> an associated passphrase, which would make forging with it quite
> simple. I sort of think more of its private keys were posted, but I
> didn't keep any others. This does, however, establish a pattern of
> behavior suggesting it didn't keep private keys strictly private.
>
> IIRC many of TM's messages were simply file-encrypted with an openly
> posted passphrase, which doesn't take a rocket scientist to crack.
>
> Jim Gillogly
>
> --------------------------------------------
>
> Earmonger key, clipped last year:
>
> -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
> Version: PGP for Personal Privacy 5.0
>
> mQENAzZsmI4AAAEIANHHMhV7V8WqPO6RjjfhZbeY/e6hsjAjKckU7YAYPhHiJfqG
> xw5+PgVjRPhIpXEE8ksmzZBzyH5KLW5GKFJZoD6YvVUSuzm+Gpxv+G78sBDBljUt
> BUoaB0XM4HSjEuqZtRtva+l+MAr3tFrK8FSdCsSgjQa8oOT5yFE76hgOGOkXGDKC
> HAISINKdduNsp4PU6HiNoKMdYpCCvK5u08lQFcByare2yaYmawYLmCzheCWLv9F/
> kvnFtXCjup/pQNcOVeb/FkDx42l4vMwiWTH+AvrsjsV1njUIi9DTmcmD4doPlzBS
> qgbvQiTa16T2E4wJlnmATuW3QdwuBbdT2FSgj3MABRG0F0Vhck1vbmdlciA8ZW1A
> ZGV2Lm51bGw+iQEVAwUQNmyYjgW3U9hUoI9zAQHjNgf+KIDuWoBvfUj4H1twHvYU
> +IeDWIApLDnHkR7tsalLi9jY345iAolt3a/CiYxXPtjy9yedSaKoPasuvQk2cZ6e
> LZZwgEfDYj1GvjLC9D1rSItLLl6aDqYfhN2D2wgnB4mJssx1NP9zLQRf8aJkbDnl
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> BBgRAgAGBQI0i2ULAAoJECR+Og15SD7qKaAAn0gbCIF0XzBifU27o9N7x4RI/IUX
> AJ49fXSrtX0w17W0gCe7BCvjXkRP7Q==
> =SVmn
> -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
>
>
NODE 67fc4a64Re: Carl Johnson's private key
Adam Back <aba@dcs.ex.ac.uk>Wed, 9 Sep 1998 16:35:45 +0800
Jim Gillogly writes:
> I stopped paying attention to most of Truthmonger's spew, but did
> collect one private key it posted, under the name "Earmonger", since
> I was doing PGP experiments at the time. I think this one doesn't
> have an associated passphrase, which would make forging with it
> quite simple.
That was just a public key, though right? Was a corresponding private
key posted?
> I sort of think more of its private keys were posted, but I didn't
> keep any others. This does, however, establish a pattern of
> behavior suggesting it didn't keep private keys strictly private.
Well let's see how many Toto keys we can find which were posted to
cpunks.
Adam