From: Michael Puchol Date: Fri Nov 8, 2002 1:53am Subject: Re: Audio Enhancement Jacob There is a program called SoundForge, available at http://www.sonicfoundry.com which has an optional noise reduction plugin. This really helps, as it allows you to select a portion of the audio track where there is only the unwanted noise present, it generates a 'footprint' of the noise, and substracts it from the whole track. I've cleaned up some audio recordings with this, and it works quite well. It's not like a professional studio by any measure, but for quick non-complex jobs it's adequate. Just remeber one thing, if the SNR is poor, cleaning won't do any good, as the information is just not there. Cheers, Mike Jacob wrote: > A client provided me a video tape of a logging accident that recently occured. > The camera picked up some wind and a slight drone of the camera motor causing > the conversations of the people at the job site to be somewhat difficult to > understand at times. > > Any ideas for clearing this up, preferrably with off the shelf software? > > > Thanks in advance, > > Jake Ryan > Engineer/Consultant > > > > > ======================================================== > TSCM-L Technical Security Mailing List > "In a multitude of counselors there is strength" > > To subscribe to the TSCM-L mailing list visit: > http://www.yahoogroups.com/community/TSCM-L > > It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. > It is by the juice of Star Bucks that thoughts acquire speed, > the hands acquire shaking, the shaking is a warning. > It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. > =================================================== TSKS > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > 6484 From: James M. Atkinson Date: Fri Nov 8, 2002 10:23am Subject: So Why did the chicken cross the road? WHY DID THE CHICKEN CROSS THE ROAD? GEORGE W. BUSH I don't think I should have to answer that question. AL GORE I invented the chicken. I invented the road. Therefore, the chicken crossing the road represented the application of these two different functions of government in a new, reinvented way designed to bring greater services to the American people. RALPH NADER The chicken's habitat on the original side of the road had been polluted by unchecked industrialist greed. The chicken did not reach the unspoiled habitat on the other side of the road because it was crushed by the wheels of a gas-guzzling SUV. PAT BUCHANAN To steal a job from a decent, hard-working American. RUSH LIMBAUGH I don't know why the chicken crossed the road, but I'll bet it was getting a government grant to cross the road, and I'll bet someone out there is already forming a support group to help chickens with crossing-the-road syndrome. Can you believe this? How much more of this can real Americans take? Chickens crossing the road paid for by their tax dollars, and when I say tax dollars, I'm talking about your money, money the government took from you to build roads for chickens to cross. MARTHA STEWART No one called to warn me which way that chicken was going. I had a standing order at the farmer's market to sell my eggs when the price dropped to a certain level. No little bird gave me any insider information. JERRY FALWELL Because the chicken was gay! Isn't it obvious? Can't you people see the plain truth in front of your face? The chicken was going to the "other side." That's what they call it - the other side. Yes, my friends, that chicken is gay. And, if you eat that chicken, you will become gay too. I say we boycott all chickens until we sort out this abomination that the liberal media whitewashes with seemingly harmless phrases like "the other side." DR. SEUSS Did the chicken cross the road? Did he cross it with a toad? Yes! The chicken crossed the road, But why it crossed, I've not been told! ERNEST HEMINGWAY To die. In the rain. Alone. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. I envision a world where all chickens will be free to cross roads without having their motives called into question. GRANDPA In my day, we didn't ask why the chicken crossed the road. Someone told us that the chicken crossed the road, and that was good enough for us. BARBARA WALTERS Isn't that interesting? In a few moments we will be listening to the chicken tell, for the first time, the heart-warming story of how it a serious case of molting and went on to accomplish its life-long dream of crossing the road. JOHN LENNON Imagine all the chickens crossing roads in peace. ARISTOTLE It is the nature of chickens to cross the road. KARL MARX It was a historical inevitability. SADDAM HUSSEIN This was an unprovoked act of rebellion and we were quite justified in dropping 50 tons of nerve gas on it. VOLTAIRE I may not agree with what the chicken did, but I will defend to the death its right to do it. RONALD REAGAN What chicken? CAPTAIN KIRK To boldly go where no chicken has gone before. FOX MULDER You saw it cross the road with your own eyes! How many more chickens have to cross before you believe it? SIGMUND FREUD The fact that you are at all concerned that the chicken crossed the road reveals your underlying sexual insecurity. BILL GATES I have just released eChicken 2003, which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents, and balance your checkbook - and Internet Explorer is an inextricable part of eChicken. ALBERT EINSTEIN Did the chicken really cross the road or did the road move beneath the chicken? BILL CLINTON I did not cross the road with THAT chicken. What do you mean by chicken? Could you define chicken please? THE BIBLE And God came down from the heavens, and He said unto the chicken, Thou shalt cross the road." And the chicken crossed the road, and there was much rejoicing. COLONEL SANDERS I missed one! -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The First, The Largest, The Most Popular, and The Most Complete TSCM, Bug Sweep, Spy Hunting, and Counterintelligence Site on the Internet. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- James M. Atkinson Ph: (978) 381-9111 Granite Island GroupFax: 127 Eastern Avenue #291http://www.tscm.com/ Gloucester, MA 01931-8008mailto:jmatk@tscm.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocatus atque non vocatus deus aderit -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6485 From: Date: Sat Nov 9, 2002 1:02pm Subject: Re: Digest Number 1115 So why did the chicken cross the road? Pee-Wee Herman Whether it crosses or not, just don't get caught chocking it public. There are three sides to every story; mine, your's and the truth. __________________________________________________________ Get your FREE personalized e-mail at http://www.canada.com 6486 From: Eric M. Hutchinson - N8XHP Date: Sat Nov 9, 2002 7:26pm Subject: FS: Dynatech Tactical Communications TRAK/R-2100 Doppler Unit I have a TRAK/R-2100 Doppler unit that is surplus to my needs. It appears complete with everything except the battery for the magnetic "bumper beeper". This unit is on VHF and has a magnetic 2 watt transmitter. It appears in excellent shape. I can provide pictures to those that would like them. I am not sure on the going rate of this equipment, so if anyone has any suggestions, I would appreciate it. Thanks Eric Grand Rapids, MI --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.417 / Virus Database: 233 - Release Date: 11/8/02 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 6487 From: frost_bitten_ca Date: Sat Nov 9, 2002 7:44pm Subject: Time's flying, but you can still bid on MiG-21 Nov. 9, 2002. 11:33 AM Time's flying, but you can still bid on MiG-21 Forget commuter woes, eBay's got answer to SUV By Oakland Ross FEATURE WRITER Details of the Russian MiG-21 jet fighter, located in Santa Maria, Ca., can be found on eBay's Web site. Fed up with the slow pace of traffic? No problem. Buy a Russian-built supersonic fighter aircraft ­ and leave your commuter woes behind. Far, far behind. Yes, it's true. For about the cost of a fairly average house in Toronto, you can put your hands on "a classic Mach-2 Russian jet fighter." But you've only got till Monday, and you're going to have to compete against more than 150 other interested parties who have so far set their sights and placed their bids, via eBay on the Internet, on a 1965 MiG-21 Russian jet fighter, complete with a spare engine, rocket pods, missile rails, and tow bar. (Ammunition, extra.) The bidding began on Nov. 1 and will close at about 6:30 p.m. PST on Monday. At press time last night, the high bid stood at $190,500 (U.S.) Granted, that's more than a luxury SUV might cost, but does an SUV come equipped with a 420-litre drop fuel tank, a hot eject seat, a top speed of Mach 2.1 (or more than twice the speed of sound), not to mention an illustrious if sadly blood-stained legacy of airborne combat? More to the point, can a luxury SUV convey you from downtown Toronto to downtown Montreal in just under 14 minutes at an altitude of 69,000 feet? Probably not. Make no mistake, this is no run-of-the-mill Mach 2 combat aircraft. First built in the former Soviet Union in 1959, the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 was a lethal fixture of Cold War battles waged all over the globe, from southern Africa to Central America. It was also produced, under licence, in the country formerly known as Czechoslovakia and, without licence, in India and China. What the MiG-21 lacked in sophisticated electronic controls, it made up for ­ sometimes ­ in sheer speed. It was certainly popular. In all, somewhere between 10,000 and 13,000 of the planes have been built, and some 3,000 of them remain in service, operated by the air forces of nearly 50 different countries, from Albania to Zimbabwe. In fact, more MiG-21s have been built than any other supersonic fighter aircraft in the world, and they have fought in more wars than any other airplane. How much is this baby worth? That is difficult to say. If you were to purchase a one new ­ which you can't, because they stopped building them in 1987 ­ you would have had to pay anywhere from $2 million to $5 million, depending on configuration and instrumentation. Second-hand, they are worth a lot less, although their exact value depends on their age and type and on whether they have been modernized. Three years ago, the Uganda Air Force is thought to have purchased eight second-hand MiG-21s through an Israeli broker for about $1.5 million each. At about the same time, the central Asian republic of Kazakhstan incensed the United States government by selling between 30 and 40 of the planes to North Korea ­ supposedly, by mistake ­ for a fire sale price of about $8 million. An outfit called the Moscow Aircraft Group not long ago put three of the planes up for sale at $65,000 each, less if you bought the lot. But the company did not guarantee that the planes in question were ­ not to put too fine a point on it ­ airworthy. Ivan Rasmussen, vice-president of Worldwide Warbirds Inc., a company based in Phoenix, Ariz., which specializes in the import and sale of foreign military aircraft, says that a price of about $200,000 (U.S.) is not out of the question at all. "That's not too bad," he says. "If it's a flyable airplane, that's not a bad price." Who would pay that amount of money for a second-hand Soviet-bloc killing machine? Well, some people do. Tom Blaine, general manager of Bruce's Custom Covers of Sunnyvale, Ca., says his company receives "a trickle" of orders each year for such protective devices as canopy covers, intake plugs, and exhaust plugs designed for use with MiG-21s. "We just started seeing this in the past few years," he says. "It's really wealthy guys who have an expensive toy." Rasmussen at Worldwide Warbirds Inc. hasn't sold an MiG-21, but he has disposed of an MiG-17 and is currently in possession of about 15 L-39s ­ a Czech-built training jet ­ that he purchased from air forces in Romania and Ukraine. Depending on their configuration, he says, these command prices in the United States of anywhere from $290,000 to $370,000, unpainted. Rasmussen says that there's a ready market for such aircraft. "We have airline pilots, company CEOs." A Russian jet fighter of more recent vintage ­ a MiG-29 ­ is also being offered for sale on the eBay Web site. By last night, after the first full day of bidding, the high offer stood at $30,300 (U.S.). The aircraft is located in Urupinsk, Russia. Granted, a high-performance supersonic military aircraft does pose certain challenges. For example, once having bought it, how do you get it home? The MiG-21 currently listed on eBay, for example, is located in Santa Maria, Ca. The owner estimates that it would cost about $10,000 to deliver it within the mainland U.S.A., a complex logistical operation that would require a substantial ground crew, equipped with a supply of nitrogen, oxygen, jet fuel, as well as ladders and a start cart (to get the engine running each time you wish to take off). There are less expensive options. For example, at least one import firm in the United States, SARCO, Inc., of Stirling, N.J., sells just the cockpits of MiG-21s, salvaged from the air force of what used to be East Germany ­ $5,000 for a single-seat to $15,000 for a double. Or, for $4,900, an outfit called the Moscow Aircraft Group will fly you to Russia and take you aloft as a passenger in a vintage MiG-21. The cost is all-inclusive and covers "everything ... including the vodka for numerous toastings." Finally, for true bargain hunters with limited storage space, Hobbies- Plus offers a miniature plastic model (scale 1:72) of the MiG-21 type that fought in Vietnam and the Middle East priced to sell at just under $10 Canadian. As always, you get what you pay for http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer? pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1035774168095&call _page=TS_News&call_pageid=968332188492&call_pagepath=News/News&col=968 793972154 6488 From: Date: Sun Nov 10, 2002 4:49am Subject: File - Gold List The current version of this list may be found at: http://www.tscm.com/goldlist.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Recommended U.S. TSCM Firms The following is a list of private TSCM firms who specialize in "bug sweeps" and wiretap detection and all of whom have legitimate TSCM training, credentials, and equipment (all are very well respected within the industry). While most TSCM specialists are available for travel outside of a specific geographic area they tend to avoid such engagements, or will limited the services to vulnerability analysis, pre-construction assistance, non-instrumented inspections, simple RF checks, in-place monitoring, or limited TSCM services involving only a briefcase sized in-place monitoring system (such as a single spectrum analyzer, MSS, Eagle, ScanLock, OSCOR, SPECTRE, ROSE, or similar system). These private TSCM firms tend to operate in a specific geographic area limited to a few hundred miles (usually within a four to six hour automobile drive). However, all of the TSCM firms listed here are available for travel anywhere in the United States or the World on short notice, but only provide limited services when operating outside of their normal coverage area. This limited coverage area is due to the logistics involved in transporting hundreds and often thousands of pounds of sophisticated, highly sensitive electronic instruments, equipment and tools. Bug sweeps and wiretap detection involves the use of ladders, pole climbing equipment, LAN analyzers, X-ray systems, large antennas and other equipment which is not easily transported by airplane. TSCM firms also tend to restrict their operations to a specific geographic area to facilitate an expert level of knowledge regarding the RF environment, construction methods used, community zoning, population demographics, civil engineering, aeronautic or maritime facilities, local military bases, and related areas. Knowledge of such regional information is critical for a successful TSCM project. The TSCM specialist must also have an intimate knowledge of the telephone systems, engineering methods, fiber optics, major cable locations, central office switches, test numbers, and related communications infrastructure present or being used in an area (which tends to be very regional). An understanding of what types of eavesdropping devices, methods, and frequencies are being used in an area is also important, as is a knowledge of what type of surveillance equipment is being sold within that region (and other areas). The TSCM Procedural and Protocols Guides used by a specialist also tend to be based on specific issues and variables present in that specific geographic area. On a more interesting note, many of these firms are located in, or near major maritime port cities. The heaviest concentrations are around major cities on the East and West coasts with a very limited presence in the Mid-West, Great Plains, and Rockies. If you are in the Mid-West, Great Plains, or Rockies area you would need to engage a TSCM firm from one of the major port cities. For example customers in Chicago, St. Louis, Memphis, Denver, Salt Lake City, Minneapolis, Billings, etc. would need to fly a TSCM specialist in from Boston, New York, Washington DC, Los Angles, Lexington, or Seattle. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Please be patient when contacting these firms, as if they are out serving a client they may not be able to return your call for several hours. Rates generally are non-negotiable and reflect the cost of the sweep practitioner's time, investment in equipment acquisition and maintenance, several weeks of in-service training a year, travel, administrative and communications time and expense to coordinate the sweep and written report, and a fair profit for their services. It is very unwise to shop for sweeps by using price as a criteria as it only invites getting ripped off. Legitimate TSCM professionals are not interested in, nor will then engage in negotiating for a lower price. When you contact persons on this list, you are talking with someone in the same league as an attorney or surgeon, not a salesman. In fact most of the people listed on this page have more time in their specialized training than do most attorneys or medical professionals. Anything beyond an initial phone call usually will be billable time. Attorneys and doctors don't consult for free, and neither do legitimate TSCM specialists. If a potential client calls with a long list of questions not pertaining directly to hiring the practitioner, or wants to know how to do his own sweep, or wants to know how to use the sweep kit he purchased on his own, expect to pay an hourly rate in advance for consulting services. If you are considering engaging (or have already engaged) a TSCM firm and they are not listed in the following directory you would do well to immediately ask some awkward questions. It is also important you understand that legitimate services by a competent TSCM firm rarely start at less then several thousand dollars for even a basic sweep. Keep in mind that there only a small number of legitimate and competent TSCM counterintelligence specialists or "Bug Sweepers" in the U.S. private sector. Legitimate TSCM firms are in very high demand, hard to find, and expensive; so be patient when trying to find one to help you. Also, the firms listed on this page are not attorneys and cannot tell you whether it is legal or illegal for you to monitor your own phones. Always call a competent licensed attorney for legal advice. Without exception, no one listed here performs eavesdropping services or sells surveillance equipment to any other than government agencies AND WILL NOT REFER YOU TO ANYONE WHO DOES. When you contact any of the following firms please mention that you saw them listed on this web site. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ All of New England, Upstate New York, and the Boston Metropolitan Area (MA, RI, CT, VT, NH, ME, New York State including Long Island, and some of New Jersey) Available on a limited basis to cover any location within 1000 miles of Boston. James M. Atkinson Granite Island Group 127 Eastern Avenue #291 Gloucester, MA 01931-8008 (978) 381-9111 Telephone URL: http://www.tscm.com/ E-mail: jmatk@tscm.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stamford, Connecticut Metropolitan Area (also, Manhattan, Long Island, and New Jersey) Sam Daskam Information Security Associates, Inc. 38 Settlers Trail Stamford, CT 06903 (203) 329-8387 Telephone URL: http://www.isa-tscm.com/ E-mail:sales@i... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Norwalk, and Lower Fairfield Country Area (also, Manhattan, Long Island, Philadelphia, and New Jersey) Rob Muessel TSCM Technical Services 11 Bayberry Lane Norwalk, CT 06851 (203) 354-9040 Telephone URL: http://www.tscmtech.com/ E-mail:rmuessel@t... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Greater Philadelphia and Harrisburg Metropolitan Area (also, serving South-Eastern and Central Pennsylvania) Bob Motzer RCM and Associates 609 Sandra Lane Phoenixville, PA 19460 (888) 990-6265 Telephone E-mail: 1RCM@M... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Washington DC and Baltimore Metropolitan Area (also, Virginia, Delaware, and Pennsylvania) Steve Uhrig SWS Security 1300 Boyd Road Street, MD 21154-1836 (410) 879-4035 Telephone URL: http://www.swssec.com/ E-mail: steve@s... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Houston, Dallas, Austin, and Galveston (also, Gulf Coast of Texas and Louisiana) Rick Udovich Communication Security, Inc. 2 Shadow Lane Bay City, TX 77414 (979) 244-4920 Telephone URL: http://www.bugsweep.com/ E-mail: rjudo@s... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Atlanta Metropolitan Area, Southeastern US (also, AL, FL, GA, NC, SC, TN) Buzz Benson Executive World Services, Inc. P.O. Box 33 Braselton, Georgia 30517-0033 (678) 316-7002 Telephone URL: http://www.executiveworldservices.com/ E-mail: sales@e... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lexington KY Metropolitan Area (also, Louisville, Cincinnati, and Central Midwest) Bill G. Rhoads Intelcom, Inc. 121 Prosperous Place, Suite 4B Lexington, KY 40509 (859) 263-9425 Telephone E-mail: bgr101@a... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Michigan and Surrounding Area (also, Indiana, Ohio, and Northern Midwest Region) Chad Margita Off Duty Security 18301 Eight Mile Rd, Suite 214 Eastpointe, MI 48021 (586) 774-1675 Telephone E-mail: offdutysecurity@c... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Washington State and Seattle WA Metropolitan Area (also, Oregon, and the Pacific North West) Gordon Mitchell Future Focus, Inc. P.O. Box 2547 Woodinville, WA 98072 (888) BUG-KILR Telephone URL: http://www.bug-killer.com/ E-mail: enquiries@b... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ San Francisco and all of Northern California (also, Silicon Valley Area) William Bennett Walsingham Associates, Inc. P.O. Box 4264 San Rafael, CA 94913 (415) 492-1594 Telephone E-mail: walsingham@c... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Los Angeles Metropolitan Area, Beverly Hills, Orange County, Los Angles County, San Diego County (also, Riverside County, and Ventura County) Rick Hofmann Microsearch LLC P.O. Box 2084 Cypress, CA 90630 (714) 952-3812 Telephone URL: http://home.earthlink.net/~microsearch E-mail: tscmsweeps@e... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Los Angeles Metropolitan Area, Beverly Hills, Orange County, Los Angles County, San Diego County, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, San Jose, San Diego, and Las Vegas. (Also, anywhere in a thousand mile radius from Los Angeles.) Roger Tolces Electronic Security 6646 Hollywood Blvd. #212 Los Angeles, CA 90028 (323) 462-1351 Telephone URL: http://www.bugsweeps.com/ E-mail: info@b... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6489 From: Date: Sun Nov 10, 2002 4:49am Subject: File - mission.txt TSCM-L Technical Security Mailing List Dedicated to TSCM specialists engaging in expert technical and analytical research for the detection, nullification, and isolation of eavesdropping devices, wiretaps, bugging devices, technical surveillance penetrations, technical surveillance hazards, and physical security weaknesses. This also includes bug detection, bug sweep, and wiretap detection services. Special emphasis is given to detecting and countering espionage and other threats and activities directed by foreign intelligence services against the United States Government, United States corporations, establishments, and citizens. The list includes technical discussion regarding the design and construction of SCIF facilities, Black Chambers, and Screen Rooms. This list is also for discussing DIAM 50-3, NSA-65, and DCID 1/21, 1/22 compliance. The primary goal and mission of this list is to "raise the bar" and increase the level of professionalism present within the TSCM business. The secondary goal of this list is to increase the quality and effectiveness of our efforts so that we give spies and eavesdroppers no quarter, and to neutralize all of their espionage efforts. This mailing list is moderated by James M. Atkinson and sponsored by Granite Island Group as a public service to the TSCM, Counter Intelligence, and technical security community. 6490 From: Does it matter Date: Sat Nov 9, 2002 11:24pm Subject: Re: Audio Enhancement I responded privately to the person who started this thread but will say this on the subject. You CANNOT take a program and plug in a pc and clean up a tape without any experience. Pops, clicks, hiss, yeah, amplification, and other simple items yes. You would have to have very good knowledge of sound floors, snr ratios, thresholds, gain, etc Telling someone to just download soundforge or some other program would be the = of saying download the software to a TDR and use the tdr, it isn't happening. Peace --- In TSCM-L@y..., Michael Puchol wrote: > Jacob > > There is a program called SoundForge, available at > http://www.sonicfoundry.com which has an optional noise reduction > plugin. This really helps, as it allows you to select a portion of the > audio track where there is only the unwanted noise present, it generates > a 'footprint' of the noise, and substracts it from the whole track. I've > cleaned up some audio recordings with this, and it works quite well. > It's not like a professional studio by any measure, but for quick > non-complex jobs it's adequate. Just remeber one thing, if the SNR is > poor, cleaning won't do any good, as the information is just not there. > > Cheers, > > Mike > > Jacob wrote: > > A client provided me a video tape of a logging accident that recently occured. > > The camera picked up some wind and a slight drone of the camera motor causing > > the conversations of the people at the job site to be somewhat difficult to > > understand at times. > > > > Any ideas for clearing this up, preferrably with off the shelf software? > > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Jake Ryan > > Engineer/Consultant > > > > > > > > > > ======================================================== > > TSCM-L Technical Security Mailing List > > "In a multitude of counselors there is strength" > > > > To subscribe to the TSCM-L mailing list visit: > > http://www.yahoogroups.com/community/TSCM-L > > > > It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. > > It is by the juice of Star Bucks that thoughts acquire speed, > > the hands acquire shaking, the shaking is a warning. > > It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. > > =================================================== TSKS > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > > > 6491 From: Kirk Adirim Date: Sun Nov 10, 2002 9:37am Subject: RE: Re: Audio Enhancement Does it matter wrote, "You CANNOT take a program and plug in a pc and clean up a tape without any experience. Pops, clicks, hiss, yeah, amplification, and other simple items yes. You would have to have very good knowledge of sound floors, snr ratios, thresholds, gain, etc Telling someone to just download soundforge or some other program would be the = of saying download the software to a TDR and use the tdr, it isn't happening. Peace" Well it isn't quantum mechanics either. I say download Soundforge and practise/learn , ask questions, GAIN experience with it, and in the end you will have a better recording than you started with. It's ok to color outside of the lines and to think outside of the box. Imagine whirled peas Kirk -----Original Message----- From: Does it matter [mailto:u12armresl@y...] Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2002 9:25 PM To: TSCM-L@yahoogroups.com Subject: [TSCM-L] Re: Audio Enhancement I responded privately to the person who started this thread but will say this on the subject. You CANNOT take a program and plug in a pc and clean up a tape without any experience. Pops, clicks, hiss, yeah, amplification, and other simple items yes. You would have to have very good knowledge of sound floors, snr ratios, thresholds, gain, etc Telling someone to just download soundforge or some other program would be the = of saying download the software to a TDR and use the tdr, it isn't happening. Peace --- In TSCM-L@y..., Michael Puchol wrote: > Jacob > > There is a program called SoundForge, available at > http://www.sonicfoundry.com which has an optional noise reduction > plugin. This really helps, as it allows you to select a portion of the > audio track where there is only the unwanted noise present, it generates > a 'footprint' of the noise, and substracts it from the whole track. I've > cleaned up some audio recordings with this, and it works quite well. > It's not like a professional studio by any measure, but for quick > non-complex jobs it's adequate. Just remeber one thing, if the SNR is > poor, cleaning won't do any good, as the information is just not there. > > Cheers, > > Mike > > Jacob wrote: > > A client provided me a video tape of a logging accident that recently occured. > > The camera picked up some wind and a slight drone of the camera motor causing > > the conversations of the people at the job site to be somewhat difficult to > > understand at times. > > > > Any ideas for clearing this up, preferrably with off the shelf software? > > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Jake Ryan > > Engineer/Consultant > > > > > > > > > > ======================================================== > > TSCM-L Technical Security Mailing List > > "In a multitude of counselors there is strength" > > > > To subscribe to the TSCM-L mailing list visit: > > http://www.yahoogroups.com/community/TSCM-L > > > > It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. > > It is by the juice of Star Bucks that thoughts acquire speed, > > the hands acquire shaking, the shaking is a warning. > > It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. > > =================================================== TSKS > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > > > ======================================================== TSCM-L Technical Security Mailing List "In a multitude of counselors there is strength" To subscribe to the TSCM-L mailing list visit: http://www.yahoogroups.com/community/TSCM-L It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the juice of Star Bucks that thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire shaking, the shaking is a warning. It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. =================================================== TSKS Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ 6492 From: Michael Puchol Date: Sun Nov 10, 2002 11:11am Subject: Re: Re: Audio Enhancement Does it matter wrote: > I responded privately to the person who started this thread but will > say this on the subject. You CANNOT take a program and plug in a pc > and clean up a tape without any experience. Pops, clicks, hiss, > yeah, amplification, and other simple items yes. You would have to > have very good knowledge of sound floors, snr ratios, thresholds, > gain, etc Well, experience is gained by practice, you start with 0% experience, and by practice and guidance (the amount of guidance needed depending on the subject's self-teaching capabilities) you increase that percentage. Thanks to the internet, a lot of knowledge on this subject is available. My message implied, at least I didn't think it necessary to explicitly explain it, that if you need a professional job (like a recording as evidence in a trial) you're obviously not going to use Soundforge or similar to clean up the recording, you're going to take it to a professional sound lab to have it professionally processed. > Telling someone to just download soundforge or some other program > would be the = of saying download the software to a TDR and use the > tdr, it isn't happening. I don't think the comparison applies, whoever invents a software-only TDR will become quite rich I guess. My point only applied to audio recordings, it cannot be extrapolated to any subject in our field. I'm obviously NOT going to tell anyone to sweep for bugs with a spy-shop blinking-lights box, that has to be done by professionals with professional tools, so the analogy doesn't apply. All the best, Mike 6493 From: Fernando Martins Date: Sun Nov 10, 2002 1:55pm Subject: Honeypots in physical/electronic security Hi2all Anyone with experience about honeypots for physical/electronic security systems? Comments? Case studies? Papers? Any hints are wellcome. FM 6494 From: Fernando Martins Date: Sun Nov 10, 2002 2:12pm Subject: RFID Comments on RFID? http://www.securitymagazine.com/CDA/ArticleInformation/coverstory/BNPCov erStoryItem/0,5409,86576,00.html Shopping for RFID By John Mesenbrink Radio frequency identification is becoming the technology of the future. Take an in-depth look at why radio waves are in demand. Would you like fries with that? One swipe of a Mobil SpeedPass tag, for instance, and you can pay for gas and your next meal at McDonalds. You see its use more and more. RFID technology has been taken to the next level; with applications and advancements ever increasing, the future looks bright for radio frequency identification (RFID). Retail giant Wal-Mart is piloting RFID tags at its stores and plans to introduce the asset tracking technology into the UK shortly. Radio frequency identification (RFID) is an advanced automatic identification technology used to identify, track, sort and detect an infinite variety of objects, including people, vehicles and objects, thus making it multi-functional. "The performance of RFID has grown so that you can grow beyond your core applications," says Doug Karp, senior director for operations and business development, RFID products group, Checkpoint Systems, Thorofare, N.J. "You'll see RFID in new applications beyond basic access control." Why RFID? "RFID is certainly a technology that can help solve some of the issues that homeland security is facing. RFID offers the ability to passively read and get data that you couldn't get before. For example, with today's technologies, if you have a package coming in through customs and you want to know what is in it quickly, you would have to open the package, count items, read barcodes and scan. With RFID, in theory, you can keep that package closed. Because everything would be tagged inside it, you could pass it through a tunnel or a reader of some sort and read what is inside that package. Also, you can read multiple items at the same time," offers Karp. RFID benefits the end user, especially in access control situations, similarly to other automatic identification technologies in that it reduces the need to manually collect data. The system consists of two major components-the reader and the card/tag. RFID relies on radio frequency waves between a card or tag and a reader in order to make an identification. While RFID has its advantages, the technology will continue to flex its muscles in areas of memory capacity, read area reach and processing speed. The read/write capability of an active RFID system is also a significant advantage in interactive applications. Although currently it is a more expensive technology than, say, bar code, RFID has become a mainstay for facilitating data collection and ID applications. Also, "Integration of RFID systems is relatively painless. And there is a huge expense for changing mag stripe readers when they wear out. With contactless, there is never a fee because there are no moving parts. If an end user wanted to buy RFID system, they could have it up and running as soon as the systems integrator could physically integrate the system," says Jeremy Wyant, RFID product manager, NTRU, Burlington Mass. Another important benefit of RFID is the read/write capability of the tag in asset tracking, meaning new information can be added to asset tags. The whole history of a product will be available at your fingertips, allowing the benefits of RFID asset tracking to extend into areas like service and warranty tracking and automatic product returns. It is unlikely that the technology will ultimately replace barcode-the integrated circuit in an RF tag will never be as cost-effective as a barcode label. It Makes Sense Because RFID is a contactless technology, it requires neither contact with a reader-magnetic stripe technology-or a direct line of sight to a reader-bar code technology. RFID, therefore, reduces the problems associated with contact or line-of-sight technologies. The reader emits a low-level radio frequency magnetic field that energizes the tag. The tag then sends back identification data stored in its integrated circuit (IC). This data is decoded by the reader, which either grants or refuses accessibility depending on whether the identification data being sent matches user information stored in the host database. "We tend to think it is better to keep less information on the card and more information in your software database because that gives you more protection," says Karp. However, since RFID is an ever-emerging technology, it does not enjoy the depth in product offering found with the other older technologies like bar coding or electronic article surveillance (EAS). According to AIM and its Association for Automatic Identification and Data Capture Technologies, Pittsburgh, Penn., "RFID will continue to grow in its established niches where barcode or other optical technologies are not effective. If some standards commonality is achieved-whereby RFID equipment from different manufacturers can be used interchangeably-the market will very likely grow exponentially. It is uncertain whether RFID will cost cut and ultimately replace other methods of technology, such as bar coding. But it is quickly making strides, as evidenced by some of the major players creating better RFID systems." RFID tags are distinguished either as passive or active. Active tags have a battery in the tag and it acts as a transmitter. If you need long ranges, you put a battery in the tag. An active tag gets its energy from a battery and then can transmit a signal over longer ranges. Also, AIM reports, "Passive tags don't have a battery, whereby getting its energy from the reader. RFID systems are also distinguished by their frequency ranges. Low-frequency (30 KHz to 500 KHz) systems have short reading ranges and relatively cheaper in price. They are most commonly used in security access, asset tracking, and animal identification applications. High-frequency (850 MHz to 950 MHz and 2.4 GHz to 2.5 GHz) systems, offering long read ranges (greater than 90 feet) and high reading speeds, are used for such applications as railroad car tracking and automated toll collection. However, the higher performance of high-frequency RFID systems are more expensive." And, "Interest in higher levels of security and stronger meth-ods of authentication increased due to the events of the last year, particularly in government agencies and corporations. These entities often have multiple sites, use systems of different types or ages and have implemented a photo ID policy," says Debra Spitler, vice president of marketing, ASSA ABLOY Identification Technology Group (ITG). HID Corporation's iCLASS, a 13.56 MHz, read/write, contactless smart card technology, enables employees to use a single card for multiple applications including access control, IT secure authentication, cashless vending and health record storage. By incorporating multiple technologies into one card, users have the ability to leverage their existing investment in various systems. In addition, the ability to store a biometric template on a contactless smart card is a significant technological advancement that has seen increasing interest since 9/11/01. HID has teamed up with Bioscrypt, Sherman Oaks, Calif., in the development of the V-Smart iCLASS to ensure that traditional access control customers can use a biometric product that offers one-to-one biometric template authentication and user convenience. These two features support the markets' requirement for fast throughput and individual privacy. The dual template enhancement solves the occasional inconvenience caused by a dirty or injured finger, or even a bandage, because each participant can use either of the two fingers enrolled in the system. V-Smart iCLASS, a two-in-one reader solution, supports dual fingerprint templates and multiple application contactless smart cards. At the current time, Bioscrypt has integrated iCLASS technology into a biometric fingerprint reader, and Recognition Systems, Camarillo, Calif., has integrated iCLASS into a hand geometry reader. The system can be easily integrated with other technologies. The iCLASS enables customers to upgrade existing proximity or mag stripe systems over time. In some cases, customers may use proximity/mag stripe technology in an existing building and use iCLASS technology in a new building. It's in the Cards RFID ubiquity will create a forum for counterfeiters and criminals. If there is no mechanism to ensure that transmitted information has not been tampered with, hackers could easily change it. Manufacturers need to ensure that their RFID application is part of a trusted environment by guaranteeing confidentiality, authentication, integrity and non-repudiation. Such a guarantee is possible with the integration of a PKI (public key infrastructure). NTRU, Burlington, Mass., is a cryptography provider of technology that can provide this level of security for RFID. As RFID applications proliferate, and more high-value transactions are performed using these applications, the need for powerful security increases. NTRU provides security services tailored to meet the robust requirements of RFID and contactless applications, including a cost effective token and reader technology.With NTRUSign, RFID applications benefit from authentication capabilities, which ensure that the tag, reader and/or system component is who or what they claim to be and that the transmitted data have not been altered. NTRU technology also provides for confidential transaction and new audit capabilities that create digitally signed records of each and every transaction. NTRU develops powerful, fast security that, due to its small footprint, is uniquely suited to secure space-constrained environments such as contactless smart cards, radio frequency identification tags and wireless devices. NTRU shares in the vision of enabling an interoperable platform for the delivery of next-generation products and services based on smart card technology, offers Michael Yaffe, senior communications manager, NTRU. All RF data transmission between the card and reader is encrypted using a secure algorithm. By using industry standard encryption techniques, HID's iCLASS, for example, reduces the risk of compromised data or duplicated cards. Access to data stored on the cards is protected by 64-bit keys, which can be further customized by the end-user with an iCLASS programmer. Even if the unauthorized person obtains an iCLASS reader, without the keys, the reader will not authenticate with the card and data will not be transmitted. For even higher security, card data may also be protected with DES or triple DES encryption. With iCLASS, the transaction between the card and reader can not be sniffed. On the Market End users in various vertical markets are looking for every advantage they can get as a result of last year's terrorist attacks. At the recently held Airport Security Expo in Las Vegas, Applied Digital Solutions and its VeriChip Corporation featured its VeriPass and VeriTag. These new applications will allow airport and port security personnel to link a VeriChip subscriber to his or her luggage-both during check-in and on the airplane-flight manifest logs and airline or law enforcement software databases. Commenting on VeriChip's participation in the Airport Security Expo, Scott R. Silverman, president of Applied Digital Solutions, says, "VeriChip can assist in assuring the public that only authorized personnel gain access to certain sensitive areas of airports and even the cockpits of airplanes. Since VeriChip's personal verification technology can't be lost, stolen, tampered with, misplaced or counterfeited, its secure personal verification system should be incorporated into our national airport security initiatives." VeriChip is a miniaturized radio frequency identification device that can be used in a variety of security applications. About the size of a grain of rice, each VeriChip product contains a unique verification number and will be available in several formats, some of which will be insertable under the skin, which, by the way, is in the works to track a patient's medical status. In the security field, the company is actively developing applications for VeriChip in a variety of security, defense, homeland security and secure-access applications. These opportunities include using VeriChip to control authorized access to government installations and private-sector buildings, nuclear power plants, national research laboratories, correctional facilities and sensitive transportation resources. VeriChip can enhance airport security, airline security, cruise ship security, intelligent transportation and port congestion management. In these markets, VeriChip could function as a stand-alone, tamper-proof personal verification technology or it could operate in conjunction with other security technologies such as standard ID badges and advanced biometric devices. Frost & Sullivan reports that by 2006, 80 percent of the access control market will be RFID-based. With over 180 million RFID tags deployed worldwide and approximately six million Exxon/Mobil Speedpass users, Texas Instruments Radio Frequency Identification Systems (TI-RFid), Dallas, Tex., is making a huge splash in the industry with its line of 13.56 MHz reader and card security systems for access control. TI's vicinity cards and S6400 reader series bring a new level of security to the market with 2000-bit programmable memory, unique and secure identification, at a cost comparable to traditional proximity cards. TI-RFid 13.56 MHz access control cards and readers are compliant with the ISO 15693 vicinity card standard offering security and access control providers increased security and authentication, at-the-door read-write programmability, interoperability across all suppliers and applications and multiple card reading capability. "As a pioneer in 13.56 MHz technology, TI has deployed more than 180 million tags worldwide in a range of RFID applications," said Bill Allen, eMarketing manager, Texas Instruments RFid Systems. "We're now bringing our wealth of experience to the security and access control industry." TI-RFid's line of cards and badges provide factory-programmed ID, which cannot be duplicated, ensuring that no two cards or people are misidentified. With more than 2000 bits of data, the cards hold 50 times more data than traditional 125 kHz solutions. The data is written and stored directly on the card, independent from a host system, allowing employees to carry vital information such as authorization codes, certification or emergency medical histories. TI's cards also provide the capacity for stronger encrypted security and the data capacity to use the ID cards beyond just facility access for other solutions, such as biometrics and wireless financial transactions. Secura Key, Chatsworth, Calif., has a new generation of high frequency 13.56 MHz readers for use with access control systems. These new e*TagT proximity readers work with a variety of contactless smart cards and key fobs that meet ISO 15693 and ISO 14443 A/B standards. Communicating 100 times faster than traditional 125 KHz proximity readers, e*TagT offers multiple card reads, read/write applications, custom card encoding and many other benefits. Designed to work with Tag-It transponders from Texas Instruments, e*Tag units can read multiple transponders in a field. In full deployment, AXCESS RFID technology provides security features ranging from facial verification, badge-controlled access to facilities or areas within facilities, asset monitoring, and video surveillance with analytical capabilities. AXCESS manufactures RFID tags that will signal an alarm if tagged assets are removed from designated areas and will track their movements throughout a facility. Checkpoint Systems, Thorofare, N.J., offers an entire family of RFID products, including low-cost 13.56 MHz tags with read-only or read-write capability, which offer significant capacity in a variety of tag configurations, readers designed to maximize read range for both fixed and portable applications and open architecture application programming interface (API) software for integration with existing systems. Zebra Technologies offers the Zebra R402 RFID smart label printer/encoder, a tool for both printing and programming 13.56 MHz smart labels, tickets and tags. This printer/encoder delivers the enhanced tracking, inventory management and authenticating benefits of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology. "The RF402 can print bar codes, human-readable text, and graphics on the label surface. It also can read, encode and verify information programmed to the ultra-thin RFID transponder embedded inside the label," says Matt Ream, Zebra's senior product manager for RFID systems. John Mesenbrink is managing editor for SECURITY Magazine. He can be reached at 630-694-4026 Copyright C 2001-2002 by Business News Publishing Co 6495 From: Does it matter Date: Sun Nov 10, 2002 0:14pm Subject: Re: Audio Enhancement I wont get into a flame war on the subject but I have found in audio that just messing around and practice takes more time then a person is willing to devote to the subject especially since it is a single occurance. --- In TSCM-L@y..., "Kirk Adirim" wrote: > Does it matter wrote, > > "You CANNOT take a program and plug in a pc > and clean up a tape without any experience. Pops, clicks, hiss, > yeah, amplification, and other simple items yes. You would have to > have very good knowledge of sound floors, snr ratios, thresholds, > gain, etc > Telling someone to just download soundforge or some other program > would be the = of saying download the software to a TDR and use the > tdr, it isn't happening. Peace" > > Well it isn't quantum mechanics either. I say download Soundforge and > practise/learn , ask questions, GAIN experience with it, and in the end you > will have a better recording than you started with. It's ok to color > outside of the lines and to think outside of the box. > > Imagine whirled peas > Kirk > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Does it matter [mailto:u12armresl@y...] > Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2002 9:25 PM > To: TSCM-L@y... > Subject: [TSCM-L] Re: Audio Enhancement > > > I responded privately to the person who started this thread but will > say this on the subject. You CANNOT take a program and plug in a pc > and clean up a tape without any experience. Pops, clicks, hiss, > yeah, amplification, and other simple items yes. You would have to > have very good knowledge of sound floors, snr ratios, thresholds, > gain, etc > Telling someone to just download soundforge or some other program > would be the = of saying download the software to a TDR and use the > tdr, it isn't happening. > > Peace > --- In TSCM-L@y..., Michael Puchol wrote: > > Jacob > > > > There is a program called SoundForge, available at > > http://www.sonicfoundry.com which has an optional noise reduction > > plugin. This really helps, as it allows you to select a portion of > the > > audio track where there is only the unwanted noise present, it > generates > > a 'footprint' of the noise, and substracts it from the whole > track. I've > > cleaned up some audio recordings with this, and it works quite > well. > > It's not like a professional studio by any measure, but for quick > > non-complex jobs it's adequate. Just remeber one thing, if the SNR > is > > poor, cleaning won't do any good, as the information is just not > there. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Mike > > > > Jacob wrote: > > > A client provided me a video tape of a logging accident that > recently occured. > > > The camera picked up some wind and a slight drone of the camera > motor causing > > > the conversations of the people at the job site to be somewhat > difficult to > > > understand at times. > > > > > > Any ideas for clearing this up, preferrably with off the shelf > software? > > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > > > Jake Ryan > > > Engineer/Consultant > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ======================================================== > > > TSCM-L Technical Security Mailing List > > > "In a multitude of counselors there is strength" > > > > > > To subscribe to the TSCM-L mailing list visit: > > > http://www.yahoogroups.com/community/TSCM-L > > > > > > It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. > > > It is by the juice of Star Bucks that thoughts acquire speed, > > > the hands acquire shaking, the shaking is a warning. > > > It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. > > > =================================================== TSKS > > > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ======================================================== > TSCM-L Technical Security Mailing List > "In a multitude of counselors there is strength" > > To subscribe to the TSCM-L mailing list visit: > http://www.yahoogroups.com/community/TSCM-L > > It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. > It is by the juice of Star Bucks that thoughts acquire speed, > the hands acquire shaking, the shaking is a warning. > It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. > =================================================== TSKS > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ 6496 From: Gregory Perry Date: Sun Nov 10, 2002 4:08pm Subject: Re: RFID RFID implant = quickest Big Mac yet --------------------------------- "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" -- Arthur C. Clarke > Comments on RFID? > > http://www.securitymagazine.com/CDA/ArticleInformation/coverstory/BNPCov > erStoryItem/0,5409,86576,00.html > > Shopping for RFID > By John Mesenbrink > > > Radio frequency identification is becoming the technology of the future. > Take an in-depth look at why radio waves are in demand. > > > > Would you like fries with that? One swipe of a Mobil SpeedPass tag, for > instance, and you can pay for gas and your next meal at McDonalds. You > see its use more and more. RFID technology has been taken to the next > level; with applications and advancements ever increasing, the future > looks bright for radio frequency identification (RFID). Retail giant > Wal-Mart is piloting RFID tags at its stores and plans to introduce the > asset tracking technology into the UK shortly. Radio frequency > identification (RFID) is an advanced automatic identification technology > used to identify, track, sort and detect an infinite variety of objects, > including people, vehicles and objects, thus making it multi-functional. > "The performance of RFID has grown so that you can grow beyond your core > applications," says Doug Karp, senior director for operations and > business development, RFID products group, Checkpoint Systems, > Thorofare, N.J. "You'll see RFID in new applications beyond basic access > control." > > > > Why RFID? > "RFID is certainly a technology that can help solve some of the issues > that homeland security is facing. RFID offers the ability to passively > read and get data that you couldn't get before. For example, with > today's technologies, if you have a package coming in through customs > and you want to know what is in it quickly, you would have to open the > package, count items, read barcodes and scan. With RFID, in theory, you > can keep that package closed. Because everything would be tagged inside > it, you could pass it through a tunnel or a reader of some sort and read > what is inside that package. Also, you can read multiple items at the > same time," offers Karp. RFID benefits the end user, especially in > access control situations, similarly to other automatic identification > technologies in that it reduces the need to manually collect data. The > system consists of two major components-the reader and the card/tag. > RFID relies on radio frequency waves between a card or tag and a reader > in order to make an identification. While RFID has its advantages, the > technology will continue to flex its muscles in areas of memory > capacity, read area reach and processing speed. The read/write > capability of an active RFID system is also a significant advantage in > interactive applications. Although currently it is a more expensive > technology than, say, bar code, RFID has become a mainstay for > facilitating data collection and ID applications. Also, "Integration of > RFID systems is relatively painless. And there is a huge expense for > changing mag stripe readers when they wear out. With contactless, there > is never a fee because there are no moving parts. If an end user wanted > to buy RFID system, they could have it up and running as soon as the > systems integrator could physically integrate the system," says Jeremy > Wyant, RFID product manager, NTRU, Burlington Mass. > > Another important benefit of RFID is the read/write capability of the > tag in asset tracking, meaning new information can be added to asset > tags. The whole history of a product will be available at your > fingertips, allowing the benefits of RFID asset tracking to extend into > areas like service and warranty tracking and automatic product returns. > It is unlikely that the technology will ultimately replace barcode-the > integrated circuit in an RF tag will never be as cost-effective as a > barcode label. > > > > It Makes Sense > Because RFID is a contactless technology, it requires neither contact > with a reader-magnetic stripe technology-or a direct line of sight to a > reader-bar code technology. RFID, therefore, reduces the problems > associated with contact or line-of-sight technologies. The reader emits > a low-level radio frequency magnetic field that energizes the tag. The > tag then sends back identification data stored in its integrated circuit > (IC). This data is decoded by the reader, which either grants or refuses > accessibility depending on whether the identification data being sent > matches user information stored in the host database. "We tend to think > it is better to keep less information on the card and more information > in your software database because that gives you more protection," says > Karp. > > However, since RFID is an ever-emerging technology, it does not enjoy > the depth in product offering found with the other older technologies > like bar coding or electronic article surveillance (EAS). According to > AIM and its Association for Automatic Identification and Data Capture > Technologies, Pittsburgh, Penn., "RFID will continue to grow in its > established niches where barcode or other optical technologies are not > effective. If some standards commonality is achieved-whereby RFID > equipment from different manufacturers can be used interchangeably-the > market will very likely grow exponentially. It is uncertain whether RFID > will cost cut and ultimately replace other methods of technology, such > as bar coding. But it is quickly making strides, as evidenced by some of > the major players creating better RFID systems." > > RFID tags are distinguished either as passive or active. Active tags > have a battery in the tag and it acts as a transmitter. If you need long > ranges, you put a battery in the tag. An active tag gets its energy from > a battery and then can transmit a signal over longer ranges. Also, AIM > reports, "Passive tags don't have a battery, whereby getting its energy > from the reader. RFID systems are also distinguished by their frequency > ranges. Low-frequency (30 KHz to 500 KHz) systems have short reading > ranges and relatively cheaper in price. They are most commonly used in > security access, asset tracking, and animal identification applications. > High-frequency (850 MHz to 950 MHz and 2.4 GHz to 2.5 GHz) systems, > offering long read ranges (greater than 90 feet) and high reading > speeds, are used for such applications as railroad car tracking and > automated toll collection. However, the higher performance of > high-frequency RFID systems are more expensive." > > And, "Interest in higher levels of security and stronger meth-ods of > authentication increased due to the events of the last year, > particularly in government agencies and corporations. These entities > often have multiple sites, use systems of different types or ages and > have implemented a photo ID policy," says Debra Spitler, vice president > of marketing, ASSA ABLOY Identification Technology Group (ITG). HID > Corporation's iCLASS, a 13.56 MHz, read/write, contactless smart card > technology, enables employees to use a single card for multiple > applications including access control, IT secure authentication, > cashless vending and health record storage. By incorporating multiple > technologies into one card, users have the ability to leverage their > existing investment in various systems. In addition, the ability to > store a biometric template on a contactless smart card is a significant > technological advancement that has seen increasing interest since > 9/11/01. HID has teamed up with Bioscrypt, Sherman Oaks, Calif., in the > development of the V-Smart iCLASS to ensure that traditional access > control customers can use a biometric product that offers one-to-one > biometric template authentication and user convenience. These two > features support the markets' requirement for fast throughput and > individual privacy. The dual template enhancement solves the occasional > inconvenience caused by a dirty or injured finger, or even a bandage, > because each participant can use either of the two fingers enrolled in > the system. V-Smart iCLASS, a two-in-one reader solution, supports dual > fingerprint templates and multiple application contactless smart cards. > At the current time, Bioscrypt has integrated iCLASS technology into a > biometric fingerprint reader, and Recognition Systems, Camarillo, > Calif., has integrated iCLASS into a hand geometry reader. The system > can be easily integrated with other technologies. The iCLASS enables > customers to upgrade existing proximity or mag stripe systems over time. > In some cases, customers may use proximity/mag stripe technology in an > existing building and use iCLASS technology in a new building. > > > > It's in the Cards > RFID ubiquity will create a forum for counterfeiters and criminals. If > there is no mechanism to ensure that transmitted information has not > been tampered with, hackers could easily change it. Manufacturers need > to ensure that their RFID application is part of a trusted environment > by guaranteeing confidentiality, authentication, integrity and > non-repudiation. Such a guarantee is possible with the integration of a > PKI (public key infrastructure). NTRU, Burlington, Mass., is a > cryptography provider of technology that can provide this level of > security for RFID. As RFID applications proliferate, and more high-value > transactions are performed using these applications, the need for > powerful security increases. NTRU provides security services tailored to > meet the robust requirements of RFID and contactless applications, > including a cost effective token and reader technology.With NTRUSign, > RFID applications benefit from authentication capabilities, which ensure > that the tag, reader and/or system component is who or what they claim > to be and that the transmitted data have not been altered. NTRU > technology also provides for confidential transaction and new audit > capabilities that create digitally signed records of each and every > transaction. NTRU develops powerful, fast security that, due to its > small footprint, is uniquely suited to secure space-constrained > environments such as contactless smart cards, radio frequency > identification tags and wireless devices. NTRU shares in the vision of > enabling an interoperable platform for the delivery of next-generation > products and services based on smart card technology, offers Michael > Yaffe, senior communications manager, NTRU. > > All RF data transmission between the card and reader is encrypted using > a secure algorithm. By using industry standard encryption techniques, > HID's iCLASS, for example, reduces the risk of compromised data or > duplicated cards. Access to data stored on the cards is protected by > 64-bit keys, which can be further customized by the end-user with an > iCLASS programmer. Even if the unauthorized person obtains an iCLASS > reader, without the keys, the reader will not authenticate with the card > and data will not be transmitted. For even higher security, card data > may also be protected with DES or triple DES encryption. With iCLASS, > the transaction between the card and reader can not be sniffed. > > > > On the Market > End users in various vertical markets are looking for every advantage > they can get as a result of last year's terrorist attacks. At the > recently held Airport Security Expo in Las Vegas, Applied Digital > Solutions and its VeriChip Corporation featured its VeriPass and > VeriTag. These new applications will allow airport and port security > personnel to link a VeriChip subscriber to his or her luggage-both > during check-in and on the airplane-flight manifest logs and airline or > law enforcement software databases. > > Commenting on VeriChip's participation in the Airport Security Expo, > Scott R. Silverman, president of Applied Digital Solutions, says, > "VeriChip can assist in assuring the public that only authorized > personnel gain access to certain sensitive areas of airports and even > the cockpits of airplanes. Since VeriChip's personal verification > technology can't be lost, stolen, tampered with, misplaced or > counterfeited, its secure personal verification system should be > incorporated into our national airport security initiatives." VeriChip > is a miniaturized radio frequency identification device that can be used > in a variety of security applications. About the size of a grain of > rice, each VeriChip product contains a unique verification number and > will be available in several formats, some of which will be insertable > under the skin, which, by the way, is in the works to track a patient's > medical status. > > In the security field, the company is actively developing applications > for VeriChip in a variety of security, defense, homeland security and > secure-access applications. > > These opportunities include using VeriChip to control authorized access > to government installations and private-sector buildings, nuclear power > plants, national research laboratories, correctional facilities and > sensitive transportation resources. VeriChip can enhance airport > security, airline security, cruise ship security, intelligent > transportation and port congestion management. In these markets, > VeriChip could function as a stand-alone, tamper-proof personal > verification technology or it could operate in conjunction with other > security technologies such as standard ID badges and advanced biometric > devices. > > Frost & Sullivan reports that by 2006, 80 percent of the access control > market will be RFID-based. With over > > 180 million RFID tags deployed worldwide and approximately six million > Exxon/Mobil Speedpass users, Texas Instruments Radio Frequency > Identification Systems (TI-RFid), Dallas, Tex., is making a huge splash > in the industry with its line of 13.56 MHz reader and card security > systems for access control. TI's vicinity cards and S6400 reader series > bring a new level of security to the market with 2000-bit programmable > memory, unique and secure identification, at a cost comparable to > traditional proximity cards. TI-RFid 13.56 MHz access control cards and > readers are compliant with the ISO 15693 vicinity card standard offering > security and access control providers increased security and > authentication, at-the-door read-write programmability, interoperability > across all suppliers and applications and multiple card reading > capability. "As a pioneer in 13.56 MHz technology, TI has deployed more > than 180 million tags worldwide in a range of RFID applications," said > Bill Allen, eMarketing manager, Texas Instruments RFid Systems. "We're > now bringing our wealth of experience to the security and access control > industry." > > TI-RFid's line of cards and badges provide factory-programmed ID, which > cannot be duplicated, ensuring that no two cards or people are > misidentified. With more than 2000 bits of data, the cards hold 50 times > more data than traditional 125 kHz solutions. The data is written and > stored directly on the card, independent from a host system, allowing > employees to carry vital information such as authorization codes, > certification or emergency medical histories. TI's cards also provide > the capacity for stronger encrypted security and the data capacity to > use the ID cards beyond just facility access for other solutions, such > as biometrics and wireless financial transactions. > > Secura Key, Chatsworth, Calif., has a new generation of high frequency > 13.56 MHz readers for use with access control systems. These new e*TagT > proximity readers work with a variety of contactless smart cards and key > fobs that meet ISO 15693 and ISO 14443 A/B standards. > > Communicating 100 times faster than traditional 125 KHz proximity > readers, e*TagT offers multiple card reads, read/write applications, > custom card encoding and many other benefits. Designed to work with > Tag-It transponders from Texas Instruments, e*Tag units can read > multiple transponders in a field. > > In full deployment, AXCESS RFID technology provides security features > ranging from facial verification, badge-controlled access to facilities > or areas within facilities, asset monitoring, and video surveillance > with analytical capabilities. AXCESS manufactures RFID tags that will > signal an alarm if tagged assets are removed from designated areas and > will track their movements throughout a facility. > > Checkpoint Systems, Thorofare, N.J., offers an entire family of RFID > products, including low-cost 13.56 MHz tags with read-only or read-write > capability, which offer significant capacity in a variety of tag > configurations, readers designed to maximize read range for both fixed > and portable applications and open architecture application programming > interface (API) software for integration with existing systems. > > Zebra Technologies offers the Zebra R402 RFID smart label > printer/encoder, a tool for both printing and programming 13.56 MHz > smart labels, tickets and tags. This printer/encoder delivers the > enhanced tracking, inventory management and authenticating benefits of > radio frequency identification (RFID) technology. > > "The RF402 can print bar codes, human-readable text, and graphics on the > label surface. It also can read, encode and verify information > programmed to the ultra-thin RFID transponder embedded inside the > label," says Matt Ream, Zebra's senior product manager for RFID systems. > > > > > > > John Mesenbrink is managing editor for SECURITY Magazine. He can be > reached at 630-694-4026 > > > > > Copyright C 2001-2002 by Business News Publishing Co > > > > ======================================================== > TSCM-L Technical Security Mailing List > "In a multitude of counselors there is strength" > > To subscribe to the TSCM-L mailing list visit: > http://www.yahoogroups.com/community/TSCM-L > > It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. > It is by the juice of Star Bucks that thoughts acquire speed, > the hands acquire shaking, the shaking is a warning. > It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. > =================================================== TSKS > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > 6497 From: MitchD Date: Thu Oct 10, 2002 10:52pm Subject: FW: RFID RFID or radio "fingerprinting" has been around for a long time.Every transmitter does have its own signature,and Radio fingerprinting has been used very effectively for many reasons,All good. It appears that the RF ID system mentioned is nothing more than a transponder setup,and should be addressed as such. RFID has it own very valuable applications besides inventory control at Wal Mart US Customs uses Barcodes for tracking,and items still get inspected.Therefore I don't think anything will be enhanced by theyre use in general,`especially for expediting shipments..Transponders are not as inexpensive or easy to use or implement as barcodes.Transponders have to be programmed. Also, what will be the standard in regards to protocol ,as well as integration, with transponders ? Go to transponders.com and see the many types,and mfgs of. A Lexus transponder system retails for more than 3000 bucks,if 1/5 is cost that's 600 bucks for 2 transponders and a reader,and includes a single shot of programming,as well as code scrolling. A transponder may also be looked at as a rolling code garage door opener that's powered through inductance.New technology???? I believe they're great for security systems,and antitheft systems in the automotive industry,other than that its just another pet rock or rubiks cube for the labeling industry...UPC's and barcodes are simple. Why fix something till its broke....Ask anyone who uses "Easy Pass" on a toll road if they like it, and then ask them how many times they got mailed a citation for "blowing" a toll booth even after the user honestly got the green light indicating their transponder and account information was recognized.. Just my 2 cents MD _________________________________________ TSCM/Special Operations Group Inc. e-mail MitchD@t... website: www.tscmusa.com (615) 837 9933 ______________________________________ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 6498 From: Kirk Adirim Date: Mon Nov 11, 2002 9:11am Subject: RE: Re: Audio Enhancement U1 2 arm wrestle wrote, "I wont get into a flame war on the subject but I have found in audio that just messing around and practice takes more time then a person is willing to devote to the subject especially since it is a single occurance." A difference of opinion is not a call for a flame war. The majority of the people on this list have the fundamental knowledge of noise floors, S/NR's, thresholds, gain etc. This list is of a technical nature for technical people to ask questions. This furthers the science and art of tscm. DSP is now quite common, and is readily found on off the shelf shortwave radios and Ham gear. These guy's are using it to eliminate heterodynes, noise, and carriers both in band and out. It just isn't that difficult of a concept. My experience is that the people on this list, and in this business are sophisticated and savvy. It is usually a single occurance that sparks the interest of a person to delve deeper into the subject. Shalom, Kirk I wont get into a flame war on the subject but I have found in audio that just messing around and practice takes more time then a person is willing to devote to the subject especially since it is a single occurance. --- In TSCM-L@y..., "Kirk Adirim" wrote: > Does it matter wrote, > > "You CANNOT take a program and plug in a pc > and clean up a tape without any experience. Pops, clicks, hiss, > yeah, amplification, and other simple items yes. You would have to > have very good knowledge of sound floors, snr ratios, thresholds, > gain, etc > Telling someone to just download soundforge or some other program > would be the = of saying download the software to a TDR and use the > tdr, it isn't happening. Peace" > > Well it isn't quantum mechanics either. I say download Soundforge and > practise/learn , ask questions, GAIN experience with it, and in the end you > will have a better recording than you started with. It's ok to color > outside of the lines and to think outside of the box. > > Imagine whirled peas > Kirk 6499 From: Date: Mon Nov 11, 2002 11:11am Subject: Swedes charged with spying on Ericsson Swedes charged with spying on Ericsson VNUNet.com Three Swedes have been charged with industrial espionage after allegedly leaking information from telecoms equipment giant Ericsson. The company said in a statement that the three people were either employees or former employees, although it would not say what information had been handed over. They have allegedly been passing secret documents to a foreign intelligence service for some time. Police said that the arrest of the main suspect took place as he was meeting a foreign intelligence officer. The other two are charged with helping the ringleader obtain the information. An Ericsson spokesman said that the damage was limited as the delivery of the information was discovered and stopped. ---------- http://www.intelligentx.com/newsletters/technology/articles/story_tech1_111102.cfm [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 6500 From: George Shaw Date: Mon Nov 11, 2002 8:21am Subject: CCTV Installation tool kit? Would anyone like to draw up a suggested tool kit for B&W/Colour CCTV surveillance and monitoring systems installation and maintained/testing. Top of the range and the most versatile and useful kit/brands/sources. -- George Shaw MI3GTO " Any Sufficiently Advanced Technology is Indistinguishable from Magic" ---Arthur C. Clarke Mobile: +44 (0) 7740 361 163 Email: george.shaw@u... 6501 From: David Alexander Date: Tue Nov 12, 2002 4:08am Subject: re: Time's flying, but you can still bid on MiG-21 There is a cheaper way to get hold of a Mig 21. India has lost an average of 2 a month for the last 10 years (that's worse than the record for old F104 Starfighters designed by Kelly Johnson and the boys at Lockheed). All you need to do is buy a field in India - one is bound to drop into it eventually, admittedly in kit form - but hey it's a project for those long winter nights... BTW before anyone says that is sick 1. I am an ex Harrier/AV8B and F4 driver 2. All of us have a real sick sense of humour - get over it 3. I crashed, which is why I'm an ex F4 driver. 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[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 6502 From: David Alexander Date: Tue Nov 12, 2002 4:12am Subject: re: RFID > RFID implant = quickest Big Mac yet IMHO you are missing the point - who wants to eat that stuff ? The ability to subject my tastebuds to extreme cruelty faster ? - no thanks (so I had a second cup) _______________________________ David Alexander M.INSTIS Global Infrastructure Director Bookham Technology plc Tel: +44 (0) 1327 356264 Mobile: +44 (0) 7799 881284 Fax: +44 (0) 1327 356775 http://www.bookham.com ======================================================================= This e-mail is intended for the person it is addressed to only. The information contained in it may be confidential and/or protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, you must not make any use of this information, or copy or show it to any person. Please contact us immediately to tell us that you have received this e-mail, and return the original to us. Any use, forwarding, printing or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. No part of this message can be considered a request for goods or services. ======================================================================= Any questions about Bookham's E-Mail service should be directed to postmaster@b.... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 6503 From: Fernando Martins Date: Tue Nov 12, 2002 7:58am Subject: RE: re: RFID > -----Original Message----- > From: David Alexander [mailto:david.alexander@b...] > Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 10:13 AM > To: 'TSCM submissions' > Subject: [TSCM-L] re: RFID > > > > RFID implant = quickest Big Mac yet > > IMHO you are missing the point - who wants to eat that stuff > ? The ability to subject my tastebuds to extreme cruelty > faster ? - no thanks Well ... Sometimes is amazing what people like to eat, like in Asia they eat bugs. But you can relax, since as any good portuguese, I do know what's good to eat, and more, I'm a great cook :> FM 6504 From: Fernando Martins Date: Tue Nov 12, 2002 8:03am Subject: RE: CCTV Installation tool kit? After working some time with CCTV, I got the conclusion that no tool kit fits my needs ;) At www.pelco.com you can find out a nice article about designing cctv systems, it's a start ... It's something like "how to design a digital video system for any application"(.pdf) FM > -----Original Message----- > From: George Shaw [mailto:george.shaw@u...] > Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 2:22 PM > To: tscm-l@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [TSCM-L] CCTV Installation tool kit? > > > Would anyone like to draw up a suggested tool kit for > B&W/Colour CCTV surveillance and monitoring systems > installation and maintained/testing. > > Top of the range and the most versatile and useful kit/brands/sources. > > -- > George Shaw MI3GTO > > " Any Sufficiently Advanced Technology > is Indistinguishable from Magic" > ---Arthur C. Clarke > > Mobile: +44 (0) 7740 361 163 > Email: george.shaw@u... > > > > > > ======================================================== > TSCM-L Technical Security Mailing List > "In a multitude of counselors there is strength" > > To subscribe to the TSCM-L mailing list visit: > http://www.yahoogroups.com/community/TSCM-L > > It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. > It is by the juice of Star Bucks that thoughts acquire > speed, the hands acquire shaking, the shaking is a warning. > It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. > =================================================== TSKS > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > 6505 From: Kirk Adirim Date: Tue Nov 12, 2002 9:31am Subject: FW: don't shoot 'till you see the whites of their eyes FW:don't shoot 'till you see the whites of their eyes [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 6506 From: Steve Uhrig Date: Tue Nov 12, 2002 9:51am Subject: CCTV Installation tool kit? On 11 Nov 2002 at 14:21, George Shaw wrote: > Would anyone like to draw up a suggested tool kit for B&W/Colour CCTV > surveillance and monitoring systems installation and > maintained/testing. This is something you do through experience. It's rarely a good idea to *start* with buying equipment, especially in CCTV. CCTV gear goes obsolete quicker than computer stuff, and gets better and cheaper. Coax is nearly extinct. Analog tape is nearly extinct. We use it only for short term leases where we need a compatible medium. The digital machines we use will write to a CD which any computer will play, but that still hasn't 100% replaced analog tape. You need to know the job you propose to do, then work through it in your head from start to finish and list every major component you will need. Write it down. Some things, like power supplies, you want several of in your kit. Cameras vary with the installation. If you can afford to start with USD $2000 in cameras that is a beginning and will give you enough versatility for most jobs. Black and white is nearly extinct and I would not invest in it. You do need coax for jumpers between devices like the recorder and the camera. I buy premade ones from MCM cheaper than I can make them up. You, of course, want RG59 for jumpers as well as an assortment of 75 ohm 3 piece male crimp on BNC connectors for RG59 *and* the proper Amphenol tool to crimp them (and nothing else. Never twist on connectors, ever, only 3 piece crimp). You want a good number of *75* ohm BNC barrels and *75* ohm BNC elbows. Most people don't know there is a difference in impedance between radio adapters at 50 ohms and video at 75 ohms. It's a small point, but the mark of a professional to use the proper connectors. The power supplies I have used literally in hundred lot quantities from MCM were just recalled on a safety issue so I can't recommend them. Forget wireless. It is unlikely you will run into a covert job where wireless video is mandated, it works poorly and specs are greatly exaggerated by the sellers. All wireless video does is remove the cable between the camera and the monitoring post, but it adds an expensive, finicky transmitter which needs power along with the camera, antennas at the transmit end, antenna at the receive end, a receiver which needs power, etc. You end up with a much more complicated, poorly performing installation merely to save one cable. Most of our covert quick plant systems we use Cat5E which is 4 pair twisted, twisted pair modems at each end to put the video on and off the Cat 5 pair, and we send power to the camera back up the Cat 5 from the listening post. You can run two or three cameras that way, since all can share a common power pair and three cameras can use one data pair each. You need a handheld test monitor to help you line up the camera at that end. Something battery powered, with a long coax jumper to reach from the ladder to the floor. You can involve the client by letting him hold the test monitor and guiding you through aiming the camera. Since it is him making the decision, he can't argue with the coverage later. A lot of video comes on on RCA, so you need some male RCA to female BNC adapters. A few places make premade cords of 25, 50 and 100 foot lengths which are two pieces like siamese cable, one for power and one for video. These have connectors on already for power (usually 2.1/5.5mm coaxial, center pin positive) and RCA or BNC for video. It's cheaper to use Cat 5E and abandon it after a temporary installation, but these extension cables are small, flexible and convenient. Also fairly expensive, so you don't want to abandon them, neither would you want to use them for permanent installations. This is only the tip of the iceberg. Every time you're on a job and you need something you don't have, write it on a list. Eventually you may want to buy it. We carry everything prepacked in large tough gray plastic transport cases which are strong enough to sit on and fairly lightweight, and innnocuous when carrying into or out of a building. I get them a dozen in each of the 3 sizes from MCM maybe twice a year when they go on sale. That way everything is prepacked, and when we get a call we just grab it and go. Some on this list have seen our grab and go kits, and some have seen us use them. You don't need a lot. You do need to be clever, and be experienced. Some guidelines: avoid tiny cameras. They fail from heat as they can't dissipate heat quickly enough. Avoid pinhole lenses where possible. You pay a heavy penalty in light loss with pinhole lenses. Avoid buying on price. This market (CCTV) is price driven. Most installers don't get the work unless they are the cheapest bidder, so most have learned to cut every corner and save every penny on equipment, and the manufacturers have responded to that. It is nearly impossible to get a quality analog video tape machine anymore. The ones we use are Panasonic AG-6740p, and they're very hard to find and expensive, but they will work. Most of the AC powered devices use a standard IEC power cord, so have several spares of them. Have a box with extension cords and power strips so you can make power wherever you need it. Learn to steal power from Exit signs or emergency light circuits in seconds above the ceilings. Carry appropriate wire nuts and some premade pigtailed AC outlets. Avoid wide angle lenses as they frequently give a fishbowl effect. What constitutes wide angle depends on the size of the image sensor. You need to learn this. Go to some manufacturer's or distributor's CCTV seminars. They're free and they feed you lunch. Read the articles on video on the Articles section of our website for some practical tips. Get a hot melt glue gun, extension cord, carry some blocks of styrofoam which something you bought came sandwiched in, carry a roll of duct tape and wide masking tape. You will use all this to mount cameras in weirdo places. DON'T worry about the cameras being made. It's only happened to us once, and we are sure it is because management ran their mouths about the covert video. The camera which was made was looking out a 3 story high window in a large warehouse at a parking lot through a filthy piece of glass with one inch cleaned off to let the camera see through. Don't fell through ceiling tiles and make friends with a good electrician or alarm installer who can bury a mile of cable in a place in 20 minutes and you never see an inch of it. You want one of these little squirrely guys who can slither across a ceiling carrying a cable in their teeth and drop it down a wall to you somewhere. Some sources: Pelco www.pelco.com. Sells through dealers only. We are a dealer but can't afford to process small orders. My favorite products from them is the CM6800 matrix switch and Spectra III cameras. www.therfc.com. Ask for Joel. Anything to do with cable or connectors, adapters, tools to install them. Mention me. www.atvresearch.com. Ask for Dan Potts. Mention me. Once you know what you need and only need a place to buy it, go to ATV Research. They sell to dealers only because their low prices do not allow time for them to hold your hand. They'll make recommendations, but they won't design jobs for you and assume you are experienced. Cameras, monitors, recorders, everything component related comes from them. Do not buy ANYTHING from spy shops. You can buy better quality from the same places they do. Actually, since each spy shop claims to have the world's smallest CCTV camera, you don't want to buy from them anyway because the small cameras have miserable reliability. You need to have the experience before you get into buying anything. Regards ... Steve ******************************************************************* Steve Uhrig, SWS Security, Maryland (USA) Mfrs of electronic surveillance equip mailto:Steve@s... website http://www.swssec.com tel +1+410-879-4035, fax +1+410-836-1190 "In God we trust, all others we monitor" ******************************************************************* 6507 From: Robert Dyk Date: Tue Nov 12, 2002 0:18pm Subject: RE: CCTV Installation tool kit? After many years of designing, selling and installing covert and overt CCTV systems from the very small to very large gaming surveillance systems, I can attest to the truth and wisdom of Steve's reply. Especially heed the wireless statement. Here are some things to consider... Buy what you think you will need for your first installation. Travel with at least 4 camera/lens configurations for every one you intend to install. Treat PC mini cameras as disposable. If a pinhole camera is required, you need both conical and flat face lenses in multiple focal lengths. Use only regulated DC power supplies (for dc cameras) and measure them with your VOM BEFORE connecting. What many manufacturers call regulated means 19.5 vdc at no load with a label that says 12.0 vdc regulated at 300 mA. Your little cameras will last a lot longer this way. Don't skimp on a test monitor and make it a 5" CRT not one of those LCD in a case jobs. Always set up your cameras to function in the minimum expected light environment. Too many installers ignore this and constantly deal with depth of field induced focus problems when the lights go down or out. With Digital Recorders always ask for the storage capacity expressed in terms of 1 frame per second per camera 24 hours per day 7 days per week at maximum resolution. This will give you some ability to compare DVR storage capacity. You have to factor image file size in there at some point, as well as whether or not the unit is PC based or stand alone. Everybody looks for the hidden camera in the wall clock, the motion detector, the thermostat etc. What separates the men from the boys in this field is the ability to covertly deploy a system into an environment without adding extra visible hardware. While not always possible, this should be your goal. Practice at the office before you leave. Never assume anything works because it is new. Rediscover a quality hot glue gun with the High Strength yellow glue sticks (not the white stuff for crafts). When you are setting covert cameras, almost never does a conventional bracket work or fit for exactly the shot you want. Hot glue sets in seconds and with enough applied in the right places will definitely last for the required duration of a temporary covert installation. (don't forget that the cameras will warm up in operation and the glue might soften if applied to a spot that is too warm) Listen to people who have covert CCTV experience. Very few regular CCTV installers or alarm installers can honestly claim this. Good Luck, Robert Dyk robert@w... Worldwide Security Ltd. Mississauga, Ontario Canada > -----Original Message----- > From: > sentto-49964-6980-1037116320-dyk=canada.com@r... > [mailto:sentto-49964-6980-1037116320-dyk=canada.com@r... > .com]On Behalf Of Steve Uhrig > Sent: November 12, 2002 10:52 AM > To: tscm-l@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [TSCM-L] CCTV Installation tool kit? > > > > On 11 Nov 2002 at 14:21, George Shaw wrote: > > > Would anyone like to draw up a suggested tool kit for B&W/Colour CCTV > > surveillance and monitoring systems installation and > > maintained/testing. > > This is something you do through experience. > > It's rarely a good idea to *start* with buying equipment, especially > in CCTV. > > CCTV gear goes obsolete quicker than computer stuff, and gets better > and cheaper. > > Coax is nearly extinct. > > Analog tape is nearly extinct. We use it only for short term leases > where we need a compatible medium. The digital machines we use will > write to a CD which any computer will play, but that still hasn't > 100% replaced analog tape. > > You need to know the job you propose to do, then work through it in > your head from start to finish and list every major component you > will need. Write it down. Some things, like power supplies, you want > several of in your kit. Cameras vary with the installation. If you > can afford to start with USD $2000 in cameras that is a beginning and > will give you enough versatility for most jobs. > > Black and white is nearly extinct and I would not invest in it. > > You do need coax for jumpers between devices like the recorder and > the camera. I buy premade ones from MCM cheaper than I can make them > up. You, of course, want RG59 for jumpers as well as an assortment of > 75 ohm 3 piece male crimp on BNC connectors for RG59 *and* the proper > Amphenol tool to crimp them (and nothing else. Never twist on > connectors, ever, only 3 piece crimp). You want a good number of *75* > ohm BNC barrels and *75* ohm BNC elbows. Most people don't know there > is a difference in impedance between radio adapters at 50 ohms and > video at 75 ohms. It's a small point, but the mark of a professional > to use the proper connectors. > > The power supplies I have used literally in hundred lot quantities > from MCM were just recalled on a safety issue so I can't recommend > them. > > Forget wireless. It is unlikely you will run into a covert job where > wireless video is mandated, it works poorly and specs are greatly > exaggerated by the sellers. All wireless video does is remove the > cable between the camera and the monitoring post, but it adds an > expensive, finicky transmitter which needs power along with the > camera, antennas at the transmit end, antenna at the receive end, a > receiver which needs power, etc. You end up with a much more > complicated, poorly performing installation merely to save one cable. > > Most of our covert quick plant systems we use Cat5E which is 4 pair > twisted, twisted pair modems at each end to put the video on and off > the Cat 5 pair, and we send power to the camera back up the Cat 5 > from the listening post. You can run two or three cameras that way, > since all can share a common power pair and three cameras can use one > data pair each. > > You need a handheld test monitor to help you line up the camera at > that end. Something battery powered, with a long coax jumper to reach > from the ladder to the floor. You can involve the client by letting > him hold the test monitor and guiding you through aiming the camera. > Since it is him making the decision, he can't argue with the coverage > later. > > A lot of video comes on on RCA, so you need some male RCA to female > BNC adapters. > > A few places make premade cords of 25, 50 and 100 foot lengths which > are two pieces like siamese cable, one for power and one for video. > These have connectors on already for power (usually 2.1/5.5mm > coaxial, center pin positive) and RCA or BNC for video. It's cheaper > to use Cat 5E and abandon it after a temporary installation, but > these extension cables are small, flexible and convenient. Also > fairly expensive, so you don't want to abandon them, neither would > you want to use them for permanent installations. > > This is only the tip of the iceberg. Every time you're on a job and > you need something you don't have, write it on a list. Eventually you > may want to buy it. > > We carry everything prepacked in large tough gray plastic transport > cases which are strong enough to sit on and fairly lightweight, and > innnocuous when carrying into or out of a building. I get them a > dozen in each of the 3 sizes from MCM maybe twice a year when they go > on sale. That way everything is prepacked, and when we get a call we > just grab it and go. Some on this list have seen our grab and go > kits, and some have seen us use them. > > You don't need a lot. > > You do need to be clever, and be experienced. > > Some guidelines: avoid tiny cameras. They fail from heat as they > can't dissipate heat quickly enough. > > Avoid pinhole lenses where possible. You pay a heavy penalty in light > loss with pinhole lenses. > > Avoid buying on price. This market (CCTV) is price driven. Most > installers don't get the work unless they are the cheapest bidder, so > most have learned to cut every corner and save every penny on > equipment, and the manufacturers have responded to that. It is nearly > impossible to get a quality analog video tape machine anymore. The > ones we use are Panasonic AG-6740p, and they're very hard to find and > expensive, but they will work. > > Most of the AC powered devices use a standard IEC power cord, so have > several spares of them. Have a box with extension cords and power > strips so you can make power wherever you need it. Learn to steal > power from Exit signs or emergency light circuits in seconds above > the ceilings. Carry appropriate wire nuts and some premade pigtailed > AC outlets. > > Avoid wide angle lenses as they frequently give a fishbowl effect. > What constitutes wide angle depends on the size of the image sensor. > You need to learn this. Go to some manufacturer's or distributor's > CCTV seminars. They're free and they feed you lunch. > > Read the articles on video on the Articles section of our website for > some practical tips. > > Get a hot melt glue gun, extension cord, carry some blocks of > styrofoam which something you bought came sandwiched in, carry a roll > of duct tape and wide masking tape. You will use all this to mount > cameras in weirdo places. > > DON'T worry about the cameras being made. It's only happened to us > once, and we are sure it is because management ran their mouths about > the covert video. The camera which was made was looking out a 3 story > high window in a large warehouse at a parking lot through a filthy > piece of glass with one inch cleaned off to let the camera see > through. > > Don't fell through ceiling tiles and make friends with a good > electrician or alarm installer who can bury a mile of cable in a > place in 20 minutes and you never see an inch of it. You want one of > these little squirrely guys who can slither across a ceiling carrying > a cable in their teeth and drop it down a wall to you somewhere. > > Some sources: > > Pelco www.pelco.com. Sells through dealers only. We are a dealer but > can't afford to process small orders. My favorite products from them > is the CM6800 matrix switch and Spectra III cameras. > > www.therfc.com. Ask for Joel. Anything to do with cable or > connectors, adapters, tools to install them. Mention me. > > www.atvresearch.com. Ask for Dan Potts. Mention me. Once you know > what you need and only need a place to buy it, go to ATV Research. > They sell to dealers only because their low prices do not allow time > for them to hold your hand. They'll make recommendations, but they > won't design jobs for you and assume you are experienced. Cameras, > monitors, recorders, everything component related comes from them. > > Do not buy ANYTHING from spy shops. You can buy better quality from > the same places they do. Actually, since each spy shop claims to have > the world's smallest CCTV camera, you don't want to buy from them > anyway because the small cameras have miserable reliability. > > You need to have the experience before you get into buying anything. > > Regards ... Steve > > ******************************************************************* > Steve Uhrig, SWS Security, Maryland (USA) > Mfrs of electronic surveillance equip > mailto:Steve@s... website http://www.swssec.com > tel +1+410-879-4035, fax +1+410-836-1190 > "In God we trust, all others we monitor" > ******************************************************************* > > > > ======================================================== > TSCM-L Technical Security Mailing List > "In a multitude of counselors there is strength" > > To subscribe to the TSCM-L mailing list visit: > http://www.yahoogroups.com/community/TSCM-L > > It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. > It is by the juice of Star Bucks that thoughts acquire speed, > the hands acquire shaking, the shaking is a warning. > It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. > =================================================== TSKS > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > 6508 From: George Shaw Date: Tue Nov 12, 2002 1:17pm Subject: RE: CCTV Installation tool kit? Steve as always comes up super trumps. Hey dude why you don't write a book, I would buy it ;-) BTW hope your feeling better. I should explain, what I am after is a pointer on the suppliers and manufactures of the TEST tools for CCTV/Covert hand held monitors, scopes, pattern generators etc. Steve has pointed me to several good sources, thanks. -- George Shaw MI3GTO " Any Sufficiently Advanced Technology is Indistinguishable from Magic" ---Arthur C. Clarke Mobile: +44 (0) 7740 361 163 Email: george.shaw@u... 6509 From: Shawn Hughes Date: Tue Nov 12, 2002 7:48pm Subject: Re:video installs George, That's a tall order. I don't get to comment often, as I take student status to much of the things that pass through here. But, one thing I *have* done a lot of is video installs. I have run the gamut from room -to-room single cam, single monitor setups to multicam digital sent 14 miles on microwave. Without trying to come off as pretentious, a good video install kit would just about fit in a minivan. Without boring you with all of the lessons I have learned the hard way, here are a few things: 1) buy the biggest portable handheld monitor you can afford. Trust me, you'll thank me later. I have been known to use industrial 15" underscan monitors on some critical installs. 2) There is a doodad called a 'glow rod'. It's physically just a long, fiberglass rod that's yellow in color. But, to me, it is a lifesaver and necessary piece of kit. 3) Buy a handful of video amps (Winegard makes some good ones) and keep them with you. Solves a LOT of problems before they start. 4) Push on F connectors suck. I broke down and bought the professional ($100+) Augat Snap-n-Seal crimp frame; I'll never go back. Sure, the connectors are a little more expensive, but the time I save in not having to go back and replace those sorry pushons truly adds up. 5) Cheap wire will work on short runs. Otherwise, spec plenum - rated with low loss. 6) A fox and hound kit works decent on coax, and will save you from ripping your hair out in a video distribution frame room. 7) Forget those linesmans' gaffes. Good fiberglass ladders in several sizes are more versatile. 8) Jensen sells a thingy that is the size of two c cells roughly that puts out NTSC test signals. I don't have one, but my buddy does, and the time he's saved in troubleshooting where the bad cable / wrong connection is has made me decide I will have one for the next complicated install I do. 9) Those teeny cameras that are all the rage right now generally run thermally hot, and therefore have a short ( 1-2 years or often less in my experience) mean time between failures. Use the full - sized CCD cameras, and just be a little more creative in your blocking and hides. and, finally, 10) Don't believe the specs. even cheap microwave will shoot through stuff you wouldn't expect it to, and further than you'd think. Try it before you offhandedly dismiss it. I hope this helps. Shawn PS - Leatherman, Leatherman, Leatherman!! At 10:40 AM 11/12/02 , you wrote: >From: George Shaw [mailto:george.shaw@u...] > > Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 2:22 PM > > To: tscm-l@yahoogroups.com > > Subject: [TSCM-L] CCTV Installation tool kit? > > > > > > Would anyone like to draw up a suggested tool kit for > > B&W/Colour CCTV surveillance and monitoring systems > > installation and maintained/testing. > > > > Top of the range and the most versatile and useful kit/brands/sources. > > > > -- > > George Shaw MI3GTO > > **************************************************************************** ****************************** Shawn Hughes Patrolman / Technician, Union County (TN) Sheriff's Office Uncertified Public Safety Bomb Technician Hazardous Materials Technician Subject Matter Expert; CBIRNE Operations, Technical Surveillance Operations Member, International Association of Bomb Technicians Region VI ORI - TN0870000 Ph. - (865)992-5212 email - srh@e... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------ 6510 From: Kevin Murray Date: Tue Nov 12, 2002 9:04pm Subject: Gerard "Cheesebox" Callahan I was advised by a family member this evening that Gerard "Cheesebox" Callahan, Sr. passed away today. He is a legend in our field. He had been in a nursing home in New York. For newcomers and colleagues from outside the US who may not be familiar with him... http://www.spybusters.com/History_1958_Cheesebox.html Kevin Kevin D. Murray - CPP, CFE, BCFE Murray Associates Eavesdropping Detection and Counterespionage Consultants to Business & Government http://www.spybusters.com 6511 From: Steve Uhrig Date: Tue Nov 12, 2002 9:16pm Subject: They're at it again Yahoo is now using something called 'Web Beacons' to track Yahoo Group users around the net and see what you're doing - similar to cookies. Take a look at their updated privacy statement: http://privacy.yahoo.com/privacy/us/pixels/details.html About half-way down the page, in the section 'Outside the Yahoo! Network', you'll see a little 'click here' link that will let you opt- out of their new method of snooping. I recommend doing this. Once you have clicked that link, you are opted out. Notice the 'Success' message at the top of the next page. Be careful because on that page there is a 'Cancel Opt-out' button that, if clicked, will *undo* the opt-out. This is a pure act of deception on their part. Read between the lines very carefully on their page above. Merely by opening HTML-encoded emails you communicate back to them the fact that you opened the mail. I use Norton System Works 2002 Clean Sweep | Internet |Cookies function once a day or so to clean out the 20 or 30 unwanted cookies I've collected during the day's work. Many cookies are beneficial. Not all are harmless, so don't go deleting your entire cookie file or changing its attributes to read only. Get a utility that lets you examine each cookie and decide if you want to keep it. Thanks to cookies, I don't have to enter my Fedex account number and all that crap every day when I go to ship. Ebay knows who I am, which I don't mind as it saves me having to log in. The weather.com site knows my zip code and gives me local weather automatically. There are proper uses for cookies. But not the way Yahoo uses them. Steve ******************************************************************* Steve Uhrig, SWS Security, Maryland (USA) Mfrs of electronic surveillance equip mailto:Steve@s... website http://www.swssec.com tel +1+410-879-4035, fax +1+410-836-1190 "In God we trust, all others we monitor" ******************************************************************* 6512 From: Matt Paulsen Date: Wed Nov 13, 2002 8:49am Subject: Espionage Against the United States by American Citizens 1947-2001 From WEN @ infocon -- m (NCIX is the Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive. WEN) -----Original Message----- From: @ncix.gov] Sent: 13 November 2002 12:34 Subject: NCIX WEB SITE UPDATE ADVISORY #20-2002 Dear Friends and Colleagues: A Defense Personnel Security Research Center (PERSEREC) report entitled Espionage Against the United States by American Citizens 1947-2001 may be viewed by linking to http://www.ncix.gov/news/index.html . The report is based on an unclassified database of 150 individuals involved in espionage that is maintained at PERSEREC. Any questions regarding this 135 page report should be directed to PERSEREC at perserec@o.... IWS INFOCON Mailing List @ IWS - The Information Warfare Site http://www.iwar.org.uk