Re: [PGP]: PGP 6.5.2 Random Number Generator (RNG) support

2000-02-03 Thread lcs Mixmaster Remailer
On Wed, 2 Feb 2000, Martin Minow wrote: http://www.cryptography.com/intelRNG.pdf. The one problem I have with the RNG, based on my reading of the analysis, is that programmers cannot access the "raw" bitstream, only the stream after the "digital post-processing" that converts the

Patent for pinpointing cellphones

2000-02-03 Thread R. A. Hettinga
--- begin forwarded text Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 16:57:44 -0800 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Somebody Subject: Patent for pinpointing cellphones Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2000 07:39:56 -0500 From: Somebody Else Subject: Remember the revelation that cell phone location could be pinpointed to a smaller

Re: [PGP]: PGP 6.5.2 Random Number Generator (RNG) support

2000-02-03 Thread Bill Stewart
At 09:15 AM 02/02/2000 -0800, Eric Murray wrote: Until Intel releases the design for the RNG, I would treat it the same as any suspect source of entropy- assume that it can contain no entropy. That means that you whiten its output before mixing it together with your other entropy sources (some

Re: Fwd: Cipher-Saber

2000-02-03 Thread Udhay Shankar N
Arnold G. Reinhold wrote: [ on 11:38 AM 1/31/00 -0500 ] Does anyone know a good advocacy page for crypto freedom in the UK? I'd like to comply with the following request. Try http://www.stand.org.uk/ Udhay -- _

RE: [PGP]: PGP 6.5.2 Random Number Generator (RNG) support

2000-02-03 Thread lcs Mixmaster Remailer
Lucky Green writes: Your post is the third or forth post I have seen in the last year that claims that Paul concluded that Intel's RNG outputs strong random numbers. Such as when they said (http://www.cryptography.com/intelRNG.pdf): Cryptographically, we believe that the Intel RNG is

DeCSS MPAA New York Opinion

2000-02-03 Thread John Young
Judge Kaplan has issued his Memorandum Opinion in the DeCSS MPAA v. 3 suit in New York: http://www.nysd.uscourts.gov/courtweb/pdf/00-01149.PDF We offer an HTML version: http://cryptome.org/dvd-mpaa-3-mo.htm Judge Kaplan aims at settling the code as expression dispute, citing Bernstein,

DCSB: Fundraiser for EFF, Downtown Harvard Club of Boston

2000-02-03 Thread R. A. Hettinga
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The Members of The Digital Commerce Society of Boston and GTE/BBN, Fleet BankBoston, @Stake, Swiggart Agin, LLC