Re: migration paradigm (was: Is PGP broken?)

2000-12-09 Thread Rick Smith at Secure Computing
At 02:43 PM 12/7/00, Peter Fairbrother wrote: In WW2 SOE and OSS used original poems which were often pornographic. See "Between Silk and Cyanide" by Leo Marks for a harrowing account. Yes, a terrific book. However, the book also contains an important lesson regarding human memory. Marks was

Re: migration paradigm (was: Is PGP broken?)

2000-12-09 Thread Antonomasia
From: Rick Smith at Secure Computing [EMAIL PROTECTED] Does anyone have a citation as to the source of this 1.33 bits/letter estimate? In other words, who computed it and how? It's in Stinson's crypto book, but he didn't identify its source. I remember tripping over a citation for it in

Re: Re: migration paradigm (was: Is PGP broken?)

2000-12-09 Thread Wei Dai
On Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 08:32:54AM -0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've asked previously, but I hope it won't hurt asking again. Has anyone compared the relative speeds of (efficient implementations of) the SHA-2 functions and Rijndael? Are there any figures available? There is a speed

DOD rescues Iridium

2000-12-09 Thread Arnold G. Reinhold
From http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Dec2000/b12062000_bt729-00.html The Department of Defense, through its Defense Information Systems Agency, last night awarded Iridium Satellite LLC of Arnold, Md., a $72 million contract for 24 months of satellite communications services. This contract