Re: Private Key Generation from Passwords/phrases

2007-01-23 Thread Matthias Bruestle
Joseph Ashwood wrote: I'm going to try to make this one a bit less aggregious in tone. I'm also Thank you. - Original Message - From: Matthias Bruestle Joseph Ashwood wrote: - Original Message - From: Matthias Bruestle You also ended up removing a large portion of my point

Re: Free WiFi man-in-the-middle scam seen in the wild.

2007-01-23 Thread Matthias Bruestle
they changed the login page to https. Matthias -- Matthias Bruestle, Managing Director Phone +49 (0) 91 19 55 14 91, Fax +49 (0) 91 19 55 14 97 MaskTech GmbH, Nordostpark 16, 90411 Nuernberg, Germany - The Cryptography Mailing

Re: Private Key Generation from Passwords/phrases

2007-01-16 Thread Matthias Bruestle
Joseph Ashwood wrote: - Original Message - From: Matthias Bruestle [EMAIL PROTECTED] What do you think about this? I think you need some serious help in learning the difference between 2^112 and 112, and that you really don't seem to have much grasp of the entire concept. Please

Private Key Generation from Passwords/phrases

2007-01-11 Thread Matthias Bruestle
necessary entropy is then 2^76 bits which would have then to be provided by the passwords/phrase. That means the necessary length is reduced by about one third. What do you think about this? Matthias -- Matthias Bruestle, Managing Director Phone +49 (0) 91 19 55 14 91, Fax +49 (0) 91 19 55 14 97

Re: secure CRNGs and FIPS (Re: How important is FIPS 140-2 Level 1 cert?)

2007-01-08 Thread Matthias Bruestle
specification and implementation, but I am sure that there are simpler ways to show the link. And my experience is that these two documents do not change the product in any way. Matthias -- Matthias Bruestle, Managing Director Phone +49 (0) 91 19 55 14 91, Fax +49 (0) 91 19 55 14 97 MaskTech GmbH

Re: How important is FIPS 140-2 Level 1 cert?

2006-12-24 Thread Matthias Bruestle
, that they don't want to have called it a certification (despite getting a certificate), but a validation. Mahlzeit, Matthias -- Matthias Bruestle, Managing Director - The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending