Re: interesting paper on the economics of security

2007-08-22 Thread Hal Finney
Steven M. Bellovin forwards a pointer to: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/Papers/econ_crypto.pdf Ross Anderson gave his invited talk at Crypto yesterday on this topic of the economics of crypto and security. It was an excellent talk, showcasing a new way to look at problems that sheds light on a

more SHA-1 progress?

2007-08-22 Thread Perry E. Metzger
Ekr's blog notes a rumor that more progress has been made on attacking SHA-1: http://www.educatedguesswork.org/movabletype/archives/2007/08/sha1_rumors.html Anyone know anything about this? Perry - The Cryptography Mailing

Re: more SHA-1 progress?

2007-08-22 Thread Paul Hoffman
At 10:17 AM -0400 8/22/07, Perry E. Metzger wrote: Ekr's blog notes a rumor that more progress has been made on attacking SHA-1: http://www.educatedguesswork.org/movabletype/archives/2007/08/sha1_rumors.html Anyone know anything about this? This is a continuation of the thread on this list

Bruce Schneier interview with Kip Hawley

2007-08-22 Thread Rui Paulo
Bruce has an interesting interview with Kip Hawley of TSA conducted by email: http://www.schneier.com/interview-hawley.html Interesting reading. -- Rui Paulo - The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending

Re: interesting paper on the economics of security

2007-08-22 Thread Florian Weimer
* Hal Finney: Information on the quality of AV and other security products is widely available on the net, in magazines and other places that consumers might look for reviews and comparisons. This is completely unlike the situation with individual used cars. I don't see this analogy as