Re: [Bruce Schneier schneier@counterpane.com] CRYPTO-GRAM,October 15, 2002

2002-10-16 Thread Bill Frantz
At 7:47 PM -0700 10/15/02, Perry E. Metzger wrote: CRYPTO-GRAM October 15, 2002 by Bruce Schneier ... ** *** * *** *** * National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace ... Preliminary drafts included a suggestion that

Re: [Bruce Schneier schneier@counterpane.com] CRYPTO-GRAM, October 15, 2002

2002-10-16 Thread Greg Rose
At 10:47 PM 10/15/2002 -0400, Perry E. Metzger wrote: I can say with certainty that no one knows for certain if XLS can break I hate to point this out since it sounds like nitpicking, but it's eXtended Sparse Linearisation (XSL), not the spreadsheet XLS. Greg. Greg Rose

RE: [Bruce Schneier schneier@counterpane.com] CRYPTO-GRAM, October 15, 2002

2002-10-16 Thread Dean, James
Does anyone run a service that will check an IP address for open ports? Try Shields Up at http://grc.com/default.htm. Or, try http://www.pcflank.com/. - The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending unsubscribe

Re: [Bruce Schneier schneier@counterpane.com] CRYPTO-GRAM, October 15, 2002

2002-10-16 Thread Sidney Markowitz
Bill Frantz [EMAIL PROTECTED] asked: Does anyone run a service that will check an IP address for open ports? (I'd like to test my firewall.) A Google search for 'nmap test' came up with this as the first hit: http://www.linux-sec.net/Audit/nmap.test.gwif.html It seems to offer that service,

[IP] Former FBI chief takes on encryption

2002-10-16 Thread Perry E. Metzger
From Dave Farber's Interesting People list. ---BeginMessage--- Former FBI chief takes on encryption By Declan McCullagh Staff Writer, CNET News.com October 14, 2002, 12:39 PM PT When Louis Freeh ran the FBI, he loved nothing more than launching into a heartfelt rant against the dangers of