Re: Interesting new cipher patent

2002-03-01 Thread Eugene Leitl
A question: assuming, you have a class of random number generators with lots of internal state. (Lots: like 10^6 bits). Let's say the evolution through state space of that generator is provably reversible (or nearly reversible), and that the Hamiltonian of the system is stochastic (system

NAI puts PGP into Maintenance

2002-03-01 Thread R. A. Hettinga
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Re: KYC: new FinCEN rule on information sharing

2002-03-01 Thread Dan Geer
http://www.treas.gov/fincen/po1044.htm For what it is worth, the apparent consensus view amongst U.S. financial institutions is that if T+1 clearence and straight through processing (STP) are to become operational realities, then authentication and authorization credentials must be ones

[FYI] (Fwd) FC: Senate Democrats love SSSCA -- but GOP says not so fast

2002-03-01 Thread Axel H Horns
See also http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/24262.html --- CUT Senator brutalizes Intel rep for resisting CPRM By Thomas C Greene in Washington Posted: 01/03/2002 at 14:41 GMT Entertainment industry lapdog Senator Fritz

What's going on with factorization

2002-03-01 Thread R. A. Hettinga
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Re: Cringely Gives KnowNow Some Unbelievable Free Press... (fwd)

2002-03-01 Thread bear
On Wed, 27 Feb 2002, Lucky Green wrote: Philip, If we can at all fit it into the schedule, IFCA will attempt to offer a colloquium on this topic at FC. Based on the countless calls inquiring about this issue that I received just in the last few days, the customers of financial cryptography are

Re: NAI puts PGP into Maintenance

2002-03-01 Thread Len Sassaman
On Thu, 28 Feb 2002, R. A. Hettinga wrote: Dear Valued Customer, [...] The PGP technology and source code will remain under the control and ownership of Network Associates. Other products that utilize this encryption technology will remain a part of Network AssociatesÂ’ current product

The Original SSSCA

2002-03-01 Thread Trei, Peter
[The SSSCA would require all devices capable of carrying media content to have hardware locks to prevent copyright violations. Essentially, it turns all computers as closed as set-top boxes - and about as useful. See http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=sssca for background -pt ]

ANNOUNCE: PureTLS 0.9b2

2002-03-01 Thread Eric Rescorla
ANNOUNCE: PureTLS version 0.9b2 Copyright (C) 1999-2002 Claymore Systems, Inc. http://www.rtfm.com/puretls DESCRIPTION PureTLS is a free Java-only implementation of the SSLv3 and TLSv1 (RFC2246) protocols. PureTLS was developed by Eric Rescorla for Claymore Systems, Inc, but is being