Re: EU Privacy Authorities Seek Changes in Microsoft 'Passport'

2003-01-28 Thread Derek Atkins
Single Signon by ITSELF is not a bad technology. But it very much depends on the architecture and implementation. A Globally Centralized SSO system like Passport certainly has problems as you suggest. A locally centralized SSO system like Kerberos is less of an issue. A Federated SSO system

Re: Shamir factoring machine uninteresting?

2003-01-28 Thread Anish
Hi Perry, It seems that all on the list might have read A Cost-Based Security Analysis of Symmetric and Asymmetric Key Lengths by Robert D. Silverman :-) and have similiar lines of thought.Or may be they are just too bored of this... BTW I did try to get hold of Nicko's old costing analysis

Re: EU Privacy Authorities Seek Changes in Microsoft 'Passport'

2003-01-28 Thread Rich Salz
The Liberty Alliance was stillborn to begin with. Not that it made any practical difference, but the Liberty Alliance received an additional bullet through the head the day that RSA Security, a key participant in the Liberty Alliance, announced that they would also support Microsoft Passport.

Re: [IP] Master Key Copying Revealed (Matt Blaze of ATT Labs)

2003-01-28 Thread Bill Stewart
At 09:12 PM 01/26/2003 -0500, Donald Eastlake 3rd wrote: It's just silly to spend, say, $50 more, on a more secure lock unless you are really willing, in the forseeable future, to spend hundreds or thousands of dollars or even more on other weaknesses to make most of them approximately as strong.

RE: EU Privacy Authorities Seek Changes in Microsoft 'Passport'

2003-01-28 Thread Lucky Green
Rich Salz wrote: Liberty is architected to be federated, unlike Passport. The Liberty Alliance was stillborn to begin with. Not that it made any practical difference, but the Liberty Alliance received an additional bullet through the head the day that RSA Security, a key participant in the

M-209-B

2003-01-28 Thread Owen Williams
[Moderator's Note: normally I don't think of this list as a mini ebay, but in this case... --Perry] Hello, Do you know anyone who wants to buy a M-209-B? I have one I'm looking to shift. regards, Dr. Owen Williams Faculty of Applied Design and Engineering, Swansea Institute of Higher