rijndael question

2000-12-07 Thread mmotyka
On the rijndael page I see this note below the optimized code link : IMPORTANT NOTE ! This code was written in order to clarify the mathematical description, and to run the statistical test. Without modification, it should not be used to encrypt files, or for any other application. What exactly

Re: Re: About 5yr. log retention

2000-12-05 Thread mmotyka
Jim Choate wrote : On Tue, 5 Dec 2000, John Young wrote: But that is trivial compared to your claim that you decide what is evidence and that it then becomes illegal to alter or destroy it. That appears to be playing cop without the authority. No John, that is not my claim. You wish it were

Re: manual crypto

2000-12-04 Thread mmotyka
I've got sources kicking around somewhere that do this with noise patterns in monochrome bitmaps. I'm not sure if the effect using ascii is achieved in the exact same way - no doubt it is very closely related but not as dense as the bitmaps. Mike Well, not crypto but stego. I was looking for

Re: Bush Calls Administration Encryption Policy Outdated

2000-10-31 Thread mmotyka
Bush Calls Administration Encryption Policy "Outdated" Responding to a question about encryption technology in an ongoing Internet debate, Texas Gov. George W. Bush castigated President Clinton and Vice President Gore for what he called "outdated" technology policy. "The Clinton

Re: Visit a hacked site, loose your computers.

2000-10-31 Thread mmotyka
Wouldn't the time of the hack be pretty well known and wouldn't the RPI firewall logs be timestamped or am I naive? Is knowledge being used as evidence of guilt? Mike Andres Salomon, a fairly clued in RPI student, heard on IRC that the Yankees website had been hacked. He checked it out,

Nathan's fear of nothingness

2000-10-25 Thread mmotyka
Amusing. Here is my last post in this thread, because I feel that it is going nowhere: Isn't that a CP thread hallmark? Is this a preview of item 2) ? My views are irreconcilable with those of the libertarians on this list. Here's the way I view the world: 1) Life has no inherent