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2004-03-16 Thread Poindexter
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Chinese WiFi and Encryption

2004-03-16 Thread Tyler Durden
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/mar2004/tc20040315_6034_tc058.htm What I don't see mentioned in this little article is that fact that WEP is largely useless in terms of security. So in a way the Chinese were attempting to jump into that hole. Of course, Zhong Nan Hai will have a

Scarce objects -- bearer certificates for usage control

2004-03-16 Thread R. A. Hettinga
Yup, certainly anyone who's thought about paying for, say, grid networks time, or wireless access, has at least plinked around with the subject, but it's nice that someone like *Nick* is thrashing some cycles on the problem. :-) In the interest of telegraph, telephone, tell Hettinga, I'm just

Re: If You Want to Protect A Security Secret, Make Sure It's Public

2004-03-16 Thread Dave Howe
Riad S. Wahby wrote: John Young [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Despite the long-lived argument that public review of crypto assures its reliability, no national infosec agency -- in any country worldwide -- follows that practice for the most secure systems. NSA's support for AES notwithstanding,

Re: If You Want to Protect A Security Secret, Make Sure It's Public

2004-03-16 Thread Riad S. Wahby
John Young [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Despite the long-lived argument that public review of crypto assures its reliability, no national infosec agency -- in any country worldwide -- follows that practice for the most secure systems. NSA's support for AES notwithstanding, the agency does not

Cable taps into wiretap law

2004-03-16 Thread R. A. Hettinga
http://news.com.com/2102-1034_3-5173320.html?tag=st.util.print CNET News Cable taps into wiretap law By Ben Charny Staff Writer, CNET News.com http://news.com.com/2100-1034-5173320.html Story last modified March 16, 2004, 11:00 AM PST Cable operators are starting to comply with federal

Re: Saving Opportunistic Encryption

2004-03-16 Thread Sandy Harris
Tarapia Tapioco wrote: We've recently seen FreeS/WAN die, not least due to the apparent practical failure of Opportunistic Encryption. The largest blocking point for deployment of OE always seemed to be the requirement for publishing one's key in the reverse DNS space. ... Yes. So, the apparent