With worries about online security already at a high pitch, the discovery of a crack in a widely used Internet encryption technique has raised another red flag among government agencies and computer-code experts.
The technique, called a "hash function," has been used for years by Web-site operators to scramble online transmissions containing credit-card information, Social Security numbers and other sensitive data. Hash functions are at work, for instance, for most of the millions of transactions that take place on the Internet every day. The system, involving an algorithm, or mathematical formula, was thought to be impenetrable. http://online.wsj.com/article_print/0,,SB111084838291579428,00.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:150605 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
