Le dimanche 01 avril 2012 à 14:38 +0200, André Sintzoff a écrit : > Bonjour, > > Je viens de lire ceci sur news:comp.risks. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2012 00:11:22 PDT > From: "Peter G. Neumann" <[email protected]> > Subject: French Regulation of Primes? > > Perhaps realizing that his position as PRIME Minister had some mathematical > implications, and certainly aware of France's history of trying to be able > to monitor all encrypted traffic passing through his country, Prime Minister > François Fillon has apparently decided to become the French Minister of > Primes, decreeing that all primes used in public-key encryption within or > transiting France must be approved by the French Government's newly > established Département de Cryptographie. Apart from the potential for > increased surveillance, this decree could actually constructively reduce the > likelihood of a prime being used multiple times in different public keys -- > a risk recently observed in various certificates that leads to opportunities > for forged certificates and security compromises (RISKS-26.73). > > ------------------------------
:-)... mais en plus générale, le perspectif dessiné dans ce mail thread... plutôt :-( mh > > Serait-ce d'ailleurs pour cela que la Chambre des Pairs n'existe plus > en France depuis longtemps ? > > J'imagine que tout cela ne sera pas sans conséquence sur l'activité > des réseaux en France. ;-). > > André > > > --------------------------- > Liste de diffusion du FRnOG > http://www.frnog.org/ --------------------------- Liste de diffusion du FRnOG http://www.frnog.org/
