Re: why OpenPGP is preferable to S/MIME (Re: NAI pulls out the DMCA stick)

On Thu, 23 May 2002, Adam Back wrote: > On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 03:05:49PM -0400, Adam Shostack wrote: > > So what if we create the Cypherpunks Root CA, which (either) signs > > what you submit to it via a web page, or publish the secret key? > > This won't achieve the desired effect because it w

Re: Joe Sixpack doesn't run Linux

On Thu, 23 May 2002, Curt Smith wrote: > This is a fairly accurate description of the situation, but > neglects to emphasize that the reason [1-cypherpunk] bothers > convincing [2-coerced associate] to use encrypted e-mail is > because [1] understands its importance and is attempting to > share/s

Future of commercial PGP? [was NAI gets out the DMCA stick]

As mentioned by others, NAI currently seems bent on discouraging proliferation of existing PGP desktop packages. Part of this seeming strategy includes a refusal to sell any further licenses for commercial PGP 7.X. Strangely, the June 2002 PC Magazine (at least where I live) includes a CDROM

RE: why OpenPGP is preferable to S/MIME

Self-signed and CA x.509 certificates cannot be used in Outlook even when they are added to the Trusted Root CA's. Apparently Outlook is able to distinguish between these and CA-issued x.509 certificates. --- "Trei, Peter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I can't speak for mail-only clients, but

RE: why OpenPGP is preferable to S/MIME (Re: NAI pulls out the DM CA stick)

> Adam Back[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 03:05:49PM -0400, Adam Shostack wrote: > > So what if we create the Cypherpunks Root CA, which (either) signs > > what you submit to it via a web page, or publish the secret key? > [...] > > We then get the Cypherpunks Root

Re: why OpenPGP is preferable to S/MIME (Re: NAI pulls out the DMCA stick)

On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 03:05:49PM -0400, Adam Shostack wrote: > So what if we create the Cypherpunks Root CA, which (either) signs > what you submit to it via a web page, or publish the secret key? This won't achieve the desired effect because it will just destroy the S/MIME trust mechanism. S/

Re: Joe Sixpack doesn't run Linux

This is a fairly accurate description of the situation, but neglects to emphasize that the reason [1-cypherpunk] bothers convincing [2-coerced associate] to use encrypted e-mail is because [1] understands its importance and is attempting to share/spread that understanding. Although [3-Joe Sixpac

Open-Source Fight Flares At Pentagon Microsoft Lobbies Hard Against Free Software

>Open-Source Fight Flares At Pentagon >Microsoft Lobbies Hard Against Free Software > > >By Jonathan Krim >Washington Post Staff Writer >Thursday, May 23, 2002; Page E01 > >Microsoft Corp. is aggressively lobbying the Pentagon t

Re: why OpenPGP is preferable to S/MIME (Re: NAI pulls out the DMCA stick)

On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 07:10:01PM +0100, Adam Back wrote: | Certificate authorities also can forge certificates and issue | certificates in fake names if asked by government agencies. S/MIME is | too much under central control by design to be a sensible choice for | general individual use. So w

Joe Sixpack doesn't run Linux

On Thu, 23 May 2002, Lucky Green wrote: > Adam wrote: > > Which is too bad. If NAI-PGP went away completely, then > > compatability problems would be reduced. I also expect that > > the German goverment group currently funding GPG would be > > more willing to fund UI work for windows. > > Tell

why OpenPGP is preferable to S/MIME (Re: NAI pulls out the DMCA stick)

Certificate authorities also can forge certificates and issue certificates in fake names if asked by government agencies. S/MIME is too much under central control by design to be a sensible choice for general individual use. The central control is doubtless primarily motivated by the hopes of tu

RE: NAI pulls out the DMCA stick

Greetings, On Thu, 23 May 2002 00:24:00 -0700, "Lucky Green" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Adam wrote: > > Which is too bad. If NAI-PGP went away completely, then > > compatability problems would be reduced. I also expect that > > the German goverment group currently funding GPG would be > > m

RE: NAI pulls out the DMCA stick

Although I also hope for widespread e-mail encryption, I feel that S/MIME introduces more problems than it resolves. Certificate Authorities issue certificates complete with CA imposed expiration dates and usage limitations. (I prefer independent systems with unrestricted certificates) Certifica

Re: NAI pulls out the DMCA stick

At 10:34 AM -0400 5/23/02, Adam Shostack wrote: >On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 12:24:00AM -0700, Lucky Green wrote: >| Adam wrote: >| > Which is too bad. If NAI-PGP went away completely, then >| > compatability problems would be reduced. I also expect that >| > the German goverment group currently fun

Re: NAI pulls out the DMCA stick

On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 12:24:00AM -0700, Lucky Green wrote: | Adam wrote: | > Which is too bad. If NAI-PGP went away completely, then | > compatability problems would be reduced. I also expect that | > the German goverment group currently funding GPG would be | > more willing to fund UI work

PRNG

hi, well I tried to improve idea 1 for my PRNG.ItS as posted below. The one thing which I cannot mathametically say is how much de-skewing is exactly obtained by putting it in the binary tree as shown & traversing in pre-order. http://www.ircsuper.net/~neo/ it might a better to go for url since

Re: Testing..

Bill O'Hanlon wrote: > > Sorry for the intrusion. No problem --- I was just waxing my bikini line. (This disgusting mental image courtesy of the Janet Reno Full Frontal Nudity Collection.) (That disgusting mental image courtesy of me.) -- Steve FurlongComputer Condottiere Have GNU, Wil

RE: NAI pulls out the DMCA stick

Adam wrote: > Which is too bad. If NAI-PGP went away completely, then > compatability problems would be reduced. I also expect that > the German goverment group currently funding GPG would be > more willing to fund UI work for windows. Tell me about it. PGP, GPG, and all its variants need to

Testing..

Sorry for the intrusion.

Analysis of Neural Cryptography

Analysis of Neural Cryptography Alexander Klimov, Anton Mityaguine, and Adi Shamir Computer Science Department The Weizmann Institute, Rehovot 76100, Israel {ask,mityagin,shamir}@wisdom.weizmann.ac.il Abstract. In this paper we analyse the security of a new key exchange protocol proposed in [3]

Re: NAI pulls out the DMCA stick

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- "Lucky Green" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > PGP, GPG, and all its variants need to die before S/MIME will be > able to break into the Open Source community, thus removing the > last, but persistent, block to an instant increase in number of > potential users of

Re: Testing..

On Wed, 22 May 2002, Steve Furlong wrote: > No problem --- I was just waxing my bikini line. > > (This disgusting mental image courtesy of the Janet Reno Full Frontal > Nudity Collection.) > > (That disgusting mental image courtesy of me.) That depends on the gender "preference" of the reader I

Re: NAI pulls out the DMCA stick

At 12:43 AM 05/22/2002 -0400, R. A. Hettinga wrote: >At 11:49 PM -0400 on 5/21/02, Luis Villa wrote, on FoRK: > > Well, yes, but you seem to be implying some sinister motive that > > not all of us are reading between the lines clearly enough to see > > :) I mean, otherwise, this just seems like a