Re: [Bruce Schneier schneier@counterpane.com] CRYPTO-GRAM,October 15, 2002
At 7:47 PM -0700 10/15/02, Perry E. Metzger wrote: CRYPTO-GRAM October 15, 2002 by Bruce Schneier ... ** *** * *** *** * National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace ... Preliminary drafts included a suggestion that ISPs provide all their users with personal firewalls; that was taken out because ISPs didn't want to look bad for not already doing something like that. Does anyone run a service that will check an IP address for open ports? (I'd like to test my firewall.) Cheers - Bill [Moderator's note: I'm not aware of one -- it would doubtless be abused -- but just running nmap against the machine should work fine. That's what I do. --Perry] - Bill Frantz | The principal effect of| Periwinkle -- Consulting (408)356-8506 | DMCA/SDMI is to prevent| 16345 Englewood Ave. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | fair use. | Los Gatos, CA 95032, USA - The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending unsubscribe cryptography to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Bruce Schneier schneier@counterpane.com] CRYPTO-GRAM, October 15, 2002
At 10:47 PM 10/15/2002 -0400, Perry E. Metzger wrote: I can say with certainty that no one knows for certain if XLS can break I hate to point this out since it sounds like nitpicking, but it's eXtended Sparse Linearisation (XSL), not the spreadsheet XLS. Greg. Greg Rose INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Qualcomm Australia VOICE: +61-2-9817 4188 FAX: +61-2-9817 5199 Level 3, 230 Victoria Road,http://people.qualcomm.com/ggr/ Gladesville NSW 2111232B EC8F 44C6 C853 D68F E107 E6BF CD2F 1081 A37C - The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending unsubscribe cryptography to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [Bruce Schneier schneier@counterpane.com] CRYPTO-GRAM, October 15, 2002
Does anyone run a service that will check an IP address for open ports? Try Shields Up at http://grc.com/default.htm. Or, try http://www.pcflank.com/. - The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending unsubscribe cryptography to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Bruce Schneier schneier@counterpane.com] CRYPTO-GRAM, October 15, 2002
Bill Frantz [EMAIL PROTECTED] asked: Does anyone run a service that will check an IP address for open ports? (I'd like to test my firewall.) A Google search for 'nmap test' came up with this as the first hit: http://www.linux-sec.net/Audit/nmap.test.gwif.html It seems to offer that service, but also has links to a whole bunch of other sites that offer port scanning services, further down the page at: http://www.linux-sec.net/Audit/nmap.test.gwif.html#Other -- sidney - The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending unsubscribe cryptography to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[IP] Former FBI chief takes on encryption
From Dave Farber's Interesting People list. ---BeginMessage--- Former FBI chief takes on encryption By Declan McCullagh Staff Writer, CNET News.com October 14, 2002, 12:39 PM PT When Louis Freeh ran the FBI, he loved nothing more than launching into a heartfelt rant against the dangers of encryption technology. In dozens of hearings and public speeches, the FBI director would urge Congress to limit encryption products, such as Web browsers and e-mail scrambling utilities, that did not include backdoors for government surveillance. Freeh didn't succeed. In fact, the Clinton administration veered in the opposite direction and eventually permitted, with few restrictions, the overseas shipments of data-scrambling products. But Freeh, who left the FBI in June 2001, hasn't given up. During an appearance before the Senate Intelligence committee last week, he warned that the political reality after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks means that it's time to reconsider what to do with encryption. ... http://news.com.com/2100-1023-961969.html -- End of Forwarded Message ---End Message--- -- Perry E. Metzger[EMAIL PROTECTED]
