Re: NSA back doors in encryption products

2000-05-29 Thread Sergio Tabanelli
Maybe this is not so important, but I have to repeat that in W2K OS the NSAKEY is still present but not used. All CSPs are verified only with the primary key and if the verification process fails the CSP module is discarded without any further verification. Sergio Tabanelli -Original

Re: Electronic elections.

2000-05-29 Thread Dan Geer
Along the same lines as this discussion, http://www.ivta.org was recently brought to my attention in/on the "cert-talk" ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) mailing list. I appreciate that pointer (and others like it such as are appearing here and elsewhere) a great deal, especially in quotation:

Re: Electronic elections.

2000-05-29 Thread David Honig
At 07:52 AM 5/29/00 -0400, Dan Geer wrote: There is no doubt whatsoever that the sanctity of a vote once cast can be absolutely preserved as it is moved from your house to the counting house. What cannot be done, now or ever, is to ensure the sanctity of the voting booth anywhere but in a

RSA

2000-05-29 Thread (Mr) Lyn R. Kennedy
I've been playing with the RSA cipher since it's announcement but due to other interests have missed a lot of discussions of the finer points. Thus I would like comments on the items in the list below. I'm not a mathematician so rigorous proofs would probably be over my head. I'll have to