Re: David Kahn's Codebreakers

2001-02-05 Thread Greg Broiles
A search on <http://www.bibliofind.com> finds ~ 50 copies in varying degrees of quality and age between $6 and $75 USD. -- Greg Broiles [EMAIL PROTECTED] PO Box 897 Oakland CA 94604

Re: PGP: n degrees of separation

2000-12-21 Thread Greg Broiles
bing work done at AT&T/Bell Labs may be of interest, though the results are somewhat dated - http://www.inet-one.com/cypherpunks/dir.1996.02.01-1996.02.07/msg00313.html http://bcn.boulder.co.us/~neal/pgpstat/ -- Greg Broiles [EMAIL PROTECTED] PO Box 897 Oakland CA 94604

Re: Non-Repudiation in the Digital Environment

2000-10-17 Thread Greg Broiles
ystem would declare it unsolved in order to protect its continued existence. -- Greg Broiles [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: NSA back doors in encryption products

2000-06-01 Thread Greg Broiles
At 05:39 AM 5/27/00, Steven M. Bellovin wrote: >That's tricky, too, since the Constitution provides the *defense* with >a guarantee of open trials. At most, there are laws to prevent >"greymail", where the defense threatens to reveal something sensitive. >In that case, the judge reviews its relev

Re: Java Crypto Library Licenses

2000-05-02 Thread Greg Broiles
At 03:02 PM 5/1/00, Mark A. Herschberg wrote: >The only thing I find harder than crypto is trying to understand >software licenses and export laws. > >I am building a commercial product. Sun's JCE (as well as JAAS and JSSE) >all have non-commercial licenses, which I understand to mean as: I can't

Re: legal status of RC4?

2000-01-26 Thread Greg Broiles
nteroperates with RSA's RC4; I don't think it matters much what you call it, so long as you're not creating confusion about who wrote the code and the algorithm, or otherwise clobbering someone else's trademark. -- Greg Broiles [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP: 0x26E4488C

Re: Killer PKI Applications

2000-01-12 Thread Greg Broiles
f its participants. Thus, while the scenario you describe is an attractive one (especially if I've got my end-user hat on), I suspect that it's unlikely to see the light of day any time soon. -- Greg Broiles [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP: 0x26E4488C

Re: Thawte "SuperCerts"

1999-12-01 Thread Greg Broiles
rCert" has that bit set? Yes, this seems to be the Thawte version of Verisign's "Global Server ID"'s; both have taken advantage of the DOC's modified regulations to add an additional charge to merchants taking advantage of the program. See <http://www.thawte.com/certs/server/128bit/contents.html> for the Thawte, or <http://www.verisign.com/server/prd/g/index.html> for Verisign. -- Greg Broiles [EMAIL PROTECTED] PO Box 897 Oakland CA 94604

Re: BXA

1999-10-19 Thread Greg Broiles
the treatment of source code in ways that could have a bearing on the constitutional issues before this Court.[1]" where footnote 1 says that the BXA's question and answer document "does not reflect the review that is taking place." Thus, reliance on that document may no long

Re: desirable properties of secure voting

1999-10-11 Thread Greg Broiles
Have you received information dated later than their CTO's retraction of their prior statements? -- Greg Broiles [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Is SSL dead?

1999-10-07 Thread Greg Broiles
> > > > Original URL: http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19990930.html > > > > Added: Wed Oct 6 12:41:14 -040 1999 > > Contributed by: Keeffee > >- >Robert A. Hettinga >The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> >44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA >"... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, >[predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to >experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' > >For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to >"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" with one line of text: "help". -- Greg Broiles [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP: 0x26E4488C

Re: LA wiretaps -- full details available

1999-10-03 Thread Greg Broiles
ven that he's a prosecutor. I believe his comment about the widespread use of the tactic will prove prophetic. -- Greg Broiles [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP: 0x26E4488C

En banc review granted in Bernstein

1999-10-02 Thread Greg Broiles
the court will then deliberate, this time with 11 instead of 3 judges. -- Greg Broiles [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Internet voting protocols

1999-09-29 Thread Greg Broiles
security) but whose ingredients or properties are hidden from potential purchasers. If you don't want your product to be called snake oil, don't offer sales literature without technical literature to go with it. -- Greg Broiles [EMAIL PROTECTED]

No liberalization for source code, API's

1999-09-19 Thread Greg Broiles
ign government or military >entity, the additional signing requires a license. > >We intend to discuss this issue with industry as we consult on the >implementation of this regulation. .. so don't throw away those license forms yet, open source fans. The BXA can now focus its efforts on Linux fans instead of Microsoft and Netscape/AOL. -- Greg Broiles [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP: 0x26E4488C

Re: Why did White House change its mind on crypto?

1999-09-17 Thread Greg Broiles
.. but would we ever have learned it if a statute prohibiting disclosure of law enforcement methods were in effect? The current CESA draft only applies to law enforcement methods used to gain access to electronic information - but if the public swallows that bitter pill, we should expect it to spre

Re: US encryption announcement: Business as usual

1999-09-17 Thread Greg Broiles
tandards prior to exercise of a constitutional right, but that's just me. I'm sure we'd all be pleased to hear more details from either Microsoft or NSA about this process, as it's apparently still an important one, even in these days of "liberalization". -- Greg Broiles [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP: 0x26E4488C

Re: linux-ipsec: Intel IPSEC accelerator gives 3DES protected 100Mbit Ethernet

1999-09-16 Thread Greg Broiles
d evaluated the results of experiments performed by Intel. Raw data and design specifications for the analysis were provided by Intel." (section 4, page 3). So, assuming we trust Intel, we've got a report which assures us we can trust Intel. That helps protect against inadvertent design or im

Re: Justice Dept asks Court of Appeals to reconsider ruling in Bernstein case

1999-06-22 Thread Greg Broiles
ce Code are Severable From the Export Controls on other Encryption Products". (arguing that the Supreme Court, in _ACLU v. Reno_ 117 S.Ct. 2329, establishes that it is appropriate for a court to sever part of a statute or regulation where there is a "textual manifestation" of a distinc

Carl Johnson Documents on the web

1999-05-26 Thread Greg Broiles
these days, and what they're doing with your tax dollars. -- Greg Broiles [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Is anonymous speech protected?

1999-05-18 Thread Greg Broiles
KlanWatch, a national group that monitors KKK activity. -- Greg Broiles [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP: 0x26E4488C

Re: Exporting crypto from the US? Think first...

1999-05-07 Thread Greg Broiles
o code; I've lost track of what's happening in his case, but he sounded like he was on the road to administrative fines, last I heard. -- Greg Broiles [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP: 0x26E4488C

Trademark issues

1999-04-02 Thread Greg Broiles
t they'll grant a nonexclusive royalty-free irrevocable license to use the RSA public key cryptosystem (US Patent 4,405,829, if memory serves) to anyone making a noncommercial code release under a BSD/GPL/NPL or "Open Source"(tm) compatible license. They can continue to make money fr

Re: new bill getting through congress?

1999-03-12 Thread Greg Broiles
Also, on an unrelated note, I understand that both houses in Congress are considering a fast-track bill to outlaw the transfer or sale of thermometers to frogs or other amphibians without a license from BTA. -- Greg Broiles [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Misc crypto & patent notes

1999-02-15 Thread Greg Broiles
(s)he discussed making arrangements for foreign shipment. -- Greg Broiles [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: AUCRYPTO: Bidzos pro-wassenaar posturing.

1999-01-10 Thread Greg Broiles
ements the BSAFE API on top of SSLeay. It's certainly not patent-clean inside the US for another 21 months or so .. I don't know whether or not it's copyright-clean or trade-secret-clean. If not, it's certainly possible to make a version which is. See <https://www.cypherpunks.to/bsafeeay/> for more about BSAFEeay. -- Greg Broiles [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Cupertino meeting on Thursday....

1999-01-10 Thread Greg Broiles
. Other meetings like this I've been to have been educational - if you're interested in crypto policy/politics, it's probably worth attending. -- Greg Broiles [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: RSA's Australian deal

1999-01-07 Thread Greg Broiles
gn-developed software. It'll be interesting to see whether the Australian government chooses to view RSA's investment as an opportunity or as a threat. -- Greg Broiles [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: DigiCash Update, part II

1998-12-22 Thread Greg Broiles
ember that the postfiling bridge loan, approved by the court, was for $330K, which will be paid back from the proceeds of the sale of DigiCash's assets. I'm hoping to work all of this up into a more comprehensive presentation, but that's going to take another week or two at least. -- Greg Broiles [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP: 0x26E4488C