RE: Microsoft .NET PRNG (fwd)

2004-08-02 Thread Peter Gutmann
Forwarded here as the original forum is having no success. [...] I'm looking for the same information. I want to know which method does MS Crypto API use in order to obtain strong random seeds. This is cross-posted back to the original list (with snippets from various postings) to try and tie

NASA preps for launch of smart ID tags

2004-08-02 Thread R. A. Hettinga
http://www.eet.com/article/printableArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=WLX0G30SCVFBEQSNDBGCKHQ?articleID=26100881url_prefix=sys/newssub_taxonomyID=2517 NASA preps for launch of smart ID tags By Junko Yoshida , EE Times August 02, 2004 (12:44 PM EDT) URL:

Al Qaeda crypto reportedly fails the test

2004-08-02 Thread John Denker
News article http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3528502.stm says in part: The BBC's Zaffar Abbas, in Islamabad, says it appears that US investigators were able to unscramble information on the computers after Pakistan passed on suspicious encrypted documents.