long-term GPG signing key

2006-01-10 Thread Travis H.
I'd like to make a long-term key for signing communication keys using GPG and I'm wondering what the current recommendation is for such. I remember a problem with Elgamal signing keys and I'm under the impression that the 1024 bit strength provided by p in the DSA is not sufficiently strong when

Re: phone records for sale.

2006-01-10 Thread Travis H.
You can get records of most kinds from various private investigators and data brokers for a fee. I first found out about this in the mid-90s, but I'm sure they existed before that. Where the data collection is illegal, the reputable firms assure you that they are not doing anything illegal,

Re: long-term GPG signing key

2006-01-10 Thread Ian G
Travis H. wrote: I'd like to make a long-term key for signing communication keys using GPG and I'm wondering what the current recommendation is for such. I remember a problem with Elgamal signing keys and I'm under the impression that the 1024 bit strength provided by p in the DSA is not

SIGINT and the prisoner rendition scandal

2006-01-10 Thread Steven M. Bellovin
Without going into the details of the purported CIA rendition of prisoners to other countries (it's not torture; we're just outsourcing interrogration to places with less legal overhead), there may be a SIGINT connection. The following text appeared in an AP wire story today about a purported