Re: Is cryptography where security took the wrong branch?

2003-09-03 Thread Michael Shields
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Ian Grigg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For example, he states that 28% of wireless networks use WEP, and 1% of web servers use SSL, but doesn't explain why SSL is a success and WEP is a failure :-) Actually, he does; slide 11 is titled Why has SSL succeeded?, and

Re: Is cryptography where security took the wrong branch?

2003-09-03 Thread Michael Shields
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Ian Grigg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One thing that has been on my mind lately is how to define success of a crypto protocol. There are two needs a security protocol can address. One is the need to prevent or mitigate real attacks; the other is to make people feel

Re: Beware of /dev/random on Mac OS X

2003-09-02 Thread Michael Shields
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Peter Hendrickson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Apple apparently only accepts bug reports from members of the Apple Developers Connection. If any such members are on this list, it might be a good idea to submit a report: