VoteHere Release Audit Trail Code

2004-04-07 Thread R. A. Hettinga
netnews.com. "I think they definitely had an eye towards producing higher-quality code because they knew somebody was going to go looking at it. The software could easily look at 100 million-person audit trail and verify it within an hour." Individuals who want to review the code can downlo

Re: [Mac_crypto] Apple should use SHA! (or stronger) to authenticate software releases

2004-04-07 Thread R. A. Hettinga
Nicko On 6 Apr 2004, at 16:43, R. A. Hettinga wrote: > --- begin forwarded text > > Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 10:33:54 +0100 > To: "R. A. Hettinga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Mac_crypto] Apple should use SHA! (or stronge

Firm invites experts to punch holes in ballot software

2004-04-07 Thread R. A. Hettinga
with as well. In December, the company called in the FBI to investigate a breach in the company's network. Adler said the investigation was ongoing and stressed that VoteHere's plans to release source code had been in the works since last summer. -- - R. A. Hetti

Re: [Mac_crypto] Apple should use SHA! (or stronger) to authenticate software releases

2004-04-05 Thread R. A. Hettinga
--- "When the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade is not our friend." - USMC training bulletin. ___ mac_crypto mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.vmeng.com/mailman/listinfo/mac_crypto --- end forwarded text -- ---

Re: [Mac_crypto] Apple should use SHA! (or stronger) to authenticate software releases

2004-04-05 Thread R. A. Hettinga
t tells you that the prospect of any successful hash collision attack on Apple's packages are still some way away! Cheers, Nicko ___ mac_crypto mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.vmeng.com/mailman/listinfo/mac_crypto --- end forwarded text -- - R. A. Hettinga The In

Gutmann: operating under the radar

2004-04-05 Thread R. A. Hettinga
ct. "Basically he says it's like putting a large iron stake in the ground in your front garden and hoping the burglar will run into it. It's the rest of the garden that matters as well." So Gutmann isn't worried that if he's too good at his job he'll do himself ou

[Mac_crypto] Apple should use SHA! (or stronger) to authenticate software releases

2004-04-04 Thread R. A. Hettinga
__ mac_crypto mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.vmeng.com/mailman/listinfo/mac_crypto --- end forwarded text -- - R. A. Hettinga The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 0

SETS sets up shop in Chennai

2004-04-03 Thread R. A. Hettinga
STRA, a deemed University and Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology. "© 2004 sify.com India Limited. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed." -- - R. A. Hettinga The Internet Bearer Underw

Re: [IP] U.S. may need to step in, says cybersecurity report

2004-04-02 Thread R. A. Hettinga
At 2:58 PM -0500 4/2/04, Jerrold Leichter wrote: >Ahem. Did you notice the issue date and time? Damn. My only gotcha all day... April fool, indeed. :-) Cheers, RAH -- ----- R. A. Hettinga The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquh

Bouncing to crypto world domination

2004-04-02 Thread R. A. Hettinga
ems to solve, not because we expect to be famous," said Eaves. -- - R. 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 antiqu

[IP] U.S. may need to step in, says cybersecurity report

2004-04-02 Thread R. A. Hettinga
keep track of software repairing patches and test how effectively they work. - You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesti

PGP Corporation Announces That Patriot Technologies Has Added Its PGP Universal Server to GSA Schedule

2004-04-01 Thread R. A. Hettinga
or registered trademarks are the sole property of their respective owners. Contacts Jump Start Communications, LLC for PGP Corporation Lori Curtis, 970-887-0044 [EMAIL PROTECTED] or Patriot Technologies, Inc. Colleen McDonald, 301-695-7500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- - R. A. Hettinga The In

Using PDAs as Tokens or Smart Card Readers

2004-04-01 Thread R. A. Hettinga
f users with both desktop PCs and PDAs. Why not capitalize on this market? Assuming that soft token technologies could build a market that would later be supplanted by real smart-cards and smart-card readers integrated into PDAs. 2004 really could be "the year of the smart card." We ar

USPS Providing Electronic Postmarks (Re: [Slashdot] Stories for 2004-01-17)

2004-04-01 Thread R. A. Hettinga
tronicpostmark/benefits.htm >6. http://www.authentidate.com/ >7. http://www.authentidate.com/utilities/USPS_EPM_White_Paper_20031003.pdf >8. http://www.itconsult.co.uk/stamper.htm >9. https://www.uspsepm.com/epm/epm_office_ext/index.htm > 10. https://www.uspsepm.com/crm/

The 'Privacy' Jihad

2004-04-01 Thread R. A. Hettinga
reat. And since 9/11, no one's "privacy rights" have been violated by terror pre-emption research. The "privocrats" will rightly tell you that eternal vigilance is the price of liberty. Trouble is, they're aiming their vigilance at the wrong target. Ms. Mac Donald is

Crypto Law Survey updated - version 22.0

2004-03-31 Thread R. A. Hettinga
is mailing list, send a message to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> with in the body of the message "UNSUBSCRIBE CRYPTOLAW-L". To subscribe to this mailing list, send a message to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> with in the body of the message "SUBSCRIBE CRYPTOLAW-L". --- end forwarde

A possible explanation for the world's most enigmatic book

2004-03-31 Thread R. A. Hettinga
s with most puzzles, the thrill of solution lies in the process, rather than the product. -- - R. 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 usefuln

Ancient clay stamp seals and sealings of Sri Lanka

2004-03-31 Thread R. A. Hettinga
seen on a plasticine impression Fig. X. This legend is read as 'of Tissya, son of the accountant Goratha' written in Brahmi. Collectors should be aware of modern imitations. The author is currently the President of the Sri Lanka Numismatic Society. -- - R. A. He

NIST e-authentication spec out for comment

2004-03-31 Thread R. A. Hettinga
ric, this level ensures good, two-factor remote authentication," NIST said. NIST will accept comments on the proposed recommendations until March 15 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] © 1996-2004 Post-Newsweek Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. -- ----- R. A. Hettinga The Internet

Diffie Optimistic About Secure Computing Future

2004-03-31 Thread R. A. Hettinga
limit the ability of hackers to perform destructive tasks. -- - R. 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, [pr

PGP Corporation Releases PGP Universal 1.1 with Expanded Capabilities for Enterprise Secure Messaging

2004-03-31 Thread R. A. Hettinga
ed States and/or other countries. Contacts For PGP Corporation: Jump Start Communications, LLC Lori Curtis, 970-887-0044 [EMAIL PROTECTED] or Central European Communications GmBH Franz Miltenberger, + 49 (0) 811 600 95 20 [EMAIL PROTECTED] or Kudos Marketing, Ltd. Rory MacDonald, + 44 (0) 1794 518 171

Verisign CRL single point of failure

2004-01-09 Thread R. A. Hettinga
addresses. The consolidation of network power in a single company creates its own threat to the critical infrastructure when a single certificate expires instead of being randomly distributed among several different organizations. --- end forwarded text -- --------- R. A. Hettinga The

[p2p-hackers] CfP: Second Workshop on the Economics of Peer-to-Peer Systems

2004-01-09 Thread R. A. Hettinga
lTech ___ p2p-hackers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://zgp.org/mailman/listinfo/p2p-hackers ___ Here is a web page listing P2P Conferences: http://www.neurogrid.net/twiki/bin/view/Main/PeerToPeerConfer

Nomination Deadline Extended to January 15th for Seventh Annual RSA(R) Conference Awards

2004-01-07 Thread R. A. Hettinga
th Degree 978.579.2042 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- - R. 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 en

[Users] ANNOUNCE: Openswan 1.0.0 Released

2004-01-03 Thread R. A. Hettinga
] Xelerance Corporation sip://toronto.xelerance.com http://www.xelerance.com The future is here. It's just not evenly distributed yet. -- William Gibson ___ FreeS/WAN Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://mj2.freeswan.org/cgi-bi

Re: [OT] Encryption

2004-01-02 Thread R. A. Hettinga
--- begin forwarded text Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2004 16:50:44 -0500 To: Robert Tito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Sherm Pendley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "R. A. Hettinga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [OT] Encryption Cc: Cocoa Development <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,

Re: [OT] Encryption

2004-01-02 Thread R. A. Hettinga
t | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Help/Unsubscribe/Archives: http://www.lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/cocoa-dev Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. --- end forwarded text -- - R. A. Hettinga The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/

Re: [OT] Encryption

2004-01-02 Thread R. A. Hettinga
ther information regarding the engine remains under "the hood" I might reveal we tear each byte apart into 4 bits and join from two streams two 4 bits segments. To start encryption we have a rather scrambled file. Thats the power of this engine. Because of all the calculus being

Re: [OT] Encryption

2004-01-02 Thread R. A. Hettinga
es2 M. Ghandi 3Friends are dear, cherish them2 R.P. Tito ___ cocoa-dev mailing list | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Help/Unsubscribe/Archives: http://www.lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/cocoa-dev Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. --- en

Re: [OT] Encryption

2004-01-02 Thread R. A. Hettinga
GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.12 GCM/CS/IT/U d- s++: a16 C>$ UB/L/X/*(+)>$ P+++()>$ L(+++) E W++(+) N+++(++) o? K? w--- O? M++ V? PS+() PE+(-) Y+ PGP? t+(+++) 5 X R? tv-(--) b(++) DI+ D+ G e->$ h!*()>++$ r !y?(-) --END GEEK CODE BLOCK-- ___

Re: [OT] Encryption

2004-01-02 Thread R. A. Hettinga
o [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ++31 - (0)621 - 824722 "The changes we wish to see need to come from within us" M. Gandhi 3Freedom is not worth having if it doesn't include the freedom to make mistakes2 M. Ghandi 3Friends are dear, cherish them2 R.P. Tito ___

Re: [OT] Encryption

2004-01-02 Thread R. A. Hettinga
a backdoor the solution is pretty safe. And not very welcomed by those US services: it provides absolute level 4 secrecy. Rob Tito [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ++31 - (0)621 - 824722 "The changes we wish to see need to come from within us" M. Gandhi 3Freedom is not worth having if it doesn't include the freedom to

Review: "Cryptography: A Very Short Introduction,"

2004-01-02 Thread R. A. Hettinga
ganization. The book can be easily found at Amazon.com for $9.95 USD. Until next time, cheers! Benjamin D. Thomas -- ----- R. A. Hettinga The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may de

World's most mysterious book may be a hoax: The Voynich manuscript may be elegant gibberish.

2004-01-02 Thread R. A. Hettinga
Voynich was a hoax by Kelley, it looks a bit like overkill," Neal says. References 1. Rugg, G. An elegant hoax? A possible solution to the Voynich manuscript. Cryptologia, (in the press).|Homepage| -- - R. A. Hettinga The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corpor

Bowman Aims at Interoperability Target

2004-01-02 Thread R. A. Hettinga
uot; Johnson said. "What has to be sorted out is how to control it. For example, do you build into all Bowman radios the opportunity to switch to U.S. crypto? Or do you only provide U.S. radios the ability to go to U.K. crypto?" -- - R. A. Hettinga The Internet Bearer Underwritin

[Mac_crypto] I would like to shut down Mac-Crypto and Net-Thinkers..

2004-01-02 Thread R. A. Hettinga
en the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade is not our friend." - USMC training bulletin. ___ mac_crypto mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.vmeng.com/mailman/listinfo/mac_crypto --- end forwarded text -- - R. A

Re: [camram-spam] Re: Microsoft publicly announces Penny Black PoW postage project

2003-12-31 Thread R. A. Hettinga
At 7:46 PM + 12/30/03, Richard Clayton wrote: >where does our esteemed moderator get _his_ stamps >from ? A whitelist for my friends, etc... Whitelist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cheers, RAH -- ----- R. A. Hettinga The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc

[ISN] Oh Dan Geer, where art thou?

2003-12-30 Thread R. A. Hettinga
breaking into Web sites. He said there needs to be a lot more work on that subject. Whatever happens, don't expect this loose cannon of the Internet to go quietly into that dark night. - ISN is currently hosted by Attrition.org To unsubscribe email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe isn

Electronic-voting firm reveals hacker break-in

2003-12-30 Thread R. A. Hettinga
n a system like VoteHere, is a near consensus among experts in cryptography and election administration that the system is trustworthy," Dill said. "At this point, people haven't looked at it enough to gain a consensus." -- - R. A. Hettinga The Internet Bearer

Re: Microsoft publicly announces Penny Black PoW postage project

2003-12-29 Thread R. A. Hettinga
, now. Again, the cost of doing this keeps falling, and the cost of "free" email keeps going up. Somebody's going to just stick a mint onto an online store of value and see if it works someday. Then things are going to get interesting. Cheers, RAH -- - R. A.

Microsoft aims to make spammers pay

2003-12-28 Thread R. A. Hettinga
Spam watchdog 'needs more bite' (06 Oct 03 | Technology ) Spam 'turning people off e-mail' (24 Oct 03 | Technology ) Virus writers turn to spam (30 Jul 03 | Technology ) How to spot and stop spam (26 May 03 | Technology ) -- - R. A. Hettinga The Inter

Broken Machine Politics

2003-12-28 Thread R. A. Hettinga
ges the count on memory cards from individual machines or on the server used to tally the votes. SAFEGUARD: The number of votes won't match the totals on hardwired memory in each DRE device - or the number of voters who signed the rolls. SCENARIO: A power outage cuts electricity to the polls. SAF

Norwegian DVD Hacker Acquitted on Piracy Charges

2003-12-22 Thread R. A. Hettinga
its widespread exposure. In 2001, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York said postings of the encryption program violated the 1998 federal Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which prohibits the circumvention of copy controls along with discussions on how to do so. -- -

IP2Location.com Releases Database to Identify IP's Geography

2003-12-22 Thread R. A. Hettinga
on are not responsible for any errors, omissions, or other inaccuracies in this message. News may be propagated freely, but please attribute your source as MacTech Magazine, <http://www.mactech.com>. -- --- end forwarded text -- - R. A. Hettinga The Internet Beare

Swipe-Free Credit Cards Tested

2003-12-14 Thread R. A. Hettinga
ch runs the Carl's Jr. and Hardee's fast-food chains, says the new cards are likely to increase sales because they are so easy to use and ensure that a consumer won't be limited by the cash in his wallet. But even Chasney, who is considering a contactless card trial, worries a

MagiQ Technologies Named Technology Pioneer of 2004 by World Economic Forum

2003-12-11 Thread R. A. Hettinga
ce MagiQ Technologies, Inc. Headquarters: New York, NY Website: http://www.magiqtech.com CEO: Bob Gelfond Employees: Not Disclosed Organization : Private Revenues : Not Disclosed (2002) Net Income : Not Disclosed (2002) Source: via Business Wire. Updated 02/16/2003 by company.Print this

"Zero Knowledge Authentication"? (was Cryptolog Unicity Software-Only Digital Certificates)

2003-12-11 Thread R. A. Hettinga
customers are expected to be announced in early 2004. Contacts Citigate Cunningham Sandy George, 617-374-4210 [EMAIL PROTECTED] this release Terms of Use | © Business Wire 2003 -- - R. A. Hettinga The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farq

Oracle issues details of their SSL flaws

2003-12-11 Thread R. A. Hettinga
e line running a vulnerable version of OpenSSL, according to a statement by web services firm, Netcraft. -- --------- R. A. Hettinga The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for i

Yahoo announces plan to identify source of spam

2003-12-09 Thread R. A. Hettinga
is fast turning into a huge industry. They need those spams to keep flowing just as much as the anti-virus vendors need a steady stream of new and vicious viruses to keep their users renewing their subscriptions. Any real solutions would be disastrous. µ -- - R. A. Hettinga The

DOD prepares for credentialing pilot

2003-12-03 Thread R. A. Hettinga
rface into NACHA. --- end forwarded text -- - R. 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

Halifax Airport Launches Iris Scanning

2003-12-01 Thread R. A. Hettinga
known clients to make their Customs experience quick and secure and allowing the focus to be placed on higher-risk cases. -- - R. A. Hettinga The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may de

Big Japanese firms claim encryption breakthrough

2003-12-01 Thread R. A. Hettinga
tems using mathematical operations over elliptic curves. µ -- --------- R. 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

Shareholders bring down axe on Baltimore

2003-12-01 Thread R. A. Hettinga
lyst at RedMonk, said Baltimore's mistake was to bet the house on PKI. "It is also difficult to sell a portfolio that has a lot of different pieces related by a theme, and you're trying to tie them together," said Governor, referring to Baltimore's attempt a year ago to pack

[p2p-hackers] Peer-to-Peer Journal (P2PJ) CFP

2003-11-28 Thread R. A. Hettinga
Here is a web page listing P2P Conferences: http://www.neurogrid.net/twiki/bin/view/Main/PeerToPeerConferences --- end forwarded text -- - R. A. Hettinga The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... howe

DigiCash Saves PayPal?

2003-11-21 Thread R. A. Hettinga
that they existed," said Aharonian, publisher of the daily Internet Patent News Service newsletter. "Some university professor could have written an article on this, but no one paid attention and no banks adopted it. Something like that could invalidate the lawsuit completely." _

AT&T Patents Trusted Intermediaries, Sues PayPal

2003-11-21 Thread R. A. Hettinga
could cause such a difference, please see AT&T's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. AT&T disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. This information is pre

How The Wright Brothers Blew It

2003-11-20 Thread R. A. Hettinga
uld regularly be surpassed by competitors at home and abroad, and before what was remembered as the Golden Age of Aviation arrived in the 1920s, they would be out of the aircraft business entirely. What happened? -- --------- R. A. Hettinga The Internet Bearer Underwriting C

Ars Technica: A penny for your bits: micropayments to make a comeback?

2003-11-19 Thread R. A. Hettinga
- maybe you'll see Ars selling PDFs by the article soon. -- - R. 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, [predicti

Certicom Earns FIPS 140-2 Validation on Palm OS

2003-11-13 Thread R. A. Hettinga
--- begin forwarded text Status: U Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 08:24:28 -0500 To: "Philodox Clips" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "R. A. Hettinga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Certicom Earns FIPS 140-2 Validation on Palm OS Reply-To: "Philodox Clips" <[EMAIL

Legra's Crypto Coming Out

2003-11-13 Thread R. A. Hettinga
--- begin forwarded text Status: U Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 18:55:15 -0500 To: "Philodox Clips" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "R. A. Hettinga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Legra's Crypto Coming Out Reply-To: "Philodox Clips" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

MagiQ Readies Quantum Key Distribution System

2003-11-12 Thread R. A. Hettinga
--- begin forwarded text Status: U Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2003 13:51:57 -0500 To: "Philodox Clips" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "R. A. Hettinga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: MagiQ Readies Quantum Key Distribution System Reply-To: "Philodox Clips" <[EMAIL

Re: Certicom? [...] [Fwd: NSA Turns To Commercial Software For Encryption]

2003-11-12 Thread R. A. Hettinga
`-' ___ FoRK mailing list http://x

'Smart stamps' next in war on terrorism

2003-11-12 Thread R. A. Hettinga
that," said one Senate aide. Added a senior House staffer: "A politician getting even with someone? Nah, it just saves us the trouble of having to reply to the letter." Copyright © 2003 News World Communications, Inc. All rights reserved. Return to t

Certicom Sells Licensing Rights to NSA

2003-11-12 Thread R. A. Hettinga
--- begin forwarded text Status: U Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 11:44:39 -0400 To: "Philodox Clips" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "R. A. Hettinga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Certicom Sells Licensing Rights to NSA Reply-To: "Philodox Clips" <[EMAIL PROTECTED

PGP Corporation Announces Release of PGP Desktop 8.0.3

2003-11-12 Thread R. A. Hettinga
--- begin forwarded text Status: U Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 11:35:52 -0400 To: "Philodox Clips" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "R. A. Hettinga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: PGP Corporation Announces Release of PGP Desktop 8.0.3 Reply-To: "Philodox Clips" <

Liberty groups attack plan for EU health ID card

2003-10-22 Thread R. A. Hettinga
e heading with this," he said. "They want a single card with all our data on one chip. It'll be a passport and driver's licence rolled into one with everything from our national insurance numbers, bank accounts, to health records." -- - R. A. Hettinga T

[Announce] GPA 0.7.0 released

2003-10-22 Thread R. A. Hettinga
] http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users --- end forwarded text -- - R. 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

Young codebreakers get ready to take on UK National Cipher Challenge

2003-10-19 Thread R. A. Hettinga
ernet access during our half-term holiday!'š The competition web site can be found at www.maths.soton.ac.uk/cipher , and there is a teachers' pack which can be downloaded in pdf format at www.maths.soton.ac.uk/cipher/teacherspack.pdf , consisting of three lesson plans and a brief guide to codebreaki

VIA wows with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs

2003-10-16 Thread R. A. Hettinga
audio in/out, IDE hard drive, USB, printer port, serial ports, PS/2 ports, 4 GPIO bits, PCI card expansion, and front-panel accessible CompactFlash. Wow! -- - R. A. Hettinga The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 021

Schneier gets the heebie-Brin-jeebies (was Re: CRYPTO-GRAM, October 15, 2003)

2003-10-16 Thread R. A. Hettinga
ht. > > >Kinko's story: ><http://www.computercops.us/article2568.html> ><http://www.securityfocus.com/news/6447> > >ATM fraud story: ><http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030812.gtatmm0812/ >BNStory/Technology> ><http://cana

Indian National Workshop on Cryptography

2003-10-15 Thread R. A. Hettinga
nsulting, research and development in PKI Infrastructure, Cryptography that includes development of pseudo- random generator, development of a new stream cipher, implementations on secret sharing schemes and various Cryptanalysis techniques, WEP cracking and key clustering. --

Partners Promote Quantum Cryptography

2003-10-13 Thread R. A. Hettinga
villion). WISekey" ID Quantique -- - R. 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 be

Citizens strike back in intelligence war

2003-10-13 Thread R. A. Hettinga
x27; strategy may minimise that risk, he says. "Peer-to-peer is probably the best way." -- - R. 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

Digital Projection of Films Is Coming. Now, Who Pays?

2003-10-13 Thread R. A. Hettinga
issions of concerts and other live entertainment. "We're making money on our ad sales," said Kurt Hall, president of the Regal CineMedia unit. "And we've built our digital infrastructure. Once digital feature film standards are set, we only have to upgrade our project

Now Is the Time to Finally Kill Spam - A Call to Action

2003-10-13 Thread R. A. Hettinga
Magazine, is president of Black Bear Software as well as director of software development of Benefit Systems, Inc. James has written for Wired, Christian Science Monitor, and other publications. He is currently working on his third book on open source development. -- - R. A. Hett

Indian Defence Research Facility Burgled

2003-10-09 Thread R. A. Hettinga
es Lost: Assessment of competing weapons systems of rival manufacturers and weapon effectiveness studies Application: Such scientific inputs are critical in defence buys and analysis of military hardware -- - R. A. Hettinga The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://w

Digital ID Forum News

2003-10-08 Thread R. A. Hettinga
t-for-profit event, with the surplus going to a number of charities, and partly because of the range of aspects of identity that are covered. --- end forwarded text -- - R. A. Hettinga The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Str

Mobs Turn Net into Money Machine

2003-10-08 Thread R. A. Hettinga
--- begin forwarded text Status: U Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 14:10:52 -0400 To: "Philodox Clips" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "R. A. Hettinga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Mobs Turn Net into Money Machine Reply-To: "Philodox Clips" <[EMAIL PROTECTED

RFID Privacy Workshop @ MIT - November 15th

2003-10-08 Thread R. A. Hettinga
tions, please drop us a note. Simson L. Garfinkel RFID Privacy Workshop, November 15th @MIT --- end forwarded text -- - R. A. Hettinga The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve

CCIA Microsoft report--the core issues

2003-10-07 Thread R. A. Hettinga
ee will appear on Friday. biography John Carroll is a software engineer now living in Geneva, Switzerland. He specializes in the design and development of distributed systems using Java and .Net. He is also the founder of Turtleneck Software . -- - R. A. Hettinga The Interne

Gmane -- Re: Why is Freenet so sick at the moment?

2003-10-06 Thread R. A. Hettinga
__ Devl mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dodo.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl -- - R. A. Hettinga The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserv

Gopher Baroque

2003-10-06 Thread R. A. Hettinga
nt eras, toward different ends -- but it all attests to one novelist's obsession with the power of information, the dangers of closed systems, and the liberating, revolutionary power that can result from keeping them open. -- - R. A. Hettinga The Internet Bearer Underwritin

Re: nCipher netHSM

2003-10-06 Thread R. A. Hettinga
--- begin forwarded text Status: U To: "R. A. Hettinga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: nCipher netHSM From: Ronald Perez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 13:32:48 -0400 This looks like new packaging of an old/previously-announced product. The NI

Re: NCipher Takes Hardware Security To Network Level

2003-10-06 Thread R. A. Hettinga
--- begin forwarded text Status: U Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2003 12:40:41 -0400 From: Somebody To: "R. A. Hettinga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: NCipher Takes Hardware Security To Network Level Don't identify me, since I'm not sure what parts of my NDA are still

NCipher Takes Hardware Security To Network Level

2003-10-06 Thread R. A. Hettinga
es one server connection. Additional server connections are $5,000 each. That compares to the cost of nShield HSM, which lists for $5,000 to $25,000 depending on functionality. -- - R. A. Hettinga The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farq

nCipher netHSM

2003-10-06 Thread R. A. Hettinga
isted on the London Stock Exchange (LSE:NCH) and is a member of the FTSE TechMARK and FTSE4Good indices with offices in Cambridge, UK; Boston, Seattle, Paris, Hamburg, Singapore and Tokyo. For more information on nCipher, visit www.ncipher.com. ### Contact Information Michelle Chase Per

Strong-Enough Pseudonymity as Functional Anonymity

2003-10-03 Thread R. A. Hettinga
;anonymous" or not, it seems to me that technical professions (guilds :-)) use more precise language than laymen do all the time. Again, the more perfect a pseudonym is, the more anonymous it is. We get, at the very least, functional anonymity for most things we're interested in.

Re: anonymous DH & MITM

2003-10-03 Thread R. A. Hettinga
;s just that people are still mystified by the concept of biometric is-a-person identity, which strong cryptography can completely divorce from reputation. Cheers, RAH Who's also curious about exactly what "Whielacronx" means... ;-). -- - R. A. Hettinga The Internet

Return of the death of cypherpunks.

2003-10-02 Thread R. A. Hettinga
is alive, though breathing its last. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG dcuOonOpNgPgqZpgbJF0j6ClGa0j1it1Uk51kc/Q 4Nnby2D6L0GGqj2rwXsyWpY1xoKh901QBG9bsYjxG --- end forwarded text -- - R. A. Hettinga The Internet Bearer Underwrit

Speciality film heads meet to respond to MPAA

2003-10-02 Thread R. A. Hettinga
ple are much less likely to let their screeners become a source of piracy if they know they'll get caught. The long-term solution is to move beyond VHS and DVD to high-definition formats with built-in support for forensic marking and strong security for targeted screeners as well as general c

VeriSign tapped to secure Internet voting

2003-10-01 Thread R. A. Hettinga
.com.com/2110-1023-893093.html=20 Toward digital democracy=9A=9A November 6, 2001=20 http://news.com.com/2009-1023-275348.html=20 Get this story's "Big Picture"=20 http://news.com.com/2104-1029-5083772.html=20 --=20 - R. A. Hettinga The Internet Bearer Underwriti

Cringley: I Have Seen the Future and We Are It

2003-09-30 Thread R. A. Hettinga
al vulnerability helps. I was recently a victim of identity theft. They can have my identity. It's worth more to them. It made me understand our social engineering vulnerability: institutions can't detect social engineering. You can have mail forwarded from any address in America to any o

BuzzFlash interview: Bev Harris

2003-09-30 Thread R. A. Hettinga
sen said Harris also stole company property when she circulated numerous company files she found on an unprotected Web site. The files included source code for the company's touch-screen voting machines, which have recently been bought by election officials in Georgia, Maryland and o

Stephenson recycles cryptic 'Quicksilver'

2003-09-30 Thread R. A. Hettinga
Quicksilver is volume one of a trilogy called The Baroque Cycle . Volume Two, The Confusion , is scheduled to appear in August 2004 and Volume Three, The System of the World , in October 2004. Don't get in line at your bookstore yet. In 1999, Stephenson said Quicksilver would be out in 2000. -

Johns Hopkins Physics Lab System Detects Digital Video Tampering

2003-09-30 Thread R. A. Hettinga
s and possibly corporate and other business venues. ### The Applied Physics Laboratory, a division of The Johns Hopkins University, meets critical national challenges through the innovative application of science and technology. For more information, visit http://www.jhuapl.edu . This story

@stake Uproots Geer's Career After Anti-Microsoft Report

2003-09-27 Thread R. A. Hettinga
security design in all of these products led to problems in maintaining security. However, Hurley did note that although he knows only what is contained in published reports of Geer's firing, one can infer that @stake is telling people it can be bought -- which does not cast the company in a good

Geer: "It was a surprise."

2003-09-27 Thread R. A. Hettinga
rs.'' Describing himself as a founding AtStake employee, Geer said he is in contact with a lawyer and is ``disappointed'' with the way he lost his job. Geer also blasted academic researchers whom he said fear Microsoft and won't criticize it publicly. He said academics ofte

The Right Touch

2003-09-26 Thread R. A. Hettinga
tectable problems worry computer scientists even more. "Software could shape the outcome of a surprise election--and we'll never know," says Dill. Sidebars Stacking The Deck - -- - R. A. Hettinga The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://ww

Dan Geer Fired (was re: Technology Firm With Ties to Microsoft Fires Executive Over Criticism)

2003-09-26 Thread R. A. Hettinga
issues, and this seemed a little one-sided," CXO spokeswoman Karen Fogerty said. --- On the Net: AtStake Inc.: www.atstake.com Microsoft Corp. www.microsoft.com CXO Media Inc.: www.cio.com CCIA: www.ccianet.org AP-ES-09-25-03 1629EDT This story can be found at: http://ap.tbo.com/ap/bre

LaGrande Overview and Technical Insights

2003-09-25 Thread R. A. Hettinga
all protected memory regions, and decrypts the regions upon wakeup. click on image for full view click on image for full view In summary, we've merely scratched the surface of a highly complex technology that will be embedded in most new personal computers in a few years. While I

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