Re: webcam encryption beats quasar encryption

2006-04-17 Thread Ivan Krstic
James Muir wrote: > Also, I vaguely recall another news story (1999?) that > reported on an encryption technique that hypothesized a stream of random > bits generated by an orbiting satellite. Likely Rabin's hyperencryption. I posted about it here a few years back: http://diswww.mit.edu/bloom-pi

Re: webcam encryption beats quasar encryption

2006-03-31 Thread leichter_jerrold
| I think the "Rip Van Winkle cipher" was mentioned in Schneier's Applied | Cryptography. Also, I vaguely recall another news story (1999?) that | reported on an encryption technique that hypothesized a stream of random | bits generated by an orbiting satellite. Probably Rabin's work on beacons

Re: webcam encryption beats quasar encryption

2006-03-30 Thread James Muir
Heyman, Michael wrote: Internet webcam signals from webcams could emerge as an exotic but effective new tool for securing terrestrial communications against eavesdropping. > > Kidding aside, there are some interesting theoretical results about ciphers that utilize a plentiful, publicly avail

webcam encryption beats quasar encryption

2006-03-30 Thread Heyman, Michael
Internet webcam signals from webcams could emerge as an exotic but effective new tool for securing terrestrial communications against eavesdropping. Scientists have come up with a method for encrypting messages using the internet objects, which emit signals and are thought to be powered by DC