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Antipiracy bill targets technology
By Declan McCullagh
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
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A forthcoming bill in the U.S. Senate
Breaking codes: An impossible task?
By Paul Reynolds
BBC News Online world affairs correspondent
Recent reports that the United States had broken codes used by the
Iranian intelligence service have intrigued experts on cryptology
because a modern cipher should be unbreakable.
At 15:41 2004-06-19 -0400, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3804895.stm
No real new info, but some good background. Several familiar names,
such as Ross Anderson, are interviewed.
Gee, a pity they can't calculate 2^128 correctly.
Greg.
Greg Rose
