At 08:03 AM 9/20/2004, John Kelsey wrote:
I guess I've been surprised this issue hasn't seen a lot more
discussion. It takes nothing more than to look at the names of the people
doing PhDs and postdocs in any technical field to figure out that a lot of
them are at least of Chinese, Indian,
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http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNewsstoryID=6284760
Reuters
AOL to Sell Secure ID Tags to Fight Hackers
Mon Sep 20, 2004 06:18 PM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - America Online will begin offering to sell members a
security device and service that has been used to safeguard
At 05:43 AM 21/09/2004, Hal Finney wrote:
I believe this is a MAC, despite the name. It seems to be easier to
create secure MACs than secure hash functions, perhaps because there are
no secrets in a hash, while in a MAC there is a secret key that makes
the attacker's job harder.
Interestingly, a
[snip HAVA quote and Nevada news]
So unless there is a amendment to that law (that I am obviously unaware
of) it isn't up to individual States to add this as an additional
requirement - its already required. perhaps someone could enlighten me?
I believe many e-voting machines meet this
R. A. Hettinga wrote:
Luckily, there are alternatives. The National Institute of Standards and
Technology already has standards for longer - and harder to break - hash
functions: SHA-224, SHA-256, SHA-384, and SHA-512. They're already
government standards, and can already be used. This is a
http://online.wsj.com/article_print/0,,BT_CO_20040921_16,00.html
The Wall Street Journal
September 21, 2004
UPDATE: America Online To Launch Secure Password Service
DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
September 21, 2004
(Adds VeriSign announcement and comments from expert in paragraphs four
through
