Energy Dept. Shelves Removable Disks

2004-07-25 Thread R. A. Hettinga
The Washington Post washingtonpost.com Energy Dept. Shelves Removable Disks Response to Security Breach at Lab Associated Press Saturday, July 24, 2004; Page A02 The Energy Department, in response to a security sc

Re: dual-use digital signature [EMAIL PROTECTED]

2004-07-25 Thread Peter Gutmann
"Sean W. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >I would have thought that de facto standard approach is: the client >constructs the certificate request message, which contains things like the >public key and identifying info, and signs it. The CA then checks the >signature against the public key in

Re: Using crypto against Phishing, Spoofing and Spamming...

2004-07-25 Thread Peter Gutmann
"Enzo Michelangeli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >Can someone explain me how the "phishermen" escape identification and >prosecution? Gaining online access to someone's account allows, at most, to >execute wire transfers to other bank accounts: Some (a lot of?) large-scale phishing is done by or w

Report Takes Homeland Security Department To Cyber-Woodshed

2004-07-25 Thread R. A. Hettinga
Report Takes Homeland Security Department To Cyber-Woodshed An internal audit says the department's efforts to defend against hackers, computer criminals, and cybertterrorists have serious problems. By Gregg Keize