"A major identity theft ring has been discovered that affects up to 50
banks, according to Sunbelt Software, the security company that says
it uncovered the operation. The operation, which is being
investigated by the FBI, is gathering personal data from
"thousands of machines"
Dave Howe wrote:
> > "Nonsense fence" maybe less metaphoric but more clear.
> I disagree - "one picket fence" gives a clear impression of a protective
> device
> that is hardened at but one point - leaving the rest insecure. "nonsense
> fence"
> doesn't give any real image.
Perhaps, but sometime
John Denker wrote:
> That's an interesting topic for discussion, but I don't think
> it answers Perry's original question, because there are plenty
> of situations where the semblence of protection is actually a
> cost-effective form of security. It's an example of statistical
> deterrence.
i've
I've just placed new version of TrustBar including Hey! component for
testing usability and training users, please save to disk and then open
via FireFox, from:
http://www.cs.biu.ac.il/~herzbea//TrustBar/Latest%20TB.xpi
The Hey! component is designed to support testing for other bars so I'll
be
I haven't seen this announced anywhere, so here it goes:
http://www.cosic.esat.kuleuven.be/WeWorc/allAbstracts.pdf
Collisions for simplified variants of SHA-256
Krystian Matusiewicz and Josef Pieprzyk
pp. 140
Preliminary Analysis of the SHA-256 Message Expansion
Norbert Pramstaller and Christi
Peter Fairbrother <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Peter Gutmann wrote:
>> Peter Fairbrother <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>> Didn't the people who did US/USSR nuclear arms verification do something
>>> very similar, except the characterised surface was sparkles in plastic
>>> painted on the missile rat
Perry E. Metzger writes:
> Anyone have a good phrase in mind that has the right sort of flavor
> for describing this sort of thing?
Well, I've always said that crypto without a threat model is like
"cookies without the milk".
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On Tue, Aug 09, 2005 at 01:04:10AM +1200, Peter Gutmann wrote:
> That sounds a bit like "unicorn insurance"
> [..]
> However, this is slightly different from what Perry was suggesting.
> There seem to be at least four subclasses of problem here:
>
> 1. "???" : A solution based on a misunderstandin
