Re: questions about RNGs and FIPS 140

2010-08-26 Thread travis+ml-cryptography
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questions about RNGs and FIPS 140

2010-08-25 Thread travis+ml-cryptography
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phpwn: PHP cookie PRNG flawed (Netscape redux)

2010-08-05 Thread travis+ml-cryptography
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Re: Intercepting Microsoft wireless keyboard communications

2009-07-17 Thread travis+ml-cryptography
the actual characters typed, because games and the like need to know when keys are depressed and released, not just what letter was typed. Here's an overview of keyboard input under Linux: http://www.subspacefield.org/~travis/keyboard/index.html -- Obama Nation | My emails do not have attachments

work factor calculation for brute-forcing crypto

2009-07-17 Thread travis+ml-cryptography
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Re: Seagate announces hardware FDE for laptop and desktop machines

2009-06-12 Thread travis+ml-cryptography
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padding attack vs. PKCS7

2009-06-12 Thread travis+ml-cryptography
. AES CBC-encrypted web authenticators that allows an adversary to attack the crypto one octet at a time. -- Obama Nation | My emails do not have attachments; it's a digital signature that your mail program doesn't understand. | http://www.subspacefield.org/~travis/ If you are a spammer, please

CSPRNG algorithms

2009-04-30 Thread Travis
, or is there a survey somewhere? If not, would people like to help me create one by emailing me references to extant PRNG definitions? -- Obama Nation | It's not like I'm encrypting... it's more like I've developed a massive entropy deficiency | http://www.subsubpacefield.org/~travis/ If you are a spammer

X.509 certificate overview + status

2009-03-02 Thread Travis
, but are there other resources out there that could help me, or others like me? -- Obama Nation | It's not like I'm encrypting... it's more like I've developed a massive entropy deficiency | http://www.subsubpacefield.org/~travis/ If you are a spammer, please email j...@subspacefield.org to get

Re: peer review of presentation requested

2009-02-25 Thread Travis
informed decisions about new combinations. Maybe I should make a point of telling them that this is not the case. -- Obama Nation | It's not like I'm encrypting... it's more like I've developed a massive entropy deficiency | http://www.subsubpacefield.org/~travis/ If you are a spammer, please email j

peer review of presentation requested

2009-02-24 Thread Travis
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preparing a web 2.0 crypto talk

2009-02-14 Thread Travis
powerpoint-fu whereas I'm using lyx Any opinions? -- Crypto ergo sum. http://www.subspacefield.org/~travis/ Do unto other faiths as you would have them do unto yours. If you are a spammer, please email j...@subspacefield.org to get blacklisted

Code makers and breakers of WWII era

2008-06-04 Thread travis+ml-cryptography
http://news.cnet.com/2300-1029_3-6240826-1.html?tag=ne.gall.pg -- Crypto ergo sum. https://www.subspacefield.org/~travis/ Truth does not fear scrutiny or competition, only lies do. If you are a spammer, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] to get blacklisted

quantum cryptography broken?

2008-04-21 Thread travis+ml-cryptography
of random bits on the classical (Internet) channel. FAQ: http://www.mai.liu.se/~jalar/qkg/faq.html -- Crypto ergo sum. https://www.subspacefield.org/~travis/ My password is easy to remember; it's the digits of Pi. All of them. If you are a spammer, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] to get

Pi, randomness, entropy, unpredictability

2008-04-16 Thread travis+ml-cryptography
#tth_sEc20 The formatting on the PDF is better: http://www.subspacefield.org/security/security_concepts.pdf Currently the section begins on page 72. Please tell me what you think. -- Crypto ergo sum. https://www.subspacefield.org/~travis/ My password is easy to remember; it's the digits of Pi. All

presentations about encrypted storage

2008-03-29 Thread travis+ml-cryptography
I've got two presentations I've given on encrypted storage technologies here: http://www.subspacefield.org/security/ There's also a book I'm writing, if anyone is interested. -- https://www.subspacefield.org/~travis/ I need a better strategy for being less analytical. For a good time on my

delegating SSL certificates

2008-03-15 Thread travis+ml-cryptography
CA? I would think this would be rather common, and I may have heard about certs that had authority to sign other certs in some circumstances... -- URL:https://www.subspacefield.org/~travis/ Who Would Jesus Bomb? For a good time on my email blacklist, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] pgp62b6zjh4z9.pgp

crypto quotes

2008-01-26 Thread travis+ml-cryptography
http://www.amk.ca/quotations/cryptography/ -- URL:https://www.subspacefield.org/~travis/ The stream is deaf, yet sings its melody for all to hear. For a good time on my email blacklist, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] pgpqS3cxnwgDl.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: crypto class design

2007-12-20 Thread travis+ml-cryptography
gave suggestions!) -- In God We Trust, All Others Must Provide Source Code URL:https://www.subspacefield.org/~travis/ Eff the ineffable! For a good time on my email blacklist, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] pgp89cGmO9kmW.pgp Description: PGP signature

crypto class design

2007-12-18 Thread travis+ml-cryptography
Others Must Provide Source Code URL:https://www.subspacefield.org/~travis/ Eff the ineffable! For a good time on my email blacklist, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] pgp60d9I19hOd.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: refactoring crypto handshakes (SSL in 3 easy steps)

2007-11-30 Thread travis+ml-cryptography
when it starts processing the following statement. Basically it lacks even a single symbol look-ahead. -- Life would be so much easier if it was open-source. URL:https://www.subspacefield.org/~travis/ Eff the ineffable! For a good time on my UBE blacklist, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] pgpjHn1QEV8i0.pgp

Re: refactoring crypto handshakes (SSL in 3 easy steps)

2007-11-15 Thread travis+ml-cryptography
end without altering the other. -- Life would be so much easier if it was open-source. URL:https://www.subspacefield.org/~travis/ Eff the ineffable! For a good time on my UBE blacklist, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] pgp8fMSK6gOb3.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: 307 digit number factored

2007-10-10 Thread travis+ml-cryptography
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Re: kernel-level key management subsystem

2007-10-10 Thread travis+ml-cryptography
-- URL:http://www.subspacefield.org/~travis/ Eff the ineffable! For a good time on my UBE blacklist, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] pgpRDG3MxsVBo.pgp Description: PGP signature

ECC vs. D/H or RSA

2007-10-05 Thread travis+ml-cryptography
noticed that the latest OpenSSL has some EC functions, including EC-DH IIRC. It does not have ECAES or ECIES though. References: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECIES http://www.secg.org/download/aid-385/sec1_final.pdf -- URL:http://www.subspacefield.org/~travis/ Tat Tvam Asi For a good time on my

Undocumented Bypass in PGP Whole Disk Encryption

2007-10-05 Thread travis+ml-cryptography
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magnifying unpredictability and common subexpressions

2007-08-08 Thread travis+ml-cryptography
. -- URL:http://www.subspacefield.org/~travis/ -- dharma advaita For a good time on my UBE blacklist, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] pgpdBhbOliHn7.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: luks disk encryption benchmarks

2007-06-21 Thread Travis H.
On Tue, Jun 05, 2007 at 07:00:51PM -0500, Travis H. wrote: I just did some performance testing on a file server (debian 4.0) and thought I'd share the figures, both raw and using the luks cryptosystem described here: http://luks.endorphin.org/about Here's the specs: AMD Athlon 64 x2

luks disk encryption benchmarks

2007-06-09 Thread Travis H.
, even with gigabit ethernet, there will be no measurable difference between encrypted and non-encrypted storage. -- ``To know love, be like the running brook, which though deaf, sings its melody for others to hear.'' -- Master Po, Kung Fu URL:http://www.subspacefield.org/~travis/ -- For a good time

crypto maxims

2007-05-24 Thread Travis H.
- the goal is education, so all of those are desirable. -- Good idea: helping a stranger move Bad idea: helping a stranger move bodies URL:http://www.subspacefield.org/~travis/ -- For a good time on my UBE blacklist, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] pgpxaOXrYkI6v.pgp Description: PGP signature

kernel-level key management subsystem

2007-05-18 Thread Travis H.
Ignoring special-purpose hardware, does anyone have thoughts on what the requirements for a kernel-level key management subsystem should be? -- Kill dash nine, and its no more CPU time, kill dash nine, and that process is mine. -- URL:http://www.subspacefield.org/~travis/ For a good time on my

Re: More info in my AES128-CBC question

2007-05-12 Thread Travis H.
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Re: phone encryption technology becoming popular in Italy

2007-05-12 Thread Travis H.
all of that for you; you just email them the layouts and send them the money, and they can do a small run of chips for reasonable prices. -- Kill dash nine, and its no more CPU time, kill dash nine, and that process is mine. -- URL:http://www.subspacefield.org/~travis/ For a good time on my UBE

Re: More info in my AES128-CBC question

2007-05-12 Thread Travis H.
IVs that you ran through most of the cycle (the last value in the cycle is 100% predictable). -- Kill dash nine, and its no more CPU time, kill dash nine, and that process is mine. -- URL:http://www.subspacefield.org/~travis/ For a good time on my UBE blacklist, email [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: More info in my AES128-CBC question

2007-05-09 Thread Travis H.
nine, and that process is mine. -- URL:http://www.subspacefield.org/~travis/ For a good time on my UBE blacklist, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] pgpvjZwMdNcnK.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Public key encrypt-then-sign or sign-then-encrypt?

2007-05-09 Thread Travis H.
, kill dash nine, and that process is mine. -- URL:http://www.subspacefield.org/~travis/ For a good time on my UBE blacklist, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] pgpnvBUihZ9Sw.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Public key encrypt-then-sign or sign-then-encrypt?

2007-05-09 Thread Travis H.
confrontation. If they are too weak to confront the provocateur, they aren't likely to shout this from the rooftops. -- Kill dash nine, and its no more CPU time, kill dash nine, and that process is mine. -- URL:http://www.subspacefield.org/~travis/ For a good time on my UBE blacklist, email [EMAIL

Re: More info in my AES128-CBC question

2007-04-26 Thread Travis H.
; basically an IV is just C_0 for some stream. -- Kill dash nine, and its no more CPU time, kill dash nine, and that process is mine. -- URL:http://www.subspacefield.org/~travis/ For a good time on my UBE blacklist, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] pgp5R1OqVH44H.pgp Description: PGP signature

Why CBC? What is wrong with n-bit CFB?

2007-04-26 Thread Travis H.
suspect. That having been said, I can't see much in favor of OFB over CTR mode. -- Kill dash nine, and its no more CPU time, kill dash nine, and that process is mine. -- URL:http://www.subspacefield.org/~travis/ For a good time on my UBE blacklist, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] pgpVkl00SrKY3.pgp

truncating MACs for confidentiality, was Re: Public key encrypt-then-sign or sign-then-encrypt?

2007-04-26 Thread Travis H.
dash nine, and that process is mine. -- URL:http://www.subspacefield.org/~travis/ For a good time on my UBE blacklist, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] pgpmO9O0IvaLW.pgp Description: PGP signature

open source disk crypto update

2007-04-25 Thread Travis H.
are still hosed, but it appears that there's no way to completely eliminate that kind of threat without taking the whole system with you. -- Kill dash nine, and its no more CPU time, kill dash nine, and that process is mine. -- URL:http://www.subspacefield.org/~travis/ For a good time on my UBE

Re: interesting and thought provoking resources on quantum crypto

2007-02-09 Thread Travis H.
the watershed paper: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shor's_algorithm And this page attempts to illustrate it: http://pdivos.mobstop.com/shor/ -- Good code works. Great code can't fail. -- URL:http://www.subspacefield.org/~travis/ For a good time on my UBE blacklist, email [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Entropy of other languages

2007-02-07 Thread Travis H.
of knotted string, like the end of a mop. -- The driving force behind innovation is sublimation. -- URL:http://www.subspacefield.org/~travis/ For a good time on my UBE blacklist, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] pgpyE3iyc6JFI.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Entropy of other languages

2007-02-07 Thread Travis H.
symbol for a given amount of information! -- Good code works. Great code can't fail. -- URL:http://www.subspacefield.org/~travis/ For a good time on my UBE blacklist, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] pgpmipxzIhxBi.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Entropy of other languages

2007-02-07 Thread Travis H.
. That's all I could find in a 10 minute search... -- Good code works. Great code can't fail. -- URL:http://www.subspacefield.org/~travis/ For a good time on my UBE blacklist, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] pgp0PTSZawU9U.pgp Description: PGP signature

OTP, was Re: data under one key, was Re: analysis and implementation of LRW

2007-02-05 Thread Travis H.
is sublimation. -- URL:http://www.subspacefield.org/~travis/ For a good time on my UBE blacklist, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] pgp876Gxt2EB4.pgp Description: PGP signature

deriving multiple keys from one passphrase

2007-02-03 Thread Travis H.
be insufficient for deriving independent keys, but perhaps there is a way to do that with careful selection of the CRC polys? -- The driving force behind innovation is sublimation. -- URL:http://www.subspacefield.org/~travis/ For a good time on my UBE blacklist, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] pgpgxzMEc4EYQ.pgp

data under one key, was Re: analysis and implementation of LRW

2007-01-30 Thread Travis H.
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length-extension and Merkle-Damgard hashes

2007-01-30 Thread Travis H.
that encoding the length at the end permits an attack for some x, but I think this is difficult or impossible if the length is prepended. -- The driving force behind innovation is sublimation. -- URL:http://www.subspacefield.org/~travis/ For a good time on my UBE blacklist, email [EMAIL PROTECTED

block cipher modes and collisions

2007-01-25 Thread Travis H.
respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.'' -- Albert Einstein -- URL:http://www.subspacefield.org/~travis/ pgp39knc2U9V2.pgp Description: PGP signature

OT: SSL certificate chain problems

2007-01-24 Thread Travis H.
or references to other mailing lists welcome. -- ``Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.'' -- Albert Einstein -- URL:http://www.subspacefield.org/~travis/ pgpOnPmmhdFCX.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Private Key Generation from Passwords/phrases

2007-01-21 Thread Travis H.
. -- ``Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.'' -- Albert Einstein -- URL:http://www.subspacefield.org/~travis/ pgpI8slDM82ce.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Private Key Generation from Passwords/phrases

2007-01-20 Thread Travis H.
the hash size to begin with, you end up with the same security factor against guessing, I believe. -- ``Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.'' -- Albert Einstein -- URL:http://www.subspacefield.org/~travis/ pgpJoxUCemN6j.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: gang uses crypto to hide identity theft databases

2006-12-26 Thread Travis H.
://www.cypherpunks.to/~peter/usenix01.pdf -- A: No. Q: Should I include quotations after my reply? URL:http://www.subspacefield.org/~travis/ -- pgp8gThz9AZST.pgp Description: PGP signature

Skype reverse-engineering details]

2006-12-21 Thread Travis H.
Some very juicy details here: http://www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-europe-06/bh-eu-06-biondi/bh-eu-06-biondi-up.pd -- Cryptography is nothing more than a mathematical framework for discussing various paranoid delusions. -- Don Alvarez URL:http://www.subspacefield.org/~travis

Re: Traffic Analysis References

2006-10-22 Thread Travis H.
://www.subspacefield.org/~travis/side_channel_attacks.html -- It's not like I'm encrypting... it's just that my communications developed a massive entropy deficiency. -- URL:http://www.subspacefield.org/~travis/ GPG fingerprint: 9D3F 395A DAC5 5CCC 9066 151D 0A6B 4098 0C55 1484

hashes on restricted domains: random functions or permutations?

2006-10-17 Thread Travis H.
? Is it worth worrying about? -- The obvious mathematical breakthrough would be the development of an easy way to factor large prime numbers.'' [sic] -- Bill Gates -- URL:http://www.subspacefield.org/~travis/ GPG fingerprint: 9D3F 395A DAC5 5CCC 9066 151D 0A6B 4098 0C55 1484

Re: handling weak keys using random selection and CSPRNGs

2006-10-13 Thread Travis H.
Gates -- URL:http://www.subspacefield.org/~travis/ GPG fingerprint: 9D3F 395A DAC5 5CCC 9066 151D 0A6B 4098 0C55 1484 - The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending unsubscribe cryptography to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: TPM disk crypto

2006-10-12 Thread Travis H.
on in the boot process? -- The obvious mathematical breakthrough would be the development of an easy way to factor large prime numbers.'' [sic] -- Bill Gates -- URL:http://www.lightconsulting.com/~travis/ GPG fingerprint: 9D3F 395A DAC5 5CCC 9066 151D 0A6B 4098 0C55 1484

deriving multiple keys from one passphrase

2006-10-10 Thread Travis H.
, but I haven't really analyzed that method at all. Any opinions? -- Enhance your calm, fellow citizen; it's just ones and zeroes. Unix guru for rent or hire -- http://www.lightconsulting.com/~travis/ GPG fingerprint: 9D3F 395A DAC5 5CCC 9066 151D 0A6B 4098 0C55 1484

Discussion of SIGABA, FPGA query, automated cipher construction, c.

2006-10-10 Thread Travis H.
citizen; it's just ones and zeroes. Unix guru for rent or hire -- http://www.lightconsulting.com/~travis/ GPG fingerprint: 9D3F 395A DAC5 5CCC 9066 151D 0A6B 4098 0C55 1484 - The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending

handling weak keys using random selection and CSPRNGs

2006-10-10 Thread Travis H.
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Re: TPM disk crypto

2006-10-06 Thread Travis H.
On 10/2/06, Erik Tews [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Am Sonntag, den 01.10.2006, 23:42 -0500 schrieb Travis H.: Anyone have any information on how to develop TPM software? http://tpm4java.datenzone.de/ Using this lib, you need less than 10 lines of java-code for doing some simple

Re: TPM disk crypto

2006-10-06 Thread Travis H.
-- Enhance your calm, fellow citizen; it's just ones and zeroes. Unix guru for rent or hire -- http://www.lightconsulting.com/~travis/ GPG fingerprint: 9D3F 395A DAC5 5CCC 9066 151D 0A6B 4098 0C55 1484 - The Cryptography Mailing List

wanted: mod arith equivalences/tautologies

2006-10-03 Thread Travis H.
), or the BPP digit extractor for Pi, but for very large values. I'm hoping to do them in ocaml or python. -- Enhance your calm, fellow citizen; it's just ones and zeroes. Unix guru for rent or hire -- http://www.lightconsulting.com/~travis/ GPG fingerprint: 9D3F 395A DAC5 5CCC 9066 151D 0A6B 4098 0C55

TPM disk crypto

2006-10-02 Thread Travis H.
already done something similar: http://www.cypherpunks.to/~peter/usenix00.pdf -- Enhance your calm, fellow citizen; it's just ones and zeroes. Unix guru for rent or hire -- http://www.lightconsulting.com/~travis/ GPG fingerprint: 9D3F 395A DAC5 5CCC 9066 151D 0A6B 4098 0C55 1484

The Geheimschreiber Secret - Swedish WWII SIGINT

2006-10-02 Thread Travis H.
and apparent over-reactions on the part of decision-makers. -- Enhance your calm, fellow citizen; it's just ones and zeroes. Unix guru for rent or hire -- http://www.lightconsulting.com/~travis/ GPG fingerprint: 9D3F 395A DAC5 5CCC 9066 151D 0A6B 4098 0C55 1484

Re: A note on vendor reaction speed to the e=3 problem

2006-09-28 Thread Travis H.
of obfuscation sh offers, it's not clear that you couldn't sneak something through even if the person skims it). -- Enhance your calm, brother; it's just ones and zeroes. Unix guru for rent or hire -- http://www.lightconsulting.com/~travis/ GPG fingerprint: 9D3F 395A DAC5 5CCC 9066 151D 0A6B 4098 0C55

Re: A note on vendor reaction speed to the e=3 problem

2006-09-25 Thread Travis H.
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Re: IGE mode is broken (Re: IGE mode in OpenSSL)

2006-09-23 Thread Travis H.
On 9/9/06, Adam Back [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: IGE if this description summarized by Travis is correct, appears to be a re-invention of Anton Stiglic and my proposed FREE-MAC mode. However the FREE-MAC mode (below described as IGE) was broken back in Mar 2000 or maybe earlier by Gligor, Donescu

Re: Did Hezbollah use SIGINT against Israel?

2006-09-22 Thread Travis H.
. -- On the Internet noone knows you're a dog - except Bruce Schneier. Unix guru for rent or hire -- http://www.lightconsulting.com/~travis/ GPG fingerprint: 9D3F 395A DAC5 5CCC 9066 151D 0A6B 4098 0C55 1484 - The Cryptography

Re: RSA SecurID SID800 Token vulnerable by design

2006-09-17 Thread Travis H.
. -- On the Internet noone knows you're a dog - except Bruce Schneier. Unix guru for rent or hire -- http://www.lightconsulting.com/~travis/ GPG fingerprint: 9D3F 395A DAC5 5CCC 9066 151D 0A6B 4098 0C55 1484 - The Cryptography Mailing List

Re: IGE mode is broken (Re: IGE mode in OpenSSL)

2006-09-16 Thread Travis H.
needs remain relatively constant. -- On the Internet noone knows you're a dog - except Bruce Schneier. Unix guru for rent or hire -- http://www.lightconsulting.com/~travis/ GPG fingerprint: 9D3F 395A DAC5 5CCC 9066 151D 0A6B 4098 0C55 1484

secure key storage APIs

2006-09-08 Thread Travis H.
they be inherited? Any considerations that I'm missing? -- If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate. Unix guru for rent or hire -- http://www.lightconsulting.com/~travis/ GPG fingerprint: 9D3F 395A DAC5 5CCC 9066 151D 0A6B 4098 0C55 1484

link fest on fingerprint biometrics

2006-09-08 Thread Travis H.
, I would be grateful. -- If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate. Unix guru for rent or hire -- http://www.lightconsulting.com/~travis/ GPG fingerprint: 9D3F 395A DAC5 5CCC 9066 151D 0A6B 4098 0C55 1484

signing all outbound email

2006-09-04 Thread Travis H.
Has anyone created hooks in MTAs so that they automagically sign outbound email, so that you can stop forgery spam via a SRV DNS record? -- If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate. Unix guru for rent or hire -- http://www.lightconsulting.com/~travis/ GPG fingerprint

Re: IGE mode in OpenSSL

2006-09-04 Thread Travis H.
and controlling the garble. -- If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate. Unix guru for rent or hire -- http://www.lightconsulting.com/~travis/ GPG fingerprint: 9D3F 395A DAC5 5CCC 9066 151D 0A6B 4098 0C55 1484

Re: IGE mode in OpenSSL

2006-09-04 Thread Travis H.
, you're part of the precipitate. Unix guru for rent or hire -- http://www.lightconsulting.com/~travis/ GPG fingerprint: 9D3F 395A DAC5 5CCC 9066 151D 0A6B 4098 0C55 1484 - The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending

Re: Debunking the PGP backdoor myth for good. [was RE: Hypothesis: PGP backdoor (was: A security bug in PGP products?)]

2006-09-03 Thread Travis H.
to indicate a ring, as opposed to a parameter that you'd have to store? -- If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate. Unix guru for rent or hire -- http://www.lightconsulting.com/~travis/ GPG fingerprint: 9D3F 395A DAC5 5CCC 9066 151D 0A6B 4098 0C55 1484

uniformly random selection algorithms

2006-09-03 Thread Travis H.
guru for rent or hire -- http://www.lightconsulting.com/~travis/ GPG fingerprint: 9D3F 395A DAC5 5CCC 9066 151D 0A6B 4098 0C55 1484 - The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending unsubscribe cryptography to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

correction to uniformly random selection algorithms

2006-09-03 Thread Travis H.
I just realized I made a small error in algorithm 2. On 9/2/06, Travis H. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2. This algorithm seems to waste fewer bits: Initialize with c = 0. x = extraction of n bits That should read: x = extraction of ceil(lg(p-c)) bits Otherwise there's nothing gained by carrying

Re: A security bug in PGP products?

2006-08-30 Thread Travis H.
be truncated, although it seems to me that it's better to encrypt a hash of the plaintext. -- If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate. Unix guru for rent or hire -- http://www.lightconsulting.com/~travis/ GPG fingerprint: 9D3F 395A DAC5 5CCC 9066 151D 0A6B 4098 0C55 1484

Re: Hypothesis: PGP backdoor (was: A security bug in PGP products?)

2006-08-30 Thread Travis H.
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Re: compressing randomly-generated numbers

2006-08-30 Thread Travis H.
. The easiest way to eliminate (computationally) bias and dependency in one step is to combine with a CSPRNG. You can reseed it periodically with the combined output. -- If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate. Unix guru for rent or hire -- http://www.lightconsulting.com/~travis

Re: Hamiltonian path as protection against DOS.

2006-08-27 Thread Travis H.
What is the complexity class for Eulerian paths/trails? Wikipedia doesn't say. -- If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate. Unix guru for rent or hire -- http://www.lightconsulting.com/~travis/ GPG fingerprint: 9D3F 395A DAC5 5CCC 9066 151D 0A6B 4098 0C55 1484

collisions in 64 round variant of SHA-1 with 25% chosen plaintext

2006-08-27 Thread Travis H.
, however, that the amount that can be freely selected can be further increased by optimising the attack.'' -- If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate. Unix guru for rent or hire -- http://www.lightconsulting.com/~travis/ GPG fingerprint: 9D3F 395A DAC5 5CCC 9066 151D 0A6B 4098

CRCs and passphrase hashing

2006-08-27 Thread Travis H.
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Re: [IP] more on Can you be compelled to give a password?

2006-08-10 Thread Travis H.
. This suggests ECC at the present -- If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate. Unix guru for rent or hire -- http://www.lightconsulting.com/~travis/ GPG fingerprint: 9D3F 395A DAC5 5CCC 9066 151D 0A6B 4098 0C55 1484

Re: [IP] more on Can you be compelled to give a password?

2006-08-10 Thread Travis H.
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Re: [IP] more on Can you be compelled to give a password?

2006-08-10 Thread Travis H.
On 8/8/06, Travis H. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Or, nobody has the data: http://monolith.sourceforge.net/ http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/03/monolith.html Grr... remind me not to read the comments on old blogs, it's irritating to see so much misrepresentation... The monolith model

compressing randomly-generated numbers

2006-08-10 Thread Travis H.
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Re: NIST hash function design competition

2006-07-21 Thread Travis H.
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Re: Interesting bit of a quote

2006-07-16 Thread Travis H.
has failed from a failure. Unix guru for sale or rent - http://www.lightconsulting.com/~travis/ -- GPG fingerprint: 9D3F 395A DAC5 5CCC 9066 151D 0A6B 4098 0C55 1484 - The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending

Re: Interesting bit of a quote

2006-07-14 Thread Travis H.
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Re: NIST hash function design competition

2006-07-13 Thread Travis H.
hash performance is also welcome. How exactly does data pipelining affect hash run times more than a cipher? -- Resolve is what distinguishes a person who has failed from a failure. Unix guru for sale or rent - http://www.lightconsulting.com/~travis/ -- GPG fingerprint: 9D3F 395A DAC5 5CCC 9066

timing attack biblio/link farm posted

2006-07-13 Thread Travis H.
I'm still fleshing it out, but I've gathered a bunch of links/papers on side-channel attacks: http://www.lightconsulting.com/~travis/side_channel_attacks.html Suggestions welcome. -- Resolve is what distinguishes a person who has failed from a failure. Unix guru for sale or rent - http

Correction: Side Channel Attack web page, was Re: timing attack biblio/link farm posted

2006-07-13 Thread Travis H.
Sorry, noticed the subject line was misleading. It contains every side channel attack I could find, including but not limited to timing. -- Resolve is what distinguishes a person who has failed from a failure. Unix guru for sale or rent - http://www.lightconsulting.com/~travis/ -- GPG

Re: Interesting bit of a quote

2006-07-12 Thread Travis H.
distinguishes a person who has failed from a failure. Unix guru for sale or rent - http://www.lightconsulting.com/~travis/ -- GPG fingerprint: 9D3F 395A DAC5 5CCC 9066 151D 0A6B 4098 0C55 1484 - The Cryptography Mailing List

Re: Quantum RNG (was: Use of TPM chip for RNG)

2006-07-08 Thread Travis H.
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Re: Use of TPM chip for RNG?

2006-07-04 Thread Travis H.
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