Re: [cryptography] coderman's keys

2013-11-01 Thread Zack Weinberg
On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 9:01 AM, Dave Howe davehowe.pentest...@gmail.com wrote: On 01/11/2013 12:04, Natanael wrote: No hints at what kind of client it takes? Custom config or recompile? From the url in the key, I am assuming it is a tor hidden service, hence you would need a local MTA able

Re: [cryptography] Subquantum Crypto Attack

2013-07-26 Thread Zack Weinberg
on both quantum mechanics and computation is wrong, until I hear otherwise from someone who has demonstrated that they know what they are talking about, _such as_ Scott Aaronson (http://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/); and I recommend this strategy to all. zw On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 12:57 PM, Zack

Re: [cryptography] Just how bad is OpenSSL ?

2012-11-12 Thread Zack Weinberg
On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 2:32 AM, Jeffrey Walton noloa...@gmail.com wrote: GCC really should provide a function like SecureZeroMemory that cannot be optimized away. Its easier than educating every developer about the optimization issue and telling them to compile with -O0. The Ostrich

Re: [cryptography] abstract: Air to Ground Quantum Key Distribution

2012-09-18 Thread Zack Weinberg
On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 3:30 PM, Natanael natanae...@gmail.com wrote: Does anybody here take quantum crypto seriously? Just wondering. I do not see any benefit over classical methods. If one trusts the entire link and knows it's not MitM'd in advance, what advantage if any does quantum key