RIAA Secret Meeting

2001-10-09 Thread R. A. Hettinga
--- begin forwarded text Status: U Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2001 23:24:40 -0700 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: John Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RIAA Secret Meeting Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anonymous reports on a secret meeting of

Re: AGAINST ID CARDS

2001-10-09 Thread Bill McGonigle
On Thursday, October 4, 2001, at 06:41 , Arnold G. Reinhold wrote: > The licenses would still be issued by the states so there would be no > new bureaucracy. > Thoughts? We have the technology to implement a good electronic ID system, but it wouldn't solve any security problems: --- htt

Re: Kerchoff's principle

2001-10-09 Thread Ariel Waissbein
Look up his article "criptographie millitaire" (writen in 1883) at http://www.tcs.hut.fi/~helger/crypto/link/history/index.html it is quite interesting. the prnciple basically states that a cryptographic protocol's security should not relay on the knowledge of how does the protocol itself is, e.

Re: AGAINST ID CARDS

2001-10-09 Thread Bill Stewart
At 06:41 PM 10/04/2001 -0400, Arnold G. Reinhold wrote: >I too am very nervous about the prospect of national ID cards. >I have an idea for a possible compromise, but I have not made up my mind >on it. >I'm interested in hearing other people's opinions. > >The idea is a federal standard for secur

[FYI] Dutch Government wants to regulate strong cryptography

2001-10-09 Thread Axel H Horns
http://www.heise.de/tp/english/inhalt/te/9763/1.html - CUT - Dutch Government wants to regulate strong cryptography Jelle van Buuren 09.10.2001 Action plan to combat terrorism targets modern communication technologies The Du

Kerchoff's principle

2001-10-09 Thread GANATRA CHETAN /INFRA/INFOTECH
Can any one tell me whats Kerchoff's principle .chetan [Moderator's note: It is a set of principles, actually, about how to build crypto systems that are secure. The most important is that you must assume that the adversary will eventually learn the details of your cryptographic algorithms, so

RIAA Secret Meeting

2001-10-09 Thread John Young
Anonymous reports on a secret meeting of RIAA: http://cryptome.org/riaa-secret.htm Excerpt: "On Thursday October 4 there was a closed-door RIAA meeting at the Ritz-Carlton, which was 'a direction setting' meeting. The individuals of note attending were: Hillary Rosen - RIAA Chief Steve