Re: RC4 [was: RE: Passport Passwords Stored in Plaintext]

2001-10-23 Thread Eric Young
Adam Shostack wrote: | RC4 is like a brick that can be used to build a house. I'd say that RC4 is like one of those cool, semi-opaque glass bricks. Considering that RSA Security changed their logo to a red 'brick' a while back (they called it a brick as part of the corporate PR around the

Reversed broadcasts key to underwater secrecy

2001-10-23 Thread R. A. Hettinga
Reminds me, somehow, of a remailer reply block... Cheers, RAH http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns1440 Reversed broadcasts key to underwater secrecy 09:49 22 October 01 Ian Sample Playing sound waves backwards could help the US Navy set up secure

Re: My HP printer talking to the FBI?

2001-10-23 Thread rmonty
If your HP Printer is a network model it is equipped with SNMP. It could have the alarm mode set, in which case it could make a call. This is going to sound strange, but does your printer call the FBI? I was looking through my firewall logs and found this gem: Oct 17 03:43:33 btw

Re: My HP printer talking to the FBI?

2001-10-23 Thread ji
Dennis Glatting wrote: I was looking through my firewall logs and found this gem: Oct 17 03:43:33 btw /kernel: Oct 17 03:41:34 btw /kernel: ipfw: 7800 Unreach TCP 12.1.224.109:80 206.129.5.146:1115 in via xl1 I haven't used ipfw in a while; I assume this means that

Re: My HP printer talking to the FBI?

2001-10-23 Thread Dennis Glatting
On Tue, 2001-10-23 at 21:43, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dennis Glatting wrote: I was looking through my firewall logs and found this gem: Oct 17 03:43:33 btw /kernel: Oct 17 03:41:34 btw /kernel: ipfw: 7800 Unreach TCP 12.1.224.109:80 206.129.5.146:1115 in via xl1