Re: CeBIT: Federal German Ministry of Economics Forces E-mail Encryption

2002-03-21 Thread Stefan Kelm
http://www.cebit.de/top-21508.html?druckeboot=1news_article_id=350archiv=1 CeBIT: Federal German Ministry of Economics Forces E-mail Encryption At the CeBIT the Federal German Ministry of Economics distributes for free the mail encryption program GnuPP 1.1 complete with manual. The mail

[Announce] Announcing a GnuPG plugin for Mozilla (Enigmail)

2002-03-21 Thread R. A. Hettinga
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Re: Secure peripheral cards

2002-03-21 Thread R. A. Hettinga
At 7:21 PM -0500 on 3/20/02, Roop Mukherjee wrote: I am searching for some citable references about secure peripheral cards. Contrary to what I had imagined when I had started searching, I found very little. I am looking to see what are the peripherals that have cryptographic capabilities

[SIMSOFT] Identity Card Delusions

2002-03-21 Thread R. A. Hettinga
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Re: crypto question

2002-03-21 Thread Nelson Minar
Question. Is it possible to have code that contains a private encryption key safely? As a practical matter, yes and no. Practically no, because any way you hide the encryption key could be reverse engineered. Practically yes, because if you work at it you can make the key hard enough to reverse

Re: Secure peripheral cards

2002-03-21 Thread Adam Back
On Thu, Mar 21, 2002 at 10:02:20AM -0500, R. A. Hettinga wrote: At 7:21 PM -0500 on 3/20/02, Roop Mukherjee wrote: I am searching for some citable references about secure peripheral cards. Contrary to what I had imagined when I had started searching, I found very little. I am looking to

Re: crypto question

2002-03-21 Thread Arnold G. Reinhold
At 8:52 PM -0800 3/20/02, Mike Brodhead wrote: The usual good solution is to make a human type in a secret. Of course, the downside is that the appropriate human must be present for the system to come up properly. It's not clear to me what having the human present accomplishes. While the

Re: crypto question

2002-03-21 Thread Pat Farrell
At 08:52 PM 3/20/2002 -0800, Mike Brodhead wrote: The usual good solution is to make a human type in a secret. Of course, the downside is that the appropriate human must be present for the system to come up properly. Yes, of course, that is why I wrote: The usual bad solution is to store it

Finding Pay Dirt in Scannable Driver's Licenses

2002-03-21 Thread R. A. Hettinga
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/21/technology/circuits/21DRIV.html?todaysheadlines=pagewanted=printposition=top March 21, 2002 Finding Pay Dirt in Scannable Driver's Licenses By JENNIFER 8. LEE OSTON -- ABOUT 10,000 people a week go to The Rack, a bar in Boston favored by sports stars,

Text of Sen. Hollings' revised SSSCA, now called the CBDTPA

2002-03-21 Thread Declan McCullagh
Wired News article on the CBDTPA: http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,51245,00.html The bill, called the Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act (CBDTPA), prohibits the sale or distribution of nearly any kind of electronic device -- unless that device includes

RE: crypto question

2002-03-21 Thread McMeikan, Andrew
Many thanks on all the pointers and interest. Although I was planning on sneaking around making more progress before letting the cat out the bag, I guess it is time to expose it for some open criticism. This is just a plan so far, no code yet. Although until the ability to safely split