Re: Columbia crypto box

2003-02-10 Thread Matthew Byng-Maddick
as well just give up. By re-using the key, I can get plaintext (combinator) plaintext, which is easier to solve than plaintext (combinator) cipherstream. It's one of those things, like re-using a pad. MBM -- Matthew Byng-Maddick [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://colondot.net

Re: Patents as a security mechanism

2003-01-21 Thread Matthew Byng-Maddick
the availability of multi-region players; the patents protect the security of the region coding system. Related to this, some years ago is the games console industry. The DVD CCA is by no means the first to do such a thing. MBM -- Matthew Byng-Maddick [EMAIL PROTECTED] http