Re: Is 3DES Broken?

2005-02-01 Thread Steven M. Bellovin
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Aram Perez writes: >Hi Folks, > >I hate to bother you with what I consider a dumb question, but I'm >trying to give a person the benefit of my doubts. There's a person on a >legal forum that I participate in that claims that 3DES has been >broken/cracked. However,

[ISN] REVIEW: "Modern Cryptography: Theory and Practice", Wenbo Mao

2005-02-01 Thread R.A. Hettinga
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Re: Simson Garfinkel analyses Skype - Open Society Institute

2005-02-01 Thread Ian Brown
I'd guess that many of the developing-world human rights groups funded by OSI would have legitimate reason to worry about wiretapping conducted by well-resourced opponents in their governments. They might also discuss information on a secure communication facility that they would avoid on a PST