Re: Toshiba shows 2Mbps hardware RNG

2008-02-15 Thread Dan Kaminsky
Peter Gutmann wrote: David G. Koontz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Military silicon already has RNG on chip (e.g. AIM, Advanced INFOSEC Machine, Motorola), That's only a part of it. Military silicon has a hardware RNG on chip alongside a range of other things because they know full

kit to prevent computers from losing power during seizure.

2008-02-15 Thread Perry E. Metzger
It appears that disk encryption techniques are spawning technical responses. This gadget lets law enforcement take a computer without ever turning off the power. http://www.wiebetech.com/products/HotPlug.php Countermeasures are, of course, quite possible. [Hat tip: Bruce Schneier's blog.] --

Re: House o' Shame: Amtrak

2008-02-15 Thread John Ioannidis
Not just Amtrak. The Economist and The New Yorker both do the same thing. I tried engaging them in a discussion on the subject. The Economist never replied, whereas the New Yorker assured me that those addresses were indeed theirs. I haven't figured out how to get past the clueless people

Re: House o' Shame: Amtrak

2008-02-15 Thread Peter Gutmann
Perry E. Metzger [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Steve Bellovin documents on his blog a recent attempt by Amtrak to teach its customers to be phishing victims: http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb/blog/2008-02/2008-02-13.html From the blog: The next problem, though, is that the message asks people to

Re: Toshiba shows 2Mbps hardware RNG

2008-02-15 Thread Steven M. Bellovin
On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:38:49 -0800 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Pat Farrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Subject: Re: Toshiba shows 2Mbps hardware RNG Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:40:19 -0500 Perry E. Metzger wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Gutmann)