NSA offers supersecure Linux

2001-10-05 Thread R. A. Hettinga
NSA offers supersecure Linux By Deni Connor 4 October, 2001 11:20 Framingham, U.S. http://www.computerworld.com.au/idg2.nsf/a/00043016?OpenDocumentn=ec=CP The National Security Agency, the government's security arm, along with help from Network Associates, last week announced it has made a

DECSS (qrpff) Ties

2001-10-05 Thread R. A. Hettinga
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NSA upgrade plans

2001-10-05 Thread Arnold G. Reinhold
There is an interesting article in Federal Computer Week http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2001/0910/news-nsa-09-10-01.asp that says NSA planning a major effort to modernize the nation's cryptoystems which are rapidly growing obsolete and vulnerable. They quote Michael Jacobs, head of NSA's

Re: Historical PKI resources

2001-10-05 Thread Arnold G. Reinhold
At 11:10 AM -0800 1/5/2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I have found significant information about PKI as it exists today, but am looking for some background information. I'm looking for information about the history of PKI, how and where it started, how it developed,

Zero-Knowledge Systems Discontinues Freedom Network Services(was Re: ExtremeTech Security: Investigation of Security Holes to beCriminalized?)

2001-10-05 Thread R. A. Hettinga
At 5:02 PM -0400 on 10/4/01, ExtremeTech Security wrote: Zero-Knowledge Systems Discontinues Freedom Network Services Zero-Knowledge Systems, a Canadian company which offered anonymous Web browsing and e-mail services, has announced that it will be curtailing and/or discontinuing these

Re: AGAINST ID CARDS

2001-10-05 Thread Arnold G. Reinhold
I too am very nervous about the prospect of national ID cards. I have an idea for a possible compromise, but I have not made up my mind on it. I'm interested in hearing other people's opinions. The idea is a federal standard for secure drivers' licenses. These would be cards containing a

Re: AGAINST ID CARDS

2001-10-05 Thread R. A. Hettinga
At 6:41 PM -0400 on 10/4/01, Arnold G. Reinhold wrote: Thoughts? See the work of Stephan Brands, and others, on capabability based credentials. You don't need anything but the proof of a permission to drive, and linkability of that proof-token to driving offenses in the database. Nobody

/.: Ian Goldberg Re: ZeroKnowledge to Discontinue AnonymityService

2001-10-05 Thread R. A. Hettinga
ZeroKnowledge to Discontinue Anonymity Service | Preferences | Top | 294 comments | Search Discussion Threshold: Save: The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way. Re:Ian Goldberg, Bruce Schneier Whitfield Di (Score:5,

Opening shots in the war on Steganography

2001-10-05 Thread nnburk
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/primetime/DailyNews/PRIMETIME_011004_steganography.html A Secret Language Hijackers May Have Used Secret Internet Messaging Technique By Brian Ross Oct. 4 — The terrorists responsible for the Sept. 11 attacks may have communicated over the Internet using a

Re: Best practices/HOWTO for key storage in small office/home

2001-10-05 Thread Bill Manning
floppy pccard ibutton USB (et.al.) Make sure that you keep a working system around so that when you want/need to use/reuse the key, you can still get to it. --bill (who has some data on 7track tape that -REALLY- should be migrated to something else... like

Re: Passport Passwords Stored in Plaintext

2001-10-05 Thread Hadmut Danisch
On Fri, Oct 05, 2001 at 01:22:31PM -0500, Joseph Ashwood wrote: [ Greate description of M$ ... ] I am unaware of anything microsoft has ever written that could be considered secure and there is evidence that they plan Outlook once offered me the choice between no encryption and a so called

Re: Passport Passwords Stored in Plaintext

2001-10-05 Thread P.J. Ponder
The original proposal for dot-net was to *centralize* all of the personal information on at one location. This part may be changing with recent capitulations regarding, of all things, interoperability. This idea of centralizing everyone's personal information is the scary part of all this to