Re: Roger Needham Died - from The Register

2003-03-03 Thread Matt Blaze
Sad, sad news. Roger's pioneering contributions to our art speak (volumes) for themselves, and our field is diminished by the loss of his future insights. But I will miss him most for his enormous generosity, his sharp wit, and his personal integrity. -matt Obit: Roger

Re: Did you *really* zeroize that key?

2002-11-07 Thread Matt Blaze
At 03:55 PM 11/7/02 +0100, Steven M. Bellovin wrote: Regardless of whether one uses volatile or a pragma, the basic point remains: cryptographic application writers have to be aware of what a clever compiler can do, so that they know to take countermeasures. Wouldn't a crypto coder be