[p2p-hackers] Ideas for an opensource Skype lookalike (fwd from

At 12:45 PM 3/13/04 +0100, Eugen Leitl FORWARDED: - Forwarded message from Enzo Michelangeli [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Skype claims to use RSA-based key exchange, which is good for multi-party conferencing but does not preserve forward secrecy. Maybe some variant of ephemeral D-H authenticated

Return of the homebrew coder

Geodesic software, anyone? :-) Cheers, RAH --- http://www.economist.com/PrinterFriendly.cfm?Story_ID=2476892 The Economist MONITOR Return of the homebrew coder Mar 11th 2004 From The Economist print edition Software: Most modern software is written by huge teams of programmers. But

Career advise on entering the tech field

On Sun, 2004-03-14 at 07:36, Major Variola (ret) wrote: How are you going to land a sweet outsourced job if you ask others to do your homework? If Sarath is, in fact, a student who will soon be looking for work, he may do just fine. Getting a tech job has little to do with how much you know or

Re: inverse finding

At 5:40 AM -0800 3/14/04, Sarad AV wrote: I can't stop outsourcing.Don't blame me.Blame your own govt. Bzzt. Right answer, wrong reason. Government don't cause markets. Cheers, RAH -- - R. A. Hettinga mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation

Re: inverse finding

At 09:55 PM 3/12/04 -0800, Sarad AV wrote: if gcd(a,m)=1, for a*a inverse==1 mod m is it better to find a invese=a^(m-2) mod m by binary exponentiation modulo m or is it more time efficient by extended euclids algorithm for large 'm'? I dunno, why don't you think about it some? How are you

Re: Return of the homebrew coder

At 10:11 AM 3/14/04 -0500, R. A. Hettinga wrote: Return of the homebrew coder BEFORE Henry Ford unleashed the practice of mass production on the world, every little town had a few dozen artisans who made the lives of citizens easier. Software is also still in the craft stage where the designers

Re: inverse finding

I can't stop outsourcing.Don't blame me.Blame your own govt. Sarath. --- Major Variola (ret) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 09:55 PM 3/12/04 -0800, Sarad AV wrote: if gcd(a,m)=1, for a*a inverse==1 mod m is it better to find a invese=a^(m-2) mod m by binary exponentiation modulo m or is

Re: inverse finding

I can't stop outsourcing.Don't blame me.Blame your own govt. Holy Shit, Sarath...what's that got to do with Variola's little quip? And are you trying to suggest (On Cypherpunks, of all places) that the US government should somehow regulate outsourcing? (Me, I work with outsourced experts all

Re: [p2p-hackers] Ideas for an opensource Skype lookalike (fwd from em@em.no-ip.com)

On Sat, 13 Mar 2004, Eugen Leitl wrote: - Forwarded message from Enzo Michelangeli [EMAIL PROTECTED] - - Directories for location and presence. Nothing fancy here, already done before for P2P chat systems. I think I suggested it already somewhere. Use Jabber. Use Jabber ID instead of

Re: Return of the homebrew coder

Major Variola (ret) [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Life in the 21st century feels like being a proto-mammal 65Mya, do not get squashed by the monster lizards nor noticed by the hungry others. Small, quick, furry, that's us. Sometimes it gets cold, the lizards can't move fast enough, so we eat

Re: 'Special skills draft' on drawing board

R. A. Hettinga (2004-03-14 23:42Z) wrote: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/03/13/MNG905K1BC1.DTLtype=printable Richard Flahavan, a spokesman for the Selective Service System, said planning for a possible draft of linguists and computer experts had begun last fall after

'Special skills draft' on drawing board

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/03/13/MNG905K1BC1.DTLtype=printable www.sfgate.com 'Special skills draft' on drawing board Computer experts, foreign language specialists lead list of military's needs Eric Rosenberg, Hearst Newspapers Saturday, March 13,

Re: inverse finding

--- Tyler Durden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And are you trying to suggest (On Cypherpunks, of all places) that the US government should somehow regulate outsourcing? It doesnot matter what i think.Neither can I help it It already is http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3535893.stm Any way,I

If You Want to Protect A Security Secret, Make Sure It's Public

http://online.wsj.com/article_print/0,,SB107930573476054980,00.html The Wall Street Journal March 15, 2004 PORTALS By LEE GOMES If You Want to Protect A Security Secret, Make Sure It's Public Here is some news that is shocking but true: The most sensitive, most highly classified

Re: If You Want to Protect A Security Secret, Make Sure It's Public

R. A. Hettinga (2004-03-15 02:07Z) wrote: http://online.wsj.com/article_print/0,,SB107930573476054980,00.html If You Want to Protect A Security Secret, Make Sure It's Public What is terrible article titles for $500, Alex? -- That woman deserves her revenge... and... we deserve to die.