Re: absolutely nothing to panic over

2015-10-23 Thread da...@gbenet.com
listo factor: > On 10/06/2015 02:07 PM, Robert J. Hansen - r...@sixdemonbag.org wrote: >> Australian researchers have figured out how to make a quantum gate on a >> silicon chip. [...] there's absolutely nothing to panic over. > > Yup, instead of panicking, we should simply acknowledge the fact >

absolutely nothing to panic over

2015-10-23 Thread listo factor
On 10/06/2015 02:07 PM, Robert J. Hansen - r...@sixdemonbag.org wrote: Australian researchers have figured out how to make a quantum gate on a silicon chip. [...] there's absolutely nothing to panic over. Yup, instead of panicking, we should simply acknowledge the fact that secret communication

Installing gpg2/commads?

2015-10-23 Thread Sebastian Rose-Indorf
Hello, are there some commands for installing the gnupg-w32-2.1.x_.exe (like -silent or -no_registry)? Sebastian ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

Re: libgrypt in Wikipedia? (help wanted)

2015-10-23 Thread Werner Koch
On Fri, 23 Oct 2015 16:55, bernh...@intevation.de said: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Cryptography_Libraries > is not well linked yet, but maybe it will be at some point! Although, I posted some data last night and Martin quickly updated the page, I am not sure whether that listin

Re: libgrypt in Wikipedia? (help wanted)

2015-10-23 Thread Bernhard Reiter
On Thursday 22 October 2015 at 19:03:24, Martin Behrendt wrote: > I don't consider myself a Wikipedia author but I followed "Sei mutig". ; > ) Thanks! It seems that the page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Cryptography_Libraries is not well linked yet, but maybe it will be at some poi

Re: First quantum gates in silicon

2015-10-23 Thread Robert J. Hansen
> http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/10/nsa-advisory-sparks-concern-of-secret-advance-ushering-in-cryptoapocalypse/ Interesting. It's worth remembering, though, that users who have a 50-year writ-in-stone absolute need for security are, by their very nature, going to be paranoid gits. :) Imag

Re: Direct signatures

2015-10-23 Thread Neal H. Walfield
Hi Lachlan, At Fri, 23 Oct 2015 10:58:22 +0200, Lachlan Gunn wrote: > Is there any way make GNUPG or libgpgme generate a signature from an > externally-computed hash? My justifications for this are twofold: In theory yes, in practice no. To generate an OpenPGP signature, the OpenPGP implementati

Direct signatures

2015-10-23 Thread Lachlan Gunn
Hello, Is there any way make GNUPG or libgpgme generate a signature from an externally-computed hash? My justifications for this are twofold: 1. Isolation---by removing the need for gpg to see the original data, it becomes possible to perform signatures on a system that is completely isolated, a

Re: First quantum gates in silicon

2015-10-23 Thread Mark Rousell
On 23/10/2015 08:54, Johan Wevers wrote: > I just saw this posted in sci.crypt: > > http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/10/nsa-advisory-sparks-concern-of-secret-advance-ushering-in-cryptoapocalypse/ > > Short quote from the article linked to above: > > In August, National Security Agency offic

Re: First quantum gates in silicon

2015-10-23 Thread Johan Wevers
On 06-10-2015 16:07, Robert J. Hansen wrote: > Australian researchers have figured out how to make a quantum gate on a > silicon chip. This is interesting work, because we've spent a *lot* of > money learning how to etch silicon. Being able to build quantum gates > on the same material that our