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Source: Security Portal - Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas
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Encryption is the process of converting data from one form (what would be considered to be readable either through plaintext or through some specific viewer like MS Word) into ciphertext. The actual process that takes place during this conversion widely varies, . . . |
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Source: Counterpane - Posted by Dave Wreski
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This month's cryptogram discusses the "Window of Exposure", the period between when the security advisory is released and the updated software is actually applied. It also discusses his new book, Secrets and Lies, more on Carnivore, the recent PGP vulnerability, and . . . |
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Source: Linux Journal - Posted by Chris Pallack
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Over the last year or so, we've heard a lot about how software patents, which became legal in the U.S. in 1981, stifle innovation. James Bessen and Eric Maskin conducted a study showing that ``far from unleashing a flurry of new . . . |
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Source: ApacheToday - Posted by Dave Wreski
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This article talks about "template-driven pages, this time using Perl and Python to deliver those SSI templates straight into CGI documents. In the last article we examined the different ways in which we could introduce pages purely using the SSI (Server . . . |
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Source: InformationWeek - Posted by Dave Wreski
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RSA's competitors' reactions to the expiration are mixed. Baltimore Technologies Inc. responded with its own announcement of new products and initiatives. It's eliminating its runtime licensing for its PKI development suite KeyTools and will switch to a flat fee, and it's also offering a free KeyTools Lite, which includes cryptographic and digital certificate functions, including communication with a certificate authority or a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol directory. . . . |
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Source: SecurityPortal - Posted by Dave Wreski
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The release of the algorithm is a good thing because you can now create cryptographic software using one RSA implementation and distribute it worldwide without having to license anything from RSA. ... This is good news because you can, for example, . . . |
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GPG vs. PGP?
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07 September 2000
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Source: Slashdot.org - Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas
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What are the relative merits and drawbacks of using Gnu Privacy Guard vs. Network Associates' PGP. I am not referring to the fact that GPG doesn't use any restricted implemtations or algorithems; or that GPG was not affected by the recent . . . |
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Source: ZDNet UK - Posted by Dave Wreski
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... Despite RSA's gesture, several competitors who have paid royalties for use of the algorithm for up to 17 years, argue that the industry could have done with the patent relaxation earlier. "Of course its fantastic news, but after 17 years to suddenly release it two weeks early is a bit of a stunt," says Paddy Holahan, vice president of marketing at Baltimore Technology. "It has held back e-commerce.". . . |
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Source: kfu.com - Posted by Dave Wreski
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Interested in knowing up to the second increments on the status of the impending RSA patent expiration? This site also provides a view on what the author thinks of software patents to begin with... "The patent office has shown remarkable incompetence . . . |
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Source: NWFusion - Posted by Dave Wreski
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Phil Zimmermann, the creator of Pretty Good Privacy (PGP), responds to the recent flaw discovered in Network Associates implementation of the Additional Decryption Key (ADK) feature. This is a key escrow account that allows a responsible third-party to gain access to . . . |
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