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Crypto Confab Heats Up

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This would have been fun to attend! Declan McCullaugh writes ..."Take about 140 cryptographers, fly them to a remote Caribbean island, mix well with beach parties, endless supplies of rum punch, and toss in . . .

eSoft Opens Linux 'Gateway'

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Gateway and eSoft will collaborate to bring business applications to Linux. "eSoft, Inc. (Nasdaq: ESFT), the developer of the TEAM Internet Linux software suite, announced a strategic alliance Wednesday with Gateway, Inc. (NYSE: GTW) to advance Linux-based Internet software and . . .

Crypto must be controlled -- FBI director

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One small step backwards in electronic freedom. Thomas C. Greene writes..."FBI Director Louis Freeh remains determined to require cryptography users to register their keys so that the Bureau can crack their secret files whenever a judge can be persuaded . . .

New 3Com NIC with Encryption?

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Here's info on a new 3Com ethernet card that has encryption built-in. Does Linux support this card and the encryption features on it? It includes IPSec and 3DES encryption support. Email us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and we'll post the . . .

IT Week: WAP Steps of Security

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As we know, mobile security is a big problem. Rupert Collins-White writes..."Wireless devices will soon be able to reference digital certificates held on servers, boosting security for mobile e-commerce applications, thanks to version 1.3 of the Wireless Application Protocol . . .

NSA concerned about PKI scalability

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Protecting access to Defense Department information systems with public-key infrastructure software tokens presents an "enormous problem'" because of the scale of the effort involved in issuing digital certificates to a uniformed and civilian work force that totals more than a . . .

Programmable logic may ease encryption hacks

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"Separate papers at the FPGA 2000 conference here this week highlighted how programmable logic can be used to create or crack data encryption schemes. One paper outlined attempts to implement a cryptography algorithm in programmable hardware, while another showed how . . .

Criminal Code?

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Here is another article on the DeCESS issue by C. Scott ... "A judge's decision to ban a DVD-playing Linux program and all discussion about it outrages the free-software community." . . .

Revving the e-commerce engine

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This NW article discusses the results from a recent survey, "Two years from now, companies surveyed expect e-commerce to bring in an average of 41% of their total revenue, and they'll be dedicating an average of $83 million per year . . .