Enigma-E

2004-09-22 Thread Perry E. Metzger
Always wanted an Enigma but the finite supply on the open market a bother? Well, now you can get a PC board kit for constructing an electronic version of the old World War II favorite! You'll have to make the wooden case yourself, though. http://www.xat.nl/enigma-e/index.htm Perry PS Hat tip to

Re: Academics locked out by tight visa controls

2004-09-22 Thread Adam Shostack
Hi Dan, Not Rome, but in Athens, Pericles said, in his funeral oration: "The freedom which we enjoy in our democratic government extends also to our ordinary life. We throw open our city to the world, and never by alien acts exclude foreigners from any opportunity of learning or observing alth

Re: public-key: the wrong model for email?

2004-09-22 Thread Ed Gerck
Ben Laurie wrote: I am suggesting that if you cannot rely on the recipient (or their machine) to manage keys properly, then you also cannot rely on them to manage decrypted emails properly. Yes. This thread is about the observation that, even if the recipient manages keys perfectly well, the re

Re: Time for new hash standard

2004-09-22 Thread John Kelsey
>From: Ian Farquhar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Sep 20, 2004 10:14 PM >To: "\"Hal Finney\"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED], > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Time for new hash standard >At 05:43 AM 21/09/2004, Hal Finney wrote: >>I believe this is a MAC, despite the name. It seems t

Re: public-key: the wrong model for email?

2004-09-22 Thread Ben Laurie
Ed Gerck wrote: Ben Laurie wrote: Ed Gerck wrote: If the recipient cannot in good faith detect a key-access ware, or a GAK-ware, or a Trojan, or a bug, why would a complete background check of the recipient help? Let's assume for a moment that a solution exists that satisfies your requirements. S

Airlines Told to Turn Over Passenger Data

2004-09-22 Thread R. A. Hettinga
My Way News Airlines Told to Turn Over Passenger Data Sep 21, 1:36 PM (ET) By LESLIE MILLER WASHINGTON (AP) - The Transportation Security Administration announced on Tuesday that it will order domestic airlines to turn over personal in

Re: Academics locked out by tight visa controls

2004-09-22 Thread dan
Lynn (or anyone) -- I have a small question of history, viz., when Rome was in its heyday what sort of rules and so forth did it have about citizens versus non-citizens in the city? This is not to start a long thread, or so I hope, but if there is a lesson of history rather than speculation perha