Re: Changes in Russian licensing of cryptraghical tools

2008-01-21 Thread Bill Stewart

At 12:23 AM 1/20/2008, Alexander Klimov wrote:

Given what is required to get a license (for example, 4.b in the
first document, says that one must have people trained in
information security), I guess the new law is not supposed to
limit use of cryptography by ordinary people, but to limit
distribution of snake-oil by self-proclaimed professionals.


I would have guessed the opposite - it's designed to prevent
customized encryption solutions that actually work,
but not to prevent mass-market products.
Since you don't need a license for totally inadequate crypto,
you can still sell snake-oil customized for your users.

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Re: 2008: The year of hack the vote?

2008-01-21 Thread dan

Well, for all of you who want to prove that hacking
the vote is easy, here's your chance to do something:

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080121/D8UA8VGG0.html


[ ObDebate: is a winner-take-all state more or less
attractive to vote hacking? ]


--dan

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Re: DRM Helps Sink Another Content Distribution Project

2008-01-21 Thread dan

So, what is Apple doing for its brand-new iTunes movie rental thing?

1/3rd of the way into Jobs' song-and-dance
http://stream.qtv.apple.com/events/jan/f27853y2/m_972345688g_650_ref.mov

--dan

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