Duke/HP CPU average 3.75 hrs to crack 40-bit crypto

fyi. Source: Duke University - Posted=DD1/14/99 (http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/research/ENCRYPT.HTM) "Experimental Break-Ins Reveal Vulnerability In Internet, UNIX Computer Security" DURHAM, N.C., USA - Duke University computer science researchers found that using an experimental computer, they

SAFE returns?

Quite a week. India threatens to ban U.S. weakened crypto, France takes step towards permitting the domestic use of cryptography, and now SAFE is being re-introduced http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,31032,00.html Crypto policy back in the spotlight By Courtney Macavinta Staff Writer,

Re: How to put info in the public domain for patent puropses?

"Arnold G. Reinhold" wrote on 1999-01-14 05:07 UTC: > If I recall correctly, the US Patent and Trademark Office has said that it > would not consider information placed on the Internet to be published for > patent purposes. Preparoing papers for journals or conferences is a pain, > takes months to

FIPS 46-3 Not Yet

Jim Foti's machine at NIST says that due to bad weather NIST is closed today, so the new FIPS 46-3 on 3DES could not be provided on the FIPS site as promised in today's Federal Register notice. He says he'll try to get it up tomorrow, or, at the latest, on Monday.

NIST Credits Deep Crack

NIST credits Deep Crack as the reason for proposing using 3DES in lieu of DES in its new FIPS 46-3 (previously posted : Quote: Recently claims have been made of a special-purpose hardware based attack on the DES. In light of this most recent attack, NIST can

NIST: FIPS 46-3 for 3DES

NIST today issued an RFC to replace FIPS 46-2 with a new FIPS 46-3 to provide for the use of Triple DES as specified in the ANSI X9.52 standard: http://jya.com/nist011599.txt

France to relax its crypto strictures?

FYI, just posted this news as Tasty Bit of the Day at http://tbtf.com/index.html#tbotoday . __ Keith Dawson Principal, the Technology Front Editor and Publisher, Tasty Bits from the Technology Front http://www.technologyfront.co

India knows our limitations

India Warns Against U.S. Security Software (01/14/99, 8:31 p.m. ET) By Malcolm Maclachlan, TechWeb Internet privacy advocates have said for years that limits on encryption exports could cripple the U.S. software industry, and now the Indian government has agreed with them. In a statement that h

Re: How to put info in the public domain for patent puropses?

At 9:30 AM -0800 1999-1-14, Phil Karn wrote: >>I f I recall correctly, the US Patent and Trademark Office has said that it >>would not consider information placed on the Internet to be published for >>patent purposes. Preparoing papers for journals or conferences is a pain, > >Is this really true?