[SF-BAY-CYPHERPUNKS] 11 Sept: "A5/2 and Other RecentunDevelopments"

1999-09-09 Thread Dave Del Torto
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Re: crypto on calculators

1999-09-09 Thread Matt Crawford
> > Are you saying that there are existing encryption programs for the > > Pilot or that there are better languages to program it in? (Basic > > really isn't bad for something like RC4) > > If I understand it correctly, there exists a Pilot C (C++ ?) development > suite for Windows from Metrowe

crypto on calculators

1999-09-09 Thread mgraffam
On Thu, 9 Sep 1999, Arnold Reinhold wrote: > Are you saying that there are existing encryption programs for the > Pilot or that there are better languages to program it in? (Basic > really isn't bad for something like RC4) If I understand it correctly, there exists a Pilot C (C++ ?) developmen

Re: Paul Brown on Solitiare randomness flaw?

1999-09-09 Thread Thomas W. Kellar
I wrote a rc4 based encryption/decryption program for my TI86. You can enter an alphabetic key (up to 256 characters). Enter some uppercase only alphabetic plaintext, then it displays decimal numbers representing the encryption of the plaintext. In decrypt mode you enter your key, then the deci

Re: Paul Brown on Solitiare randomness flaw?

1999-09-09 Thread Arnold Reinhold
At 8:32 PM -0700 9/8/99, Bill Stewart wrote: >At 09:23 AM 9/8/99 -0400, Arnold Reinhold wrote: >... > >Staples stocks the TI-83+ at $92.99. So for under a hundred bucks and > >a little time spent in TIBasic programming you can own an > >off-the-shelf coding machine using strong encryption, interop

Re: plausible CAPI recovery designs (Re: FW: Cryptonym...)

1999-09-09 Thread Martin Minow
Adam Back wrote: > > This general area of discussion -- software modification > authentication -- is a bit fuzzy: if you can modify the software you > can patch out the check of the signature (a correctly placed NOP is > known to do it). > The "PowerTalk" release of Macintosh System 7 (around 1

Re: plausible CAPI recovery designs (Re: FW: Cryptonym...)

1999-09-09 Thread P.J. Ponder
On Thu, 9 Sep 1999, Adam Back wrote: > > This general area of discussion -- software modification > authentication -- is a bit fuzzy: if you can modify the software you > can patch out the check of the signature (a correctly placed NOP is > known to do it). One of the things SET had right was

plausible CAPI recovery designs (Re: FW: Cryptonym...)

1999-09-09 Thread Adam Back
This general area of discussion -- software modification authentication -- is a bit fuzzy: if you can modify the software you can patch out the check of the signature (a correctly placed NOP is known to do it). However, and for example in the FIPS 140-1 crypto software validation program, you

Fwd: (event) MIT Security Studies Program Seminar Series Fall '99 (Wed. 12-1:30)

1999-09-09 Thread Robert Hettinga
--- begin forwarded text Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 15:23:56 -0400 To: "Robert A. Hettinga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: Subject: Fwd: (event) MIT Security Studies Program Seminar Series Fall '99 (Wed. 12-1:30) Hi Bob, there's a line below that Ron Rivest is speaking on Oct 13 -

ANNOUNCE - SF Bay Area Cypherpunks Saturday 11 September 1999 Physical Meeting

1999-09-09 Thread Bill Stewart
You're invited to the SF Bay Area Cypherpunks Saturday 11 September 1999 Physical Meeting! This is an open public meeting on US soil. General Info: DATE: Saturday 11 September 1999 TIME: 1:00 - 6:00 PM (Pacific Time) PLACE: AT&T, 2730 San Tomas Expressway, Santa Clara CA Meeting Agenda:

Re: Paul Brown on Solitiare randomness flaw?

1999-09-09 Thread Bill Stewart
At 09:23 AM 9/8/99 -0400, Arnold Reinhold wrote: >BTW, several of these units also permit assembly language >programming. The 83/83+ is Z80 based. The 89/92+ are 68000 based, >with 188K of RAM. PGP isn't out of the question on those. ... >Staples stocks the TI-83+ at $92.99. So for under a hund