RE: outlook certs - solved

2000-06-24 Thread Peter Gutmann
Markku-Juhani Saarinen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I now believe you've decoded the below incorrectly because the leading bit is set, making this a signed number which may have made some of your tools croak. Decoding by hand, I get the following mod/exp: Are you saying that under some conditions

Electronic Signatures Yield Unpleasant Surprises

2000-06-24 Thread William Allen Simpson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Electronic Signatures Yield Unpleasant Surprises Knowledgeable Internet users might think that the "Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act" -- passed overwhelmingly by the US Congress last week -- would provide virtual world commerce with

FYI: a pessimistic look at security

2000-06-24 Thread R. A. Hettinga
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Re: Extracting Entropy?

2000-06-24 Thread John Kelsey
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- At 08:48 AM 6/20/00 +0100, Paul Crowley wrote: ... If you don't mind the limitation of 1k of internal state, then Panama could be used directly; push in your salt and passphrase, padding to the edge of the block with one followed by zeroes, then do 32 blank

Re: Electronic Signatures Yield Unpleasant Surprises

2000-06-24 Thread P.J. Ponder
On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, William Allen Simpson wrote: . . . . Surprise! Many consumers comparison shop on-line, but quit before purchasing, making their final purchase at a later time in a conventional manner. Vendors are now permitted another new fee for "withdrawal of consent".