London Times on quantum crypto

1999-10-04 Thread K. M. Ellis
http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/tim/99/09/29/timintint02001.html?1341 861 No Safety in Numbers After an Israeli research institute said it could break Europe's banking codes in less than a second, an intitiative has been launched that could result in unbreakable codes. The European In

Re: Wirelss Networking Encryption...

1999-07-21 Thread K. M. Ellis
Apple currently uses 56-bit DES in other password protected systems, such as the Users & Groups Preferences file and for the Appleshare IP Web & File Server application. I'd suspect that they use DES. A lot of their market share is overseas, so they're probably worried about crypto export law c

Re: US export restrictions - a travellers guide ?

1999-07-06 Thread K. M. Ellis
Right now there are no import restrictions on encryption software in the U.S. And you probably won't get any hassle going back to Norway, since "personal use" crypto is supposed to be okay. For a general guide on these issues, see http://www2.epic.org/reports/crypto1999.html for a country-by-c

EPIC releases 1999 Crypto report

1999-06-08 Thread K. M. Ellis
>From the Executive Summary: "In the vast majority of countries, cryptography may be freely used, manufactured, and sold without restriction. This is true for both leading industrial countries and for developing countries. There is a movement towards international relaxation of regulations rel

NSA's economic interest in European GAK

1999-05-18 Thread K. M. Ellis
Wow. http://www.nytimes.com/techweb/TW_Report_U_S_Uses_Key_Escrow_To_Steal_Secrets.html - K. Ellis -- KB3CWP -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - "There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men -- true nobility is being superior to your former self"

Privacy Jobs Announcement (fwd)

1999-04-16 Thread K. M. Ellis
If you've always wanted to be a crypto advocate and get _paid_ to do it, EPIC is hiring. - K. Ellis -- KB3CWP -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - "There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men -- true nobility is being superior to your former self" -

Computers, Freedom, & Privacy 1999 CFP

1999-01-11 Thread K. M. Ellis
[Circulate until January 15, 1999] Computers, Freedom + Privacy 1999 THE GLOBAL INTERNET Omni Shoreham Hotel Washington, DC April 6-8, 1999 CALL FOR PROPOSALS The Program Committee of the

Re: Bidzos pro-wassenaar posturing.

1999-01-08 Thread K. M. Ellis
I'd be interested in reading the rest of the document this was pulled from. I'm not interested in defending Bidzos, but this statement, as presented, could be interpreted a number of ways. On 7 Jan 1999, Julian Assange wrote: > >"Recently, the administration announced that the 33 Wassenaar

ANNOUNCE: DC Cypherpunks Meeting Sat, Nov 21st

1998-11-20 Thread K. M. Ellis
Crack open your palm pilots and take note! And please repost widely. Our mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), along with the rest of eff.org, is sadly out of commission. DC Cypherpunks will hold a meeting at the Electronic Privacy Information Center office in Washington, DC. DATE: Soon! Satur

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1998-11-16 Thread K. M. Ellis
Crack open your palm pilots and take note! And please repost widely. Our mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), along with the rest of eff.org, is sadly out of commission. DC Cypherpunks will hold a meeting at the Electronic Privacy Information Center office in Washington, DC. DATE: Soon! Saturd