Re: report on security risks of applying CALEA to VoIP

2006-06-14 Thread pat hache
just received from IP cheers From: Susan Landau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: June 13, 2006 10:35:37 AM EDT To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: report on security risks of applying CALEA to VoIP Tuesday 13 June 2006 at 10:35 Below you'll find an executive summary of "Se

NIST recommendations for PRNGs

2006-06-14 Thread Perry E. Metzger
via Bruce Schneier's blog: http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-90/SP800-90_DRBG_June2006.pdf -- Perry E. Metzger[EMAIL PROTECTED] - The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe c

RE: Chinese WAPI protocol?

2006-06-14 Thread Eastlake III Donald-LDE008
OK, after various queries I figured out that the page has moved and I was being screwed up by cached data or something. The correct URL for the 802.11 time lines web page is http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/11/Reports/802.11_Timelines.htm Sorry, Donald -Original Message- From:

Re: Chinese WAPI protocol?

2006-06-14 Thread Ben Pfaff
David Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The specification is secret and confidential. It uses the SMS4 > block cipher, which is secret and patented. [*] "Secret" and "patented" are mutually exclusive. -- Ben Pfaff email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://benpfaff.org -

Re: Chinese WAPI protocol?

2006-06-14 Thread Mike Owen
On 6/14/06, Ben Pfaff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: David Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The specification is secret and confidential. It uses the SMS4 > block cipher, which is secret and patented. [*] "Secret" and "patented" are mutually exclusive. -- Ben Pfaff For the uspto, yes. For si

Re: Chinese WAPI protocol?

2006-06-14 Thread leichter_jerrold
| > The specification is secret and confidential. It uses the SMS4 | > block cipher, which is secret and patented. [*] | | "Secret" and "patented" are mutually exclusive. Actually, they are not. There is a special provision in the law under which something submitted to the patent office can be d

Re: Chinese WAPI protocol?

2006-06-14 Thread Steven M. Bellovin
On Wed, 14 Jun 2006 12:33:46 -0700, Ben Pfaff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > The specification is secret and confidential. It uses the SMS4 > > block cipher, which is secret and patented. [*] > > "Secret" and "patented" are mutually exclusive. Perha