Re: using SRAM state as a source of randomness

Aloha! Udhay Shankar N skrev: Sounds like an interesting idea - using SRAM state as a source of randomness. Any of the folks here willing to comment on this? Udhay http://prisms.cs.umass.edu/~kevinfu/papers/holcomb-FERNS-RFIDSec07.pdf IMHO a very interesting paper. But I have a few questio

Re: Seagate announces hardware FDE for laptop and desktop machines

Leichter, Jerry wrote: First off, it depends on how the thing is implemented. Since the entire drive is apparently encrypted, and you have to enter a password just to boot from it, some of the support is in an extended BIOS or some very early boot code, which is "below" any OS you might actually

iPods using cryptographic hash so they only work with iTunes?

It appears that Apple may have altered the firmware of newer iPods so that they require a proper cryptographic hash in the iTunesDB loaded onto the units or they won't work. This effectively blocks people from using third party software with an iPod, including the various programs people use on Li

Re: MC Frontalot sings about encryption

On Sep 14, 2007, at 8:36 PM, Perry E. Metzger wrote: "Secrets From The Future", MC Frontalot's song about crypto Lyrics: -- Ivan Krstić <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | http://radian.org -