Re: feds try to argue touch tone content needs no wiretap order

2009-01-11 Thread Steven M. Bellovin
On Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:12:16 -0500 Perry E. Metzger pe...@piermont.com wrote: Just about everyone knows that the FBI must obtain a formal wiretap order from a judge to listen in on your phone calls legally. But the U.S. Department of Justice believes that police don't need

RE: MD5 considered harmful today, SHA-1 considered harmful tomorrow

2009-01-11 Thread Weger, B.M.M. de
Hi Victor, Bottom line, anyone fielding a SHA-2 cert today is not going to be happy with their costly pile of bits. Will this situation have changed by the end of 2010 (that's next year, by the way), when everybody who takes NIST seriously will have to switch to SHA-2? The first weakness

Re: Bitcoin v0.1 released

2009-01-11 Thread Hal Finney
Satoshi Nakamoto writes: Announcing the first release of Bitcoin, a new electronic cash system that uses a peer-to-peer network to prevent double-spending. It's completely decentralized with no server or central authority. See bitcoin.org for screenshots. Download link:

Re: MD5 considered harmful today, SHA-1 considered harmful tomorrow

2009-01-11 Thread Victor Duchovni
On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 11:32:44PM +0100, Weger, B.M.M. de wrote: Hi Victor, Bottom line, anyone fielding a SHA-2 cert today is not going to be happy with their costly pile of bits. Will this situation have changed by the end of 2010 (that's next year, by the way), when everybody who

What risk is being defended against here?

2009-01-11 Thread Jerry Leichter
Not cryptography, but the members of this list think in these terms, so... Just recently, my 8th-grade daughter took a school placement test. This test (the ISEE) is administered internationally. When we arrived, we learned that she would not be allowed into the test room without *one*

Re: What risk is being defended against here?

2009-01-11 Thread Perry E. Metzger
Jerry Leichter leich...@lrw.com writes: When we arrived, we learned that she would not be allowed into the test room without *one* of the following: - A photo ID - A copy of the verification letter sent to her The verification letter is actually available - even now, after the