Re: [cryptography] European report says many crypto protocols have problems

2013-11-03 Thread James A. Donald
On 2013-11-04 10:40, Peter Gutmann wrote: Beyond that, there are other problems with the recommendation. For example it strongly recommends DLP algorithms over RSA. DLP is great on a whiteboard but extremely brittle in practice, since the entire family has a distressing propensity to leak the p

Re: [cryptography] European report says many crypto protocols have problems

2013-11-03 Thread Peter Gutmann
Sandy Harris writes: >Cited in a comment on Schneier's blog: >https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/10/nsa_eavesdroppi_2.html > >Register article with link to actual report: >http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/31/most_security_protocols_insecure_suggests_enisa/ The original paper was wri

Re: [cryptography] coderman's keys

2013-11-03 Thread Phil Pennock
On 2013-10-31 at 19:55 -0700, coderman wrote: > pub 3072D/0x65A847E7C2B9380C 1970-01-01 hidden@dot.onion ("born on January > 31 1979 .. all prime numbers .. I would sit on the floor in my bedroom and > just count.") The quote appears to be a reference to Daniel Tammet, a British autistic savan