Re: [cryptography] Request - PKI/CA History Lesson - the definition of trust

2014-05-03 Thread pjklauser
Since we're on the subject of X509 history, I found Dr. Ed Gercks Definition of Trust at [1] very helpful in really figuring out what trust can mean. This work was done fairly early on the X509 timeline. Frankly, if we could trust in DNS, we would not need to trust in web-PKIX [2] - since the

Re: [cryptography] Email is unsecurable

2013-11-26 Thread pjklauser
From: Stephen Farrell stephen.farr...@cs.tcd.ie To: Fabio Pietrosanti (naif) li...@infosecurity.ch, cryptography@randombit.net Message-ID: 5293c66d.4040...@cs.tcd.ie On 11/25/2013 08:09 PM, Fabio Pietrosanti (naif) wrote: Let's first cut-off the massive passive traffic analysis, then

[cryptography] Introducing TDMX - Trusted Domain Messaging eXchange (Specification)

2013-09-19 Thread pjklauser
Dear cryptographers, I've been working privately on the design and proof-of-concept of an enterprise messaging oriented middleware, named Trusted Domain Messaging eXchange. Think of it as an amalgamation of secure email and file transfer with end2end encryption and mutual authorization. The

[cryptography] NSA cracking UN videoconference - worried?

2013-08-26 Thread pjklauser
Dear Cryptographers, The article on UN video-conference spying allegations ( http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/8/25/nsa-bugged-u-n-headquarters. html ) claims: In the summer of 2012, NSA experts succeeded in getting into the U.N. video conferencing system and cracking its coding system,