[Werner Koch ] GnuPG 1.2 released

2002-09-24 Thread Perry E. Metzger
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: GnuPG 1.2 released From: Werner Koch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mail-Followup-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello! We are pleased to announce the availability of a new stable release of GnuPG: Version 1.2.0 The GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG) is GNU's tool f

Re: unforgeable optical tokens?

2002-09-24 Thread Arnold G. Reinhold
It might be possible to get the same effect using a conventional silicon chip. I have in mind a large analog circuit, something like a multi-stage neural network. Random defects would be induced, either in the crystal growing process or by exposing the wafer at one or more stages with a spray

Re: unforgeable optical tokens?

2002-09-24 Thread David Wagner
Bill Frantz wrote: >If the challenger selects several of his stored challenges, and asks the >token reader to return a secure hash of the answers (in order), no >information will be leaked about the response to any individual challenge. >This procedure will allow the challenger to perform a large

Re: unforgeable optical tokens?

2002-09-24 Thread Bill Frantz
At 5:11 PM -0700 9/20/02, David Wagner wrote: >Perry E. Metzger wrote: >>But if you can't simulate the system, that implies that the challenger >>has to have stored the challenge-response pairs because he can't just >>generate them, right? That means that only finitely many are likely to >>be stor

Re: Sun donates elliptic curve code to OpenSSL?

2002-09-24 Thread Ulf Möller - Mailing Lists
Markus Friedl wrote: > yes, but the idea and rc5 support can be disabled by removing the > directories, whereas the license in question is spread all > over the source tree. Correct. We'll take care of that before 0.9.8 is released - promised. -- Ulf Möller * Munich, Germany * E-Mail: ulfm epo

Re: unforgeable optical tokens?

2002-09-24 Thread Steven M. Bellovin
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] .cmu.edu writes: >Perry E. Metzger wrote: >> An idea from some folks at MIT apparently where a physical token >> consisting of a bunch of spheres embedded in epoxy is used as an >> access device by shining a laser through it. > >I can't dig up the

Re: Sun donates elliptic curve code to OpenSSL?

2002-09-24 Thread Markus Friedl
On Tue, Sep 24, 2002 at 08:29:52PM +0200, Ulf Moeller - Mailing Lists wrote: > By the way, OpenSSL has always included patented algorithms such as RSA and > IDEA, together with warnings about patent issues in the documentation and > compile time switches to disable algorithms that are known to be

Re: Sun donates elliptic curve code to OpenSSL?

2002-09-24 Thread Ulf Möller - Mailing Lists
> *In addition* to that, *if* you have software patents and you > promise not to sue Sun over them because of an infringement you > find in the donated code, then Sun promises that it won't sue > you either. Sun does not forbid people from using the donated > code on the basis of whether or not t

Don Coppersmith questions Courtois and Pieprzyk AES results

2002-09-24 Thread Perry E. Metzger
Don Coppersmith questions Courtois and Pieprzyk AES results -- see: http://makeashorterlink.com/?K27C515E1 -- Perry E. Metzger[EMAIL PROTECTED] - The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscr

Re: Sun donates elliptic curve code to OpenSSL?

2002-09-24 Thread bear
On Tue, 24 Sep 2002, Bodo Moeller wrote: >On Tue, Sep 24, 2002 at 01:29:29PM +0100, Ben Laurie wrote: >> Markus Friedl wrote: > >>> With this code OpenSSL is turning into a non-free project. > >> As has been observed elsewhere, the patent stuff only applies if you >> make a similar promise to S

Re: unforgeable optical tokens?

2002-09-24 Thread Bill Stewart
At 06:20 PM 09/23/2002 +0100, Ben Laurie wrote: >David Wagner wrote: >>What is it, then? > >The ultimate pokemon card! But if you're trying to use the card in two-players-competing mode, as opposed to just "I've got a card you don't have" mode, how do you decide who wins? Where are they on the ro

Re: Sun donates elliptic curve code to OpenSSL?

2002-09-24 Thread Noriyuki Soda
> On Tue, 24 Sep 2002 08:32:30 -0700, Greg Broiles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Do you have an alternate explanation for the terms of Sun's license? The 3 terms may be considered as: This reciprocal covenant only affects the code which is contributed by Sun this time.

Re: Sun donates elliptic curve code to OpenSSL?

2002-09-24 Thread Bodo Moeller
On Tue, Sep 24, 2002 at 01:29:29PM +0100, Ben Laurie wrote: > Markus Friedl wrote: >> With this code OpenSSL is turning into a non-free project. > As has been observed elsewhere, the patent stuff only applies if you > make a similar promise to Sun. If you don't want to have Sun not sue you > w

Re: Sun donates elliptic curve code to OpenSSL?

2002-09-24 Thread Greg Broiles
At 10:57 PM 9/24/2002 +0900, Noriyuki Soda wrote: >Greg Broile wrote: > > in the OpenSSL library, provided that the people who don't want to be > > sued comply with a list of conditions: > : > > (2) don't modify Sun's code as provided by Sun, don't use only parts > > of the donated code,

STORK CRYPTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP, Nov 26-27, Bruges, BELGIUM

2002-09-24 Thread Antoon Bosselaers
Apologies if you receive this more than once. --- STORK CRYPTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP: Towards a Roadmap for Future Research November 26-27, 2002, Bruges, BELGIUM

Re: Sun donates elliptic curve code to OpenSSL?

2002-09-24 Thread Ben Laurie
Markus Friedl wrote: > On Tue, Sep 24, 2002 at 01:30:19PM +0100, Ben Laurie wrote: > >>We have not changed the licence. If you enable the Sun code, then you >>are bound by an additional licence. > > > The additional licence is all over the tree, if I remove those files > than OpenSSL becomes u

Re: Sun donates elliptic curve code to OpenSSL?

2002-09-24 Thread Noriyuki Soda
Greg Broile wrote: > in the OpenSSL library, provided that the people who don't want to be > sued comply with a list of conditions: : > (2) don't modify Sun's code as provided by Sun, don't use only parts > of the donated code, and don't remove the license text from the code. I think this

Re: Sun donates elliptic curve code to OpenSSL?

2002-09-24 Thread Ben Laurie
Markus Friedl wrote: > On Mon, Sep 23, 2002 at 02:50:20PM +0100, Ben Laurie wrote: > >>>(1) they promise not to sue Sun for infringing any of their own patents >>>which might >>>cover the use of the donated code >>> >>>(2) don't modify Sun's code as provided by Sun, don't use only parts of >>>t

"Reversible data hiding"

2002-09-24 Thread R. A. Hettinga
--- begin forwarded text Status: RO Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 21:39:53 -0400 To: undisclosed-recipient:; From: Monty Solomon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: "Reversible data hiding" Xerox, University of Rochester Researchers Discover Better Way to Embed, Remove Hidden Data in Digital Image