Re: [Asrg] Re: 3. Proof-of-work analysis

At 03:02 PM 5/19/2004, Barry Shein wrote: I'm still amazed that anyone takes this proof-of-work/hashcash stuff seriously. I think it's grounded in some well-accepted DoS defence principles that are found in cookie protocols like Photuris and ISAKMP. Mark At best it's the "War Games" approach, le

RE: EU seeks quantum cryptography response to Echelon

Thomas Shaddack wrote... There are quite many important activities that don't require storage of the transported data. For example, very very few people record their phone calls. Storage wasn't my point per se. My point was that quantum cryptography only becomes unsnoopable* when it's in the opti

Re: [ISN] Safe and insecure

At 12:06 PM 5/19/04 -0400, R. A. Hettinga wrote: >--- begin forwarded text > >http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/05/18/safe_and_insecure/index.html > >By Micah Joel >May 18, 2004 > >Last week, I turned off all the security features of my wireless >router. I removed WEP encryption, disabled MAC

[ISN] Safe and insecure

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Re: [Asrg] Re: 3. Proof-of-work analysis

I'm still amazed that anyone takes this proof-of-work/hashcash stuff seriously. At best it's the "War Games" approach, let's make the server play tic-tac-toe with itself to avoid nuclear holocaust, or the Bill Shatner logical paradox that makes the robot's head blow up. The Sphinx's riddle also

Mixmaster Protocol Draft (revision)

An updated version of the Mixmaster Protocol Specification has been published: http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-sassaman-mixmaster-01.txt I'd like this to be the last revision, so if you have any comments on it (or if you've raised issues in the past that you don't see addressed), please

RE: EU seeks quantum cryptography response to Echelon

On Tue, 18 May 2004, Tyler Durden wrote: > "Monyk believes there will be a global market of several million users once > a workable solution has been developed. A political decision will have to > be taken as to who those users will be in order to prevent terrorists and > criminals from taking ad

Re: al-qaeda.net node downtime

At 05:18 AM 5/18/04 -0400, Riad S. Wahby wrote: >I'm moving from Massachusetts to Texas, and unfortunately that means Congrats on being able to exercise your 2nd amendment rights a little bit more..

RE: EU seeks quantum cryptography response to Echelon

Tom Shaddack wrote: > On Tue, 18 May 2004, Tyler Durden wrote: > > > "Monyk believes there will be a global market of several > million users once > > a workable solution has been developed. A political > decision will have to > > be taken as to who those users will be in order to prevent > te

Modexp

At 12:22 AM 5/19/04 +0100, Peter Fairbrother wrote: > >Peter Fairbrother >(Who is right now composing a talk about the uses of modexp in crypto, for >those far more knowledgeable than I) Modexp is Prometheus send from Olympia to let us speak between ourselves. Modexp has many implementation subtl

[Politech] Here's someone who actually likes political spam [sp]

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Re: al-qaeda.net node downtime

On Tue, 18 May 2004 05:18:06 -0400 "Riad S. Wahby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm moving from Massachusetts to Texas, and unfortunately that means > that my machine's connectivity will be in a state of flux for a while. > Unless someone has a machine with a (fast, static) connection on which > t

RE: EU seeks quantum cryptography response to Echelon

Boondoggle. A solution in search of a problem: "Monyk believes there will be a global market of several million users once a workable solution has been developed. A political decision will have to be taken as to who those users will be in order to prevent terrorists and criminals from taking advant

Re: Diffie-Hellman question

Thomas Shaddack wrote: > > I have a standard implementation of OpenSSL, with Diffie-Hellman prime in > the SSL certificate. The DH cipher suite is enabled. > > Is it safe to keep one prime there forever, or should I rather > periodically regenerate it? Why? If yes, what's some sane period to do

Re: IRS May Help DOD Find Reservists

At 12:49 PM 5/18/2004, R. A. Hettinga wrote: Military Insider Newsletter IRS May Help DOD Find R

Re: 3. Proof-of-work analysis

Here's a forward of parts of an email I sent to Richard with comments on his and Ben's paper (sent me a pre-print off-list a couple of weeks ago): One obvious comment is that the calculations do not take account of the CAMRAM approach of charging for introductions only. You mention this in the f

IRS May Help DOD Find Reservists

Military Insider Newsletter IRS May Help DOD Find Reservists Fort Worth Star-Telegram Ma