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U.K. company claims patent for encrypted EDI over the Net

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CI SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS, a small U.K.-based company specializing in business-to-business data encryption, announced Monday that it has acquired the worldwide patent to the transfer of encrypted EDI (electronic data interchange) documents for sending over the Internet. EDI is a standard for . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 06, 2001

Pinoy who discovered new faster way of decoding RSA encryption explains claim

Mathematics enthusiast Leo de Velez who claims to have discovered a faster way of decoding RSA encryption believes that his findings are solid since nobody is still using his formula of 2^X = 1 mod N where N is given as . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 05, 2001

Pinoy math enthusiast finds fast way to decode RSA encryption

We report, you decide. Could have far-reaching implications if it's correct. "A Filipino mathematics enthusiast has developed a new method of decoding RSA (RivestShamir-Adleman) encryption using three simple formulas. Leo de Velez has discovered these three formulas are simple forward equations . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 04, 2001

Encryption vs anti-virus

The proper integration of encryption and anti-virus software is the only way to stop the two security tools continuing to work at crossed purposes, according to virus hunters at Kaspersky Labs. Traditionally anti-virus and encryption, although opposite sides of the same . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 02, 2001

IBM Reveals New "Signcryption" Algorithm

A new algorithm developed by IBM could double the speed of secure online communications. IBM says the combination encryption/authentication technique is particularly suited to securing Internet protocols, storage area network protocols, fiber-optic networks and e-business transactions. But analysts say the new . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 01, 2001

Crypto regs still tricky

Over a year after the US government first announced the liberalization of encryption export rules, a tangle of vestigial regulations might still trip up unwary developers, experts say. "Never work under the belief that encryption is not controlled," said Susan . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 01, 2001

IBM chip powers emerging security standard

Companies using the specification will adopt a combination hardware-software security approach, involving a security chip that encrypts data. The security chip, an integral component of the specification, resides on a computer's motherboard. "This offers even more robust security . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 30, 2001

DeCSS is a copyrightable literary work; DMCA cited to prove it

"The fact that computer code is copyrightable means that it is protected by the First Amendment. Copyright law, of which DMCA is a part, confirms the point: In view of the First Amendment protections already embodied in the Copyright Act's distinction . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 26, 2001

Illinois unifying PKI program

Illinois has decided to standardize its electronic transaction authentication system, but questions remain about how it will work. The state's public-key infrastructure program, which uses digital certificates to authenticate users for electronic transactions, will be standardized on Entrust Technologies Inc.'s . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 25, 2001

ISP won't unplug Web site showing DVD-cracking code

n a move that free-speech activists hope will be trendsetting, Internet service provider Verio is standing up to the movie industry by refusing to remove a Web site the Motion Picture Association of America says is illegal. Many ISPs, especially smaller . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 24, 2001

GnuPG: An Open Solution to Data Protection

Gnu Privacy Guard (GnuPG or GPG), is an open, patent-free encryption application whose main purpose is to protect communication and secure data archives. It achieves this goal by implementing a hybrid cipher system that utilizes both a symmetric cipher system and . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 24, 2001

Top WWII code cracker dies

Leo Marks, WWII codemaker and codebreaker, and later playwright, has died aged 80. He was chief cryptographer of Special Operations Executive during WWII, having trained as a cryptographer in Bedford when called up for National Service. . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 24, 2001

Implementing PKI

A certificate is a structured document that binds some information (such as Bob's name) to a public key, and is digitally signed by a trusted third party called a certification authority or CA. To verify a certificate, the user of the . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 12, 2001

OpenSSH 2.3 And SSH Secure Shell 2.4

If you're a Linux administrator and you're still using telnet for authentication, your network could be in danger. Telnet passes your user IDs, password/passphrase, and the content of your terminal sessions in the clear, where anyone with a sniffer can see . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 12, 2001

Quantum crypto one step closer

Boffins at UCSB (University of California, Santa Barbara) have made a breakthrough in quantum cryptography, and put together a gadget that is capable of emitting a single photon. The device is being heralded as an important step towards secure quantum communications . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 11, 2001

Clinton: Relax crypto export controls

The Clinton administration on Wednesday proposed further easing of encryption exports and expanding of the regions where U.S. companies can ship powerful computers without restrictions. In a move that could be its final action regarding encryption, the Clinton administration acknowledged that . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 10, 2001

Crypto: Three Decades in Review

It took only a year or two for a pair of computer and math geeks to discover modern encryption technology in the 1970s. But it's taken three decades for the full story to be told. Transforming what is an unavoidably nerdy . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 09, 2001

How Safe is the Net?

The next step is the virtual private network, which is essentially an encryption code for a specific law firm or litigation group. Data is encrypted as it is being sent on the Internet's public lines to isolate it from . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 09, 2001

The maths prof., free speech and encryption

While encryption was still under the watchful eye of the US Department of State, Bernstein wrote an encryption program called Snuffle. This was promptly classified as munitions under then existing International Traffic in Arms Regulations, which meant a licence was required . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 08, 2001

Crypto

Whitfield 'Whit' Diffie revolutionized cryptography by creating a digital signature, making codes accessible for public use. The good news is that, after decades of struggle against a government opposed to its widespread use, we've finally got access to crypto-software that does . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 08, 2001

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