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AES (rijndael) support in NetBSD-current IPsec code

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NetBSD-current IPsec (from KAME) now supports rijndael algorithm for ESP encryption, thanks to the integration work of Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino. rijndael is the finalist of AES contest, and will be standardized in FIPS standard suite, to replace DES.. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 04, 2000

FIPS 140-1: Security Requirements for Cryptographic Modules

Federal Information Processing Standard 140-1(FIPS 140-1) is entitled "Security Requirements for Cryptographic Modules". It's a standard that describes government requirements that hardware and software products should meet for Sensitive, but Unclassified (SBU) use. The standard was published by the National Institute . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 04, 2000

Pols ooh, aah over e-signatures

As a result of a landmark "e-sign" law that took effect in the United States on Sunday, businesses and consumers may now close mortgages, sign life insurance and seal contracts with the click of a mouse. "This is going to revolutionize . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 04, 2000

US backs Rijndael for data scrambling

A scrambling technique scripted by two Belgians has been chosen as the proposed US government standard to protect sensitive data and help spur the digital economy, the Commerce Department said Monday. The selection of the Rijndael (pronounced "Rhine-doll") . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 03, 2000

Belgian algorithm becomes new American Encryption Standard

Rijndael becomes the new data encryption standard beating out Schneier, IBM, and others. This DejaNews thread talks about the announcement of the winner of the new encryption standard. The Rijndael home page also provides some interesting . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 02, 2000

Commerce Dept. To Announce Crypto Standard

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an agency of the US Commerce Department's Technology Administration, will announce its choice for the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) at 11:00 a.m. EDT today. The announcement, which will be broadcast on the Web . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 02, 2000

E-Signatures Out Of The Gate

Electronic signatures carry full legal weight beginning Sunday, ushering in a new era for commerce over the Internet. Digital signatures carry the promise of reducing the cost of business and making it more efficient, spurring the growth of e-commerce.. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 30, 2000

AES ANNOUNCEMENT: Monday, October 2, 2000

It appears the winner of the new encryption standard to replace DES will be announced on Monday. "The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been working with industry and the cryptographic community to develop an Advanced Encryption Standard (AES). . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 29, 2000

Royal Mail Delivers Digital Signatures

The Royal Mail, Britain's postal service, is to offer free digital signatures to all citizens in a bid to improve consumer acceptance of e-business. From later this year, consumers will be able to collect software on a free CD-ROM from any . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 28, 2000

Quantum crypto secrets from Japan

Mitsubishi and Hokkaido University have completed a latest round of experiments in quantum cryptography over optical fibres. The two organisations say that their quantum cryptographic system is a success, and could have important implications for optical fibre networks already in use.. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 27, 2000

Cool Tool of the Week -- cryptcat

Cryptcat is the standard netcat enhanced with twofish encryption. Cryptcat allows you to pipe data from one host to another using encryption. "Netcat is a simple Unix utility which reads and writes data across network connections, using TCP . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 27, 2000

Digital signatures pose security risk, says expert

Do we need to worry about government tracing and identity theft? A leading technology expert has warned that digital signatures, an increasingly prevalent Internet security technology, could hail a future devoid of privacy.. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 27, 2000

SSH Techniques

We've already seen one of the primary uses of ssh: it allows you to open up a terminal session to a remote system. By using "ssh" instead of telnet or rsh, you get the same ability to type commands on remote . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 27, 2000

New Linux-Crypto Mailing List

A new mailing list, dedicated to all Linux Crypto topics has just opened. It is This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Thanks go to all at nl.linux.org for allowing me to host this mailing list using their majordomo, esp. to Rik van Riel.. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 27, 2000

Discussing SSL and Certificates

This document is a bit dated, but a good discussion of SSL. The Secure Sockets Layer protocol provides one means for achieving these goals and is the subject of this article. This document introduces SSL by reviewing cryptographic techniques and by . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 22, 2000

GnuPG 1.0.3 Now Available

GnuPG is a complete and free replacement for PGP. Because it does not use the patented IDEA algorithm, it can be used without any restrictions. GnuPG is a RFC2440 (OpenPGP) compliant application. This version comes with RSA support and the new . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 21, 2000

Alan Goldstein: Digital signatures need seal of security approval

A law that would allow electronic signatures to seal legally binding documents is scheduled to take effect on Oct. 1, but don't throw away your pens just yet. Electronic signatures aren't simply digital representations of the handwritten variety. In fact, they're . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 20, 2000

Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS)

Network Security Services (NSS) is a set of libraries designed to support cross-platform development of security-enabled client and server applications. These libraries provide the security foundation for a variety of server products from iPlanet E-Commerce Solutions, including iPlanet Certificate Management System, . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 18, 2000

Introduction to Encryption

Encryption is the process of converting data from one form (what would be considered to be readable either through plaintext or through some specific viewer like MS Word) into ciphertext. The actual process that takes place during this conversion widely varies, . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 18, 2000

Good-bye Bandits, Hello Security

Over the last year or so, we've heard a lot about how software patents, which became legal in the U.S. in 1981, stifle innovation. James Bessen and Eric Maskin conducted a study showing that ``far from unleashing a flurry of new . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 15, 2000

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