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Zimmermann defends strong crypto against govt assault

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Strong cryptography does more good for society than harm and placing backdoors in encryption products to allow law enforcement access to plain text messages would be "worse than futile", encryption guru Phil Zimmermann told The Register today. Zimmermann, the creator . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 04, 2001

Encryption Debate Revived

Revived efforts to restrict software encryption in the wake of the recent terrorist attacks could have an adverse impact on e-commerce, IT managers and security experts say, but it's unlikely the government will succeed in curtailing encryption.. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 02, 2001

Security, biometrics research likely to get more attention

Government research on computer security and identification technologies will likely receive greater attention in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terror attacks against the United States, according to the chairman of the House Science Committee.. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 02, 2001

Godfather of encryption hits back

Godfather of encryption Phil Zimmerman has responded to attacks directed at him over the use of encryption software in the terrorist attacks on the US. Zimmerman, who created the Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) encryption software a decade ago, apparently came . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 26, 2001

Secret codes 'not hidden in Web images'

Following reports that bin Laden hides messages in images on the Web, a study has found no evidence that steganography has caught on. A study of more than two million images downloaded from eBay auctions appears to show little . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 26, 2001

Terrorists and steganography

Guess what? Osama Bin Ladin uses steganography. According to nameless "U.S. officials and experts" and "U.S. and foreign officials," terrorist groups are "hiding maps and photographs of terrorist targets and posting instructions for terrorist activities on sports chat rooms, pornographic bulletin . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 24, 2001

Terror attacks revive crypto debate

Fearing that last week's terrorist attacks have created a backlash against secure communications, computer security experts are warning that any effort to mandate government access to encrypted information will seriously weaken crypto systems that protect critical business data and the national infrastructure.. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 24, 2001

Terrorism attacks renew debate over encryption software

In a terror-induced climate of heightened electronic vigilance, debate is brewing over whether makers of encryption software should be obliged to provide law enforcement with the keys to open scrambled messages. Phil Zimmermann and fellow encryption supporters thought they had won . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 24, 2001

Lawmaker: More encryption needed

A U.S. lawmaker well versed in technology issues said Friday that government bodies and citizens should use more encryption, not less, to increase security on the Internet. In the wake of last Tuesday's hijackings that left more than 6,500 Americans . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 22, 2001

How to install GnuPG

There is a standard list of reasons why you might want to consider the use of encryption to ensure the privacy of your business and/or personal data. In the Resources section below, I've provided links to half a dozen sites, each explaining why such protection is a good thing.. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 21, 2001

Australia won't disclose stance on encryption

Despite calls for a ban on 'uncrackable' encryption products in the US, the Australian government isn't saying whether it will support the Americans Australia's Department of Defence won't disclose if it will answer the US government's call to arms in . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 21, 2001

Americans want Uncryption

Three in four Americans favour tough anti-encryption laws, in the wake of last week's terrorist atrocities, a survey finds. Seventy-two per cent believe anti-encryption laws will be "somewhat" or "very" helpful in combating terrorism, according to the survey, conducted by Princeton . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 21, 2001

Ban on "uncrackable" encryption schemes supported in U.S.

A poll in the United States has found widespread support for a ban on "uncrackable" encryption products, following proposals in Congress to tighten restrictions on software that scrambles electronic data. The survey found that 72 percent of Americans believe that . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 20, 2001

Geeks Gather to Back Crypto

Rob Carlson is worried about something that most Americans would consider entirely obscure: the future of encryption technology. Carlson, a 21-year-old programmer who typically sports a floppy, pin-studded safari hat, fears that the U.S. Congress, in the wake of last week's . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 17, 2001

Senator calls for encryption crackdown

The horror of Tuesday's coordinated attacks on the commercial and military centers of America has prompted the U.S. Congress to call for a global ban on "uncrackable" encryption products. Speaking in the U.S. Senate on Thursday, Senator Judd Gregg proposed tighter . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 15, 2001

SSL toolkit flaw poses risk

A vulnerability has been discovered in versions of software development toolkits from RSA Security, which could allow an attacker to bypass SSL client authentication. In a security notice on the issue, RSA said the vulnerability meant that hackers "might potentially gain . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 14, 2001

Encryption crackdown looms

The terrorist attacks in the US this week have prompted calls for all encryption software to have 'backdoors' for government interception. The horror of Tuesday's coordinated attacks on the commercial and military centres of America has prompted the US . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 14, 2001

Two arrested in export of encryption devices

The Customs Service has arrested two persons in Missouri and California for attempting to export military encryption technology to China. Eugene You Tsai Hsu of Blue Springs, Miss., and David Tzu Wvi Yang of Temple City, Calif., allegedly tried to export . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 12, 2001

World's first DeCSS executable prime number

Mathematician Phil Carmody, who in March of this year managed to encode the DeCSS source in a prime number, has upped the ante by producing a prime number which represents an executable version of the banned CSS descrambler.. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 11, 2001

Public Key Infrastructure Overview

Public key cryptography supports security mechanisms such as confidentiality, integrity, authentication, and non-repudiation. However, to successfully implement these security mechanisms, you must carefully plan an infrastructure to manage them. A public key infrastructure (PKI) is a foundation on which other applications, . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 11, 2001

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