Re: migration paradigm (was: Is PGP broken?)

2000-12-05 Thread Alan Olsen
s, but I think I am still under NDA about that part.) [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Note to AOL users: for a quick shortcut to reply Alan Olsen| to my mail, just hit the ctrl, alt and del keys. "In the future, everything will have its 15 minutes of blame."

Re: UK Sunday Times: "Steal the face right off your head"

2000-12-11 Thread Alan Olsen
But how many people will die before the crooks figure out which systems have been upgraded and which have not? [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Note to AOL users: for a quick shortcut to reply Alan Olsen| to my mail, just hit the ctrl, alt and del keys. "In the future, everything will have

Re: About Gilmore's letter on IBM&Intel push copy protection into ordinary disk drives

2000-12-22 Thread Alan Olsen
it "protects" their little feifdom, they could care less about any of the other effects. (Like damaged hardware, being unable to use the product with other similar products, etc.) Very shortsighted attitude. Blinded by greed and teritorial games. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Note to AOL users: for

Re: iDVD Not What It's Claimed

2001-01-21 Thread Alan Olsen
rs declaring it a "tool for copyright violation". The market has nothing to do with the situation. This is a case where no one wants to be the first to stand up and get their corporate heads blown off. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Note to AOL users: for a quick shortcut to reply Alan Olsen

Needing references on FWZ-1 algorythm

1998-12-28 Thread Alan Olsen
I need general and/or specific information on the FWZ-1 algorythm. This is used by the Firewall-1 VPN software. I have been trying to find details beyond the marketing hype. Wanting to know just how bad it is beyond "exportable protocol". Thanks! -- Alan Olsen

Re: France Allows 128 Bit Crypto

1999-01-20 Thread Alan Olsen
y, an encrypted newsfeed between two sites using a protocol that generates and discards keys. "Give us the keys and plaintext for these transactions." "But I don't have the keys." "Give us the plaintext." "That was expired last week." "Off to jail you go!" -- Alan Olsen

Re: A different take on Intel's RSA announcements

1999-01-21 Thread Alan Olsen
on your system. This means that we just have to worry about the software we run. I expect that this will give rise to programs that will scan binaries looking for the chip ID instructions and replacing them with nulls or something more "interesting". -- Alan Olsen

Re: PGP compromised on Windows 9x?

1999-02-08 Thread Alan Olsen
s difficult to use), all of your nyms are viewable to anyone who can snag your keyring. No passphrase is needed. This may not be a problem to most users, but to those who use multiple keys, this can be a serious problem. (Just ask Toto...) -- Alan Olsen"Carpe Aptenodytes!" [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Crypto bill will harm children, boost "pedophiles"

1999-07-27 Thread Alan Olsen
> Declan McCullagh wrote: > > "Child pornographers could distribute their > > filth unimpeded," the House Permanent > > Select Committee on Intelligence said. > > Doesn't this give the game away a little? What has intelligence to do >

Re: crypto on calculators

1999-09-10 Thread Alan Olsen
> At 06:18 PM 9/9/99 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >On Thu, 9 Sep 1999, Arnold Reinhold wrote: > > > >> Are you saying that there are existing encryption programs for the > >> Pilot or that there are better languages to program it in? (Basic > >> really isn't bad for something like RC4) > >

Re: "PGP Granted Worldwide Export License"

1999-12-14 Thread Alan Olsen
> I guess I should qualify this. > > I am more than willing to assume that NAI's relationship with the US > government is good enough that it got a little head start in obtaining a > license to offer classic full-strength PGP as "retail" mass-market crypto. My personal take on

Re: NSA back doors in encryption products

2000-05-24 Thread Alan Olsen
John Gillmore wrote: > Turning down the offer on verifiability grounds left them wondering > whether they really would have done it if it'd been possible to keep > the whole thing secret. The quid pro quo offered by NSA would be that > their products would have no trouble getting through the (at

v-go by passlogix?

2000-05-03 Thread Alan Olsen
Does anyone here have knowledge about a product called V-Go by a company called Passlogix? It is supposed to ask as a "passport" program to web sites. It claims to use 128 bit blowfish as the encryption algorithm and use graphically based passphrase. The graphically based passphrase seems to