Directory: Cryptography 00-05-00-CACM-DesigningCryptographyForTheNewContury.txt 00-06-00-ACMCrossroads-GettingStartedWithPGP.txt 00-09-00-ACMCrossroads-PublicKeyCryptography.txt 01-11-20-MSNBC-FBICarnivore.txt 01-12-05-WashPost-AESStd.txt 01-12-17-SJMerc-802.11Crypto.txt 01-12-19-Wired-Steganography-2DBarCodes.txt 02-01-08-WashPost-Bernstein.txt 02-01-09-NewsFactor-ErasableKeys.txt 02-01-23-ZDNet-ZimmermanPGP.txt 02-02-04-Salon-Terrorists.txt 02-04-00-CACM-KeyFactorsAndInfluencesInCryptographyDevelopment.txt 02-05-02-NewScientist-RIPA-AntiSnoopingOS.txt 02-05-02-NewsFactor-QuantumCrypto.txt 02-05-27-ComputerWorld-CryptofortheMasses.txt 02-06-20-NYT-Markoff-TCPA-Issues.txt 02-06-24-InfoWorld-MS-Palladium-DRM.txt 02-06-24-TheRegister-2-MS-Palladium-DRM.txt 02-06-24-TheRegister-MS-Palladium-DRM.txt 02-06-25-TheRegister-Palladium-GPL.txt 02-06-26-ExtremeTech-MS-Palladium-AMD-MotherboardDesign.txt 02-06-26-RossAnderson-TCPA-PalladiumFAQs.txt 02-07-01-Newsweek-MS-Palladium-DRM.txt 02-07-09-RossAnderson-UpdatedTCPA-PalladiumFAQs.txt 02-07-10-SJMerc-OutlookPGPPluginBug.txt 02-07-20-SJMerc-DG-MSPalladium.txt 02-09-00-AtlanticMonthly-SchneierProfile-CryptoSecurityReview.txt 02-10-21-Cryptome-ReviewOfMSPalladiumMITTalk.txt 02-10-21-NewsForge-Stallman-trustedComputing.txt 02-11-15-Wired-WiFiCryptoFix-WPA-NotPerfect.txt 02-11-15-ZDNetNews-QuantumCrypto.txt 03-01-13-FedCompWeek-WiFiProtectedAccess-WPA-BetterThanWEP.txt 03-03-31-USAToday-Patriot2-CryptoUseWouldExtendedSentences.txt 03-04-10-SFGate-CFP03FocussesonCivilLibertiesIssues.txt 03-05-07-PFIR-TripoliProj-NewEmailEnvironment.txt 03-05-26-PCWorld-PGPUsedByTerroristsAndRightsActivists.txt 03-06-29-NYT-TrustedComputingIssues.txt 03-09-10-SciCentral-CryptoUsedByTerrorists.txt 03-09-26-JohnsHopkinsU-APLDevelopsSystemToDetectDigVideoTampering.txt 03-10-15-CNETNews-GovtScalesBackEnforcementOfExportRules.txt 03-11-16-StarTrib-ThePromiseOfUnbreakableCodes.txt 03-12-19-ZDNet-SonicAuthenticationTool.txt 04-01-28-TechResNews-NeuralChaosNewCryptoApproach.txt 04-02-15-NetworkMag-QuantumCryptography.txt 04-02-24-EWeek-CryptoCantStopHumanWeakness.txt 04-03-15-WSJ-USGovtSelectsDaemen-RijmenCrypto.txt 04-05-03-NIST-QuantumKeyDistributionSystem.txt 04-05-17-CompWOrld-EULooksToQuantumCryptoForSecureDataComm.txt 04-06-08-CNETNews-CryptoApproachToSecureEVoting.txt 04-07-23-InfoWorld-UTokyo-FujitsuProjectMakingProgressInQuamtumCryptography.txt 04-08-23-FecCompWeek-NewEncryptionStandardsAESAndECCReenergizeDataProtection.txt 04-08-24-EETimes-QuantumCryptoProductsFaceSecurityChallenges.txt 04-09-01-TechRev-CouldAdvancesInComputingDoomEncryption.txt 04-09-27-CNETNews-HistoryAndLegacyOfTheDataEncryptionStandard-DES.txt 04-10-00-CACM-SteganographyVSSteganlysis.txt 04-12-23-InfoSocTech-NewTechniquesForSecurityWithQuantumComputing.txt 05-01-00-IndusPhys-QuantumKeyDistribution.txt 05-01-26-Independent-QuantumCryptography.txt 05-02-04-Science-UsingQuatumEffectsToDoAFairCoinToss.txt 05-02-16-InfoWorld-SecurityFlawInSHA-1EncryptionAlgorithm.txt 05-02-24-Wired-NoEncryptionOnPassportsRFIDTags.txt 05-02-28-RFIDJ-CryptoCrackedOnRFIDDevice.txt 05-03-07-TorontoStar-QuatumCryptographyCouldProvideGreaterDecurity.txt 05-03-15-WSJ-FlawDiscoveredInSHA-1HashAlgorithm.txt 05-03-22-CompWorld-SHA-1FlawNotSeenAsRiskToOneTimePasswords.txt 05-03-23-SJMerc-Counterpane-BruceSchneier.txt 05-04-26-CompWeekly-DataEncryptionCouldBeKeyToMoreSecureData.txt 05-06-03-NewSci-CryptographersCrackSecureBluetoothDevices.txt 05-06-27-TechRev-QuantumCryptoCommercializationStarting.txt 05-08-04-SJMerc-PrivateEncryptedFileSharingNetworksStart.txt 05-08-18-TechResNews-PixelsSpeedQuantumCryptography.txt 05-09-22-GlobeAndMail-EncryptionAboutToTakeLeapToQuantumTechnology.txt 05-10-24-GovtSecNews-HighSpeedDataCommChallengesEncryptionSW.txt 05-10-24-NetWorld-IETFEmbracesCryptoTechnologies.txt 05-11-18-FinTimes-QuantumCryptoSuffersCommercailSetbacks.txt 05-12-15-NetWorld-IEEEStandardForTapeAndDiskEncryptionEmerge.txt 05-12-16-EDN-QuantumCryptoForStrongSecurity.txt 05-12-17-NewSci-ChineseResearcherCracksMD5AndSHA-1Crypto.txt 06-01-12-FirstMon-ImplicationsOfRecentAttacksOn128bitHashFunctions.txt 06-01-18-EmbeddedSysDes-UnderstandingEllipticCurveCrypto.txt 06-01-24-TechRev-EncryptionUsingChaos.txt 06-02-14-EETimes-CryptoExpertsSaysRFIDTagsCanBeCrackedWithCellphone.txt 06-02-16-TechRev-SecurityExpertsReadyToFightBackWithCryptography.txt 06-02-22-Physics-NewQuantumCryptoTechniqueToFoilCodebraekers.txt 06-02-23-TorontoStar-NewQuantumCryptoTechniqueToFoilCodebraekers.txt 06-03-13-AP-ISORejectsChinaEncryptionSystem.txt 06-03-13-InfoWorld-SecurityHoleFoundInGnuPGCryptoProgram.txt 06-03-14-AP-ChinaAllegesDirtyTricksInISOEncryptionRejection.txt 06-03-24-GovtCompNews-ProgressMadeInQuantumCryptography.txt 06-03-29-NewSci-QuasarCryptoUsesRadioSignalsFromSpace.txt 06-04-03-Wired-ZfoneCryptoSWCanProtectVoIPCallsFromNSASurveillance.txt 06-04-06-Wired-VoIPNeedsCryptoBecauseSurveillanceIsEasy.txt 06-04-18-USNIST-CodeForUnbreakableQuantumCrypto.txt 06-05-29-AP-ChinaAccussesUSOfEncryptionConspiracy.txt 06-05-29-WashTech-HardwareAndSoftwareEncryption.txt 06-06-10-AP-ChinaWalksOutOfWirelessEncryptionMeeting.txt 06-08-09-TechRev-CryptograhicScratchVotingCardsCouldEliminateElectionFraud.txt 06-08-15-CNET-ZimmermanTryingToBringEncryptionToVoIPCalls.txt 06-08-22-TechRev-CanVideoFingerprintingAndWatermarkingStopCopyrightViolators.txt 06-10-30-CNET-CryptographyStillLacksUsability.txt 06-11-20-NewSci-MicrochipEncryptionProcessingMayRevealKeys.txt 07-01-23-NetWorld-NISTAnnouncesCompetitionForNewCyyptoHashAlgorithm.txt 07-02-01-ITWorldCanada-QuatumCryptographyOffersSpyProofCode.txt 07-03-02-TechRev-FoolproffQuantumCryptography.txt 07-03-12-AP-SeagateShipsHardDrivesWithBuiltInEncryption.txt 07-04-04-InfoWorld-SecurityResearchesDiscoverFasterWayToCrackWiFiWEP.txt 07-05-23-InfoWorld-1024BitRSAEncryptionNotEnoughtForFuture.txt 07-06-08-TechRev-NewDistanceRecordForQuantumCryptography.txt 07-07-17-MIT-EncryptionPioneerRivestWinsMarconiPrize.txt 07-07-20-AP-PersonalDataOf500KMilitaryfamiliesCompromisedByLackOfEncryption.txt 07-07-25-GovtCompNews-HoneyvlientWebCrawlersSeekSourceOfBotnets.txt 07-08-13-GovtCompNews-NSAPromotesEllipticCurveCryptoToSecureSmallDevices.txt ==========> 00-05-00-CACM-DesigningCryptographyForTheNewContury.txt========== Technical opinion: designing cryptography for the new century Susan Landau May 2000 Communications of the ACM, Volume 43 Issue 5 Cryptography was once the domain of generals and curious children, but the advent of the Information Age changed that. In the early 1970s the National Security Agency (NSA) and the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) realized that non-combatant adults needed to protect their sensitive, but unclassified, information. Though NSA is the usual government agency for building ==========> 00-06-00-ACMCrossroads-GettingStartedWithPGP.txt========== Getting started with PGP Kevin Henry July 2000 Crossroads, Volume 6 Issue 5 Phil Zimmermann created the original PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) security system in 1991 as a way of protecting digital information. PGP uses both public key cryptography and secret key cryptography to protect information against eavesdropping and forgery. Every user has a pair of keys, one public and one private. PGP uses the public key to encrypt messages and verify signatures. The ==========> 00-09-00-ACMCrossroads-PublicKeyCryptography.txt========== Public key cryptography Pradosh Kumar Mohapatra September 2000 Crossroads, Volume 7 Issue 1 E-commerce on the world-wide web is a rapidly growing and proliferating field. But there are several differences between commerce in the real world and on the Internet, and perhaps the most fundamental issue is that of trust and security. When a consumer walks in to a store to buy goods, she presents herself, her identity, and a payment method. But on the Internet, both the buyer and the ==========> 01-11-20-MSNBC-FBICarnivore.txt========== FBI software cracks encryption wall ‘Magic Lantern’ part of new ‘Enhanced Carnivore Project’ By Bob Sullivan MSNBC Nov. 20 — The FBI is developing software capable of inserting a computer virus onto a suspect’s machine and obtaining encryption keys, a source familiar with the project told MSNBC.com. The software, known as "Magic Lantern," enables ==========> 01-12-05-WashPost-AESStd.txt========== Federal Government Picks New Encryption Standard By Brian Krebs, Newsbytes WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S.A., 05 Dec 2001, 1:49 PM CST The U.S. government has approved a new data encryption standard to protect sensitive information in federal computer systems, replacing a dated and now insecure standard implemented in 1977. ==========> 01-12-17-SJMerc-802.11Crypto.txt========== Posted at 4:47 a.m. PST Monday, Dec. 17, 2001 RSA announces fix for wireless network security hole SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - RSA Security Inc. Monday will announce new technology designed to improve the security of wireless networks used within buildings and protect them from so-called ``drive-by hacks.'' Bedford, Massachusetts-based RSA and Hifn of Los Gatos, California, have developed a technology patch for the Wireless Equivalent Privacy (WEP) ==========> 01-12-19-Wired-Steganography-2DBarCodes.txt========== Steganography, Next Generation By Tania Hershman 2:00 a.m. Dec. 19, 2001 PST Steganography, the science of burying secret messages within something innocuous, has endured bad publicity recently, with unsubstantiated rumors of missives from Osama bin Laden hidden in images on websites. But the good guys can play, too. A new steganography-based technique hides barcodes inside pictures and could help create forgery-proof identity ==========> 02-01-08-WashPost-Bernstein.txt========== Prof Renews Free Speech Fight Against US Encryption Law By Brian Krebs, Newsbytes WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S.A., 08 Jan 2002, 5:28 PM CST A computer science professor is renewing a constitutional challenge to U.S. encryption laws, arguing that the government's policy on restricting the export of domestic cryptographic research violates the First Amendment. ==========> 02-01-09-NewsFactor-ErasableKeys.txt========== NewsFactor Network Technology's Home Page New Data Encryption Method Throws Away the Keys Jay Lyman January 09, 2002 Last week, a U.S. District Court told the Justice Department that it could keep its keystroke logging technology under wraps, even as the Feds used information gathered by the snoopware as evidence in the trial of alleged Mafia defendant Nicodemo Scarfo, Jr. ==========> 02-01-23-ZDNet-ZimmermanPGP.txt========== PGP creator: Snooping must be curbed By ZDNet News Staff ZDNet News January 23, 2002, 10:40 AM PT URL: http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-821078.html Phil Zimmermann, creator of Pretty Good Privacy encryption--better known as PGP--was in Italy this week for the InfoSecurity conference. ZDNet Italy caught up with him to discuss the technical, social and politic implications of his encryption ==========> 02-02-04-Salon-Terrorists.txt========== The encrypted jihad We can't stop terrorists from using uncrackable codes. So we shouldn't even try. By Barak Jolish Feb. 4, 2002 | Here's a tip for Treasury Department agents tracking al-Qaida's finances: You might want to pay a visit to the volume discount department at Dell Computer. Al-Qaida, it seems, has been an avid consumer of computers over the last several years, and is especially fond of laptops. It isn't hard to ==========> 02-04-00-CACM-KeyFactorsAndInfluencesInCryptographyDevelopment.txt========== Enabling crypto: how radical innovations occur Arnd Weber April 2002 Communications of the ACM, Volume 45 Issue 4 Examining the key factors and influences in the development of cryptography. In electronic commerce and communication, encryption and digital signatures are being increasingly used between people who have never met before. Businesses and private individuals encrypt their communication without prior exchange of ==========> 02-05-02-NewScientist-RIPA-AntiSnoopingOS.txt========== http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99992335 Anti-snooping operating system close to launch 16:28 28 May 02 Will Knight Computer activists in Britain are close to completing an operating system that could undermine government efforts to the wiretap the internet. The UK Home Office has condemned the project as potentially providing a new tool for criminals. ==========> 02-05-02-NewsFactor-QuantumCrypto.txt========== http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/17553.html Unbreakable Code Could Thwart Cyber Crooks By Lou Hirsh NewsFactor Sci::Tech, Part of the NewsFactor Network May 02, 2002 Encryption is literally about to make a quantum leap, thanks to a method that its designers describe as an "unbreakable code" that keeps keys to information ==========> 02-05-27-ComputerWorld-CryptofortheMasses.txt========== http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,71442,00.html You may retrieve this story by entering QuickLink# 29731 Cryptography For the Masses By GARY H. ANTHES MAY 27, 2002 Cryptography expert Martin Hellman, co-inventor of Diffie- Hellman public-key encryption, says he never encrypts his e-mail. It's just too much trouble. ==========> 02-06-20-NYT-Markoff-TCPA-Issues.txt========== http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/20/technology/20CODE.html June 20, 2002 Fears of Misuse of Encryption System Are Voiced By JOHN MARKOFF SAN FRANCISCO, June 19 — A leading European computer security and privacy advocate is challenging an effort by the American computer industry to create a standard to protect software and digital content, calling the plan a smoke screen by established companies to protect their existing markets. ==========> 02-06-24-InfoWorld-MS-Palladium-DRM.txt========== http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/06/24/020624hnpalladium.xml June 24, 2002 11:32 AM Microsoft plans new security system in future Windows By Sam Costello and Peter Sayer MICROSOFT WANTS TO change the fundamental architecture of the PC, adding security hardware to a future release of its Windows operating system, the company acknowledged Monday, after a media report and an analyst briefed by the ==========> 02-06-24-TheRegister-2-MS-Palladium-DRM.txt========== http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/25843.html The register MS to micro-manage your computer By Richard Forno Posted: 24/06/2002 at 05:04 GMT A recent MSNBC article by techno-pundit Steven Levy discusses Microsoft's plans for a new computer operating environment (code-named "Palladium") that links hardware, software, and data into a neat ==========> 02-06-24-TheRegister-MS-Palladium-DRM.txt========== http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/25852.html The Register MS DRM OS, retagged 'secure OS' to ship with Longhorn? By John Lettice Posted: 24/06/2002 at 08:59 GMT The Microsoft Secure PC project is rolling out, and could be with us as early as the next major version of Windows, Longhorn. The whole idea of a computer that just plain won't let you steal other people's stuff is of course a ==========> 02-06-25-TheRegister-Palladium-GPL.txt========== http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/25891.html The Register MS to eradicate GPL, hence Linux By Thomas C Greene in Washington Posted: 25/06/2002 at 22:30 GMT Yesterday, as we all know, Microsoft fed an 'exclusive' story about its new 'Palladium' DRM/PKI Trust Machine to Newsweek hack Steven Levy (a guy who writes without irony of "high-level encryption"), presumably because they ==========> 02-06-26-ExtremeTech-MS-Palladium-AMD-MotherboardDesign.txt========== http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,282114,00.asp June 26, 2002 Palladium Clues May Lie In AMD Motherboard Design By Mark Hachman A two-year-old white paper authored by AMD and encryption firm Wave Systems may offer additional clues to the design of PCs incorporating Palladium, Microsoft's new security initiative. ==========> 02-06-26-RossAnderson-TCPA-PalladiumFAQs.txt========== http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/rja14/tcpa-faq.html TCPA / Palladium Frequently Asked Questions Version 0.1 26 June 2002 1. What are TCPA and Palladium? TCPA stands for the Trusted Computing Platform Alliance (TCPA), an initiative led by Intel. Their website is here. Their stated goal is `a new computing ==========> 02-07-01-Newsweek-MS-Palladium-DRM.txt========== http://www.msnbc.com/news/770511.asp?cp1=1 The Big Secret An exclusive first look at Microsoft’s ambitious-and risky-plan to remake the personal computer to ensure security, privacy and intellectual property rights. Will you buy it? By Steven Levy NEWSWEEK July 1 issue — In ancient Troy stood the Palladium, a ==========> 02-07-09-RossAnderson-UpdatedTCPA-PalladiumFAQs.txt========== http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/rja14/tcpa-faq.html TCPA / Palladium Frequently Asked Questions Version 1.0 - 9 July 2002 Ross Anderson TCPA stands for the Trusted Computing Platform Alliance, an initiative led by Intel. Their stated goal is `a new computing platform for the next century that will provide for improved trust in the PC platform.' Palladium is software that Microsoft says it plans to incorporate in future versions of Windows; it will ==========> 02-07-10-SJMerc-OutlookPGPPluginBug.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/3638319.htm Posted on Wed, Jul. 10, 2002 Security flaw afflicts popular technology for encrypting e-mail WASHINGTON (AP) - The world's most popular software for scrambling sensitive e-mails suffers from a programming flaw that could allow hackers to attack a user's computer and, in some circumstances, unscramble messages. The software, called Pretty Good Privacy, or PGP, is the de facto standard ==========> 02-07-20-SJMerc-DG-MSPalladium.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/columnists/dan_gillmor/3 703596.htm Posted on Sat, Jul. 20, 2002 Hollywood, tech make suspicious pairing By Dan Gillmor Mercury News Technology Columnist Last week, some of America's most influential technology executives wrote a let's-be-pals letter to the heads of the entertainment industry. Surely, said ==========> 02-09-00-AtlanticMonthly-SchneierProfile-CryptoSecurityReview.txt========== http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2002/09/mann.htm The Atlantic Monthly | September 2002 Homeland Insecurity A top expert says America's approach to protecting itself will only make matters worse. Forget "foolproof" technology—we need systems designed to fail smartly by Charles C. Mann ==========> 02-10-21-Cryptome-ReviewOfMSPalladiumMITTalk.txt========== http://cryptome.org/palladium-mit.htm 21 October 2002 Date: Friday, Oct 18, 2002 Time: 10:30 a.m.- 12:00 noon Place: NOTE: NE43-518, 200 Tech Square Title: Palladium Speaker: Brian LaMacchia, Microsoft Corp. Hosts: Ron Rivest and Hal Abelson ==========> 02-10-21-NewsForge-Stallman-trustedComputing.txt========== http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/10/21/1449250 Linux.Com The Online Newspaper of Record for Linux and Open Source Can you trust your computer? 2002.10.21 11:14 By Richard Stallman Who should your computer take its orders from? Most people think their computers should obey them, not obey someone else. With a plan they call ==========> 02-11-15-Wired-WiFiCryptoFix-WPA-NotPerfect.txt========== http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,56350,00.html Wi-Fi Encryption Fix Not Perfect By Elisa Batista 02:00 AM Nov. 15, 2002 PT The biggest security risk for "Wi-Fi" wireless Internet networks is that users sometimes fail to turn on their encryption software. But even the responsible ones who use the encryption program -- Wired ==========> 02-11-15-ZDNetNews-QuantumCrypto.txt========== http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-965957.html New light shed on unbreakable encryption By Sandeep Junnarkar Special to ZDNet News November 15, 2002, 6:59 AM PT Scientists at Northwestern University say they have harnessed the properties of light to encrypt information into code that can be cracked only one way: by breaking the physical laws of nature. ==========> 03-01-13-FedCompWeek-WiFiProtectedAccess-WPA-BetterThanWEP.txt========== Federal Computer Week Gearing up for wireless security By Brian Robinson Jan. 13, 2003 If wireless users can endure one more round of debates about security standards, they may soon be able to buy actual products. It's no secret that built-in security functions lack current wireless local-area network products, a situation due largely to the inadequacy of ==========> 03-03-31-USAToday-Patriot2-CryptoUseWouldExtendedSentences.txt========== http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/2003-03-31-crypto-rights_x.htm Posted 3/31/2003 9:34 AM Proposed encryption laws could prove draconian, many fear NEW YORK (AP) — Cheating on income taxes or neglecting to pay sales taxes on online shopping could get you five extra years in prison if the government succeeds in restricting data-scrambling technology, encryption-rights advocates fear. ==========> 03-04-10-SFGate-CFP03FocussesonCivilLibertiesIssues.txt========== http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2003/04/10/cfp.DTL War on Electronic Privacy Attendees of Computers, Freedom and Privacy conference fight for high tech civil liberties Annalee Newitz, Special to SF Gate Thursday, April 10, 2003 The giant silver coffee dispensers positioned at the center of the meeting rooms in the New Yorker Hotel ==========> 03-05-07-PFIR-TripoliProj-NewEmailEnvironment.txt========== http://www.pfir.org/tripoli-overview "TRIPOLI" An Empowered E-Mail Environment Putting E-Mail Users in Control While Enhancing Security and Controlling Spam Overview May 7, 2003 Updated August 22, 2003 ==========> 03-05-26-PCWorld-PGPUsedByTerroristsAndRightsActivists.txt========== http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,110841,00.asp PGP Encryption Proves Powerful If the police and FBI can't crack the code, is the technology too strong? Philip Willan, IDG News Service Monday, May 26, 2003 ROME -- Italian police have seized at least two Psion personal digital assistants from members of the Red Brigades terrorist organization. But the major investigative ==========> 03-06-29-NYT-TrustedComputingIssues.txt========== http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/30/technology/30SECU.html A Safer System for Home PC's Feels Like Jail to Some Critics John Marshall Mantel for The New York Times A sample of the code for a more secure version of Microsoft Windows. John Marshall Mantel for The New York Times Mario Juarez, left, the group product manager for Microsoft's security business unit, discussing with Aaron Verstraete their work on the "trusted computing" software within the Windows program. ==========> 03-09-10-SciCentral-CryptoUsedByTerrorists.txt========== http://www.sciencentral.com/articles/view.php3?language=english&type=&article_id =218392041&PHPSESSID=5fb044a5606d1b7ab66601b534208e69 Decoding Terror Keeping Secrets (6.28.00) - While computers and the Internet have made many things easier, one area made more complex by computers is security. And it becomes even more complicated when scientists are working on secret and non-secret projects side-by-side. ==========> 03-09-26-JohnsHopkinsU-APLDevelopsSystemToDetectDigVideoTampering.txt========== http://www.jhuapl.edu/newscenter/pressreleases/2003/030926.htm September 26, 2003 For Immediate Release Media Contact Helen Worth Phone: 240-228-5113 or 443-778-5113 E-mail: helen.worth@jhuapl.edu Johns Hopkins APL Creates System to Detect Digital Video Tampering ==========> 03-10-15-CNETNews-GovtScalesBackEnforcementOfExportRules.txt========== http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-5092154.html Cold War encryption laws stand, but not as firmly Last modified: October 15, 2003, 6:36 PM PDT By Declan McCullagh Staff Writer, CNET News.com A pioneering attempt to overturn the U.S. government's Cold War-era laws restricting the publication of some forms of encryption code ended quietly Wednesday when a federal judge dismissed the lawsuit--but only after assurances ==========> 03-11-16-StarTrib-ThePromiseOfUnbreakableCodes.txt========== http://24hour.startribune.com/24hour/technology/story/1054733p-7413210c.html Encryption revolution: the tantalizing promise of 'unbreakable' codes By BRIAN BERGSTEIN, AP Technology Writer Copyright © 2003 AP Online NEW YORK (November 16, 11:10 a.m. CST) - Code-makers could be on the verge of winning their ancient arms race with code-breakers. After 20 years of research, an encryption process is emerging that is ==========> 03-12-19-ZDNet-SonicAuthenticationTool.txt========== http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/security/story/0,2000048600,20282061-1,00.htm Aust, US researchers develop sonic authentication tool By James Pearce, ZDNet Australia 19 December 2003 Australian researchers have worked with their U.S. counterparts to develop a way of making public key authentication ubiquitous and more accessible by encoding it as a sound. ==========> 04-01-28-TechResNews-NeuralChaosNewCryptoApproach.txt========== http://www.trnmag.com/Stories/2004/012804/Neural-chaos_team_boosts_security_0128 04.html Neural-chaos team boosts security January 28/February 4, 2004 By Kimberly Patch, Technology Research News In old war movies, soldiers synchronized their watches before splitting up to carry out separate tasks on a mission. This gave them a common timeframe for coordinating their actions in the chaos of battle. ==========> 04-02-15-NetworkMag-QuantumCryptography.txt========== http://www.networkmagazine.com/shared/article/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=176020 11 Quantum Cryptography: Security Through Uncertainty In 1905, quantum physics made the universe indecipherable. In 2005, it could do the same for your encrypted data. By Andy Dornan 02/05/2004, 12:00 PM ET Transferring data securely would be easy if you had a computer that could be in ==========> 04-02-24-EWeek-CryptoCantStopHumanWeakness.txt========== http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1538027,00.asp RSA Panel: Cryptography Can't Foil Human Weakness By Mark Hachman February 24, 2004 SAN FRANCISCO—Enhanced security can solve many issues, but it can't improve the thing that sits between the keyboard and the chair—the user—a cryptographers' panel concluded Tuesday. ==========> 04-03-15-WSJ-USGovtSelectsDaemen-RijmenCrypto.txt========== # "If You Want to Protect a Security Secret, Make Sure It's Public" Wall Street Journal (03/15/04) P. B1; Gomes, Lee The U.S. government recently awarded two self-proclaimed "Linux hackers" for their publicly developed encryption scheme, and will soon begin using the Daemen-Rijmen Advanced Encryption Standard for all top-secret communication. The competition was an entirely open process with extensive public review, and the two winners are both foreigners. Developing encryption frameworks in public seems counterproductive, but since the development of computer-assisted cryptography, public scrutiny has trumped secrecy in hardening security ==========> 04-05-03-NIST-QuantumKeyDistributionSystem.txt========== http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2004-05/nios-nqk043004.php Public release date: 3-May-2004 Contact: Laura Ost laura.ost@nist.gov 301-975-4034 National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) NIST quantum keys system sets speed record for 'unbreakable' encryption ==========> 04-05-17-CompWOrld-EULooksToQuantumCryptoForSecureDataComm.txt========== http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,93220,00.html EU seeks quantum cryptography response to Echelon The goal is to create unbreakable encryption keys News Story by Philip Willan MAY 17, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - The European Union plans to invest $13 million during the next four years to develop a secure communication system based on quantum cryptography, using physical laws governing the universe on the smallest scale to create and distribute unbreakable encryption keys, ==========> 04-06-08-CNETNews-CryptoApproachToSecureEVoting.txt========== http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-5227789.html High hopes for unscrambling the vote By Declan McCullagh Staff Writer, CNET News.com Story last modified June 8, 2004, 4:00 AM PDT PISCATAWAY, N.J.--Computer scientists gathered here recently and bobbed their heads into an odd-looking contraption for a glimpse of emerging technology that might just help make the digital world safer for democracy. ==========> 04-07-23-InfoWorld-UTokyo-FujitsuProjectMakingProgressInQuamtumCryptography.txt========== http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/07/23/HNquantumcrypto_1.html U. of Tokyo, Fujitsu advance towards quantum cryptography Project succeeds in generating single photon needed for securely sharing keys across telecom networks By Martyn Williams, IDG News Service July 23, 2004 TOKYO -- A joint research project of Fujitsu Ltd. and The University of Tokyo has made progress towards realizing a viable quantum cryptography system. Such ==========> 04-08-23-FecCompWeek-NewEncryptionStandardsAESAndECCReenergizeDataProtection.txt========== http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2004/0823/feat-encryptn-08-23-04.asp Encryption gets a boost A new standard re-energizes industry of data protection BY Florence Olsen Published on Aug. 23, 2004 Federal Computer week Cryptographic technology, unlike other information technologies, has been rather stodgy and secretive. But a few years ago, National Institute of ==========> 04-08-24-EETimes-QuantumCryptoProductsFaceSecurityChallenges.txt========== http://www.eetimes.com/at/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=30000032 Quantum encryption poised to tighten data security By Chappell Brown EE Times August 24, 2004 (8:00 AM EDT) HANCOCK, N.H. — Is absolute data security achievable? That's a question much on the minds of national security officials as quantum cryptology moves out of the labs and into commercial systems that leverage advanced optical-networking ==========> 04-09-01-TechRev-CouldAdvancesInComputingDoomEncryption.txt========== http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/04/09/wo_garfinkel090104.asp Is Encryption Doomed? Our entire information society rests on a fragile foundation that mathematicians are racing to dismantle. By Simson Garfinkel The Net Effect Technology Review September 1, 2004 ==========> 04-09-27-CNETNews-HistoryAndLegacyOfTheDataEncryptionStandard-DES.txt========== http://news.com.com/Saluting+the+data+encryption+legacy/2010-1029_3-5381232.html Saluting the data encryption legacy By Bruce Schneier Story last modified September 27, 2004, 9:00 AM PDT The Data Encryption Standard, or DES, was a mid-'70s brainchild of the National Bureau of Standards: the first modern, public, freely available encryption algorithm. For over two decades, DES was the workhorse of commercial cryptography. ==========> 04-10-00-CACM-SteganographyVSSteganlysis.txt========== Cyber warfare: steganography vs. steganalysis Huaiqing Wang, Shuozhong Wang October 2004 Communications of the ACM, Volume 47 Issue 10 For every clever method and tool being developed to hide information in multimedia data, an equal number of clever methods and tools are being developed to detect and reveal its secrets. The rise of the Internet and multimedia techniques in the mid-1990s has ==========> 04-12-23-InfoSocTech-NewTechniquesForSecurityWithQuantumComputing.txt========== http://istresults.cordis.lu/index.cfm/section/news/tpl/article/BrowsingType/Feat ures/ID/73476 Maintaining cryptographic security in the quantum age Information Society Technologies Dec. 23 2004 Behind the scenes, cryptographic technologies underpin a great deal of the security that we take for granted. Yet with ever more powerful computers, the encryption and decryption methods that underpin secure communications are under ==========> 05-01-00-IndusPhys-QuantumKeyDistribution.txt========== http://www.aip.org/tip/INPHFA/vol-10/iss-6/p22.html Quantum key distribution Data carrying photons may be transmitted by laser and detected in such a way that any interference will be noted Industrial Physics by Jennifer Ouellette Jan. 2005 Computing’s exponential increase in power requires setting the bar always ==========> 05-01-26-Independent-QuantumCryptography.txt========== # "The Encryption Factor" Independent (London) (01/26/05); Arthur, Charles The field of quantum computing is drawing considerable attention from governments and bankers throughout the world because of its potential to effortlessly break modern encryption, at least in theory. Quantum computing promises to address the problem of transistor miniaturization, which is expected to reach its physical limits within the next decade or so. The technology will also revolutionize problem-solving by tapping the unusual nature of subatomic particles to calculate extremely fast and process massive ==========> 05-02-04-Science-UsingQuatumEffectsToDoAFairCoinToss.txt========== # "Safer Coin Tosses Point to Better Way for Enemies to Swap Messages" Science (02/04/05) Vol. 307, No. 5710, P. 655; Seife, Charles National Institute of Standards and Technology physicist Alipasha Vaziri and colleagues have carried out an experiment that uses the quantum-mechanical property of entanglement to facilitate a fair electronic coin flip in which two parties that do not trust each other attempt to ensure that the other is not cheating. Classical computing cannot guarantee a fair coin flip, as no provably secure way exists for one party to flip the coin and the other party to call the toss while ensuring that neither party can cheat when determining the ==========> 05-02-16-InfoWorld-SecurityFlawInSHA-1EncryptionAlgorithm.txt========== http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/02/16/HNshaflaw_1.html Researchers find security flaw in SHA-1 Discovery could speed up cracking of the widely used encryption algorithm InfoWorld By Paul Roberts, IDG News Service February 16, 2005 Security experts are warning that a security flaw has been found in a powerful data encryption algorithm, dubbed SHA-1, by a team of scientists from Shandong ==========> 05-02-24-Wired-NoEncryptionOnPassportsRFIDTags.txt========== http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,66686,00.html No Encryption for E-Passports By Ryan Singel Wired 02:00 AM Feb. 24, 2005 PT Despite widespread criticism from security experts that a proposed high-tech upgrade to Americans' passports actually introduces new security risks, the government is declining to encrypt data on new high-tech e-passports, according ==========> 05-02-28-RFIDJ-CryptoCrackedOnRFIDDevice.txt========== http://www.rfidjournal.com/article/articleview/1415/1/128/ Attack on a Cryptographic RFID Device Why crack the code? Because greater openness means greater security. RFID Journal By Ari Juels Feb. 28, 2005—A team of researchers at Johns Hopkins University Information Security Institute and RSA Laboratories recently announced the discovery and study of a security weakness in a widely deployed, cryptographically enabled ==========> 05-03-07-TorontoStar-QuatumCryptographyCouldProvideGreaterDecurity.txt========== http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_T ype1&call_pageid=971358637177&c=Article&cid=1110150624491 Mar. 7, 2005. 01:00 AM A quantum leap for computer security Powerful chips perversely make hacking easier Here's a system that, for now, is said to make it impossible Toronto Star M. COREY GOLDMAN ==========> 05-03-15-WSJ-FlawDiscoveredInSHA-1HashAlgorithm.txt========== # "Crack in Computer Security Code Raises Red Flag" Wall Street Journal (03/15/05) P. A1; Forelle, Charles A flaw in a "hash function" technique for encrypting online data has been uncovered by a team of Chinese researchers at Shandong University, and this has raised alarms in the computer security industry because it casts doubt on the so-called impenetrability of hash function-based cryptography. The researchers found the vulnerability using the SHA-1 hash algorithm, a federal standard circulated by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) that is also considered to be cutting edge as well as the most popularly ==========> 05-03-22-CompWorld-SHA-1FlawNotSeenAsRiskToOneTimePasswords.txt========== http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/software/story/0,10801,100554,00.htm l SHA-1 flaw seen as no risk to one-time password proposal The vulnerability in the SHA-1 one-way hash function rocked the cryptographic world News Story by Mark Willoughby MARCH 22, 2005 (COMPUTERWORLD) - The vulnerability in the SHA-1 one-way hash function, which recently rocked the cryptographic world, is not seen as a ==========> 05-03-23-SJMerc-Counterpane-BruceSchneier.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/11209523.htm Posted on Wed, Mar. 23, 2005 The cryptography guru FOUNDER OF INTERNET SECURITY FIRM INSPIRES REACTION: `WE TRUST BRUCE' By Dan Lee Mercury News Bruce Schneier, founder and chief technical officer of Counterpane Internet Security, might be as close as the computer security industry gets to its own ==========> 05-04-26-CompWeekly-DataEncryptionCouldBeKeyToMoreSecureData.txt========== # "Encryption: The Key to Secure Data?" Computer Weekly (04/26/05); Bradbury, Danny Data encryption technology is now a mature market with infrequent updates, but the failure of public key infrastructure (PKI) to take off in the commercial sector has left a gaping hole in the encryption framework. Encryption comes in two flavors: Traditional symmetric encryption and asymmetric encryption that uses public and private keys. Asymmetric encryption popularized by RSA Security protects traditional symmetric encryption by adding another encrypted piece of data, which dramatically increases the difficulty of code-breaking; elliptic ==========> 05-06-03-NewSci-CryptographersCrackSecureBluetoothDevices.txt========== http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7461 New hack cracks 'secure' Bluetooth devices 2:07 03 June 2005 NewScientist.com news service Celeste Biever Cryptographers have discovered a way to hack Bluetooth-enabled devices even when security features are switched on. The discovery may make it even easier for hackers to eavesdrop on conversations and charge their own calls to someone ==========> 05-06-27-TechRev-QuantumCryptoCommercializationStarting.txt========== http://technologyreview.com/articles/05/06/wo/wo_062705hoffman.asp A Quantum Leap in Cryptography By Karen Epper Hoffman June 27, 2005 Until recently, quantum encryption has been hidden away in specialized laboratories. But its advocates say the technology -- in which single particles of light, or photons, are used to encode data -- is now ready to make the leap to the real ==========> 05-08-04-SJMerc-PrivateEncryptedFileSharingNetworksStart.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/12306819.htm Posted on Thu, Aug. 04, 2005 The new threat to Hollywood: Darknets PRIVATE, ENCRYPTED FILE-SHARING NETWORKS SET TO GROW. By Dawn C. Chmielewski Mercury News Fresh from its victory in the Supreme Court Grokster case, Hollywood faces a new Internet threat -- the rise of ``darknets,'' or private, encrypted networks ==========> 05-08-18-TechResNews-PixelsSpeedQuantumCryptography.txt========== http://www.trnmag.com/Stories/2005/081005/Pixels_speed_quantum_crypto_081005.htm l Pixels speed quantum crypto By Eric Smalley, Technology Research News Aug. 18, 2005 Scientists working to develop ultra powerful quantum computers and ultra secure quantum cryptography systems generally use subtle aspects of particles like photons and atoms to represent the 1s and 0s of computer information. ==========> 05-09-22-GlobeAndMail-EncryptionAboutToTakeLeapToQuantumTechnology.txt========== http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050922.wxtdata0922/BNStory/ Technology/ GLOBEANDMAIL.COM Data encryption about to make quantum leap Researchers working at subatomic level promise security that's unbreachable By GRANT BUCKLER Thursday, September 22, 2005 Posted at 8:38 AM EDT Even as recent computer security breaches underline the importance of ==========> 05-10-24-GovtSecNews-HighSpeedDataCommChallengesEncryptionSW.txt========== http://www.gsnmagazine.com/oct_05_02/high_speed.html High-speed transmissions challenge encryption software By GAIL KALINOSKI Government Security News Oct. 24, 2005 The need for high-speed encryption for government users is constantly on the rise as the U.S. military continues to wage a global war against terrorism and federal agencies are sharing a greater volume of sensitive information with ==========> 05-10-24-NetWorld-IETFEmbracesCryptoTechnologies.txt========== http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/102405widernetcrypto.html Deciphering the world of crypto IETF opens its arms to lesser-known algorithms such as SEED and GOST. By Ellen Messmer, Network World, 10/24/05 Illustration It's the computational magic for scrambling data to keep it secret, and in the U.S., the best-known cryptographic algorithms go by names such as Triple-DES and AES. ==========> 05-11-18-FinTimes-QuantumCryptoSuffersCommercailSetbacks.txt========== # "A Tough Code to Crack the Market" Financial Times (11/18/05) P. 10; Bradbury, Danny While quantum cryptography shows the greatest promise of meeting the emerging security needs for government and enterprise, commercial development of the technology has been fraught with setbacks. Current security techniques use keys for the encryption and decryption of information, and are frequently repeated because of security concerns that arise when new keys are issued. Quantum key distribution (QKD) allows cryptographers to send new keys that are completely secure through light signals. The security comes from the fundamental law of ==========> 05-12-15-NetWorld-IEEEStandardForTapeAndDiskEncryptionEmerge.txt========== http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/121505-tape-encryption.html Standards on the way for encrypting data on tape, disk By Deni Connor, NetworkWorld.com, 12/15/05 Proposed standards for protecting data on disk or tape are gathering steam within the IEEE and could be supported in products as soon as next year, according to proponents. Advertisement: ==========> 05-12-16-EDN-QuantumCryptoForStrongSecurity.txt========== http://www.edn.com/article/CA6290450.html Quantum cryptography: when your link has to be really, really secure Combining quantum theory and single photons, systems can achieve security that the laws of physics—rather than an algorithm's complexity—assure. By Bill Schweber, former Executive Editor -- , 12/16/2005 EDN AT A GLANCE ==========> 05-12-17-NewSci-ChineseResearcherCracksMD5AndSHA-1Crypto.txt========== # "Busted!" New Scientist (12/17/05) Vol. 188, No. 2530, P. 44; Biever, Celeste The cracking of MD5 and later SHA-1 by Chinese cryptographer Xiaoyun Wang has stirred up the security community, since both hash algorithms represent the most popular cryptographic tools currently used. But Wang puts a positive spin on this development, noting that her work allows people to "understand whether a hash function is secure and how to design secure hash functions." Wang's breakthrough was discussed by cryptography researchers convened by William Burr of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in late October; ==========> 06-01-12-FirstMon-ImplicationsOfRecentAttacksOn128bitHashFunctions.txt========== http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue11_1/gauravaram/index.html First Monday [Accessed Jan. 12, 2006] The legal and practical implications of recent attacks on 128-bit cryptographic hash functions by Praveen Gauravaram, Adrian McCullagh and Ed Dawson Abstract This paper discusses the legal and practical implications of attacks, ==========> 06-01-18-EmbeddedSysDes-UnderstandingEllipticCurveCrypto.txt========== http://www.embedded.com//showArticle.jhtml?articleID=177101463 Understanding elliptic-curve cryptography By Rob Lambert Embedded Systems Design (01/18/06, 13:51:00 PM EST) The risk of intrusion and eavesdropping goes up as electronic communication equipment becomes increasingly wireless and ubiquitous. With the spectre of hackers/crackers looming, security is becoming a major consideration in a ==========> 06-01-24-TechRev-EncryptionUsingChaos.txt========== http://www.technologyreview.com/InfoTech/wtr_16178,300,p1.html Tuesday, January 24, 2006 Encryption Using Chaos Lasers that "hide" messages could mean more foolproof security. By Kate Greene Technology Review You know that eBay purchase you made? The online credit card payment you sent? The bank statement you checked at your computer? These transactions contained ==========> 06-02-14-EETimes-CryptoExpertsSaysRFIDTagsCanBeCrackedWithCellphone.txt========== http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=180201688 Cellphone could crack RFID tags, says cryptographer Rick Merritt EE Times (02/14/2006 4:26 PM EST) SAN JOSE — A well known cryptographer has applied power analysis techniques to crack passwords for the most popular brand of RFID tags. ==========> 06-02-16-TechRev-SecurityExpertsReadyToFightBackWithCryptography.txt========== http://www.technologyreview.com/InfoTech-Software/wtr_16347,300,p1.html Thursday, February 16, 2006 Calling Cryptographers With hardware, software, and networks constantly under attack, security experts says they're ready to fight back. By Kate Greene Technology Review Microsoft CEO Bill Gates kicked off the annual RSA Conference on information ==========> 06-02-22-Physics-NewQuantumCryptoTechniqueToFoilCodebraekers.txt========== http://www.physorg.com/news11085.html Hackers beware -- new technique uses photons, physics to foil codebreakers Physics : February 22, 2006 For governments and corporations in the business of transmitting sensitive data such as banking records or personal information over fibre optic cables, a new system demonstrated by University of Toronto researchers offers the protective equivalent of a fire-breathing dragon. ==========> 06-02-23-TorontoStar-NewQuantumCryptoTechniqueToFoilCodebraekers.txt========== http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_T ype1&c=Article&cid=1140648614823&call_pageid=968332188492&col=968793972154&t=TS_ Home Prof says there's no hacker he can't foil Confusing theory now viable `key' Photons of light encrypt data Feb. 23, 2006. 01:00 AM JOSEPH HALL, STAFF REPORTER Toronto Star ==========> 06-03-13-AP-ISORejectsChinaEncryptionSystem.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/14089372.htm Posted on Mon, Mar. 13, 2006 Global standards group rejects China's encryption system BEIJING (AP) - A global standards-setting group has rejected China's controversial wireless encryption system, dealing a blow to Beijing's efforts to promote its homegrown protocol around the world. Members of the Geneva-based International Organization for Standardization ==========> 06-03-13-InfoWorld-SecurityHoleFoundInGnuPGCryptoProgram.txt========== http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/03/13/76377_HNgpghole_1.html Security hole found in crypto program GPG Attackers could sneak malicious code into e-mails By James Niccolai, IDG News Service March 13, 2006 Developers of the open-source GnuPG encryption software have reported a security flaw that could allow an attacker to sneak malicious code into a signed e-mail message. ==========> 06-03-14-AP-ChinaAllegesDirtyTricksInISOEncryptionRejection.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/14097280.htm Posted on Tue, Mar. 14, 2006 China complains of 'dirty tricks' after encryption system rejected BEIJING (AP) - Promoters of China's controversial wireless encryption technology on Tuesday accused rivals of ``dirty tricks'' after an international organization rejected the Chinese system as a global standard. China will continue to promote its WAPI standard and will use it domestically ==========> 06-03-24-GovtCompNews-ProgressMadeInQuantumCryptography.txt========== http://www.gcn.com/print/25_6/40119-1.html A quantum leap for cryptography Blasting photons can create completely secure random keys By William Jackson , GCN Staff [Accessed March 24, 2006] An international team of government, academic and commercial researchers has made significant strides in their quest to accelerate secure quantum cryptography. The group has devised a photon detector operating as much as 20 ==========> 06-03-29-NewSci-QuasarCryptoUsesRadioSignalsFromSpace.txt========== http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn8913-your-secrets-are-safe-with-quasar-enc ryption.html Your secrets are safe with quasar encryption 16:00 29 March 2006 NewScientist.com news service Will Knight Intergalactic radio signals from quasars could emerge as an exotic but effective new tool for securing terrestrial communications against ==========> 06-04-03-Wired-ZfoneCryptoSWCanProtectVoIPCallsFromNSASurveillance.txt========== http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,70524-0.html?tw=wn_index_1 A Pretty Good Way to Foil the NSA Wired By Ryan Singel 02:00 AM Apr, 03, 2006 How easy is it for the average internet user to make a phone call secure enough to frustrate the NSA's extrajudicial surveillance program? ==========> 06-04-06-Wired-VoIPNeedsCryptoBecauseSurveillanceIsEasy.txt========== http://www.wired.com/news/columns/0,70591-0.html Why VOIP Needs Crypto By Bruce Schneier 02:00 AM Apr, 06, 2006 Wired There are basically four ways to eavesdrop on a telephone call. One, you can listen in on another phone extension. This is the method preferred ==========> 06-04-18-USNIST-CodeForUnbreakableQuantumCrypto.txt========== http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/releases/quantumfiber.htm Code for ‘Unbreakable’ Quantum Encryption Generated at Record Speed over Fiber April 18, 2006 NIST physicist Xiao Tang and colleagues have developed a quantum communications system that uses single photons to produce a "raw" encryption key at the rate of 4 million bits per second. ==========> 06-05-29-AP-ChinaAccussesUSOfEncryptionConspiracy.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/14693850.htm Posted on Mon, May. 29, 2006 China: U.S. is in wireless 'conspiracy' CHRIS HAWKE Associated Press BEIJING - The agency promoting China's wireless encryption standard has accused a U.S. engineers' group of waging a conspiracy that led a global organization to reject the Chinese system, the country's official news agency said Monday. ==========> 06-05-29-WashTech-HardwareAndSoftwareEncryption.txt========== http://www.washingtontechnology.com/news/21_10/emerging-tech/28647-1.html Washington Technology home, 05/29/06; Vol. 21 No. 10 Code warriors battle on By Doug Beizer Staff Writer Hardware still plays major role in encryption Tens of thousands of tactical messages were encrypted during World War II by Nazis using the German Enigma machine. Years later, it came to light that ==========> 06-06-10-AP-ChinaWalksOutOfWirelessEncryptionMeeting.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/14789960.htm Posted on Sat, Jun. 10, 2006 China walks out of encryption meeting CHRIS HAWKE Associated Press BEIJING - An international dispute over a wireless computing standard took a bitter turn this past week with the Chinese delegation walking out of a global meeting to discuss the technology. ==========> 06-08-09-TechRev-CryptograhicScratchVotingCardsCouldEliminateElectionFraud.txt========== http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=17275&ch=infotech Technology Review, Wednesday, August 09, 2006 Scratch-and-Vote System Could Help Eliminate Election Fraud A new lottery-style scratch card has been developed that might make elections less susceptible to rigging. By Duncan Graham-Rowe In future elections cryptography could allow voters to check that their “X” is associated with the candidate they voted for (Credit: istockphoto.com/Panaroid) ==========> 06-08-15-CNET-ZimmermanTryingToBringEncryptionToVoIPCalls.txt========== http://news.com.com/E-mail+security+hero+takes+on+VoIP/2100-7352_3-6105589.html E-mail security hero takes on VoIP By Declan McCullagh CNET Networks, Story last modified Tue Aug 15 11:38:33 PDT 2006 LAS VEGAS--Phil Zimmermann gave free e-mail encryption to the world more than a decade ago in the form of software called Pretty Good Privacy. Now Zimmermann, who became an instant Internet hero in part because of a threat ==========> 06-08-22-TechRev-CanVideoFingerprintingAndWatermarkingStopCopyrightViolators.txt========== http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=17343&ch=biztech Tuesday, August 22, 2006 Capturing Online Video Pirates Can video fingerprinting and watermarking technology stop copyright violators? By Wade Roush, Technology Review People trying to post stolen video content online must now contend with Johnny--an automated “fingerprinting” system by video-sharing service Guba that blocks the uploading of copyrighted material. (Credit: ==========> 06-10-30-CNET-CryptographyStillLacksUsability.txt========== http://news.com.com/At+30%2C+crypto+still+lacks+usability%2C+experts+say/2100-10 29_3-6130442.html At 30, crypto still lacks usability, experts say By Joris Evers CNET Networks, Inc, Oct 30 06:40:46 PST 2006 MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--Government controls held back cryptography in the past, but today, it's usability that blocks adoption, a panel of experts said Thursday. ==========> 06-11-20-NewSci-MicrochipEncryptionProcessingMayRevealKeys.txt========== http://www.newscientisttech.com/article/dn10609 Hard-working chips may reveal encryption keys 15:35 20 November 2006, NewScientist.com news service, Will Knight Details of a possible weakness in the way modern microchips process cryptographic information have been published by an international team of researchers. The flaw could let a hacker steal the cryptographic keys used to protect ==========> 07-01-23-NetWorld-NISTAnnouncesCompetitionForNewCyyptoHashAlgorithm.txt========== http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/012307-nist-cryptographic-algorithm.html NIST announces competition for new cryptographic hash algorithm By Ellen Messmer, Network World, 01/23/07 The National Institute of Standards and Technology today announced a public competition to pick a new cryptographic hash algorithm that would become the new federal information processing standard. This evaluation process is expected to run a minimum of three years. Related links ==========> 07-02-01-ITWorldCanada-QuatumCryptographyOffersSpyProofCode.txt========== http://www.itworldcanada.com/a/News/77d83ee9-7519-4f63-828b-5ba2ae5581ad.html Quantum cryptography offers spy-proof code By: Nestor E. Arellano ITWorldCanada.com (01 Feb 2007) Stolen banking and credit card information, compromised medical and financial records, tapping into cell phone conversations… A team of researchers from the University of Calgary are hoping to put an end ==========> 07-03-02-TechRev-FoolproffQuantumCryptography.txt========== http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/18253/ Foolproof Quantum Cryptography Adding decoy photons to quantum-cryptographic signals should finally make them "unconditionally secure." By Duncan Graham-Rowe, Technology Review, Friday, March 02, 2007 Researchers at Toshiba, in Cambridge, U.K., have found a way to plug a security hole that currently limits how far and how fast encryption keys can be distributed using existing quantum-cryptographic systems. The developments ==========> 07-03-12-AP-SeagateShipsHardDrivesWithBuiltInEncryption.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/16886071.htm Associated Press, Posted on Mon, Mar. 12, 2007 Seagate ships encrypting hard drives SAN JOSE, Calif. - Seagate Technology LLC, the world's largest hard drive maker, has developed a technology that automatically encrypts every bit of data stored on hard drives, adding a new kind of barrier between computer data and thieves. ==========> 07-04-04-InfoWorld-SecurityResearchesDiscoverFasterWayToCrackWiFiWEP.txt========== http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/04/04/HNdontusewep_1.html?source=searchresul t Don't use WEP, say German security researchers Researchers have discovered a faster way to crack the Wi-Fi security protocol By Peter Sayer, IDG News Service, April 04, 2007 The Wi-Fi security protocol WEP should not be relied on to protect sensitive material, according to three German security researchers who have discovered a faster way to crack it. They plan to demonstrate their findings at a security ==========> 07-05-23-InfoWorld-1024BitRSAEncryptionNotEnoughtForFuture.txt========== http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/05/23/RSA-1024-bit-encryption-not-enough_1.h tml Researcher: RSA 1024-bit encryption not enough As computers and math techniques become more powerful and sophisticated, current encryption standards could be made obsolete in as little as five years By Jeremy Kirk, IDG News Service, May 23, 2007 The strength of the encryption used now to protect banking and e-commerce transactions on many Web sites may not be effective in as few as five years, a ==========> 07-06-08-TechRev-NewDistanceRecordForQuantumCryptography.txt========== http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/18838/ Technology Review, Friday, June 08, 2007 New Record for Quantum Cryptography, By Neil Savage Researchers take a big step toward their goal of spy-proof communications via satellites. European scientists have broken a distance record for sending quantum information from one place to another, paving the way for a system that relies on the laws of physics to provide communications that can't be tapped. If they ==========> 07-07-17-MIT-EncryptionPioneerRivestWinsMarconiPrize.txt========== http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2007/rivest-award-0717.html MIT encryption pioneer Rivest wins Marconi Prize MIT, July 17, 2007 MIT Professor Ronald L. Rivest, who helped develop one of the world's most widely used Internet security systems, has been named the 2007 Marconi Fellow and prize-winner for his pioneering work in the field of cryptography, computer and network security. ==========> 07-07-20-AP-PersonalDataOf500KMilitaryfamiliesCompromisedByLackOfEncryption.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_6422863 SAIC warns data on a half-million military personnel may have been compromised Associated Press, Article Launched: 07/20/2007 08:29:11 AM PDT SAN DIEGO - Pentagon contractor SAIC Inc. said Friday the personal information of more than half a million military personnel and their relatives may have been compromised because the company did not encrypt the data before transmitting it over the Internet. ==========> 07-07-25-GovtCompNews-HoneyvlientWebCrawlersSeekSourceOfBotnets.txt========== http://www.gcn.com/print/26_17/44638-1.html On the trail of servers gone bad [Accessed 25, 2007] ‘Honeyclient’ Web crawlers try to find source of botnets, By Wilson P. Dizard III LANDO, Fla. — Federal agencies increasingly are seeking out fledgling “honeyclient” technology to detect and analyze Web sites that contain and distribute malware, cybersecurity experts say. ==========> 07-08-13-GovtCompNews-NSAPromotesEllipticCurveCryptoToSecureSmallDevices.txt========== http://www.gcn.com/print/26_20/44801-1.html Encrypting the future: GovernmentComputer News SPECIAL REPORT | NSA pushes elliptic-curve cryptography to secure small devices and lend support to interoperable communication networks By Kathleen Hickey, Special to GCN [Accessed Aug. 13, 2007] If you go back 30 years, things weren’t nearly as interoperable as they are now. — DICKIE GEORGE, National Security Agency