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Kasten Chase Receives NSA Endorsement For U.S. Data Security

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Canada's Kasten Chase has been given the exclusive go-ahead by the U.S. National Security Agency to safeguard top-secret government data, which could make the recent theft of computer hard drives laden with nuclear secrets from . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 21, 2000

The E-Signatures Revolution in Legal Transactions and E-Commerce

Thanks to a measure approved by Congress and headed to President Clinton's desk for his signature, Web surfers and e-mail users will soon be able to put a legally binding digital version of . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 20, 2000

Quantum Physics Advances In Unhackable Encryption Techniques

Scientists at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory and other research organizations around the world are harnessing the laws of quantum physics to develop what they hope will be impregnable data encryption systems.. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 20, 2000

Exploring Challenges And Advances In Cryptography Technologies

"There is some outstanding technology available, and in publicly available algorithms," Bauer told Newsbytes after his speech. "The problem isn't that there's no good cryptographic technology available. The problem is that it's fiendishly difficult to implement the technology in a secure . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 19, 2000

MI5's New Codebreaker Unit Tackles Encrypted Threats From Criminals

A special codebreaking organisation is to be set up inside the headquarters of MI5 to crack encrypted communications and computer discs belonging to suspected organised criminals and terrorists. The new centre, which will begin to recruit expert codebreakers soon, will cost . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 13, 2000

Enhance Email Security Using HushPOP's Local Key Generation Technology

HushPOP, which can be downloaded for free from the company's Web site, is a transparent add-on that runs behind a user's desktop e-mail client and takes a unique approach to encrypted e-mail. Like many other secure messaging programs, HushPOP . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 13, 2000

OpenSSH 2.2.1 Release: Enhanced Security Features and Usability Fixes

A new version of OpenSSH has been released. Version 2.2.1 fixes a few usability bugs and a security feature not enabled by default. OpenSSH is a freely-available implementation of Secure Shell, a telnet/ftp/rlogin replacement that provides strong . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 08, 2000

Exploring Data Encryption Standard and Triple-DES Techniques

The Data Encryption Standard, or DES, specified a block cipher with a 56-bit key that operated on 64-bit blocks. It was developed by IBM, in response to a request from the National Bureau of Standards for a cryptographic algorithm . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 06, 2000

US Needs to Harmonize Cryptocurrency Regulations with EU Encryption Updates

When the EU meets on June 13th, crypto in the US could be a different story shortly thereafter. "If the European Union votes next week to relax encryption regulations, the United States says it will take similar steps. Commerce . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 06, 2000

Exploring Current Crypto Standards And Business Security Practices

This SC Mag article discusses the history of crypto, the current controversy over exportation, info on the new crypto standard emerging, and "Crystal Ball" predictions. "The business arguments (for e-business) are important and irresistible. The challenge is for the . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 06, 2000

Fundamentals of Cryptography for Enhanced Data Security

Here is a good paper that gives readers a basic understanding of cryptography. "Cryptography addresses one specific security-related requirement, and does so superbly: protecting a message or a file from being read by an eavesdropper who has no other . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 05, 2000

Enhance Your System Security With Public-Key Cryptography Techniques

We hear alot about security on the internet, about securing your system from hackers who don't have much reason for existence except to break into peoples' systems. Maybe that's a good existence because they can get a book deal but . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 01, 2000

Encryption's Importance For Digital Security And Online Privacy

This article talks about the need for encryption. Email, e-commerce, digital cash, the NSA's Echelon Project all lead to reasons why crypto is necessary. "... more and more of our private communications are being routed through electronic channels. . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 01, 2000

£3.6 Million Math Competition Aims to Innovate Encryption and Privacy

A £3.6m mathematics competition announced Wednesday could spark a revolution in computer security and online privacy experts believe. The competition is sponsored by the Clay Mathematics Institute in the US and was revealed at the Millennium Mathematics Conference in . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 29, 2000

Ensuring E-Business Security With Public Key Infrastructure

"... many companies looking at public key infrastructure (PKI) technology. PKI allows use of digital certificates to ensure the confidentiality and integrity of data through encryption, control access through private keys, authenticate documents via digital signatures, and ease completion . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 27, 2000

Enhancing Email Security: Sendmail Switch Incorporates RSA BSAFE SSL-C

RSA Security Inc. today announced that Sendmail, Inc. has licensed RSA BSAFE(R) SSL-C encryption software. The company will incorporate Secure Socket layer-based encryption technology into its family of Sendmail Switch products to help protect their users' e-mail from interception and/or . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 24, 2000

PGP 5.0 Critical Advisory: Key Generation Issue, Unpredictable Keys

A flaw has been found in the randomness gathering code of PGP 5. PGP 5 will, under certain well-defined circumstances, generate public/private key pairs with no or only a small amount of randomness. Such keys are insecure. Chances are very . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 24, 2000

European Union Updates Encryption Export Rules Impacting Data Security

The EU has reportedly decided that allowing the export of crypto is a good thing, despite the best efforts of the US to prevent it. Even France agrees. "But they can't any longer block the export. Companies are . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 23, 2000

Exploring Privacy Solutions: Insights from Zero-Knowledge Systems

"As president of Zero-Knowledge Systems, which builds privacy software, Mr. Hill has spoken at conferences around North America, espousing the credo that a person's online movements are no one else's business. ... Many companies have also published the code that . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 18, 2000

Enhancing Security Using OpenSSH for Administration and VPN Setup

OpenSSH is an inexpensive improvement well worth the minimal effort required to install and configure it. You can also use SSH to set up simple "circuit level" VPNs. In this article, we take a hands-on look at the two . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 16, 2000

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