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Upcoming AES Products Following NIST Approval of Rijndael Algorithm

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Products certified for the new Advanced Encryption Standard should be available almost as soon as the proposed standard receives formal approval, officials at the National Institute of Standards and Technology said last week. NIST last October selected the powerful Rijndael algorithm . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 30, 2001

James Bamford's 'Body Of Secrets' Unveiled At National Cryptologic Museum

Seated in the lobby of the National Cryptologic Museum, between a German Enigma machine and a KGB mannequin, James Bamford couldn't have picked a more perfect place to sign copies of his new spy book, "Body of Secrets." But the amazing . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 30, 2001

Optimizing Hosting Services With SSL Acceleration Strategies

This paper is designed to provide HSPs with an understanding of the business case for value added services and presents the rationale for offering SSL acceleration services to hosting service customers. Included are ROI (return on investment) indicators, marketing tips and . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 30, 2001

Andes Networks Launches New SSL Encryption System for Web Traffic

A security system startup venture has taken the wraps off a new type of encryption-processing scheme that it claims can increase performance over competing technologies by as much as tenfold. As a result, Andes Networks Inc. expects to see the cost . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 18, 2001

Maximize SSH Security: Effective Key Management and Access Techniques

However, most people simply connect via SSH, enter their passwords, and type away. They don't realize that SSH has advanced key-management features that allow them to avoid having to retype their passwords; that its port-forwarding options can secure other, normally insecure, . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 15, 2001

Industry Experts Praise AES Selection at the RSA Security Conference

The government finally did something right. That seemed to be the common theme at the RSA Data Security Conference on Monday afternoon with encryption experts praising the U.S. government's selection of an Advanced Encryption Standard, or AES. "I would like to . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 10, 2001

Bruce Schneier Discusses Internet Security Challenges and Risk Management

Cryptographer Bruce Schneier today reiterated his managed security services gospel in a talk here on the opening day of the RSA Security Conference. But if his message is really being heard, there should be general panic among . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 10, 2001

Access Control with Basic and Client Authentication Techniques

One of the most common kinds of access control for secure web servers is Basic Authentication, in which a login and password are required. Access controls can apply to part or all of a web site. The restricted area is called . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 09, 2001

Setting Up Digital Signatures And Verification Process In Java

To set up a digital signature in Java, you first need to set up a private key, usually by using keytool or the security API methods. Programmers often use the Java Certificate feature to securely verify public key authenticity. . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 09, 2001

BitArts Develops Unbreakable Polymorphic Encryption System

BitArts, a company founded by a group of ex-computer software crackers, has developed a revolutionary encryption system they claim is all but unbreakable. John Safa, BitArt's founder and chief technical officer, told Newsbytes that the encryption system works by changing the . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 08, 2001

UK Government's Shifting Policy on RIP Act and Encryption Concerns

Despite accepting its own taskforce recommendation two weeks ago, the Home Office now says there will be no independent enquiry into the effects of the controversial RIP Act The Home Office has backtracked on a promise to commission an independent . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 04, 2001

Enhancing Security: Steps For Effective Encryption And Authentication

The use of encryption and authentication can improve network and host security. But there are many steps that must be taken, and done correctly, before cryptography becomes part of a secure solution.. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 29, 2001

OpenPGP Attack Insights and Vulnerability Analysis by Czech Researchers

The Czech group which recently found vulnerabilities in OpenPGP has released two documents outlining the attack. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 22, 2001

SSH Protocol Trademark Rejected: Implications For Secure Remote Access

The Internet engineering community rebuffed one of its own security gurus this week, by rejecting a request from the inventor of the popular Secure Shell protocol to change the technology's acronym to protect his company's trademark on the term. Tatu Ylonnen . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 22, 2001

Insights from Cryptologists on PGP Email Security Vulnerabilities

Two cryptologists announced Tuesday that they had found a flaw in the most widely used program for sending encrypted, or coded, e-mail messages. If confirmed, the flaw would allow a determined adversary to obtain secret codes used by senders of encrypted . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 21, 2001

IBM Proposes Data Security Standard For Removable Media Enhancement

IBM is backing a standards proposal that would allow generic functions to be programmed into removable media such as DVDs, flash memory and Zip drives that, among other things, could limit what a user copies to or from his computer. IBM . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 20, 2001

Understanding DVD Encryption with Prime Numbers and the DeCSS Effect

The Pythagoreans were reputed, whether rightly or wrongly, to be a shamanistic cult which jealously guarded the higher mysteries of mathematical knowledge to maintain social power and political influence in their day. Of course they weren't as advanced as we are; . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 19, 2001

Bruce Schneier Discusses Network Security and Protocol Issues

In this issue, Bruce Schneier talks about, the "Security Patch Treadmill", the future role of insurance in network security, Harvards "new" and "uncrackable" cryptosystem, the TCP/IP sequence number bug, the "closed' cryptosystem of iBallot.com, some problems with conventional IDS, and how . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 16, 2001

EU Commission Denies NSA Compromise of Encryption System

Paranoia is alive and well at the European Union (EU) Commission, which has been forced to officially deny its encryption system has been compromised by the NSA (National Security Agency). Fears of eavesdropping by the ultra-secretive US spy agency grew out of comments by a Commission employee, Briton Desmond Perkins, who told a EU Parliamentary committee of regular but unsuccessful attempts by the NSA to crack the Commission's encryption system.. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 09, 2001

MIT Students Test Copyright Laws With Innovative Decryption Code

MIT student Keith Winstein and alum Marc Horowitz say they're out to prove a point: Publishing code that decrypts and plays DVD movies is not a crime. In their case, they assert it's about teaching copyright issues and is thus protected . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 08, 2001

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