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Why encryption that doesn't trust the user isn't trustworthy
In the words of Wikipedia's article on pseudorandomness at the time of this writing, "a pseudorandom process is a process that appears to be random but is not." In programming, the term "pseudorandom" is most often used to refer to number generators that produce numbers with the statistical appearance...
Tags: Encryption, Number Generator, Encryption System, Security, Chad Perrin
Blog posts 2007-11-15
The best security essay of 2007 (isn't about security)
Security professionals everywhere, myself included, might want to think long and hard about why the best security essay of 2007 wasn't even about security. It is a late entry to the running for 2007, published on a personal weblog on the 14th of December. The author,...
Tags: Essay, IT Security, Security, Chad Perrin
Blog posts 2007-12-31
Xirrus gets cocky about 802.11n and tells IT pros to "Ditch the switch"
Would you consider going all-WLAN, even in a small office?Original post:http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/hiner/?p=678Am I off-base here? Is there anyone out there who is already going all-wireless?RE: Xirrus gets cocky about 802.11n and tells IT pros toHellz no!If I could I would ...The notion of having less wires is down right futuristic but...
Tags: Wi-Fi, information technology, wireless, Xirrus Inc., IEEE 802.11n
Discussion threads 2008-05-01
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