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Use the Blowfish cipher to improve password security
In addition to its common use for generating hashes used to verify the integrity of a downloaded file, the MD5 algorithm is also used widely for password authentication systems. It became the most common Unix password hash algorithm in the 1990s, in fact, and many Unix-like systems still default...
Tags: Algorithm, Security, Password, Cryptography, Hash, Unix, Blowfish, MD5, Password Authentication System, Engineering, Chad Perrin
Blog posts 2007-12-09
Follow a university course in cryptography for free
Have you ever wanted to learn about cryptography at college, but just never really had the opportunity? The University of Washington has made it possible without having to set foot outside your home or pay a penny in tuition fees. CSE P 590TU: Practical Aspects of Modern Cryptography...
Tags: Information Technology, University Of Washington, Cryptography, Digital Security, Security, Chad Perrin
Blog posts 2007-12-03
Quantum cryptography will be used in Switzerland elections
Switzerland will be using quantum cryptography technology on October 21, 2007, for its parliamentary elections. Excerpt from Network World: Still considered an area of advanced research, quantum cryptography uses photons to carry encryption keys to secure communications over fiber-optic lines and can automatically detect if anyone...
Tags: Cryptography, Quantum Corp., Quantum Cryptography, Digital Security, Security, Paul Mah
Blog posts 2007-10-11
Quantum cryptography to be used in Switzerland elections
Do you think the above use of quantum cryptography is an overkill?The sooner the betterOur electronic voting systems are in dire need of advanced cryptography - so the sooner we can install and use the better free nations will be
Tags: Digital security, paulmah@..., cryptography, Quantum Corp.
Discussion threads 2007-10-11
cryptography
hello sir, i am the final year student of computer science engineering.i have to carry out a project on cryptography, so please inform me that whether a exe file can be crypted or not, and some more information about the same.please process my request and send me the information sir.
Tags: Digital security, cs-student, cryptography
Discussion threads 2007-09-10
Use the revised OWASP Top Ten to secure your Web applications -- Part 7
This article is also available as a TechRepublic download.The seventh installment in the 2007 OWASP Top 10 series takes a look at broken authentication and session management vulnerabilities. Tom Olzak explains the nature of this weakness followed by recommendations for protecting Web applications from attacks related to this security problem.Broken...
Tags: Web applications, Security, Hacking, Encryption, cryptography, Authentication
Blog posts 2007-06-06
Use JCE to share Java cryptography keys
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Tags: Digital security, aibo2006@..., cryptography, Java
Discussion threads 2007-04-27
GnuPG and GPGME message signing flaw
According to an announcement at gnupg.org, a problem exists when using GnuPG and GPGME to create attached signatures in email messages. According to Gerardo Richarte of Core Security Technologies, text can be inserted before or after the signed text in an OpenPGP message that looks to the user as...
Tags: cryptography, Message Signing, Security
Blog posts 2007-03-15
Bug may expose encrypted e-mail
Deceptive lead in.The takeaway and bolded lead-in are somewhat deceptive and smack of sensationalism.The weakness or bug is not in the GnuPG cryptography technology as initially indicated but rather in several e-mail programs that use GnuPG as
Tags: cryptography, e-mail, fud, GnuPG, open-source, security, software, WDMilner
Discussion threads 2007-03-09
Cryptography interview with the NSA
Interview with the NSA and the inside scoop on CryptographyTake a look and let me know what you think in the talkback. If you have any questions, I'll even try and get it answered from Mr. Snow and the inventors of PKC.http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/Ou/?p=400That link has its own discussion thread.Good grief....
Tags: SHould, george_ou@..., pkc, security, networking, cryptography, george ou, YOU'VE
Discussion threads 2007-01-04
Cryptography interview with the NSA
I had the pleasure of interviewing a former chief scientist at the NSA Brian Snow after the recent 30th anniversary of PKC Public Key Cryptography. I posted this article which offers insight in to the past, present, and future of cryptography and its worth a quick read for anyone...
Tags: cryptography, Desktop, Infrastructure, Networking, NSA, PKC, Security
Blog posts 2007-01-04
PKC anniversary event provided insights into the past, present, and future of cryptography
PKC anniversary event provided insights into the past, present, and futureHave you had vendors attempt to sell you on proprietary encryption technology--and even suggest that the AES algorithm is compromised by government back doors? What questions
Tags: aes, george ou, pki, quantum computing, cryptology, security, PKC, JodyGilbert, diffie-hellman, suite b, cryptography
Discussion threads 2006-12-21
PKC anniversary event provided insights into the past, present, and future of cryptography
The celebration surrounding the 30th anniversary of public key cryptographyvideo here,invented by Whitfield Diffie and Martin Hellman, gave me the opportunity tocontact a number of guests from the event and digest a lot of information. I alsohad a chance to speak with the retired technical director of the NSA, Brian...
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Brian Snow, cryptography, Events, George Ou, Government, PKC, quantum cryptography
Technical articles 2006-12-21
PIN THREAT - may be real, may be exaggerated
Some recent reports indicate that a way has been developed and published which can let hackers intercept and decrypt PIN numbers entered at the ATM machine you are using.Further research into this is required but as an early warning I wanted to post this.It isnt a hoax, but may not...
Tags: ATM, Banking, cryptography, Cybercrime, E-commerce, Encryption, Hacking, Identity Theft, Passwords, Pin Number, PIN THREAT, Security
Blog posts 2006-12-02
At 30, crypto still lacks usability, experts say
Correct link to the photo galleryCrypto gurus mark 30th anniversaryhttp://content.techrepublic.com.com/2346-1009_11-35545.html
Tags: Sonja Thompson
Discussion threads 2006-10-30
Cryptography pioneers mark 30th anniversary
At an event celebrating 30 years of public key cryptography, several of the top minds in cryptology gathered for a trip down memory lane. Check out Whitfield Diffie, Martin Hellman, Brian Snow, Jim Bidzos, and othes in this gallery.http://content.techrepublic.com.com/2346-1009_11-35545.html 
Tags: cryptography, Hacking, Security
Blog posts 2006-10-31
Seagate bakes security into hard-disk drive
Correct link to the photo gallerySeagate's crypto hard drivehttp://news.com.com/2300-1029_3-6130854.html
Tags: cryptography, hard drive, hardware, news, seagate, Seagate Technology LLC, security, Sonja Thompson
Discussion threads 2006-10-31
Photos: Crypto gurus mark 30th anniversary
Whitfield Diffie, Martin Hellman, Ray Ozzie and other luminaries celebrate the birth of public key cryptography.
Tags: cryptography, photograph, Ray Ozzie
Image galleries 2006-10-27
Cryptography Decrypted: Implementing Secret Key Assurances
This sample chapter from Cryptography Decryptedexplains how secret key cryptography implements the following electronic data assurances: confidentiality, authentication, integrity, and nonrepudiation. This chapter lays the conceptual foundation for a succeeding and more complex discussion later in the book that focuses on public keys, a method more commonly used in modern...
Tags: Digital security, SECURITY, cryptography, Cryptography Decrypted, Addison-Wesley, confidentiality, assurance, authentication
Download resources 2006-05-30
Exchanging Secret Keys Over Public Distribution Channels
The problem of how to deliver a secret key using insecure public lines of communication has plagued cryptographers for centuries. This sample chapter from Cryptography Decrypted describes the operation of the Diffie-Hellman-Merckle public key system, a strategy used by all public key cryptography today. This public key system also served...
Tags: strategy, Addison-Wesley, RSA Security Inc., cryptographer, cryptography, Cryptography Decrypted, Published, distribution channel
Download resources 2006-05-30


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