Miscellaneous Cryptology Documents
Cool stuff...
Threat and Vulnerability Model for Key Recovery
By the NSA
NEW 28 April 1998
A summary of Canada's export controls on cryptographic software
Call your Federal Representative to support HR 695 (SAFE)
Please read and call today! If you don't think it is necessary, check out the next link...
The FBI intendes to mandate key escrow
Suit To Enjoin Export Regulation Of Crypto Software
Hot on the heels of the Patel decision
Berkeley Student Takes 3.5 Hours to Crack RSA 40-bit Key
Contains a license to giggle.
A Federal Judge rules ITAR unconstitutional!
Reuters Blurb (brief)
COURT DECLARES CRYPTO RESTRICTIONS UNCONSTITUTIONAL
The EFF Press Release-very detailed.
Fractions in Ancient Egypt, Greece, and Babylonia
A Thesis:
The Security of Cryptographic Primitives
The U.S. Postal Service's Email Plans
RSA Encryption in 3 lines of Perl code
Info on the Secure Socket Library (SSL)
Results of a Survey on PGP Pass Phrase Usage
Efficient DES Key Search
by Michael J. Wiener. How to build a machine for $1,000,000 that does exhaustive DES key search in 3.5 hours on average. (postscript file)
Applied Cryptography, 2nd Ed.
Table of Contents
Basic Flaws in Internet Security and Commerce
Using NFS spoofing to patch executables
Electronic Marking and Identification Techniques to Discourage Document Copying
from Infocom '94.
Document marking and identification using both line and word shifting
from Infocom '95.
Hiding Information in Document Images
Avalanche test for finding magic constants
Bruce Schneier's Report From FAST SOFTWARE ENCRYPTION '96
NETSCAPE: Single Computer Breaks 40-bit RC4 in Under 8 Days
Perspectives On Security in the Information Age
Includes estimated cost of lost sales due to crypto export restrictions in the USA
Charges Against Phil Zimmerman Dropped
Timing attacks agains RSA, DH, DSS
Zimmerman Testifies that DES is vulnerable
S. 1726--a really good encryption bill--
finally
Not-so-cool stuff...
Council of Europe proposes to outlaw strong encryption
Bastards On Patrol
The NSA Snarfs Down the Internet
Bastards On Patrol In the USA
Many anonymous remailers are run by the U.S. Government
Bastards On Patrol In the USA II
Nation Article About the Pentagon's Assesment of the Internet
Includes Link to Assesment Paper
Lotus Blinks in Crypto Standoff with NSA
The "RSA Backdoor" Announcement
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