December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Re: quantum problem suggestions?
by David Honig 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 05:39 PM 8/10/98 -0600, Mike Stay wrote: >I'm looking for a problem in cryptogrpahy that might be solvable (or at >least, done faster) on a quantum computer that hasn't been treated yet. >Any suggestions? >-- >Mike Stay No, but you may be interested in: _Science_ Vol 281 7 Aug 98 p 793 "Abrams et al. have shown that if there was even the slightest amount of nonlinearity in quantum mechanics, no matter what, it would be possible to modify the amplitude amplification scheme of quantum search to obtain an efficient algorithm for NP-complete problems" The Abrams ref is D. Abrams et al, quant-ph/9801041 The article ends with perhaps the understatement of the millenia: "It is possible that one of these might result in an algorithm that could solve NP complete problems. Such a solution would greatly increase the interest in building a quantum computer." ** "Why is my computer not faster?" asked the gardener. "Turn the spigot" said the engineer, pointing to the valve at the far end of the hose which the gardener held. The gardener did so, and shortly thereafter felt the hose stiffen. With that, the gardener was enlightened.

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by STUFFED/EUREKA! 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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I have seen the future...
by jhuy87ik＠yahoo.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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what?
by shizheng 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Snoop by net
by Newsletter26＠hotmail.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Re: CLINTON/STARR SCRAMBLED
by Bill Stewart 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>Anonymous wrote: > >> One of the hottest telecasts in American history will be scrambled >with the >> latest encryption technology and put on a special fiber-optic line >from the >> White House to the courtroom, the DALLAS MORNING NEWS reports in >Thursday >> editions. They were going to use a safer, though less interactive technology, but fortunately some WhiteHouse staffer realized that _somebody_ out there would make a joke about "Sex, Lies, and Videotape" and it'd be all over for Slick Willy... Thanks! Bill Bill Stewart, bill.stewart(a)pobox.com PGP Fingerprint D454 E202 CBC8 40BF 3C85 B884 0ABE 4639

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17 Dec '03

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Microsoft Electronic Commerce patent: Prior Art?
by Bruce Schneier 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I just received this in email. Bruce ------------begin forwarded message-------- Dear Bruce, the Microsoft Patent 5,768,385 filed Aug. 29, 1995, issued Jun. 16, 1998 on "Untraceable Electronic Cash" is nothing more than a well written remake of the "Anonymously Transferable Standard Values" presented at IFIP Sec 1986 under the name "Anonymous Standard Value Accounts", published both in the Pre- and Post-Proceedings there, more detailed in a research report of 1987 and even published in a refereed journal, Computers & Security in 1989, see below. I do not know the legal system of the US well enough to know whether challenging the patent is worthwhile and I do neither have the time nor money to do it for myself, but I think it is at least worthwhile for the security community to know. So please feel free to distribute this information, e.g. within CRYPTO-GRAM. Yours Andreas ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Most of the references below can be downloaded at http://www.semper.org/sirene/lit/sirene.lit.html Holger Bürk, Andreas Pfitzmann: Value transfer systems enabling security and unobservability; Security and Protection in Information Systems (IFIP/Sec. '86), A. Grissonnanche (ed.), North-Holland, 1989, 225-237. (Superseded by the following BüPf-papers.) Holger Bürk, Andreas Pfitzmann: Value Transfer Systems Enabling Security and Unobservability; Interner Bericht 2/87, Fakultät für Informatik, Universität Karlsruhe 1987. (37 pages; Abstract and paper available online. See also BüPf_89, BüPf_90.) BüPf_89 Holger Bürk, Andreas Pfitzmann: Digital Payment Systems Enabling Security and Unobservability; Computers & Security 8/5 (1989) 399-416. (Abstract and paper available online.) BüPf_90 Holger Bürk, Andreas Pfitzmann: Value Exchange Systems Enabling Security and Unobservability; Computers & Security 9/8 (1990) 715-721. (Abstract and paper available online.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Andreas Pfitzmann Technische Universitaet Dresden Phone (home) +49 351 3161973 Fakultaet Informatik (office) +49 351 4638277 Institut Theoretische Informatik (secretary) +49 351 4638247 D 01062 Dresden Fax +49 351 4638255 Germany e-mail pfitza(a)inf.tu-dresden.de ------------end forwarded message-------- ********************************************************************** Bruce Schneier, President, Counterpane Systems Phone: 612-823-1098 101 E Minnehaha Parkway, Minneapolis, MN 55419 Fax: 612-823-1590 Free crypto newsletter. See: http://www.counterpane.com

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Announcement: Cryptanalysis of Frog (an AES Candidate)
by Bruce Schneier 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Results Announcement: D. Wagner, N. Ferguson, and B. Schneier, "Cryptanalysis of Frog," Counterpane Systems Report, Aug 1998. Abstract: We examine some attacks on the FROG cipher. First we give a differential attack which uses about $2^{58}$ chosen plaintexts and very little time for the analysis; it works for about $2^{-33.0}$ of the keyspace. Then we describe a linear attack which uses $2^{56}$ known texts and works for $2^{-31.8}$ of the keyspace. The linear attack can also be converted to a ciphertext-only attack using $2^{64}$ known ciphertexts. Also, the decryption function of FROG is a lot weaker than the encryption function. We show a differential attack on the decryption function that requires $2^{36}$ chosen ciphertexts and works on $2^{-29.3}$ of the keyspace. Using our best attack an attacker with a sufficient number of cryptanalytical targets can expect to recover his first key after $2^{56.7}$ work. Taken together, these observations suggest that FROG is not a very strong candidate for the AES. This paper is available at http://www.counterpane.com/publish.html, and will be made available at the AES Workshop next week. Cheers, Bruce ********************************************************************** Bruce Schneier, President, Counterpane Systems Phone: 612-823-1098 101 E Minnehaha Parkway, Minneapolis, MN 55419 Fax: 612-823-1590 Free crypto newsletter. See: http://www.counterpane.com

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Man with two dicks keeps one 'under his hat'/I married Marilyn Monroe's ghost http://stuffed.net/98/8/16/
by STUFFED/EUREKA! 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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