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Data Havens in Anguilla About to End?
by tcmay＠got.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 5:16 PM 8/10/96, Anonymous wrote: >As of immediately, the "taxBomber's Site & Internet Offshore Center" >has been pulled by our Anguilla provider and will remain inaccessible >for a few days. > >This is the work of some journalist hacks who did a major job of >character assassination by claiming that we (and our provider) >were involved in selling fake passports. "Pulled by our Anguilla provider." This says it all about the probable viability of nominally offshore providers. (I assume this is Vince Cates' site, though I haven't doublechecked...he's the only Anguilla provider of similar sites I know of. I certainly mean no criticism of Vince, if it was indeed his site. My comments are analogous to what we might say about a particular remailer site going down, even if we don't criticize the site operator for removing his remailer.) >But now, it seems, little Anguilla is getting "worried about its >international reputation". > >Well, they are right, though with a vengeance: the reputation they >have most certainly lost as of today is that being of one of the >world's last truly liberal tax and data havens ... I'm not an expert on offshort tax and data havens, but *any* country can be pressured by larger countries, and even by the glare of publicity. If a country derives very little revenue from "permitting" some service, and the costs (they believe) are much greater than the revenues, they will likely act. Thus, the negatives of allowing offshore data havens in Anguilla may easily exceed the few thousand dollars (or whatever) they get in taxes and fees (whatever they might be) from Vince and his customers. Longterm, I've never believed there is much safety in locating in *any* physical country. (By this I mean advertising and making it clear that one is in Country X, said to be "friendly" to tax avoiders, data havens, money laundering, etc. Policies can and do change overnight. Corrupt governments are, well, corrupt, and will change tunes if another piper pays them enough.) The case in Switzerland, with banking, is quite a bit different, with huge deposits and huge fees from their financial services. Even so, Switzerland has continually yielded more ground to tax collectors and various pressure groups from large nations. I'd guess that Vince has had a fun time in the Carribbean, but that he'll be closing up shop sometime soon. Once some services are yanked, confidence is lost. The interesting question will be whether the U.S. authorities and especially the Internal Revenue Service will put pressure on him if he chooses to return to the U.S. (Assuming this was Vince's service that is. But even if it wasn't, pressure on another service means pressure on all Aguillan services.) --Tim May Boycott "Big Brother Inside" software! We got computers, we're tapping phone lines, we know that that ain't allowed. ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay(a)got.net 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Licensed Ontologist | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."

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023026.htm
by the scent of old bones and fresh blood 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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MITCHELL Mercury News Staff Writer TriStrata Security Inc. of Redwood Shores isn't your usual Internet start-up. Its chief executive recently gave up the reins of a $2 billion subsidiary to run it. The company's founder and chairman is the man who invented the personal identification number (PIN). America's largest accounting firm is already endorsing it. And its promise lured some of the best-connected executives onto its board. Three months ago, Paul Wahl was running German software maker SAP AG's U.S. operations, which has 5,000 employees and first-half 1998 sales of nearly $1 billion. Last week he became chief executive of TriStrata, a 35-person start-up that makes Internet security software. The reason for Wahl's sudden career change and move from Philadelphia is a tremendous opportunity . . .to make Internet history by changing the way the world keeps information secure on the Internet, says Wahl, 46. 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Such systems can be broken, have performance limitations and have restrictions on the strength of the key that can be exported. Instead, he turned to the one-time pad approach invented in 1917 by Gilbert Vernam. It uses randomly generated numbers that are never replicated in the exact same sequence. The one-time pad is theoretically unbreakable, cryptographers agree. But it hasn't been useful because it requires so much computing and telecommunications power. Atalla decided that the great advances in computer memory and processing technology and today's powerful and relatively inexpensive communications capability made the Vernam cipher practical, and he built his security system around it. As a result, each encrypted document has a different code. The system is so fast, so inexpensive and provides such a good audit trail that it will lead companies to make encrypted transmissions the rule instead of the exception, Atalla and Wahl say. 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cpunks CDROM suggestions anyone?
by aba＠atlas.ex.ac.uk 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I'm downloading things to put on the CDROM that Remo Pini <rp(a)rpini.com> is organising. (I'm doing the downloading because I have better net connect than Remo, I'll simply forward my downloads on a gold CD; it's Remo's CD, he will add things, structure, re-organise, junk sections etc). If there is anything that anyone thinks is a must have please let me know, or email it to me. (PGP keys on keyserver, either encrypt to me (0x556A4A67) or Remo Pini (0x33F9B4E9), if it's encrypted to Remo, I'll just forward it on the CD for Remo's consideration). Please check that it is not already on the ftp site below. So far I am part way through a complete dump of (including all the mirrors): ftp://idea.sec.dsi.unimi.it/pub/crypt here's the top level directory: drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 1024 Jan 30 1996 LUC drwxr-xr-x 2 510 root 3072 Aug 10 09:31 PGP -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1579 Sep 2 1994 README drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 512 Jan 30 1996 SKIP drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 3072 Jan 30 1996 applied-crypto drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 2048 Feb 2 1996 bignum drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 10752 Jul 12 09:13 code drwxr-xr-x 27 root root 1024 Jun 19 23:01 cypherpunks drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 30 1996 docs drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 1536 Jul 29 23:02 ftp.demon-PGP drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 512 Aug 7 23:15 ftp.funet.fi-crypto drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 512 Aug 6 23:10 ftp.informatik-PGP drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 512 Apr 18 23:02 ftp.informatik-disk# drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 512 Jan 30 1996 ftp.mantis-cryptography drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 512 Jun 4 23:28 ftp.ox.ac.uk drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 512 Aug 1 08:28 ftp.pgp.net drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 512 Jun 5 23:47 ftp.psy-Crypto drwxr-xr-x 2 root staff 512 Apr 1 09:21 kerberos drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 512 Jan 30 1996 libdes drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 512 Mar 23 15:37 math drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 512 Jan 30 1996 rpub.cl.msu.edu drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 1024 Jan 30 1996 rsa.com (Amazing collection they have btw, the cypherpunks mirror seems to be very up-to-date, some files just three days old... what is this, automated ITAR violation?) 118Mb and counting... I'll be doing this today (and tomorrow if it takes that long), and hopefully blowing a gold CD monday. (Before anyone notices I've clobbered 600Mb of disk space, hopefully). Adam Key for user ID: Adam Back <aba(a)dcs.ex.ac.uk> 1024-bit key, Key ID 556A4A67, created 1993/06/08 -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6.2i mQCNAiwUXUEAAAEEAJnWEHE3juLAyMnEt3hrID3t8tblJvJPfoPz4Plg+2a5y4HA TonXBomkhm8hrRu1umruUUaeW1mxIbpvP413a2JyU7pdyfyoFVpWW5iT9pXYOgSW 65d+5GWe4g4PLrSbJZPBFIezd8xddnx5+5hbRk1K6UpfReQuOynIuJ1VakpnAAUT tBxBZGFtIEJhY2sgPGFiYUBkY3MuZXguYWMudWs+iQCVAgUQMC4WlX47g+7S34A9 AQGJ3wP9Fwcooqg1/3MYFrfbMoqGydE60ypaCXBIM8Zypqhx+64ap8FhkANqW1jx ltQMC7ZHhPiWMpNtWEGWcWFnqytyVIvGv8nuBGmiUrPJnMPWAsHTwl2tJ5WpYdPf xQRLfN5eWrjW8Ps5fQHKziBrE0HAK9FcuZ51fSBH4ulmd/2kO9+JARUDBRAv4EaG sVcwSRahJGUBARF3CACOs/Z1IpyKJqLswf979RbvfpCzi4r2vuzKdfFE+NBV7x0m m13v3Eldf/5Z5WByZ36SQjxUhIxqMdaVQafaS5oiQZrmy31K6IyAJxQwdPNZ+pAd AeASm9q1IjYIb0+As6QWdePYP9jRrHESHkDgmJANnAcU+OL9pbrqjdwIYPW1rvpI 58VCiCvQ2v/A9Lq+R4opwQ3rz4lX9/7qDnWfBe2pcaorQXAuXLSGEba/H4HUKvIr OnW3jcQzK2lebxKRDduwFOMTnrcpnRVLn21NSukYsOU1WZ4valwIFGUt88hcO8Ki f0liCzFqfvfbLPdtW/hqS/v5ukuI+y017xb3H8vWiQCVAwUQL9gNKSnIuJ1Vakpn AQHH6AP/T7dwXid03U7UM2/QzU+y6F4kHrGBuvJcyJewWbEb16ItkMngjzXP47kx gZygR4MWXsyQlvE2inSYzRJ3L+6ftaPvX8JsvVCll7JIejfmNGZYSWw9E/vPi/ls aa+pN3WqPxnzpwr8PL6b8w1fZZ47antgdZlOXgGO+hRbWV7zPcc= =iFuA -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Key for user ID: Remo Pini <rp(a)rpini.com> 2048-bit key, Key ID 33F9B4E9, created 1996/07/14 -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6.2 mQENAzHpRlsAAAEIANgw4sEL9idlZxO8UBYPluxSXI5tkDSpGAc5EfxeGsrnesEs hnfhT7uQfr2M7mdY3BIvOVGj672m+1c0Bv4jO6E56uUaElS5uaf/rpd0lRdKNwnv zokSprnUEOnXy8ZgtOqws97/I4J7gkvjhu9QJGj2CnHduQ4De1Q63kwVHuySJWvX ecPBpV8XYrYkXumPJ6L/aBnnc/mT0ZVtKszoh/IHTq3dub/cWzShLBasmcIsIjDe ZjAoxjGkN5t1fSpuUWIkzv0rIOdBNZaEYmVnhj6Q8BkrEep+3KsycJsJi3dr0Pk8 n/lPu8fD9VnpO2uMRFQVBx4vYCMkEWHLmzP5tOkABRG0GFJlbW8gUGluaSA8cnBA cnBpbmkuY29tPokBFQMFEDHpRlsRYcubM/m06QEBgwcIAI24HElAY2JED5PJ78ct R46RNWjMGQ5phP6ugE/xZzeW5zscHZChu1r8cdf+usl/qrTDPazYhcIfgiNwovdl ofvt/X5vDvlFMFqvlXB6O8x09eGWXjfS/5Wo9O4wPSEPv66CGHQ0q8pZsxtboyNH +eeYxqhSA03MDg5iWx5kakT2ShRv21oCwEZBTN8XOO4hRnfamIvOt5F8v3ypJZli w7xM398Dl0fATmNSVFiJp+l/c/+uNFLlyBU9Dp/m1w2nXXVmbVtTSJN0p4cZZ4WB 1FsNhH8yj+JURr2OtqKeZLDQz88bIiw/nawJB8mvNAr6bml5GxgCi91f9l6xYeb5 ryQ= =UhcC -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

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test Anguilla Censors taxBomber ..... ??
by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

As of immediately, the "taxBomber's Site & Internet Offshore Center" has been pulled by our Anguilla provider and will remain inaccessible for a few days. This is the work of some journalist hacks who did a major job of character assassination by claiming that we (and our provider) were involved in selling fake passports. This tactics isn't exactly new or particularly original: The Argentine press pulled a similar stunt in April, and again our provider was pressurized to cut us off from the Web without notice. Needless to say, we have NEVER EVER dealt in one single fake passport, nor have we ever offered, sold or brokered any forged, stolen or "lost" documents. Nor is there any need to do so, if you can get the real thing absolutely legally. But of course, this is a political rather than a legal issue - we were, and still are, too successful for Big Brother's liking: on our site, ordinary people (i.e. no govt. or intelligence agency personnel) got loads of free information on *legally* saving taxes, protecting their assets and reffectivel guarding their privacy. While we were and still are a commercial operation, we always made a point of being as educative and topically exhaustive as our resources would permit. But now, it seems, little Anguilla is getting "worried about its international reputation". Well, they are right, though with a vengeance: the reputation they have most certainly lost as of today is that being of one of the world's last truly liberal tax and data havens ... Now for the good news: we will set up a provisional site elsewhere soon and will announce it here on Usenet. Still - if anyone knows of an operational site provider *outside* US and EU jurisdiction, please drop us a line. Your support would be greatly appreciated and full credits given, if you so wish. We will probably either set up a worldwide network of fallback and mirror sites or continue our work in a new, truly innovative way to effectively counter any censorship and dependency on site providers. Until then, you can (still) email us at: pt(a)taxbomber.com or post your request (users permitting) to "alt.privacy", which we will be scanning regularly. Sorry for the inconvenience - hope to see you again soon! the taxBomber

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Chemistry question please ..
by anonymous-remailer＠shell.portal.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Is there such a chemical compound as putracine ( maybe not correctly spelled ) which emulates the extreme odor of rotting corpses ? If so where can I find out how to make it ?

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The BBS PRNG
by janke＠unixg.ubc.ca 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Is the BBS PRNG covered by any patents anywhere? How about the probabilistic encryption public-key cryptosystem? If anyone has a BBS PRNG working on a 486 could they please send me a the clock frequency and bytes/sec they can generate for some common moduli: 512, 1024, and 2048, say. I am close to having an implementation which will run at 500 bytes/sec on a 486 DX/2 with a 1024 bit modulus and am not sure if that is competitively fast or not.

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Re: National Socio-Economic Security Need for Encryption Technology
by tcmay＠got.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 12:15 PM 8/10/96, Scottauge(a)aol.com wrote: >I was watched CBS reports a couple nights ago about how all these blue collar >and now white collar jobs are going across seas. > >How programmers in India are taking jobs away from us, programmers and >engineerss, the people pioneering them. (Actually I know some Indian based >programmers and they are worked very hard, even being locked in a building >until they meet some deadline. This is not conducive to quality work, just >enough to get ya back home to family.) Where do I begin? First, what does "taking jobs away from us" mean? That we own these jobs? And who is "us"? And as for locking people in buildings until they meet a goal, I'd say that's a pretty fair description of Silicon Valley start-ups. :-} >White collar jobs are basically knowledge worker jobs, and if one does not >know how to do something, one cannot do it. > >So a possible way to protect jobs is to protect the knowledge on how to do >them. This kind of protection did not work 150-200 years ago, when the "Colonists" figured out to make fabric in mills and how to mechanize factories--they ended up "stealing" the industry the Brits thought they had sewn up. Life goes on. Essentially all of the technologies we talk about on this list work toward erasing national boundaries, much as Singapore and the U.S. might find this distasteful. >>From who could be an interesting question. Obviously some companies would be >interested in sharing the knowledge amongst the non-US tax paying population >of the world, thereby reducing income and taxes collected and thus needing to >raise taxes once again to pay for "rights" and entitlements the government >"gives" away to the citizens and non-citizens of this country.... but, I am >beginning to rant and rave. Indeed you are. I would be interested in hearing a more coherent argument for your case, though. >Perhaps there is a larger picture in the world that the cyperpunks mailing >list is missing. That cryptography is not just for personal privacy, but >could involve job security also - as a matter of fact, the income base for >this whole country. Given that our list is international, with active contributors from Sweden, India, Germany, Cyberia, and even Singapore, I rather doubt many of them see strong crytography, anonymous remailers, denationalized money, and crypto anarchy as a means of propping up the government or the economy of the United States of America. >In essence, knowledge is money, cuz that is what we usually want for it >now-a-days. "Oh you want me to do that for you, hmmmm, lets see...." > >Maybe a discussion could happen on protection of knowledge in a >socio-economic realm. ????? --Tim May Boycott "Big Brother Inside" software! We got computers, we're tapping phone lines, we know that that ain't allowed. ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay(a)got.net 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Licensed Ontologist | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."

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Re: secret sharing protocol: FLUFFED
by peter.allan＠aeat.co.uk 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

OK, before you rush to tell me... Generating random shares doesn't work. Different selections of 10 out of 15 shareholders will arrive at different secrets. I've got a fix in mind, and I'll chew it over for at least a week before it reaches a keyboard. Peter Allan peter.allan(a)aeat.co.uk

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National Socio-Economic Security Need for Encryption Technology
by Scottauge＠aol.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I was watched CBS reports a couple nights ago about how all these blue collar and now white collar jobs are going across seas. How programmers in India are taking jobs away from us, programmers and engineerss, the people pioneering them. (Actually I know some Indian based programmers and they are worked very hard, even being locked in a building until they meet some deadline. This is not conducive to quality work, just enough to get ya back home to family.) (Hmmm, the Pioneer Crypto-System, I think I like that name and it has a specific purpose....) So I was thinking, boy am I glad I am in a rather esoteric part of software development where there is not much knowledge and how we, in this particular field, have an unwritten rule about sharing knowledge with others - even those trying to get a foot into the door. (I'm a contractor and there is a supply and demand thing going on - I like low supply and high demand for my particular skill sets.) White collar jobs are basically knowledge worker jobs, and if one does not know how to do something, one cannot do it. So a possible way to protect jobs is to protect the knowledge on how to do them. >From who could be an interesting question. Obviously some companies would be interested in sharing the knowledge amongst the non-US tax paying population of the world, thereby reducing income and taxes collected and thus needing to raise taxes once again to pay for "rights" and entitlements the government "gives" away to the citizens and non-citizens of this country.... but, I am beginning to rant and rave. Perhaps there is a larger picture in the world that the cyperpunks mailing list is missing. That cryptography is not just for personal privacy, but could involve job security also - as a matter of fact, the income base for this whole country. In essence, knowledge is money, cuz that is what we usually want for it now-a-days. "Oh you want me to do that for you, hmmmm, lets see...." Maybe a discussion could happen on protection of knowledge in a socio-economic realm.

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cryptography course at WPI
by Robert Hettinga 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

--- begin forwarded text Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 19:19:10 -0400 (EDT) From: Christof Paar <christof(a)ece.wpi.edu> To: dcsb(a)ai.mit.edu Subject: cryptography course at WPI Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: bounce-dcsb(a)ai.mit.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Christof Paar <christof(a)ece.wpi.edu> Status: U (I hope this mail is appropriate for this mailing list :) This announcment is probably mainly of interest to people in the greater Boston area. I will offer a graduate course in crypto and data security in the fall at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. The focus group are on-campus students as well as people in industry. Last year, I taught exactly the same course in industry and it was a big success. I am sure that it serves industry needs very well. I will be gone for one week but promise to answer all questions about the course immediately when I return. Regards, Christof Paar PS: There will be an advanced crypto course in the spring. ________________________________________________ Christof Paar Assistant Professor ECE Department Worcester Polytechnic Institute 100 Institute Road Worcester, MA 01609 email: christof(a)ece.wpi.edu www: http://ee.wpi.edu/People/faculty/cxp.html tel: (508) 831 5061 fax: (508) 831 5491 ============================================================================ WPI EE 578/CS 578: CRYPTOGRAPHY AND DATA SECURITY Fall '96, Monday, 5:30-8:15 pm INTRODUCTION It is well known that we are in the midst of a shift towards an information society. The upcoming generation of digital information systems will provide services such as: - wireless LAN and WAN computer networks - multi-media services (e.g., high quality video-on-demand) - smart cards (e.g., for network identification of electronic purse) - electronic banking/digital commerce These and other new information-based applications will have far reaching consequences. As this happens, security aspects of communication systems are of growing commercial and public interest. Unfortunately, these aspects have been widely underestimated or ignored in the past. Today, however, there is high demand for expertise and high quality products in the field of information security and cryptography. WPI's graduate course EE 578/CS 578 provides a solid and broad foundation in the area of cryptography and data security. After taking the course students should have an overview of state-of-the-art cryptography. In industry, they should be able to carefully choose and design a security scheme for a given application. The course also serves as an introduction for students who are interested in pursuing research in cryptography. There are several opportunities for Master's and PhD theses in the field of cryptography. COURSE DESCRIPTION This course gives a comprehensive introduction into the field of cryptography and data security. We begin with the introduction of the concepts of data security. Different attacks on cryptographic systems are classified. Some pseudo-random generators are introduced. The concepts of public and private key cryptography is developed. As important representatives for secret key schemes, DES, IDEA, and other private key algorithms are described. The public key schemes RSA, ElGamal, and elliptic curve crypto systems are developed. As important tools for authentication and integrity, digital signatures and hash functions are introduced. Advanced protocols for key distribution in networks are developed. Identification schemes are treated as advanced topics. Some mathematical algorithms for attacking cryptographic schemes are discussed. Application examples will include a protocol for security in a LAN and identification with smart cards. Special consideration will be given to schemes which are relevant for network environments. For all schemes, implementation aspects and up-to-date security estimations will be discussed. PREREQUISITES Working knowledge of ``C''. An interest in discrete mathematics and algorithms is highly desirable. TEXTBOOK D.R. Stinson, Cryptography: Theory and Practice. CRC Press, 1995 SYLLABUS EE 578/CS 578 An important part of the course is an independent project. The project topic can freely be chosen by the student. Possible topics include (but are not limited to) implementation of a real-size cryptographic algorithm or protocol, a literature study on new cryptographic schemes or on legal aspects of cryptography, or implementation of an algorithm for attacking a cryptographic scheme. WEEK 1: Introduction: Principals of cryptography. Classical algorithms. Attacks on cryptographic systems. WEEK 2: Stream ciphers and pseudo-random generators. Some information theoretical results on cryptography. WEEK 3: Private key cryptography: The Data Encryption Standard DES. Brief history, function and performance. WEEK 4: Private key cryptography: Recent results on successful attacks on DES. Operation modes of symmetric ciphers. IDEA and other alternatives to DES. WEEK 5: Public key cryptography: Introduction. Some Number Theory and Algebra. WEEK 6: Public key cryptography: RSA. Function and security. Recent results on successful attacks on RSA. WEEK 7: Midterm exam. WEEK 8: Public key cryptography: The discrete logarithm problem. ElGamal crypto system. Function and security. Security estimations. WEEK 9: Public key cryptography: Elliptic curve systems. Mathematical background, function and security. WEEK 10: Digital Signatures: The ElGamal signature scheme. Message Authentication Codes (MAC). WEEK 11: Hash functions: Principals. Block cipher based hash functions. Protocols: Attacks against protocols, protocols for privacy, authentication, and integrity. WEEK 12: Key distribution in networks: Private key approaches, certificates, and authenticated key agreement. WEEK 13: Identification schemes: Challenge-and-response protocols. The Schnorr identification scheme for smart cards. WEEK 14: Final exam. ****************************************************************************** Christof Paar http://ee.wpi.edu/People/faculty/cxp.html Assistant Professor email: christof(a)ece.wpi.edu ECE Department phone: (508) 831 5061 Worcester Polytechnic Institute fax: (508) 831 5491 100 Institute Road Worcester, MA 01609, USA ****************************************************************************** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To unsubscribe from this list, send a letter to: Majordomo(a)ai.mit.edu In the body of the message, write: unsubscribe dcsb Or, to subscribe, write: subscribe dcsb If you have questions, write to me at Owner-DCSB(a)ai.mit.edu --- end forwarded text ----------------- Robert Hettinga (rah(a)shipwright.com) e$, 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "'Bart Bucks' are not legal tender." -- Punishment, 100 times on a chalkboard, for Bart Simpson The e$ Home Page: http://www.vmeng.com/rah/

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