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Slashdot | RFID Tags in Euro Banknotes (fwd)
by Jim Choate 23 May '03

23 May '03

http://slashdot.org/articles/03/05/23/1347204.shtml?tid=126&tid=98&tid=99 -- ____________________________________________________________________ We are all interested in the future for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives. Criswell, "Plan 9 from Outer Space" ravage(a)ssz.com jchoate(a)open-forge.org www.ssz.com www.open-forge.org --------------------------------------------------------------------

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The Register - EC moots trackable cyber euro (fwd)
by Jim Choate 23 May '03

23 May '03

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/7/30850.html -- ____________________________________________________________________ We are all interested in the future for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives. Criswell, "Plan 9 from Outer Space" ravage(a)ssz.com jchoate(a)open-forge.org www.ssz.com www.open-forge.org --------------------------------------------------------------------

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Recorder Identification Code - tracking back CD writers?
by Thomas Shaddack 23 May '03

23 May '03

Seems there is a danger hidden in distributing officially unsanctioned data on CDs. There is a technical measure that allow tracking the CDs back to the writer they were created with. We should be aware about this for any scheme that relies on distribution of physical CD-R/RW media. According to Orange Book Part2 Ver 3.1, the CD recorders are supposed to write RID (Recorder IDentification Code), a 97-bit number identifying brand, type, and serial number of the recorder, every 100 frames in the Q-channel to all CD-R and CD-RW disks. There was something principially similar discussed here in 1999, related to Xerox using steganography for embedding serial number of the copier in color copies. Never trust a device whose firmware you can't audit... See: http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/Glossary/Details.asp?RelatedID=630 http://www.disctronics.co.uk/technology/glossary/glossary_qr.htm http://www.feurio.com/English/faq/faq_writer_snr.shtml http://www.licensing.philips.com/information/sid/

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Suggested Sites
by Jim Choate 23 May '03

23 May '03

Technical sites: http://www.c4i.org http://citeseer.nj.nec.com -- ____________________________________________________________________ We are all interested in the future for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives. Criswell, "Plan 9 from Outer Space" ravage(a)ssz.com jchoate(a)open-forge.org www.ssz.com www.open-forge.org --------------------------------------------------------------------

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No expectation of DNA privacy
by Major Variola (ret.) 23 May '03

23 May '03

If you think obtaining DNA samples from crime suspects by getting them to lick envelopes or postage stamps is illegal trickery by police, it isn't. On Tuesday, Seattle police arrested a suspect in the 20-year-old killing of a 13-year-old Magnolia girl on the basis of DNA evidence obtained from an envelope the suspect had licked and sent to Seattle. Such methods, police and others say, are simply a newer version of a time-tested practice deceiving suspects into unwittingly giving up information or evidence. Police and prosecutors would not elaborate on the ruse used to collar the man, John Nicholas Athan, except to say that Athan, who now lives in New Jersey, was led to believe he would receive money or the like if he responded to the letter mailed him months ago from the city of Seattle. Saliva left on the envelope provided enough material for investigators here to get a DNA profile and match that with DNA found at the crime scene. <snip> http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/134790968_dna22m.html

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Re: What's happening today.Crypto-anarchy?
by Jim Choate 23 May '03

23 May '03

Anyone with a whit of common sense should hope that CACL dies a quick and painless death. On Fri, 23 May 2003, Professor Rat. wrote: > "...What's happening today. The technologies and concepts generating buzz > at industry gatherings like PC Forum, O'Reilly's Emerging Technology > Conference, and Supernova include social software, the semantic Web, Web > logs, rich Internet applications, Web services, unlicensed wireless, grid > computing, digital identity, broadband media. The more one looks at these > developments, the more hidden connections appear. They are pieces of a > larger whole, which we don't yet have words to describe..." Try "Schismatrix", tribe, and zaibatsu. > FROM... > http://news.com.com/2010-1071_3-1008628.html -- ____________________________________________________________________ We are all interested in the future for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives. Criswell, "Plan 9 from Outer Space" ravage(a)ssz.com jchoate(a)open-forge.org www.ssz.com www.open-forge.org --------------------------------------------------------------------

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Still more on encrypted hard drive enclosure for $139
by Declan McCullagh 23 May '03

23 May '03

>Reply-To: "Robert Wann" <rwann(a)enovatech.com> >From: "Robert Wann" <rwann(a)enovatech.com> >To: <shamrock(a)cypherpunks.to> >Cc: <declan(a)well.com>, "Andy Newman" <anewman(a)enovatech.com> >Subject: RE: Encrypted hard drive enclosure for $139 >Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 02:14:54 -0700 >Organization: Enovatech, Inc. > >Hi Lucky, > >Sorry about the intrusion. My name is Robert and I am representing Enova >Technology, the original X-Wall real-time encryption chip maker. I read >your message to Declan with interests and would like to take this >opportunity to respond to your comment. > >Declan wrote: > > http://fwdepot.com/thestore/product_info.php?products_id=331 > > http://www.del > > trontech.com/Enclosure/E3S/E3S.htm > > > > Interesting, but I'm confused about the "Real-time 64-bit/ > > 40-bit DES (Data > > Encryption Standard) Encryption/ Decryption with throughput > > of 712Mbit/ sec" > > > > Does anyone know about a stronger version of a similar device? > >This looks very similar to the dLock device. >http://www.enovatek.com.tw/realtime-hd.htm > >Perhaps they are using the same ASIC? If so, the product is pure crap. >Based on conversations that I had with the booth staff at the last RSA >conference, the dLock employs DES and 3DES in ECB mode. Meaning the >ciphertext on disk can be broken with the most trivial of cryptanalysis. > >--Lucky > >** Enova's Response ** >I obviously disagree with your assessment of "the product is pure crap." >ECB mode of 3DES may appear a bit weaker than the CBC or others two, it's >definitely strong enough to sustain brute-force attack. I am not >personally aware the ECB with 3DES has been broken before and would like >to request you please shed some lights on the subject. > >Look forward to your comments. If you are interested in the ASIC, please >refer to our web site <http://www.enovatech.com>http://www.enovatech.com. > >Thanks, >Robert

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Followup -- encrypted hard drive enclosure for $139
by Declan McCullagh 23 May '03

23 May '03

>Reply-To: "Robert Wann" <rwann(a)enovatech.com> >From: "Robert Wann" <rwann(a)enovatech.com> >To: <bill.stewart(a)pobox.com> >Cc: <declan(a)well.com>, <shields(a)msrl.com>, > "Andy Newman" <anewman(a)enovatech.com> >Subject: Re: Encrypted hard drive enclosure for $139 >Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 02:02:59 -0700 >Organization: Enovatech, Inc. > >Hi Bill, > >Sorry about the intrusion. This is Rober with Enova Technology, the >original designer of the X-Wall real-time hard disk encryption chipsets. I >read your comments with interests and would like to exchange couples >thoughts with you regarding the technology/product we have implemented. I >appreciate your further comments. My comment follows your message. > > >At 06:14 PM 02/01/2003 -0500, Declan McCullagh wrote: > ><http://fwdepot.com/thestore/product_info.php?products_id=331>http://fwdepot.com/thestore/product_info.php?products_id=331 > >http://www.deltrontech.com/Enclosure/E3S/E3S.htm > > >Interesting, but I'm confused about the > >"Real-time 64-bit/ 40-bit DES (Data Encryption Standard) > >Encryption/ Decryption with throughput of 712Mbit/ sec" > >Yeah. And the web page claims it's "military-grade" security. >It's like, if you know enough to build such a thing, >why don't you know enough to use real encryption? >Somebody on Slashdot recommended this for Schneier's doghouse list. > >Now, 712 Mbit/sec is about 90 MByte/sec, which means if it >were doing 3DES, it'd probably be about 30 MByte/sec, >which is no longer fast enough to be entertaining. > >**Enova's response**The 712Mbit/sec is our first generation disk >encryption chipset X-Wall SE-40NB and SE-64NB which offers DES 40bit and >64-bit strength respectively. The second generation X-Wall SE A version >offers 1.1Gbit/sec on both DES and TDES level. The TDES engine offers the >same throughput as that of DES engine as we have engineered the pipeline >design such that performance isn't degraded on TDES. The only difference >is the start up latency. The start up latency for X-Wall SE-64A is 90 nano >second and for X-Wall SE-128A is 270 nano second. > >Please refer to our website ><http://www.enovatech.com>http://www.enovatech.com for more information. > >Thanks, >Robert

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Slashdot | Canadian University to Begin Training Hackers (fwd)
by Jim Choate 23 May '03

23 May '03

http://slashdot.org/articles/03/05/22/234212.shtml?tid=126&tid=146&tid=172&… -- ____________________________________________________________________ We are all interested in the future for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives. Criswell, "Plan 9 from Outer Space" ravage(a)ssz.com jchoate(a)open-forge.org www.ssz.com www.open-forge.org --------------------------------------------------------------------

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Slashdot | Use a Honeypot, Go to Prison? (fwd)
by Jim Choate 23 May '03

23 May '03

http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/05/22/198235.shtml?tid=126&tid=172 -- ____________________________________________________________________ We are all interested in the future for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives. Criswell, "Plan 9 from Outer Space" ravage(a)ssz.com jchoate(a)open-forge.org www.ssz.com www.open-forge.org --------------------------------------------------------------------

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