10-24-96: "Hitachi, Fujitsu to develop key-code data security system." They will cooperate to develop "hack-proof" encryption for telecommunications networks. Planning for the system includes formation of a "bank" to maintain duplicates of decoding keys, an aspect which has raised some concern over potential invasions of privacy. The U.S. has been lobbying other nations to adopt such a system. "Singapore devises system to combat Internet business fraud." The new technology, known as the Singapore Enterprise Security Architecture (SESA), could be applied over the Internet "within the next few months" in Singapore. It may begin in Singapore first and then, depending on the response from those outside, overseas." Patent: "Computerized theme park information management system utilizing partitioned smart cards and biometric verification." Abstract: A computerized theme park information system to automatically process and issue a multi-service guest card, control and monitor admission, *perform value-added manipulation of the guest card's contents and to analyze the visitor's buying behavior*. "U.S. Attorney Gen. Janet Reno offered to "set the record straight" on encryption policy and key recovery at FCBA lunch Oct. 17." RFI: Anybody know of a transcript of the AG's talk? ----- http://jya.com/hitkey.txt (7 kb for 4) ftp://jya.com/pub/incoming/hitkey.txt HIT_key ---------- We have put Quisquater's "short cut for exhaustive key search using fault analysis" at: http://jya.com/quikey.htm