Signaling Vulnerabilities in Wiretapping Systems Ahh, too bad I don’t work for a telecom compnay anymore (actually, it is good). This might be fun to test out… In a research paper …

Peter Gutman wrote a great summary of the lengths that many have to go to in order to get ISAKMP implementations to interoperate. I had a hell of a time trying to get Windows 2000/XP IPSec to work …

Fuzzy logic behind Bush’s cybercrime treaty | Perspectives | CNET News.com the Convention on Cybercrime will endanger Americans’ privacy and civil liberties–and place the FBI’s …

07:00 Someone is scanning in the entire Sears 1979 wishbook.

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The “Comma Sutra” via Scrutiny Hooligans Which reminds me of a related amusing and geeky version: Linux Sex Positions - The Open Source Kama Sutra They even have a security-related one: …

When Legal Strikes—Chaos Theory Meets DRM Sadly, as management gets more cautious about legal repercussions, lawyers get a voice in decisions in which they not only have no expertise (such as IT), but …

This post about Grammar Nerds reminded me that I’ve long wanted to write about some common mistakes I see over and over on the Internet and in emails. The most common thing that I notice is …

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There are still not known attacks against encryption schemes that make use of these, but certainly anything relying on these hashes for integrity protection should switch to alternate mechanisms. …