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DNA Matching and the Birthday Paradox

2008-09-11 06:21:02 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...matches in Arizona's database Perhaps surprisingly, the answer turns out to be yes. Let's say that the chance of any two individuals matching at any one locus is 7.5 percent. In reality, the frequency of a match varies from locus to locus, but I think 7.5 percent is pretty reasonable. For instance, with a 7.5 percent chance of matching at...
 
Tags: match, match varies, positive match, specific loci, pairwise match, percent chance, chance, loci, people
 
 
 
 
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What Does SHA1 is Broken Mean?

2007-12-12 07:35:00 by Eric Marvets in The Security Samurai
 
...match the hash, then we assume it was modified in transit Designed Strength of SHA1 When we hash data, the range of values for x is infinite. The hash on the other hand is a fixed size. Therefore, for each value in the range of our hash, there are an infinite number of possible values for x This range of possible values determines the...
 
Tags: sha1, choose sha1, sha1 protects, hash data, data, sha1 drops, hash function, hash, function
 
 
 
 
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Clouding and Confusing the CEP Community

2008-04-20 11:16:38 by Greg Reemler in The Complex Event Processing Blog
 
...match the lack-of-capabilitiesin their products This is really funny, if you think about it The definition of event cloud was coordinated over along (over two year)periodwith the leading vendors in the event processing community andis based on the same concepts in Davids book, The Power of Events But, since the stream-processing oriented...
 
Tags: event cloud, event, event relationship, event data, event stream, event types, event streams, streamof market data, market data
 
 
 
 
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Tracking People with their Mobile Phones

2008-05-27 12:57:29 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...match a handset's IMEI number to the personal details of a customer Path Intelligence, the Portsmouth-based company which developed the technology, said its equipment was just a tool for market research. "There's absolutely no way we can link the information we gather back to the individual, a spokeswoman said. There's nothing personal in the...
 
Tags: information, personal information, personal, phone, phone networks, information held, phone network, imei, network
 
 
 
 
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Corrupted Heap Termination Redux

2008-06-07 04:00:00 by sdl in The Security Development Lifecycle
 
...match the expected current block size Buffer underrun: same as above, but the previous block header size does not match the expected current block size Attempting to free a free'd block (double-free bug Attempting to free a non 8-byte aligned block Passing a bogus heap handle, it could simply be an invalid heap or a handle to a different...
 
Tags: heap, free block list, block, handle, bogus heap handle, invalid, invalid heap, custom heap, block header
 
 
 
 
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On Elephants and Analytics

2008-06-26 12:11:30 by Tim Bass in The Complex Event Processing Blog
 
...match a technology marketing campaignthat is primarily driven by software running rules against time-series datastreaming in asliding-time windows, and then go on to take the same software capabilitiesand apply these capabilities to problems that are suitable for that domain, then you match Ophers elegant description of a small view of the...
 
Tags: call, call cep engines, cep, cep community, cep counterpoint, cep players, imply cep, cep rulescommunity, cep vendors
 
 
 
 
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On Elephants and Analytics

2008-06-26 12:11:30 by Tim Bass in The Complex Event Processing Blog
 
...match a technology marketing campaignthat is primarily driven by software running rules against time-series datastreaming in asliding-time windows, and then go on to take the same software capabilitiesand apply these capabilities to problems that are suitable for that domain, then you match Ophers elegant description of a small view of the...
 
Tags: call, call cep engines, cep, cep community, cep counterpoint, cep players, imply cep, cep rulescommunity, cep vendors
 
 
 
 
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CEP is Not BPM, BAM, BRE, BRMS or SOA

2008-08-27 13:37:25 by Tim Bass in The Complex Event Processing Blog
 
...match based on some simple rules. Routing a order kicked off by a simple order match against a deep liquidity pool (or other market factor) does not definecomplex event processing nordetecting a complex event -the core idea behind CEP. Order routing based on simple rules is BPM, plain and simple Lets take another example, fraud. In this...
 
Tags: cep, cep blog, current cep products, cep glossary, bpm, real cep capabilities, cep application, potential fraud, fraud
 
 
 
 
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Symantec + Vontu: A Marriage Made In Heaven?

2007-11-13 08:55:35 by Thomas Raschke in Security & Risk Management
 
...match EMC/RSAs security and information management strategy that goes beyond the threat side of the house. Plenty to do for Symantec but I am confident they can lift this one PS: For more information on how Symantec/Vontu and other ILP vendors compare please tune into our ILP Wave Update which will become available in mid-Q1 2008 Thomas Raschke
 
Tags: ilp, ilp awareness, ilp wave, ilp vendors compare, ilp leader, ilp functionality, loss, data loss prevention, blown ilp functionality
 
 
 
 
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S&K Menswear two-phased attack

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2008-01-03 10:40:36 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...match the credit card numbers. It is unknown how many customers were duped by the second phase of the attack Reference URL New Hampshire Attorney General Breach Notification Report Credit New Hampshire State Attorney General Response From the official breach notification and letter to customers This letter is to inform you that S&K...
 
Tags: information, personal information, information security practices, notification, information security, breach notification letter, sample customer letter, credit card, credit card data