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A cryptographic hash function reading guide

2007-11-23 16:01:18 by George Danezis in Light Blue Touchpaper
 
...proposals to ensure that their function becomes SHA-3. To fully appreciate the details of this competition, some of us may want a quick refresher on how to build secure hash function Here is a list of on-line resources for catching up with the state of the art A very quick overview of hash functions and their applications is provided by Ilya...
 
Tags: function, hash functions, cryptographic hash functions, functions, functions secure, design, hash function design, compression functions, secure hash function
 
 
 
 
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Notes from IEEE Web 2.0 Security and Privacy Workshop (W2SP2008)

2008-05-27 22:45:00 by Security Retentive in Security Retentive
 
...proposals hinge on using DNS lookups for a domain to find the authentication server much like we use MX records for email. While potentially risky, DNSSEC could theoretically be used to mitigate some of the problems I must say I haven't kept up with OpenID as much as I'd like to, and so I'm 99% sure lots of the nuance of Ben's proposal was...
 
Tags: browser, browser security models, browser project, browser security model, security models, browser security, security, web, security challenges
 
 
 
 
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Metrics for security and performance in low-latency anonymity systems

2008-07-21 08:16:12 by Steven J. Murdoch in Light Blue Touchpaper
 
...proposals which offer an alternative to Tors bandwidth-weighted algorithm. Later this week at PETS Ill be presenting my paper, co-authored with Robert N.M. Watson , Metrics for security and performance in low-latency anonymity systems . In this paper, we examine several route selection algorithms and evaluate their security and performance...
 
Tags: route selection, route selection critical, route selection algorithms, route, nodes, tor nodes vary, security, performance, route selection algorithm
 
 
 
 
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Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium (PETS 2008)

2007-12-05 10:13:49 by Steven J. Murdoch in Light Blue Touchpaper
 
...proposals for panels are also invited The deadline for submissions is 19 February 2008 (except for HotPETS, which is 11 April 2008). More details can be found in the Call For Papers
 
Tags: privacy, technologies symposium, relevant research, research, main paper session, pets, hotpets, pet workshop, program committee
 
 
 
 
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RBAC Standard Rationale: Comments on "A Critique of the ANSI Standard on Role-Based Access Control"

2008-01-07 09:15:52 by Editor in IEEE Security and Privacy
 
As the authors of the original proposal for the role-based access control (RBAC) standard and developers of the models from which it derives, the authors respond here to Ninghui Li, Ji-Won Byun, and Elisa Bertino's critique, which also appears in this issue. This is an opportune time in the revision cycle to introduce proposals for changes to...
 
Tags: standard, access control, authors respond, authors, revision cycle, critique, rbac, introduce proposals, ji-won byun
 
 
 
 
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How do you spell R-E-L-I-E-F?

2008-02-13 18:50:54 by HASH0x8bc3020 in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...proposals including the selling off of Tipping Point In my mind the question is: Will that be enough? Is it only the Tipping Point stuff that causes the issue? Does 3Com have other sensitive technology. I don't know, but I am sure the recent arrest of 4 Chinese people on espionage type of charges did not help the Bain position. Also, do you...
 
Tags: buyer, potential buyer pool, questions, bain position, acceptable buyer, bain, based company decrease, substantial stake, mitigation proposals
 
 
 
 
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How do you spell R-E-L-I-E-F?

2008-02-13 17:38:27 by ashimmy in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...proposals including the selling off of Tipping Point In my mind the question is: Will that be enough? Is it only the Tipping Point stuff that causes the issue? Does 3Com have other sensitive technology. I don't know, but I am sure the recent arrest of 4 Chinese people on espionage type of charges did not help the Bain position. Also, do you...
 
Tags: buyer, potential buyer pool, questions, bain position, acceptable buyer, bain, based company decrease, substantial stake, mitigation proposals
 
 
 
 
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U.K. politicians call for cybercrime minister and new laws

2008-03-06 00:00:00 by HASH0x8473a78 in Network World on Security
 
The Conservatives have unveiled proposals on how a future Tory government would tackle online crime, including the creation of a new post of cybersecurity minister
 
Tags: future tory government, tackle online crime, cybersecurity minister, post, conservatives, creation, proposals
 
 
 
 
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Privacy and Power

2008-03-11 06:09:57 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...proposals to monitor everything on the internet, foster control. And no one is safer in a political system of control This essay originally appeared on Wired.com
 
Tags: relative power differential, relative power, power, relative power levels, power levels, additional power, power imbalance, officer enormous power, officer