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IBM Crypto Up For Grabs?
An Anonymous Coward writes: "BBC Newsnight have tonight shown an article about a groups of hackers who are about to release details of the vulnerability of the IBM Cryptographical processors. ( Details here.) The BBC article can be watched online here.
Alan Cox makes a starring role ;)" windowlicker adds some detail: "Mike Bond and Richard Clayton, from Cambridge University, have cracked
IBM's 4758 crytoprocessor running the 'Common Cryptographic Architecture' (CCA). You can do the same with $1000-worth of hardware
and the info from here. Many banks use this system for protecting PINs." The video file requires Real software; here's the BBC's article online for those of us without.
Crypto is like the law...it's made to be broken!
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If the US ever gets a working DNA computer, no encryption will will be safe. It's interesting, the DNA comuter would literally be a million monkeys. eventually they'll recreate shakespear, and with a dna computer, it will break all encription by massive parrelelism and brute force.
"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
Referring to item 3:
I am actually disappointed that many ATMs are swipe-based now rather than insert-based. One safety feature of an ATM card is that if you report it stolen, your bank can put a block on it such that if it is inserted into an ATM the machine will eat it. It will also do the same if someone attempts to brute-force your PIN and guesses wrong too many times. This is a big plus IMHO.
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What an unholy load of crap. I have never seen suck a bitchy, needy, clingy installer. What the world needs is a RealMedia to MPEG converter.
Napster-to-go says "Fill and refill your compatible MP3 player", which is a lie. It's not MP3. It's WMA with DRM.
My favorite thing about ATMs is the braille all over the console and the buttons, with a CRT giving the instructions. It's a hoot!
Napster-to-go says "Fill and refill your compatible MP3 player", which is a lie. It's not MP3. It's WMA with DRM.
Damn. Now _THERE_ is a reason to watch the vid! Hopefully there are some claymores and bagpipes involved! Maybe throw in a Stone of Scone for a good measure....
-- Mal: "Well they tell you: never hit a man with a closed fist. But it is, on occasion, hilarious."