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Schneier et al Report PGP Vulnerability

Posted by timothy on from the speak-plainly dept.

SpaceTaxi writes: "Researchers reported that they were able to intercept and modify a PGP encrypted message so that, IF it is sent back to the attacker, the original message could be read by the attacker." The paper comes from Kahil Jallad, Jonathan Katz, and Bruce Schneier. Here is the Yahoo! article.

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  1. FP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Fork Pork Pist

  2. Did I miss the memo? Is today Opposite Day? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Waitaminute... Jon Katz did something useful?

  3. beware by Budgreen · · Score: 0, Troll

    the DMCA!

    ooooOOOOOOooooooo

    --
    The greatest right given is the right to be wrong...
  4. Whuh? by roc_machine · · Score: 0, Troll

    The paper comes from Kahil Jallad, Jonathan Katz,

    Where's the 9/11 reference? I couldn't find it anywhere...
  5. This attack doesn't really work by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I think what happened here was they were using Jon Katz to test system by trying to decrypt some of his emails. When the result of the decryption was gibberish, it was assumed that they must have broken his code.

  6. Fuck you all by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    That's right. Fuck you all.
    And pour some hot grits down your pants.

    -Anonymous Coward

  7. DMCA by Screaming+Lunatic · · Score: 0, Troll
    Is it just me or are they breaking the DMCA?

    Maybe they'll throw JonKatz in jail. Well a geek can hope can't he?

    Yeah, I know this is a troll. But I have karma to burn. And if I'm gonna burn karma, I can't think of a better way than by trolling JonKatz.