Aside from going back to RSA with really large key sizes, what other options are there? Shamus Standard Curves were mentioned (here) but they seem to be obscure, to the point of not yet being within open source crypto, like PGP. Do we have open standards which the NSA hasn't touched?
Read about the history of DES, developed with IBM (defense contractor), and the fact the S-boxes used to create the algorithm were never published, but were kept secret, providing a backdoor. AES doesn't have this issue.
Creating solutions is important, rather than merely complaining about the problems with public clouds. I find CloudI useful and very relevant: http://cloudi.org
I built a rack mounted on a dolly, using Home Depot items for about $100. It is basically a frame of pipe (normally used for natural gas) all threaded and fit together with the normal connectors, with 4 flanges on the bottom to mount to the dolly. The dolly was the cheapest available at Home Depot since casters are normally expensive, just had to take it apart and shorten the length a little, to make everything a normal rack size. It stands about 4.5 ft high and can be moved easily, which is nice when you are just moving in-between apartments.
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Aside from going back to RSA with really large key sizes, what other options are there? Shamus Standard Curves were mentioned (here) but they seem to be obscure, to the point of not yet being within open source crypto, like PGP. Do we have open standards which the NSA hasn't touched?
Read about the history of DES, developed with IBM (defense contractor), and the fact the S-boxes used to create the algorithm were never published, but were kept secret, providing a backdoor. AES doesn't have this issue.
This is ZPG all over again.
Creating solutions is important, rather than merely complaining about the problems with public clouds. I find CloudI useful and very relevant: http://cloudi.org
I built a rack mounted on a dolly, using Home Depot items for about $100. It is basically a frame of pipe (normally used for natural gas) all threaded and fit together with the normal connectors, with 4 flanges on the bottom to mount to the dolly. The dolly was the cheapest available at Home Depot since casters are normally expensive, just had to take it apart and shorten the length a little, to make everything a normal rack size. It stands about 4.5 ft high and can be moved easily, which is nice when you are just moving in-between apartments.