If you understand how SSL works, and just need an introduction to using OpenSSL in your programs, have a read of Eric Rescorla's OpenSSL Introduction. PDFs available at http://www.rtfm.com/openssl-examples/.
Seriously, though. Who uses a 256 bit key anymore? AFAIK, the suggested key size is at least 1024 bits.
You're ignoring the distinction between symmetric and asymmetric cryptography.
Symmetric cryptography uses only one key for encryption and decryption. For such a key, 256 bits is quite secure.
Asymmetric cryptography uses a public key for encryption and a different, private key for decryption. If using the RSA algorithm then yes, anything less than 1024 is insecure. (Elliptic Curve Cryptography is also asymmetric but is still strong at less than 1024 bits.)
TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY TWO POINT FOUR TWO GIGABYTES OF DATA?!
Holy crap! I mean really, what? That much? For pictures of crop circles? Are they that popular? That's a lot. I mean, that's a lot.
How about reducing the size or number of your pictures?
Or perhaps get the aliens to beam the images directly to users' computers. That would save costs double-plus.
No! Beam the images directly into their minds! Yes, that's it. Information delivery on the cheap. "Beamed to your head, straight from aliens." - That's what the site should say.
Wouldn't you like to be followed around by a mess of wires and boards whilst attempting to pass through a hallway guarded by another? Sounds like the ultimate in home security to me
Erm... no. Cats, dude. They sound like robot cats.
EurekaAlert has a short interesting status over sperm cells. The scientists, who are too however found, convince the evidence that a parasite can contribute, in order to copy a sort in two, it owing to a phenomenon, in that the damaged sperm cells of a wasp box secured or only by the coupling at the certain women are regulated. A bacterium, which is called Wolbachia, prevents the successful development of the embryos in the couplings between the dependent one two sorts very near the wasp, which the evolved species could producing differently than. Instead of helping, its central processor center, you compete simply with the not stuck on central processor in the middle, those just as many parasite, Wolbachia seek actively to eliminate central processor in the middle which not as them them are reproducing stuck on, to stop. in order to do this, the parasite modifies the sperm cells of its male central processor center and does not form it sterile once installed with a not stuck on woman. If however the pairs of men with a stuck on woman, which damaged reproductive cells by the parasite of the woman " become secured ". It's to like, if the bacterium the cell of sperm cells encoded and they form uselessly, it are them the bacterium of the decoding of another stuck on wasp meet. The result is that the stuck on men, who are set from box only with other stuck on women, not not.
You just have to go back and forth a few times, but it comes out intelligible in the end.
I was in the middle of a play-by-email game of Diplomacy when my e-mail hosting service decided to block any mail with 'diploma' in the subject. Of course they didn't notify users about the new spam filter, or the list of keywords, or provide any control over it, so it took me a while to realise. O how I laughed. My allies thought I had suddenly fallen cold with them and Turkey fell quicker than a really quick thing.
If you're mildy familiar with motorola assembly, grab the
Onboard Resource Editor. It's great fun. You can examine all the databases of every app you have installed and alter anything you want. Dead easy to disable nagware.
Of course, source kept for so long in captivity is quite unable to fend for itself once released. It may appear domesticated and timid, but do not treat it lightly! It needs to learn to survive in the real world. It is entering a harsh, peer-reviewed environment that it is not familiar with. Approach it fearlessly and improve it.
send loads of it back to Earth via a rail gun to a known impact point
Hrmmm...i hate being a Not-In-My-Backyard'er, but I'd be lobbying my council if a sign was suddenly erected next door: "Future location for Lunar Titanium rail-gun target."
Source: Rooters | Published: Tuesday Septmber 12, 8:33AM
Sunnyvale CA, June 12: Popular microcomputer systems vendor "VA Linux Systems, Inc." is poised to dominate the text-entry market with a computer program that automatically verifies the spelling of words entered by the computer user. Dubbed "The Orthographic Verifieralator", the software will cross-check each word entered by the user, with an "electronic dictionary" and produce a harsh "bing-BONNNG" noise when a mistake is detected.
"Sweet Jesus, I was about to run this page through Babelfish." remarked VA honcho Larry Augustin as he browsed the main page of "Slashdot" - a popular on-line forum for meritocrats. "Clearly there is no shortage of typographical boo-boos in the world. Our product will destroy typos, it will ANNIHILATE them, it will PICK 'EM UP and THROW 'EM!, THEN SIT ON 'EM! AND THEM EAT 'EM AND THEN POO 'EM OUT! AND THEN EAT 'EM AGAIN! AARGH!" screamed Augustin in like a totally Pepsi-max fashion.
But will computer users appreciate a patronizing program that constantly reminds them of their gross inability to form proper diction? "Don't gimme any Mark Twain bullshit. There's only one way to spell any given word and our product will know it and enforce it. If the typo is particularly humorous, it will be mailed to our server so we can read it and go 'Ho-ho, what a dumb-bunny'".
But avid computer user Bowie J. Poag claims that he came up with the concept of an automatic spelling checker two years ago and, when he approached VA with the idea, was told in no uncertain terms "Go away Ploppy-Pants, that's a dumb idea". "And now they're touting it as their own." says Poag "What a complete bitch.". Avid VA person Chris DiBona disagrees, "What Poagie suggested was completely different. Upon detection of a typographical mistake, our program goes 'bing-BONNNG' whereas Poagie's original design detailed that the computer should wobble violently and say 'I AM GOING TO EAT YOU!'"
Company information: VA Linux Systems was founded in 1993 as "VA Resaerch". In 1999 the name was changed to "VA Liunx Systms", and one week later to "VA Linux Systems" to reflect the "dynamic, changing, and careless-typing nature of the on-line community".
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If you understand how SSL works, and just need an introduction to using OpenSSL in your programs, have a read of Eric Rescorla's OpenSSL Introduction. PDFs available at http://www.rtfm.com/openssl-examples/.
For more information, buy his book!
Just FYI -- it's quite possible with RSA but not with DSA. DSA can be used for digital signatures only, not for general encryption.
You're ignoring the distinction between symmetric and asymmetric cryptography.
Symmetric cryptography uses only one key for encryption and decryption. For such a key, 256 bits is quite secure.
Asymmetric cryptography uses a public key for encryption and a different, private key for decryption. If using the RSA algorithm then yes, anything less than 1024 is insecure. (Elliptic Curve Cryptography is also asymmetric but is still strong at less than 1024 bits.)
Meganet's algorithm is symmetric.
Holy crap! I mean really, what? That much? For pictures of crop circles? Are they that popular? That's a lot. I mean, that's a lot.
How about reducing the size or number of your pictures?
Or perhaps get the aliens to beam the images directly to users' computers. That would save costs double-plus.
No! Beam the images directly into their minds! Yes, that's it. Information delivery on the cheap. "Beamed to your head, straight from aliens." - That's what the site should say.
"Think here to continue."
What's so important about the survival of our species? (an honest question, I've never really thought about it much myself)
Erm... no. Cats, dude. They sound like robot cats.
"Oh, a sarcastic Star Trek fan. You must be a hit with the ladies."
- one transistor.
- one bit of memory.
- no hertz.
- a keypad with no keys - just a sharp point that would prick your finger each time.
- a 4dpi video display with one pixel (black) that was fixed to the keypad (underneath).
It cost $80,000, would generate smoke, and took up half your backyard.Yep, those were the days.
Uh, no. It's the same warning. The Jedi article is dated 19th April.
You just have to go back and forth a few times, but it comes out intelligible in the end.
I was in the middle of a play-by-email game of Diplomacy when my e-mail hosting service decided to block any mail with 'diploma' in the subject. Of course they didn't notify users about the new spam filter, or the list of keywords, or provide any control over it, so it took me a while to realise. O how I laughed. My allies thought I had suddenly fallen cold with them and Turkey fell quicker than a really quick thing.
(First obvious reply gets a cookie)
The 'chattel' part.
I'd like to know so I can schedule my annual leave for half of them and pull some sickies for the some of the others.
Try clicking the "Polls" link in the slashbox (next to "Results")
http://slashdot.org/pollBooth.pl?
(short-lived product made by Mattel in the mid-eighties)
If you're mildy familiar with motorola assembly, grab the Onboard Resource Editor. It's great fun. You can examine all the databases of every app you have installed and alter anything you want. Dead easy to disable nagware.
Games: Pyramid, Dopewars, Lines, Freecell, and Vexed.Top Secret. For storing your passwords etc. (protected my TinyDES encryption).
Planetarium. The best astronomy palm companion.
MindSpiral. Just to get freaked out.
Invert. Invert your screen (because some grayscale apps, when backlit, look dodgy)
Convert. The best conversion table app.
Of course, source kept for so long in captivity is quite unable to fend for itself once released. It may appear domesticated and timid, but do not treat it lightly! It needs to learn to survive in the real world. It is entering a harsh, peer-reviewed environment that it is not familiar with. Approach it fearlessly and improve it.
BTW, Sun, StarOffice - a coincidence?!?!
Well...yes, probably.
Hrmmm...i hate being a Not-In-My-Backyard'er, but I'd be lobbying my council if a sign was suddenly erected next door: "Future location for Lunar Titanium rail-gun target."
This is not a looney as it sounds
da-dum *ting*
- Dogbot.
- Bibo.
- eRover.
- iFido.
- K-10.
- Bowser the loveable, huggable appliance.
- CatMincer.
- dog.com.
- SonyPup.
- Electronic Robot Dog Thing.
- I can't believe it's not fun like a real dog!
Bah...it'll probably just be Aibo v2.0.They should fire their reverse thrushters.
This same story was on kuro5hin with exactly the same submission text.
Methinks someone's trying to be funny.
And where am I supposed to put my fridge then?
Bah, guess I'll have to wait until they invent a coolant network with pipes to every home.
Hmmm...I've probably missed something.
Where's my money?
Source: Rooters | Published: Tuesday Septmber 12, 8:33AM
Sunnyvale CA, June 12: Popular microcomputer systems vendor "VA Linux Systems, Inc." is poised to dominate the text-entry market with a computer program that automatically verifies the spelling of words entered by the computer user. Dubbed "The Orthographic Verifieralator", the software will cross-check each word entered by the user, with an "electronic dictionary" and produce a harsh "bing-BONNNG" noise when a mistake is detected.
"Sweet Jesus, I was about to run this page through Babelfish." remarked VA honcho Larry Augustin as he browsed the main page of "Slashdot" - a popular on-line forum for meritocrats. "Clearly there is no shortage of typographical boo-boos in the world. Our product will destroy typos, it will ANNIHILATE them, it will PICK 'EM UP and THROW 'EM!, THEN SIT ON 'EM! AND THEM EAT 'EM AND THEN POO 'EM OUT! AND THEN EAT 'EM AGAIN! AARGH!" screamed Augustin in like a totally Pepsi-max fashion.
But will computer users appreciate a patronizing program that constantly reminds them of their gross inability to form proper diction? "Don't gimme any Mark Twain bullshit. There's only one way to spell any given word and our product will know it and enforce it. If the typo is particularly humorous, it will be mailed to our server so we can read it and go 'Ho-ho, what a dumb-bunny'".
But avid computer user Bowie J. Poag claims that he came up with the concept of an automatic spelling checker two years ago and, when he approached VA with the idea, was told in no uncertain terms "Go away Ploppy-Pants, that's a dumb idea". "And now they're touting it as their own." says Poag "What a complete bitch.". Avid VA person Chris DiBona disagrees, "What Poagie suggested was completely different. Upon detection of a typographical mistake, our program goes 'bing-BONNNG' whereas Poagie's original design detailed that the computer should wobble violently and say 'I AM GOING TO EAT YOU!'"
Company information: VA Linux Systems was founded in 1993 as "VA Resaerch". In 1999 the name was changed to "VA Liunx Systms", and one week later to "VA Linux Systems" to reflect the "dynamic, changing, and careless-typing nature of the on-line community".