Presumably, any key escrow system would allow for verification that a message was encrypted using an escrowed key, without actually retrieving the key or decrypting the message
Nah.
Just re-encrypt the illegally encrypted data. No way to find out that the contents are unreadable without actually decrypting it. Thus the only way to spot verbotten encryption is to decrypt everything.
French courts sued the part of yahoo which resides in FRANCE, which they have a right to do so.. And the french ruling only affects french citizens.. You've still got your so called american right to insult jews/arabs/whoever you think is inferior to you.
The pin number is combined with the credit card number (PAN) and encrypted using a master key and a session key into a block of data. This is all done in epoxy encapsulated hardware. THe pin number is never available to the programmer. To fake it, you have to have both keys, the pin number, the customers account number, and know how to grind 'em up using 3DES to create the pin block. One of the keys is sent plaintext but changed FREQUENTLY... the other key is stored in protected (epoxy encapsulated) memory in encrypted form. And to top it off, the plaintext version of the master key MUST be stored in two (or more) separate parts, protected by two (or more) separate passwords managed by two (or more) individuals. It's actually pretty heavy duty security if everybody follows the rules.
ISO 7816 is the smart card standard. Almost every smart card available today uses that standard, including credit cards, and the cards DirecTV uses for subscriber authentication.
It doesn't say anything about how the smart card is used, though... ISO7816 is basically just the specification for the card size, contact placement, and electrical interface. What is on the chip and how it is used is entirely dependent on the manufacturer and, to an extent, the individual developers. Most of them have at least 3DES encryption built in, with the facility to lock up the card PERMANENTLY if the incorrect password is used more than a certain number of times, etc.
There aren't really any ubiquitous standards for how they're used, although the EMV (Europay-Mastercard-Visa) is currently being used in Europe and may or may not eventually see use in the US. Microsoft is also (surprise) pushing a "standard" of their own... some version of CE, I think.
What we need now is to prove that McAfee actually created about 80% of the virii that they are "protecting" us from.
Creating a problem and then charging to "solve" it is an old (and very effective) business model.
So the editors of the National Review could find themselves in front of e.g. a German court where they can be sentenced for incitement to racial hatred and fascism, which carries a sentence of 15 years imprisonment.
Would you mind providing some citations of these "racist" statements? Or are you just trying to parrot something that you think makes you sound smart?
Floppy disks are extremely unreliable. The last time I went through a bunch of two-year-old floppies, about 2/3 were unreadable
YMMV, but I have a lot of old junk archived on floppies, some of it almost 20 years old, and I bust it out sometimes when I'm looking for an old DOS game or an incriminating email to embarass someone with. I NEVER have problems reading them. (Oldest are 5.25", newer are 3.5").
Americans have absolutely NO right to lecture other countries about crime. That's like a 400 pound man telling his 300 pound wife she should go on a diet.
If his 300 pound wife does in fact need to go on a diet, does that mean he's wrong? Uh, what was your point again? Actually, when you factor out urban drug dealers killing other urban drug dealers, the murder rate in the US is about the same as any other first-world country.
I'd cite references but you wouldn't believe them either.
I resent you justifying your personal need for a lethal penis substitute in terms of it helping the crime situation.
Guffaw Ever notice how much the anti-gun nuts love to compare firearms with male genitals? And in the same breath point out how BAD guns are? Gun == penis == bad. Gag. Which is worse, man-hating-women or men who wish they were dickless?
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It'd be a pain in the ass to destroy a CD-ROM "at a moment's notice"
Not if you carry a microwave oven everywhere you go. Try putting a CD in the microwave for 2 seconds. It gives it a nice faux antique look.
You mean using Double Rot13 for an extra layer of security?
You mean that doesn't work?
Presumably, any key escrow system would allow for verification that a message was encrypted using an escrowed key, without actually retrieving the key or decrypting the message
Nah.
Just re-encrypt the illegally encrypted data. No way to find out that the contents are unreadable without actually decrypting it. Thus the only way to spot verbotten encryption is to decrypt everything.
French courts sued the part of yahoo which resides in FRANCE, which they have a right to do so.. And the french ruling only affects french citizens.. You've still got your so called american right to insult jews/arabs/whoever you think is inferior to you.
Which part of Yahoo is in France, Pierre?
That's a serious question.
The pin number is combined with the credit card number (PAN) and encrypted using a master key and a session key into a block of data. This is all done in epoxy encapsulated hardware. THe pin number is never available to the programmer. To fake it, you have to have both keys, the pin number, the customers account number, and know how to grind 'em up using 3DES to create the pin block. One of the keys is sent plaintext but changed FREQUENTLY... the other key is stored in protected (epoxy encapsulated) memory in encrypted form. And to top it off, the plaintext version of the master key MUST be stored in two (or more) separate parts, protected by two (or more) separate passwords managed by two (or more) individuals. It's actually pretty heavy duty security if everybody follows the rules.
ISO 7816 is the smart card standard. Almost every smart card available today uses that standard, including credit cards, and the cards DirecTV uses for subscriber authentication.
It doesn't say anything about how the smart card is used, though... ISO7816 is basically just the specification for the card size, contact placement, and electrical interface. What is on the chip and how it is used is entirely dependent on the manufacturer and, to an extent, the individual developers. Most of them have at least 3DES encryption built in, with the facility to lock up the card PERMANENTLY if the incorrect password is used more than a certain number of times, etc.
There aren't really any ubiquitous standards for how they're used, although the EMV (Europay-Mastercard-Visa) is currently being used in Europe and may or may not eventually see use in the US. Microsoft is also (surprise) pushing a "standard" of their own... some version of CE, I think.
I found lots of purple books, but none are the IBM-PC spec. So where is the link to the pdf? Come on karma whores, let's have'em.
I've got one (purple binder) someplace. Send me a case of beer and I'll see what I can do.
What we need now is to prove that McAfee actually created about 80% of the virii that they are "protecting" us from. Creating a problem and then charging to "solve" it is an old (and very effective) business model.
ain't it great to be here?
Don't let the door hit you in the ass, bro.
So the editors of the National Review could find themselves in front of e.g. a German court where they can be sentenced for incitement to racial hatred and fascism, which carries a sentence of 15 years imprisonment.
Would you mind providing some citations of these "racist" statements? Or are you just trying to parrot something that you think makes you sound smart?
Floppy disks are extremely unreliable. The last time I went through a bunch of two-year-old floppies, about 2/3 were unreadable
YMMV, but I have a lot of old junk archived on floppies, some of it almost 20 years old, and I bust it out sometimes when I'm looking for an old DOS game or an incriminating email to embarass someone with. I NEVER have problems reading them. (Oldest are 5.25", newer are 3.5").
Did you read the original post?
Yes, but I didn't realize that I was obligated to try to drag you back on-topic.
fix your own fucking problems before you start telling other people how to fix theirs
Serious Question: Is someone attempting to impose the US Constitution on you or your countrymen?
and no, you can't factor out urban drug dealers, dumbass - a crime is a crime is a crime).
That's "Mr Dumas" to you, pal".
A crime is a crime? You mean the penalty for pinching a loaf of bread is the same is murdering your parish priest? If not please clarify.
You've GOT to be joking.
I'm sorry.
Apology accepted.
Americans have absolutely NO right to lecture other countries about crime. That's like a 400 pound man telling his 300 pound wife she should go on a diet.
If his 300 pound wife does in fact need to go on a diet, does that mean he's wrong? Uh, what was your point again?
Actually, when you factor out urban drug dealers killing other urban drug dealers, the murder rate in the US is about the same as any other first-world country.
I'd cite references but you wouldn't believe them either.
I bet that they would rather have the problem of house break-ins going up than having the murder rate that we have here in the US.
I bet they don't have a choice. Any Limies out there remember anybody asking you whether you wanted the right to keep and bear arms? Didn't think so.
Support your right to keep and arm bears
I resent you justifying your personal need for a lethal penis substitute in terms of it helping the crime situation.
Guffaw Ever notice how much the anti-gun nuts love to compare firearms with male genitals? And in the same breath point out how BAD guns are? Gun == penis == bad. Gag. Which is worse, man-hating-women or men who wish they were dickless?