The government really has no choice. Breaking encryption is now illegal, so these backdoors are the only way for them to try and read encrypted messages.
You could use the government's public key to encrypt your private key, sort of like a registering your car, you would have to register your key. The problem is that you could send them any old crap and say it was your key. The only way they would know is if they tested it by decrypting a message.
This is all beside the point, because terrorists won't register their keys. If the US government can't stop spam, what makes them think they can stop encrypted messages?
does this thing give off? And does the climate model take this heat into account? And if this heat depends on the amount of computation done by the computer, you'd have to model that too. Ahh, my brain hurts.
The restriction on decompiling software contained in end user licences would make it illegal to decompile a program to check its simillarity with a GPL'd program. I wonder how much of a problem this is?
From a technical perspective, you can't just do an "ungcc badprogram; diff badprogram.c goodprogram.c", and from a legal perspective, even if you could would this information be admissable in court as it was obtained in violation of the EULA?
I can't believe the news today
I can't close my eyes and make it go away
This whole sensorship thing puzzles me. No songs mentioning airplanes, fire, or tickets, but some proposed Michael Jackson tribute song will be OK. No images showing the WTC still standing, but a strong desire to rebuild them. No "On broadway", but let's return Manhattan to business.
There may be lines in these songs that may strike a chord with what happened last week, but that is no reason to stop playing them outright.
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Interesting, What is your source for that data?
I certainly don't have any data one way or another.
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One thing I read on/. was "physically separate the pilots from the passenger cabin"
The question I would have about this is how many lives have been saved over the years because somebody was able to enter the cockpit and land the plane.
This could be a huge benefit for space missions if the manufacturing speed can be improved. Numbers of spare parts could be reduced. If some new component was needed, it could be designed on earth and the plans could be transmitted to the mission.
I don't know, I had to read the page that was linked in that post a few times before I figured out that the web page was talking about a sort of diskless bridge between a wired and wireless lan. The poster may have been a bit confused, but their heart was in the right place. Therefore, I would consider this on-topic. We are definately off-topic though:)
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Encryption is useless.
Your intelectual property will added to our own.
Prepare to be assimilated.
There have been several bills that try to impose a fine for spam, but this has not eliminated spam.
The government really has no choice. Breaking encryption is now illegal, so these backdoors are the only way for them to try and read encrypted messages.
You could use the government's public key to encrypt your private key, sort of like a registering your car, you would have to register your key. The problem is that you could send them any old crap and say it was your key. The only way they would know is if they tested it by decrypting a message.
This is all beside the point, because terrorists won't register their keys. If the US government can't stop spam, what makes them think they can stop encrypted messages?
I wonder if Lucas is considering a similar clause on the upcomming DVD.
does this thing give off? And does the climate model take this heat into account? And if this heat depends on the amount of computation done by the computer, you'd have to model that too. Ahh, my brain hurts.
The restriction on decompiling software contained in end user licences would make it illegal to decompile a program to check its simillarity with a GPL'd program. I wonder how much of a problem this is?
From a technical perspective, you can't just do an "ungcc badprogram; diff badprogram.c goodprogram.c", and from a legal perspective, even if you could would this information be admissable in court as it was obtained in violation of the EULA?
Why not protect the security of the OS too?
What's next? Ban all songs by Jefferson Airplane, but none by Jefferson Starship?
I can't believe the news today
I can't close my eyes and make it go away
This whole sensorship thing puzzles me. No songs mentioning airplanes, fire, or tickets, but some proposed Michael Jackson tribute song will be OK. No images showing the WTC still standing, but a strong desire to rebuild them. No "On broadway", but let's return Manhattan to business.
There may be lines in these songs that may strike a chord with what happened last week, but that is no reason to stop playing them outright.
In post-DMCA america, it is illegal to try and break the encryption on messages, so they need a law to let them read these messages.
Please have some computer savy computer person on your staff explain the following "encrypted" message to you:
Jr, gur crbcyr, va beqre gb sbez n zber cresrpg havba, rfgnoyvfu
whfgvpr naq rafher qbzrfgvp genadhvyvgl, cebivqr sbe gur pbzzba
qrsrafr, cebgrpg gur trareny jrysner naq rafher gur oyrffvatf bs
yvoregl gb bhefryirf naq bhe cbfgrevgl qb beqnva naq rfgnoyvfu guvf
Pbafgvghgvba bs gur Havgrq Fgngrf bs Nzrevpn.
I was going to do this as uuencoded, but gave up on trying to post a uuencoded message.
Equally important, if a backdoor is designed in, how long before criminals find and exploit it?
A lot of good points.
Interesting, What is your source for that data?
I certainly don't have any data one way or another.
One thing I read on /. was "physically separate the pilots from the passenger cabin"
The question I would have about this is how many lives have been saved over the years because somebody was able to enter the cockpit and land the plane.
McVeigh lived in the US, should we nuke ourselves?
This could be a huge benefit for space missions if the manufacturing speed can be improved. Numbers of spare parts could be reduced. If some new component was needed, it could be designed on earth and the plans could be transmitted to the mission.
I agree, a kind of lame story. They didn't even go into things I would be interested in:
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Are these students able to get back into these schools?
Do they anticipate problems from not being as fresh in their subjects?
Are the numbers of returning students high enough in some cases that they will compete with current students for resources?
Maybe _I_ should go back to school and study journalism
I don't know, I had to read the page that was linked in that post a few times before I figured out that the web page was talking about a sort of diskless bridge between a wired and wireless lan. The poster may have been a bit confused, but their heart was in the right place. Therefore, I would consider this on-topic. We are definately off-topic though:)
a beowulf cluster of these things.
Somebody please mod the parent up. This is clearly on topic and useful information.
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