Kinda funny that the Programmer Day FAQ lists Programmer's Day as Sept. 12th for leap years, but the countdown on the homepage fails to take this into account.
You'd think the countdown value being greater than 365 days today would be a dead giveaway to their... programmers...
Read that page again... The iPod Mini came in two generations (maybe that's where you got 1G and 2G?), but the second generation came in 4GB and 6GB versions.
If you're looking to export a product from the US, including strong AES encryption will get you hassle regarding ITAR. Yes Virginia, encryption algorithms are considered munitions by the US government. The optimist in me would like to think that in-house crypto solutions are implemented to avoid ITAR issues, and not that someone "knows a better solution." Very interesting stuff. Santas, and all!
You are completely correct. I definitely goofed in saying that ECB would "provide no security" beyond a OTP. Please mod parent up.
It still is important to note, however (and Migraineman, correct me if I'm wrong in all that follows), that there are ways of using AES which are much less secure than others, and therefore an implementation -- even if genuinely using AES as a block cipher -- can still have flaws. This is even more likely if an "in-house" mode of operation is used.
ECB was a bad example for this particular situation, especially given the requirement of random access. When a method using chaining is possible/practical, however, such a mode of operation is preferable to ECB, as ECB can reveal something about the plaintext. (See, for example, the Tux photo example here)
To enforce parent's point, many (if not all) of the best modes of operation (CCM, etc) for block ciphers like AES use XOR -- it would be silly to think of cryptography without XOR.
It is also true that one can use AES (ignorantly) in a way that allows decryption as described in the article. Using Electronic codebook (ECB), for example, with the same key for each block, would provide no security beyond what would be provided by a reused OTP. Sadly (though obviously insecure), this is still technically using AES as a block cipher -- it's just using an insecure mode of operation. My first thought was that the manufacturers used ECB, or a similar insecure mode of operation (trusting the claim of using AES).
From reading the article, though, it seems the manufacturers even admitted only using AES "when saving the RFID chip's ID in the controller's flash memory" and that "actual data encryption is based on an algorithm developed in-house." Just goes to show that if tried-and-true algorithms / ciphers are available, you should NEVER have to develop your own.
Actually, the % of Safari users exceeds the % of PPC Mac users. The article claims the % of Mac users (PPC and Intel) to be 6.08%, which is greater than 4.51%, the % of Safari users (according to the article).
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Kinda funny that the Programmer Day FAQ lists Programmer's Day as Sept. 12th for leap years, but the countdown on the homepage fails to take this into account. You'd think the countdown value being greater than 365 days today would be a dead giveaway to their... programmers...
Firefox, in its official version, still lacks support for multi-threading
Firefox certainly supports multi-threading. A thread is not the same thing as a process.
the mini only came in 1G and 2G. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPod_mini
Read that page again... The iPod Mini came in two generations (maybe that's where you got 1G and 2G?), but the second generation came in 4GB and 6GB versions.
Technically the US is not "officially" an English speaking country, either. We have no official language as a country (though many states do).
You are completely correct. I definitely goofed in saying that ECB would "provide no security" beyond a OTP. Please mod parent up.
It still is important to note, however (and Migraineman, correct me if I'm wrong in all that follows), that there are ways of using AES which are much less secure than others, and therefore an implementation -- even if genuinely using AES as a block cipher -- can still have flaws. This is even more likely if an "in-house" mode of operation is used.
ECB was a bad example for this particular situation, especially given the requirement of random access. When a method using chaining is possible/practical, however, such a mode of operation is preferable to ECB, as ECB can reveal something about the plaintext. (See, for example, the Tux photo example here)
Thanks for the correction, Migraineman!
To enforce parent's point, many (if not all) of the best modes of operation (CCM, etc) for block ciphers like AES use XOR -- it would be silly to think of cryptography without XOR.
It is also true that one can use AES (ignorantly) in a way that allows decryption as described in the article. Using Electronic codebook (ECB), for example, with the same key for each block, would provide no security beyond what would be provided by a reused OTP. Sadly (though obviously insecure), this is still technically using AES as a block cipher -- it's just using an insecure mode of operation. My first thought was that the manufacturers used ECB, or a similar insecure mode of operation (trusting the claim of using AES).
From reading the article, though, it seems the manufacturers even admitted only using AES "when saving the RFID chip's ID in the controller's flash memory" and that "actual data encryption is based on an algorithm developed in-house." Just goes to show that if tried-and-true algorithms / ciphers are available, you should NEVER have to develop your own.
Yeah! And Starcraft 2! Oh wait...
...Opportunist!
Are you saying he's an xbot or a wiitard?
Well, my study on Barrens chat...
But it won't get anywhere unless it squeezes through the Sub-Par Heuristic for Inspecting Non-Creative Technology that Elevates Revenue!
- Yes! No, no... It wasn't Yes, silly. It was the Who!
Actually, the % of Safari users exceeds the % of PPC Mac users. The article claims the % of Mac users (PPC and Intel) to be 6.08%, which is greater than 4.51%, the % of Safari users (according to the article).
Tux, however...
Isn't something else happening in the OS world... near the end of the month, maybe?
They must've forgotten about the "©2006 Google" clearly visible by satellite every 200 ft.
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