November 16, 2009 • 12:49 am 0
An “Authentication Gap” was discovered in the latest version of SSL/TLS protocol.This could potentially be a huge problem. The gap is not due to some erroneous implementation, it is a property of the protocol.
Here is a list of links to websites where the issue is being followed:
Filed under: Authentication, Encryption, Hacking, InSecurity, SSL, Security, Technology, e-commerce, networks , Authentication, e-commerce, Encryption, Hacking, InSecurity, networks, Security, SSL
October 22, 2009 • 8:53 pm 0
Two underused resources, “Dark Fiber” and “White Space” are to be taken advantage of to increase the power of the network.
One application seeks to use optic fiber that has being laid but not being used to enable the establishment of secure keys using quantum technology http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/23317/page1/
The other is a wireless network in which the information is carried in the unused interstices of the TV spectrum. http://www.technologyreview.com/communications/23781/
Filed under: Key Generation, Quantum Cryptography, Technology, in the News, networks, wi-fi , communications, Information Theory, networks, Quantum Cryptography, Technology, wi-fi, wireless
Data Security and Information Theory are essential to modern life. Far from being the exclusive domain of academics and geeks, the fundamentals and its application are easy to understand for most people. Here, my modest attempt to bring some of the issues to the public discourse and spread the knowledge to make the internet a safer place for your virtual self.
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