On 05/21/11 17:45, James McKenzie wrote: > On 5/20/11 3:54 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >> On Fri, 2011-05-20 at 14:20 +0000, g wrote: >> I know it extremely well, having taught it in undergrad CS courses. >> > Most of us out here that lived through that mess are very well versed in > the history and arrest of Phil. There was a fund to help pay for his > defense. >> I have completely lost track of whatever point it was you were trying to >> make. PGP has nothing whatever to do with Wifi security in the sense of >> this thread. >> > Cryptographic algorithms and making their internal workings public. > BTW, there are TWO versions of PGP, one that uses the still patented RSA > front end and the other uses IDEA. Guess which one is stronger and > costs money to use and is ILLEGAL to export outside of the United > States? That is why I LOVE the ability to bring things into the United > States that basically make some points moot. > > The point is that the WPA-2 and AES products are fully documented. > Breaking them is basically against the law for several reasons. But if > you fail to properly secure your network, do not employ appropriate > security notification guards and I 'accidentally' break in, whose fault > is it? And I'll still be looking at a handcuff surprise... > > James McKenzie > Do you recall the Russian student who broke the PDF encryption scheme? He was somehow invited/enticed/lured (not sure which), to come to the US, and was arrested. I thought that a country has no jurisdiction to arrest a foreign national for a crime committed in a foreign country, which might or might not have laws against such activity. But hey, who is complaining ? :) :) -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
