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[ NNSquad ] More bad news for RC4 crypto
More bad news for RC4 crypto http://j.mp/XAqsm7 (Forbes) "A bunch of us have been sitting in the background scratching our heads, knowing that RC4 is weak in all kinds of ways," says Kenny Paterson, a professor at Royal Holloway, University of London who worked with Bernstein along with three other researchers to develop the new techniques. "But no one has been able to put it all together to break TLS in this kind of setting. Our work shows one way to do that." - - - Of course, if someone really wants your stuff that badly, they're probably gonna try get you to download a keylogger. But still, let's face it, RC4 is way, way past its prime. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info - Data Wisdom Explorers League: http://www.dwel.org - Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://vortex.com/g+lauren / Twitter: http://vortex.com/t-lauren Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com _______________________________________________ nnsquad mailing list http://lists.nnsquad.org/mailman/listinfo/nnsquad