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  Ping: David Scott "biject" regarding behavior of text in "Perfect Privacy", please.         


Author: fortune.bruce
Date: Jul 11, 2008 17:04

http://www.permanentprivacy.com/how-it-works.htm

Mr. Scott,

This looks like something to defer to a text expert like you.
Perhaps this is a product of bijective behavior?

They (PP) claim that they process the text/data prior to encrypting
with AES such that even if you have brute forced the key to give the
correct blob of plaintext/data, you will not be able to discern the
correct set of text/data and that one page of text, if brute forced
will produce among zillions of pages of garbage, also it will produce
every page of data ever written.

They got Peter Schweitzer of Harvard to check out their method
(possibly implementation, etc...) who, according to Mr. Robert
Silverman "Pubkeybreaker" is a Harvard undergrad who has cryptographic
expertise.

This product uses language that everyone, including myself, brands as
"snake oil".

I just wonder what your take is on their treatment of plaintext prior
to encryption.

Thank you.
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  Security '08 Early Bird Registration Deadline: July 14         


Author: Lionel Garth Jones
Date: Jul 11, 2008 15:58

I'm writing to remind you that the Early Bird Registration Deadline for the
17th USENIX Security Symposium is Monday, July 14, 2008. Register today
to save.

http://www.usenix.org/sec08/progc

USENIX Security '08, taking place July 28-August 1, 2008, in San Jose,
CA, will
help you stay ahead of the game by offering cutting-edge research on
topics ranging from Web security through network defenses to
cryptographic keys and more.

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latest on topics such as:

-- Botnets: Understanding and Defense

-- Computer Forensics

-- Understanding and Deploying Trusted Hardware

Experts such as Bruce Potter, Simson Garfinkel, Radu Sion, and Sean
Smith will give you the information, techniques, tools, and
strategies you need to practice effective security today--and
tomorrow.
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