Counterpane: Crypto-Gram for December 15, 2000

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 19, 2000

“A free monthly newsletter providing summaries, analyses,
insights, and commentaries on computer security and
cryptography.”

“In the wake of last November’s election, pundits have called
for more accurate voting and vote counting. To most people, this
obviously means more technology. But before jumping to conclusions,
let’s look at the security and reliability issues surrounding
voting technology….”

“One of the problems facing a network security administrator is
that there are simply too many alerts to deal with….”

“In November, IBM announced a new block-cipher mode of operation
that “simultaneously encrypts and authenticates,” using “about half
the time,” and is more suited for parallelization. IBM’s press
release made bold predictions of the algorithm’s wide use and fast
acceptance. I’d like to offer some cautionary notes….”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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