Monday, February 7, 2011

Pokemon Soul Silver Blue Screen

Cryptology: ten codes inviolate

A very good article, friendly and playful, moreover, appeared on Slate which lists a dozen methods of encryption, some older. Despite enormous progress in terms of cryptanalysis and Computing Power associated these "codes" remain inviolate.

A near exception, however, may be made in respect Chaocipher since Moshe Rubin published in July 2010 an excellent article revealing the algorithm used. But without the gift of family background documentary by John Byrne, the inventor of Chaocipher, the National Cryptologic Museum Fort Meade (NSA headquarters), no one knows when this code would be dropped. The study by Moshe Rubin is here in English, for amateurs only! :)

Friday, February 4, 2011

Personalized Cards Like Jib Jab

Today is the Day (the Music) IPv4 Advanced Persistent Threats Died

One of my colleagues (who will recognize and to whom I extend a fraternal nod) sent me an email early in the morning * Marcus Sachs, Vice-President Security Policy Group Verizon. The latter, a lover of fine words but probably (good) music reminded us yesterday, we celebrated the 52nd anniversary of the tragic demise of rock legends Buddy Holly , Richie Valens and JP "The Big Bopper" Richardson.

The American press it is of course echoed this small but clever Marcus also wanted to make a historical parallel between this date and the commemoration event symbolically shaking Internet because, as recalled Cider judiciously, the last IPv4 (Internet Protocol version 4) are to be allocated to the five continents. Which is good since it had five blocks / 8 is about 16.8 million addresses per block. Come see what some time now even though it will be difficult to ignore the obstacle is that IPv6 will have to manage, what time is a little frightening global players on the web. I will return to time and in the meantime, I urge you to read this paper teaching of the NRO (in English).

* Today is the Day the Music Died. A fitting date for allocation of IPv4 The Last To Be Issued.

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Real First Time Auditions

marketing ... !

http://taosecurity.blogspot.com/
I just read an excellent article by Ellen Messmer on CSO which, with some finesse and a little humor, seems to call into perspective in its place the concept of Advanced Persistent Threat which I had already echoed rather booked elsewhere.

Without being schematic, we can consider that the term of APT is primarily used by major security vendors and it probably has a military origin (U.S. Air Force, without certainty). The astute reader will agree that it then has two actors known for their cunning of Sioux and other allegorical representations of a cyber world filled with formidable barbarian Chinese hackers!

This is probably not what is meant by Marc Maiffret, CTO of eEye Digital Security, when he says do not be inclined to use the acronym TPA. "I try to say what I mean instead of using acronyms. APT is more famous meetings marketing departments. The new scary thing to decide is APT.

Or how marketing, once again, gives the illusion of novelty, so that the techniques of attack, the vulnerabilities exploited and harm nothing new unfortunately. The only subtlety being, perhaps, that we implement everything in cyberspace (where it gets hot!) and that most of the time, the attacks are conducted by States. All in all, Marc Maiffret just made a disciple! :)