29 news & feature articles results for "algorithm des"

A joint effort between the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Distibuted.Net cracks the DES algorithm in less than 23 hours.

Posted by Tim Clark

IBM has submitted a new encryption algorithm to become the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), a competitive process to replace the Data Encryption Standard (DES) widely used by the federal government. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) expects a dozen or so submissions in a process expected to take at least two years. Cylink and RSA Data Security have submitted, and CounterPane Systems, Entrust, Atalla, and several universities are among those expected to submit algorithms.

Posted by Tim Clark

RSA confirms that a group using computers linked by the Internet has cracked its 56-bit DES encryption code.

Posted by Alex Lash

The company wins approval to export its encryption hardware that use strong algorithms without key recovery to certain customers.

Posted by Tim Clark

The encryption-software firm invites participants to bust open a message sealed with a 56-bit key.

Posted by Tim Clark

Security technologist Bruce Schneier explains that while cryptography is one of the most basic tools of computer security, it barely existed as an academic discipline 30 years ago.

Posted by Bruce Schneier

A group using thousands of computers linked over the Internet managed to crack a message coded through 56-bit encryption.

Posted by Michael Kanellos

Researchers claim they can bypass encryption on file systems including Apple's FileVault. We hand them an encrypted Mac OS X laptop and dare them to do their worst.

500-year-old painting inspired a 3D scanning system used in outer space and "Lord of the Rings" animation studios.

Public key security is headed for the mainstream, but a new crypto-cracking contest underscores persistent concerns.

Posted by Tim Clark