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The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has sent the encryption case of Daniel Bernstein vs. the Justice Department back to the three-judge panel that originally heard it for further consideration in light of new encryption regulations issued by the government Jan. 14. The panel likely will seek briefing on the effect of the new regulations on the case. In addition, Bernstein has requested an advisory opinion from the Commerce Department.

Posted by Jennifer Balderama

In an interview with CNET News.com, professor Daniel Bernstein discusses his beef with government encryption standards and the role of Internet security after Sept. 11.

Posted by Lisa M. Bowman

Judges in the government's appeal of Daniel Bernstein's high-profile encryption case initially seem sympathetic toward the University of Chicago professor.

Posted by Dan Goodin

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments in the case of Daniel Bernstein vs. the Justice Department on March 21, 2000, in San Francisco. In May the court ruled that Bernstein, a math professor, could continue posting encryption code on his Web site, finding that U.S. export limits on encryption are unconstitutional. In June the Justice Department appealed the Ninth Circuit's decision.

Posted by Jennifer Balderama

The Justice Department has appealed a Ninth Circuit decision that the federal government's restrictions on the export of encryption are unconstitutional under the First Amendment because software code is a language. The appeal challenges a ruling that upholds a lower-court decision in favor of Daniel Bernstein, a University of Illinois math professor who wanted to post crypto code on his Web site as part of a course he teaches.

Posted by Courtney Macavinta

Previously only available to large blogs and businesses, the Meebo Bar, which features a variety of sharing and chat options, is now available to everyone.

Posted by Harrison Hoffman

Encryption expert Bruce Schneier downplayed this week the importance of a University of Illinois professor's newest method of breaking the digital codes that secure information. In a paper published on his Web site, Daniel Bernstein, an associate professor of mathematics, statistics and computer science at the University of Illinois at Chicago, outlined a new technique for factoring numbers that promises to make breaking encryption much easier for any encryption methods that rely on factoring.

However, Schneier, the chief technology officer at network-protection company Counterpane Internet Security, argued in his latest monthly Cryptogram communique that Bernstein's breakthrough relies on a redefinition of efficiency that doesn't jibe with reality and only makes a difference for extremely large code keys. The length of the keys currently used to encrypt data top out at 4,000 bits, far too short to gain any benefit from Bernstein's technique, said Schneier.

Posted by Robert Lemos

Attorneys for professor Daniel Bernstein, who won the right to teach a course on encryption in December from a federal judge, have asked the same judge to review how the new Commerce Department cryptography export regulations impact the case. The attorneys will submit a round of briefs to U.S. District Court Judge Marilyn Patel, and she will issue a final judgment. Her judgement in the Bernstein case was that the government's encryption regulations violated free speech. But weeks later, the government released new rules, which put him back in jeopardy. Opening briefs from Bernstein and the government are due April 25, opposing briefs from both sides on May 16, and the oral arguments will be June 6 at 10:30 a.m. in San Francisco.

Posted by CNET News.com Staff

Co-director for Intel's Tera-scale computing research program and a colleague offer a primer on the company's work on future graphics technology.

Posted by Brooke Crothers

In a precedent-setting case, a federal judge rules that government restrictions on encryption software violate First Amendment rights.

Posted by CNET News.com Staff