http://www.metafilter.com/tags/cryptanalysis Posts tagged with 'cryptanalysis' at MetaFilter. Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:32:42 -0800 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:32:42 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/71209/Rezrov%2Dcar "The KeeLoq [<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keeloq">Wikipedia</a>] encryption algorithm is widely used for security relevant applications in the form of passive Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) transponders for physical access control systems, e.g., for garage door opening or building access. <a href="http://www.crypto.rub.de/keeloq/">We present the first successful DPA (Differential Power Analysis) attacks</a> on numerous commercially available products employing KeeLoq." <a href="http://eprint.iacr.org/2008/058">The paper</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.71209 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:32:42 -0800 cryptanalysis cryptology keeloq Wolfdog http://www.metafilter.com/22980/Navajo%2DCode%2DTalkers You've probably heard of the WWII <a href="http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Dec1999/9912062a.jpg" title="photograph">Navajo</a> <a href="http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/images3/navajo-codetalkers06.jpg" title="photograph">"code</a> <a href="http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/images3/navajo-codetalkers01.jpg" title="photograph">talkers"</a> who managed to baffle crack Japanese cryptanalysts and were credited with enabling US success at Iwo Jima. Civil engineer, journalist and photographer <a href="http://www.nau.edu/library/speccoll/images/fulls/1328a.jpg" title="photograph">Philip</a> <a href="http://www.nau.edu/library/speccoll/images/fulls/1327a.jpg" title="photograph">Johnston</a> was the determined mind behind the "windtalkers". The son of missionaries, Johnston grew up on a Navajo reservation and was one of only a handful of outsiders fluent in the Navajo language. A bit of his background is included <a href="http://iwhome.com/cknowledge/cstory.html" title="Language as a Weapon">this article</a>, and you can read a <a href="http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/winter_2001_navajo_code_talkers.html" title="US Nat. Archive article">complete history</a> of his plan, view an archive of <a href="http://www3.nau.edu/cline/creatorreferal.cfm?creator=Philip%20Johnston" title="over 260 photos - 1920s-1960s">photos by Johnston</a>, and see copies of his <a href="http://www.archives.gov/exhibit_hall/a_people_at_war/new_roles/articles_new_roles/codetalkers_letter.html">enlistment application</a> letter to the Marine Corps commandant, as well as a <a href="http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/lessons/code_talkers/images/letter_01.jpg">recommendation letter</a> from the Commanding General. (more inside...) tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.22980 Wed, 22 Jan 2003 06:54:22 -0800 code codetalkers cryptanalysis cryptography cryptology history Japanese Navajo secret spies spying windtalkers WWII taz