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| | How would one calculate the number of bytes of plaintext that could be encrypted as a single block given the key size? And how could you then calculate the number of bytes of cipher text that can be decrypted in a single block given the same key size because I … |
 | Hi, I'm brand new to Python and am completely clueless in this assignment. This is the 3rd assignment, but the first without hints on how to import, etc.. The objective of this assignment was to decode a file we are supposed to use the python hw.py < code.txt command with. … |
| | Hi all, I am tying to test the code from the following url [url]http://www.obviex.com/Samples/Encryption.aspx[/url] The following Decrypt code has some issues. It does not give any errors, but the plaintext is not returned either. The corresponding Encrypt code is working fine. [CODE] public static string Decrypt(string cipherText, string passPhrase, string …  |
| | I have two form. Form 1 and Form 2 In form 1, i have a few textbox and and combo box. and BTNOk [to save] and BTNCancel[when BTNCancel is click, user are prompt whether to save file if there is changes in entry] Form 2 is the file where BTNCancel …  |
| | I am having an extremely difficult time with this programming challenge I have to do. I have no idea where to begin on this. I am a beginning programmer ([i]obvious I know[/i]), and here are my instructions for the challenge: [b] "Write a class EncryptableString that is derived from the …  |
 | One third of businesses totally fail to encrypt their sensitive data transfers. That's the conclusion of a new [URL="http://www.computerlinks.co.uk/products/ipswitch/download_library.cfm"]survey[/URL] into file transfer security which noted the huge disparities in attitudes towards data security in general and data security during transfer. According to the 2009 File Transfer Security Survey undertaken by … |
 | I am trying to add a user password protection to my program but it does not work it will quit if password is right or wrong. The file name "setpCS4.dll" is the file the password will be stored in. Thanks for your help. |
| | Hi I am just wondering if it would be possible to add compression to this encryption program I have? It will compress the file before it encrypts it for faster encryption time. Thanks for your help. |
 | A group of University of Washington students and professors has developed an application called Vanish that automatically makes data used with it disappear after eight to nine hours. The open-source software is [URL="http://vanish.cs.washington.edu/download.html"]downloadable[/URL] now, as well as information about how to use it and a research paper about its development, … |
| | Is it good news from Sun Microsystems, if you are in the market for a generic communication protocol between a key manager and an encrypting device? Sun has announced what it claims to be the [URL="http://opensolaris.org/os/project/kmsagenttoolkit/"]release[/URL] of the first such protocol into an open source community as part of the … |
| | Hey, now that is pretty cool! Hot on the heels of a [URL="http://www.itwire.com/content/view/21585/53/"]report[/URL] suggesting that some 280 million people around the world have suffered some kind of data loss (through theft or incompetence mainly) during the last three years, Dell just might have the answer. It would appear to be … |
| | According to Russian forensic security experts and 'password recovery' specialists ElcomSoft, the days of protecting documents and files with 40-bit encryption are now officially over. It has now released a product which uses Thunder Tables technology to unlock password-protected documents that have been created using Microsoft Word. In fact, it … |
| | Effective Wednesday, October 1, each business in Nevada must encrypt customers’ personal information when it is transmitted outside the business’ secure network, such as when it's transmitted over wifi. Initially passed in October 2007, it was said to have been the [URL="http://www.privsecblog.com/archives/state-legislation-some-state-data-encryption-requirements-more-effective-than-others.html"]first law[/URL] of this type. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts … |
| | [URL="ttp://www.kaspersky.com"]Kaspersky Lab[/URL] is warning the public at large to be on the lookout for a new version of the blackmail virus Gpcode which has started to appear in the wild. This particularly nasty twist on the virus format encrypts your files using an RSA encryption algorithm, this time with a …  |
| | [URL="http://www.pgp.com"]PGP Corporation [/URL] will announce on Wednesday the availability of numerous application upgrades across its entire portfolio. I have persuaded them to let me break the embargo and bring the news to DaniWeb members a couple of days early. With global organizations increasingly facing highly publicized data breaches, regulatory pressures, … |
| | Although the Firefox Version 2.0 Beta is not actually released until Tuesday 11th, you can download the feature complete Windows public release candidate 1 build right now from the [URL="http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/bonecho-beta1-candidates/rc1/firefox-2.0b1.en-US.win32.installer.exe"]Mozilla FTP server[/URL]. Linux and Mac versions are also available, early reports suggesting that it works just fine with Intel based … |
| | Here’s a question for you: being a clued up Internet user which browser client do you favour when it comes to being totally safe and secure on the web? The answer I know you are shouting loudly at the screen is ‘Firefox you freakin’ idiot’. But at the risk of …  |
 | Happy Birthday to Firefox! Mozilla.org today confirmed that November 9, 2004 was when it's popular web browser Firefox, was released at version 1.0 Today, the software is at revision level 1.0.7 (Mac, Windows, Linux), and the company is working on 1.5. The announcement website: [url]http://www.mozilla.org/press/mozilla-2005-11-9.html[/url] mentions a contest to "extend" … |
| | Security researchers announced a new vulnerability for users of the Firefox 1.0.6 browsers on a Unix or Linux platform. The problem revolves around a security bug that could allow hackers to execute arbitrary shell commands if they can trick the user into accepting a malicious link on a website. The … |
| | The Mozilla Foundation ([url]www.mozilla.org[/url]) has announced that Firefox 1.5 Beta 1 is due on September 8. Firefox is an alternative web browser to IE developed by the Mozilla foundation, the group of people who brought us Netscape and other fine utilities. Firefox is available for Windows, Macintosh (both OS 9 … |
 | I never realized how much publicity a handful of software developers could create with the release of one application. But they sure have made waves. [url=http://www.spreadfirefox.com]SpreadFirefox.com[/url], the Mozilla Foundation’s official promotion site for its Firefox web browser, reported today that over 80 million downloads have been made of the browser. … |
| | According to Information Week (July 25, 2005), Firefox is facing a release delay. The article mentions that the Mozilla foundation has delayed the release of the next major version of Firefox until September. The current version of Firefox is 1.0.6 Firefox is a major alternative to Internet Explorer, the default … |
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