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GSM A5/1 Encryption cracked.

January 6th, 2010

Ellinor Millshas an interesting interview with German security expert Karsten Nohl, who showed at the Chaos Communication Congress how easy is to eavesdrop GSM calls. Nohl says that GSM’s A5/1 encryption function uses a 64-bit key that is too short to withstand the computing power available today. When the algorithm was designed 20 years ago [...]

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Quantum Cryptography Cracked

December 31st, 2009

Quantum cryptography was thought to be much more secure than all classical cryptography schemes. This extremely interesting presentation shows a successful attack of an existing quantum key distribution system exploiting a photon detector vulnerability which is probably present in all existing devices. Without Alice and Bob losing their faith in their secure communication, the group [...]

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