So my colleague Paul Madsen (ha ha — no, that’s not him, altho he *is* a “Dr.” — this is him) has published a humorous blog posting about “Alice and Bob” w.r.t. how they are employed in examples in various (Liberty) specifications.
In fact, Alice and Bob have had a long relationship in the security/crypto […]
The SAMLv1 effort began in earnest in Jan-2001. The Liberty Alliance was kicked off by Sun Microsystems in late Summer 2001 and got rolling by Dec-2001. Official, “OASIS Standard” SAMLv1 specs were published in Nov-2002, and the initial Liberty ID-FFv1 (Identity Federation Framework) specs were published in summer 2001 (based on SAMLv1 drafts), with […]
This slide deck, from the recent Black Hat Europe 2006 conference..
Silver Needle in the Skype, by Philippe BIONDI and Fabrice DESCLAUX (2006)
..provides an intriguing look inside the Skype executable, revealing the fairly great lengths its creators went to in attempting to obfuscate its code and workings. Also dissected are the ciphering techniques applied to Skype […]