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Flaw Found in Online Encryption Method

I found this article interesting, but have been swamped and didn’t get around to writing a post about it. It’s been sitting in my to-do pile, so I’ll just punt and link to it here.

A team of European and American mathematicians and cryptographers have discovered an unexpected weakness in the encryption system widely used worldwide for online shopping, banking, e-mail and other Internet services intended to remain private and secure.

Security is so important in web application design, but cryptography quirks and nuances can affect even well conceived designs. Yet another reason to maintain “best practice” coding and use “belt and suspenders” security design whenever possible. The researchers’ technical paper is available here (as a pdf). end of article icon

Posted on Sunday, March 11, 2012 in Technology •

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