I heard the NSA was a huge contributor to the original design and implementation of most of these cryptos in the 70s and the 80s so I guess they had their interests taken care of from the beginning. All they need to do with the vendors of these systems nowadays is promise them huge federal contracts in exchange for back door access. Same thing they do with telco, allow us access to all your voice and data system and contracts follow. Some telcoms like Verizon refused and they got some lucrative contracts cancelled by the Government. 2009/6/25 Denis G. Wahome <dwahome@gmail.com>
@Philip
I think this is not possible and possible to some extent, the code for the implementation of encryption algorithms is in the public domain accessible to me and you hence open for scrutiny. OTOH,some network equipment vendors i know provide firmware with data intercept capabilities as an a purchase option - though they pre-qualify the purchase of such.
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2009/6/25 Philip Musyoki <pmusyoki@gmail.com>
And I don't think the CIA or the NSA takes years to decypt anything. I have
heard they have had secret agreements with people who make encryption software and algorithms to provide them with back door access. But I am not sure anyway.
2009/6/25 Peter Karunyu <pkarunyu@gmail.com>
@Chuks, is the time taken to decrypt a HDD proportional to the processing
power you throw at the task? If so, suppose the CID hired a few botnets and asked IBM to demonstrate some of their Blue Genes (with veiled promises of sweet contracts to supply the govt core network), would that make the decryption more achievable?
2009/6/24 chuks Jonia <chuksjonia@gmail.com>
A heavily encrypted hdd, can take CIA years to decrypt, i wonder if
the KE cops will be able to handle any drive encrypted by a skunker.
On 6/24/09, Evans Ikua <ikua.evans@gmail.com> wrote:
This is where regulation comes in. The CBK has regulations that demand that all Banks have a solid BCP. It is expected that such kind of plan would include backups that can be recoverable and that go back in time for several years. So here its just a matter of demanding for the backed up data and suing the senior management or Directors if that data is not available.
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 5:38 PM, Lmwangi <lmwangi@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi, I wonder what they'd do about that bank that took an axe to their hard drives before they filed for bankruptcy? The servers were running SCO unix...
2009/6/24 Jacob Odada <jacob.odada@gmail.com>: > I believe we all have tools that can be used to recover data from such > devices. But lets see if they can do so from damaged e.g. by fire storage > devices > > 2009/6/24 Odhiambo ワシントン <odhiambo@gmail.com> >> >> On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 10:20 AM, saich <saiched@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hey Skunks >>> I heard in the grapevines that the Kenyan C.I.D have invested in >>> the latest Computer Forensics Equipment and Software and that the >>> Cyber Cops are really good with recovering data from any memory >>> devices and Disks so beware skunkers.....anyone with 411 on this >> >> NSIS always had such technology for a long time. I'm just wondering why >> CID have to have their own? Both are funded by the govt! >> Maybe I should find out if the CIA and the FBI do share any technological >> resources to start with. >> >> -- >> Best regards, >> Odhiambo WASHINGTON, >> Nairobi,KE >> +254733744121/+254722743223 >> _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ >> "If you have nothing good to say about someone, just shut up!." >> -- Lucky Dube >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Skunkworks mailing list >> Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke >> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks >> Other services @ http://my.co.ke >> Other lists >> ------------- >> Skunkworks announce: >> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce >> Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science >> kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Skunkworks mailing list > Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks > Other services @ http://my.co.ke > Other lists > ------------- > Skunkworks announce: > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce > Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science > kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general > > _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks Other services @ http://my.co.ke Other lists ------------- Skunkworks announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general
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