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Comment Re:GPU Parallel processing (Score 4, Insightful) 973

I disagree. It's really easy to increase key sizes (2048-bit, 4096-bit...) making brute forcing exponentially harder. Adding more GPUs in linear, same as increased speed.

Weak encryption (e.g. 512-bit RSA) can be cracked, and 1024-bit in theory (last I heard), but 2048-bit is still in the "not in the forseeable future".

The only way to change this is to create better algorithms, not faster hardware.

Comment Static Analysis, Free Scanners, Books, Help (Score 1) 195

You should probably check out some of the open source static analysis tools:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tools_for_static_code_analysis

I wrote one that deals mostly with web applications:
http://www.yasca.org/

You should also get your hands on Acunetix Free Edition, which scans for XSS:
http://www.acunetix.com/cross-site-scripting/scanner.htm

Also grab yourself a copy of Software Security by Gary McGraw and Secure Programming with Static Analyis by Brian Chess and Jacob West.

Finally, if you want to outsource an assessment on the cheap (really), send me an e-mail.

Comment Look at Senator Ford's Record... (Score 1) 849

You can view Senator Ford's bill records at: http://www.scstatehouse.gov/members/bios/0606818109.html

2009-2010: 0 of 68 passed (of course, this one just got started)
2007-2008: 2 of 66 passed
2005-2006: 5 of 54 passed
2003-2004: 14 of 63 passed
2001-2002: 2 of 29 passed

I don't think this bill has much chance of passing.

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Submission + - Inside AMD's Phenom Architecture

An anonymous reader writes: InformationWeek has uncovered some documentation which provides some details amid today's hype for AMD's announcement of its upcoming Phenom quad-core (previously code-named Agena). AMD's 10h architecture will be used in both the desktop Phenom and the Barcelona (Opteron) quads. The architecture supports wider floating-point units, can fully retire three long instructions per cycle, and has virtual machine optimizations. While the design is solid, Intel will still be first to market with 45nm quads (the first AMD's will be 65nm). Do you think this architecture will help AMD regain the lead in its multicore battle with Intel?

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