http://cryptocrats.com Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:54:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here is a special 'Thank You' note to all the Members and Supporters of CRYPTOcrats. It has been 1 year since we moved into this new home at www.cryptocrats.com. Congratulations! -Team CRYPTOcrats. http://cryptocrats.com/launch/congratulations-to-cryptocrats/ In the era of communication revolution, though everyone is just a click away, the aura that gets developed by personal interaction cannot be replaced by electronic media. CRYPTOcrats recently had its first CRYPTOmeet. The idea behind CRYPTOmeet was to bring together all the present and wannabe CRYPTOcrats from ... http://cryptocrats.com/launch/cryptomeet-2008/ Author: This blog is authored by Aniruddha Shrotri a fellow CRYPTOcrat.  Aniruddha is the CTO and Co-founder of E-Lock. E-Lock specializes in Digital Signature & Electronic Signature Software Solutions. Aniruddha has been active in the PKI domain for a long time and in a great position to write a note about ... http://cryptocrats.com/crypto/md5-the-hash-algorithm-is-now-broken/ http://cryptocrats.com/launch/cryptomeet-2/ http://cryptocrats.com/launch/milestone-for-cryptocrats-now-200-members-worldwide/ In continuation from Part 1 of this article here. Linear Block Codes: Generator Matrix and Systematic Codes LBC use the concept of adding redundancy in the form of Parity bits so as to give information about error correction. A vector matrix equation is: U = mG ...(1) ...(2) To form a systematic code the ... http://cryptocrats.com/crypto/simultaneous-encryption-using-linear-block-channel-coding-part2/ This article is authored by Rohit Pandharkar a fellow CRYPTOcrat.  Rohit is currently pursuing his under graduate studies at College of Engineering Pune. He has great interests in Cryptography, Mathematics and at this early stage has already published couple of research papers related to Cryptography. You can find more ... http://cryptocrats.com/crypto/simultaneous-encryption-using-linear-block-channel-coding-part1/ I recently read an article about "NFC to emerge as the next big change for the mobile market". The article refers the analyst report from Juniper research titled "Mobile Payment Markets: Contactless NFC 2008-2013". Highlights from the report are Global mobile subscribers with NFC phones will ... http://cryptocrats.com/security/cryptanalysis-of-the-security-applications-and-protocols/ A lot of members have wrote back to me asking if we are planning for any f-2-f meetings for CRYPTOcrats. I am calling this as CRYPTOmeet, this will be something on the lines of MobileMondays or BarCamps which is typically an informal gathering. We could extend the scope and make ... http://cryptocrats.com/launch/cryptomeet/ In continuation to Part 1… DRM systems are designed in such a way that it establishes and maintains security associations between two network elements and ensures that traffic passing through the interface is cryptographically secure. DRM system might use a combination of authentication, encryption, digital watermarks, digital fingerprints, digital certificates, digital ... http://cryptocrats.com/digital-rights-management/drm-technologies-drm-part-2/