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Digital Signatures Pose Security Risk, Says Expert
News A leading technology expert has warned that digital signatures, an increasingly prevalent Internet security technology, could hail a future devoid of privacy. Speaking at the International Forum on Surveillance by Design in London, senior...
[September 26, 2000, 11:45]
Digital Signatures 'could Be Forged'
News The excitement began Thursday with an announcement that French computer scientist Antoine Joux had uncovered a flaw in a popular algorithm called MD5, often used with digital signatures. It's certified by the National Institute of Standards and...
[August 18, 2004, 8:35]
Digital Signatures Get Web Standards Nod
News One organisation that has an interest in digital signatures and that worked with Oasis to develop the standard is the Universal Postal Union, a United Nations agency. A standards group has completed work on digital signature technology designed to...
[June 8, 2007, 8:45]
Digital Signatures To Get Legal Status?
News UK e-commerce could get a much needed boost as the British government takes steps to give digital signatures the same legal standing as real ones. The Cabinet Office has asked industry body E-Centre UK, to suggest amendments to current laws stating...
[November 24, 2000, 9:05]
Spammers Try Fooling Filters With Digital Signatures
News The trick was noted on several security lists, as the number of junk email messages sporting digital signatures has apparently increased. Digital signatures are used in email to attest to the validity and integrity of an email message; any changes...
[October 13, 2003, 9:40]
An Introduction To Digital Signatures
White Papers This paper discusses the issues behind digital signatures rather than providing a ‘how to’ guide. It is aimed at the beginner who wants to understand the policies and processes behind digital signatures.
[March 10, 2008, 23:00]
Using Digital Signatures To Secure Email And Stop Spam And Phishing
White Papers This paper reviews the popular technical proposals put forth to achieve this goal, and uncovers why S/MIME digital signatures stand out as a logical choice for authenticating email on the Internet to deter phishing and spam attacks.
[October 10, 2005, 0:00]
Digital Signatures 'could Be Forged'
Talkback When I click on 'Email this' at the foot of the page in this article, it returns me to the top of the page.
[August 18, 2004, 10:57]
Digital Signatures 'could Be Forged'
Talkback There is a mistake in attributon in the second paragraph. Antoine Joux announced a collision in SHA-0, and Xiayun Wang, Xuejia Lai, Dengguo Feng, and Hongbo Yu announced collisions in MD5 (as well as RIPEMD, HAVAL-128, and for kicks, a method for...
[August 18, 2004, 21:27]
Digital Signatures 'could Be Forged'
Talkback This will also be a potential vulnerability in IPSec as any received packet could be compromised with regards to integrity and data source authentication. IPSec uses SHA-1 and MD-5 and is the most commonly used VPN standard
[August 18, 2004, 12:05]
Spammers Try Fooling Filters With Digital Signatures
Talkback Spammers must surely know that they are the most hated of the internet's underlife. Yet the persist, so there must be some money in it? Or is the biggest scam the lie the spammers sell to the marketers?
[October 13, 2003, 10:00]
Digital Signatures May Be Prone To Scams
News This means that by misspelling or adding an initial to a name it might be possible to fool someone into thinking the digital signature belongs to an entirely different individual or organisation. The document digitally signed by the Secretary for...
[December 9, 1999, 14:13]
Protecting Electronic Documents With Adobe Security Solutions Persistent Access Control And Digital Signatures Add Additional Security And Reliability To Electronic Document Exchange
White Papers Spurred by customer demand for better service, the need to reduce costs, and initiatives such as the Government Paperwork Elimination Act, businesses and governments seek solutions that will help streamline document-based processes.
[March 6, 2007, 23:00]
Electronic Signatures - Signing Up To The Digital Economy
White Papers It is therefore most satisfying that this paper describes the importance of electronic signatures for a business audience in both an informative and entertaining style. Electronic signatures use technology called public key cryptography.
[December 25, 2003, 23:00]
Software Trio Teams On E-commerce Security Tech
News Microsoft, VeriSign and WebMethods said Wednesday they have developed technology designed to make it easier to use digital signatures and other online security tools with e-commerce applications. The technology is intended to help programmers...
[November 29, 2000, 14:41]
Smart Cards Get Heavy With Goods Vehicles
News Smart cards and digital signatures are to be introduced in heavy goods vehicles and buses by next summer, to comply with new EU rules designed to better ensure that drivers are keeping within the law.
[October 23, 2003, 18:00]
Counterfeit-Resistant Optical Fiber
White Papers Providers of sensitive digital content use digital signatures to faithfully identify themselves as the providers of that content to consumers. However, digital signatures currently work only for content created on a computer and consumed on a...
[November 7, 2006, 23:00]
Microsoft Warning On Hijacked Certificates
News According to Microsoft, someone posing as a Microsoft employee tricked VeriSign, which hands out so-called digital signatures, into issuing the two certificates in the software giant's name on 30 January and 31 January.
[March 23, 2001, 7:25]
Programming With The Java XML Digital Signature API
White Papers XML signatures are a standard for digital signatures in the XML data format, and they allow the user to authenticate and protect the integrity of data in XML and web service transactions. This API allows the user to generate and validate XML...
[November 6, 2007, 23:00]
Code Signing Best Practices
White Papers Digital signatures for software are an important way to ensure robustness and integrity on computer systems. Digital signatures allow the administrator or end user who is installing Windows-based software to know which publisher has provided the...
[November 21, 2006, 23:00]
