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Date: 1998-08-26

Dual Use: PGP fuer Pentagon

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Das einzig wirklich Interessante an der unten angeführten
Nachricht ist der Tatbestand, dass die neuen Eigentümer von
PGP Inc., Network Asssociates, einen Vertrag mit der ARPA,
i. e. dem Pentagon abgeschlossen haben.
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The Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
(DARPA) has awarded a $1.4 million contract to Santa Clara,
Calif.-based Network Associates to help tamperproof the
Net's domain-name infrastructure. The company's TIS Labs
division will develop a cryptographic authentication system
for the Net's domain-address system, creating a secure
digital ID for Web addresses.

The new system would work much like digital certificates,
letting the Net's routing points to verify the origin of any
given Web page. No widely used means of verification exists
today, allowing hackers to corrupt Web page caches or
reroute domain traffic altogether.

The Net's security flaws are overdue to be fixed,
domain-name administrators say. The system has been attacked
at several levels in the past, sparking widespread Net
confusion, lawsuits, and even FBI action.

The most visible domain hack was mounted in July of 1997,
when Seattle computer consultant Eugene Kashpureff managed
to reroute traffic from Network Solutions' InterNIC page to
his own AlterNIC domain-registration page for several days.
...
Network Associates officials said they planned to have a
final version of the domain-security system in about 18
months, with beta versions expected as soon as six months
from now.

http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/domnam/TWB19980825S0013
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Download free PGP 5.5.3i (Win95/NT & Mac)
http://keyserver.ad.or.at/pgp/download/

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published on: 1998-08-26
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