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OpenBSD Refuses to Fix Pseudo-Random Number Generator Weakness

Posted on February 10, 2008 by bche

According to an article from Slashdot, a serious weakness in the random number generator provided by OpenBDS has been found. It is apparently also used in several other BSD operating systems. Some of them has released a fix or are … Continue reading →

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Taking Down the Internet

Posted on February 4, 2008 by bche

Recently I read an article about how undersea cables were cut, causing internet outages around the middle east. This has revealed how physically fragile the network is. Since so much of the traffic is routed through so few cables, it … Continue reading →

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