Telecoms feel heat on wiretaps

"Officers and directors of telecom service providers could face fines as high as $500,000 or up to five years in prison if their companies fail to comply with wiretapping rules being considered by the federal government, the Toronto Star has learned."

Cryptanalysis of SHA-1 - On Tuesday, I blogged about a new cryptanalytic result -- the first attack faster than brute-force against SHA-1. I wrote about SHA, and the need to replace it, last September. Aside from the details of the new attack, everything I... [Schneier on Security]

Best. Quote. Ever.:

"Additionally, algorithms from the NSA are considered a sort of alien technology: they come from a superior race with no explanations. Any successful cryptanalysis against an NSA algorithm is an interesting data point in the eternal question of how good they really are in there."

This is the official "first post" of my security portal experiment. I can tell you are almost as excited as I am.