Monthly Archives: August 2008

I Agree with Pat Buchanan

Posted on August 29, 2008 by ben

How often can you say THAT, eh?

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CRYPTO Rump Session

Posted on August 19, 2008 by ben

The best part of the yearly CRYPTO conference is the Tuesday evening rump session, where I’m at right now. There was the Jean-Jacques Quisquater inimitable spoof presentation on attacking Enigma machines by putting them in the microwave, a fantastic Lessig-presentation-spoof … Continue reading →

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Off to CRYPTO

Posted on August 18, 2008 by ben

I’m off to CRYPTO, where I’ll be listening to some fun talks and presenting Helios on Tuesday.

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Where we’re going, we don’t need SSL

Posted on August 17, 2008 by ben

Read a funny thing on DaringFireball: AppleInsider reports that the MobileMe web apps supposedly do use SSL, even though you don’t see “https:” URLs or the “secure” lock icon in your web browser Hmmm, sounds awfully fishy. If the page … Continue reading →

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Helios Voting Blog launched

Posted on August 15, 2008 by ben

Helios Voting is taking on a life of its own, and it needs its own blog for updates and such. I’ll still mention the major milestones here, but if you’re following Helios more closely, you’ll want to subscribe. blog.heliosvoting.org

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Helios Voting System — Launched!

Posted on August 1, 2008 by ben

I just gave my talk at Usenix Security on Helios, my new web-based voting system that supports cryptographic auditing. Since it’s web-based, you don’t want to use this for elections where coercion is a serious concern. But if you’re running … Continue reading →

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