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Roger Needham pioneered the idea of protecting passwords with a one-way hash and built the basis upon which the Kerberos protocol is built.

But he just couldn't catch a break with designing block ciphers, even though they are all very elegant.

TEA, XTEA, Block TEA, and XXTEA are all either weak or broken.

There is an "XTEA2" cipher was designed by Alexander Pukall, released in 2006. I can't find any analysis on it however.

pccipher.free.fr/xtea2/xtea2.t

Aerosols Really?

The one thing that was said to deplete the Ozone layer, that was the reason for banning Freeon & methan uses!

But here are a half century later & they are using them globally!

Isn't that special a highly regulated substance, for you and me but, no big deal for the corrupt & lawless corporations!

Isn't that a bunch bullshit!

https://rumble.com/v4ohdke-scientists-conduct-secret-aerosol-experiment-in-the-sky.html

We love the four freedoms, and we want others to be able to enjoy them as well. Read about the four freedoms of #FreeSoftware: u.fsf.org/2cj

Quick art tech question:
Are older Fujitsu Stylistic tablets any good for creating digital art?

My little sister's birthday is in a little while, and her current tablet could use an upgrade (It's turning back to sand and tar)

Weekly Linux and open source news, now expanded to potentially 15 minutes or less, still with no ads and no chatter.

fullcirclemagazine.org/podcast

A county in #Colorado is fed up with the buses dropping off thousands of #IllegalImmigrants. Leaders have adopted an ordinance, threatening to fine and seize the buses.

https://buff.ly/3JiRWq1
The female character from the new Star Wars game

Good Lord, just put a character creator into every game
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