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charismathics exhibits at IBM Pulse 2011, Las Vegas - 27Feb - 2Mar 2011
charismathics is a global leader in identity management software. Its premier product, the charismathics Smart Security Interface (CSSI), makes it cost-effective and easy for enterprises to integrate multiple authentication solutions into a single, transparent interface. Since 2003, charismathics has pioneered the field of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), introducing the first PKI client to support Trusted Platform Modules (TPM) and the first PKI client to be fully integrated with pre-boot environments. charismathics also bundles its premier solution with silicon based hardware devices, primarily smart cards and USB cryptographic tokens, where physical and logical security needs also meet when contactless chips and RFID tags are embedded. charismathics is partnering with a growing number of world key players in the field of single sign on, hard disk encryption, digital certificate issuance. Envisioning a revolution in mobile Internet devices, charismathics has turned to this technology as well releasing iEnigma, a software which secures handheld units such as the iPhone, the iPod Touch and most phones featuring Windows Mobile, and provides streamlined two-factor authentication for the enterprise. charismathics offers its security products and services in a variety of industries including building security, banking and finance, healthcare, telecommunications, government and computer manufacturing.
The Electronic Associates, Inc. Pace TR-10 general-purpose analog computer, introduced in 1959, used electrical components and circuits to provide solutions for mathematical equations. A mathematician, scientist, or engineer plugged modules into the TR-10, connected sections of the TR-10 with cables, and adjusted the parameter knobs at the top to represent a mathematical equation and its input parameters. The resulting voltages provided the solution to the equation. The TR-10 was capable of solving 10th order differential equations.
To provide a sense of life as an engineer before the digital age, here is an excerpt from the TR-10 manual:
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New EAI computer puts the advantage of analog computation right at your desk. Accurate up to 0.1%, it is capable of performing the mathematical operations of summation, integration, sign changing, multiplication, division, and function generation; those operations required in the solution of most of your routine engineering problems. Differential equations, basic to most engineering problems, can now be solved with surprising rapidity. Even if you have never seen a computer before, you can learn to operate the TR-10 as easily as you learned to use a slide rule.
You simply turn a knob to feed in design parameters. The computer provides an instant-by-instant dynamic picture of the effect of each change. You can study relationships of heat, pressure, flow, vibration, torque or any other variable. And you can visually compare one with the other. This new insight into the behavior of differential equations helps you to arrive at solutions faster … easier.
Because of its unique portability, this compact computer can become your personal tool. Carried right to your desk, it can be used to solve your day-to-day problems, saving you time and eliminating the drudgery of repetitive hand calculations. By allowing you to spend more of your time on creative engineering, it can enhance your value as an engineer.
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Seen at the National Security Agency’s National Cryptologic Museum, Fort Meade, Maryland.
An observation from someone who is not an expert in cryptography: Cryptography is about converting order (a written or spoken message) to disorder (an encrypted communication with no clear patterns) and vice versa. Thus, I find it interesting that a number of tools for cryptography—especially prior to the digital age—have a physical order or pattern.
Taken at the National Cryptologic Museum, NSA.
Creative Commons photo courtesy of ideonexus, please feel free to use for your own purposes.
Microchip's low-cost ENC624J600 standalone, IEEE 802.3™ compliant, 100 Mbps Ethernet interface controllers. These Ethernet controllers combine a 10/100Base-TX physical interface (PHY) and a Media Access Controller (MAC) with a hardware cryptographic security engine, and can connect to any PIC® microcontroller via an industry-standard Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) or a flexible parallel interface. Additionally, each device has a unique, factory-preprogrammed MAC address and 24 Kbytes of configurable SRAM for packet transmit/receive buffering and data storage. This combination of speed, flexibility and features enables designers to create fast, secure network- and Internet-connected embedded applications with minimized board space, cost and complexity. All of Microchip’s Ethernet products, tools, documentation and other design resources can be found on the Company’s online Ethernet Design Center, located at: www.microchip.com/Ethernet
The Enigma machine, used by Nazi Germany during World War II to send secured messages (using cryptography). The code, however, was broken (many times) by Allied Forces.
Latvia: The most significant invention by Latvian “Spy camera”
The Minox, the archetypal sub-miniature camera, was invented by engineer Walter Zapp, in 1936. Production in Riga, Latvia at VEF ran from 1937/1938 until 1943. After WWII, production was re-started in Germany from 1948. The company Minox GmbH is based in Wetzlar.
VEF Minox was a completely new kind of camera. Due to its simplicity and easy use, it facilitated amateur photography and also opened the doors to new opportunities. This miniature camera allows achieving a precise and well-contrasted picture from the distance of 20 cm without any additional auxiliaries. This feature of the camera made it particularly attractive for agents of secret services who praised it for the possibility of shooting documents quickly, without any technical problems and of first-class quality. The Minox was used by both Axis and Allied intelligence agents during World War II. Later versions were used well into the 1980s. The Soviet spy John A. Walker Jr., whose actions against the US Navy cryptography programs represent some of the most compromising intelligence actions against the United States during the Cold War era, used a Minox C to photograph documents and ciphers. The espionage use of the Minox has been memorialized by Hollywood movies, and some Minox marketing efforts have played up the "spy camera" story.
Creation and production of Minox was an event of great significance in Latvia, but it was also a revolution in the global photo industry. Along with preparations for launching production, VEF applied for a patent on the construction design of Minox indicating Walter Zapp as the author.
The new camera met the highest demands for comfortable use. First, it was so small that the owner could always easily carry it around. Its use was so well rounded that required no technical knowledge. These qualities were even reflected in the appearance of VEF Minox.
In the autumn of 1945, soon after the end of World War II, Minox GmbHb company was founded in Vetzlar (Germany). The company is still operating and developing successfully, thus keeping the invention of Walter Zapp live in various types of Minox cameras and emphasizing the greatness of this invention. Despite technological changes that have taken place since that time, Minox cameras retain the technical and stylistic design of the first VEF Minox produced over 50 years ago. The latter has become of great interest among collectors nowadays.
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Simon Singh - The Code Book
Anchor Books, 2000
Cover Illustration: Ashwini M. Jambotkar
"The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography"
Telecomix Crypto Munitions Bureau works for the benefit of cipherspace. Cipherspace is the state of crypto anarchy. This means that your identity is anonymous as long as you stay protected. There are no identities or authorities in cipherspace, and it is not possible to enforce laws where there is no identity, or where there are no authorities.
Today there are several threats to the inhabitants of the internet. The politicians of oppressive regimes in the east and in the west, in north and south, are imposing surveillance. Surveillance of the entire networks. What people say to each other, what information is transmitted between bots and humans alike.
This aggression must be met with the strongest encryption algorithms available to modern computers. With onion and garlic routing it is possible to erect the fractal cipherspace. With distributed hash tables it is possible to create networks that has no central node. There is no one that controls the fractal cipherspace. Internet as we know it, turns into darknet.
Telecomix Crypto Munitions Bureau recommends that you use the following software: i2p, for anonymous and secure communications, Gnu Privacy Guard, for direct and verified communication. The onion router, TOR, to access the internets.
Telecomix Munitions is a defense bureau.
You can change the future of the internets by joining us in defending the networks and creating cipherspace.
You can help defending yourself and your friends, yes, all inhabitants of the networks.
By learning a few skills you can take control over technology.
Telecomix munitions are currently developing and promoting advanced security devices, which can endure even the harshest forms of government or corporation surveillance.
Your personal computer is an encryption device. Modern hardware can transform plain text to ciphertext with ease. So rapidly you barely notice the difference between unencrypted and encrypted data.
The laws of mathematics are infinitely stronger than the laws of nations and corporations, as the human laws are really only ink on paper. The laws of mathematics, on the other hand, are the laws that define our very universe. With the use of modern crypto algorithms we can use this fact to defend free speech and the integrity of both bots and humans. Information is nothing but numbers, numbers governed not by human laws, but by the laws of mathematics.
Networks that utilize the power of cryptography already exist. It will not be possible to stop the spread of the fractal cipherspace.
To find out more, come to telecomix.org or visit us in cipherspace on telecomix.i2p.
Feel free to visit my works on Deviant Art: xp0s3.deviantart.com/
charismathics exhibits at Infosecurity Europe, London, UK - 19-21 April 2011
charismathics is a global leader in identity management software. Its premier product, the charismathics Smart Security Interface (CSSI), makes it cost-effective and easy for enterprises to integrate multiple authentication solutions into a single, transparent interface. Since 2003, charismathics has pioneered the field of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), introducing the first PKI client to support Trusted Platform Modules (TPM) and the first PKI client to be fully integrated with pre-boot environments. charismathics also bundles its premier solution with silicon based hardware devices, primarily smart cards and USB cryptographic tokens, where physical and logical security needs also meet when contactless chips and RFID tags are embedded. charismathics is partnering with a growing number of world key players in the field of single sign on, hard disk encryption, digital certificate issuance. Envisioning a revolution in mobile Internet devices, charismathics has turned to this technology as well releasing iEnigma, a software which secures handheld units such as the iPhone, the iPod Touch and most phones featuring Windows Mobile, and provides streamlined two-factor authentication for the enterprise. charismathics offers its security products and services in a variety of industries including building security, banking and finance, healthcare, telecommunications, government and computer manufacturing.
Taken at the National Cryptologic Museum, NSA.
Creative Commons photo courtesy of ideonexus, please feel free to use for your own purposes.
Colossus - the world's first programmable computer.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus_computer
Taken at the National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park
This passport belonged to the head of the Government Code and Cypher School, Commander Alastair Denniston. The page shown bears the Polish visa he obtained to travel to Poland in 1939, when the Polish Cipher Bureau handed over their information about the Enigma machine to the British and French intelligence services.
Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire, was long the top secret centre for government intelligence. Its radio interception was decisive in the fight against Hitler in the Second World War.
Alan Turing was the famous yet fragile genius behind The Bombe and Colossus, the first examples of electronic computing. Thanks to his untiring efforts and brilliance both the Enigma and Lorenz codes were cracked. The Nazis had no idea that their top secret signals could be read by the Allies, and this helped in the propaganda misinformation making D-Day a total success.
This life size slate sculpture by Stephen Kettle shows him poring over an Enigma machine.
Taken with a Pentax ME Super on Fujicolor Superia 200 ASA Colour negative stock.
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Cryptocurrency mining is the most recent growing trend. From Bitcoin to Ethereum, everyone who knows the concept of crypto-currency mining wants to earn as much money as possible. And for those who have not yet devoted themselves to the art of crypto-currency mining, we have published the ultimate beginner’s guide to help you unlock its secrets.
First of all, mining is an intensive computation work that requires a lot of processing power and time. Cryptomoney mining is the act of participating in a network of cryptomoney distributed by peers in consensus.
The origins of mining
We like to believe that to know where you are going, you need to know where you come from. And the cryptocurrency mining, although relatively new, has come a long way since the first Bitcoin in 2009. Bitcoin mining was the first crypto-currency mining that people knew, and today there are more than 800 crypto-currencies that can be mined and exchanged.
Current knowledge
If you don’t know the basics, you may limit your growth. When it comes to crypto-currency mining, it is important to know that there are 2 types of currencies – the loser and the pre-miner. Most currencies are shabby by their very nature because they are based on a blockchain (a chain of blocks).
However, some currencies that have been mined by insiders are also available for sale in various cryptographic currencies. It is these currencies that benefit insiders. Basically, proof-of-work currencies (PoW) are those that can be mined while proof-of-stake currencies (PoS) are those that are pre-mined.
Trust in the future
15 years ago, whatever you did in the Internet field could make you millions. Today, with good advice, the same could happen with crypto-currencies.
From Bill Gates saying “The future of money in this world is crypto money” to Chris Dixon saying “There were 3 eras of money – the one based on raw materials, the one based on politics and now the one based on mathematics”, we believe that crypto money will change the way the world works, and we explain here the mining of crypto money to make your life easier.
Crypto-currencies attracts crowds to the digital world and the crypto-currency mining gives you the right to your turn to perhaps make a fortune on these roller coasters. At the end of this rainbow there is really a golden pot waiting for you – in the form of digital tokens, contrary to legend. And we are happy to be your catalyst in these processes.
A mining rig
How to get rich with crypto-currency mining
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Bitcoin mining
The queen of crypto-currencies had to be the first choice without a doubt. After all, bitcoin mining is the oldest (and still the most widespread) form of crypto-currency mining.
Bitcoin mining is intentionally designed to be difficult and resource-intensive, so that the number of blocks finished each day by miners remains stable.
Why are cryptocurrencies mined?
Governments and legal entities control national currencies. National currencies are therefore part of a centralized economic system. While cryptomones are decentralized currencies. No legal entity controls cryptomonnaies.
It is the users who decide the fate of a cryptocurrency. Some of the most popular crypto currencies are Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Bitcoin cash, etc. For acheter du bitcoin et des cryptos monnaies.
As there are no centralized bodies such as banks in cryptocurrencies, there is no need for private registers. Instead, there is a public register, which is unique to each currency. This public register is called the blockchain.
In a centralised economic system, it is the duty of a bank to update its customer register. But in the cryptocurrency system, there are no banks or third payment operators. So we need someone or something that can check the transactions and add them to the blockchain. It is the work of minors.
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Taken at the National Cryptologic Museum, NSA.
Creative Commons photo courtesy of ideonexus, please feel free to use for your own purposes.
During World War II the German Army used the SZ40 for high-level communications. It provided on-line encryption and decryption of messages and was capable of handling large volumes of traffic at high speed.
Built by the German firm Lorenz, the SZ40 depended on wheels for its encryption/decryption. It encrypted elements of the electrically generated “Baudot Code” used in normal telegraphic transmissions (e.g., teletype). By adding the numeric representations of two letters together, a third letter was created. The wheels generated the key. Although highly complex, the use of wheels meant the key was not random.
Seen at the National Security Agency’s National Cryptologic Museum, Fort Meade, Maryland.
An observation from someone who is not an expert in cryptography: Cryptography is about converting order (a written or spoken message) to disorder (an encrypted communication with no clear patterns) and vice versa. Thus, I find it interesting that a number of tools for cryptography—especially prior to the digital age—have a physical order or pattern.
Colossus - the world's first programmable computer.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus_computer
Taken at the National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park
Following information courtesy of Wikipedia - "Secrecy -
Properly used, the German Enigma and Lorentz ciphers should have been virtually unbreakable, but flaws in German cryptographic procedures, and poor discipline among the personnel carrying them out, created vulnerabilities which made Bletchley's attacks just barely feasible. These vulnerabilities, however, could have been remedied by relatively simple improvements in enemy procedures, and such changes would certainly have been implemented had Germany any hint of Bletchley's success. Thus the intelligence Bletchley produced was considered wartime Britain's "Ultra secret" – higher even than the normally highest classification Most Secret – and security was paramount. Few outside Bletchley knew its mission, and even fewer (inside or outside) understood the breadth of that mission and the extent of its success.[citation needed] All staff signed the Official Secrets Act (1939) and a 1942 security warning emphasized the importance of discretion even within Bletchley itself: "Do not talk at meals. Do not talk in the transport. Do not talk travelling. Do not talk in the billet. Do not talk by your own fireside. Be careful even in your Hut ...
In addition, any commander in the field receiving Ultra intelligence was fed a cover story crediting a non-Ultra source; at times sham scouting missions – intentionally visible to the enemy – were dispatched to "discover" German positions in fact already known from Ultra. In some cases it was impossible to act on Ultra intelligence at all because to do so might suggest to the enemy that their communications had been penetrated,
though certain claims that the British authorities refused, for this reason, to take steps to protect civilians from imminent harm have been vigorously disputed – see, for example, Coventry Blitz."
Taken at the National Cryptologic Museum, NSA.
Creative Commons photo courtesy of ideonexus, please feel free to use for your own purposes.
charismathics exhibits at Infosecurity Europe, London, UK - 19-21 April 2011
charismathics is a global leader in identity management software. Its premier product, the charismathics Smart Security Interface (CSSI), makes it cost-effective and easy for enterprises to integrate multiple authentication solutions into a single, transparent interface. Since 2003, charismathics has pioneered the field of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), introducing the first PKI client to support Trusted Platform Modules (TPM) and the first PKI client to be fully integrated with pre-boot environments. charismathics also bundles its premier solution with silicon based hardware devices, primarily smart cards and USB cryptographic tokens, where physical and logical security needs also meet when contactless chips and RFID tags are embedded. charismathics is partnering with a growing number of world key players in the field of single sign on, hard disk encryption, digital certificate issuance. Envisioning a revolution in mobile Internet devices, charismathics has turned to this technology as well releasing iEnigma, a software which secures handheld units such as the iPhone, the iPod Touch and most phones featuring Windows Mobile, and provides streamlined two-factor authentication for the enterprise. charismathics offers its security products and services in a variety of industries including building security, banking and finance, healthcare, telecommunications, government and computer manufacturing.
This headstone is on the floor of the Crypt under St. Martin in the Fields, where they now have a nice cafe.
Taken at the National Cryptologic Museum, NSA.
Creative Commons photo courtesy of ideonexus, please feel free to use for your own purposes.
I was in the RAF from Nov 1993 to Dec 2000. These pictures are from my trade training days at RAF Locking near Weston-Super-Mare, 9 Feb 1994 - 1 Aug 1994. I was on course TCO 114.
At RAF Locking I was trained as a Telecommunications Operator (TCO). A TCO mainly worked in Communication Centres or Signals Unit's, operating a variety of telegraphic, cryptographic, radio, and Morse equipment. TCO's were also trained as Telephonists where they worked in station telephone exchanges. TCO's could also serve in a field comms role at Tactical Communications Wing (TCW) RAF Brize Norton, a role in which I served in early 1998.
I later returned to RAF Locking in 1997 to undertake my Morse course (3 Mar 1997 - 10 Jun 1997); I was on QMC 41.
The operational units I served at were:
RAF Waddington
TCW, RAF Brize Norton (detached to Bahrain)
RAF Coningsby
charismathics exhibits at IBM Pulse 2011, Las Vegas - 27Feb - 2Mar 2011
charismathics is a global leader in identity management software. Its premier product, the charismathics Smart Security Interface (CSSI), makes it cost-effective and easy for enterprises to integrate multiple authentication solutions into a single, transparent interface. Since 2003, charismathics has pioneered the field of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), introducing the first PKI client to support Trusted Platform Modules (TPM) and the first PKI client to be fully integrated with pre-boot environments. charismathics also bundles its premier solution with silicon based hardware devices, primarily smart cards and USB cryptographic tokens, where physical and logical security needs also meet when contactless chips and RFID tags are embedded. charismathics is partnering with a growing number of world key players in the field of single sign on, hard disk encryption, digital certificate issuance. Envisioning a revolution in mobile Internet devices, charismathics has turned to this technology as well releasing iEnigma, a software which secures handheld units such as the iPhone, the iPod Touch and most phones featuring Windows Mobile, and provides streamlined two-factor authentication for the enterprise. charismathics offers its security products and services in a variety of industries including building security, banking and finance, healthcare, telecommunications, government and computer manufacturing.
Maria (Mia) Fox is a Dean’s Honored Graduate in the Department of Mathematics. She will earn a Bachelor of Science in Pure Mathematics. She is being recognized for her superior academic performance, completing her studies with an impressive 3.99 cumulative GPA (which translates to one A- in her career which includes undergraduate and graduate coursework), as well as her superior mentorship and teaching.
Mia's current area of research is Number Theory and its applications to cryptography. She has been invited to pursue her research at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and University of Washington, Seattle, and her ultimate school of choice, Boston College. She has been studying this material in a reading course at UT with Prof. Felipe Voloch, who notes that “[Mia] needed very little guidance, just suggestions on what to read and a few hints on more difficult questions. She is clearly motivated, intelligent and passionate about Mathematics."
In addition to the expected support from her academic advisor, Mia elicits high praise from faculty throughout the department. Prof. Mark Maxwell, Director of Actuarial Studies, stated simply, “Mia is my all-time favorite student ... my most rewarding experiences as a teacher occurred several times witnessing Mia making a connection (beaming smile), getting excited to help a peer, and then helping a classmate take their journey to understanding.” Professor Mark Daniels, Associate Director of UTeach, had a similar experience with Mia, noting “She quickly stood out as a bright student who was particularly engaged in the subject and particularly helpful to others in the class."
Professor Daniels invited Mia to become a Undergraduate Teaching Assistant for the Mathematics Department, where she rendered exceptional service in several undergraduate Mathematics classes. Dr. Amanda Hager has requested Mia's help for multiple semesters: “Maria is a blessing to the students and was a blessing for me to work with. She goes out of her way to help others in a knowledgeable and confident way, including math-phobic students struggling with fundamental mathematics as well as our own majors in more advanced courses.” Last summer, Mia participated in one of the incoming freshman Mathematics Workshops that occurred the week before school began. Professor Daniels describes her performance there: “Mia went way beyond her prescribed duties to make the freshman feel welcomed at UT.”
Beyond her courses and TA assignments, Mia has contributed to life in the college, the university, and the Austin community. She plays in the Longhorn Band, and counting time is tough to do while studying Number Theory. She has been a TA for beginner, intermediate, and advanced social dance classes at UT working with Campbell Miller. In addition, she is a dance instructor at Austin Social Dance; in addition to classes on and off campus, she helped organized a monthly Waltz Weekend event.
Mia has been recognized with numerous honors, including the Floy Agnew Endowed Presidential Scholarship, membership on the college honor roll, and admission to Phi Beta Kappa. This fall, she’s been awarded a Presidential Fellowship at Boston College where she will pursue her PhD in mathematics.
(October 7, 2010): Claude Elwood Shannon (April 30, 1916 – February 24, 2001) was an American mathematician and electronic engineer known as "the father of information theory" and cryptography.
credit: Otto Saxinger
Cryptocurrency mining is a growing global trend. Pictured is an image of a Sapphire Crypto Mining Rig.
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