OpenSSL Gets Cryptography Gift From Sun

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Posted by timothy on Thursday September 19, 2002 @05:08PM
from the curvaceousness dept.

Kataire writes "C|Net posted this story about how Sun Microsystems' has donated 'elliptic curve' encryption technology, (developed by Whitfield Diffie of Diffie-Hellman public key fame) to the OpenSSL project. This potentially means better encryption for lighter-weight systems such as PDAs."

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Great! (Score:4, Funny)

by mdechene (607874) writes: on Thursday September 19, 2002 @05:11PM (#4292673)

Now I can keep my pesky roommates out of my palms oh-so-full social calendar.

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Re:Great! (Score:4, Funny)

by Soko (17987) writes: on Thursday September 19, 2002 @05:13PM (#4292709) Homepage

Now I can keep my pesky roommates out of my palms oh-so-full social calendar.

You mean right now you let *your* palm *date* your friends? Ewww....

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Bush's advisor present, official government suppor (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Thursday September 19, 2002 @05:57PM (#4293057)

You know what that tells us, right?

The NSA can already crack it. :)

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Re:It's not really that surprising (Score:3, Funny)

by SquadBoy (167263) writes: on Thursday September 19, 2002 @06:30PM (#4293274) Homepage Journal

IMHO Sun because with the new workstations they are making you can get a Sun for the same price or less than a Dell. And *never* underestimate the power of "Geek Cool". And just how cool it is to have a Sun and just how uncool it is to have a Dell. :)

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Double Funny (Score:2, Funny)

by hendridm (302246) writes: on Thursday September 19, 2002 @07:48PM (#4293765) Homepage

> Now I can keep my pesky roommates out of my palm's oh-so-full social calendar.

Actually, this can be taken in more than one way, especially since "palm" isn't capitalized.

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Sounds like something 'the tick' would say (Score:4, Funny)

by ocie (6659) writes: on Thursday September 19, 2002 @07:51PM (#4293781) Homepage

Well Arthur, it looks like this elipse has come full circle.

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Great! (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Great! (Score:4, Funny)

Bush's advisor present, official government suppor (Score:5, Funny)

Re:It's not really that surprising (Score:3, Funny)

Double Funny (Score:2, Funny)

Sounds like something 'the tick' would say (Score:4, Funny)

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