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fuquaon NIST removes Dual_EC_DRBG

If you read the bottom of NIST's press release, they've tasked their Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology (recently co-chaired by Vint Cerf) to do a review of NIST's crypto standardization process. Their review will be released to the public.

See the following for more info on the VCAT:

http://www.nist.gov/director/vcat/index.cfm

fuquaon Huge hack 'ugly sign of future' for Internet threats

"Attackers used a well-known method to bring down a system known as Denial of Service (DoS) - in which huge amounts of data are forced on a target, causing it to fall over."

Really? If it's so well-known, then perhaps Dave Lee should inform himself that DoS is a method, not a system. Does the server literally fall over too??

fuquaon Show HN: thedaywefightback.js

Yes, for sure. As someone who works there, there's nothing more annoying for staff assistants sitting through hundreds of irrelevant calls from uninformed people reading a script. It's not a problem to call offices already in support of the legislation, but make sure those calling know that before they dial!

fuquaon DNSSEC surpasses 50% of root domains

This is the right question. ICANN likes to put out these happy press releases, but they don't give us the details. It's necessary to name and shame the TLDs that are behind the curve.

fuquaon Google Video Quality Report

I can't get it to work in Washington, DC. I smell a conspiracy...

fuquaon The Day We Fight Back

So, what's your plan re: pushing legislation? Have you identified who in Congress will serve as a champion for your cause? Are there any lists of specific demands that any good legislation would address? Changing your avatar on Facebook, Twitter, or G+ won't sway anyone.

fuquaon Outrageous HSBC Settlement Proves the Drug War is a Joke

Here's the difference. The banks control something critical: the financial system. What's the critical system for the tech companies? The Internet. Tech companies don't control it, so they don't have as much leverage.

fuquaon We work a 4-day week and just raised $4.75m (2012)

I'm just curious -- What do you want to do with your design/coding knowledge? I'm in the non-tech world and have the desire to learn for the sake of learning, but I also want to know what the hell I'm going to do with it!

fuquaon Show HN: Cilantro - Chat 1:1 with employees at companies you'd like to work at

It's blocked by my work firewall. Oh well!

fuquaon Senate hearing on Bitcoin [video]

Sounds like a personal problem.

fuquaon Let's have coffee.

So, what are you working on?

fuquaon Have a startup idea but don't know how to code?

The HN DDoS attack strikes again...

fuquaon The World Wants to Break Up with America's Internet

"Keep in mind here that Chehadi was appointed by the US government, who has remained silent on this matter."

No, he wasn't. ICANN appoints its own President/CEO. There is no US confirmation of that position. None.

fuquaon Google - Our History in Depth

No mention of their funding from the National Science Foundation that helped them get off the ground?

http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=100660 http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9411306

fuquaon US Budget Visualization Using d3

Basically everything beyond Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid is discretionary spending. If you get rid of those, then yes, military spending looks huge as a share of discretionary spending.

There are dozens of sites breaking down the spending (this is just another attempt at visualizing the data). A quick search led me to http://nationalpriorities.org/budget-basics/federal-budget-1... where you can find discretionary spending separated out on its own.

fuquaon Campaign to name hurricanes after climate change deniers

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/...

Will hurricane "Jim" really make people think about Senator Inhofe? I don't think so.