Marc Dacier, manager of IBM's Global Security Analysis Laboratory in Zurich, explained: "We have developed a prototype called Daemon-Watcher, using IBM's Teiresias algorithm. Dacier is convinced that using the combined properties of the Teiresias...
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By an impressive coincidence, the inventors of the RSA algorithm - one of the cornerstones of cryptography - were awarded the Turing Award for computing on Monday, the day the annual IT security conference bearing their initials opened in San...
There have also been concerns about the intrusive nature of biometric technology, though applications such as recognising faces at distance over CCTV and matching them to databases are still a long way from being reliable.
Currently considered the gold standard of its class of algorithms, SHA-1 is embedded in popular programs like PGP and SSL. The MD5, SHA-0, and SHA-1 algorithms are known to computer scientists as hash functions.
is relying on new technology it calls the Content Optimization Knowledge Engine to help its computers determine what the most engaging content may be to a specific user, then serve it up based on their prior surfing habits.