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Comment Possible solution? (Score 2, Insightful) 300

I'm not familiar with the details of certificate use, but as far as the cryptologic component there seems to be a reasonable fix, that will not require any change from end-users or invalidate existing certificates (apart from changing the hash).

The attack is based on finding a hash collision between certificates A and B, having the CA signing A, and using the signature for B. If the CA were to make a small change to A before signing it the attack would be foiled, since it requires active participation from the CA.

Suppose the CA started to add a few random bits to each certificate before signing it. The applicant is told what these bits are, so that they can use the signed (modified) certificate to verify themselves to users. With just a few extra bits this would make the attack unfeasible. Does this make sense?

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Submission + - Actual Zombies in North-Eastern Cambodia. (myspace.com) 3

Talon705 writes: "A new strain of Malaria carried by mosquitoes in North-Eastern Cambodia has a 100% mortality rate. It kills within 2 days and then restarts the heart for about two hours, during which the infected act rather violently from a combination of brain damage and chemicals released in the brain during reanimation.

My thoughts: Holy freakin' piss! At least no one has said anything about the disease being transmitted through the infected ... just from those freakin' mosquitoes....

http://65.127.124.62/south_asia/4483241.stm.htm"

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Submission + - Chernobyl Mushrooms Feeding on Radiation

cowtamer writes: According to a National Geographic Article certain fungi can use ionizing radiation to perform "radiosynthesis" using the pigment melanin (the same one in our skin that protects us from UV radiation). It is speculated that this might be useful on long space voyages where energy from the Sun is not readily available.

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