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2006-05-29 China-Japan-Koreas

China: rejection of our wireless standard is a U.S. 'conspiracy'

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Posted by lotp 2006-05-29 09:35|| || Front Page|| [11134 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "I learned recently that the Chinese object to 802.11i because it includes a 128-bit key length version of AES which they believe the NSA has the ability to decipher. The corresponding problem with WAPI is that it is a proprietary protocol controlled by the government which leads one to believe that it has either a back-door or a weak known flaw in it that would allow interception."

http://wifinetnews.com/archives/004907.html

Posted by Peppersniffer 2006-05-29 09:57|| 2006-05-29 09:57|| Front Page Top

#2 it includes a 128-bit key length version of AES which they believe the NSA has the ability to decipher

ANYBODY with enough computing power can break 128-bit AES ... it's been done IIRC in France with a network of cooperating PCs. The question is, can it be done quickly enough, often enough, to compromise privacy. And the answer is, for the most part, no. If there's a message we are determined to break and it is deemed sufficiently important to decode it, yes, it can be done. But the chinese can do the same if they are sufficiently determined.

Posted by lotp 2006-05-29 11:19|| 2006-05-29 11:19|| Front Page Top

#3 Let's see...Chinese standard vs. IEEE standard. Hmm...

conspiring against WAPI, insulting China, and using intimidation and threats

What's it called when you can't help but see your own qualites in others? Projection?

Posted by gromky 2006-05-29 11:53|| 2006-05-29 11:53|| Front Page Top

#4 Unless WAPI becomes an open standard, like AES - a public algorithm, available for study and attack attempts - it has no chance.

Back doors are too detectable, by the way. If there's a deliberate flaw, it will be considerably more subtle.

Posted by mojo">mojo 2006-05-29 12:30|| 2006-05-29 12:30|| Front Page Top

#5 Drum roll....The new Sony Playstation 3 will have IEEE 802.11b/g!

Posted by Jumble Thromomble5864 2006-05-29 21:44|| 2006-05-29 21:44|| Front Page Top

#6 'conspiracy' 'conspiracy' 'conspiracy'
The ROW needs to eat this constant BS.

Posted by 3dc 2006-05-29 22:28|| 2006-05-29 22:28|| Front Page Top

#7
China files case against Intel's wireless network

China has launched a case against American chipmaker Intel's near-monopoly on encryption standards for wireless local area network (WLAN) equipment, state press reported Monday.

China has accused the makers of the technology developed by the chipmaking giant Intel of unethical behaviour and has asked the International Standards Organization (ISO) to review the case, Xinhua news reported.

It says that the American Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), actual makers of the technology, broke ISO rules when its national bodies voted on new technology to mend security loopholes in the WLAN standard.

China now wants the ISO to investigate the fast-track process to determine "whether the ethical and procedural rules and principles have indeed been violated and whether the ballots have been unfairly influenced by those ethical and procedural violations".

China's WAPI and American IEEE applied to the ISO for a new international standard last October, but the Chinese technology's bid for approval was rejected in a ballot in March this year.

"The serious violations are rare in ISO's standardization history," said the statement, adding that IEEE "unjustly" and "unfairly" violated ISO rules which misled many national bodies that voted on the new international standard.

ISO will investigate the case, the report said.

China has bristled at depending on proprietary foreign high technology and in 2003 tried to force multinationals wanting to sell wireless computer equipment to support its proprietary and secret encryption standard called WAPI.

Beijing was forced to scrap its plans for the system when companies such as Intel threatened to stop selling their products in China, claiming they would have to give up intellectual property rights to Chinese companies.

Posted by 3dc 2006-05-29 23:35|| 2006-05-29 23:35|| Front Page Top

#8 IOW, the Chicoms are outdated/obsolete before they even started.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-05-29 23:58|| 2006-05-29 23:58|| Front Page Top

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