<p>Quick note about the latest <a href="http://www.fox.com/24/">24</a> episode (7&#215;14). When <span class="caps">FBI</span> needed to decrypt an email that was sent using the <a href="http://whit.me/CwcyoP">Blowfish</a> cipher, a &#8220;level 6 analyst&#8221; walks into a computer and says:</p> <blockquote> <p>&#8220;The designer of this algorithm built a backdoor into the code. Decryption is a piece of cake if you know the override codes.&#8221;</p> </blockquote> <p>Five seconds later, the file is decrypted :)</p> <p>I guess <a href="http://www.schneier.com/">Bruce Scheier</a>, the author of the original cipher, should not be happy to hear this on a TV show :P</p> 122 24-blowfish-bruce-schneier-and-lol 2009-03-20T01:48:00-07:00 <p>Next Friday, I&#8217;ll be giving a mini workshop about two technologies that I love: <a href="http://www.sinatrarb.com/">Sinatra</a> and <a href="http://www.capify.org/">Capistrano</a>.</p> <p>The event is free but there are a (very) limited number of places.</p> <p>You can find all the details (location, how to reserve a seat, etc) <a href="http://startu.tumblr.com/post/83200299/mini-workshop-sinatra-e-capistrano">on this blog post</a>.</p> <p>The talk will be given in Portuguese and some of the <a href="http://www.7syntax.com">7syntax&#8217;s</a> crew will be there.</p> <p>Thank you <a href="http://twitter.com/als">Alex</a> for this opportunity!</p> 121 sinatra-capistrano-mini-workshop 2009-03-03T14:22:00-08:00