[546] in WWW Security List Archive
Re: Netscape and 40 bit encryption
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chuck Yerkes)
Mon Mar 27 18:30:22 1995
From: "Chuck Yerkes" <yerkes_chuck@jpmorgan.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 1995 13:55:09 -0500
In-Reply-To: wcs@anchor.ho.att.com
"Re: Netscape and 40 bit encryption" (Mar 26, 11:08pm)
To: www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
Errors-To: owner-www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
> The current best DES-cracker designs cost about $1M for a 4-hour crack,
> which is about $100/crack if you can keep it busy for 5 years of amortization.
Keep in mind that we already know what the clear-text is for the first
word - this makes it MUCH easier.
c
