[107942] in Cypherpunks
Duke/HP CPU average 3.75 hrs to crack 40-bit crypto
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Trei, Peter)
Fri Jan 29 11:27:57 1999
From: "Trei, Peter" <ptrei@securitydynamics.com>
To: "'vin@shore.net'" <vin@shore.net>
Cc: cypherpunks@algebra.com
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 11:14:47 -0500
Reply-To: "Trei, Peter" <ptrei@securitydynamics.com>
Vin wrote:
>DURHAM, N.C. - Duke University computer science researchers found that
>using an experimental computer, they could "crack"within an average 3.75
>hours the encryption that protects such privately held information as
>credit card account numbers on the Internet.
Of course:
* Ian Goldberg broke 40 bit RC5 two years ago, in 3.5 hours.
* The Deep Crack/Distributed.net combo can exhaust a 40 bit DES
key space in under 5 seconds. Deep Crack alone could do it in
about 15 seconds.
* A single hacker with a high end Windoze box can
crack 40 bit DES over a long weekend.
The point is: 40 bit encryption is dead, dead, dead.
So where's the story?
Peter
