[107948] in Cypherpunks
Re: Duke/HP CPU average 3.75 hrs to crack 40-bit crypto
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Eric Cordian)
Fri Jan 29 14:24:15 1999
From: Eric Cordian <emc@wire.insync.net>
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 13:07:29 -0600 (CST)
In-Reply-To: <v04003a00b2d792aee161@[198.115.179.81]> from "Vin McLellan" at Jan 29, 99 11:59:08 am
Reply-To: Eric Cordian <emc@wire.insync.net>
> Makes one think that maybe EFF should maybe set a benchmark -- your
> 15 seconds would be nice -- for how long on average it takes Deep Crack to
> brute force 40-bit ciphers. (I'll copy this to John G. for him to
> consider, next time he winds up the rubber band and exercises the EFF's
> Cracker.)
Is Deep Crack able to be programmed to attack arbitrary problems, or are
the ASICs purely DES?
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Eric Michael Cordian 0+
O:.T:.O:. Mathematical Munitions Division
"Do What Thou Wilt Shall Be The Whole Of The Law"
