[107978] in Cypherpunks
Re: Duke/HP CPU average 3.75 hrs to crack 40-bit crypto
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Honig)
Sat Jan 30 18:46:05 1999
Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 15:07:52 -0800
To: Eric Cordian <emc@wire.insync.net>, cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
From: David Honig <honig@sprynet.com>
In-Reply-To: <199901291907.NAA12209@wire.insync.net>
Reply-To: David Honig <honig@sprynet.com>
At 01:07 PM 1/29/99 -0600, Eric Cordian wrote:
>
>> 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?
>
>
There's a reference to a graphics machine, Pixelflow, being used
to brute force multiple ciphers, on jya.com, if you're interested in
flexible crackers.
