[109015] in Cypherpunks
Re: Is PGP crackable
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jean-Francois Avon)
Mon Mar 8 22:30:32 1999
From: "Jean-Francois Avon" <jf_avon@citenet.net>
To: "cypherpunks@toad.com" <cypherpunks@toad.com>,
"Edwards, Benjamin ()" <Benjamin.Edwards@DIGIFONE.COM>,
"Tim May" <tcmay@got.net>
Date: Mon, 08 Mar 1999 20:15:51 -0500
Reply-To: "Jean-Francois Avon" <jf_avon@citenet.net>
Tim May, the real one, used to be less idiotic than that. The present one
does nothing but flaming. Bitches against my freedom-related post that happen
to be related to firearms, bitches against seemingly genuine on-topic
questions, bitches about everything. Just like my old 89 years old grand'ma...
Who needs Detweiler when one has current Tim May?
I won't argue that it's better to be a has-been than somebody who never was...
but Tim, (assuming you are the real one), you *definitely* need some vacation.
Get a life!
Ciao
JFA
On Mon, 8 Mar 1999 11:45:08 -0800, Tim May wrote:
>At 5:04 AM -0800 3/8/99, Edwards, Benjamin () wrote:
>>I am writing an article about PGP and have one simple question. Can PGP
>>keys be cracked. Someone I worked for used to (allegedly) work for the US
>>army. He (allegedly) says the army got comms equipment 6 years before it
>>was commercially available. If this was the case with computer hardware I
>>guess the question would be 'Would it be possible to crack a 4k key if we
>>had the computer equipment that would be available in 6 years from now?'
>
>Yes, all of this is true.
>
>The Army was able to use its time travel technology to obtain computers
>based on the Pentium chip a full 5 years before Intel saw first silicon!
>Even now, the Army is testing computers based on the Pentium V (Department
>of Rendundancy Department), which Intel does not expect to even design for
>another 4 years!
>
>Using the same technology, a 4K key which would normally require more
>computers than there are quarks in the universe, running for a kalpa, can
>be cracked in minutes.
>
>Journalists like yourself should be proud of your understanding of
technology.
>
>--Tim May
>
>
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