[82035] in Cypherpunks
Bullshit RE: HACKERS SMASH U.S. GOVERNMENT ENCRYPTION
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (ARTURO GRAPA YSUNZA)
Thu Jun 19 03:11:24 1997
From: ARTURO GRAPA YSUNZA <AGRAPA@banamex.com>
To: "cypherpunks@cyberpass.net" <cypherpunks@cyberpass.net>,
sameer
<sameer@c2.net>
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 15:35:00 -0500
Reply-To: ARTURO GRAPA YSUNZA <AGRAPA@banamex.com>
I actually got a kick out of reading the bullshit in the press release.
>Oakland, California (June 18, 1997)-The 56-bit DES encryption
>standard, long claimed "adequate" by the U.S. Government, was
>shattered yesterday using an ordinary Pentium personal computer
Actually it was more than 70,000 clients working together
> "That DES can be broken so quickly should send a chill through the
>heart of anyone relying on it for secure communications,"
I'm shitting bricks. No mention was made that only 25% of the keyspace
was tested.
>"Unfortunately, most people today...
Unfortunately some companies depend on BS to sell products. Glad to see
C2Net is no different,
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You should have given credit to DESCHALL whose effort is be applauded.
