[4842] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
Re: Germany Frees Crypto
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William H. Geiger III)
Thu Jun 3 14:37:01 1999
From: "William H. Geiger III" <whgiii@openpgp.net>
Date: Thu, 03 Jun 1999 13:21:21 -0500
To: John Young <jya@pipeline.com>
In-Reply-To: <199906031805.OAA17224@smtp1.mindspring.com>
Cc: cryptography@c2.net
In <199906031805.OAA17224@smtp1.mindspring.com>, on 06/03/99
at 02:00 PM, John Young <jya@pipeline.com> said:
>As someone working on an Echelon story asked elsewhere, just what
>strength of crypto can NSA crack these days.
Well, considering the vast resources of the NSA and current export
restrictions I would guess that 56bit in real time or very close to real
time. 40 bit real time is a no brainer.
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