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Re: DES cracked by teenagers?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David G. Koontz)
Thu Sep 13 11:09:17 2001
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Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 01:45:59 -0700
From: "David G. Koontz" <koontz@ariolimax.com>
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To: Grant Bayley <gbayley@ausmac.net>
Cc: Steve Bellovin <smb@research.att.com>,
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Grant Bayley wrote:
>
> On Wed, 12 Sep 2001, Steve Bellovin wrote:
>
> > According to http://www.hk-imail.com/inews/public/article_v.cfm?articleid=28867&intcatid=1,
> > some teenagers "reportedly cracked an encryption technology called Data
> > Encryption Standard (DES)". I'm skeptical, but I thought I'd toss it
> > out. Anyone have any details?
> >
> > --Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb
> > http://www.wilyhacker.com
>
> Anyone else think this sounds like an older machine with DES crypt()
> passwords and a downloaded copy of John The Ripper?
>
Gronk.
Sounds like a dictionary attack.
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