[55271] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Banc of America Article
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike Nice)
Sun Jan 26 11:07:40 2003
From: "Mike Nice" <niceman@att.net>
To: <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 11:07:03 -0500
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Just like the insider TCI theft ring at
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1106-971196.html , the easy way out is to just to
skip all that and get access to a leased line from the inside - I'll bet
many financial transactions over a private line aren't even encrypted.
----- Original Message -----
> Yes, with enough CPU and enough time, it's possible to crack modern
> ciphers by brute force. But "enough" is quite a large number.