[118360] in Cypherpunks
Re: more re Encryption Technology Limits Eased
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kevin Elliott)
Sat Sep 25 23:06:38 1999
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At 11:49 PM +0000 9/16/99, Sandy Harris wrote:
>Another way to look at it: http://www.planepage.com/ gives the cost of a B1
>bomber as $200 million. With that budget and Deep Crack technology, they break
>56-bit DES in under 10 minutes, and a 64-bit cipher in well under two days.
>
>Of course they likely have better technology and can spend the price of an
>aircraft carrier, not just one plane.
Just for comparison purposes where does that put a 128-bit key?
Kevin "The Cubbie" Elliott
<mailto:k-elliott@wiu.edu> ICQ#23758827
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