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["Shea Tisdale" <shea AT sheatisdale.com>]

And don't forget that if I really want to know what you are putting into
your documents I'll just use a keystroke grabber...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: internetworkers-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:internetworkers-
> bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Alan MacHett
> Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 4:00 PM
> To: internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [internetworkers] crypto
> 
> Thomas,
> 
> For that day-to-day, safe-as-a-phonecall stuff, don't bother.
> 
> For the important stuff, use something non-US-commercial and open-source,
> say PGP.
> 
> For messages you don't ever want broken, I have but three words:  one-time
> pads.  Alas, there's no easy implementation, especially for email or voice
> communication.
> 
> Also bear in mind that the best crypto is still only as good as the user.
> If you leave an unencrypted copy lying about, or leave your passphrase
> taped to your monitor, then don't bother in the first place.
> 
> -Alan
> 
> In reference to Scott's message:
> >
> > On Jul 27, 2004, at 1:20 PM, Shea Tisdale wrote:
> >>
> >> During the RSA contest, the peak key rate for the RC5 64bit attack was
> >> 270,147,024 kkeys/second.  At that pace, it would have taken 770 days.
> >>  To
> >> equate that key rate to common computer power, it would take 32,504
> >> 800 Mhz
> >> Apple Powerbook g4 laptops or 45,998 AMD Athlon XP machines running at
> >> 2ghz
> >> to sustain that rate.  Based on the Athlon processor, that is
> >> approximately
> >> 211,820,790 mips or 106,225,380 mflops (106.23 Tflops) of power.
> >>
> >> The fastest supercomputer in the world is the Earth Simulator.  It is
> >> rated
> >> at 35.86 TFlops.  Even with that enormous capability, that is only 1/3
> >> the
> >> speed required to crack RC5 64bit in 770 days.
> >
> > Of course, there is always the backdoor hack. You know about the
> > backdoor, right Brain? THEY built it into everything...
> >
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