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Re: The Next Y2K Problem (?)
On Sun, 19 Jul 1998, Shlomi Fish wrote:
> At the moment there are computer systems all over the world that rely on
> 40 bits passwords encryption or a a worst encryption scheme. The main
> reason for that is the various bans imposed by the U.S. government and
> other governments on the use of powerful encryption algorithms.
>
> At present, 40 bits encrpytion cannot be easily broken by using one's home
> computer alone. But computers are getting faster and faster all the time.
>From the Wall Street Journal, talking about the EFF's DES cracker:
Mr. Kocher said a message scrambled using a 40-bit key would take the
machine no more than 12 seconds to unlock.
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Itamar S.-T., itamars@ibm.net