Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!apple!lemke
From: lemke@Apple.COM (Steve Lemke)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Encryption
Message-ID: <15910@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 21 Aug 88 20:28:54 GMT
References: <7596@trwrb.UUCP> <886@taux01.UUCP> <8736@cs.tcd.ie>
Reply-To: lemke@apple.com.UUCP (Steve Lemke)
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <8736@cs.tcd.ie> fmodwyer@cs.tcd.ie (Frank O'Dwyer , ext. 1695) writes:
>Diffie and Hellman have suggested that DES can be cracked in about 20 hrs
>by using 1,000,000 DES devices in parallel.... Cost $20 m to $200m.
>Not within reach of 'anyone at home'.
>
>Unless you know a method which does not rely on exhaustive key search....

Have you guys ever heard of "sci.crypt"??  It's an interesting group, and it
sounds as if this conversation would be a good candidate to move over there...

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