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 Lines: 15 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... ===== Steve Lemke ===== Internet (?): lemke@apple.com UUCP: {sun,voder,nsc,decwrl}!apple!lemke AppleLink: LEMKE GEnie: S.Lemke All opinions are, of course, mine, and could never belong to anyone else!