PGP problems

[Alexander Sarras]

On Fri, 04 Aug 2000 12:59:26 -0400 (EDT), Ralph Cohen wrote:

> On Fri, 4 Aug 2000 09:51:09 -0700, Steve Lamb wrote:
> 
> >Friday, August 04, 2000, 6:50:21 AM, Bill wrote:
> >> It is probably true that the NSA can find the key to any
> >> encryption, given sufficient time. So if they are interested in
> >> you, you will be broken. But if the NSA is interested in you,
> >> you have a whole new set of complicated problems.
> >
> >    Given sufficient time.  Problem is, a properly designed encryption scheme,
> >esp. something like PGP, sufficient time is measured on the astronomical
> >scale, not a human one.
> >
> 
> Not really.  With the right ASICs and a good parallel processing setup
> the costs may be astronomical but the time factor shouldn't be too bad.
> 
Right!
Just takes a couple of decades or so...
SaS
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