Oh please ... As you point out, physics is not optional. This is predictable and was predicted. Yawn. I predict that 3DES will fall too - actual time it takes is left to the student. More interesting, how about a supposition that DNA computers will be able to factor interesting numbers within 5 years ? Does that make certain other algorithms into snake-oil ? At the heart of this is the idea that "strong" cryptography is a fixed and finite set over time and that a change in that set will result in a change in the policy restricting export. It doesn't necessarily follow. Lobbying is necessary. Perhaps all that happens is that DES now joins the crowd of exportable algorithms :-) One lesson I plan to observe - don't encrypt known plaintext unless you have to ! John Lowry At 04:20 PM 7/17/98 -0400, Robert Hettinga wrote:
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Congrats to Mr. Gilmore, EFF, et. al. for a very impressive DES crack.
It seems that Gilmore and Moore's Law have just turned the once-respected DES into cryptographic snake-oil. He keeps hurting snakes like that, he's gonna get himself canonized. ;-).
Seriously. Many thanks to Mr. Gilmore for proving, once again, that lobbying is pointless, and that physics is not optional.
Outstanding. Marvellous.
Cheers, Bob Hettinga
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