On 19 Nov 96 at 15:36, Z.B. wrote:
---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 21:17:49 +0000 From: Simon Gardner <simon@access.org.uk> [snip] Subject: Cracks Are Found In Smartcard Security
Cracks Are Found In Smartcard Security [snip] Anderson said his latest research indicated that two of the world's most widely used systems for encoding sensitive financial information - the RSA and DES encryption standards used by most banks - could also be ^^^^^^^ cracked easily." ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ [The London Telegraph, 19th November 1996]
In what context? (How does that applies to PGP? Did he say that for short keys used to encrypt data directly?) Sorry for my cluelessness. jfa Jean-Francois Avon, Pierrefonds (Montreal) QC Canada DePompadour, Societe d'Importation Ltee Finest Limoges porcelain and crystal JFA Technologies, R&D consultants physicists and engineers, LabView programing PGP keys at: http://w3.citenet.net/users/jf_avon ID# C58ADD0D : 529645E8205A8A5E F87CC86FAEFEF891 ID# 5B51964D : 152ACCBCD4A481B0 254011193237822C