17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
mpd@netcom.com (Mike Duvos) writes:
Given that we might embark upon this public demonstration of the fragility of single DES, what should we use for test data?
If the goal is to show that the 40bit key used in s/mime is totally insecure, then one could take some short plaintext likely to occur there and compute a lookup table, listing its encryption with all possible keys - and make it available on the internet. --- Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps