I actually got a kick out of reading the bullshit in the press release.
Oakland, California (June 18, 1997)-The 56-bit DES encryption standard, long claimed "adequate" by the U.S. Government, was shattered yesterday using an ordinary Pentium personal computer
Actually it was more than 70,000 clients working together
"That DES can be broken so quickly should send a chill through the heart of anyone relying on it for secure communications,"
I'm shitting bricks. No mention was made that only 25% of the keyspace was tested.
"Unfortunately, most people today...
Unfortunately some companies depend on BS to sell products. Glad to see C2Net is no different, [Rest of the noise removed] You should have given credit to DESCHALL whose effort is be applauded.