Strassmann wrote:
In summary: The claim of exportable cryptography being totally insecure, because it can be cracked in 3.5 hours is not realistic. The three clues announced in the contest would not apply under infowar conditions.
As the UK gets a lot of desktop PC software from the US, ie MS & Lotus we unfouantly have to live with the 40-bit limit. What the RSA Chalange and Ian Goldberg have achived is a couple of aritcales in the broad sheet papers http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/et?ac=000145546611023&rtmo=33032622&atmo=33032622& P4_FOLLOW_ON=/97/2/4/ecfilm04.html&pg=/et/97/2/4/ecfilm04.html (ouch) and http://go2.guardian.co.uk/archive.html The competion has shown to the general populs and not just "experts" what a crap deal were getting. Three and half hours gets people thinking. Ste