Two kibitizers wrote:
"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.
Then Paul Bradley <paul@fatmans.demon.co.uk> the sage moderator of Cryptography.Uk stepped in:
Not only that, but single DES with a 56 bit key is just not being used anymore in any company which has the slightest clue. If they can run a distributed crack on 3DES with independent subkeys then I`ll give them some attention.
You've convinced me, the UK _is_ on a different planet! Vin McLellan + The Privacy Guild + <vin@shore.net> 53 Nichols St., Chelsea, MA 02150 USA <617> 884-5548 -- <@><@> --