Perry comments:
Mike Duvos writes:
Matt Blaze <mab@research.att.com> writes:
Finally, the NSA report offers estimates of the time required to perform exhaustive search using a Cray model T3D supercomputer. This is a curious choice, for as our report notes, general-purpose supercomputers of this type make poor (and uneconomical) key search engines.
A tiny nit to pick here. The Cray T3D and T3E computers are massively parallel machines consisting of DEC Alpha chips hooked up in a 3D Torus configuration. They would probably make pretty decent key search engines,
Not compared to programmable logic devices, they wouldn't...
And that is, after all, the point...
My point was that the T3D is not a "general-purpose supercomputer." -- Mike Duvos $ PGP 2.6 Public Key available $ mpd@netcom.com $ via Finger. $