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Nelson Minar nelson at santafe.edu
Fri Sep 29 00:13:24 PDT 1995


>>Although no encryption system was totally secure, Mr Dent estimated
>>it would take "25 Cray supercomputers a year" to break the STT codes.
>Is it just me, or does someone need to be humbled?

They're certainly calling out for some external evaluation.

Has anyone read the specs? Care to summarize? I'm curious if the "25
crays one year" comment is intended to mean anything, or if it's just
some foolish PR person who doesn't understand what he's talking about.






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