Bullshit RE: HACKERS SMASH U.S. GOVERNMENT ENCRYPTION

[Vin McLellan]

	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 at 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 at shore.net>
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