Re: Cracks Are Found In Smartcard Security (fwd)

["Jean-Francois Avon" <jf_avon@citenet.net>]

On 19 Nov 96 at 15:36, Z.B. wrote:

> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 21:17:49 +0000
> From: Simon Gardner <simon@access.org.uk>
[snip]
> Subject: Cracks Are Found In Smartcard Security
> 
> Cracks Are Found In Smartcard Security
[snip] 
> Anderson said his latest research indicated that two of the world's most
> widely used systems for encoding sensitive financial information - the
> RSA and DES encryption standards used by most banks - could also be
^^^^^^^
> cracked easily."
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> [The London Telegraph, 19th November 1996]

In what context?  (How does that applies to PGP? Did he say that for short 
keys used to encrypt data directly?)

Sorry for my cluelessness.

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