Bullshit RE: HACKERS SMASH U.S. GOVERNMENT ENCRYPTION

[ARTURO GRAPA YSUNZA <AGRAPA@banamex.com>]

I actually got a kick out of reading the bullshit in the press release.

>Oakland, California (June 18, 1997)-The 56-bit DES encryption
>standard, long claimed "adequate" by the U.S. Government, was
>shattered yesterday using an ordinary Pentium personal computer

Actually it was more than 70,000 clients working together

> "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.

>"Unfortunately, most people today...

Unfortunately some companies depend on BS to sell products. Glad to see
C2Net is no different,

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You should have given credit to DESCHALL whose effort is be applauded.