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Re: NSA leak (fwd)
Subject: Re: NSA leak (fwd)
Ian Goldberg <[email protected]> writes:
> 2. Their cracker changes the state of 2^128 bits in 33 minutes. This is
> being extremely generous;
> (Actually, for all I know, terawatt power sources
> may exist; that's out of my field. Please let me know if this is the case.
Not within a few million miles of here, and they'd be hard to conceal.
A few GW is fairly easy, by several methods.
Terrestrial fusion is not a serious contender yet, and I doubt
it will be for a long time.
> 3. They have a quantum computer, or some alien technology, or something
> else we know pretty much nothing about.
> Given this choice, I would vote for #3. :-) However, I'd go out on a limb
> and say that the NSA guy was simply lying (or that the anecdote itself is
> mistaken).
I agree. The 'something else' could be info about RNG flaws I suppose.
This guy couldn't be thinking about DES could he ?