Re: The great GAK crack (making GAK economically impossible)

[amp@pobox.com]

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  From: nospam-seesignature@ceddec.com
  Subject: The great GAK crack (making GAK economically impossible) 
  Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 11:41:53 -0400 
  To: cypherpunks <cypherpunks@cyberpass.net>


> 
> If I have to GAK my keys, and there then exists a pgp-gak, then we simply
> recruit the same CPU power that generated the millions of DES keys to
> just
> run pgpk-gak with the shortest keylength and send billions of keys to the
> GAKserver each week.  Many from out of the US if pgp-gak becomes
> available
> there.
 
> My test software uses a loop that generates a new pair every few seconds
> on a pentium (and found some very obscure bugs).  I would be required to
> send all those to the gak.gov.  If they really want them...
 
> What it probably means is the govenrment will issue keys or have to
> license people to create them.
 
which bugs would those be? key generation is pretty critical. i'd be 
interested in any strange results you've found.



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Name: amp
E-mail: amp@pobox.com
Date: 09/15/97
Time: 22:04:56
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