Re: Non-PK encryption not vulnerable via low key length?!
Julian Assange (proff@suburbia.apana.org.au)
Sat, 18 Mar 1995 18:23:12 +1100 (EST)
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> Dear Jake,
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> That was Michael J. Wiener of Bell Northern Research in 1993.
> The paper is 'Efficient DES Key Search'. His proposed machine would have
> cost about $1M and would have found a key in about 3.5 hours.
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> Shalom,
>
> JBB.
>
Note that DES keyspace is 2^56, not 2^64, which would take 256 times as
long to search (but still well within reach of major organizations).
Cheers,
Julian Assange (-Proff-)