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Am Mittwoch, 25. Juni 2008 schrieb Chris Walters: |
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> | Rumor has it that the three-letter agencies (CIA, KGB, M.A.V.O. [2], |
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> | etc) can break those algorithms relatively easy. On the other hand even |
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> | weaker algorithms can protect your data against laptop thieves. |
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> That's more than a rumor. Another three letter agency (NSA) has networks |
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> of supercomputers that can brute force a passphrase is little time. I am |
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> majoring in mathematics, and plan to specialize in cryptology. |
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If it is so easy for them to crack our ciphers (and the one they use |
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themselves, btw.), why doesn't Kasperky ask them to crack the key of the |
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GPCode virus which, according to Kaspersky's assumptions, would keep 15 |
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million modern PCs busy for a year. |
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And, if it is so easy for them, it is as easy for other governments too, |
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right? That would mean they use a cipher that's easily crackable by other |
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governments. Do you really think they do? |
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Bye... |
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Dirk |