There are no secret back doors to open source encryption with public algorithms. The only way to defeat it is with brute force attacks and/or social engineering. The NSA and related group have a heck of a lot of computing power at their disposal but if the people doing the encryption know what they are doing (which is always a supposition open to criticism) and applied, say, multiple rounds of encryption with AES using a strong key and good salting then, yes, it would be a very long brute force attack. Far easier to try and steal the keys.
Judah On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 10:38 AM, Cameron Childress <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 1:26 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Do you really think encryption exists that the government can't break? > > > Any encryption can be defeated by anyone, it's simply function of how much > computing time you have available and what shortcuts you are technically > capable of. > > So - the government can break any encryption. So ca you or I, given the > proper resources (including time). > > I do think that certain types of encryption take longer to break than is > worth it. Even for the government. > > -Cameron > > ... > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:354572 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
