While the keys are the easiest route, it's not entirely true that brute force is "the only way to defeat encryption". People in the crypto community have repeatedly found weaknesses in crypto tech that was previously thought to be unbreakable. This doesn't usually "unlock" the crypto entirely, but provides shortcuts to break it faster. Brute force, in some fashion, may still be required - but it's far from the ONLY way.
-Cameron On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 2:01 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:354575 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
