For a bit of the math run down on cracking 128-bit AES please see: http://www.eetimes.com/design/embedded-internet-design/4372428/How-secure-is-AES-against-brute-force-attacks-
That being said, lots of people choose poor keys or implement things poorly. Brute force attacks are not currently feasible and the AES algorithm is public and has no known back doors after many years of study. People, on the other hand, are highly susceptible to attacks and so focusing on that part of the equation is often much more useful. Judah On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 11:01 AM, 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. > > 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:354576 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
