I think that our history books should have a small line notation that in the space of four months, both DES-56 and RSA-512 were shown to be crackable within the capacity of a single wealthy individual, much less a national lab. As these correspond to the limits embodied in the exportability debate, I believe that said debate is therefore closed. Whether effective and outright domestic use restrictions are now the game remains the only imponderable. --dan
