In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 06/03/99
at 02:00 PM, John Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>As someone working on an Echelon story asked elsewhere, just what
>strength of crypto can NSA crack these days.
Well, considering the vast resources of the NSA and current export
restrictions I would guess that 56bit in real time or very close to real
time. 40 bit real time is a no brainer.
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