On Dec 20, 2006, at 8:44 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


http://news.com.com/Jailed+ID+thieves+thwart+cops+with+crypto/ 2100-7348_3-6144521.html

[...]

  According to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), which confirmed
  that Kostap had activated the encryption after being arrested,
  it would take 400 computers 12 years to crack the code.

[...]

What algorithm was that? Seems like a really small time, especially if you have a 4000 or larger CPU cluster...



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