On Sun, 26 Oct 2003 22:01:50 -0600 (CST)
"J.A. Terranson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


> Am I the only one here who finds this "requirement" excessive?  My god: are
> we looking to keep these secrets for 50 years, or 50000 (or more) years?
> 
> Or am I missing something?
> 
> -- 
> Yours, 
> J.A. Terranson
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
>       "Every living thing dies alone."
>       Donnie Darko


50 years does sound like a reasonable figure for computing power and the ability to 
brute force a crack on anything encrypted. If one is lucky the actual time limit will 
be around 500 years , but with computing power increasing , its possible that what 
ever was encrypted 10 years ago , is now in danger of being cracked. 

And for some things ,there is no statute of limitations.

Declan O'Reilly

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