-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 06/10/14 22:04, afreewoman wrote: > Errr...that's not the first time I've done that! The center is real > - did you search for it?
The center exists, indeed. That's about the point at which reality and the nsa.gov1.info parody article part company. Someone had great fun putting that article together, but one should not base life choices or technical decisions on it. I share Robert's grave skepticism that any intelligence agency in the world (except maybe North Korea's) would publicly announce that they were close to cracking AES128 except as a move to spread uncertainty and doubt. As for SHA512 being under threat? That is simply ludicrous. Barring completely paradigm-shattering breakthroughs in both cryptography and information theory, there are sound and convincing reasons in the laws of physics and information theory for believing that not only is it computationally infeasible now for us to mount any kind of realistic attack upon SHA512, but it will forever remain computationally infeasible. In fact, to enlarge upon that, there are strong arguments (again based in physics and information theory) that a successful attack against SHA512 would require the resources of a Type 3 Kardashev civilization. We are not yet a Type 1 Kardashev civilization, and not likely to become one during the lifespan of any person now alive. - -- Phil Stracchino Babylon Communications [email protected] [email protected] Landline: 603.293.8485 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEAREIAAYFAlOYYkIACgkQ0DfOju+hMklyFACfVPl0v9cuWfkNEabJxWgwQR4h TX4An3HDZvz9w4pl63oNyVfyTrK0t0C9 =Vw8L -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ enigmail-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or make changes to your subscription click here: https://admin.hostpoint.ch/mailman/listinfo/enigmail-users_enigmail.net
