>> >> > Because as processors get faster, the relative amount of work remains > constant at 2^59, but the absolute amount of processing time per > operation decreases for both attacker and defender. So the absolute > amount of time required to mount a successful attack also decreases over > the long term.
For example, Graphic Processing Units (GPU) are being used to crack passwords. They have thousands of cores that can be applied to this kind of problem. Lots of material about this on the web. Bob -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list [email protected] Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
