On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 9:55 AM, David Lum <[email protected]> wrote: > http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57457470-83/code-crackers-break-923-bit-encryption-record/?tag=txt;title
Article has little real info and is factually incorrect on important aspects. Press release from Fujitsu is somewhat better: http://www.fujitsu.com/global/news/pr/archives/month/2012/20120618-01.html Fujitsu didn't use pairing-based crypto to break something else, they *attacked PBC* using new methods. I'm not familiar with PBC so I don't know if it is actually being used as a "next generation" solution as Fujitsu asserts, or if it was more like a research project. They also don't appear to publish any details on how the attack worked. Some attacks are more easily mitigated then others, so this could mean anything from "PBC is completely useless" to "don't do this stupid thing to begin with, and you'll be fine". Crypto is an especially difficult subject for the tech press to report on, as it's fiendishly complicated by design, and bad analysis tends to be just as incomprehensible as good analysis. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
