>Exactly. Just like breaking the sound barrier or landing on the moon right? >If we use current numerical methods and theories then we can not brute force >factor a number that large. It just can't be done. Period. At all. Ever.
No, neither of the first two were ever theoretically impossible, even if people believed they couldn't be done (right, so a bullet/rocket can fly faster than sound but a 'plane cannot?) >Why is it .. I just don't believe you? I'm stressing "brute force" for a reason; it cannot be brute forced. Now, if someone cracks AES then that is an entirely different method (and that would mean using something other than brute force). Doubling the key size may or mey not help in that case. >The old joke was that if you had a million dollars back then you could build >a computer that could brute force a 56-bit DES cipher encrypted document. >Well a million dollars was a LOT more money back then and computers were a >LOT slower. Right, but I'm not sure it was possible then, though such systems were clearly build later on. It seems that the NSA has given up on stronger crypto algorithms but is now focusing on making people generate poor key material instead. >I still think that you may be missing an opportunity to look at other >methods being developed. Other methods != brute force. Casper _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
