[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> No, it cannot; it is even *theoretically* impossible to brute force a
> password of that length. The universe is just not big enough.
>
> When 56 bits keys were introduced they were, perhaps, merely infeasible to
> crack; but it was known that it was theoretically possible within 10-20
56 Bit keys have been introduced past 64 Bit keys. DES was originally designed
to use 64 bit keys. Later, the NSA pushed the project to replace 8 bits from
the
key by parity bits.
Jörg
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