> >So with about 1 000 000 USD and a full year you would get 122 bits
> >already now and agencies have a bit more budget than this! Furthermore,
> >the algorithm parallelizes extremely well and can handle a batch of 100
> >targets at only 10 times the cost.
>
> No it cannot handle a bunch of a h
Hi folks,
Assume for a moment that we have a random number generator which is
non-uniform, and we are using it to generate a key.
What I'd like to do is characterize the work factor involved in
brute-force search of the key space, assuming that the adversary
has knowledge of the characteristics o
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On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 02:01:03PM -0500, j...@tla.org wrote:
> How many bits (not just data, also preamble/postamble, sync bits, etc.)
> is the keyboard sending for each keystroke anyway?
FWIW, it is likely sending keyboard scan codes:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scancode
It doesn't send the
On Jul 14, 2009, at 12:43 PM, James A. Donald wrote:
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Subsequent expansions in computing power will involve breaking up
Jupiter to build really big computers, and so forth, which will slow
things down a bit.
So 144 bit EC keys should be good all the way to the singularity and
Since we are on this topic:
"You don’t need to be a crowned Ranger class master hacker to sneak
into someone’s email or facebook account these days. Which means that
you’re not simply being a nervous nellie if you’re worried about
security.
In fact, users of public WiFi should be worried. If you
