i think a few hours is a stretch (on a p4 in any event)

http://www.cryptography.com/resources/whitepapers/DES.html

high end gear ... not really, but purpose built and using inadequacies in the 
standard to optimize the cryptanalysis routine

regards, brett

On Tuesday 09 November 2004 14:25, James Gregory wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 09, 2004 at 03:31:50PM +1100, Toliman wrote:
> > and it is 'relatively' secure, in that it would hopefully
> > take a p4 a few hours to brute force... more likely in minutes.
>
> How long is 'a few hours'? I didn't think things were that dire. Are you
> talking about a straight brute force or some kind of known-plaintext
> attack or what?
>
> James.
>
> --
> "Now, there are no problems  only opportunities. However, this seemed to be
> an insurmountable opportunity."
>  - http://www.surfare.net/~toolman/temp/diagram.html

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