From: Greg Maxwell (no email)
Date: Wed Aug 01 2001 - 08:15:47 EDT
On Tue, 31 Jul 2001, Roeland Meyer wrote:
> You are probably aware, but EFF published the DES crack. I understand that
> it is now an issue of cracking DES in less than 12 hours. 3DES is better
> but it only amounts to DES with a 128-bit key.
>
> Definitely a limited shelf-live.
2^128/2^56 * 12hrs = 6.46 * 10^18 years
I take it that you plan on living a lot longer then I do?
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