[1048] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
Re: Garbled in transmission.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (sameer)
Fri Jun 20 22:42:59 1997
From: sameer <sameer@c2.net>
To: emergent@eval-apply.com (ET)
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 1997 19:10:57 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: cryptography@c2.net, cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <199706210004.UAA26052@jazz.cape.com> from ET at "Jun 20, 97 08:05:44 pm"
Not at all surprising, considering the wording of Rocke's
press release.
> I caught the Headline News mention of the DES crack and it
> unfortunately put the wrong spin on things.
>
> I can't remember it word for word, but it went like this:
> "If you're going to decrypt financial transactions you'd better
> be prepared to get 1000 computers and spend 3 months on
> the project."
>
> The report was delivered with a hint of a smile, as if to suggest
> that the time and resources might have been better spent.
>
> *Sigh*
>
>
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