[1207] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
Re: Better DES challenge update
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve Schear)
Sun Jul 13 19:41:52 1997
In-Reply-To: <199707110449.VAA29242@servo.qualcomm.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Jul 1997 09:21:02 -0700
To: Phil Karn <karn@qualcomm.com>, daw@cs.berkeley.edu
From: Steve Schear <azur@netcom.com>
Cc: cryptography@c2.net
No doubt that's why these agencies are probably the single largest consumer
of wideband recording devices.
>Supercomputers, especially those with good floating point units, make
>excellent general purpose digital signal processors. Remember, they
>have to get their ciphertext somehow before they can attack it. And
>much of this ciphertext comes out of thin air.
>
>Phil
