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Time for another DES crack
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lucky Green)
Mon Jul 13 09:45:56 1998
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 23:59:04 -0700
To: cryptography@c2.net
From: Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com>
Within 24 hours,
another DES crack is about to commence. The last crack took some 6 weeks to
find the key, but had the misfortune of having to search almost 90% of the
keyspace. There is a good chance that this time the crack will take 3 weeks
or less. But that is only going to happen if *you* will help:
Download and install the DES cracking client software today. You won't even
notice it is there, since the software only uses idle cycles. Software for
just about any OS is available at http://www.distributed.net/clients.html
Let's put another stake through the heart of weak crypto,
-- Lucky Green <mailto:shamrock@netcom.com> PGP encrypted mail preferred
"I do believe that where there is a choice only between cowardice and
violence, I would advise violence." Mahatma Gandhi
