1996-11-01 - Re: Cracked DES?

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From: Jamyang Gyatso <chualoon@iscs.nus.sg>
To: Alan <TheShadow@nym.alias.net>
Message Hash: e77ce39c4d9471726894d81c64ae1629f2bee4df65234cd7c0eca59177e369a4
Message ID: <Pine.SOL.3.94.961101101745.10347D-100000@elc07.iscs.nus.sg>
Reply To: <327fd332.72607607@smtp.ix.netcom.com>
UTC Datetime: 1996-11-01 02:26:26 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 18:26:26 -0800 (PST)

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From: Jamyang Gyatso <chualoon@iscs.nus.sg>
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 18:26:26 -0800 (PST)
To: Alan <TheShadow@nym.alias.net>
Subject: Re: Cracked DES?
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Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.94.961101101745.10347D-100000@elc07.iscs.nus.sg>
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On Thu, 31 Oct 1996, Alan wrote:

> This was in the 10/28 issue of Network World Infusion.  Did anyone else
> see it?
> 
> 	Two eminent Israeli cryptographers last week sent a shock wave
> 	through security circles with the announcement that they had
> 	figured out a way to extract private Data Encryption Standard
> 	(DES) encryption keys from such things as PCs and smart cards.

		[ snip ]

....... Yes.  I saw it in the local papers today.

	A team from ISS also found that smart cards could be hacked
	by subjecting it to some radiation and comparing error messages
	with the real ones using mathematical models.

	



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