1993-04-20 - Is 40 bits too little?

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From: Alexander Chislenko <sasha@cs.umb.edu>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1993-04-20 04:01:14 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 19 Apr 93 21:01:14 PDT

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From: Alexander Chislenko <sasha@cs.umb.edu>
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 93 21:01:14 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Is 40 bits too little?
Message-ID: <199304200401.AA26166@ra.cs.umb.edu>
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   Yes, in just a trillion iterations you can test all possible keys.
But if for testing *each* key you will have to figure out whether a text
/signal you produced represents sensible speech... - it may be prohibitively
expensive.
  
		Alex  Chislenko.

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• 1993-04-20 (Mon, 19 Apr 93 21:01:14 PDT) - Is 40 bits too little? - Alexander Chislenko <sasha@cs.umb.edu>
  • 1993-04-20 (Mon, 19 Apr 93 21:35:40 PDT) - Re: Is 40 bits too little? - J. Michael Diehl <mdiehl@triton.unm.edu>