From: Brian D Williams <talon57@well.sf.ca.us>
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 94 09:05:28 PST
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: the rest of the key
Message-ID: <199403301705.JAA19822@well.sf.ca.us>
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 I was just wondering.... If the NSA could get it's hands on half
(40) of any particular clipper key, wouldn't that just leave 2^40
to compute? Even with brute force, it's trivial  even next to DES.


Brian Williams
Extropian
Cypherpatriot

"Cryptocosmology: Sufficently advanced comunication is
                  indistinguishable from noise." --Steve Witham

 "Have you ever had your phones tapped by the government? YOU WILL
  and the company that'll bring it to you....  AT&T" --James Speth
 
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