1995-07-13 - Re: SSL RC4 challenge

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From: Thomas Grant Edwards <tedwards@src.umd.edu>
To: alex <cp@proust.suba.com>
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Reply To: <199507122003.PAA02843@proust.suba.com>
UTC Datetime: 1995-07-13 02:36:38 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 12 Jul 95 19:36:38 PDT

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From: Thomas Grant Edwards <tedwards@src.umd.edu>
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 95 19:36:38 PDT
To: alex <cp@proust.suba.com>
Subject: Re: SSL RC4 challenge
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On Wed, 12 Jul 1995, alex wrote:

> Can't we hold off a few weeks on this, so that we can all short the stock 
> once it's been offered? <g>

Hmm...well, considering we have yet to break the first 40-bit RC4 key 
(with 87.1 of the keyspace searched), I think it might be a bit early to 
make financial decisions based on our cracking abilities.

-Thomas

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• 1995-07-12 (Wed, 12 Jul 95 10:23:37 PDT) - SSL RC4 challenge - Hal <hfinney@shell.portal.com>
  • 1995-07-12 (Wed, 12 Jul 95 13:00:15 PDT) - Re: SSL RC4 challenge - alex <cp@proust.suba.com>
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