1995-09-19 - Re: Brute Force and Smart Force
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From: “Perry E. Metzger” <perry@piermont.com>
To: Adam Shostack <adam@lighthouse.homeport.org>
Message Hash: e201204820b43d7006086848000b1d1b84a04a93427f9ec82430184bbfe97a77
Message ID: <199509190424.AAA01393@frankenstein.piermont.com>
Reply To: <199509190405.AAA03711@homeport.org>
UTC Datetime: 1995-09-19 04:25:03 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 18 Sep 95 21:25:03 PDT
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From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 95 21:25:03 PDT
To: Adam Shostack <adam@lighthouse.homeport.org>
Subject: Re: Brute Force and Smart Force
In-Reply-To: <199509190405.AAA03711@homeport.org>
Message-ID: <199509190424.AAA01393@frankenstein.piermont.com>
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Adam Shostack writes:
> Perhaps we should refocus our efforts on attacking PGP, to see
> if there are holes there? (I'm not suggesting there are, but it
> would be nice to see some code written to extend Crack to phrases,
> do some more code review, etc.)
Probably a worthwhile enterprise. Unfortunately, Netscape and the like
are low hanging fruit -- its much simpler to find holes in things, er,
of that, er, ah, quality -- and one probably rightfully gets more
press for breaking them.
Perry
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- 1995-09-19 (Mon, 18 Sep 95 21:04:57 PDT) - Brute Force and Smart Force - Adam Shostack <adam@homeport.org>
- 1995-09-19 (Mon, 18 Sep 95 21:25:03 PDT) - Re: Brute Force and Smart Force - “Perry E. Metzger” <perry@piermont.com>
- 1995-09-19 (Tue, 19 Sep 95 01:19:55 PDT) - Re: Brute Force and Smart Force - Christian Wettergren <cwe@Csli.Stanford.EDU>
- 1995-09-19 (Mon, 18 Sep 95 21:25:03 PDT) - Re: Brute Force and Smart Force - “Perry E. Metzger” <perry@piermont.com>