From: shamrock@netcom.com (Lucky Green)
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 20:13:20 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: DES brute force? (was: Re: Borders *are* transparent)
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At 21:10 7/23/96, Mixmaster wrote:

>The problem with banking applications is that cracking a real key
>causes lots of real damage.  I don't think it is illegal (as long
>as you don't withdraw somebody else's money), but publishing e.g.
>one of the DES keys used for the "EC Card" PIN verification would
>bring the European ATM system close to collapse.  Finding a self-
>generated key, on the other hand, is not very impressive.

Keys can be changed. Sounds like a good target to me.


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