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1997-06-19 - Bullshit RE: HACKERS SMASH U.S. GOVERNMENT ENCRYPTION

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From: ARTURO GRAPA YSUNZA <AGRAPA@banamex.com>
To: “sameer@c2.net>
Message Hash: 6fc3bad1506b63eba21141b1fc5608cee2078f8a1e8a64de28e49208cbeb1f1c
Message ID: <c=MX%a=%p=BANACCI%l=CENTRALES/BARRANCA24/0001F962@MEX3976BCAOP1>
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UTC Datetime: 1997-06-19 06:38:27 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 14:38:27 +0800

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From: ARTURO GRAPA YSUNZA <AGRAPA@banamex.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 14:38:27 +0800
To: "sameer@c2.net>
Subject: Bullshit RE: HACKERS SMASH U.S. GOVERNMENT ENCRYPTION
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I actually got a kick out of reading the bullshit in the press release.

>Oakland, California (June 18, 1997)-The 56-bit DES encryption
>standard, long claimed "adequate" by the U.S. Government, was
>shattered yesterday using an ordinary Pentium personal computer

Actually it was more than 70,000 clients working together

> "That DES can be broken so quickly should send a chill through the
>heart of anyone relying on it for secure communications,"

I'm shitting bricks. No mention was made that only 25% of the keyspace
was tested.

>"Unfortunately, most people today...

Unfortunately some companies depend on BS to sell products. Glad to see
C2Net is no different,

[Rest of the noise removed]

You should have given credit to DESCHALL whose effort is be applauded.

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