1997-09-15 - The great GAK crack (making GAK economically impossible)

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From: nospam-seesignature@ceddec.com
To: cypherpunks <cypherpunks@cyberpass.net>
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UTC Datetime: 1997-09-15 15:56:21 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 23:56:21 +0800

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From: nospam-seesignature@ceddec.com
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 23:56:21 +0800
To: cypherpunks <cypherpunks@cyberpass.net>
Subject: The great GAK crack (making GAK economically impossible)
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If I have to GAK my keys, and there then exists a pgp-gak, then we simply
recruit the same CPU power that generated the millions of DES keys to just
run pgpk-gak with the shortest keylength and send billions of keys to the
GAKserver each week.  Many from out of the US if pgp-gak becomes available
there.

My test software uses a loop that generates a new pair every few seconds
on a pentium (and found some very obscure bugs).  I would be required to
send all those to the gak.gov.  If they really want them...

What it probably means is the govenrment will issue keys or have to
license people to create them.

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• 1997-09-15 (Mon, 15 Sep 1997 08:05:57 +0800) - Escrow system design query - Michael Wilson <0005514706@MCIMAIL.COM>
  • 1997-09-15 (Mon, 15 Sep 1997 15:01:00 +0800) - Re: Escrow system design query - Bill Stewart <stewarts@ix.netcom.com>
  • 1997-09-15 (Mon, 15 Sep 1997 21:19:05 +0800) - GAK will probably be economically impossible - Robert Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com>
    • 1997-09-15 (Mon, 15 Sep 1997 23:56:21 +0800) - The great GAK crack (making GAK economically impossible) - nospam-seesignature@ceddec.com
      • 1997-09-16 (Tue, 16 Sep 1997 11:18:11 +0800) - Re: The great GAK crack (making GAK economically impossible) - amp@pobox.com
        • 1997-09-16 (Wed, 17 Sep 1997 06:51:52 +0800) - Re: The great GAK crack (making GAK economically impossible) - nospam-seesignature@ceddec.com
    • 1997-09-16 (Tue, 16 Sep 1997 08:39:50 +0800) - Re: The great GAK crack (making GAK economically impossible) - Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
      • 1997-09-23 (Wed, 24 Sep 1997 06:01:23 +0800) - Re: The great GAK crack (making GAK economically impossible) - Ray Arachelian <sunder@brainlink.com>