On 9/1/07, Robert G. Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > RSA and DES and MD5 are considered "probably uncrackable" by > anyone with less than NSA-class resources, but of course this bot-cloud > is several orders of magnitude more powerful than NSA's probable setup.
Why a "probable setup" ? I would agree that the NSA likely has a hefty HPC sitting around somewhere - but why don't we know about it? If the NSA goes through all the work of putting together a (not trying to sound pessimistic/conspiracy theorist) good-enough-to-crack-your-encryption-for-public-safety cluster, why wouldn't they have it up on the top500 list? Not wanting to gloat? Not wanting the "badguys to know what we've got"? Or do they simply not have systems that are that impressive? :P _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, [email protected] To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
