Which is how the brute-force decryptions I'm aware of work. See also "quantum computing."
John Oliver wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > This is true on current technology,but MIT, US Govt., England > > etc. etc. are working on quantom computers that can break DES in > > a few min. How much computer power do these governments have? > > Way beyond terahertz, but have they hit petahertz? > > Clock speed isn't everything... there's *nothing* that I'm aware of > that is in terahertz or any other ridiculous speed like that. What you > do see is massively parallel systems... dozens or hundreds of CPUs > running at XXX MHz. > > -- > John Oliver > System Administrator > hosting.com, an Allegiance Telecom company > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > (858) 637-3600 > http://www.hosting.com/ -- James W. Meritt CISSP, CISA Booz | Allen | Hamilton phone: (410) 684-6566
