Re: The Cost of Snakeoil (was Re: John Gilmore and the Great Internet Snake Drive)

Adam Shostack (adam@homeport.org)
Tue, 21 Jul 1998 08:43:30 -0400 (EDT)

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I believe Mike Stay has said here on CodherPlunks that AccessData is
building a FPGA cracker. Since AccessData is a cryptanalysis company,
I'd expect to see them selling time on their machines.

After all, idle machines are the Devil's playground. :)

Adam

bram wrote:

| Is someone going to build a DES cracker and start cracking DES keys for a
| fee?
|
| -Bram
|

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