Network Week demonstrate complete lack of clue

Ben Laurie (ben@algroup.co.uk)
Thu, 04 Feb 1999 09:39:40 +0000

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In an article entitled "56-bit cipher defeated in just 22 hours",
Network Week (3 Feb 1999) say "Eric Young and Tim Hudson used 'brute
force' - trying every possible combination - on a $250,000 custom-built
super PC". Yeah, right!

Cheers,

Ben.

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