Re: RFID
- From: Mutex Zuhälter <mutex@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2005 02:22:52 -0500
On Thu, 04 Aug 2005 00:16:05 +0100, Mimic <dev@null> wrote:
>Chrissy Cruiser wrote:
>>
>>>>The fact that the encryption was simple to break is hard to understand
>>>>unless they were busting the passwords. Even the simplest, freeware
>>>>encryption with a strong password can take decades to break.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 03 Aug 2005 22:32:21 +0100, Mimic wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Um thats not true, a strong password does nothing to increase the
>>>effectiveness of the algorithm, it merely slows down brute force
>>>attempts. If you have a weak algorithm, it doesnt matter what your
>>>password is.
>>
>>
>> I don;t think that the USG/DoD is using weak algorithms since those very
>> logics are NSA vetted.
>>
>
>Youd be surprised how easy it is to crack "industry standard" encryption
>algorithms ;)
Especially when you consider how quite a few algorithms released for
commerical use were approved by the NSA! Sometimes people forget the
NSA in the business of approving 2 different types of algorithms:
those used for government that they never want cracked, and those they
deem crackable enough for snooping on private traffic.
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