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Title: The Magic Words are Squeamish Ossifrage. Post by: phathash on March 26, 2012, 08:34:44 AM http://pressoffice.mg.co.za/securitysummit2012/PressRelease.php?StoryID=228224 (http://pressoffice.mg.co.za/securitysummit2012/PressRelease.php?StoryID=228224)
"Frans Lategan, who will be one of the expert speakers at the annual ITWeb Security Summit, in May, says he will reveal for the first time at the Summit newly-discovered weaknesses in the gold standard cryptography." [ x ] MD5 [ x ] SHA-1 [ ? ] SHA-2 Curious how potential collisions continue to be found. Title: Re: The Magic Words are Squeamish Ossifrage. Post by: phathash on March 26, 2012, 08:47:47 AM The "R" in RSA figured a 129-digit number would take 40 quadrillion years to factor, yet it was accomplished in less than 20 years.
Can such predictions really take into account unknown unknowns? <tinfoilhat>Curious how the US Government completely dropped the case against Phil Zimmermann. Did they realise they were fighting a losing battle against free software? Or could there be something more sinister at play?</tinfoilhat> Title: Re: The Magic Words are Squeamish Ossifrage. Post by: Phinnaeus Gage on March 26, 2012, 01:41:40 PM The "R" in RSA figured a 129-digit number would take 40 quadrillion years to factor, yet it was accomplished in less than 20 years. Can such predictions really take into account unknown unknowns? <tinfoilhat>Curious how the US Government completely dropped the case against Phil Zimmermann. Did they realise they were fighting a losing battle against free software? Or could there be something more sinister at play?</tinfoilhat> Horton Hears a Clue: Quote RSA is based in Bedford, Massachusetts, maintaining offices in Australia, Ireland, Israel, the United Kingdom, Singapore, India, China, Hong Kong and Japan. |