It is a damm good book!
_ming
On Thu, 8 Jan 1998, Caldwell, Matt wrote:
> I suggest you get "Applied Cryptography" from Amazon or Such, it has a
> reference section that has a chart to show the time relative to the
> processor speed etc.
>
> Matthew F. Caldwell - Security Analyst
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> >----------
> >From: Bowers T (Thomas) at MSXSSC[SMTP:TB186459 @
shellus .
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> >Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 1998 5:46 PM
> >To: 'firewalls @
greatcircle .
com'
> >Subject: relative strengths of different encyrption techniques
> >
> >
> >I'm not a crpytologist but...
> >
> >I've been asked to estimate the time it takes to crack various
> >encyrption
> >techniques...
> >
> >Yes... I understand the more bits, the better...
> >
> >
> >I understand that most reasonable people will deploy the best technique
> >available... and so will we. That, however, doesn't alleviate me
> >from
> >trying to estimate how many days/months/years/light_years of compute
> >cycles it will take for someone to crack the technique we select.
> >
> >
> >Are there any references on the relative strengths of different
> >encyrption
> >techniques...
> >
> >
> >Any help would be appreciated...
> >
> >
> >
> >T. Bowers
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Tom Bowers
> >Network Engineering
> >Shell Services Company
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> >FAX: (1) 713-245-1010
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> >
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