Re: proposed PGP mechanism for SPF

wayne (wayne(_at_)midwestcs(_dot_)com) wrote:

> However, even if we did, we could
> almost certainly get by with straight DES.  Even with today's
> technology, it will still take days or weeks to crack DES and 
> the authentication via SPF are much more empheral than that.
On a desktop PC, sure.  For a determined adversary, no.

For a quarter million dollars, you can build a DES cracking system
that will churn out the answer in a day or so.  See:
http://www.eff.org/Privacy/Crypto/Crypto_misc/DESCracker/

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