Re: I've seen things you people wouldn't believe...

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In <e-mdnZc8Gvbv4b7VnZ2dnUVZ_q-jnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> on 2008-05-08,
 Doug Wickstrom <nimshubur@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On 8 May 2008 00:00:25 -0400, "Keith F. Lynch"
><kfl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>>David V. Loewe, Jr <daveloewe@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>> "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>> If you're using good quality encryption, they may still be able to
>>>> tap it, but that doesn't mean they can tell what's being said.
>>
>>> If they REALLY want to know, they'll let the NSA play with it.
>>> And they'll find out.
>>
>>I doubt that very much.  Computer power helps code-makers far more
>>than code-breakers.
>
> Really good codes are unbreakable.  Given sufficient time and
> effort, any cipher (which is what you appear to be discussing),
> can be cracked.

*sigh*

Go look up one time pads.

Well, so they aren't very practical.  Not that it matters when, unless
you have some clever new algorithm faster than brute force which most
of the experts in the field think probably doesn't exist, sufficient
time exceeds the present age of the universe by several orders of
magnitude for lots of highly practical ciphers.

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Andrea Shepard                      | andrea+usenet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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