100 hours still seems like alot of time to get into some things XD

Compare that to the possible thousands of thousands of years it would take to simply guess.

arkhi said:

Compare that to the possible thousands of thousands of years it would take to simply guess.

i know, but its still not practical now is it XD

cloud8521 said:

arkhi said:

Compare that to the possible thousands of thousands of years it would take to simply guess.

i know, but its still not practical now is it XD

No it wouldn't be practical for you maybe since you wouldn't be cracking any encrypted files, e-mails, SSL private keys, PGP encrypted hard-disks, games, consoles, etc.. but their all now vulnerable if you where using less than 1024bit encryption and the majority use 512bit halving the time down to 50 hours required to crack the protected key.

I did find it interesting that starving a machine of power could result in being able to crack the encryption easier.

cloud8521 said:

100 hours still seems like alot of time to get into some things XD

100 hours <<<<<<<<<< Age of the Universe (14.5 Billion years)

dmex said:

I did find it interesting that starving a machine of power could result in being able to crack the encryption easier.

Yes, that is surprising to me as well--And EXTREMELY worrisome.

Am interested to see this practice being used for other 'cracks'.

To paraphrase Lee Corso - not so fast, my friend.

Put very simply, the U of M researchers “compromised” RSA by performing the elegant equivalent of punching someone in the face until they give you the key. I think we can all agree that this is not a fundamental violation of the algorithm as Engadget suggests, nor is it a flaw that “RSA” (RSA is not an organization) needs to address.

I'm too stupid to verify or reject the U of M claim, just passing along an item I found reading about it.

Colonel Travis said:

To paraphrase Lee Corso - not so fast, my friend.

Put very simply, the U of M researchers “compromised” RSA by performing the elegant equivalent of punching someone in the face until they give you the key. I think we can all agree that this is not a fundamental violation of the algorithm as Engadget suggests, nor is it a flaw that “RSA” (RSA is not an organization) needs to address.

I'm too stupid to verify or reject the U of M claim, just passing along an item I found reading about it.

Any method that allows anybody to gain access to encrypted data in less than 100 hours is a weakness no matter if they need physical access.

If someone stole your machine you would hope your files are never recovered by the thief. Just think if your doctors laptop or your <inset bank employee or government with your personal data here> laptop was stolen, it would take them less than 100 hours to get all that data and yours.