Re: 2yrs for FBI to crack child porn encryption!!!

From: Barry Margolin (barmar@genuity.net)
Date: 07/09/02 

From: Barry Margolin <barmar@genuity.net>
Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2002 20:24:27 GMT

In article <1107_1026243814@news.utu.fi>,
Markus Jansson <jansson_markus@ziplip.com> wrote:
>On 09 Jul 2002 15:58:54 GMT, pcportinc@aol.combatSPAM (PCportinc)
>wrote:
>> I sure would like to know what software he used.
>
>Maybe some DES based? "Easy" to bruteforce. Or maybe he just had bad
>passphrases.

I assumed the OP was asking why it took so *long*, not that it was easy. 

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