Re: Should be in crypto for John E. Hadstate Re: just stupid?

From: \ (jonez_at_norcom.ca)
Date: 07/18/05 

Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 11:33:44 -0600

Joe Peschel wrote:
>
> Here's the entire graf:
>
> Certainly. Assuming a common passphrase length
> of around 20 characters, and assuming it is
> English, this will have 20-30 bits of entropy,
> MD5 will be enough to uniquely identify each
> of these, and MD5 can be effectively reversed
> under these circumstances in under 1 hour.
> This will yield the entire original passphrase,
> leading immediately to a complete compromise.
> So 1 hour.
>

" This will yield the entire original passphrase,
    leading immediately to a complete compromise.
    So 1 hour."

  "This will yield the entire original passphrase,
    leading immediately to a complete compromise.
    So 1 hour."

Any questions?

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