GPG's vulnerability to brute force

Peter Lebbing peter at digitalbrains.com
Thu May 15 18:55:08 CEST 2014


On 2014-05-15 18:25, Robert J. Hansen wrote:
> So, I can put you down as solidly in the eco-catastrophe camp, then?  
> :)

Oh, definitely. Unless our understanding of computing at the physical 
limits drastically changes, I think blunt-force cryptanalysis is way 
better than brute-force.

Decryption using a wrench rather than a key; http://xkcd.com/538/ 
(don't forget the on-hover text!)

Peter.

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