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To: D. Long who wrote (44996)9/18/2002 1:41:57 AM
From: kumar  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
true. which is why 128 bit encryption is not exported out of US (legally anyways).

PGP : NSA knows how to crack that POS!

edit : the difficulty is trapping the data on the wire.



To: D. Long who wrote (44996)9/18/2002 5:15:23 AM
From: Elsewhere  Read Replies (4) | Respond to of 281500
 
The NSA has the computing power to crack any public key scheme currently available.

I doubt that RSA or ElGamal have been broken. It would be much easier to use key loggers or other indirect methods; at least that's what the FBI resorted to:

FBI Hacks Alleged Mobster
2:00 a.m. Dec. 6, 2000 PDT
wired.com


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