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To: Paul Engel who wrote (47217)	1/25/1999 10:51:00 AM
From: Scumbria	Respond to of 1570737

Paul, So you did a survey of all 247,983,156 Computer users to reach this conclusion? No. I did something much simpler. It is called a cost/benefit analysis for internet criminals. It takes 100,000 PC's 22 hours to break a 56 bit DES session key. The cost far exceeds the benefits to a criminal, except for very large financial transactions. The typical PC user has no need for this. Face it Paul. This is turning into a disaster for Intel, and Barrett is going to have turn this giant ship around pretty quickly to avoid a catastrophe. Sharpy - Re: " Hardware data security is unnecessary for the vast majority of computer users. " Sharpy = Scumby + some enhancements? Scumbria