Thought this might be of interest to many here.

Andy



*** Code cracker worries cryptographers

WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) - A developer of one of the most widespread
computer encryption systems said Thursday he has designed a computer
that could crack open a file encoded using the most common form of
data encryption in only a few days. If built at an estimated cost of
about $2 million, such a computer could jeopardize the privacy of the
bulk of electronic commerce as practiced today, according to
cryptographers at the conference where the design was shown. Most
highly sensitive military, banking and other data are protected by
stronger encryption keys beyond its reach. The commonly used weaker
keys, though, would become "easy to break for large organizations,"
said cryptographer Adi Shamir of the Weizmann Institute of Science in
Rehovot, Israel. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560684789-c00


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