Re: How good is PGP? (fwd)
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Re: How good is PGP? (fwd)         


Author: Alexander Ausserstorfer
Date: Jun 26, 2008 21:47

Hi,

beigefügter Text ist zwar in Englisch, mag aber von Interesse sein:

---------- Begin forwarded message ----------
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:58:41 +0100
From: Nat Queen bham.ac.uk.invalid>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.misc
Subject: Re: How good is PGP?

Questions about the security of PGP arise every time a major advance
in computing is announced, but the answer has always been the same.

In message <4fb18f55d9Spambin@argonet.co.uk>
Stuart argonet.co.uk> wrote:
> A new $100m computer has just been built in the US to work on national
> security applications. It runs at 15petaflops (10E15) and contains 6,948
> dual core Opterons and 12,690 Cell engines (originally designed for games
> platforms such as the Sony playstation 3).

According to press reports, the Roadrunner supercomputer is designed
to achieve 1.5 petaflops, not 15.
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