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Author: DoughboyDoughboy Date: May 15, 2008 23:13
According to this report, Interpol manage to gain access to 983
encrypted files, using 10 computers running continuously for 2 weeks.
It would be interesting to know what type of encryption it was, as 2
weeks seems rather quick. If encryption can be cracked in such a short
time, it rather weakens one of the UK Government's arguments for
needing to extend the detention without charge limit for terrorism
suspects.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080516/twl-venezuela-colombia-rebels-interpol-4bdc673...--
"They laughed at Galileo. They laughed at Newton.
But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown."
-- Carl Sagan
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Date: May 15, 2008 23:29
Doughboy invalid.com> wrote:>It would be interesting to know what type of encryption it was, as 2
>weeks seems rather quick.
Perhaps they searched for passwords.
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Kristian Gj
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Date: May 16, 2008 12:57
Doughboy wrote:
> According to this report, Interpol managed to gain access to 983
> encrypted files, using 10 computers running continuously for 2 weeks.
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Author: Martha AdamsMartha Adams Date: May 17, 2008 16:44
"Doughboy" invalid.com> wrote in message
news:4c5q2413g98vkqnq10b5ik2gb0li0rki94@4ax.com...> According to this report, Interpol manage to gain access to 983
> encrypted files, using 10 computers running continuously for 2 weeks.
>
> It would be interesting to know what type of encryption it was, as 2
> weeks seems rather quick. If encryption can be cracked in such a short
> time, it rather weakens one of the UK Government's arguments for
> needing to extend the detention without charge limit for terrorism
> suspects.
>
> http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080516/twl-venezuela-colombia-rebels-interpol-4bdc673...
> --
> "They laughed at Galileo. They laughed at Newton.
> But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown."
> -- Carl Sagan
This doesn't say anything, nor does the short thread that
follows it. Nobody seems to notice this. Is the sci.crypt
audience so much less than I hoped for?
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Author: Joseph AshwoodJoseph Ashwood Date: May 19, 2008 00:40
"Martha Adams" verizon.net> wrote in message
news:H5KXj.568$H91.462@trndny09...>
> "Doughboy" invalid.com> wrote in message
> news:4c5q2413g98vkqnq10b5ik2gb0li0rki94@4ax.com...> This doesn't say anything, nor does the short thread that
> follows it. Nobody seems to notice this. Is the sci.crypt
> audience so much less than I hoped for?
They probably didn't bother reading the linked news. The news says they
verified the authenticity based on forensic analysis, how this becomes "two
weeks" and "10 computers" I have no idea, but I will agree that any such
attack mounted in such a way is likely to be a password attack, not
cryptographic. Seems like rather a non-news for sci.crypt.
Joe
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Author: Martha AdamsMartha Adams Date: May 19, 2008 07:27
"Joseph Ashwood" msn.com> wrote in message
news:xyaYj.107$ex.58@newsfe06.lga...> "Martha Adams" verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:H5KXj.568$H91.462@trndny09...>>
>> "Doughboy" invalid.com> wrote in message
>> news:4c5q2413g98vkqnq10b5ik2gb0li0rki94@4ax.com...>> This doesn't say anything, nor does the short thread that
>> follows it. Nobody seems to notice this. Is the sci.crypt
>> audience so much less than I hoped for?
>
>
> They probably didn't bother reading the linked news. The news says
> they verified the authenticity based on forensic analysis, how this
> becomes "two weeks" and "10 computers" I have no idea, but I will
> agree that any such attack mounted in such a way is likely to be a
> password attack, not cryptographic. Seems like rather a non-news for
> sci.crypt.
> Joe ...
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Author: AmitabhAmitabh Date: May 23, 2008 15:18
On May 16, 9:57 pm, Noob wrote:
> Doughboy wrote:
>> According to this report, Interpol managed to gain access to 983
>> encrypted files, using 10 computers running continuously for 2 weeks.
or perhaps they used "rubber-hose" cryptanalysis.. Unlikely but not
impossible.
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Author: NemoNemo Date: May 27, 2008 17:02
On Mon, 19 May 2008 09:27:34 -0500, Martha Adams wrote
(in article ):
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> "Joseph Ashwood" msn.com> wrote in message
> news:xyaYj.107$ex.58@newsfe06.lga...>> "Martha Adams" verizon.net> wrote in message
>> news:H5KXj.568$H91.462@trndny09...>>>
>>> "Doughboy"...
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