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Citing the crypto-expert BSA study noted here by Matt Blaze, Computerworld of 2-12-96: "Standard Encryption Vulnerable To Attack. Banking's most trusted technique for funds transfer questioned." It reports on puny crypto and DES desperation, with an "Oh, no, please" by the ABA. DES_ono [Thanks to BC]
John Young writes: > Citing the crypto-expert BSA study noted here by Matt > Blaze, Computerworld of 2-12-96: > "Standard Encryption Vulnerable To Attack. Banking's most > trusted technique for funds transfer questioned." So the banker's finally figured out what the NSA told us 14 years ago? Great.
> John Young writes: > > > Citing the crypto-expert BSA study noted here by Matt > > Blaze, Computerworld of 2-12-96: > > > "Standard Encryption Vulnerable To Attack. Banking's most > > trusted technique for funds transfer questioned." > > So the banker's finally figured out what the NSA told us 14 years ago? > Great. Actually, that article concludes that they *haven't* figured it out yet. The report that the bankers haven't figured out yet, by the way, is available online at: ftp://ftp.research.att.com/dist/mab/keylength.txt [ASCII text] or ftp://ftp.research.att.com/dist/mab/keylength.ps [PostScript] -matt
Matt Blaze writes: >> So the banker's finally figured out what the NSA told us 14 years ago? >> Great. >Actually, that article concludes that they *haven't* figured it out yet. Great, now I will sleep better. :-(