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Posted by Sanders Kaufman on 10/23/07 21:37
"Michael Fesser" <netizen@gmx.de> wrote in message
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> .oO(Sanders Kaufman)
>>So you think that cracking an algorithm is easier than cracking a
>>password?
>
> Yes, often.
>
>>Do the math - the forumala is harder to crack.
>
> Never underestimate the power and possibilies of cryptoanalysis and
> stochastics. Brute-forcing a password is one way, but often the more
> efficient and easier way is to break the algorithm. There are _many_
> different ways to break even unknown algorithms, and often enough it's
> this "closed source" nature itself that makes it vulnerable.
Indeed - which is why a dynamic password, rather than a static one, is so
much more secure.
Put a hundred monkeys in a room with a hundred typewriters for a hundred
days - and one of them will type your password.
But multiply that process by itself and still - NONE of them will come up
with a password algorithm.
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