From:	Robert Watkins <bob@**.NTU.EDU.AU>
Subject:	Re: Easy Unbreakable Encryption!
Date:	Thu, 22 Jun 1995 09:06:18 +0930

Stephanos Piperoglou wrote:
>
> On Wed, 21 Jun 1995, Robert Watkins wrote:
>
> > > You're wrong. *ANY* encryption algorithm can be cracked, given enough
> > > time and effort. This is a fact.
> >
> > Not in real time, Rat... Sure, you can crack it eventually, but while they
> > are talking? Get real.
>
> Yeap. Any code can be broken (yes, even PGP) for the simple reason that
> even if it can't be reverse-engineered, it can be found by trial and
> error (but just think how much time it would take to compute every
> possible combination of public key, private key and message for a LONG
> message (preferably in 8 bits..)

But you can't do it real time, that's what I'm pointing out, here.

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