Time to crack/decode DES/UNIX passwds

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From: Sam Hulick
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 21:35

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As known, DES encryption source code is available publically.  If someone got
this code and after some work, figured out how to reverse it in some way, how
long would it take, on the average, to crack a DES-encrypted password? (via a
program)  10 minutes?  days?

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