Re: DES (Was: Re: 800MHz

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From: Jani Patokallio
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 15:34

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In message <23.2B4A0D74@purplet.demon.co.uk> Owen Lewis <Owen.Lewis
purplet.demon.co.uk> said:
->  Another "likelihood theory":
-> 
->         What first world government permits the use of DES for the protection 
->         of classified material? Does the US government? I believe not.
-> 
->  And while we are discussing theories, I believe James Bamforth, the NSA 
->  watcher, went on record some time ago with a claim that the cost to the US 
->  taxpayer for breaking each DES ciphertext is $56. Can anyone supply the  
->  assumptions from which he must have made this extrapolation?

If the US has 250,000,000 people, the total cost is therefore 
14,000,000,000 (14 trillion) dollars per ciphertext.  Even if around a
third of those people do not pay taxes, I think Mr. Bamforth was exaggerating
a little.

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From: jani.patokallio%acc1bbs@ssr.com (Jani Patokallio) 
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Subject: Re: DES (Was: Re: 800MHz
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Date: 8 Jan 93 15:34:00 GMT
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