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 -=> Quoting Jim Mccoy to All <=-

 JM> In all the various conspiracy
 JM> theories and other guesses regarding DES and the NSA, it should be
 JM> noted that DES was at one time used for secure encryptin of files for
 JM> some branches of the government (the "standard" in DES... :) and was
 JM> decertified for this role as scheduled.  Few ciphers will last forever.
 JM> In time even the 1024 bit public keys people consider secure now will
 JM> be crackable for $56.   
 JM> jim

 I'm sure your right, Jim, even if one Hebrew crypt stood up for 
 over two thousand years. But electronic computers have only been around 
 for the last fifty. Almost takes the fun out of things, doesn't it?
 
 Owen




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