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  From: Glen Turner <glen.turner@adelaide.edu.au>
  To  : linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au
  Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 04:09:09 +0000

Re: Encryption (was Re: Linux Console Security)

Mark Newton wrote:
> 
> The days of the inadequacy of 256-bit keys for long-term protection
> of data are fast approaching.  If NIST is pushing 256-bit keys, you
> can bet your bottom dollar that that means the NSA is capable of
> cracking 256-bit crypto in a reasonably short amount of time. :-)

I'd be more inclined to state Glen's Law of US Crypto Laws:

  By the time an advanced cryptographical technology
  is approved by the US Government, enough time has
  passed from the proposal of that technology such that
  the technology is no longer advanced.

Personally, I'm much more worried about NSA listening into
my phone conversations by arranging some bilateral agreement
with a compliant Australian government, than I am of the NSA
busting GSM crypto.

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 Glen Turner                               Network Specialist
 Tel: (08) 8303 3936          Information Technology Services
 Fax: (08) 8303 4400         The University of Adelaide  5005
 Email: glen.turner@adelaide.edu.au           South Australia

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