On Fri, May 25, 2001 at 09:50:45AM -0500, Dave Sherohman wrote: > On Fri, May 25, 2001 at 09:43:11AM -0500, Florin Iucha wrote: > > I did not say _I_ have the brain|computing power to do it. > > > > I said it can be done, given enough resources... > > > > It was not meant as a challenge. Sorry... > > I didn't take it as one, really, but it seemed the best way of getting the > point across that, although it's technically and theoretically possible to > crack a strong password under strong crypto, it's a practical impossibility > given the current technology. Well, whomever takes the risks to get near your box supposedly knows what to do with it 8-). And the thought about only NSA/CIA/whatever having the computing power required to crack <...> sparked the idea that _maybe_ they don't have it but they are smart enough to make us to "contribute" our spare cycles. florin -- "you have moved your mouse, please reboot to make this change take effect"