Hacking

Marcus J. Ranum mjr at hussar.dco.dec.com
Thu Mar 28 03:30:46 AEST 1991


jpb at umbio.med.miami.edu (jpb) writes:

>Surprise.  The technique is not to try and crack DES, but to apply the same
>algorithm to a dictionary file, [...]
>[...]  If you're feeling sophisticated, you maintain a

	If you're feeling "sophisticated" you won't even try a dictionary
attack. Quelle gaucherie!!

	This dictionary-attack newbie stuff is about IBM-PC BBS-weenie
level. Sure, it works, but it's nauseatingly amateurish.

mjr.



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