[OT] RE: telnet vs ssh on Core equipment , looking for reasons why ?

Wed Aug 1 12:15:47 UTC 2001

On Tue, 31 Jul 2001, Roeland Meyer wrote:

> You are probably aware, but EFF published the DES crack. I understand that
> it is  now an issue of cracking DES in less than 12 hours. 3DES is better
> but it only amounts to DES with a 128-bit key.
>
> Definitely a limited shelf-live.

2^128/2^56 * 12hrs = 6.46 * 10^18 years

I take it that you plan on living a lot longer then I do?