"One Handed Man ( OHM - Terry Burns )" <news.microsoft.com> wrote in message
Thats right, its all about what risk is acceptable, how hostile is the
environment in which you put your valuables at risk. Given enough time most
codes can be cracked eventually, the question is at what cost in time and
resources it takes to do this. For example, securing a novel with 128 BIT
RSA encryption would be good enough for me as an Author if I was
convinced
I
had written a bestseller, however, If I wrote an Autbiography ( being me ),
then simply asking for a clear password would be good enough.
Ha! Clear Text huh? I would not even send the password, just *hope*
someone adds something interesting... Mine would be 3 pages, and mainly
consist of TLA's.
As far as the obfusication argument goes, I think that has been covered. As
we keep repeating the same thing over and over, it just so happens Vortex
Soft has his opinion which we will refer to as "the wrong one" and then
there is what the rest of the world's opinion which we will call "fact"
As I stated with RSA. Yeah it can be decrypted. But going back to a
familar theory "Time is relative". Now, if you feel good taking 10 years to
crack someone's credit card number. So be it. =) Same thing with taking
10 years to crack someones obfusicated code.
You could have just spent the 2 weeks rewriting it yourself. =) Terry said
it best, "acceptable risk". That's how all of its done.. The likleyhood of
it being cracked in a "reasonable" amount of time is slim to none. One day
will it? Of course. One day we will cure cancer, vacation to the moon, and
have those cool little replicators from Star Trek so I can have Gino's Pizza
Rolls whenever I want...
We should have all those *relativly* soon... =)
