Re: Odd behavior of CryptoSMS; was: Re: My my, how time flies ...... it's been about "1 hour"

Andrew Swallow wrote:
> Bryan Olson wrote:
>
> > Crypto@S.M.S wrote:
> >
> > > Joseph Ashwood made that claim, as the basis for his belief that
> > > CryptoSMS encrypted SMS messages could be "cracked" in under an
> > > hour:
> > >
> > > Assuming a common passphrase length of around 20 characters,
> > and > assuming it is English, this will have 20-30 bits of
> > entropy, MD5 > will be enough to uniquely identify each of
> > these, and MD5 can be > effectively reversed under these
> > circumstances in under 1 hour. > This will yield the entire
> > original passphrase, leading immediately > to a complete
> > compromise. So 1 hour. >
> > > <dJ5ue.882$N22.328@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com> >
> > "Joseph Ashwood" <ashwood@msn.com> >
> > > Note the statement, "MD5 can be effectively reversed in under 1
> > hour". In particular, note that the statement doesn't appear in the
> > quote of Joseph Ashwood. What Ashwood wrote was, "MD5 can be
> > effectively reversed under these circumstances in under 1 hour."
> >
> > Is it a reading problem? Mr. SMS seems to be an English-speaker.
> > Is it a lie? He provides the refutation himself, so there's no
> > serious intent to deceive. It's just weird.
> >
> >
> Trolls do not have to be sensible.
>
> The courts frequently have to deal with products that
> are not "fit for purpose" and manufactures trying to
> blame their incompetence on users.

Microsoft?

>
> Andrew Swallow
Received on Thu Sep 29 21:52:32 2005