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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: IBM Applies for Password Manager Patent
From:       Jason Keirstead <jason () keirstead ! org>
Date:       2003-11-13 20:27:13
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On November 13, 2003 2:10 pm, George Staikos wrote:
> Quoting Jason Keirstead <jason@keirstead.org>:
>    Sorry, when did you last brute-force a relatively large chunk of data
> encrypted 16 rounds blowfish with a key generated with 1000 rounds of
> SHA-1?  I would like to see this hardware.

Just cause I don't have the hardware doesn't mean my attacker doesn't.
He may have some 1000 machine G5 cluster crunching away at it for a few 
months, I don't know.

Besides, hardware is cheap. The point is that KWallet is subject to 
brute-force type attacks that a properly set up box's login is not.

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