[TrunkCom] can we decode encryption?

[James Brummett]

I've been trying myself to rememember
where I read it on the web or through
a book or magazine.

                        James,

--- Brian J Cathcart <scannerdude at juno.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 2 Nov 2006 09:02:28 -0800 (PST) James
> Brummett
> <the_scannerman at yahoo.com> writes:
> > Hate to bust everybody bubble but it been
> > done already.
> >     By 10 college students with the government
> > blessing and help.
> > So don't say it can't be done.
> >    They said the same thing with another
> scrambling
> > technology.
> > It only cost $29.95 to do it not millions or
> billions
> > of dollars worth of equipment. 
>  
> James, I'd be more than happy to have you burst my
> bubble, if you can
> show me the reference you are citing (weblink, etc).
>  Was it DVP?  DES? 
> DES-XL?  What key strength?  etc.  The best I could
> find online (at
> http://lasecwww.epfl.ch/memo/memo_des.shtml)
> describes using 18 computers
> to break one DES key in 4 days.  As I stated in my
> post, you are not
> going to be able to put that kind of computing power
> into a scanner, not
> in the near future anyway.  There's no doubt that
> one day they'll be able
> to, but by then you'll be dealing with AES or some
> other form of
> encryption and you're in the same situation, and
> again you also have the
> legal issue.  It's simply misleading to make a new
> scanner user think
> there's information out there that will enable him
> to be able to decode
> encryption.  Bottom line...decoding encryption is
> illegal and not
> technically feasible for a scanner.
>  
> For Jim in NJ, there was no intention of trying
> belittle you, at least
> not from me.  I assumed you knew more than you did
> about these systems
> and should have started first with the basics.
> 
> --
> 
> The Scanner Dude
> Brian J. Cathcart - KE4PMJ
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