The yearly energy output of the sun is a unit in common use in astrophysics (never mind the solar-system-centric point of view). For instance when I was still an astrophysicist, I would discuss clusters of galaxies in terms of their luminosity, usually calibrated to solar luminosity. Leads to ridiculously large numbers. I am not personally aware of anyone other than Rick using the term as a benchmark for brute force attacks. But people do frequently refer to the length of time to search a particular key space in terms of multiples of the age of the universe, so it's not much of a stretch. On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, Moore, James wrote: > Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 10:39:54 -0600 > From: "Moore, James" <James.Mooreat_private> > To: Tina Bird <tbird@precision-guesswork.com>, firewall-wizardsat_private > Subject: RE: VPN Glossary On Line! > > Just outta' curiosity: Do you have any references (other than Smith's book) > on the term "annual solar limit", and how that applies to brute-force key > searches? > > Jim Moore > 256.461.4381 > > ----------- PGP PUBLIC KEY FINGERPRINT ------------ > 1D9C 3AC3 34E6 EEDF 22B9 7886 7797 6908 048F 049B > --------------------------------------------------- > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Tina Bird [SMTP:tbird@precision-guesswork.com] > > Sent: Friday, January 07, 2000 12:15 PM > > To: firewall-wizardsat_private > > Subject: VPN Glossary On Line! > > > > > > Hi all -- > > > > Well, it's taken me nearly half a year, but I am > > delighted to report that we have a functional VPN > > glossary on line. It's at > > > > http://kubarb.phsx.ukans.edu/~tbird/vpn.html > > > > click on the last button, labelled (you guessed it) > > "Glossary." > > > > It's mostly based on the glossary from Rick Smith's > > book "Internet Cryptography" (thanks, Rick!). I've > > :added a few VPN specific terms. If there are others > > you'd like to see, send them along and I'll add them > > in. > > > > Whew! > > > > Tina > > > > "Doubt is an uncomfortable situation, but certainty is an > > absurd one." -- Voltaire > > > "Doubt is an uncomfortable situation, but certainty is an absurd one." -- Voltaire
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