At 10:39 AM 01/10/2000 -0600, Moore, James wrote: >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? Bruce Schneier talks about it in "Applied Cryptography" and the folks at the Natl Research Council talked about it in their CRISIS report. I've seen arguments by physicists as to whether or not the arguments really hold water, based on different interpretations of the notion of entropy. Some physicists claim that the concept is sound while others say it's a misinterpretation. So maybe we have the speed of light, or maybe we have the 'sound barrier.' Rick. smithat_private "Internet Cryptography" at http://www.visi.com/crypto/
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