: Matt Curtin
: Brute Force Cracking the Data Encryption Standard
: Copernicus
: 9780387271606
: 1
: CHF 25.60
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: Naturwissenschaft
: English
: 292
: Wasserzeichen
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In 1996, the supposedly uncrackable US federal encryption system was broken. In this captivating and intriguing book, Matt Curtin charts the rise and fall of DES and chronicles the efforts of those who were determined to master it.
Contents4
Foreword6
Preface9
Acknowledgments11
1 Working Late13
2 Keeping Secrets15
3 Data Encryption Standard23
4 Key Length35
5 Discovery48
6 RSA Crypto Challenges52
7 Congress Takes Note59
8 Supercomputer66
9 Organizing DESCHALL72
10 Needle in a Haystack83
11 Spreading the Word85
12 The Race Is On93
13 Clients99
14 Architecture105
15 Progress121
16 Trouble128
17 Milestones133
18 Gateways141
19 Network145
20 Download147
21 Short Circuit157
22 DESCHALL Community164
23 Proposal168
24 In the Lead170
25 Recruiting173
26 Threats178
27 Overdrive191
28 Distributed200
29 An Obstacle208
30 Export213
31 Getting Word Out215
32 Salvos in the Crypto Wars228
33 New Competition233
34 Netlag237
35 Terminal Velocity239
36 Duct Tape246
37 Showdown in the Senate252
38 “ Strong Cryptography Makes the World a Safer Place”255
39 Aftermath262
40 Staying the Course266
41 In Retrospect269
Notes276
Index279