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crack a message [1 record]

Record 1 2000-10-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
CONT

In July 1997, it took 78,000 volunteered computers on the Internet 96 days to crack a message encrypted with DES (the Data Encryption Standard), a secret key algorithm that uses a single 56-bit key.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
CONT

En juillet 1997, il a fallu 96 jours et 78 000 ordinateurs branchés sur Internet pour déchiffrer un message chiffré à l'aide du système de chiffrement symétrique DES (Data Encryption Standard), algorithme à clé secrète qui utilise une seule clé de 56 bits.

Spanish

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