Re: [Thinkpad] Thinkpad Hard Drive Passwords

From: Jonathan Graham <grahamj_at_virtue.cx>
Date: Mon Feb 02 2004 - 22:45:05 EST

Give me one example of cracking a OTP where the key factor was money.

J.
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From: "Dimitrios" <sehh@altered.com>
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Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 9:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Thinkpad Hard Drive Passwords

> On Mon, 2 Feb 2004 20:44:12 -0500 "Jonathan Graham" <grahamj@virtue.cx>
wrote:
>
> > So in the case of a computerized OTP your 'pro' has to work on
regularities
> > in the pseudo-random number generation. If it was simply a question of
> > money I might be concerned since the number of people with a lot of
money is
> > significantly larger than those with experience breaking OTP
cryptograpic
> > cyphers.
>
> I agree with Bruce here, that money is indeed a significant factor, which
> in the past has proven the 'key' to breaking an encryption.
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