New report reveals vulnerability in security

jgalun writes "An article on ScienceDaily reports on building machines, for $60,000, that can break 56bit keys in 10 hours. Anything under 80 bits is vulnerable. Meanwhile, most banks are using 40 bit protection and the US is restricting export of greater than 56 bit encryption software. " This doesn't surprise me that much, remembering the "Deep Crack" machine that conquered DES-II-2.