The article seems to cover two things here:
- Brute force "vulnerability".
- Unauthenticated DoS.
The former seems to be the focus, but it is hardly the most shocking of the two. You can always do a brute force key search with any captured data, and one would assume that, being DES, it is at least 56 bits. The unauthenticated DoS, however, presents a serious flaw.
It sounds to me like someone saw an episode of The Simpsons involving Mr Burns and lake Springfield and decided it'd be a great idea. Either that or they're just pushing the boundaries of what we can do for the sheer sake of it. Next on the list: a fusion reactor in the earth's core!
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So this is why the pigs were at war with them...
The article seems to cover two things here: - Brute force "vulnerability". - Unauthenticated DoS. The former seems to be the focus, but it is hardly the most shocking of the two. You can always do a brute force key search with any captured data, and one would assume that, being DES, it is at least 56 bits. The unauthenticated DoS, however, presents a serious flaw.
Finally I can get that operation to swap out my voice box with Patrick Stewart's. Make it so!
It sounds to me like someone saw an episode of The Simpsons involving Mr Burns and lake Springfield and decided it'd be a great idea. Either that or they're just pushing the boundaries of what we can do for the sheer sake of it. Next on the list: a fusion reactor in the earth's core!
There's only one explanation for this: they must've hired Jack Thompson for their legal department. Man the subpoena cannons!
Four hundred grand!? Why not do what they usually do? Put the data on a laptop and leave it at a train station...