Originally Posted by mbreuer
Many believe that if it's allowed to be commercially available it's only because the NSA has already developed a means to crack it. AFAIK, the only technology which is uncrackable given our current understanding of mathematics and the laws of physics is Quantum encryption. I would agree that your 63 bit password WPA is sufficiently safe for the typical user. In general, the goal is to keep the cost of cracking the system above any potential benefit to the cracker.
You know- I agree with you.
I think there was a time when PGP was uncrackable- and maybe still is- and there was that export only version... that was about the EXACT same time that law makers started talking about cracking down on the internet.
I remember this GREAT article on using a track from an audio CD as the key... so basically I could send you a file and then if we both had Willie Nelson's greatest hits you could you "The red headed stranger" as the key and I'd never have to risk sending it seperatly... I was blown away at the time. So I started thinking... hummm NSA, etc cannot make a public stink about this being a danger, but they can crack down on internet comerce, regulations, etc.
I suspect a super computer could crack WPA with a 63bit passphrase in a few hours (who knows... days, minutes...?) but I'm more worried about what is in index.dat in the windows folder (entire computer usage history perhaps?)
Sorry... derailed the thread with consipricy theroy... and No I don't live at home in my parent's basement
