"Breaking codes: An impossible task?"
Pretty good article on how, if true, the NSA may have broken the encryption used by the Iranian intelligence service.
Hint: The answer is not a lot of computers in the NSA basement.
Second thought: Unless they have quantum computers in the basement...
Synopsis:
Recent reports that the United States had broken codes used by the Iranian intelligence service have intrigued experts on cryptology because a modern cipher should be unbreakable.
Hint: The answer is not a lot of computers in the NSA basement.
Second thought: Unless they have quantum computers in the basement...
Synopsis:
Recent reports that the United States had broken codes used by the Iranian intelligence service have intrigued experts on cryptology because a modern cipher should be unbreakable.
// 6/22/2004 
