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Re: [inbox] Re: Cisco LEAP exploit tool...


From: "Dave Howe" <DaveHowe () cmn sharp-uk co uk>
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 16:19:14 +0100

Curt Purdy wrote:
Agreed.  If the packets/hashes can be accessed it can be compromised.
"Unbreakable" has been touted from the 48-bit Netscape encryption
that took USC's distributed network a week to crack, to Oracle 9i
that took one day to compromise, I believe.
You are preaching to the choir there - however, my boss is preferring to
believe the consultant's claims that the 10 minute key cycle (communicated
by TLS) makes the system unbreakable.... so it doesn't need to be on a DMZ
and can work "just like they were on the lan"

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