brute-forcing

[awol]

Does anyone know if there is any BF on secc 2 being done.
any info / site's etc
cheers
awol

[JimM]

I don't think so m8. The general consensus is that the key length has changed with S2 and it is now so big that it is not realistically possible to BF it

[awol]

Where do that leave us then m8 (keep it clean);
insider perhaps !!!
awol

[JimM]

Yep it looks pretty bleak at the moment

I don't know a lot about how the systems get cracked but I'd guess the quickest way will be for someone who works for the encryption system company to spill the beans on how it works. This is pretty unlikely unless the company does something to
seriously piss an employee off.

Another option would be for a commercial hacking set-up to bribe an employee although this wouldn't help the likes of you and me as these hackers aren't going to give away something they just paid for.

However it may be something as simple as a provider etc making a cock up with an update that gives everything away or a hacker hitting the billions in one chance of stumbling across the correct combination of things that open the system up.

Computers are getting quicker all the time so it may be that in the not too distant future a Bf of S2 could happen

I'm sure it will be cracked at some stage but wouldn't like to guess when !


Jim