Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro Newsgroups: comp.os.vms Subject: Re: BridgeWorks Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2024 04:31:21 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 19 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2024 06:31:21 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="e8b75ad8e7aaf8b1a754381faa416e2b"; logging-data="1127826"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/HO2o994Z7Mb3/eQUewGbm" User-Agent: Pan/0.158 (Avdiivka; ) Cancel-Lock: sha1:EoMDFS7kKpFZorapDTyB1SFPbys= Bytes: 1704 On Mon, 22 Jul 2024 22:20:16 -0500, Grant Taylor wrote: > On 7/22/24 21:41, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > >> On Mon, 22 Jul 2024 21:17:57 -0500, Grant Taylor wrote: >> >>> The difference is that we've gotten a lot better at breaking AES. > >> What advances have been made on that score? > > Faster computation. > > Parallel computation. > > GPUs. > > Basically we've gotten better at crunching the numbers. And how has that translated to making us better at breaking AES?