[OT] RE: telnet vs ssh on Core equipment , looking for reasons why ?

On Tue, 31 Jul 2001, Roeland Meyer wrote:

You are probably aware, but EFF published the DES crack. I understand that it is now an issue of cracking DES in less than 12 hours. 3DES is better but it only amounts to DES with a 128-bit key.

Definitely a limited shelf-live.

2^128/2^56 * 12hrs = 6.46 * 10^18 years I take it that you plan on living a lot longer then I do?