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[Alien Firefox]

i was simply stating

mitnick was a cracker

infact his probably the most famous cracker in history

today encryption is 360 bit

so slightly harder to crack but afterall any code is crackable.

[Joe Forster/STA]

Originally Posted by Alien Firefox

today encryption is 360 bit

so slightly harder to crack but afterall any code is crackable.

The encryption of WHAT is 360 bits?

And, yes, any code is crackable in theory but, perhaps, - at our current knowledge - a brute force algorithm may take longer than estimated time remaining until the Big Crash, even with a computer that consists of all the particles in the Universe. (Say, how about cracking a 10240 or ten times bigger bit RSA key. The cracking time increases exponentially with each new bit introduced...!) Would you call THAT a successful way of cracking?!

Do you understand what you're talking about?

[TippeX]

Originally Posted by Alien Firefox

i was simply stating
mitnick was a cracker

nah, social engineer more than cracker...

" Social engineering became his primary method of obtaining information, whether it be usernames, passwords, modem phone numbers and any number of other pieces of data." (wikipedia)

he aint all he's made out to be, infact other claim he took the punishment for their crimes... so i think its fair to say he wasn't / isn't the best... he just made a name for himself..