Re: Dilbert - Rob, isn't this a quote you use in crypto lectures?

[Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>]

> As well as randomness, I also like to hit on the idea of very large numbers.  We 
> throw around 512 bits and so forth, without really knowing how big that is.  I 
> recall one Usenet discussion, where someone said that a 512 bit key was too weak, 
> because a computer in the basement of the CIA had all possible 512 bit keys stored 
> in a database.  Turns out that, if you managed to store one 512 bit key on every 
> hydrogen atom in the universe (and that would be a cute trick), that you would 
> need 10^60 universes to store all the keys.  Comment was made that if the CIA 
> *was* keeping pocket universes around the Virginia landscape for key storage 
> purposes, it would tend to affect local gravity.

Unless you use the obvious compression system, which would allow you to 
store all possible 512 bit keys on one side of a floppy disk. If you like, 
I'll demonstrate this - let me know which one you want, and I'll 
unpack it from the database and email it to you.

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