Re: Hey old people

[Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>]

> Can crypto weaknesses be considered 'vulnerabilities'? In most cases (e.g. 
> cracking the Enigma code and deciphering the Zimmerman telegram) they are 
> done by humintly retrieving the key or brute-forcing the cipher in one way or 
> another.

In the case of Enigma, neither of those two were used.
 
> Anyway, if these count, I nominate the breaking of the Caesar cipher :-P
 
I can't recollect this leading to any significant disaster.

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