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> The equation system to be solved is rather huge (~20 megabytes when shown as ASCII text), therefore it is logical to assume the NSA required more efficient te
by akira2501 5y ago
> The equation system to be solved is rather huge (~20 megabytes when shown as ASCII text), therefore it is logical to assume the NSA required more efficient techniques to break it in the 1980s.
I would assume they're far more capable of building custom hardware to accomplish these attacks than needing to do all of them in software, especially in the 1980s.