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I took the 'the straightforward approach would require about ten core-years and would not scale well' to mean they had a more efficient method.

• tptacek 15y ago
  They do, but does it matter? Ten core-years is not a forbidding threshold.
  • nohat 15y ago
    Not really - it does make a difference between amateur attackers and professional, but the potential value is high enough that there will probably be plenty of well funded attackers.