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I know scrypt is awesome, but isn't encrypted traffic still problematic if all traffic is being recorded? If the NSA Rubaiyat has virtually unlimited resources,
by phamilton 13y ago
I know scrypt is awesome, but isn't encrypted traffic still problematic if all traffic is being recorded? If the NSA Rubaiyat has virtually unlimited resources, doesn't tarsnap eventually break down as a safe way to backup data? I'd love to hear Colin chime in.
- cperciva 13y agoDepends what exactly you mean by "virtually unlimited". A direct attack on the crypto in Tarsnap is ~ 2^128 operations, which is beyond even the wildest guesses of NSA's computing capacity. In practice, they would attack in another direction -- e.g., exploit a vulnerability in your web browser to take over your computer and steal your keys.