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Bruce Schneier once equated the security of a 256 bit private key by comparing the energy needed to brute force all possible combinations of 256 bits to the amo
by downer94 13y ago
Bruce Schneier once equated the security of a 256 bit private key by comparing the energy needed to brute force all possible combinations of 256 bits to the amount of energy harnessed for one year by a Dyson Sphere built around the sun.
So maybe there's a correlation, in the sense of knowing the GPS coordinates of Fort Knox, and targeting it with an ICBM?
- perfmode 13y agolink: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/09/the_doghouse_cr.html https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/09/the_doghouse_...
- downer94 13y agoThat's the one!
- alexeisadeski3 13y agoIsn't the gold at Fort Knox already off the market? Would destroying it really alter the value of existent non-Knox gold that much? How much?
- downer94 13y agoWell, what if you just ransom it? Targeting it is hardly destructive.
- jorgem 13y agoHow do you threaten to destroy gold?
- downer94 13y agoOh, I dunno, maybe by promising to vaporize it with multiple thermonuclear warheads? I mean, I did contrast the idea with an a attack involving a hypothetical Dyson sphere...
- joezydeco 13y agoIt's not a bad idea. In fact, I found a how-to video. http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0058150/ http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0058150/
- downer94 13y agoIt's either that or sharks with frickin' "LASER" beams attached to their heads...
- jorgem 13y agoI suppose if you manage to break into Fort Knox, you might have some nukes, too. Seems like not-the-simplest-plan.