VMs: Re: Giants of the Past

["Larry Roux" <LRoux@xxxxxxx>]

according to the Codebreakers book the VMS was started to be applied to the "Super" codebreaking software used by the military, but was halted (I believe)

I would think that most of the efforts done these days is probably comperable to what they had in those days though(?) ie stats analysis, etc


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Larry Roux
Syracuse University
lroux@xxxxxxx
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>>> dscott520@xxxxxxx 02/23/04 09:49AM >>>
Which makes me wonder whether or not the VMS has already have been subjected 
to 'supercomputer' analysis and a solution determined? But then, if that is 
the case, why not disclosed?

Regards,
Dana Scott


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "CWLee" <cwlee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 1:27 AM
Subject: VMs: Giants of the Past


>
> With all due respect to D'Imperio, Friedman, Manly, Tiltman,
> and other cryptologists of their era, I note that their work
> was all done before the advent of today's superfast
> computers - right?  Thus, there may be things that can be
> learned today about the VMS using cryptological methods that
> were impractical to attempt as recently as 25 years ago.  I
> urge us not to assume that if it wasn't solved by past
> giants of cryptology that it will never be solved using
> cryptological methods.
>
> Best regards to all.
> ----------
> CWLee
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> solution to their long-standing differences."  Tarzan,
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