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Parallel Algorithm Leads to Cryptography Breakthrough
![[article image]](/system/assets/0000/2241/020110_frhack_David_Hulton.large.jpg?1265034857&1265034856 "Pico Computing Inc. Staff Engineer David Hulton")
"This DES cracking algorithm demonstrates a practical, scalable approach to accelerated cryptography," says Pico Computing Staff Engineer David Hulton.
Credit: www.frhack.org
Pico Computing announced that it has achieved the highest-known benchmark speeds for 56-bit DES decryption, with reported throughput of over 280 billion keys per second achieved using a single, hardware-accelerated server. The 56-bit DES is now considered obsolete, having been replaced by newer and more secure Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) encryption methods.
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