The key in DES is 56 bits. Assume Eve, the intruder, tries to find the key using

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The key in DES is 56 bits. Assume Eve, the intruder, tries to find the key using a brute-force attack (tries all of the keys one by one). If she can try one million keys (almost 220) in each second (using a powerful computer), how long does it take to break the code?

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Data Communications and Networking

ISBN: 978-0073376226

5th edition

Authors: Behrouz A. Forouzan

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