The yearly energy output of the sun is a unit in common use
in astrophysics (never mind the solar-system-centric point of view).
For instance when I was still an astrophysicist, I would
discuss clusters of galaxies in terms of their luminosity,
usually calibrated to solar luminosity. Leads to ridiculously
large numbers.
I am not personally aware of anyone other than Rick using the
term as a benchmark for brute force attacks. But people do frequently
refer to the length of time to search a particular key space in
terms of multiples of the age of the universe, so it's not much
of a stretch.
On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, Moore, James wrote:
> Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 10:39:54 -0600
> From: "Moore, James" <James.Moore_at_MSFC.NASA.GOV>
> To: Tina Bird <tbird_at_precision-guesswork.com>, firewall-wizards_at_nfr.net
> Subject: RE: VPN Glossary On Line!
>
> Just outta' curiosity: Do you have any references (other than Smith's book)
> on the term "annual solar limit", and how that applies to brute-force key
> searches?
>
> Jim Moore
> 256.461.4381
>
> ----------- PGP PUBLIC KEY FINGERPRINT ------------
> 1D9C 3AC3 34E6 EEDF 22B9 7886 7797 6908 048F 049B
> ---------------------------------------------------
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tina Bird [SMTP:tbird_at_precision-guesswork.com]
> > Sent: Friday, January 07, 2000 12:15 PM
> > To: firewall-wizards_at_nfr.net
> > Subject: VPN Glossary On Line!
> >
> >
> > Hi all --
> >
> > Well, it's taken me nearly half a year, but I am
> > delighted to report that we have a functional VPN
> > glossary on line. It's at
> >
> > http://kubarb.phsx.ukans.edu/~tbird/vpn.html
> >
> > click on the last button, labelled (you guessed it)
> > "Glossary."
> >
> > It's mostly based on the glossary from Rick Smith's
> > book "Internet Cryptography" (thanks, Rick!). I've
> > :added a few VPN specific terms. If there are others
> > you'd like to see, send them along and I'll add them
> > in.
> >
> > Whew!
> >
> > Tina
> >
> > "Doubt is an uncomfortable situation, but certainty is an
> > absurd one." -- Voltaire
> >
>
"Doubt is an uncomfortable situation, but certainty is an
absurd one." -- Voltaire
Received on Jan 12 2000
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