Impressive. the first real world test of the Tianhe-1, the worlds fastest computer

[rudder]

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/nov/15/internet-traffic-was-routed-via-chinese-servers/

Or am I just being paranoid? I wonder how fast the Tianhe-1 could break 256bit AES encryption.

The article said the redirect was not deliberate. With many routing products made in China it would not be hard for them to insert backdoors. Plus they do have a track record of large scale computer maliciousness.

I doubt the congressional report will provide any further details.

 

[MooseNSquirrel]

Front what I have read about encryption breaking we have as much to worry about with these highly parallel GPU's we've had for the last few years.

 

[yllus]

Or am I just being paranoid? I wonder how fast the Tianhe-1 could break 256bit AES encryption.

Assuming that there are no flaws in AES (likely not, considering the way it was finalized) it'd still take every circuit that exists on Earth longer than the galaxy has existed. I think side-channel attacks might be a concern, but probably not because of how the Web implementation of encryption is designed.

 

[DesiPower]

I thought they already tested it in real world. Or it was just the data gathering phase for the test.