I can get close to that on my .11n network.

I don't know what the hell kind of compiler you're using to generate these crufty executables, but GCC produces the exact same binaries for source with comments vs source code without.

Or am I missing a joke here?

What? Java has ALWAYS been compiled down to bytecode, even Oak was like this - the virtual machine that runs said bytecode is a core feature of the platform. Java was NEVER an interpreted language.

I'm a tad confused about your comment re: chefs and awesome ingredients - if you have good ingredients, it's pretty easy to make good food. With mediocre ingredients you need a lot of skill to make good food..

Unlike the Israelis who don't get any foreign funding whatsoever, especially not for weapons. Nope, perish the thought.

An invite can also be used as a noun, it's perfectly accepted usage.

You fail the Internets. (Hint: Iceland != Finland)

My bad, didn't get that you were replying to that.

And yes, 256-bit RSA is trivially decrypted, has been for quite a while.

From my reading of their FAQ, it seems that this tool can be used to decrypt the encrypted backup images that iTunes takes when syncing the phone, not the phones themselves.

Am I wrong? If it's the backup images, then I see the potential attack vector as slightly less serious as an iPhone is usually a lot easier to lose / have stolen from you than the machine you sync it with.

They ARE talking about AES. No one uses asymmetric encryption for large amounts of data, due to its slow speed.