Comment Re: I scored a 100 yard touchdown (Score -1) 32
It all depends. How much "weaker"? If the weaker version is... half as difficult to break, but you found a way that speeds up your attacks by 200%.. Then you do have a real problem..
And sometimes we have those weaker encryption routines forced upon us. Do you remember the encryption hoopla of the late 1990's and early 2000's?
I do.. I remember when some websites had 128-bit encryption and some had 64 bits.. There was a whole distributed computing system that attacked a 56-bit version of DES? and busted it in.. I don't remember the amount of time it was.. But a few years later, a single computer did what took tens of thousands of machines working in tandem.
That's the question.. how much weaker? The algorithm stays the same, it's the key space that changes.. So. this MIGHT be a problem in a few more years. Better get ready to upgrade.