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A tool for encrypting files using time-lock encryption and password (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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http://github.com/umutcamliyurt/TimeLockCrypt

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

What is the threat szenario?
If you are smart about parallelization and have access to custom hardware, couldn't you turn 5 days into 1 hour or less?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Yes, that's exactly the problem - there's nothing wrong with the encryption used, but it's IMHO incorrect to call it time-based when it's "work-based" and it just so happens that the specific computer doing the encryption works at a given speed.

I don't call my laptop's FDE time-based encryption just because I picked an encryption that takes it 10 seconds to decrypt the key.