In the computer age, whats so hard to make an uncrackable code?

Question

There's so much talk about making hard codes, but it seems simple! For example, the code could be just a string of a million numbers. That would last at least a million letters of encryption.

Answer 1

1) The more encryption the longer it takes to load, process.
2) You trade security with convince. (ex: locking your car)
3) make a better mouse trap and smarter mouse comes around.

Answer 2

There is some encryption that is darn near uncrackable. Crackers (people who crack codes, passwords, encryption, etc,... a hacker for lack of a better way to put it just means very skilled computer programmer.) now are using bruit force to crack things. Lets just say the encryption method is rock solid but your password is "password" or something in the dictionary. Somone can ask a computer program to send a new word from the dicitionary every 15 seconds to see if it is your password. You will eventually be compromised. That is why companies suggest strongly typed passwords (i.e. Capital letter, lowercase letter and a number w/ at least 8 characters total) so that at worse the chances of guessing your password is 1/62 ^ 8 power which in my eyes is as good as zero.

There is just more computer power out there so brute force attacks are now more common attacks.

RJ

Answer 3

Encryption is a mathematical algorithm. It's very difficult to write one and prove no other algorithm exists that can produce the same result.

Also. Given enough time and CPU power, all encryption algorithms can be cracked given that the person can input text and compare it to the encrypted output. A brute force search can find the encryption key; once that's done decrypting is easy.

Answer 4

Who could remember a sting of one million numbers?

Codes are easier to crack, because computers are becoming more powerful. The more power you throw at the code, the sooner it will be cracked.

Answer 5

My theory is that as technology gets better so do the hackers. If it wasn't for the hackers then security wouldn't need to be improved. It's a vicious circle. One needs the other. It's all about making money these days.

Answer 6

Because for every mind that is working on the best way to stop hackers...there are an equal amount of clever minds working on making hack-proof nothing more then a hyphenated word.

Answer 7

computers would have to generate the million letters.So therefore they have the ability to decode this string.The speed of modern computers linked together (as per Big Blue and the Japanese experiments) have the capacity to do this in realtime.

Answer 8

Ah yes, but it is still finite, and binary.............