We Challenge You!

The gauntlet has been thrown to the ground! So, you think you can crack 448-bit Blowfish encryption? Well give it a shot! You can win a 10 year free subscription to our business class Remote Backup, Archive and BRICK solutions (a $15,000.00 value). Talk about securing your data for less!

Interested? Keep reading then! However, to be fair we think we owe you a few facts before you embark on your quest for greatness (Yes greatness! You’d be the first to ever crack it!). Read them over and if you still feel the need to prove yourself and show us what you’re made of, then go for it! You’ve got as much time as you need to complete it.

The Facts

At Fortress, we take the security and privacy of your backup and archiving very seriously and that's why we use only the most powerful encryption systems available today. Our most secure encryption, 448-bit Blowfish is much stronger than what banks and even the military use today.

The relative strength of the encryption algorithm is based on key length. Bruce Schneier, creator of the Blowfish encryption algorithm, has calculated that according to what we know of quantum mechanics today, that the entire energy output of the sun is insufficient to break a 197-bit key. What does that say for 448-bit?

Here is a more generalized example:

The most common key lengths used by today’s web browsers are 40-bit and 128-bit. As a comparison, a 40-bit key can be cracked within a few hours by an average personal computer. However, a 128-bit key would take one BILLION powerful computers, each capable of trying one BILLION keys per second. In other words, it would take MILLIONS of years to try every possible combination of bits in a 128-bit key.

In the preceding example, the 128-bit encryption is not just three times stronger than 40-bit encryption — it is 309,485,009,821,345,068,724,781,056 times stronger. Performing this same analysis on a 448-bit encryption key yields an encryption strength that is 2.1X1096 times stronger than a 128-bit key.

The File

So, are still interested in proving yourself and becoming the first person in the world to ever do it? I bet the lure of 10 years free service is hard to resist. Well, if you can’t help yourself and you just have to give it a go then download the above file and get to work! Be sure to let us know as soon as you crack it by sending us the de-coded text. We’ll be happy to set you up with your free services that day, not to mention offer you an extremely high paying job.

Good Luck!