Re: 1024 bit RSA cracked?

2010-03-17 Thread James Muir
The RSA algorithm gives security under the assumption that as long as the private key is private, you can't break in unless you guess it. We've shown that that's not true, said Valeria Bertacco, an associate professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, in a

Re: 1024 bit RSA cracked?

2010-03-17 Thread netsecurity
On Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:27:06 +0530, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: Anyone know more? http://news.techworld.com/security/3214360/rsa-1024-bit-private-key-encryption-cracked/ RSA 1024-bit private key encryption cracked Researchers find weakness in security system By Network World

Re: 1024 bit RSA cracked?

2010-03-16 Thread Nicolas Williams
On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 09:27:06PM +0530, Udhay Shankar N wrote: Anyone know more? http://news.techworld.com/security/3214360/rsa-1024-bit-private-key-encryption-cracked/ My initial reaction from reading only the abstract and parts of the introduction is that the authors are talking about