Please note the following follow-up message on cypherpunks from Ian Goldberg:
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Goldberg) Subject: CDR: Re: 1024-bit RSA keys in danger of compromise Date: 24 Mar 2002 18:08:32 GMT In article <00e101c1d2d8$c9768080$c33a080a@LUCKYVAIO>, Lucky Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >The panel, consisting of Ian Goldberg and Nicko van Someren, put forth >the following rough first estimates: I'd just like to credit the "O(minutes)" calculation to Nicko; my own opinion was that: - We have no reason to believe the asymptotic result applies to "real" keylengths (2^1024 <<< infinity) - The physical properties of such a machine (size, power, cooling, etc.) seem implausible to me. I personally don't intend to be revoking my 1024 bit key at this time. - Ian --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]