On Mon, Feb 05, 2001 at 09:21:15AM -0500, Michael T. Babcock wrote:
> I should have been more specific. I assumed they would attack your public key
> -- and that was my issue ... 40 bit keys (most commonly used still) and
> eventually 128 bit keys should not be considered 'sufficient' to defeat an
> attacker willing to set aside ressources for 10 years to get all the SSN's that
> went down your pipe (as per my example).
Thats why 40/128 is refering to the session key, not to the Public Key. SSL
Certificates typically have 512/1024 or 2024bit Asymetric KEys. Are you sure
you know how SSL actually works?
Greetings
Bernd
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