-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 Snoken wrote: > Hi, I just read the latest CRYPTO-GRAM, June 15, 2007, by Bruce > Schneier. He writes: > > "We have a new factoring record: 307 digits (1023 bits). It's a > special number -- 2^1039 - 1 -- but the techniques can be > generalized. Expect regular 1024-bit numbers to be factored soon. > I hope RSA application users would have moved away from 1024-bit > security years ago, but for those who haven't yet: wake up. > http://www.physorg.com/news98962171.html " > > I suppose this means that 1024 bit RSA-keys are ridiculous and the > Open PGP Card is a joke. And what about all web sites protected by > SSL with a 1024-bit RSA-certificate? Snoken > Anyone who's worried about an entity with the power needed to break their messages in time to make any use of it has probably already been using a longer key size for a while now. - -- Windows NT 5.1.2600.2180 | Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 | Enigmail 0.95.1 | GPG 1.4.7 Key ID: 0x60A78FCB - available on major keyservers and upon request Fingerprint: 4A84 CAE2 A0D3 2AEB 71F6 07FD F88E 0340 60A7 8FCB -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iQEVAwUBRnR2PfiOA0Bgp4/LAQOpngf+JCg56eeHSN4KCD1UBW5AF7FjHMqy1pEO pY9M31GWR/1hnaHG3b0/EYjGUXiH5Ev5zBlwKFk7/fDqHqcrw88A+WRcpbVx1oHs ZQfjYUkqMic66sEwJ9HrXkBt1XQOFK6jsuVq7Ar3Irqy7rr2MzOYJcvpAgAoPJb3 34phVybR2UHS8N8JBe7qNXZvK0hkicH0mYO1a42HkWgsMU8WxpTAoDblVDIdCsRI 4wy0NP+j1i3LmY+SPwr/0U4yyYPp/6+0Y3UpVTHd8LZbEVVdsWJb6bZWAcDhEqTn +xfXSRIDQeee/Z8icBvn4J6W4I4rHQBMdzON9mjcf8sfekZ5biyAlA== =CeDk -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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