Hi,
One of the local Linux user groups had a talk at their meeting as well as
some extended discussion on the mailing list regarding RSA keys and
factoring.
In particular a claim was made that recent technology has come to light that
allows factoring of 1024 bit RSA keys at $1B (US)/day. The basi
At 03:12 PM 10/27/03 -0500, Tyler Durden wrote:
>spend pennies. Eventually you gotta figure that'll eat into the
invasionary
>funds, no? (Or am I being naive?)
To a troll-like extent.
The government left the gold (etc) standard so they could print money to
fund wars.
They will also not hesitate t
> ECC: "Our algorithm is so good it has been
>licensed by the NSA".
Yes. ... the MQV exchange is the 'best'
authentication/key exchange protocol known. Using
large ECC keys would hedge against even breakthroughs
in quantum computing.
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On Oct 26, 2003, at 3:57 PM, Jurgen Botz wrote:
1) The general public doesn't really use crypto... partly because
it's "off the social radar", partly because it's just too difficult,
etc., etc. As a result the TLAs can employ the kind of Orwellian
mas
"YOU want to do the encryption, not the ISP who can be secretly subpoenaed
to
hand over the plain text."
Well, that too!
My point is and has been "crypto is econnomics" (to paraphrase Tim May
during one of his moments of clarity). Better to get 'them' to get a
subpeona and make 'em expend the
Will ECC work with blinding (Chaum, Brands, etc.) techniques?
Just curious.
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On Sun, 26 Oct 2003 22:01:50 -0600 (CST)
"J.A. Terranson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Am I the only one here who finds this "requirement" excessive? My god: are
> we looking to keep these secrets for 50 years, or 5 (or more) years?
>
> Or am I missing something?
>
> --
> Yours,
> J.A. T
On Monday, October 27, 2003, at 08:50 AM, Tyler Durden wrote:
"Basically they say things like "If you think the government can't
break all
the encryption schemes that we have, you're nuts." This guy was a
math major
too, so he understands the principles of crypto."
Basically, the answer was h
At 5:41 PM -0600 10/27/03, Neil Johnson wrote:
>Will ECC work with blinding (Chaum, Brands, etc.) techniques?
I've heard serious people discuss it with a straight face, at least.
Chaumian blinding is simply big number multiplication, right?
And Chaum's double-spending detection is an M-of-N ha
