From: Black Unicorn <unicorn@schloss.li>
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 1996 14:51:51 +0800
To: Cypherpunks <cypherpunks@toad.com>
Subject: RSA129
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At one point someone asked about how the breaking of RSA129 might impact
on the calculation of MIPSyears to crack a 512 bit RSA key (i.e. a PGP 512
bit key).

Was there ever an answer to this question?

Are there current guesses for 1024 and 512 bit keys out there?


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