1996-08-01 - Is 1024-bit PGP key enough?

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From: nobody@REPLAY.COM (Anonymous)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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Message ID: <199608012016.WAA00739@basement.replay.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1996-08-01 23:32:54 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1996 07:32:54 +0800

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From: nobody@REPLAY.COM (Anonymous)
Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1996 07:32:54 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Is 1024-bit PGP key enough?
Message-ID: <199608012016.WAA00739@basement.replay.com>
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Is security provided by 1024-bit PGP key sufficient against most powerful
computers that are available today? Say if smoe organization spent 10
billions of dollars on a cracking machine, would it be possible to crack 
the keys in reasonable time?

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• 1996-08-01 (Fri, 2 Aug 1996 07:32:54 +0800) - Is 1024-bit PGP key enough? - nobody@REPLAY.COM (Anonymous)
  • 1996-08-02 (Fri, 2 Aug 1996 08:29:11 +0800) - Re: Is 1024-bit PGP key enough? - Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
    • 1996-08-02 (Fri, 2 Aug 1996 09:25:07 +0800) - Re: Is 1024-bit PGP key enough? - Jim Gillogly <jim@ACM.ORG>
  • 1996-08-02 (Fri, 2 Aug 1996 19:59:05 +0800) - Re: Is 1024-bit PGP key enough? - snow <snow@smoke.suba.com>