From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@imsi.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 94 13:22:43 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Unofficial Resease
In-Reply-To: <9406222012.AA07604@debbie.telos.com>
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Those who didn't understand my point the first thirty times I made it
aren't going to learn now. Anyone who cares to discuss this
individual's Idee Fixe on keysize (shall we call such people "size
queens" from now on?) can do so with me in private mail.

Tom Rollins says:
> Perry says:
> >Fine. However, you are, you realize, a fool. There is no point in
> >building a house with 3 foot thick steel doors and walls made from
> >paper. After 2^10 or 2^11 bits or so the key is no longer the weak
> >link, and is not what people will attack since it no longer has a
> >reasonable possibility of success. You are entitled to your opinions,
> >of course.
> 
> Excuse me, What is your point.
> My 4096-bit rsa key is (last I looked 4096 == 2^12)
> over your 2^10 or 2^11 estimate and thus NOT the weak link.
> Why would you want the rsa key to BE the weak link?
> After all the rsa key will decrypt all your messages
> and the IDEA key is for (1) message only.
> 
> 				-tom
>