1994-07-06 - Re: Windows for Workgroups 3.11

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From: gtoal@an-teallach.com (Graham Toal)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1994-07-06 13:48:35 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 6 Jul 94 06:48:35 PDT

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From: gtoal@an-teallach.com (Graham Toal)
Date: Wed, 6 Jul 94 06:48:35 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Windows for Workgroups 3.11
Message-ID: <199407061348.OAA03636@an-teallach.com>
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	If it really is public key, and if the keys really are quite short,
	then its probably really *not* secure.  Remember than a 129-digit
	(~425 bit) RSA key was broken in 8 months!  A 384-bit RSA key is
	therefore not secure!

And if the NSA have a million-processor supercomputer, make that a couple
of hours.  Thank goodness it doesn't scale with bigger keylengths!

G





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