1995-01-16 - Re: request for factorising code
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From: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
To: aba@atlas.ex.ac.uk
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UTC Datetime: 1995-01-16 21:42:58 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 16 Jan 95 13:42:58 PST
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From: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 95 13:42:58 PST
To: aba@atlas.ex.ac.uk
Subject: Re: request for factorising code
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I suspect that this is not an RSA keysize, but an RC4 keysize. Does
it specify 40bit RSA keys? Or does it say "40 bit cryptographic key"?
I suspect something closer to the latter, in which case I highly doubt
it is an RSA key.
A 40-bit RSA key can be broken in seconds.
a 40-digit RSA key will take a few days.
-derek
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- 1995-01-16 (Mon, 16 Jan 95 13:10:55 PST) - request for factorising code - aba@dcs.exeter.ac.uk
- 1995-01-16 (Mon, 16 Jan 95 13:21:10 PST) - Re: request for factorising code - eric@remailer.net (Eric Hughes)
- 1995-01-16 (Mon, 16 Jan 95 13:42:58 PST) - Re: request for factorising code - Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
- 1995-01-17 (Mon, 16 Jan 95 16:48:08 PST) - Re: request for factorising code - Michael Handler <grendel@netaxs.com>