From: patrick@Verity.COM (Patrick Horgan)
Date: Fri, 6 Oct 95 10:28:52 PDT
To: sjb@universe.digex.net
Subject: Re: subjective names and MITM
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> 
> A public key *is* "very probably unique".  A "randomly selected" 1024 bit
> prime number has a specific amount of entropy in it.  The likelihood of
> two users world wide "randomly" choosing the same such prime may be
> precisely determined (assuming you can figure the entropy).
> 
Given the difficulty of finding primes, how likely do you think it is that
given one of the well known methods and finding the first 1024 bit prime
that pops out would give you an effective attack?

Patrick
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