1996-01-04 - Re: 2047 bit keys in PGP
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From: thomas@inch.com (Thomas Massengale)
To: “Mark M.” <cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1996-01-04 15:14:04 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 4 Jan 1996 23:14:04 +0800
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From: thomas@inch.com (Thomas Massengale)
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 1996 23:14:04 +0800
To: "Mark M." <cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: 2047 bit keys in PGP
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At 3:17 PM 1/3/96, Mark M. wrote:
>I really don't see the point of using a key larger than 2048 bits. Any larger
>key would actually be harder to factor than brute forcing the IDEA keyspace.
the world will never need more than 640K of RAM?
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