From: Matt Thomlinson <mattt@microsoft.com>
To: “‘dlv@bwalk.dm.com>
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From: Matt Thomlinson <mattt@microsoft.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Jun 1996 14:32:57 +0800
To: "'dlv@bwalk.dm.com>
Subject: RE: Fate of Ecash if RSA is cracked?
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but probably not for decent RSA key lengths -- more probably the hashing
algorithm used will fall, with much the same consequences.
mattt
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>From: dlv@bwalk.dm.com[SMTP:dlv@bwalk.dm.com]
>Sent: Sunday, June 02, 1996 6:49 PM
>To: cypherpunks@toad.com
>Subject: Re: Fate of Ecash if RSA is cracked?
>
>ichudov@algebra.com (Igor Chudov @ home) writes:
>> scheme gets broken somehow? Suppose, for example, that someone
>> discovers an ultra-fast factoring algorithm or something like that.
>
>This'll happen, probably sooner than later.
>
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>
>Dr. Dimitri Vulis
>Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013,
>14.4Kbps
>
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