1996-08-02 - Re: Is 1024-bit PGP key enough?

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From: snow <snow@smoke.suba.com>
To: Anonymous <nobody@REPLAY.COM>
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Reply To: <199608012016.WAA00739@basement.replay.com>
UTC Datetime: 1996-08-02 11:59:05 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1996 19:59:05 +0800

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From: snow <snow@smoke.suba.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1996 19:59:05 +0800
To: Anonymous <nobody@REPLAY.COM>
Subject: Re: Is 1024-bit PGP key enough?
In-Reply-To: <199608012016.WAA00739@basement.replay.com>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.93.960802002837.833A-100000@smoke.suba.com>
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On Thu, 1 Aug 1996, Anonymous wrote:

> Is security provided by 1024-bit PGP key sufficient against most powerful
> computers that are available today? Say if smoe organization spent 10
> billions of dollars on a cracking machine, would it be possible to crack 
> the keys in reasonable time?


     I'd bet if they wanted it that bad they'd spend a half million on 
buying the key.


Petro, Christopher C.
petro@suba.com <prefered for any non-list stuff>
snow@smoke.suba.com

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• 1996-08-01 (Fri, 2 Aug 1996 07:32:54 +0800) - Is 1024-bit PGP key enough? - nobody@REPLAY.COM (Anonymous)
  • 1996-08-02 (Fri, 2 Aug 1996 08:29:11 +0800) - Re: Is 1024-bit PGP key enough? - Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
    • 1996-08-02 (Fri, 2 Aug 1996 09:25:07 +0800) - Re: Is 1024-bit PGP key enough? - Jim Gillogly <jim@ACM.ORG>
  • 1996-08-02 (Fri, 2 Aug 1996 19:59:05 +0800) - Re: Is 1024-bit PGP key enough? - snow <snow@smoke.suba.com>