From: Anonymous User <nobody@c2.org>
Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1996 13:45:25 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re:  Is 1024-bit PGP key enough?
Message-ID: <199608020305.UAA11868@infinity.c2.org>
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> But the original author also needs to step back and understand his
> security needs.  In particular, if you're trying to protect your
> information against an enemy who is willing to spend $10B to get it,
> they'll have a lot of options other than hiding in a back room with some
> cracking equipment.  Would you be willing to sell them the information
> you're trying to protect for (say) 10% of that $10B?  Would your partner?
> Your wife?

The idea is simple. Since it is easy to increase the size of the
pgp key -- certainly easier than improving my wife -- it is not
uneconomical to be a little overly paranoid over the size of my
key. All it costs me is a couple of seconds of CPU time!