1998-02-21 - Diffie-Hellman vs RSA

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From: “Eric J. Tune” <paladin@lvcablemodem.com>
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Message Hash: 9de47bfe6cc1233174059be3dc4e9ded73b4caf8e83cbf5266e220d4cd96208a
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UTC Datetime: 1998-02-21 00:01:56 UTC
Raw Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 08:01:56 +0800

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From: "Eric J. Tune" <paladin@lvcablemodem.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 08:01:56 +0800
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Subject: Diffie-Hellman vs RSA
Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19980220155427.007c1880@pop3.lvcablemodem.com>
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Can anyone tell me the differences between the Diffie-Hellman algorithm and
the RSA algorithm?  Is one cryptologically better? (DH let's you use 4096
bit keys versus 2048 bit keys for RSA in PGP 5.5).  Thanks for any and all
info.

Eric Tune

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