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1024-bit RSA key
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (vcarlos35@juno.com)
Sat Oct 25 15:33:52 1997
From: vcarlos35@juno.com
To: cryptography@c2.net
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 19:08:45 EDT
This is not a troll (this is a serious question):
How feasable would it be to attack a 1024-bit RSA key, in terms
of computing power required. Is the relationship between a 128-bit
conventional key and 3100-bit RSA key linear (ie, is a 1550-bit RSA
key equivalent to a 64-bit conventional key)?
