[4589] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
key vulnerability
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Udhay Shankar N)
Tue May 4 00:11:34 1999
Date: Tue, 04 May 1999 09:16:11 -0400
To: cryptography@c2.net
From: Udhay Shankar N <udhay@pobox.com>
In-Reply-To: <v03102805b3515bc63e95@[17.128.203.128]>
><http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/05/biztech/articles/02encr.html>
[...]
>"Researchers said that if his machine worked it would mean that
>cryptographic systems with keys of 512 bits or less -- that is, keys less
>than about 150 digits long -- would be vulnerable in the future, an
>exposure that would have seemed unthinkable only five years ago. The longer
>1,024-bit keys that are available today would not be vulnerable at present."
I'm curious -- I'm in the process of phasing out my 768-bit RSA key, but
would it still be considered secure ? And if so, for how long ?
Udhay
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Udhay Shankar N, Bangalore, India <udhay@pobox.com>
http://www.pobox.com/~udhay
finger for public key
