Re: Interesting Discussion with US Government Computer Expert

From: David A. Scott (daVvid_a_scott_at_email.com)
Date: 08/30/03 

Date: 29 Aug 2003 23:10:01 GMT

Richard Heathfield <dontmail@address.co.uk.invalid> wrote in
news:biom08$e5p$1@titan.btinternet.com:

>
> That's about the limit of mine, too. But I think I can guarantee that,
> if it were that easy to break RSA, people would be breaking it left,
> right and centre, and therefore nobody would use it any more as soon
> as the news got out. And it /would/ have got out on sci.crypt. And it
> hasn't, so it isn't.
>
>

   It may be broken. The point is if the NASA broke it you would never
know. If you friend was correct expect to have a visit or if your friend
has a fatal accident be sure to let us know.

   But what most don't realize. In some ways it has been broken. In the
sense that a few short years ago people felt a certain key size would be
safe till the sun burnt out. But strangely that number of bits for a key
size seems to keep growing. What was safe yesterday is not safe today
so I would think one could safely say what is safe today may not be safe
tomorrow as far as key size goes.
 

David A. Scott 

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