Re: A very fast Fermat factoring algorithm

From: Erwann ABALEA (erwann_at_abalea.com)
Date: 03/31/05 

Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 08:22:19 +0200

On Thu, 31 Mar 2005, it was written:

> I use 4k bit keys. I let 1k bit keys expire rather quickly..
>
> Computers are fast and cheap enough nowdays. There really is no reason
> not to use them.
>
> I would like to think that CA root keys are in the 8K+ bits range.......

4k bits at most, but generally 2k bits max:
 - speed problem
 - hardware support (you use a software key, they use hardware tokens
   evaluated, tamper evident/resistant, ...)
 - unability to forsee more than 20 years in advance, so anything bigger
   than 2k bits doesn't have a lot of sense. 

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Erwann ABALEA <erwann@abalea.com> - RSA PGP Key ID: 0x2D0EABD5
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ah koi ca sert de donner son nom si ce n'est pour avoir des emmerdes ?
vous avez pas vu encore ke des barges il y en a partout et que devoiler
toute ces informations c'est dangereux ?
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