1024 or 2048??

[Leigh S. Jones]

Of course the reason that messages encrypted with 4096 bits of public
key
can be broken is that the NSA is equipped to brute force the symmetric
encryption after some time.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Josh Huber" <huber@alum.wpi.edu>
To: "Leigh S. Jones" <kr6x@kr6x.com>
Cc: <gnupg-users@gnupg.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 8:51 AM
Subject: Re: 1024 or 2048??


> "Leigh S. Jones" <kr6x@kr6x.com> writes:
>
> > But, fly a jetliner into a building in New York and you can bet
that
> > 4096 bits will not keep your messages safe.
>
> I'm not so sure about that...
>
> Of course, at that point, it would be much easier to use social
> engineering tactics to get the information than trying to break the
> encryption.
>
> Also, I wonder what would be "faster", brute forcing the symmetric
> encryption on the payload, or factoring to get the key?
>
> ttyl,
>
> --
> Josh Huber