1024 or 2048??

[Marco Vogt]

On Fri, 12 Apr 2002, David K. Trudgett wrote:

> On Thursday 2002-04-11 at 20:59:16 -0700, Leigh S. Jones wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> ...and how many millions of years is that?

Lol, I totally agree. It is much cheaper to use the CIA, FBI or some other
intelligence agencies to pay for information, than to use computer power
over - lets say - 20 years...


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