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Re: Diffie-Hellman 128 bit

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (bear)
Sat Mar 15 12:17:41 2003

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Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2003 00:40:31 -0800 (PST)
From: bear <bear@sonic.net>
To: NOP <nop@trapped-under-ice.com>
Cc: Anton Stiglic <astiglic@okiok.com>,
	<cryptography@wasabisystems.com>
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On Fri, 14 Mar 2003, NOP wrote:

>Nope, it uses 128 bit primes. I'm trying to compute the discrete logarithm
>and they are staying within a 128 bit GF(p) field. Sickening.
>
>Thnx.
>
>Lance


If they're using 128-bit primes, you don't really need to look for
breaks - just throw a cpu at it and you're done.

			Bear


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