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Re: What's the state of the art in factorization?

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Florian Weimer)
Thu Apr 22 13:55:46 2010

From: Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>
To: Thierry Moreau <thierry.moreau@connotech.com>
Cc: 'Cryptography' <cryptography@metzdowd.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 18:59:49 +0200
In-Reply-To: <4BD08361.3020107@connotech.com> (Thierry Moreau's message of
	"Thu, 22 Apr 2010 13:12:01 -0400")

* Thierry Moreau:

> Florian Weimer wrote:
>> * Thierry Moreau:
>>
>>> For which purpose(s) is the DNS root signature key an attractive
>>> target?
>>
>> You might be able to make it to CNN if your spin is really good.

> But even without this self-restraint, there would be no spin for a CNN
> story. Dedication to good cryptographic key management is squarely
> dull and boring for a typical person.

I was referring to news of a breach (whether through factoring or
otherwise), not the key management procedures as such.

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