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Re: 2048-bit RSA keys
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matt Crawford)
Wed Aug 18 12:29:59 2010
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 10:19:56 -0500
From: Matt Crawford <crawdad@fnal.gov>
In-reply-to: <201008180325.o7I3PuvB026968@new.toad.com>
To: Cryptography List <cryptography@metzdowd.com>
Cc: John Gilmore <gnu@toad.com>
On Aug 17, 2010, at 10:25 PM, John Gilmore wrote:
> (Given their prediction that they won't be done with a 1024-bit number
> within 5 years, but they will be done "well within the next decade",
> which 1024-bit number are they starting to factor now? I hope it's a
> major key that certifies big chunks of the Internet for https today,
> rather than one of those silly challenge keys.)
If they announced which key they were working on, I would completely expect someone to demand a very amusing injunction against the performing of arithmetical operations.
"When mathematics is outlawed ..."
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