[117694] in Cypherpunks
Re: NSA key in MSFT Crypto API
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan Olsen)
Thu Sep 9 00:50:03 1999
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Date: Wed, 08 Sep 1999 21:26:11 -0700
To: csvcjld@nomvs.lsumc.edu
From: Alan Olsen <alan@clueserver.org>
Cc: cypherpunks@Algebra.COM
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At 02:01 PM 9/3/99 -0500, csvcjld@nomvs.lsumc.edu wrote:
>
>> >NSAKEY is 1024 bits RSA. D.net does not stand a chance of breaking it.
>
>The NSA (like everyone else) must think no one (except possibly the NSA)
>can break 1024 bit RSA keys.
They did not want to have to get an export permit. ]:>
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