[118599] in Cypherpunks
Re: Israelis Crack RSA-512 in 12 Microseconds
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Eric Cordian)
Sun Oct 3 22:27:45 1999
From: Eric Cordian <emc@chao.insync.net>
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To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 19:11:42 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <v0421011bb41d858adbfe@[207.244.110.174]> from "Robert Hettinga" at Oct 03, 1999 06:14:01 PM
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RAH writes:
> The Israeli Weizmann Institute has broken RSA 512 bit encryption in, get
> this, 12uS (microseconds). And if that was not enough, it's handheld
> using a mix of quantum and optical computing technology.
Before I Bwahahaha, and suggest that someone read the TWINKLE press
release while stoned on drugs, is there any independent confirmation of
this (ahem) achievment?
I know we've poked a bit of fun at the Weizmann Institute in the past,
over their Press Releases claiming various great discoveries. Given that
the TWINKLE paper only described a sieving device which no one had yet
built, and a supercomputer with gigs of ram would still required to reduce
the Big Overdetermined Boolean Matrix after sieving is completed, you will
excuse me if I take this "RSA-512 broken in 12 Microseconds with handheld
quantum/optical device" claim with with a grain of salt.
In fact, if such a device exists, I will personally apologize to the
Weizmann Institute for making fun of them, and will promise not to laugh
at any future spoof Weizmann press releases Dr. Vulis may write. :)
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Eric Michael Cordian 0+
O:.T:.O:. Mathematical Munitions Division
"Do What Thou Wilt Shall Be The Whole Of The Law"
