December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

RE: RSA is weak link
by Karl Lui Barrus 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > ...the IDEA encryption algorithm used in PGP is actually > MUCH stronger than RSA given the same key length. Even with a 1024 bit > RSA key, it is believed that IDEA encryption is still stronger, and, > since a chain is no stronger than it's weakest link, it is believed that > RSA is actually the weakest part of the RSA - IDEA approach. >Confirmation? True; it is more expensive to do a brute force search over the IDEA keyspace than it is to factor a 1024 bit number using the best known factoring algorithm :) I did some calculations once and I think the crossover point is between 1500 and 1600 bits, at which point factoring becomes more difficult than searching. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.3a iQCVAgUBLUA1OoOA7OpLWtYzAQGjwwQAwhDqTc6TKZqEjfO1xbC1llasfVfOL3wM 72ofDeWtw7vtdxFb98iLShomdwr12G6I+7qbHwzKyLM5+r/T/DzNRAW2e+MD894Y DNAZazRz2YLuiGpr0LBSC1S6EyFbtcuwoPh1U5LORyUrEo4YCJsYYoFfcnN+Vb8B ddv28VkktBs= =irY2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Knowledgeable people in the Boston area
by Alan (Miburi-san) Wexelblat 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I know that some members of this list are in the Boston area; I'm also wondering if any of the "names" in crypto live up here. I'm trying to arrange a talk (elementary level) for a group of human-interface designers I chair and am hunting up speaker ideas. I will be out of the office tomorrow, but will respond to emails Monday. Thanks! --Alan Wexelblat, Reality Hacker, Author, and Cyberspace Bard Media Lab - Advanced Human Interface Group wex(a)media.mit.edu Voice: 617-258-9168 Page: 617-945-1842 an53607(a)anon.penet.fi All the world's a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed.

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unsubscribe plea
by Wendy Whoppers 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

sorry, I KNOW that unsubscribe messages should be routed to -request but I have tried that many many times in all possible combinations to no avail. Anyone know the secret password to unsubscribe? Muchas, and sorry for the wasted space. --Joel <growjc(a)whitman.edu>

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Re: APPLIED CRYPTOGRAPHY - Index
by norm＠netcom.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 11:12 1/19/94 -0600, Bruce Schneier wrote: ...etc. ... Thanks for the index. You probably sold another book here.

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DeTwEiLeR IdIoCy (was Re: SQUISH IDIOCY)
by lefty＠apple.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

"Leisure Suit" Larry Detweiler writes: > >Do YOU really think that *anything* can be posted without ANYONE being >accountable? YOU cypherpunks, YOU are nothing but drenched, permeated, >rotton, noxious IDIOTS. Even J. Helsingius, operator of the most >reliable anonymous site ever, has apparently censored S.Boxx in >response to YOUR pressure. Doesn't it bother you to realize that your >most treasured beliefs, the most sacred elements of your religion, are >nothing but LIES? YOU have clung to the illusion that no one is >accountable for anything, when in fact YOU VIOLATE and DEBASE YOUR OWN >SACRED RELIGION. Heh. Detweiler as McElwaine. Pull the other one, Larry. -- Lefty (lefty(a)apple.com) C:.M:.C:., D:.O:.D:.

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Knapsack filling
by peb＠PROCASE.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

A question for the math wizards out there: What is the computational complexity of knapsack filling as a function of dimension? Paul E. Baclace peb(a)procase.com

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UNSUBSCRIBE
by Adam R. Long 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Re: postmaster@lance.colostate.edu speaks bounce
by css＠netcom.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message:

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Applied Cryptography, $35.71
by John Chang 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

README.DOC, a Pennsylvania-based computer book discounter, sells their books at a 25% discount. $2 for S&H, though if you buy 3 or more books at a time they waive shipping charges as well. They have Applied Cryptography in stock. 800-678-1473. I also asked about Intro to Komolgorov Complexity; they don't stock it. I forgot to ask about Koza's Genetic Programming. - John

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Unsubscribe
by maloneyt＠cae.wisc.edu 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I am mailing this because I would like to be took of the mailing list for cypherpunks. Thank you maloneyt(a)cae.wisc.edu

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