17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
Perry says:
Fine. However, you are, you realize, a fool. There is no point in building a house with 3 foot thick steel doors and walls made from paper. After 2^10 or 2^11 bits or so the key is no longer the weak link, and is not what people will attack since it no longer has a reasonable possibility of success. You are entitled to your opinions, of course.
Excuse me, What is your point. My 4096-bit rsa key is (last I looked 4096 == 2^12) over your 2^10 or 2^11 estimate and thus NOT the weak link. Why would you want the rsa key to BE the weak link? After all the rsa key will decrypt all your messages and the IDEA key is for (1) message only. -tom