-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Tue, 16 Jan 1996, greg pitz wrote:
In speaking with an associate, he mentioned in passing that PGP had been broken a few weeks ago in San Diego by the DoD using a Cray. All questioning about said subject was ended immediately as he felt that he might have said too much how it was. Was PGP "broken"?
PGP has already been "broken" -- the 384-bit Blacknet key was factored. Just because the government may be able to factor a 512-bit key, it does not mean that they can break 2048, 1024, or even a 709-bit key. If this person was telling the truth, the government probably only broke a small key. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBMPxN6LZc+sv5siulAQHlKQP/cdHOmErMIUuIEGWdQ1EL+PhW5RexaxsA bUDv0eLZ8vPnRDShhWuA6Mo01Vvyej4hu+FkBomqKlmMSjl0YRK9UisoJ30gbrbj N1obHDsa7BK+jVt1rSujEECDS/GFJ+m4iPyJcnKVRlKK10n+2iTbQ24r2e3ZdcP0 59jYpfbYE8o= =ReUZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= markm@voicenet.com | finger -l for PGP key 0xf9b22ba5 http://www.voicenet.com/~markm/ | bd24d08e3cbb53472054fa56002258d5 PGP: Because sometimes, a _Captain Midnight_ decoder ring simply isn't enough.