17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
Correction of one detail:
tcmay@got.net (Timothy C. May) writes: When you've done this, and concluded that RSA-129 could be done in, say, X minutes, then move on to RSA-384 (the BlackNet key cracked by the MIT group), and on to the 1024- and 2048-bit keys. Tell us how many years or centuries it will take. (Hint: Rivest and Schneier have done these
The BlackNet key break didn't have any MIT involvement: it was done by Paul Leyland of Oxford, Arjen Lenstra of Bellcore, Alec Muffet of Sun UK, and Jim Gillogly of Cypherpunks, RAND, and Gillogly Software in no particular order. Jim Gillogly Trewesday, 28 Foreyule S.R. 1995, 05:49