CDR: Re: Cost to "break" 1024-bit PGP (RSA) in 1997?

"jim bell" wrote:

I need an estimate of the cost to break a 1024-bit PGP key in 1997, given then-existing algorithms and hardware, etc.

"There are some things that money can't buy." Would you like an estimate of the cost to break into somebody's house and copy the secret key in 1997?