-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- To: cypherpunks@toad.com Date: Sat Jul 13 12:51:36 1996
On Thu, 11 Jul 1996, Chris Adams wrote:
check your setup. I used to run a 386-20 (5MB RAM) and it took about 3 seconds for a 1024 bit key. Given it didn't even have a copro (not sure when/if PGP uses one) and that it was off of a Stackered drive, I'd expect you to have much better times.
That's consistent with the timings I've been getting. It should take about 9 seconds to decrypt an arbitrary message with a 2048-bit key with the setup you describe. Of course, I usually use X, so that probably does throw off the timings a bit.
This is an issue that is connected with the "Need PGP awareness" thread. If everyone is decrypting their messages by hand then nine seconds is a hinderance. On the other hand, if everyone is using an off-line reader that checks signatures/decrypts as it receives messages then nine seconds (or less for a newer machine) is less significant. I'll refrain from making any product plugs here, but I could barely notice the difference moving from a 1024 bit key to a 2047 bit key. - -- David F. Ogren | ogren@concentric.net | "A man without religion is like a fish PGP Key ID: 0x6458EB29 | without a bicycle" - ------------------------------|---------------------------------------- Don't know what PGP is? | Need my public key? It's available Send a message to me with the | by server or by sending me a message subject GETPGPINFO | with the subject GETPGPKEY -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQEVAwUBMefUGeSLhCBkWOspAQGuPgf+I2A0a3F6OeBMA9MGUp0ww13Xiq3+LdS4 pOEvhz7Ub1tBUcl5Ko8/y/7pIZE1pZom0fOoyDOD9HX9OrHrY7sDkKbDY2sirfEl dovFKKImIJaMzxDgKhxAdlrmrLq/xrz2rAXv9FvA/KSkCJys/A7ydu9AprKA7Esf E6qRDmQFuuTcNvEVC5WOoDLVQoNZQUe1gVs97YFYFabTMA0bXr8bI/RdHcFy8vIj 51jBSI3Ib2WgcGOa2dKrmU7TRMQk5UHGGxKuKGGgIaOZ4uvPVUmNwHVg9wADbnzX fjkZBvk8/sIqvD4Z4rHWulpHVJxCgKHzVgsh7exCVoZlffITu0SHqw== =kHRX -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----