--- begin forwarded text Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 10:58:55 +0200 To: gnupg-users@gnupg.org From: Snoken <snoken@tunedal.nu> Subject: RSA 1024 ridiculous Sender: gnupg-users-bounces@gnupg.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I just read the latest CRYPTO-GRAM, June 15, 2007, by Bruce Schneier. He writes: "We have a new factoring record: 307 digits (1023 bits). It's a special number -- 2^1039 - 1 -- but the techniques can be generalized. Expect regular 1024-bit numbers to be factored soon. I hope RSA application users would have moved away from 1024-bit security years ago, but for those who haven't yet: wake up. http://www.physorg.com/news98962171.html " I suppose this means that 1024 bit RSA-keys are ridiculous and the Open PGP Card is a joke. And what about all web sites protected by SSL with a 1024-bit RSA-certificate? Snoken -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) - GPGrelay v0.959 iD8DBQFGc65EWisObvnr8tQRAi0rAJ9jIiFPcG+vojmX874gdNQog5MNfwCdFanW aF6loNTtu/DC85G4qoyUni8= =zURT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users --- end forwarded text -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'