Is 1024-bit PGP key enough?

snow snow at smoke.suba.com
Fri Aug 2 04:59:05 PDT 1996


On Thu, 1 Aug 1996, Anonymous wrote:

> Is security provided by 1024-bit PGP key sufficient against most powerful
> computers that are available today? Say if smoe organization spent 10
> billions of dollars on a cracking machine, would it be possible to crack 
> the keys in reasonable time?


     I'd bet if they wanted it that bad they'd spend a half million on 
buying the key.


Petro, Christopher C.
petro at suba.com <prefered for any non-list stuff>
snow at smoke.suba.com







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