A case for 2560 bit keys

Wed Jul 10 00:23:13 PDT 1996

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On Tue, 9 Jul 1996, jim bell wrote:

> I don't think it's going to make a great deal of difference.  We've "all" 
> shifted to 1024-bit keys, even though it's unlikely anybody will have the 
> resources to crack them for decades if not centuries.  And the moment any 
> government prosecutes anyone with information obtained by a decrypt of a 
> 1024-bit key, the (then) stragglers will join the rest of us at 1500 or 
> 2000+.  The government knows this and there's nothing it can do about it, 
> except possibly for GAK and it isn't making much headway in that.

Wiretaps aren't always used as evidence.  It's a very effective way to snoop
on people under suspect and get some information on where some incriminating
information may be, but they rarely produce hard evidence.

- -- Mark

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