Fate of Ecash if RSA is cracked?

Matt Thomlinson mattt at microsoft.com
Sun Jun 2 23:32:57 PDT 1996


but probably not for decent RSA key lengths -- more probably the hashing
algorithm used will fall, with much the same consequences.

mattt

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>From: 	dlv at bwalk.dm.com[SMTP:dlv at bwalk.dm.com]
>Sent: 	Sunday, June 02, 1996 6:49 PM
>To: 	cypherpunks at toad.com
>Subject: 	Re: Fate of Ecash if RSA is cracked?
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>ichudov at algebra.com (Igor Chudov @ home) writes:
>> scheme gets broken somehow? Suppose, for example, that someone
>> discovers an ultra-fast factoring algorithm or something like that.
>
>This'll happen, probably sooner than later.
>
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>Dr. Dimitri Vulis
>Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013,
>14.4Kbps
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