RSA 1024 ridiculous

[R.A. Hettinga]

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 Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 10:58:55 +0200
 To: gnupg-users at gnupg.org
 From: Snoken <snoken at tunedal.nu>
 Subject: RSA 1024 ridiculous
 Sender: gnupg-users-bounces at gnupg.org

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 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

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