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Re: key length



On Mon, Sep 13, 1999 at 05:07:15PM +0200, J.H.M. Dassen Ray" wrote:
> > I just noticed that both my RSA as well as my DSA key are 1024 bits. Is
> > this okay, or do I need a longer one?
> 
> A 512-bits RSA key has recently been cracked by fairly brute force, but
> AFAIK the approach taken still is exponential in the number of bits.

Wasn't that one of the distributed-net contests? The one that lasted for
some >20 hours?

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