From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Mar 23 08:59:32 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA18847 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Mon, 23 Mar 1998 08:59:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.119.24.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA18776; Mon, 23 Mar 1998 08:59:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [194.198.43.36]) by ns1.yes.no (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id QAA02181; Mon, 23 Mar 1998 16:59:06 GMT Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.6/8.8.6) id RAA05859; Mon, 23 Mar 1998 17:59:06 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <19980323175905.05023@follo.net> Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 17:59:05 +0100 From: Eivind Eklund To: "Jonathan M. Bresler" , freebsd-chat@hub.freebsd.org Subject: Re: time to up your pgp keys to 4096 bits? References: <199803231646.IAA17140@hub.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89.1i In-Reply-To: <199803231646.IAA17140@hub.freebsd.org>; from Jonathan M. Bresler on Mon, Mar 23, 1998 at 08:46:38AM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, Mar 23, 1998 at 08:46:38AM -0800, Jonathan M. Bresler wrote: > Although it is smaller and faster than any silicon-based device, > quantum computers are not expected to replace desktop PCs or > supercomputers. Instead, these machines would be dedicated to > specialized tasks such as generating keys for strong cryptography, > an operation that requires a computer to factor very large numbers. Just to clear up here: This is about breaking RSA, not 'generation keys'. And if I have understood correctly, quantum computing make factoring a trivial excersise due to 'infinite parallelism'. 4096 bits is unlikely to help; _any_ key length is unlikely to help. Check out the RSA FAQ at http://www.rsa.com/ for some more details and references. Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message