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Date:      Mon, 23 Mar 1998 22:06:19 -0700 (MST)
From:      allen campbell <allenc@verinet.com>
To:        freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, mellon@pobox.com
Subject:   Re: time to up your pgp keys to 4096 bits?
Message-ID:  <199803240506.WAA04163@const.>
In-Reply-To: <19980324054326.29283@techunix.technion.ac.il>

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>
> So we found the way after all to exploit that simultaneous
> computation of 2^k values of f inherent in applying f to
> our original distribution. We do it by picking f so that 
> the values we favor and want to discover will turn into the
> same results by applying f; in that case their probability
> will grow very large and become such that we're likely to
> encounter them by looking at the system after applying f. 
>
> Oh my, I must be very bored ;) Hopefully it was at least
> interesting to someone. 

Any sufficiently complex technology is indistinguishable from magic.

I never really believed that before today. :)

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