From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Mar 23 21:05:57 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA13395 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Mon, 23 Mar 1998 21:05:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from const. (tulip29.verinet.com [199.45.181.221]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA13386 for ; Mon, 23 Mar 1998 21:05:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from allenc@verinet.com) Received: (from allenc@localhost) by const. (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA04163; Mon, 23 Mar 1998 22:06:19 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from allenc) Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 22:06:19 -0700 (MST) From: allen campbell Message-Id: <199803240506.WAA04163@const.> To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, mellon@pobox.com Subject: Re: time to up your pgp keys to 4096 bits? In-Reply-To: <19980324054326.29283@techunix.technion.ac.il> Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org [Uh, Snip!] > > 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. :) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message