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Subject: Re: Hardware potential to duplicate existing host keys... RSA DSA
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Robert Simmons <rsimmons0@gmail.com> writes:
> In light of advanced in processors and GPUs, what is the potential for
> duplication of RSA, DSA, and ECDSA keys at the current default key
> lengths (2048, 1024, and 256 respectively)?

You do know that these keys are used only for authentication, and not
for encryption, right?

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no