Scott
On Sun, 11 May 1997, Rick Hornsby wrote:
>
>
> I'm curious about something - and I will grant that I am not technically
> knoweldgable about the subject as I should be. If it takes us using spare
> cycles a few months to crack a 64 (56 really) bit by brute force, why in 10
> years couldn't the same exact thing be done to a 1024 bit key? We've all
> seen the amazing leaps and bounds by which processors (not to mention RAM,
> etc) have come in the last 5 or 6 years. Somehow I think there must be a
> better way than just making the key longer. Because as the keys get
> longer, the computers will get better. And even now, its possible to crack
> a 1024 bit code. Yeah, it'd take a heck of lot longer - but for
> $120,000,000 worth of equipment - it could probably be done in a decent
> amount of time.
>
> Now granted, I have no suggestions as to what other methods might be
> employed because I don't know enough technically - but maybe someone who
> knows more could offer some ideas :)
>
> -Rick
> ===================================
> "The mighty oak was once a little nut that stood its ground."
> ___
> Rick Hornsby ___/ /__
> The Ohio State University /__ ___/ ph. 614 688 7391
> 50 Curl Drive, Apt 256 / / madhatter+@osu.edu
> Columbus, OH 43210 /__/
> http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/~hornsby
>