On Mon, 11 Oct 2004, John Francis wrote:
That suggests 2048-bit keys should be secure for maybe the next 20 years.
Adding two bits per year to the key length should more than keep up with
the increases in processor speed, if you're really being paranoid.
Still, this whole discussion is based
Gonz wrote:
I guess if youre really paranoid, 2048 bits might be taking a risk at
some point. But I'm truly skeptical. 10^12 is a big factor. I suspect
that most of our computational performance is now going to come from
massive parallelism, and not processor frequency. We still have a
Just ask Deep Thought.
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Actually the quantum computer gives you the answer before you key in the
question. Then you have to figure out what question you are supposed to ask,
because if you do not ask it the universe quietly disappears around you.
--
Steve Jolly wrote:
Or alternatively wait for quantum computers to be
Um...
What's six multiplied by...
ahem
nevermind.
Jostein
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Subject: Re: OT - Supercomputers
Actually the quantum computer gives you the answer before you key
Just sit back and enjoy the security. That little 36.1 Tera-FLOP is
just a drop in the bucket compared to the amount of power it would take
to crack the 2048 code, much less the 4096 one. 36.1 Tera-FLOPS is
36.1 x 10^15 flops. If you remember that post before, if each quark in
the universe
Gonz mused:
Just sit back and enjoy the security. That little 36.1 Tera-FLOP is
just a drop in the bucket compared to the amount of power it would take
to crack the 2048 code, much less the 4096 one. 36.1 Tera-FLOPS is
36.1 x 10^15 flops. If you remember that post before, if each
I guess if youre really paranoid, 2048 bits might be taking a risk at
some point. But I'm truly skeptical. 10^12 is a big factor. I suspect
that most of our computational performance is now going to come from
massive parallelism, and not processor frequency. We still have a
little room in
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