On Sun, 25 Mar 2001, Morlock Elloi wrote:
>>purposes. There are about 2^167 atoms in planet earth,
>>about 2^30 nanoseconds per second, and 2^39 seconds till the
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>
>Most proofs of security have a problem, this one was just easy
>to spot :-)
>
Groan. Right you are, that is serious doofus mode.
However, it only throws the estimate off by ten bits,
and I picked up almost thirty when I rounded it up
to 256 bits.
The point that currently-available key lengths are
adequate to deal with the problem stands.
Bear
