On Mon, 16 Aug 2010 12:42:41 -0700 Paul Hoffman <paul.hoff...@vpnc.org> wrote: > At 11:35 AM +1000 8/16/10, Arash Partow wrote: > >Just out of curiosity, assuming the optimal use of today's best of > >breed factoring algorithms - will there be enough energy in our > >solar system to factorize a 2048-bit RSA integer? > > We have no idea. The methods used to factor number continue to > slowly get better,[...]
He asked about "today's best of breed algorithms", not future ones. In that context, and assuming today's most energy efficient processors rather than theoretical future processors, the question has a concrete answer. Perry -- Perry E. Metzger pe...@piermont.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to majord...@metzdowd.com