On Aug 17, 2010, at 10:25 PM, John Gilmore wrote: > (Given their prediction that they won't be done with a 1024-bit number > within 5 years, but they will be done "well within the next decade", > which 1024-bit number are they starting to factor now? I hope it's a > major key that certifies big chunks of the Internet for https today, > rather than one of those silly challenge keys.)
If they announced which key they were working on, I would completely expect someone to demand a very amusing injunction against the performing of arithmetical operations. "When mathematics is outlawed ..." --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to majord...@metzdowd.com
