On 22.12.2005 11:37 Uhr, Johan Wevers wrote: > Atom Smasher wrote: > >> a 1025 bit key (if there was such a thing) would be [merely] twice as >> strong as a 1024 bit key. a 1028 bit key would be 16 times stronger. > > That is true for symmetric encryption, but not for the algorithms used > for public key encryption since the attacs on RSA and ElGamal are better.
That's true. Even considering a brute force attack, 1025 bits is in average only sqrt(2) better as 1024 bits. Ludwig _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
