Gregory Stark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> You might want to go to http://www.cryptosavvy.com/suggestions.htm and show
> your boss that 4096 bit RSA is approximately equivalent in strength to
> 150-160 bit keysize symmetric ciphers. [...]

Their estimate is not that 4096 bit RSA is as strong as 150-160 bit
symmetric ciphers, it's that it will be as strong.  If you cannot tell
the difference, you haven't read their paper.
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