On Mon, 11 Oct 2004, John Francis wrote: > That suggests 2048-bit keys should be secure for maybe the next 20 years. > Adding two bits per year to the key length should more than keep up with > the increases in processor speed, if you're really being paranoid.
Still, this whole discussion is based on the assumption that brute force -- trying every possible combination -- is the only way to break the code, and that there is no mathemathical shortcut. Think of what would happen if one day, some seventeen year old math genious exclaims "yes, THAT'S the way to do it". It is also based on the assumption that you actually have to try all possible combinations (or at least half of them) before finding the right one, and that you don't get lucky and actually find the right combination early on. anders ------------------------- http://anders.hultman.nu/ med dagens bild och allt!
