How the NSA can break trillions of encrypted Web and VPN connections
http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/10/how-the-nsa-can-break-trillions-of-encrypted-web-and-vpn-connections/
"Since a handful of primes are so widely reused, the
payoff, in terms of connections they could decrypt, would be
enormous," researchers Alex Halderman and Nadia Heninger wrote
in a blog post published Wednesday. "Breaking a single, common
1024-bit prime would allow NSA to passively decrypt connections
to two-thirds of VPNs and a quarter of all SSH servers globally.
Breaking a second 1024-bit prime would allow passive
eavesdropping on connections to nearly 20% of the top million
HTTPS websites. In other words, a one-time investment in massive
computation would make it possible to eavesdrop on trillions of
encrypted connections."
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Not just NSA. Also all the other major powers East and West as well,
especially working in tandem.
--Lauren--
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