Re: Schneier on Bernstein factoring machine

2002-04-16 Thread bear
On Tue, 16 Apr 2002, Anonymous wrote: >Bruce Schneier writes in the April 15, 2002, CRYPTO-GRAM, >http://www.counterpane.com/crypto-gram-0204.html: > >> But there's no reason to panic, or to dump existing systems. I don't think >> Bernstein's announcement has changed anything. Businesses toda

Re: Schneier on Bernstein factoring machine

2002-04-16 Thread Derek Atkins
Anonymous <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Bruce Schneier writes in the April 15, 2002, CRYPTO-GRAM, > http://www.counterpane.com/crypto-gram-0204.html: > > > But there's no reason to panic, or to dump existing systems. I don't think > > Bernstein's announcement has changed anything. Businesses

Re: Schneier on Bernstein factoring machine

2002-04-16 Thread Sidney Markowitz
> Does anyone else notice the contradiction in these two paragraphs? > First Bruce says that businesses can reasonably be content with 1024 bit > keys, then he appears shocked that Lucky Green still has a 1024 bit key? "The big news is" does not mean the same as "I'm shocked that". He appears to

Re: Schneier on Bernstein factoring machine

2002-04-16 Thread Jeremey Barrett
On Tue, Apr 16, 2002 at 08:44:06PM +0200, Anonymous wrote: > Bruce Schneier writes in the April 15, 2002, CRYPTO-GRAM, > http://www.counterpane.com/crypto-gram-0204.html: > > > But there's no reason to panic, or to dump existing systems. I don't think > > Bernstein's announcement has changed an

RE: Schneier (and RSA) on Bernstein factoring machine

2002-04-16 Thread Trei, Peter
> Anonymous[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Bruce Schneier writes in the April 15, 2002, CRYPTO-GRAM, > http://www.counterpane.com/crypto-gram-0204.html: > > > But there's no reason to panic, or to dump existing systems. I don't > think > > Bernstein's announcement has changed anything. Businesse

Re: Schneier on Bernstein factoring machine

2002-04-16 Thread Matt Crawford
> > Businesses today could > > reasonably be content with their 1024-bit keys, and military institutions > > and those paranoid enough to fear from them should have upgraded years ago. > > > > To me, the big news in Lucky Green's announcement is not that he believes > > that Bernstein's researc

Schneier on Bernstein factoring machine

2002-04-16 Thread Anonymous
Bruce Schneier writes in the April 15, 2002, CRYPTO-GRAM, http://www.counterpane.com/crypto-gram-0204.html: > But there's no reason to panic, or to dump existing systems. I don't think > Bernstein's announcement has changed anything. Businesses today could > reasonably be content with their 1

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2002-04-16 Thread R. A. Hettinga
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