subject:"\[cryptography\] fyi\: diffie\-hellman weakness"

Re: [cryptography] fyi: diffie-hellman weakness

2016-10-14 Thread Paul Wouters

On Fri, 14 Oct 2016, Givonne wrote: http://thehackernews.com/2016/10/nsa-crack-encryption.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheHackersNews+%28The+Hackers+News+-+Security+Blog%29&_m=3n.009a.1343.bx0ao08q8s.scz The article is not entirely correct: the resea

[cryptography] fyi: diffie-hellman weakness

2016-10-14 Thread Givonne

http://thehackernews.com/2016/10/nsa-crack-encryption.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheHackersNews+%28The+Hackers+News+-+Security+Blog%29&_m=3n.009a.1343.bx0ao08q8s.scz my guess is, that assuming N1 x N2 requires x amount of digits, they were able to eliminate n