[olug] say goodbye to RSA <= 2048...

[bwalenz]

On Wed, 27 Feb 2002, Brian Wiese wrote:

> Just in case anyone else has been living in a cave and missed this too...
> (I haven't been an avid /.'r in awhile) but it seems like everyone I know
> on campus has been talking about it, and teachers I've talked to and
> such... I haven't seen much publicity elsewhere though...
>
> 	Factoring Breakthrough?
> 	http://slashdot.org/articles/02/02/26/179206.shtml?tid=93

Careful reading gives us some valuable information:

The author isn't sure whether or not his "breakthrough" will even be
applicable for current key sizes in use today.

The larger area of concern is the fact that it appears this reduces the
strength of Elliptic Curve Cryptography, even more so than standard RSA
Cryptography.

I'd like to add, again, in large friendly letters, don't panic. :)

-Brett



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