[tor-talk] NSA supercomputer

[Bernard Tyers]

Hi,

Is there a reason 1024 bit keys, instead of something higher is not used? Do higher bit keys affect host performance, or network latency?


Thanks,
Bernard


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Written on my small electric gadget. Please excuse brevity and (probable) misspelling.

George Torwell <bpmcontrol at gmail.com> wrote:

a second guess would be going after 1024 bit keys.
there is also a video on youtube from a recent con about the feasibility of
factoring them, <"fast hacks" or something like that> at the end, jacob
applebaum asks about it and they advise him to use longer keys or elliptic
curves crypto.