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Re: What ever happened to... Cray Comp/NSA co-development



Correction of another detail:

> > [email protected] (Timothy C. May) writes:
> > When you've done this, and concluded that RSA-129 could be done in, say, X
> > minutes, then move on to RSA-384 (the BlackNet key cracked by the MIT
> > group), and on to the 1024- and 2048-bit keys. Tell us how many years or
> > centuries it will take. (Hint: Rivest and Schneier have done these

RSA-129 is 129 decimal digits, not 129 bits.  This computes to about
425 bits, which is actually more difficult than the 384-bit Blacknet
key.

-derek