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phantom784 on Jan 7, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: 768-bit RSA, now officially not enough

Every bit makes it exponentially harder to factor and 1024 bits is the standard, so I'm not worried.

jrockway on Jan 7, 2010 [–]

Not correct, see above.

The factoring algorithm is not "try every possible number". If it was, then your statement would be correct.

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