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On 1/19/2012 07:27 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:28:04 -0500, Chris Walters wrote: |
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>> Possible, but not too likely*. RSA keys are based on two very large |
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>> prime numbers and their composite. The two primes are hundreds of |
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>> digits in length, and are used to generate the cipher (public) key, and |
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>> the decipher (secret) key. After which their composite is found and |
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>> the two primes are discarded. |
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> I know it is extremely unlikely that anyone could crack it. My point was |
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> that if someone did crack it, they would not necessarily shout about it. |
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> If they worked for the security services, that would not want others to |
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> know their encryption was insecure. Britain was selling Enigma machines |
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> to their "friends" for decades after it was broken. |
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That is very true. In fact, they'd likely do just what you brought up about |
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Britain selling Enigma machines to their "friends" after it was broken. That |
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is that would likely promote the cipher(s) they know how to crack and dismiss |
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the ones they don't as being "not secure". |
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>> probably does the CIA/MI5 (or is it MI6 now?). |
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> GCHQ, as mentioned above :) |
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GCHQ, eh? What does that stand for, or is that a State secret? Like the NSA = |
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"No Such Agency"... |
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Chris |
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