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What's the strategy for future directions in cryptography? Bigger numbers/faster searching, or new methods, say, of factoring?
I'm taking a course in cryptography, and I would value any comments. This is not too technical a question, but more about directions or strategy in cryptography. My question is, is public key ...
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How big an RSA key is considered secure today?
I think 1024 bit RSA keys were considered secure ~5 years ago, but I assume that's not true anymore. Can 2048 or 4096 keys still be relied upon, or have we gained too much computing power in the ...
