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Any public key decryption can be decrypted given enough time and computing power. Is there a metric or term for this? Something like

it would require on average 2^43 1024 bit hashes to find private key 'I' based on public key 'U'?

Is there a term that would sum up this average amount of work?

I'm a programmer but I don't know much about encryption, so any pointers to a intros on this subject that might cover this question appreciated.

Any public key decryption can be decrypted given enough time and computing power. Is there a metric or term for this? Something like

it would require on average 2^43 1024 bit hashes to find private key 'I' based on public key 'U'?

Is there a term that would sum up this average amount of work?

I'm a programmer but I don't know much about encryption, so any pointers to a intros on this subject that might cover this question appreciated.

Any public key decryption can be decrypted given enough time and computing power. Is there a metric or term for this? Something like

it would require on average 2^43 1024 bit hashes to find private key 'I' based on public key 'U'?

Is there a term that would sum up this average amount of work?

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Is there a metric (term) for work required to decrypt a public key?

Any public key decryption can be decrypted given enough time and computing power. Is there a metric or term for this? Something like

it would require on average 2^43 1024 bit hashes to find private key 'I' based on public key 'U'?

Is there a term that would sum up this average amount of work?

I'm a programmer but I don't know much about encryption, so any pointers to a intros on this subject that might cover this question appreciated.