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>But the government of Iran probably could, or a large group with sufficient computing resources could pull it off. Yes, I can see it now: Iran endures crushin
by jere 14y ago
>But the government of Iran probably could, or a large group with sufficient computing resources could pull it off.
Yes, I can see it now: Iran endures crushing sanctions in order to pursue spam email program.
- theycallmemorty 14y agoSPAM is not the only attack that can be carried out with this kind of exploit.
- jlgreco 14y agoThe rule of thumb that I have heard, and seen played out, is that there are basically 3 tiers of who can factor what. governments or government sized companies (upper millions, or billions sized budgets), modestly sized companies / research projects (millions), or hobbyists. Each can handle about 256 bits more than the next, and the time for one to reach the capabilities of the other is somewhere between 5 to 10 years. Hobbyists have been factoring 512bit keys on a whim for a few years now, so....