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Even if RSA is broken tomorrow, we already have many other algorithms for asymmetric encryption that do not depend on factoring and can't be broken even with a
by aortega 13y ago
Even if RSA is broken tomorrow, we already have many other algorithms for asymmetric encryption that do not depend on factoring and can't be broken even with a quantum computer, like the McEliece cryptosystem. We only would need to change the standard quickly like when MD5 was broken.
- tptacek 13y agoHowever true that is, it doesn't really respond to anyone's point (Schneier's or Ritter/Samuel's); nobody involved in this was saying something like "crypto is dead".
- aortega 13y agoIndeed, but then he could go with a less scary title than "The Cryptopocalypse". "RSApocalypse" maybe.
- eterm 13y agoBut look at what happened when MD5 was broken. Did everyone move swiftly away from MD5? Well no, it still turns up daily even in new developments[1]. Library maintainers value compatibility over security, so would rather continue to include a broken hash function than remove it and break applications. [1] http://stackoverflow.com/search?tab=newest&q=md5 http://stackoverflow.com/search?tab=newest&q=md5