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======2048 Bit RSA Keys====== | ======2048 Bit RSA Keys====== | ||
- | If you generate a public/ | + | Since the creation of this article, there is now a much more detailed discussion of these issues available: |
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Currently (2020) the largest RSA key ever actually broken is 829 bits long(([[wp> | Currently (2020) the largest RSA key ever actually broken is 829 bits long(([[wp> | ||
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That is particularly true now that we are coming up against the hard physical limits of the silicon based technology we use for computing. [[wp> | That is particularly true now that we are coming up against the hard physical limits of the silicon based technology we use for computing. [[wp> | ||
- | Further improvements in software methods of breaking RSA will require an invention as well and the field has kind of gone cold. There have been no significant improvements in 15-10 years. A breakthrough could come any time between now and never. | + | Further improvements in software methods of breaking RSA will require an invention as well and the field has kind of gone cold. There have been no significant improvements in 15-20 years. A breakthrough could come any time between now and never. |
A plan based on a future invention is no more than wishful thinking. There is no reason to think that more RSA bits could help in any way that would matter. There is no reason to think that another method would somehow be better. As a result I have no rational reason to not accept the default of 2048 bit RSA as suggested by GnuPG. | A plan based on a future invention is no more than wishful thinking. There is no reason to think that more RSA bits could help in any way that would matter. There is no reason to think that another method would somehow be better. As a result I have no rational reason to not accept the default of 2048 bit RSA as suggested by GnuPG. |
pgpfan/2048.txt · Last modified: 2023/10/04 13:07 by b.walzer