Policy-Discussion

[Philipp Gühring <pg AT futureware.at>]

Hi Lambert,

> Did some research: asymmetric 1024 is comparable with 72-80 bit symmetric,
> asymmetric 2048bit is comparable with 96-128bit symmetric.(
> http://www.keylength.com/en/4/ ;) So actually you need to find 2^80 or 2^128
> keys.

Yes, that´s the "strength". But for Rainbow Tables, I think you still need 
far 
more, since you haven´t broken it already.

> However, your point still stands: it requires a huge amount of storage (
> ~10^20 Exabyte) so still not feasable

Yes.

Anyway, please tell me in case you find a source of the necessary storage 
capacity ;-)

Best regards,
Philipp Gühring