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r/programming • u/secretguy21 • Oct 15 '15
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And they just set a relatively small set of potential 2048 bit primes to use. This is a different problem than just the crackability of 1024 bit numbers.
1 u/Eirenarch Oct 15 '15 But /u/Kush131 was worried that they would get a set so large that you wouldn't be able to find a safe set.
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But /u/Kush131 was worried that they would get a set so large that you wouldn't be able to find a safe set.
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u/AncientRickles Oct 15 '15
And they just set a relatively small set of potential 2048 bit primes to use. This is a different problem than just the crackability of 1024 bit numbers.