[Remops] Generating a stronger PGP key?

[Crypto]

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On 3/17/2014 7:39 PM, lists at notatla.org.uk wrote:
>> code has not caught up with the technology. But remember, the 
>> encryption strength is probably acceptable due to the fact that
>> we are using it for transient messages rather than long-term file
>> storage.
> 
> I doubt that reasoning.
> 
> 15 years ago $250,000 could crack a 56-bit key in about a day. 
> After 10 Moore's law cycles that's 66 bits today. 1024-bit RSA may
> be worth about 80 bits of symmetric key. 
> (http://www.nsa.gov/business/programs/elliptic_curve.shtml) If
> that's so some tradeoff between budget and time almost certainly 
> brings keys of this size into range for cracking - e.g. spend
> $250M and crack a key every 16 days.
> 
> One remailer private key reveals many messages.

The interception of a complete message is still safe IMO. Please
remember that if a Mixmaster packet is intercepted in route and
decrypted, it's still just a packet of data. Mixmaster breaks messages
apart into packets that are sent through various random remailer paths
and are assembled at the end-node. It's not perfect but it does
introduce a layer of complexity where the end-node would have to be
compromised in order to collect the entire message.

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Crypto

Keywords: terrorism, bombs, jogging, suntan lotion,
nails, pellets, knives, shoes, underwear, milk, socks,
hair, toenails, masturbation, gasoline, cooking oil,
mayonnaise, bananas, Obama, Clinton, EFF, NSA, FBI,
PGP, USA, pressure cooker, marathon, fertilizer

Keywords are not necessarily in order of importance

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