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bwesterb | 1 year ago

If you don't mind a one terabyte public key. https://eprint.iacr.org/2017/351.pdf

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adgjlsfhk1|1 year ago

also that paper (IMO) is ridiculously conservative. Just using 1GB keys is plenty sufficient since it would require a quantum computer with a billion bits to decrypt.

Vecr|1 year ago

How long does it take to generate a key that big? What probabilities do you need to put on generating a composite number and not a prime? Does the prime need extra properties?

trogdor|1 year ago

Although I know it’s an apocryphal quote, I am reminded of “640K should be enough for anybody.”

The Intel 4004, in 1971, had only 2,250 transistors.

A handful of qubits today might become a billion sooner than you think.