Re: Non-PK encryption not vulnerable via low key length?!

[adam () bwh harvard edu (Adam Shostack)]

| RC2 and RC4 are both public key systems -- then why wouldn't factoring 
| the key prove equally as (greatly more) effective as with attacks on 
| RSA/PGP. 
|        __pardon_my_misunderstanding__but__?
| 

No, rc2 and rc4 are secret key ciphers, which are sometimes used in
conjunction with public key systems.  The keys are hopefully random,
and not the product of two primes.

Adam


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