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Re: 1024-bit RSA keys in danger of compromise (fwd)
From: Len Sassaman <rabbi () quickie net>
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 20:27:56 -0800 (PST)
On Mon, 25 Mar 2002, Richard A Steenbergen wrote:
On Mon, Mar 25, 2002 at 11:05:21PM -0500, Deepak Jain wrote:That is a falicy. Moore's law is most certainly not accelerating -- in fact: 1965-1990 Moore's law stated that the number of transistors per square inch on integrated circuits (and therefore, the speed) doubles every 2 years. The pace has since slowed down a bit, but appears to be holding steady at doubling every 18 months (1995-present).Not to be too picky, but how is going from "doubling every 2 years" to "doubling every 18 months" slowing down? :)
Erm, yeah. Thanks for calling me on that -- I horribly condensed what I was trying to say. By the original definition (number of transistors per square inch doubles every year), it has slowed to every 2.5 years. See the graph I linked to. Data density is currently doubling every 18 months, and holding steady at that rate. (But this *is* off topic for NANOG...)
Current thread:
- RE: 1024-bit RSA keys in danger of compromise (fwd), (continued)
- RE: 1024-bit RSA keys in danger of compromise (fwd) Deepak Jain (Mar 25)
- RE: 1024-bit RSA keys in danger of compromise (fwd) Len Sassaman (Mar 25)
- RE: 1024-bit RSA keys in danger of compromise (fwd) Deepak Jain (Mar 25)
- RE: 1024-bit RSA keys in danger of compromise (fwd) Len Sassaman (Mar 25)
- Re: 1024-bit RSA keys in danger of compromise (fwd) Brad Barnett (Mar 25)
- Re: 1024-bit RSA keys in danger of compromise (fwd) David Shaw (Mar 25)
- RE: 1024-bit RSA keys in danger of compromise (fwd) Deepak Jain (Mar 25)
- RE: 1024-bit RSA keys in danger of compromise (fwd) Len Sassaman (Mar 25)
- RE: 1024-bit RSA keys in danger of compromise (fwd) Deepak Jain (Mar 25)
- Re: 1024-bit RSA keys in danger of compromise (fwd) Richard A Steenbergen (Mar 25)
- Re: 1024-bit RSA keys in danger of compromise (fwd) Len Sassaman (Mar 25)
- RE: 1024-bit RSA keys in danger of compromise (fwd) Deepak Jain (Mar 25)