Re: [PEN-TEST] Places to find crypto craking tools

[Crist Clark <crist.clark () GLOBALSTAR COM>]

"William D. Colburn (aka Schlake)" wrote:
> Do your statements imply that 512 bits are still "safe" if the "public"
> key is kept a secret?

Am I missing a joke here? A public key is just that, public. The whole
point of public key cryptography is that you can spread public keys around
all you want, and the security of encrypted data is not compromised.

If you are going to be keeping both private and public keys secure, you
should be using a symetric-key cipher.
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