On 3/11/2010 3:29 PM, Dan Mahoney, System Admin wrote: > On Thu, 11 Mar 2010, erythrocyte wrote: >> Ref: >> http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/1024-bit-rsa-encryption-cracked-by-carefully-starving-cpu-of-ele/ >> > > Okay, let me sum up this article for you: > > Researchers who had physical enough access to be able to rewire the > private-key-holder's system's power supply were able to compromise that > system. > > If you're at that point, I don't think key length is your problem.
Alrighty. But doesn't this compromise the layer of security offered by the passphrase? What's the point having a passphrase at all, if it's so easy to compromise a private key? _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
