On 10/26/2013 5:44 PM, Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote: > Well with that "argument" you can always defeat any crypto... a "real > attacker" will not care whether you use 786 bit RSA keys or 16k bit > keys... he comes for you and tortures you until you happily give him > anything he wants...
The name of the game is economics. How much is the secret worth? If it's worth $50,000 of computer equipment and cryptanalysis, then it's also worth a $50,000 bribe, a $50,000 payment to a professional thief to break in and plant keyloggers, $50,000 in hookers and blow, $50,000 of... Note that I'm not disagreeing with Christoph. I'm only pointing out the world is a big place and there are a *lot* of ways to acquire secrets, not just "break the crypto" and "break the kneecap". _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
