RSA in theory (was: Re: NSA, PGP and RSA)

2014-10-02 Thread Robert J. Hansen
> How could anyone honestly answer that question, if the suspected > weakness has never been found? We don't know that it exists, and if > it does exist we don't know its nature. There are some hints the theoretical underpinnings of RSA aren't quite what we've always believed them to be. These h

Re: NSA, PGP and RSA

2014-10-02 Thread Mark H. Wood
On Wed, Oct 01, 2014 at 06:09:54PM -0700, Robin Mathew Rajan wrote: > Straight to my question! According to many speculations out in the > public, NSA has weakened RSA algorithm. Is it still safe to use the > RSA as the underlying algorithm for generating the keys? How could anyone honestly answer

Re: NSA, PGP and RSA

2014-10-02 Thread Pete Stephenson
On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 3:09 AM, Robin Mathew Rajan wrote: > Hi everyone! > > I'm Robin Mathew Rajan from India and I'm a new member here. I'm also new to > PGP cryptographic concepts. I've some experiences with some other forms of > crypto concepts though. I wish to explore more about PGP. Excell

Re: NSA, PGP and RSA

2014-10-01 Thread Robert J. Hansen
> Straight to my question! According to many speculations out in the > public, NSA has weakened RSA algorithm. No cryptographer of note has made these claims, and the algorithm has been continuously studied by the world's cryptographic community for more than three decades. So -- anything is poss

NSA, PGP and RSA

2014-10-01 Thread Robin Mathew Rajan
Hi everyone! I'm Robin Mathew Rajan from India and I'm a new member here. I'm also new to PGP cryptographic concepts. I've some experiences with some other forms of crypto concepts though. I wish to explore more about PGP. Straight to my question! According to many speculations out in the publ