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Message no. 1
From: Phlatline <bd27015@********.CC.BINGHAMTON.EDU>
Subject: RSA-129 no flames or wars intended
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 1994 12:09:28 -0400
Ok for one i did _not_ mean that your keys were instantly not water tight.
secondly i know that it will take a few years to crack a 1024bit key. just
posting it as a general interest bulletin for your encryption users.

--Phlatline

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Message no. 2
From: Stainless Steel Rat <ratinox@***.NEU.EDU>
Subject: Re: RSA-129 no flames or wars intended
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 1994 12:35:45 -0400
>>>>> "Phlatline" == Phlatline
<bd27015@********.CC.BINGHAMTON.EDU> writes:

Phlatline> Ok for one i did _not_ mean that your keys were instantly not
Phlatline> water tight. secondly i know that it will take a few years to
Phlatline> crack a 1024bit key. just posting it as a general interest
Phlatline> bulletin for your encryption users.

But it came across as "PGP isn't any good anymore." And that's a fallacy.
We got enough of those rumors on alt.security.pgp when RSA-129 was cracked,
we don't need it here.

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