<-- Brainfried after finishing a report describing RSA and PGP encryption methods to a classful of computer-illiterates. n=pq…GAHHHHHH! c=m^e mod n …EEP! Now all I have to do is give a 5-10min oral report about what I wrote in my report. Explaining RSA on a chalkboard…apathetic sigh
The worst thing about knowing lots about computers is having to teach it to everyone else. I’m free tech-support. Hehe. Let’s see…now I’ve done a large report on RSA/PGP, binary math, mp3s, advantages of learning Perl, basic computer knowledge, and I think there a few others (like: What did you do this summer? Ans: Surf the web. :D)
*Originally posted by oneangrydwarf *
**onizuka didn’t you try to enlighten all of us on the team by putting the RSA encryption algorithym on our message boards?
Gibberish to me…
What about LEGO ENCRYPTION!:] **
I posted some PGP DH/DSS here, but only because I couldn’t figure out how to post some quantum encryption :D.
Ahh…I see…you can use different kinds of encryption. I didn’t know this. Cool. (Any idea on the advantages of DH/DSS over RSA…or just the bigger key size, basically?)
At high numbers of equal bits DH is a little stronger than RSA.
As for key size, 512-bit RSA has been broken, but only 283-bit DH has been broken (or so the NSA says). Either way, they are nowhere near 1024-bits. The DH key max of 8192 is overkill, let alone the 16,384-bit max for RSA keys.
Either way, once quantum cryptography becomes more advanced all current encryptions will become useless. Not only will they be decrypted easily, but quantum cryptography should be undecipherable. These technologies are currently available, but semi-primitive and expensive. Standing rumor is that there is a fiber-optic cable running from the Pentagon to the White House carrying qubits ;).