Subject: Re: 1024 bit key considered insecure (sshd)
To: None <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG, tech-security@netbsd.org, misc@openbsd.org>
From: dreamwvr@dreamwvr.com <dreamwvr@dreamwvr.com>
List: tech-security
Date: 08/29/2002 12:11:17
On Thu, Aug 29, 2002 at 06:30:06PM +0300, Alexandr Kovalenko wrote:
> Hello, Perry E. Metzger!
> 
> On Thu, Aug 29, 2002 at 02:08:27AM -0400, you wrote:
> > > > I think this is highly overrated and only of theoretical
> > > > value for most *BSD users.
> > > I dont think its too much overrated and theoretical.
> > I do. If someone with millions of dollars to spend on custom designed
> > hardware wants to break into your computer, I assure you that
> > increasing the size of your ssh keys will not stop them. Nor, for that
> > matter, would the slow and tedious process of cracking your ssh keys
> > be nearly as efficient as the more pragmatic alternatives.
> Much more simplier is to get physical access with those millions of
> dollars.
yes .. Call it principal .. However it does take a little self 
importance to believe your data is worth a Billion $? ;-))
(Sure in very_Rare cases it is.) The principal is that security
is a work in progress towards a goal that can never be completely
attained. But we aim for perfection.

Best Regards,
dreamwvr@dreamwvr.com 

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