Heiko on Nostr: Having decidedly too much fun playing with ancient #PGP artifacts. Note the two ...
Having decidedly too much fun playing with ancient #PGP artifacts.
Note the two version 2 public keys from 1992. They were created just over a year after Phil Zimmermann first released PGP (on 6 June 1991), deep in the crypto war era.
These keys predate the #OpenPGP name by around half a decade.
At over 31 years old, nation-state actors can definitely factor John Gilmore's RSA 1024 key today.
However, I believe the cost still exceeds a hobbyist budget even now.
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2024-02-05 20:35:23Event JSON
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