Re:Factoring may be easier than we think (2016)
by akvadrako on Sunday June 30, 2019 @01:58PM
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Spoofing certs is not comparable to breaking RSA. Also, I think for this thought experiment, you should also consider breaking elliptic curve crypto. Neither has been proven hard.
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Re:Factoring may be easier than we think (2016)
by tptacek on Sunday June 30, 2019 @02:15PM
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Spoofing certificates was the example given in the parent comment. We use elliptic curves specifically because they are harder, in a specific way (resistance to index calculus) than simple multiplicative group cryptography.
My point is just that nobody is going to kill you for this ability.