Calculator hackers crack OS signing key, opening a closed platform

Re:Calculator hackers crack OS signing key, opening a closed... by Eliezer on Monday August 17, 2009 @02:24AM (#767487)

Holy Cthulhu, you can crack 512-bit RSA in 73 days on a single computer these days?

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Re:Calculator hackers crack OS signing key, opening a closed... by blasdel on Monday August 17, 2009 @03:26AM (#767551)

On a single ridiculously slow computer. Even the slowest Core 2 Quad would be able to factor 8x faster.

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Re:Calculator hackers crack OS signing key, opening a closed... by jsonscripter on Monday August 17, 2009 @03:06PM (#768815)

Could you do this for the ipod nano, 2nd generation? I've been wanting to get RockBox on it for years, but the firmware is encrypted!

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Re:Calculator hackers crack OS signing key, opening a closed... by whughes on Monday August 17, 2009 @03:27AM (#767552)

Now I'm curious. First of all, any random Core Duo could probably put a significant dent in that timeframe if all he had was an Athlon 64. Second, what would the effect of CUDA be on this? It was extremely useful in that MD5 contest earlier.

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Re:Calculator hackers crack OS signing key, opening a closed... by jacquesm on Monday August 17, 2009 @03:38AM (#767563)

try this baby:

http://www.copacobana.org/gallery.html

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Re:Calculator hackers crack OS signing key, opening a closed... by makmanalp on Monday August 17, 2009 @08:41AM (#767946)

The engineyard contest? They had CUDA participants iirc.

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