A call for aid in cracking a 1024-bit malware key

[Steven M. Bellovin]

On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:58:26 -0400
"Jeffrey I. Schiller" <jis at mit.edu> wrote:

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> I bet the malware authors can change keys faster then we can factor
> them...
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To put it mildly.  They can can even set up sophisticated structures to
have lots of keys.

Let's put it like this: suppose you wanted to use all of your
cryptographic skills to do such a thing.  Do you think it could be
cracked?  I don't...

Btw -- see http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1259 for more details.


		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb

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