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Article #643Re: RSA-129 contest
From: D. J. Bernstein
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 19:18
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 19:18
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In article <1992Aug24.224449.19714@unislc.uucp> erc@unislc.uucp (Ed Carp) writes: > Hey, Dan, a question: why do you always have to attempt to assert your > "knowledge" by insulting your readers? Hey, Ed, I'm not asserting my knowledge here. *Nobody* knows how to accurately estimate the time GNFS will take on a given number. I don't. Bob Silverman doesn't. Len Adleman doesn't. This isn't an insult: this is fact. Bob says GNFS will take longer than MPQS on RSA-129, based on his ``estimates.'' I challenge him to say what the estimates are---to say ``GNFS will take longer than [say] 8000 MIPS-years.'' He doesn't. This proves my point. Instead he challenges me, saying, ``Dan, why don't you say what your estimates are?'' The answer is obvious: *I don't know*. I don't yet have reliable estimates, and until somebody factors a 130-digit general number, *nobody* will have reliable estimates. Get it, Ed? ---Dan
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!usc!sdd.hp.com!hplabs!ucbvax!virtualnews.nyu.edu!brnstnd From: brnstnd@nyu.edu (D. J. Bernstein) Newsgroups: sci.crypt Subject: Re: RSA-129 contest Message-ID: <5462.Aug2519.18.4392@virtualnews.nyu.edu> Date: 25 Aug 92 19:18:43 GMT References: <21385.Aug2322.57.0292@virtualnews.nyu.edu> <1992Aug24.224449.19714@unislc.uucp> Organization: IR Lines: 23