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by pault 3156 days ago
Is 2048 RSA broken? I think that's what ssh-keygen creates by default, right?
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> Is 2048 RSA broken?

Today(-ish)? HN's anointed crypto expert says no.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14317331

>tptacek(2017May): The point of modern RSA is that we use a modulus that can't be factored by any conceivable computer, with limits derived from the physics of computation and projected far out into the future. We aren't a supercomputer advance away from factoring 2048 bit moduli.