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by bjt2n3904 1844 days ago
So... looks like it's using ES256. How long would it take to factor the private key?
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The security of elliptic curve cryptography is based on discrete logarithms; there’s nothing to factor. Until we get very large quantum computers, the best known attacks are brute force searches taking about 2^128 steps for a 256-bit elliptic curve, which is far outside the realm of practical.
A lot of time... if you're not NSA