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Weak Elliptic Curve Cryptography Brute-Forced

Posted by timothy on from the 100-billion-dollars-for-the-next-contest dept.

thegrommit writes "It seems one implementation of elliptic curve cryptography has been broken. It took four years to break a 109 bit key, but the contest sponsors (who provide encryption products for Cisco, Nortel and Palm among others) believe it's still impossible to break their 163 bit keys. The real question is, for how long?" Update: 11/07 01:59 GMT by T : Dan Kaminsky wrote to point out that the key here was really brute forced, and not broken -- that is, no fundamental flaw was discovered in the algorithm.

6 of 270 comments (clear)

  1. obscurity by _ph1ux_ · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    .... well I'd say itll be a long time - I have never even heard of elliptic curve security - and i am sure many others havent as well

  2. first relevant post by OldFNG · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Heh FP, give it two weeks and it will break

  3. Re:i broke my penis by binaryDigit · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    judging by your post, not very long at all

  4. Re:bastards by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ADDENUM: i must honour you for your swifthess and dedication to slashdot. CMDR Taco should be proud of ya!

  5. YOU FAIL IT! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Theres no point trying to pretend. You are a FAILURE! Your first post FAILED! Perhaps you should change your name to hide your disgrace - may I suggest, "MR FAILURE"

  6. YOU FAIL IT! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Another FAILURE. Two FAILURES in one thread is pretty pathetic, are you two trying to start some kind of FAILURE club?