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To: Elsewhere who wrote (45028)9/18/2002 7:43:54 AM
From: Ilaine  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
I doubt that RSA or ElGamal have been broken.

I used to know a guy who did encryption for the CIA. He told me a couple of things which may or may not be true. Any code can be broken, but some take longer than others. But RSA has a "hole" built into it that allows US agencies to decode RSA encrypted messages. It still uses a lot of computer time, so you have to really want to decode the message.

He never mentioned ElGamal.
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