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Old 7th August 2013
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Default Math Advances Raise the Prospect of an Internet Security Crisis

From http://www.technologyreview.com/news...curity-crisis/

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“Our conclusion is there is a small but definite chance that RSA and classic Diffie-Hellman will not be usable for encryption purposes in four to five years,” said Stamos, referring to the two most commonly used encryption methods.
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