24 Dec
2013
24 Dec
'13
19:58
Greg Freemyer wrote:
Beyond belief:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2013/12/21/researchers-break-rsa-409...
4096 bit encryption key broken by "listening" to a computer decrypt known emails.
I haven't read the paper about it yet.
Greg
I think it's a hoax, to make us give up on trying to protect anything with encryption. The article is basically making the case that we can get distinquishable (from each other) sounds made by the heatin and cooling of individual register bits and other digital logic within the CPU and other chips. I find that beyond credibility considering the other noise in the environment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org