From: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ARPAVAX:CAD:teklabs!tekcad!franka Newsgroups: net.misc Title: Crypto and key lengths Article-I.D.: tekcad.128 Posted: Thu May 13 08:46:37 1982 Received: Fri May 14 05:17:09 1982 The only effect an increase in key length in a cryptographic system has is to make it more cost effective to break security by more "traditional" means, e.g. phone taps, kidnap and torture of those who know the keys, etc.