Large Primes

[Adrian Midgley]

Around 18 August 2002, people wrote:

> > Another possibility is that lifetimes may be extended to well beyond =
100
> > years in 100 tears time....

(specifically that should read=20
"in 100 years time, 100 year old people's anticipated residual lifetime m=
ay=20
be considerably increased coampared to now"  - otherwise it is SEP)=20

> The lifetime of some information most certainly does and it is informat=
ion
> and not human lifespan that is the proper matter for cipher and
> cryptosystem design to address.

Well, that is clearly not wrong in itself, but pragmatically around here,=
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I can make a reasonable effort that keeps my patients records and=20
communications secure for the rest of their lifetime and mine, neither of=
 us=20
is going to be bothered by subsequent events, so it is a reasonable place=
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start worrying, I'd say.

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