How strong (in bits) is RSA encryption?
843810Nov 19 2002 — edited Nov 20 2002Hello there. I'm new to using SSL sockets and was wondering how strong RSA is? The Java docs ( http://java.sun.com/products/jsse/index-14.html ) say that the RSA suite uses a 2048 bit key for authentication and key exchange. Does that necessarily mean that if I am using RSA the connection is using a 2048 bit strong encryption scheme? Or doesn't it work that way?