Can someone explain @filippo's post to me like I'm a 5-year-old?

[dangoodin@infosec.exchange]

Can someone explain @filippo's post to me like I'm a 5-year-old?

https://words.filippo.io/128-bits/

[tris@chaos.social]

@dangoodin @filippo cc: @sophieschmieg

[scottley@infosec.exchange]

@dangoodin @filippo the techniques to crack symmetric crypto are a logarithm reducing 128 bit to 64bits worth of attempts... 256 bit reduces to 128 bit.

For asymmetric, the reduction is far greater.

Slightly better details here:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_MoRcYLN-7U&t=6s&pp=2AEGkAIB

[filippo@abyssdomain.expert]

@dangoodin I have half an hour if you want to text me on Signal about it

[filippo@abyssdomain.expert]

@scottley @dangoodin that is precisely the misconception the article is trying to rectify.