[43057] in Cypherpunks
Re: Photuris Primality verification needed
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Perry E. Metzger)
Tue Nov 7 13:13:38 1995
To: "William Allen Simpson" <bsimpson@morningstar.com>
Cc: bal@martigny.ai.mit.edu, cypherpunks@toad.com, ipsec-dev@eit.com
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 07 Nov 1995 15:00:15 GMT."
<1999.bsimpson@morningstar.com>
Reply-To: perry@piermont.com
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 1995 13:03:47 -0500
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
"William Allen Simpson" writes:
> As most of us agree that 56-bits is not enough (DES), the 512-bit prime
> seems a waste of time and a tempting target. I'd like to drop it, but
> Phil is inclined to keep it with a disclaimer.
I agree with your approach, Bill -- it seems worth dropping. Something
this dangerous isn't worth leaving around for people to accidently
use.
Perry
