[43082] in Cypherpunks
Re: Photuris Primality verification needed
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Hilarie Orman)
Tue Nov 7 21:22:53 1995
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 1995 19:14:14 -0700
From: Hilarie Orman <ho@cs.arizona.edu>
To: karn@qualcomm.com
Cc: ipsec-dev@eit.COM, cypherpunks@toad.com, bal@martigny.ai.mit.edu
In-Reply-To: Yourmessage <199511080146.RAA22568@servo.qualcomm.com>
> Well, since we already require 56-bit DES in ESP in the interests of
> promoting basic interoperability, wouldn't a 512-bit prime be
> similarly sufficient?
If you are willing to accept that in all likelihood, one year from
now, some group will announce that can "crack" all key exchanges that
using the published modulus, then sure, call it sufficient. There is
certainly precedent; it was my understanding that Sun did not change
their SecureRPC modulus when informed of LaMacchia and Odlyzko's work.
