[43136] in Cypherpunks
Re: Photuris Primality verification needed
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Phil Karn)
Wed Nov 8 22:56:48 1995
Date: Wed, 8 Nov 1995 19:47:24 -0800 (PST)
From: Phil Karn <karn@qualcomm.com>
To: ylo@cs.hut.fi
Cc: bsimpson@morningstar.com, bal@martigny.ai.mit.edu, cypherpunks@toad.com,
ipsec-dev@eit.COM
In-Reply-To: <199511081833.TAA10801@soikko.cs.hut.fi> (message from Tatu Ylonen on Wed, 8 Nov 1995 19:33:11 +0100)
>Including the provision for the 512 bit prime is *HARMFUL* and
>*DANGEROUS*. Export control is not really an issue here, because if
>companies in the United States cannot provide secure networking,
>there are other companies in the world that can.
You've convinced me. I remove my proposal to include a recommended 512-bit
modulus. The smallest standard modulus will remain 1024-bits.
Phil
