[43138] in Cypherpunks
Re: Photuris Primality verification needed
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Phil Karn)
Thu Nov 9 00:02:56 1995
Date: Wed, 8 Nov 1995 20:54:27 -0800 (PST)
From: Phil Karn <karn@qualcomm.com>
To: adam@lighthouse.homeport.org
Cc: bal@martigny.ai.mit.edu, cypherpunks@toad.com, ipsec-dev@eit.COM
In-Reply-To: <199511090418.XAA07907@homeport.org> (message from Adam Shostack on Wed, 8 Nov 1995 23:18:09 -0500 (EST))
>You might want to offer a number of strong moduli in the 1024-1500 bit
>range. Having multiple strong moduli in the same size (speed) range
We already have a secondary 1024-bit modulus in the spec. The question is
whether the problem is better solved by allowing parties to use private
moduli rather than by filling up the spec with additional moduli. Remember
that the original reason for specifying a particular modulus as "required"
is to guarantee some minimum degree of interoperability, not to meet every
possible threat.
Phil
