[43157] in Cypherpunks
Re: Photuris Primality verification needed
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Perry E. Metzger)
Thu Nov 9 09:41:25 1995
To: Phil Karn <karn@qualcomm.com>
Cc: bal@martigny.ai.mit.edu, cypherpunks@toad.com, ipsec-dev@eit.com
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 08 Nov 1995 19:37:23 PST."
<199511090337.TAA04357@servo.qualcomm.com>
Reply-To: perry@piermont.com
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 1995 09:29:54 -0500
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Phil Karn writes:
> >I don't know. Maybe the right thing to do is require conforming
> >implementations to support a large modulus but include recommended
> >smaller moduli. Then Alice can always force Bob to use the large
> >modulus but, if both agree, they can use something smaller from the
> >standard or even their own home-grown modulus.
>
> Thanks. That's pretty much what we are doing -- requiring a particular
> 1024-bit modulus but recommending several others as options.
I think Brian is also suggesting that it would be good if people could
negotiate new and previously unheard of modulii if they wanted to.
Perry
