[43226] in Cypherpunks
Re: Lotus Notes RSA Implementation Question
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (eli@GS160.SP.CS.CMU.EDU)
Fri Nov 10 16:11:00 1995
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Date: Fri, 10 Nov 95 16:01:03 EST
From: eli@GS160.SP.CS.CMU.EDU
In article <+cmu.andrew.internet.cypherpunks+kkcsTXG00UfAE0ynIq@andrew.cmu.edu>
Charlie Kaufman writes:
>Notes V3 (the one currently deployed) uses 512 bit RSA keys in both
>the USA and exportable versions.
512-bit RSA is exportable? I'm surprised. It would be interesting
to CJR a known-secure binary for 512-bit RSA, attempting a little
differential cryptanalysis on the NSA's practices. A fair test would
require that you have the political clout of Lotus/IBM, though.
--
Eli Brandt
eli+@cs.cmu.edu
