[48758] in Cypherpunks
Re: Lotus Notes
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Futplex)
Tue Jan 30 22:27:16 1996
To: cypherpunks@toad.com (Cypherpunks Mailing List)
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 22:15:11 -0500 (EST)
Reply-To: cypherpunks@toad.com (Cypherpunks Mailing List)
In-Reply-To: <9601310246.AA14482@toad.com> from "Brian A. LaMacchia" at Jan 30, 96 09:46:06 pm
From: futplex@pseudonym.com (Futplex)
bal quoted from the RSAREF 2.0 license:
> /* RSA key lengths.
> */
> #define MIN_RSA_MODULUS_BITS 508
> #define MAX_RSA_MODULUS_BITS 1024
> #define MAX_RSA_MODULUS_LEN ((MAX_RSA_MODULUS_BITS + 7) / 8)
> #define MAX_RSA_PRIME_BITS ((MAX_RSA_MODULUS_BITS + 1) / 2)
> #define MAX_RSA_PRIME_LEN ((MAX_RSA_PRIME_BITS + 7) / 8)
Unfortunately this still doesn't explain Charlie Kaufman's comment
(paraphrased) that the "crypto software also limited us to 760 bit RSA keys".
Futplex <futplex@pseudonym.com>
