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Re: [Cryptography] NSA and cryptanalysis
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Phillip Hallam-Baker)
Mon Sep 2 16:52:36 2013
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Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2013 16:04:10 -0400
From: Phillip Hallam-Baker <hallam@gmail.com>
To: Jerry Leichter <leichter@lrw.com>
Cc: "cryptography@metzdowd.com List" <cryptography@metzdowd.com>,
"Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
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You know, if there was a completely ironclad legal opinion that made use of
ECC possible without the risk of a lawsuit costing over $2 million from
Certicom then I would be happy to endorse a switch to ECC like the NSA is
pushing for as well.
I would not therefore draw the conclusion that NSA advice to move to ECC is
motivated by knowledge of a crack of RSA, if anything that would argue
against moving from ECC. It is merely a consequence of the US government
having a license which we don't have.
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that made use of ECC possible without the risk of a lawsuit costing over $=
2 million from Certicom then I would be happy to endorse a switch to ECC li=
ke the NSA is pushing for as well.<div>
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move to ECC is motivated by knowledge of a crack of RSA, if anything that =
would argue against moving from ECC. It is merely a consequence of the US g=
overnment having a license which we don't have.</div>
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