At 2:25 AM -0800 2/5/02, Eugene Leitl wrote: >-- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org";>leitl</a> >______________________________________________________________ >ICBMTO: N48 04'14.8'' E11 36'41.2'' http://www.leitl.org >57F9CFD3: ED90 0433 EB74 E4A9 537F CFF5 86E7 629B 57F9 CFD3 > >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 11:10:49 +0100 (CET) >From: Robert Harley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >... > >This is public-key crypto, not symmetric, so a break of your RSA key >means that all your encrypted traffic becomes readable rather than >just one message.
IMHO, interactive protocols (e.g. certain modes of SSL/TLS) which are subject to this attack should be retired. Non-interactive protocols (e.g. PGP email), are much more difficult to fix. Cheers - Bill ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Frantz | The principal effect of| Periwinkle -- Consulting (408)356-8506 | DMCA/SDMI is to prevent| 16345 Englewood Ave. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | fair use. | Los Gatos, CA 95032, USA --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
