On Friday, January 20, 2017 you wrote:
> On 01/20/2017 11:23, Scott Kitterman wrote:
> > I'm not on the ARC list, so I'll pile on this thread here...
> 
> This is the right place for anything constructive regarding the
> specification, so no problem regarding any other lists.
> 
> > I understand the minimum key size in the draft is 512 bits.  I'm not
> > planning
> > on releasing any software that supports key sizes less than 1024, so I
> > guarantee you interoperability problems for small keys.
> 
> +1 -- no need for weak keys.
> 
> 1) Do we have a normative reference within the RFC framework for key
> lengths for different crypto systems, and can we simply invoke that
> reference rather than including a hard figure in this spec?
> 
> 2) Does such a reference still consider 1k keys as acceptable at this
> time? Is there a schedule for periodic review?
> 
> --S.

> +++1 wrt Scott's comment about 512 bit keys.  We inherit this requirement
> from the DKIM spec, but imho it is not reasonable.  If this is worth
> discussing, perhaps we should move it to another thread?
> 
> Regards,
> =Gene

OK, Since I wasn't off topic after all, here's a new thread...

I believe we've looked for such a reference before and not found a good one.  
The IETF BCP is from 2004: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3766

Operationally, 1024 is the minimum key size recommendation I generally see for 
DKIM today.  NIST recommends 2048 bits, SHA-256 only for US goverment use [1].


Scott K
[1] http://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/SpecialPublications/NIST.SP.800-177.pdf


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