On Friday 25 of May 2012 11:22:45 Johan Wevers wrote: > On 25-05-2012 4:20, Robert J. Hansen wrote: > > product they offer: > > * Diffie-Hellman > > * DSA (1024-bit keys only) > > * RSA (up to 4096-bit keys) > > Seems they want to push everyone to RSA. I wonder why? The patent issue > is over so that can't be it. > > I understood that it is believed that the discrete log problem is > possibly harder than factoring, since solving DL solves factoring but > not the other way around. Maybe the NSA has found a workable solution > for factoring but not for DL?
Considering that Suite B uses ECC only for asymetric crypto, I'd say you're probably right. But that's just speculation, we will know in 30 - 40 years... :) Regards. -- Hubert Kario QBS - Quality Business Software 02-656 Warszawa, ul. Ksawerów 30/85 tel. +48 (22) 646-61-51, 646-74-24 www.qbs.com.pl _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
